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  • What is that Parnell up to?

    What is that Parnell up to? The governor's office is entirely too quiet. It is kinda boring. Maybe he could hire Meg back. That would get things rolling.
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 9:46pm EDT

  • PFD

    Thinking about the Permanent Fund Dividend.
    Each year when the Gov. announces the amount the Permanent Fund Dividend that each of us Alaskans will be getting, I am struck by the unmet needs that exist in our state and the possibilities of what we collectively could be doing with that [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2009, 7:03am EDT

  • Good Luck Sarah

    It seems obvious that Sarah Palin reached the limits of her executive capabilities as mayor of Wasilla. Her further advancement was just ambition, a confluenece of political disasters (Gov. Murkowski, Knowles, McCain) and just dumb luck.  
    Politically she was a master of capitalizing on the events of the day. [...]
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    Posted: July 05, 2009, 6:38am EDT

  • Beware Fellow Patriots

    "New Homeland Security memo lists black power, shaved-head Doc Marten wearers as ‘extremist threats’"

     

    My wife has a pair of these terrorist shoes. She HAS discussed shaving her head before. What is happening at that gals knitting circle? Are they plotting the overthrow of Seldovia!!!!

    Everyone, please be [...]

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    Posted: May 02, 2009, 10:42pm EDT

  • Old Time Religion

    Someone explain this one to me:742 American adults surveyed on use of torture against suspected terrorists
    54 percent of those who go to services at least weekly say it's often or sometimes OK
    In survey, people unaffiliated with any religious group were least likely to back torture
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 6:32am EDT

  • Kenai Peninsula Borough- Broken Brains Lead to Broken Budgets

    The condensed version of the story is:
    Dave Cary was elected as the mayor of the the Kenai Peninsula Borough as a "cut taxes and reduce the budget" candidate. (Strangely he also claimed as mayor to have the ability to protect your gun rights. I don't think he was pandering at all' [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2009, 6:11am EDT

  • Texas and Alaska Untie!

    I think Texas as well as Alaska Secessionist better watch out. 
    As a child growing up in Texas, back in the 1970's I can remember the secessionist spouting off about how horrible the Union  was treating Texas. I was not real sure what their gripe was or is now. It' [...]
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    Posted: April 23, 2009, 6:35am EDT

  • Histories of the World

    Been lazy on updating the blog. I spend time pissing people off on the Alaska Standard site. Too much fun.
    But my sister sent this viral email to me that I had to respond in kind to. The original email is followed by my response:
    For those that don't know' [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2009, 10:16am EDT

  • Ski Day

    I went skiing with the usual folks and found Tracy's camera in my coat pocket. So I took some pictures. 





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    Posted: February 08, 2009, 10:04am EST

  • Healthcare, Again

    Updated below-I saw this post over at that "evil" Daily Kos site. Long story short, the United States healthcare sucks. We all know it. It is dragging this country down. 

    Then I read this post over at the Alaska Standard. The author is upset because Family Planning [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2009, 7:05am EST

  • Nerd?

    The NerdTests' Space Quiz says I'm a Space Nerd. What kind of space geek are you? Click here! [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2009, 9:24am EST

  • At least you did't get fired like your dad.

    Farewell Former President Bush,
    You got that going for you when the family gets together. "Shut up Old Man, at least I didn't fired." Your library will be bigger and have more stuff. And no matter what Papa Bush says, after you, there is no way in hell we will' [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2009, 5:57am EST

  • Go Away

    Dear People from the Outside,I would cordially like to ask you to leave our Governor alone. No more interviews, no more websites about her, no more magazine covers. Don't speculate about her, don't google her, don't listen to her, don't even look up here for 2 more years. After 2 [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2009, 6:07am EST

  • The Adults Are Back In Charge

    I know at some point I am going to be disappointed by this next administration. They will back down or compromise on something that I think is important. It is the nature of our political systems. But this news gives me hope that we will have a our government back [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2008, 11:50am EST

  • Palin petition to "Please Shut Up"

    Well it seems like the only thing that can motivate me to post these days is watching our Governor. She does evoke a lot of emotion all around. I am on the side with my mother down in Texas who told me "I absolutely can't stand that woman." Here is a' [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2008, 10:03am EST

  • Just Plain Stupid

    “Now we kick in that fiscal conservativeness that needs to be engaged, and we progress this state with $57-a-barrel oil,” Ms. Palin said. She said the state would have to “be prudent with public dollars and provide services more efficiently than have ever been provided in the state of Alaska [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2008, 11:34am EST

  • Through the Looking Glass

    Palin's response to the Branchflower Report, a poem by Mad Kane 

    Sarah In Wonderland
    By Madeleine Begun Kane

    So what is Gov. Palin’s excuse
    For the finding of power abuse?
    She pretends it ain’t there,
    While she claims it ain’t fair,
    With the facts playing games, fast and loose.


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    Posted: October 14, 2008, 5:52am EDT

  • IMPEACH

    IMPEACH!!!!!!!! and FUCK YOU Ed O'Callaghan. Leave now and take Sarah to her office at the Heritage Foundation. ' [...]
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    Posted: October 10, 2008, 2:27pm EDT

  • Debate?

    That wasn't a debate. That was a infomercial.  The entire format of the debate was set up to protect Palin from hard questions and hard follow up on her incoherent answers. Democrats conceded that debate to be a draw when they negotiated the format prior to the debate. From the' [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2008, 7:20am EDT

  • A Brief Respite from the Campaign Today

    I was stunned this morning to actually hear a news story about healthcare. I was only half listening waiting to hear what Sarah was doing today. Then I heard people critically talking about healthcare and the plans to address this mess.  That was messed up.
    But anyhow Sarah is apparently [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2008, 12:37pm EDT

  • I want to stop writing about palin

    This Palin thing is a great lesson, maybe the greatest lesson ever for people to  learn why you need to KNOW YOUR LEVEL. 
    I used to take swim lessons as a kid. Hated them. Bobbing up and down at 9 am in a cold pool on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 11:16pm EDT

  • That Sinking Feeling

    Maybe this is how people felt at the advent of the Great Depression.  Uneasy, not really sure what the hell all the politicians, economists and financiers were talking about.  Maybe they were being distracted and wondering what sort of shoe Hoover's VP was wearing? 


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    Posted: September 22, 2008, 7:38pm EDT

  • Aidan's Electoral Lessons or Understanding The Election




















    Republican Candidate Ann Young


    My 10 year old announced the other day that the cats in the house were holding an election to see who [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 10:13am EDT

  • Republicans Have Arrived to Save Our Sarah



    This is  silly. The theater of the absurd. Just freaking nuts. But I have faith that it is going to get better and better because we now have the DC Republicans here in Alaska to run things for awhile (not [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 8:12am EDT

  • Sarah Palin is a Dick


    Busy summer. I was out west and in Kodiak for most of May and in Cook Inlet on a research vessel all of August. The rest was kind of a blur of prepare and decompressing from the trips. I want to write about those trips [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2008, 7:08am EDT

  • Thanks Myra

    We buried Ra Ra today.
    I knew RaRa because I live in a small town where you end up knowing everyone. But more importantly, I knew her because she was a caregiver in the only daycare in Seldovia and my kid was in her care for a couple of hours [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2008, 9:12pm EDT

  • Out On the AK Peninsula


    I have been out on the Alaska Peninsula this week. Sand Point today waiting for the Tustumena. More later.
    Cold Bay, Alaska

    King Cove

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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:25am EDT

  • Civilization Costs $$

    On Wednesday night in Seldovia a young man died in a motor vehicle accident. Details are sketchy as it is being investigated. Apparently alcohol was involved and stupid choices were made. The saddest part is he leaves behind an infant daughter, but it is tragic because IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.[...]
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    Posted: April 25, 2008, 9:46am EDT

  • Smug Alert!

    Earth Day 2008.

    Buy some solar panels and plug them in. It isn't really that complicated once you have it installed. I put up my meager 4 panels 12 years ago. I have a 1500 watt inverter, a charge controller, a little doohickey that I have forgotten what it's [...]
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    Posted: April 22, 2008, 7:36am EDT

  • Energy energy everywhere


    The amount of corn it takes to produce 75 litres of ethanol -roughly a tank of fuel- is enough corn to feed one person on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet for a year.I heard this on the NPR earlier this week and have been thinking [...]
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    Posted: April 14, 2008, 6:44am EDT

  • Gross! More Legislation!


    What gives? "Not a state responsibility" last year:

    This year, apparently it is:



    I am glad we got the funds for these capital projects that were vetoed last summer by the Mrs. Palin. [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2008, 6:45am EDT

  • Legislating by Rumor

    I ran across this item on the Alaska Politics blog.
    The lengthy amendment from Rep. Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, would authorize the death penalty for first-degree murder as well as for first-degree sexual assault involving victims under 12 years old.Murder is bad, sexual assault is bad. Yes, the individuals who [...]
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    Posted: April 08, 2008, 8:27am EDT

  • Class Consciousness? I'd settle for conscious

    All Americans do better economically under Democratic presidential administrations than they do under Republicans. Read it here. There is a book coming out soon that inspired that post. Everybody makes more money. Rich and poor. I would buy the book, but I am a little short on $$$.
    Again [...]
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    Posted: April 03, 2008, 6:07am EDT

  • Lilly Settles Alaska Suit Over Zyprexa.

    This should not be a settlement but should be a jail term. Zyprexa is an anti-psychotic medication for people suffering from major mental illnesses. It helps many, many people, but many people were court ordered to take these medications. They had no choice. We, as a society forced [...]
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    Posted: March 27, 2008, 6:37am EDT

  • The Hippies will be right on this one too

    I saw this story on the ADN website and have passively tracking it in the news:
    Inlet mining decision brings residents' lawsuitI love to comment on the ADN website. It is so easy to excite folks. But I don't ever leave comments I don't think are true. I left [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2008, 6:49pm EDT

  • Small Towns or Village

    I sent the following letter into the Seldovia Gazette, our small-town electronic newsletter. Let's see if it makes it in.


    As a new resident in Seldovia, a mere 13 years, I cannot claim to know the intricacies and origins of long standing rivalries and conflicts that exist [...]
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    Posted: March 06, 2008, 12:49pm EST

  • Stevens Featured Again On TPM

    In a post over at TPMMuckraker they covered the announcement of Begich becoming a kinda Senatorial candidate by slamming Ted and Don. Which is OK, but they focus on the earmarking process. Which is legal, though it makes you cringe but as far a scandal goes is kinda like [...]
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    Posted: February 28, 2008, 7:17am EST

  • Supreme Exxon Court

    What do think the chances are that this Supreme Court is really going to rule against Exxon?

    Come on! Really. These Supremes put that oilman in the White House, most are Republicans and Republicans are all about personal responsibility. Kinda like they want their personnel to take responsibility for [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2008, 6:17am EST

  • Howdy and Thank You Texas

    I would again like to THANK Texas. That land of my birth, the land were all my family of origin continues reside, the first political playground of the major oil companies and a state where the people saw the potential of G.W. Bush and hoisted him on the rest of [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2008, 5:28am EST

  • Who Do You Fear More?


    Wow. I just heard on the news that Amtrack is now placing guards with automatic weapons on the boarding platforms in the busier train stations. Security measures.

    That is so dumb. I get the overwhelming sense that this loosely gathered band of a couple [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2008, 7:07am EST

  • Cluck Cluck


    Around Alaska, coastal communities lucky enough to have ferry service are struggling with the cut backs in the Alaska Marine Highway System as proposed by our Governor. The reduced service could cause quite a shift in our communities with increases in the cost of living [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 12:08pm EST

  • Caucus

    We held a Democratic caucus here is Seldovia that had a total of 16 folks show up. I was hoping for more, but was OK with 16. 13 people newly registered as Democrats. I think that at this time of year there are 200 people around town which gives us [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 7:10am EST

  • Bret and Erin in Anchorage

    I am up in Anchorage and by circumstance had the opportunity to see Bret and Erin at UAA giving their talk to 100+ people. They are becoming minor celebs. Too funny and I hope to see them on David Letterman soon. But they would probably have to walk there.

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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 9:52pm EST

  • A Little Stasi in Us All




    East German Prison
    Saint Reagan took those evil commies down and made the world safe from these kind of prisons.

    United States Prison Cell at GitMo
    The easily accessed window and bright [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2008, 8:12am EST

  • The New VECO is.......


    This was as close as a humpback got to me as I was sailing back home from Homer this last summer.


    On another note.
    What the HELL! Who keeps electing these people?
    Our legislature wants to give money back to the oil companies. [...]
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    Posted: January 19, 2008, 8:49am EST

  • Tiny Hippies Outside My Door & the Sun Returns

    The Sun emerged in the valley today at 10:45 and weakly shown on the the house today for 12 minutes. I stared directly at it, so I could still see it for a couple of extra minutes burned into my retina. It then retreated behind the [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 9:15am EST

  • More Healthcare Ranting

    I just heard Mitt Romney giving his “victory" speech in Michigan after the primary there. He was telling the crowd all they voted for him. "You voted for me because you want everyone to be covered by health insurance.” I am paraphrasing but really? Republicans want me to have healthcare? [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 7:45am EST

  • Tracy is Naked, I am Scantily Clad, We are all F#@ked



    3 things :
    1: When I go out to the outhouse in the AM it is dusky and I don't need a headlamp. Winter can be fun soon.
    2: It needs to warm up just a little so the mountain in the outhouse tips over; I made it [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2008, 7:52am EST

  • Why I am Caucusing as a Dem

    Here is my thinking on why I am facilitating the Democratic Caucus in little Seldovia.

    The only political party affiliation I ever claimed previous to this point was as a Green. The Greens kinda faded after 2000; couldn’t quite recapture the Nader magic after that one. And until today [...]
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    Posted: January 13, 2008, 9:29am EST

  • I am Iraq or Empathy out of Control

    I know it is kind of silly for me to write about these things, war and world politics. I should just post "pictures of pets up close with a wide angle lens." There really is little of value beyond my own catharsis and venting of the rage. So if you [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2008, 8:04am EST
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