"I was told not to let any Natives in here"
I was walking through an alley in downtown Anchorage that, I have learned on my recent visit from my home in a very small, remote town in Southeast Alaska, serves as the smoking section for restaurant...
View ArticlePEC Top Lines Update
PEC site now says "Oh noes - we're down! We're working on restoring access. Here is the Google-cached site."But the updated top lines include O 318-R 220 electoral college prediction, and the...
View ArticleRed State says they got PA
and quote this poll found on some website called "twitchy" (do Nate and Sam include twitchy data in their aggregators?). It has Rmoney up by 4, and apparently had him up by 4 a couple of weeks ago. The...
View ArticleNew Material from Sam Wang
Sam Wang at PEC now shares models suggesting Obama probability of winning the electoral college at 97-99.6%. He also addresses the possibility of popular and electoral vote inconsistencies. It't not...
View ArticleComedy
I posted a response on Red State to a diary called "Good News Out of PA." It was, in a feat of glorious synchronicity, posted about 30 minutes before PA was called for POTUS. I am "theiowan" in the...
View ArticleHouse Likely to Vote on Senate Bill
CNN reporting that House Tea-O-P gaining a sliver of sanity and likely to vote on the Senate bill.CNN7:36 p.m. ET - CNN's Dana Bash says there's growing sentiment on Capitol Hill that the House will...
View ArticleFICA Tax Messaging
This will be brief, but addresses a point that I haven't seen raised. Maybe it has and I have missed it, as I have been fairly out of the loop since the new year. But the President has a chance to...
View ArticleSuperbowl 420! WA and CO in super-bowl
May I be the first to note that, for whatever it may or more likely may not mean, the host states of the two Superbowl teams are the only two that have legalized recreational use of weed. Both by a...
View ArticleRecession Progression: One Glacier in Retreat
It is not the intention of this diary to convince anyone that human caused global warming /climate change is causing the graphic change to the Denver glacier visible in the photos below, though I am...
View ArticleDem control of Senate hopes boosted: AK ballot initiatives moved from primary...
Last week I was talking with a friend and co-worker about the optimistic prospects of a Colorado style cannabis legalization initiative passing in August. He had just spent some time in Juneau, the...
View ArticleGuess Who I Just Voted For?...
I will give a hint. This candidate may perhaps be the most batshit crazy wing nut on any ballot today……Not sure how many primaries there are today, or even if there are any in states other than...
View ArticleMary Landrieu = Joe Lieberman to me
Laura Clawson pointed out that the shameful, and apparently imminent, vote on the Keystone XL pipeline may not actually lead to it being built.Since Speaker John Boehner has said that the House will...
View Article+1 for Medicaid Expansion: Walker/Mallott Victorious in Alaska
Just a quickie…. They had a lead of over 1% on election night, but there were about 60,000 outstanding votes (out of less than 300,000). Not all of the votes have been counted yet, but enough to...
View ArticleACA Rate Shock in Alaska -- 37% Increase Reported
UPDATE: This isn't about me! I am using my situation as a concrete example of how ACA rate news is not necessarily all positive for the people buying the insurance, or for the viability of the law....
View ArticleACA rates to increase 40% in Alaska
I haven't much to add, just a little FYI diary. The AP article that I saw in the Alaska Dispatch News is also pretty brief.JUNEAU — The state Division of Insurance has approved average rate increases...
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Climate Action Rally in Anchorage as President Obama Travels to Alaska
While President Obama was en route to Alaska yesterday, an upstart group called Alaska Climate Action Network (Alaska CAN) had its coming out party in the form of a rally on the downtown Anchorage...
View ArticleBernie Stumps in (Clinton, ironically) Iowa: No Signs of Unicorns or Pie in...
I grew up in Iowa, though I don’t live there anymore. Being back for a visit I was able to go with my parents to a town meeting that Bernie held in Clinton, Iowa today. Dad has been to at least a half...
View ArticlePolitico on GOP: "We Are in for a Pretty Long Civil War"
If you need a little something to cheer you up, in light of the Comey shenanigans, check out this piece posted on Politico a couple days ago. It was published before the Comey letter was reported, but...
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Great Turnout in the Great Land - Anchorage Women & Allies Speak Out...
This diary won’t contain much information, just a few photos showing that there was a solid turnout for the Women’s March in Anchorage yesterday, showing Alaskan solidarity with the other events around...
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