Alaska Political Blogwire

updated at 08:58

• 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' [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  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 [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  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: 14
  

  
  
  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 [...]

  Share | Rate | Archive

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

• The Daily Show presents "Gaywatch".

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 0
  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 [...]

  Share | Rate | Archive

  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 [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:52am EST
  

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

  —Andrew Halcro

  

  [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

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

• Permafrost Friday: A Hair Raising Week

  —Andrew Halcro

  

                     

                           Drink and read responsibly 

                             www.permafrostvodka.com

  [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  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 [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:07pm EST
  

• Meet Sarah Palin's people.

  —The Immoral Minority

  Number of comments: 47
  

  
  
  
  
  
  This is the audience Sarah's book was written for.
  
  The people who watch CBN are conditioned to believe what they read in a book, and Sarah's will have a special place right next the book they hold most sacred.

  Where did they find those [...]

  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:43pm EST
  by Gryphen

• Wild

  —Kodiak Konfidential

  Don't worry, I'm not about to jump in the channel with our local sealions. [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  

• Saradise Lost - Book 4 - Chapter 10 - "I Replied Matter-of-Factly"

  —Progressive Alaska

  [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:09pm EST
  

• Does Sarah Palin have her own "Wasilla Ebonics"?

  —Kodiak Konfidential

  A single sentence from her new book, (with a comment from a story in Slate that indexes "Going Rogue"): Under "Sentence, actual" how about this beauty: "The apartment was small, with slanting floors and irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn't work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a'" [...]
  Share | Rate | Archive

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:31pm EST