Bedtime in Alaska – Daily Roundup
20 04 2009
Trees Sighted on the Lower Yukon!
When Rep. Mike Kelly (R) from Fairbanks suggested that if people in rural villages were cold, they should just “cut wood,” people in villages like Emmonak might have been scratching their heads, wondering about the secret location of all this wood. But now, Nunam Iqua resident Ann Strongheart has discovered trees right in the bustling heart of downtown Nunam Iqua. I’ll bet that purple one will burn real good. And if they run out of food again, and get hungry, I hear that there are lots of unicorns that hang out in the forest. A couple of those will get a family of four through the winter. Unicorn chili….mmmm.
Drill Baby D….
A federal appeals court today threw out the Interior Department’s 2007-2012 offshore oil and gas leasing program after finding that part of the department’s environmental analysis was inadequate.
The panel found that Interior, when preparing the plan, botched its implementation of a requirement under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that federal officials consider the “relative environmental sensitivity” of different OCS areas. It ordered a new evaluation.
While [Ken Salazar] has suggested the Obama administration is open to some new leasing, he has also accused the Bush administration of acting too aggressively to widen development. Earlier this year, he described the draft proposal as a “headlong rush of the worst kind.”
Back to the drawing board, baby.
Undisputed You Tube Queen
Nope. It’s not Sarah Palin. And it’s not Tina Fey. It’s overnight internet star, singer Susan Boyle.
Visible Measures, a company that clutches the pulse of the online audience and refuses to let go, has identified more than 200 unique videos of Susan Boyle’s performance. According to Visible Measures, the combined figures seem to have exceeded the performances of George Bush’s shoe thrower, Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin, and President Obama’s victory speech.
Team Sarah Targets Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius
So, I guess “Team Sarah” isn’t just about promoting Sarah Palin, or even opposing opponents of Sarah Palin. Now the members of the mostly female team have organized a campaign to sabotage the nomination of Sebelius for the head of the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
The nomination is expected to pass through the committee and ultimately the Senate, though on Friday the terrain got a bit rougher, when ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley criticized the Kansas Governor for understating the amount of money she raised from doctor who performs (legal) abortions — likely the same revelation offending the Team Sarah members.
- Best Freudian Typo
In an email from the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee:
“Governor Palin represents so many everyday average working people. She shares our conservative values and is our standard barrier [sic]. That is why I am so passionate about our work and cause here at the 2012 Draft Sarah Committee.”
April 21st, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Sorry, my bad. The Halcro picture wasn’t dated. It was from a different event. I was thinking the weather was pretty nice for March. Thanks for the heads up.
April 21st, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Hi everyone,
Send your questions for Levy on Larry.
http://threebrain.blogspot.com/2009/04/send-your-question-for-levi-to-larry.html
April 21st, 2009 at 3:32 PM
I’m at a loss to understand why the Johnstons are going to be on the Larry King show. Sarah supposedly has so much power and Sherry J. has a court date next month.
GINO will probably respond on Thursday…acting all pissed-off…to everyone’s glee.
It’s the best show in town!
April 21st, 2009 at 4:06 PM
here_in_PA Says:
April 21st, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Today is the first day that I’ve gone to ADN in a long time. I quit going there because of the abuse of flagging abuses (if that makes sense). I see that they’ve taken down the abuse flagging. Was reading about the Indigonous ppls summit on global warming. No mention about GINO there? That was a great opportunity for a photo op. Wonder why she didn’t show?
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I just checked out the ADN and closed my account. They DO continue to maintain the “abuse” button.
April 21st, 2009 at 4:34 PM
90 Lainey Says: April 21st, 2009 at 9:37 AM
God made palin stupid for a reason…everyone has a purpose, right?
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Lainey, you stop that!!
Dang it…
you get over here and clean my coffee I just spat all over my brand new monitor!!
April 21st, 2009 at 5:12 PM
how could anybody vote for her?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:26 PM
‘2012 Daft Sarah, Committee’. barriers et al
Amirite! LOL.
Blaming bloggers. Nyah nyah, pfffffffft.
Right, the ones who quoted the idiocy of Ross verbatim, straight from the horses ass.
In the infamous words of The Trailer Park Boys…
“Knock, knock…”
“Who’s there?”
“F^ck Off!”
April 21st, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Nice to hear the Trailer Park Boys being quoted in an appropriate context.
April 21st, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Thanks for the links, mudpuppies. I wouldn’t have known anything about WAR and machine guns in Seward were it not for Palin spilling the beans.
She’d do so much better if she could just keep her mouth shut. The contradictions, lies, half-truths, damaging facts, word salads, and proof of illogical thinking that come out of it certainly aren’t helping her any with anyone capable of independent thought.
Regarding ADN: I too was blocked for stating that I thought GINO should stop being a brat, quit throwing temper tantrums and simply appoint a senator off the Dems list, especially since the process the Dems used is the same by which my Rep., Wes Keller was appointed by her home district Republicans. What’s so offensive or abusive about that?