I was basing my criticism of the fact that he interviewed RWBBB on The Daily Show on the fact that Jon Stewart never interviewed Glenn Beck. However, I've learned from The Daily Show: The Book, which I received as a Christmas present, that Jon Stewart actually invited Glenn Beck onto The Daily Show, and Glenn Beck turned him down ( Read more... )

So, Mayor Mike Huether made his big announcement yesterday, to remarkably little fanfare (so little fanfare, in fact, that they waited until the 6:00 newscast to report it). The announcement was that he is leaving the Democratic Party ( Read more... )

There was a report on the news last night that Mayor Mike Huether was supposed to make an "announcement" today that might be regarding his political future after his final term as mayor is up in two years. So today, I went online to find out (a) if the announcement had happened yet and, if not, (b) when the announcement would happen, and if it ( Read more... )

So...at 5:30 p.m., there was "breaking news" about Trumpazoid considering Kristi Noem to head the Department of Agriculture. By 10:30 it had been downgraded to "rumor"; she pretty much dismissed it out of hand. I mean, it may or may not be true that Trumpster is/was considering her, but apparently she won't even entertain the notion. And I can't ( Read more... )

Kristi Noem is swiftly becoming my personal nemesis ( Read more... )

"I thought I would get a letter saying, 'Thanks for writing, please don't write again,'" Rebecca told CNN.

No no, honey; that's what you get when you write to Kristi Noem.

( Wherein the ruin lies )

"South Dakota Public Broadcasting will present President Barack Obama's commencement address to the Lake Area Technical Institute graduates at the Watertown Civic Arena."
Okay...this is a coup for the smaller communities/universities in the state. It's always good to be reminded that South Dakota has towns other than Sioux Falls and Rapid City, and ( Read more... )

There was a time when this would have distressed me. But at this point I'm thinking: eh, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't ( Read more... )

For better or worse, at least it will be over soon ( Read more... )

Well, this has been a winning week for the TV shows I watch. Meryl and Maks won at dancing,[*](And I imagine that there's a certain ironically named Canadian who's been making stinkfaces about it all day today.) Cam and Mitchell won at getting married, and our local ABC affliate won at rhetorical savvy by not spoiling Cam and Mitchell's wedding ( Read more... )