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Palin's Pie Spy Business Revealed In New Financial Filing

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Documents, Piespy, Palin's Business, Thomas Van Flein, Pie Spy, Palin's Pie Spy Business, Going Rogue, Palin, Palin Book, Meg Stapleton, Records, Sarah Palin, Anchorage, Alaska, Financial Records, Politics News

Sarah Palin is the owner of a small marketing business called "Pie Spy" that was founded during her last few months as Alaska governor, according to f...

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With Palin and Media Gone, Juneau Returns to Its 'Blue-State' Normal State

Bill Mann | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alaska, Anchorage, Juneau, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Bill Mann

This scenic, remote southeast Alaska town of Juneau, the only state capital inaccessible by car, is not that big. I had no idea what it would look like, just that Palin lived here. Would the stench linger?

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Alaskans bank on annual oil royalty dividend

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 11.23.2009 | Home

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Isaac Nukapigak plans to spend his annual reward for living in Alaska just catching up with the basics of survival in his remote whaling village, where gasoline can top $9 a gallon and a gallon of fresh milk can set you back almost $15.

"It will help pay for fuel for winter, heating fuel. That will come in very helpful, the help from the state to help defray the high cost of energy," Nukapigak, a 52-year-old whaling captain from the North Slope village of Nuiqsut, said of the dividend payments from the state's oil royalty investment program distributed to every eligible man, woman and child each fall.

Folks here are eager to learn the amount of this year's Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, to be announced Wednesday afternoon by Gov. Sean Parnell. There are 657,400 recipients this year.

Whatever it is, the payout from the state's oil royalty investment program will pale in comparison with last year's record share of $2,069, which was combined with a special energy relief payment of $1,200, bringing the total haul to $3,269. The one-time boost was proposed by then-Gov. Sarah Palin and approved by state lawmakers to help offset soaring fuel prices.

Dividends will be smaller because investment earnings allocated to dividends are based on a five-year average of fund performance, which was poor last year because of the downturn in the economy. Not that anyone is turning down what amounts to free money in a state that also has no income tax.

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"Screw Political Correctness" -- Sarah Palin in Her Own Words

Jeanne Devon ("AKMuckraker") | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Alaska, Sarah Palin Micahel Reagan, Michael Reagan, Anchorage, John Ziegler, Politics News
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In her speech with Michael Reagan, Palin managed to put red high heels and bear hunting in the same analogy. What's next, hockey mom again? That would complete the trifecta -- mom/huntress/sex symbol.

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Palin's Foreign Policy: " We Win! They Lose!" Obama's: "Peace"

Shannyn Moore | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, First Dude, Sean Parnell, Anchorage, Michael Reagan, Palin, President Obama Cairo Speech, Swine Flu, Palestinians, Obama, Mark Dice, Cairo Speech, Sarah Palin, Nancy Reagan, Isreal, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

At Sarah Palin's speech with Michael Reagan, she was part cheerleader, part gladiator. She went after Obama, saying "we should never apologize." I was waiting for the "Ready? Okay!" Pom-poms, anyone?

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Palin Cleared Of Two Ethics Complaints; Dozen More Pending

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Gov. Sarah Palin won dismissal Friday of two separate complaints alleging she broke ethics and election law. ...

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Indigenous Peoples Discuss Climate Change

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.22.2009 | Home

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Indigenous peoples, who have been hard hit by the ravages of global warming, were gathering in Alaska Monday for talks on the impact of climate change...

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Alaska Women for Obama Do It in the Cold

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska, Alaska Women for Obama, Anchorage, Barack Obama, Mudflats, Home News
Lisa Derrick

Last Saturday, Alaska Women for Obama did it in the cold and snow, creating this for their fellow Americans [via Mudflats]...

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Troopergate Investigator, Palins To Meet This Week

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, Palin Scandal, Palin Ethics, Anchorage, Sarah Palin, Troopergate, Todd Palin, Election 2008, Alaska, Scandal, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethi...

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The New Bush

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Texas, Storm, Alaska, Kathy Phillips, Terrorism, Palin, Point MacKenzie, Anchorage, Knik Arm Bridge, Appropriations, Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Bridge to Nowhere, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Congressman Don Young, Meet the Press, Ted Stevens, Chuck Schumer, Trooper Gate, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

We knew Bush wasn't "smart." And now we know Palin isn't either. But can Dems find a way to show why all these sorted facts matter?

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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Obama Should Go North To Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Alaska is going to be very close this year. This stems from Republican office-holders apparently trying to take the "first in political corruption" award away from Louisiana.

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