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Does Palin really have jury duty?
Does Palin really have jury duty? Damned if I know. But if she’s telling the truth about jury duty, she’s also telling the truth about how long her schedule is affected by it: 30 days at minimum. Continue reading
The Palin February briefing
Over the past month I’ve been keeping track of news about Sarah Palin in order to brief those people who had accepted the Dana Milbank challenge, so that they could catch up quickly & easily when February came to a close.
What leadership looks like
The difference between Pres. Obama & Sarah Palin yesterday: obvious, & much commented upon. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh presents another example of what leadership really looks like. And what ex-Governor Palin never gave us.
Posted in Alaska politics, The Daily Tweets
Tagged Australia, Brisbane, floods, Queensland, Sarah Palin
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The Daily Tweets 2010-11-27: Last Side Street Saturday of 2010
George’s latte special board was drawn for yesterday (Black Friday, the traditional consumerist post-Thanksgiving shopping day), but his rendition of Frankenstein & American consumerism was so good that Deb left it up today, too. Or maybe George just didn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged NaNoWriMo 2010, Sarah Palin, Side Street Espresso, writing
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The Daily Tweets 2010-11-10: #AKSen vote count proving it’s not “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” no matter what she calls her crappy reality show.
Today was the first day of counting write-in ballots in the Alaska U.S. Senate race, which is now (Scott McAdams having conceded) between incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowki, the write-in candidate, and Sarah Palin’s favorite Joe Miller. Meantime, we’ve been hearing … Continue reading
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged fata morgana, Joe Miller, Sarah Palin
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Election night Tweets 2010-11-02: Alas, poor Yorick, we now foster hope write-in voters spell’d abhorr’d Murkowski’s name right. Our gorges rise.
Tonight was not your night, Scott, but there will be other nights! You were the only candidate w/ class & grace in this year’s AKSEN race. (And other tweets more funny.)
Conservatives for Palin & civility: Fairly unbalanced
Is it really a good thing to be complimented for “courage” by a blogger at the Conservatives for Palin website? Well, mainly it’s a lot of work. It’s nice to be called courageous, sure, but even better is to be represented honestly and in context.
Posted in Alaska politics
Tagged AKMuckraker, Brian the Moose, civility, civility on Palin, Conservatives for Palin (blog), Gryphen, Immoral Minority (blog), lgbtq, lima beans, Max Blumenthal, Mike Doogan, Mudflats (blog), Palin ethics complaints, Philip Munger, Progressive Alaska (blog), Rich Crowther, Sarah Palin, Sean Parnell, Things I did instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour, Wayne Anthony Ross (WAR)
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Progressives, civility, & Palin: Anatomy of an apology
A classic example of an apology that is not an apology, however much its author tried to make it into one.
The Daily Tweets, 2010-02-12: Annual birthday present
My annual birthday present: getting off work in February to find some light still in the sky. And a whole bunch of other tweets.
Posted in The Daily Tweets
Tagged Andrew Halcro, Crossed Genres, Sarah Palin, writing
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Progressive bloggers on Palin: Civility versus namecalling
Okay, so we don’t like Sarah Palin or her political views. But does that mean it’s good for us or the nation for us to exercise our free speech through namecalling & insults?