So, representatives of the Lakota Sioux have declared sovereign nation status. From the press release:

"WASHINGTON, DC - December 20 - Lakota Sioux Indian representatives declared sovereign nation status today in Washington D.C. following Monday's withdrawal from all previously signed treaties with the United States Government. The withdrawal, hand delivered to Daniel Turner, Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the State Department, immediately and irrevocably ends all agreements between the Lakota Sioux Nation of Indians and the United States Government outlined in the 1851 and 1868 Treaties at Fort Laramie Wyoming."

Now, I am in favor of this, theoretically. Even if their proposed government is more statist than the US (and if it is, it is by a rapidly reducing margin.)
My one concern is that this movement is headed by Russell Means, who is a somewhat controversial figure (but what person proposing secession would not be?) Russell and the rest of the secessionists are not part of the official Lakota Sioux government (but could a secessionist really be part of the official party structure?) And the buzz upon the blogosphere is that he has little credibility among the Native American (or American Indian, Mean's chosen term). Of course, I don't know that for a fact if that is true, and wouldn't the first step in smearing a secessionist movement be to imply that it has little credibility? I shall be following developments with interest.

Technorati Results for "Lakota Sioux Secession"

More cleaning of the blog packrat house. Today, we have the "Discordian" posts I've held on to. I should have an episode posted for Christmas. Hopefully.

• "Pliny Says" by cadhla
• Oh, and by the way...
• Real Fascism or STFU
• It is Always 1939
• Never Whistle While You're Pissing
• The Blue Rose
• Floating Video Sermon: The Pentabarf and You
• The 9th Anniversery of Omar's Check-Out

Fnord!

The encoding of the shows continues. Episode number 4, containing an interview with Gudrum Casper about Radical Honesty and a sequence simply entitled "disturbing Montage", is premiering this upcoming Wednesday the 19th.
I'm a bit of a packrat, and I'm a bit of a blog addict. These two traits combined mean that I tend to save a lot of articles to read later, then never get around to them. So, for a bit of a memetic/colonic dump, I'm just going to list the bastards here, a bit at a time. First up, the "business" links:

• Where’s the Content? - Positioning Ads on Your Blog

• Blogging vs Social Networking

• Are Affiliate Programs with Small Payouts Worth It?

• Free Sample from Blog Mastermind

• Technorati Relaunches

• How to Keep Your Subscribers Forever

I should have episode 1 posted by this weekend (of course, now that I write that, I must be on the lookout for errant meteorites.)