2010
Janoct bails again on a mayoral forum
“I know this microphone doesn’t have a KELO logo on it, but I’m sure it will do.”
WTF is wrong with our state legislators? (H/T – Helga)
South Dakota legislators tell schools to teach ‘astrological’ explanation for global warming.
Last week, the South Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution to “urge†public schools to teach astrology. By a 36-30 vote, the legislators passed House Concurrent Resolution 1009, “Calling for balanced teaching of global warming in the public schools of South Dakota.†After repeating long–debunked denier myths and calling carbon dioxide “the gas of life,†the resolution concludes that public schools should teach that “global warming is a scientific theory rather than a proven factâ€:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-fifth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the South Dakota Legislature urges that instruction in the public schools relating to global warming include the following:
(1) That global warming is a scientific theory rather than a proven fact;
(2)Â That there are a variety of climatological, meteorological, astrological, thermological, cosmological, and ecological dynamics that can effect [sic] world weather phenomena and that the significance and interrelativity of these factors is largely speculative; and
(3) That the debate on global warming has subsumed political and philosophical viewpoints which have complicated and prejudiced the scientific investigation of global warming phenomena; andBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Legislature urges that all instruction on the theory of global warming be appropriate to the age and academic development of the student and to the prevailing classroom circumstances.
Yesterday, the South Dakota Senate passed by a vote of 18-17 an amended version of the resolution which eliminates most of the anti-science conspiracy theories, but still asserts that the “global warming debate†has “prejudiced the scientific investigation of global climatic change phenomena.†The amended version now “returns to the House for approval.†(HT: Thoughts From Kansas)
Scott Hudson’s local music project
From my email box;
Hey everybody,
Around two months ago, I commenced a weekly music podcast entitled The Ledge (http://theledge.mevio.com). Along with links on my site (http://scotthudson.blogspot.com), and the usual self-promotion on twitter and facebook, I’ve been added to the lineup at http://realpunkradio.com. Most of these shows have had themes, including power pop, postpunk, and covers.
At the Cracker show the other night, a few of us were talking about my show, and one of the ideas that we drunkenly came up with was a show centered around local music. While a good portion of the selections are fairly obvious, thirty years of bad behavior has resulted in some faulty memory. I’m calling upon my fellow music fanatics for some suggestions – not only for bands but tracks that I should consider. I’m also in need of some of these tracks, particularly those that were never released in a digital format (attention, Mr. Scarbrough!). It would also be fun to possibly add some commentary from some of you fine people.
If this works out as planned, this could be a multi-part project. My dream would be three separate shows, each one devoted to a different decade. Besides some fun reminiscing about the old days, I believe the affiliation with realpunkradio could help prove that even our little cow town has had some musical moments worth preserving. As you may expect, however, I plan on sticking to my elitist indie rock/punk/garage/etc. standards, so don’t even think about suggesting certain local would-be pop stars that I will refrain from mentioning in this email. 🙂
There’s no real time frame for this project. Hell, the individual episodes don’t even have to run on consecutive weeks. I just want to begin the process of compiling music and interview segments.
Thanks,
Scott
South DaCola poetry club w/ Charles Luden
So what did I leave
on the table today?
A red crayon.
A yellow notepad.
A small book of dreams.
A blue Mountain Dew.
That’s why I feel incomplete.
Well, maybe not the only reason.
Charles Luden
9-22-09
at Champps
on a post card