Ironies are often fun, and that's certainly the case with the failed effort by Standing Rock Sioux to stop construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. David Middleton makes the point clearly, summed up in these three ironies: The protest led to a $6 million loss in revenue at the tribe's gambling casino. The protest camp itself, not the pipeline, threatened water quality for the tribe: "North Dakota authorities said the closing of the main protest camp, which sits on Army Corps of … [Read more...]