Alaska Political Blogwire

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• The book quotes just keep on comin'...this time it's "Sarah from Alaska"...

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  

  The Wall Street Journal (yes, the rag owned by "evil one" Rupert Murdoch) actually did a book report on "Sarah from Alaska", the newly released book by reporters Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe.

  There were some REALLY tasty morsels...especially for Alaskans!

  The first one:  remember during the VP [...]

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  

• The Darkside's Callin'

  —Kodiak Konfidential

  "There is a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced."* I guess it's okay to let the Evil Empire win the World Series once a decade. I'm actually happy that A-Rod won a series; he really is a good' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:53pm EST
  

• The Conflict Between Starr an Selkregg is the Rally Cry for the Next Elections

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  

  http://www.ktuu.com/Global/sto...

  This article was posted today on the KTUU Channel News Website.  

  Last night the Anchorage Assembly met to discuss and adopt Mayor Sullivan's six year budget plan, a fifteen page plan drafted by the Mayor and his office outlining Anchorage's financial future.

  The usage of the word socialism [...]

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:06pm EST
  

• Lessons Learned in VA, CA and NJ: Is Rahm Emanuel Orchestrating 2010 Democratic Massacre?

  —Progressive Alaska

  --- by Jane Hamsher
  
  1993: Rahm is the architect of NAFTA
  
  1994: Unions stay home after NAFTA. Democratic turnout poor, Democrats give up 54 seats in House
  
  2005: Rahm as head of DCCC recruits pro-war Dems, threatens to cut [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:10pm EST
  

• Can you feel the excitement in the air? Yep it is almost time for Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue Book Pimping Circus" to come to a city near you!

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 24
  Oprah Winfrey is only the beginning for Sarah Palin's book tour.
  
  Starting Nov. 18, the day after Palin's memoir "Going Rogue" is released and two days after she is interviewed by Winfrey, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate will make appearances around the [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Gryphen

• Musical Instruments of Peking Opera - Short Video Tour

  —What Do I know?

  
  I have way too much video from last night's Peking Opera presentation by National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts and sponsored by the University of Alaska Anchorage's Confucius Institute. So I'm going to offer more than one post of the evening. The performance was more' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:39am EST
  

• Palin, Huckabee and yesterday's elections

  —Alaska Politics

  From Erika Bolstad in Washington D.C. --

  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's role in several East Coast elections got a lot of attention in recent weeks, especially when she threw her support behind a third-party conservative candidate over the Republican in the NY-23 congressional seat. (The Democrat, Bill Owens, won the [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:22am EST
  by Alaska_Politics

• MOORE UP NORTH

  —SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER

  Number of comments: 4
  Due to HD camera complications, the live taping of Moore Up North has been postponed for one week. If you’d like tickets to next week’s taping, email mooreupnorth@gmail.com The show will be taped before a live audience at Bernie’s Bungalow Lounge in the upstairs section. The debut show will be taped [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:53am EST
  by shannynmoore

• Rush To Judgment

  —Alaska Chinook

  Too bad the World Series wasn’t forever everlasting, as with a one-night stand break from “Take me out to the ballgame”, all we hear about is some off the wall political election with zero meaning taking place somewhere, like it is a national erection time of importance. And why is [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:27am EST
  

• Rules Schmools..."Sarah's Values" as they apply to the legal system

  —Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis

  
  
  

  Back in April, I did THIS POST when a then-unknown Kim Chatman joined the Juneteenth lawsuit, legitimizing it with an Alaskan resident so it could move forward in the courts.  The basis of the lawsuit:  Sarah Palin did not issue a proclamation celebrating Juneteenth in 2007, even [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:43am EST
  

• L'ethnologue Claude Lévi-Strauss est mort

  —What Do I know?

  French is not a language I ever attempted seriously, but even I can understand this headline. Last year for Claude Lévi-Strauss' 100th birthday I did a series of posts about him and his works. (I even learned how to type the accent mark on my Mac keyboard -option 'e'' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:21am EST
  

• Louisiana removes obstacle to interracial marriage, as Maine votes against same sex marriage.

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 20
  It looks like we are finally seeing the last of the southern segregationists being pushed into the 21st century.
  
  A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to marry an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday.[...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:34am EST
  by Gryphen

• FAUX News Promotes Book Featuring Alaska Bloggers Moore and AKM

  —Progressive Alaska

  In a move that has stunned some in the media and book publishing communities, FAUX News wrote this yesterday:
  
  The book [Sarah From Alaska] - was released Tuesday - almost one year after Barack Obama and Joe Biden defeated John McCain and Palin, and weeks before the former Alaska [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:31am EST
  

• Secretary of State Clinton Causes Confusion on the Illegal Settlement Issue

  —Progressive Alaska

  You've got to hand it to Amy Goodman and the crew at Democracy Now. They call the illegal settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem what they are - illegal settlements.
  
  The U.S. Secretary of State has left confusing images in the wake of her appearances in Tel' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:54am EST
  

• Shannyn Moore destroys Sarah Palin and her crazy Teabagger party on Huffington Post.

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 25
  This is my favorite part.
  
  When a quitter and a spitter show up to help out your campaign...don't take the money and don't sign a loyalty pledge to a crazy man WHO CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU!
  

  No wait! THIS is my favorite part!

  Mr. Hoffman was' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:43am EST
  by Gryphen

• Noam Chomsky on the Teabaggers

  —Progressive Alaska

  Four weeks ago, American linguist and war critic, Noam Chomsky took questions during an appearance at the Commonwealth Club of California:
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:37am EST
  

• Coming Monday: Bailey's on the rocks

  —Andrew Halcro

  With the buzz growing about this book and that book being released about all things Palin, the one book that continues to pique the interest of this blogger is Frank Bailey's memoir; Renegede: Sarah Palin's Hatchet Man.

  [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:31am EST
  

• Charges of "Communism" and "McCarthyism" are tossed around Anchorage Assembly. Who says Alaska politics ar not entertaining if Sarah is not involved?

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 3
  Sheila Selkregg offered several amendments to the plan, one under the heading of "Social Equity."
  
  It's safe to say that's something Assemblyman Bill Starr does not agree with.
  
  "This Selkregg manifesto now speaks to words such as social equity," Starr said.
  
  "It speaks to several platforms that" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:23am EST
  by Gryphen

• Election 09 LGBT wrap-up: K'zoo wins, Maine loses, WA looks good

  —Bent Alaska

  Tuesday's election was a mixed bag for LGBT Americans. Voters repealed Maine's same-sex marriage law, approved Kalamazoo's nondiscrimination ordinance, and may have extended the Washington state domestic partnership law. They elected openly gay and lesbian mayors and city council members, along with anti-gay governors.
  On the local scene, Luke Hopkins, [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:52pm EST