Alaska Political Blogwire

updated at 15:36

• Sherry Johnston hopefuly headed home for the holidays and my afternoon with "Team Levi".

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 3
  Today was Sherry Johnstons's sentencing. And I decided that since no other media in town seemed interested in covering it, that I should go and report back what I witnessed.
  
  I left my house at 9:00 A.M. to make the hour long drive to the Palmer Courthouse, to be [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:16pm EST
  by Gryphen

• What if Earth had rings?

  —Kodiak Konfidential

  This is really cool. Doesn't show what it might be like from Alaska, though they might be seen very low on the horizon...? ' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:14pm EST
  

• Koun Franz on Compassion at Loussac

  —What Do I know?

  Last night we went to a nearly full Marston Theater to hear Anchorage's Zen Buddhist Priest talk about compassion.  The only other time I'd heard Koun Franz talk was at Cyrano's two years ago where he was on a panel of clergy from different denominations discussing Mark Twain's The' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:11pm EST
  

• Begich, budgets and blame: Everybody eats it...

  —Andrew Halcro

  

       

  November 21, 2009: There is a great response in politics for when someone asks you for an opinion on a contentious issue: Some of my friends agree, some of my friends disagree and I agree with my friends.

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:09pm EST
  

• Palin fans wait hours in the rain and cold...get stiffed. Now you know how Alaska feels..

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  Per Rumproast blog, angry fans in Nobleville, IN yesterday started heckling Palin after she pulled a "quitter." She left them in the lurch, without an autograph, after they waited as much as 13 hours in the rain.  Some even had the wristbands which "guaranteed" them a signature.

  Per a [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:47am EST
  

• Saradise Lost - Book 4 - Chapter 11 -- The Noblesville Disaster

  —Progressive Alaska

  
  
  Several blogs, including firedoglake, are running this. Also, the blog rumproast is collecting some very rude comments about the Noblesville Disaster from the Crazy Woman's facebook:
  
  
  Gary Conner Sarah,
  
  You angered and disappointed over 300 families in Noblesville tonight. I attended Mike Huckabee’s [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:01am EST
  

• Palin Aborts Book Signing

  —SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER

  Number of comments: 20
  Sarah Palin’s “The Bigger the Hair, The Closer to God Tour” hit a “bumpit” in the road.  At a book signing at Borders in Noblesville, Indiana, she abruptly quit her book signing, leaving about 300 families with unsigned books.  They didn’t like it one bit…shouting “quitter”.  Really? You think she’s [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:29am EST
  by shannynmoore

• Rogues Gallery: The Usual Suspects

  —Andrew Halcro

  

  (R to L) The Blackberry addict (John Bitney), the host (Shannyn Moore), the town crank (Anne Kilkenny), and the effete young chap (yours truly).

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:14am EST
  

• Yesterday's activities--including Sen. Begich's statement and overdue update on records request

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  In my house, you can almost always tell what I'm working on by which computer I'm using. If I'm in our loveseat/recliner in the living room with my feet up, a blanket over my legs (the living room is chillier when it hovers around zero) the fireplace going and' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:59am EST
  

• Gone Rogue

  —Own the Sidewalk

  I read “Going Rogue” this week. Well, speed-read, more like. Let’s call it an intense skim with my sharper microscope.
  
  One of the women from our business office was showing a new graphics contractor around the newsroom this week. The contractor spotted my dogeared, marked-up copy of “Going [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:31am EST
  

• Chris Matthews points out the "elephant in the room" concerning Sarah Palin's supporters.

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 56
  

  
  
  I don't always agree with Matthews, but he is dead on here.
  
  And Norah O'Donnell points out an important piece as well when she identifies Palin supporters as feeling somehow "victimized". These Christian white Americans, clearly the majority in this country, have convinced themselves that they are [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:25am EST
  by Gryphen

• The Daily Show presents "Gaywatch".

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 4
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGaywatch - Peter Vadala & William Phillips[www.thedailyshow.com]Daily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis

  Wow that first guy is total douche!

  But damn, that kid is the shiznit! I think I might hire the little Einstein to [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:59am EST
  by Gryphen

• UC Tuition Hikes - Some Perspective

  —What Do I know?

  From the Daily Nexus, UC Santa Barbara's student newspaper today:
  
  Council Adopts Tuition IncreaseBy Maane Khatchatourian / Staff Writer
  Published Thursday, November 19, 2009
  Issue 42 / Volume 90
  
  The UC Board of Regents finance committee approved a proposal that will push student fees to [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:52am EST
  

• "Going Rogue": Heavy on the gas...light on the gas pipeline

  —Andrew Halcro

  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:22pm EST
  

• Permafrost Friday: A Hair Raising Week

  —Andrew Halcro

  

                     

                           Drink and read responsibly 

                             www.permafrostvodka.com

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:36pm EST
  

• Mischievous Technology Tricks

  —What Do I know?

  Last night at a talk, I took three video clips. The first one was fine (well, fine for a small digital camera in a room with a thin sound system.) The second clip had a strong buzz, like the camera had a motor, which blocked what I was trying to [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:07pm EST