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You're looking very quitty, too
Last night while enmired in the seemingly endless (yet it ended, yay!) & repetitively nonsensical “Truth is not Hate” untruthful hate speech testimony of equal rights ordinance opponents (happily broken up by a lot of really good ordinance supporter testimony), … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, humor, Sarah Palin, satire, video
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Governor's office admits errors on Palin spreadsheet
Sean Cockerham has posted a story in which Linda Perez of the Office of the Governor has admitted the spreadsheet they put together to prove Palin’s claim that ethics complaints against her have cost the State of Alaska $2 million — has errors. Really?
Palin's $2 million ethics meme in context
Donald Craig Mitchell has given context to Palin’s claim that ethics complaints against her have cost the State of Alaska $2 million: Her $2 million dollar ethics complaints meme is really simply the excuse she was looking for to get out of a job she already wanted to get out of.
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged Alaska Dispatch, Donald Craig Mitchell, Palin ethics complaints, Sarah Palin, Troopergate
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Count me once, count me twice: Creative accounting on Palin's spreadsheet
An illustrated guide to the distortions in the spreadsheet that attempts to prove Palin’s claim that ethics complaints against her have cost the State of Alaska $2 million.
More on Palin's spreadsheet
A walk through Sean Cockerham’s Anchorage Daily News article about the spreadsheet from the Office of the Governor that attempts to prove Palin’s claim that ethics complaints have cost the State of Alaska $2 million. I’ve also got a link to the spreadsheet itself.
The nearly 2 million dollar spreadsheet
The Office of the Governor has a spreadsheet which “proves” Palin’s claim that “frivolous ethics complaints” have cost the State of Alaska $2 million. But… well, there are just a few little problems with the spreadsheet. Who’da guessed?
Mel Green, Occasional political blogger
After writing that post about Sarah Palin and her million dollar meme, I started to get worried: if I don’t look out, people are going to mistake me for a political blogger. Well. Maybe I am. Sometimes. Call me an occasional political blogger.
Posted in Itse, Ordinance, Polis
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The 2 million dollar meme
Sarah Palin’s fabrication about ethics complaints against her costing the State of Alaska 2 million dollars to resolve just keeps on replicating itself — thanks to the lazy reporting of mainstream media, & the cooperation of Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell.
Lessons from Froomkin
I’ve been catching up somewhat on stuff in the wider political world outside the Anchorage equal rights ordinance battle. Having been so focused on AO 2009-64, it wasn’t until early this morning that I learned Dan Froomkin had been fired … Continue reading
Posted in About writing, Alaska politics
Tagged Anchorage Daily News, blogs, Dan Froomkin, integrity, journalism, Troopergate
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Three things I did at lunchtime
This post has nothing to do with the Anchorage equal rights ordinance — aren’t you glad for a break? — but two of the things I did have to do with two of our staunch allies in that fight. The … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged Alaska politics, blogs, Celtic Diva, Eddie Burke, Fargo, LGBTQ allies, Marge Gunderson, McCain/Palin 2008, Meghan Stapleton, Sarah Palin, Shannyn Moore
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