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Ron Paul Campaign Accuses Alaska Republican Party Of Obstructing And Disenfranchising Ron Paul Delegates, Litigation Not Excluded

Now that Mitt Romney's chief rival Rick Santorum has suspended ended his campaign, the elite are proceeding with the coronation of Romney as the presumptive Republican nominee, even though Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul are officially still in the race. No... »

Best Buy Finally Releases List Of 50 Store Closings; Anchorage Spared The Axe

On April 14th, 2012, Best Buy finally released the list of 50 stores which they intend to close; they have 1,100 stores total. Good news for Alaskans -- the two Best Buy stores in Anchorage are not on the list. Nor did I believe they would be closed; w... »

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National Review Throws John Derbyshire Under The Bus After Provocative Column On Race In Takimag; American Renaissance Stands Tall For Derbyshire

Conservatives tend to hold each other to higher standards of behavior than liberals do their own. I've never seen classical and fundamentally honest liberals like Mark Begich and Les Gara disavow unprincipled progressive extremists like Shannyn Moore a... »

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Anchorage NAACP Holds Rally For Justice For Trayvon Martin; National Polls Show Sharp Racial Divide In Perception Of The Case

Until now, the Trayvon Martin case had taken a back seat in Alaska to the Anchorage municipal election and the highly contentious Proposition 5, which failed authoritatively. The aftermath of the election, in which it was found that over half the preci... »

Judicial Terrorism: U.S. Department Of Labor Extorts $3 Million From FedEx In "Civil Rights Suit", Although There Were No Individual Plaintiffs

In his weekly column republished in the Anchorage Daily Planet, conservative Black columnist Thomas Sowell decries a recent outbreak of judicial terrorism by the federal government. The U.S. Department of Labor extorted $3 million from FedEx to settle ... »

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Alaskans For Justice Demand Accountability From The Department Of Justice Over The Railroading Of Ted Stevens

On March 29th, 2012, Alaska Dispatch reported the emergence of a new advocacy group called Alaskans For Justice. This group is not to be confused with the separate antiwar group known as Alaskans for Peace and Justice. Alaskans For Justice formed in th... »

How Alaskans Can Tune In To The 182nd Annual LDS General Conference On March 31st - April 1st, 2012

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be holding its 182nd Annual General Conference in Salt Lake City on Saturday March 31st through Sunday April 1st, 2012. Church members and others gather worldwide in a series of two-hour sessions to ... »

Will Passage Of Anchorage Proposition 5 Trigger Frivolous Complaints? Gay Group Files Discrimination Complaint Against T-Shirt Company In Lexington, Kentucky

One of the primary concerns voiced by the No On 5 side is that passage of Anchorage Proposition 5 could trigger a round of frivolous discrimination complaints by gays against business owners who might not want to patronize them for reasons of conscienc... »

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Alaska Redistricting Board Caught Between A State "Rock" And A Federal "Hard Place"

In response to a Alaska Supreme Court order which upheld Superior Court Judge Michael McConahy's ruling that Alaska House Districts 1, 2, 37 and 38 violated the Alaska State Constitution as drawn, the Alaska Redistricting Board released a new plan on M... »

Dittman Poll Shows 50 Percent Support Anchorage Proposition 5 Vs. 41 Percent Opposed; One Anchorage Got An Earlier Start, More Money, And Remained Civil

Yes, I know...my traffic analysis indicates that interest in Proposition 5 may be peaking out and that more people are interested in the school board and mayoral races. But each Prop. 5 post has been pertinent and newsworthy.And here's one more that's ... »

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Before We Make Trayvon Martin A Civil Rights Icon, Make His Birthday A Holiday, And Name An Anchorage Street After Him, Let's Get The WHOLE Story

A more recent and sinister photo of Trayvon Martin that the media has virtually ignoredNational media coverage of the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman on February 26th, 2012 has been markedly biased for Martin -- and against Zimmerm... »

Confirmed: Human Body Found Near Eklutna Is NOT That Of Samantha Koenig

On March 21st, 2012, the Anchorage Daily News reported that a human body was recovered late Tuesday March 20th from along the road to Eklutna Lake after a person who had been snowshoeing reported finding it in the woods. Anchorage police are investigat... »

Both The Bible And The Book Of Mormon Validate Rev. Tim Davis' Argument That One Can Believe In Jesus And Oppose Anchorage Proposition 5

Three leading pastors in Anchorage, Alaska have recently published contrasting views on whether or not those who truly believe in Jesus Christ should support Proposition 5, the Anchorage Equal Rights Initiative, which will be judged by voters during th... »

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Israel Keyes Arrested In Lufkin, Texas In Conjunction With The Samantha Koenig Kidnapping Case After Traffic Stop

Screenshot of Israel KeyesA major break in the Samantha Koenig case has been reported. Israel Keyes was arrested in Lufkin, Texas on March 13th, 2012 and is now incarcerated at the federal facility in Beaumont in conjunction with the kidnapping. As of ... »

Three Strikes Against Anchorage 2012 Mayoral Candidate Paul Honeman; Dan Sullivan Worthy Of Another Term

Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is being challenged by five opponents in the Anchorage 2012 Municipal Election. One of them, Paul Honeman, is the Assemblyman representing East Anchorage. Four others are considered alternative candidates; in orde... »

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