Brrrr!

-13 this morning in Sioux Falls.

Now, warm up with today’s “Must Reads.”

MUST READS FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA INTERNETS:

Pass Kloucek’s Pipeline Responsibility Bill
24/01/08 07:26 from Madville Times
Open letter to the South Dakota State Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, concerning Senate Bill 138 , ” An act to require financial assurances for certain petroleum pipeline operations for the remediation of potential…

• If the pipeline is as safe as TransCanada says, it should be cheap to find someone to bond for spills.

Actually reaching the likeminded?
23/01/08 22:54 from A Progressive on the Prairie
It was just less than three years ago that I decided to move the focus of this blog away from politics and the like to “things that actually bring pleasure, meaning and nuance to life.” This has covered a variety of things over…

• A reminder that there is more to life—and blogging—than politics.

 Come to the Coffee & Donut Ride and you might see one or more of these goofballs!
23/01/08 20:37 from Cycle South Dakota
Words from Mr. (-) “The next Coffee and Doughnut ride is January 26. Meet at Caribou Coffee, 1924 South Minnesota Avenue at 8:30am. If the weather begs us to ride more we’ll head out from there for the rest…

• It would take a lot more than donuts to ride my bike on a day like this. But my stocking cap is off to those hearty souls who like to ride regardless of the weather.

MUST READS FROM THE NON-SOUTH DAKOTA INTERNETS:

Canadian Military Has Quit Turning Detainees Over to Afghans
24/01/08 08:33 from t r u t h o u t
Ian Austen reports for The New York Times, “The Canadian military secretly stopped transferring prisoners to Afghanistan’s government in November after Canadian monitors found evidence that they were being abused and tortured.” …

• Like, this surprises anyone?

Congress should keep trying on SCHIP
24/01/08 06:05 from WE Blog
President Bush reportedly was “pleased” that Congress failed Wednesday to override his veto of an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. No doubt the estimated 4 million children the legislation could have helped…

• Amen.

Brazil sees record deforestation
24/01/08 00:39 from BBC News | Americas | World Edition
The rate of deforestation of the Amazon has reached a record high, the Brazilian government says.

• But of course there is no such thing as global warming, even on a cold Dakota day like this.