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What Do I know?: AIFF 2009 - Anchorage's Paxson Woelber on His Two Animated Films

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:22:00 -0500

Paxson Woelber grew up in Anchorage and is back here working after college. He has two films in the festival:

Hugo in the Land of Lemonsharks - which was chosen to be in competition
Hugo is part of the Animation 1 program which plays:
Saturday, December 5 – [...]

Alaska Politics: Ethics complaint against Palin aides by McLeod

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:18:21 -0500

From the Associated Press --

A longtime critic of Sarah Palin has filed an ethics complaint alleging past aides of the former Alaska governor misused state resources during her run as the Republican vice presidential candidate.

Andree McLeod filed her complaint Friday with the state attorney general's office. Five other ethics [...]

Bent Alaska: This Week in LGBT Alaska 12/4/09

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:45:00 -0500

The Anchorage International Film Festival begins today, and it's also Art Walk First Friday.This week's LGBT events from the statewide newsletter Alaska GLBT News.

Juneau

SEAGLA Social Fridays (6-8 p.m.) for GLBT people and our friends over 21, at The Imperial Bar, downtown.

Fairbanks

LGBTA [...]

freshwrestler's reprieve: I can't help it.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:50:00 -0500

I can't help myself, I have to get this off my chest.
Sarah Palin has said that she wants our President to boycott the Climate Change conference because of some emails that totally blow the entire field of climate science out of the water. But wait what did she do' [...]

Progressive Alaska: Anti-Gay Lobby Bullies UA Regents and Students

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:24:00 -0500

--- by E. Ross

Bent Alaska and the UA student, staff and faculty group asking the Board of Regents to add sexual orientation to the UA non-discrimination policy both got an unusual Facebook friend request the day after Thanksgiving: from Dave Bronson, of the [...]

Progressive Alaska: Saradise Lost - Book 4 - Chapter 20 -- The Crazy Woman Lies About Producing Her Son’s Birth Certificate

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:37:00 -0500

Thursday, on the Rusty Humphries radio show, Sarah Palin lied. She insinuated President Obama has never shown his birth certificate, and that she had shown her son Trig's. Both statements are lies.

About President Obama's birth certificate, here's the exchange:

HUMPHRIES: Would you make' [...]

The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin and her magic baby.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:43:00 -0500

Number of comments: 58

But the most striking evidence of her son’s impact has been Palin’s book tour promoting her memoir, “Going Rogue.” As she descends from her tour bus or private jet to meet her fans, 19-month-old Trig has been a conspicuous presence — and generated a huge [...]

freshwrestler's reprieve: SO PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW!!!!! AGAIN!!!!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:51:00 -0500

Via Sam Stein at the Huffington Post who reports on this story. Read those and mine below is just a further rant.

I am self-employed, my wife works two part-time jobs. No employer based insurance is available to us. Last year, after years of not having [...]

Andrew Halcro: Andrew Recommends: Superstar Pastry Design

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:35:47 -0500

If you're an egg nog lover or crazy 'bout cup cakes, this is your slice of heaven. The homemade egg nog is unbelievable and their Red Velvet cup cake with cream cheese frosting is nothing short of mind altering. Behind City Diner in the [...]

The Immoral Minority: Good news for Alaskans as the Congressional Budget Office determines that our state would see substantial savings from the Senate health care bill.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:38:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Alaskans, who currently pay the highest health insurance costs in the nation for premiums purchased by individuals, would see among the largest insurance premium reductions, under the national health insurance reform bill pending in the U.S. Senate, according to a just-released congressional study.

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich welcomed the [...]

Alaska Chinook: Cropping Out

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:23:00 -0500

MoanaLisa MurCowskie: Go guard your perch! Don Young: Go back to hiding! Honestly, sorry for the rant, but what is up with these decrepit creeps that we pay hard earned loot in efforts to hopefully see some serious and decent representation, instead of treason like rhetoric? MoanaLisa: “But the key [...]

What Do I know?: Gov. Parnell Commits to Seriously Fighting Domestic Violence

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:51:00 -0500

Here's a press release and photo from the Governor's office. He's even putting resources into prevention. He announced this initiative at Bartlett High School, Thursday, Dec. 3.

State of Alaska > Governor > News > News Details Parnell Leads Effort to End [...]

What Do I know?: AIFF 2009 - Finding What's in Each Program - Animation

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:49:00 -0500

The Anchorage International Film Festival website is a big step up from last year, but there are still some problems. One is how to figure out what is in each program. Programs are the groups of shorter films that are shown together. They're on the AIFF website, but they are' [...]

What Do I know?: AIFF 2009 - Finding What's in Each Program - Snowdance

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:13:00 -0500

Kodiak Konfidential: Jayhawks in the Snow

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:02:00 -0500

Some photos by Kodiak Coast Guard photographer Sara Francis of Air Station Kodiak's MH60 Jayhawks. Click to enlarge. [...]

Celtic Diva's Blue Oasis: Looking for "Boots on the Ground" in Ft. Hood

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:12:30 -0500

In spite of the many protesting phone calls and emails the powers-that-be at Fort Hood received last week, "Her Lie-ness Queen of the Teabaggers (and now Birthers)" will be making her appearance thereFriday night to meet with military members and their families only. She said [...]

Bent Alaska: Anti-Gay Lobby Bullies UA Regents and Students

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:07:00 -0500

Bent Alaska and the UA student, staff and faculty group asking the Board of Regents to add sexual orientation to the UA non-discrimination policy both got an unusual Facebook friend request the day after Thanksgiving: from Dave Bronson, of the anti-gay Alaska Family Council.
Why did Bronson ask to friend [...]

The Immoral Minority: Sarah Palin lies about having produced Trig's birth certificate.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:36:00 -0500

Number of comments: 77

At 9:04 Palin says that she has produced a birth certificate for little Trig Palin.

Really? Gee I have been looking for that thing everywhere! So my question is when did this happen and where the hell is it?

If any of you folks know the answer please let me know, because [...]

Leave No Monkey Behind: Better late than Never Never Land!

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:35:00 -0500

Sorry to be 4 months behind...I just returned from my stint on
"Survivor Bikini Atoll" and the radiation burns left unsightly marks.
It's good to be back though and if the rat bastard troll who [...]