<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - ak</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/ak</link><description>Newsvine - ak</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:48:27 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:37:03 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Alaska Air Traffic Controllers Furloughed By FAA</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com U.S. & World News]]></source><link>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863816-alaska-air-traffic-controllers-furloughed-by-faa</link><guid>http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863816-alaska-air-traffic-controllers-furloughed-by-faa</guid><category>local-news</category><category>anchorage</category><category>ak</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:14:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Summer in AK-part 2, by deepwater don</title>
<description><![CDATA[As promised (or threatened, as some may see it) here is the rest of my last summer in AK.
Feel free to comment, critique, complain, or just stop in to say hello. Finding all my old (and new) friends after the Beta switchover is kind of like an Easter egg hunt for me. I value all &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[deepwater don]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[deepwater don]]></source><link>http://deepwaterdon.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917065-summer-in-ak-part-2-by-deepwater-don</link><guid>http://deepwaterdon.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/10/16917065-summer-in-ak-part-2-by-deepwater-don</guid><category>eagles</category><category>whales</category><category>boats</category><category>not-news</category><category>ak</category><category>king-cove</category><category>sand-point</category><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 15:20:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon4E3FB1DE-A0D1-06C2-4C7A-567422324923.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon4E3FB1DE-A0D1-06C2-4C7A-567422324923.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Cemetary in town. Most graves are Russian Orthodox and some are 100 yrs old. Standing there I could almost feel the presence of spirits from the past.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon80D7D50C-B514-0A84-7AAF-1CE84819B91D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon80D7D50C-B514-0A84-7AAF-1CE84819B91D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Longest sidewalk in town. No skateboarding or rollerblades here, for sure.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonFC7D669D-4DCF-5CF0-6AA3-CE3E86944527.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonFC7D669D-4DCF-5CF0-6AA3-CE3E86944527.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Boat harbor.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon614BE2E4-22D9-7829-CF86-729E7909A6E7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon614BE2E4-22D9-7829-CF86-729E7909A6E7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This may be the tallest tree on the island. Occupied, of course. Between here and for the next 1/2 mile down the beach there another half dozen eagle nests high in the rocks and crannies of the cliffs above the beach. Bad focus, but there was no way I would walk up under the tree to try to get close to this guys home.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon2BBABA57-BEF6-7BEF-3D3D-DB93BEDFFCF8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon2BBABA57-BEF6-7BEF-3D3D-DB93BEDFFCF8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Through the window of the Russian Orthodox church. Beautiful, solid gold stuff in there.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon6842882A-FA92-206D-0D37-6D6A69BE3A6E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon6842882A-FA92-206D-0D37-6D6A69BE3A6E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;When I took the shot there were Probably 50 or more whales with tails in the air. Many more were going up and down. They were in a major feeding frenzy, stocking up for their long trip to Hawaii for the winter. This pod actually hung around this are for 2 or 3 days before moving on.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonDBEC02DB-4CF6-7FB0-9D58-ED8C88A527B9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonDBEC02DB-4CF6-7FB0-9D58-ED8C88A527B9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pavlof Volcano, 9700 ft., adjacent peak in Pavlofs Sister,8800 ft. Rises straight up from the the shoreline. Truly one of the best examples of a volcano in the chain and one of my favorites.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon4719949E-8597-48FE-0816-C0E13769CE87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon4719949E-8597-48FE-0816-C0E13769CE87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Crab pots stored on the beach. Eagle sunning himself and on look out for dinner. These pots are normally 7ft.x7ft', 34inches high with a door that opens on one end to remove the crab. Normally weigh 800+ pounds each.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon36CDD217-348E-BE58-BA19-A32C70455BA4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdon36CDD217-348E-BE58-BA19-A32C70455BA4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Eagles sitting on the jetty in King Cove.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonD4E61CAC-B093-909D-E4D2-64DD11B4CF39.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonD4E61CAC-B093-909D-E4D2-64DD11B4CF39.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;For Sale, Cheap, or Best Offer.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonB7820326-AD35-FFC0-900E-AEFDA514FB8E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=deepwaterdonB7820326-AD35-FFC0-900E-AEFDA514FB8E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;For the fishermen out there. World record Halibut in the Anchorage airport. Over 9 ft. long and 700+ lbs.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Should TV &amp; Radio Include &quot;Write-In&quot; US Senate Candidates When They Air Debates?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kansas City Public Television (KCPT 19) was selected to have the first US Senate - Missouri debate in October.

Missouri US Senate Candidates were asked today if TV and Radio should include people that have registered and qualified with the state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Missouri Will Show The Way!]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Missouri Will Show The Way!]]></source><link>http://ati123.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/24/5174187-should-tv-radio-include-write-in-us-senate-candidates-when-they-air-debates</link><guid>http://ati123.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/24/5174187-should-tv-radio-include-write-in-us-senate-candidates-when-they-air-debates</guid><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>new</category><category>congress</category><category>alaska</category><category>tv</category><category>trade</category><category>ideas</category><category>america</category><category>usa</category><category>2010</category><category>internet</category><category>influence</category><category>radio</category><category>small-business</category><category>summit</category><category>what</category><category>deficit</category><category>how</category><category>missouri</category><category>web</category><category>senate-race</category><category>where</category><category>special</category><category>st-louis-post-dispatch</category><category>when</category><category>page</category><category>world-news</category><category>company</category><category>baltimore-sun</category><category>newspaper</category><category>republican</category><category>us-senate</category><category>boston-globe</category><category>democrat</category><category>filibuster</category><category>fec</category><category>roy-blunt</category><category>miami-herald</category><category>independent</category><category>links</category><category>nyt</category><category>federalism</category><category>ak</category><category>state-of-the-union</category><category>states-rights</category><category>mo</category><category>la-times</category><category>corporation</category><category>llc</category><category>star-ledger</category><category>seattle-times</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>sole</category><category>wealthy</category><category>interests</category><category>ny-daily-news</category><category>newsday</category><category>elect</category><category>tea-party</category><category>ny-post</category><category>fired-up</category><category>us-senator</category><category>the-kansas-city-star</category><category>president-obama</category><category>undue</category><category>mark-memoly</category><category>robin-carnahan</category><category>columbia-daily-tribune</category><category>lmark</category><category>visitmo</category><category>tax-party</category><category>americas-values</category><category>st-joseph-news-press</category><category>on-november-2</category><category>http-www-kansascity-com-parade-celebrity</category><category>statline-org</category><category>vote-for-write-in-candidate</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:30:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US Senate Write-In Missouri Candidate Answers Question Asked</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Mark Memoly a US Senate Write-In Missouri Candidate was the first to answer this question "How would you help accomplish "a more
perfect Union"? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Missouri Will Show The Way!]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Missouri Will Show The Way!]]></source><link>http://ati123.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/21/5153269-us-senate-write-in-missouri-candidate-answers-question-asked</link><guid>http://ati123.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/21/5153269-us-senate-write-in-missouri-candidate-answers-question-asked</guid><category>us</category><category>energy</category><category>new</category><category>congress</category><category>alaska</category><category>tv</category><category>trade</category><category>ideas</category><category>america</category><category>usa</category><category>2010</category><category>internet</category><category>influence</category><category>radio</category><category>small-business</category><category>summit</category><category>what</category><category>deficit</category><category>how</category><category>missouri</category><category>web</category><category>senate-race</category><category>where</category><category>special</category><category>st-louis-post-dispatch</category><category>when</category><category>page</category><category>world-news</category><category>company</category><category>baltimore-sun</category><category>newspaper</category><category>republican</category><category>us-senate</category><category>boston-globe</category><category>democrat</category><category>filibuster</category><category>fec</category><category>roy-blunt</category><category>miami-herald</category><category>independent</category><category>links</category><category>nyt</category><category>federalism</category><category>ak</category><category>state-of-the-union</category><category>states-rights</category><category>mo</category><category>la-times</category><category>corporation</category><category>llc</category><category>star-ledger</category><category>seattle-times</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>sole</category><category>wealthy</category><category>interests</category><category>ny-daily-news</category><category>newsday</category><category>elect</category><category>tea-party</category><category>ny-post</category><category>fired-up</category><category>us-senator</category><category>the-kansas-city-star</category><category>president-obama</category><category>undue</category><category>proprietor</category><category>mark-memoly</category><category>robin-carnahan</category><category>columbia-daily-tribune</category><category>lmark</category><category>visitmo</category><category>tax-party</category><category>americas-values</category><category>st-joseph-news-press</category><category>on-november-2</category><category>http-www-kansascity-com-parade-celebrity</category><category>statline-org</category><category>vote-for-write-in-candidate</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:50:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FEC Rules Sole Proprietor &amp; Candidate Cannot Use Company Email Or Other Company Resources During Campaign</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Friday, September 17, 2010 the FEC stated: "A candidate that is a Sole Proprietor cannot promote his/her small business, use any company resources, nor may their company recommend their candidacy during the course of a campaign because of the possibility of an undue influenc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Missouri Will Show The Way!]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Missouri Will Show The Way!]]></source><link>http://ati123.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/20/5140751-fec-rules-sole-proprietor-candidate-cannot-use-company-email-or-other-company-resources-during-campaign</link><guid>http://ati123.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/20/5140751-fec-rules-sole-proprietor-candidate-cannot-use-company-email-or-other-company-resources-during-campaign</guid><category>us</category><category>new</category><category>congress</category><category>alaska</category><category>tv</category><category>trade</category><category>ideas</category><category>america</category><category>usa</category><category>2010</category><category>internet</category><category>influence</category><category>radio</category><category>small-business</category><category>summit</category><category>deficit</category><category>missouri</category><category>web</category><category>senate-race</category><category>special</category><category>st-louis-post-dispatch</category><category>page</category><category>world-news</category><category>company</category><category>baltimore-sun</category><category>newspaper</category><category>republican</category><category>us-senate</category><category>boston-globe</category><category>democrat</category><category>fec</category><category>roy-blunt</category><category>miami-herald</category><category>independent</category><category>links</category><category>nyt</category><category>federalism</category><category>ak</category><category>state-of-the-union</category><category>states-rights</category><category>mo</category><category>la-times</category><category>corporation</category><category>llc</category><category>star-ledger</category><category>seattle-times</category><category>sole</category><category>wealthy</category><category>interests</category><category>ny-daily-news</category><category>newsday</category><category>elect</category><category>tea-party</category><category>ny-post</category><category>fired-up</category><category>us-senator</category><category>the-kansas-city-star</category><category>president-obama</category><category>undue</category><category>proprietor</category><category>mark-memoly</category><category>robin-carnahan</category><category>columbia-daily-tribune</category><category>lmark</category><category>visitmo</category><category>tax-party</category><category>americas-values</category><category>st-joseph-news-press</category><category>on-november-2</category><category>http-www-kansascity-com-parade-celebrity</category><category>statline-org</category><category>vote-for-write-in-candidate</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:09:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Watchdog group finds smaller servings of congressional pork </title>
<description><![CDATA[The "Pig Book," an annual report detailing the excesses of pork spending, has served up its usual heavy-duty mockery of congressional excesses. But this year the meat spit is smaller.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[charnello]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[charnello]]></source><link>http://charnello.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/14/4158541-watchdog-group-finds-smaller-servings-of-congressional-pork</link><guid>http://charnello.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/14/4158541-watchdog-group-finds-smaller-servings-of-congressional-pork</guid><category>congress</category><category>alaska</category><category>senate</category><category>corruption</category><category>hawaii</category><category>gop</category><category>house</category><category>stevens</category><category>us-news</category><category>democrat</category><category>hi</category><category>ak</category><category>earmarks</category><category>pork</category><category>cagw</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:57:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Timeless, Ubiquitous AK-47 - Photo Essays - TIME</title>
<description><![CDATA[A photo essay of the AK 47 ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DeMock]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DeMock]]></source><link>http://demock.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/06/3987152-the-timeless-ubiquitous-ak-47-photo-essays-time</link><guid>http://demock.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/06/3987152-the-timeless-ubiquitous-ak-47-photo-essays-time</guid><category>history</category><category>ak-47</category><category>ak</category><category>47</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:30:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarah Palin's Constitutional Train Wreck</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Senator Bill Wielechowski came on my radio program this week, he dropped a bomb I wasn't ready for; in order for Alaska to avoid a constitutional crisis, "The real solution...is for the governor to say...'I will withhold my resignation until the legislature can meet.'"]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chum]]></source><link>http://chum.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/13/3021951-sarah-palins-constitutional-train-wreck</link><guid>http://chum.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/13/3021951-sarah-palins-constitutional-train-wreck</guid><category>governor</category><category>constitution</category><category>money</category><category>politics</category><category>cost</category><category>celbrity</category><category>legislature</category><category>ak</category><category>palin</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:37:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sue Me, Sarah, For I Have Sinned</title>
<description><![CDATA[Note:  Two people - my father and a friendly fellow Viner - have expressed concerns that the following opinion piece may actually fall under the definition of libel.  I appreciate their warnings and had already carefully considered the idea when writing this.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen-for-Obama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ellen-for-Obama]]></source><link>http://st-theresa.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998940-sue-me-sarah-for-i-have-sinned</link><guid>http://st-theresa.newsvine.com/_news/2009/07/05/2998940-sue-me-sarah-for-i-have-sinned</guid><category>alaska</category><category>home</category><category>resigns</category><category>politics</category><category>house</category><category>ethics</category><category>lawyer</category><category>clothing</category><category>quits</category><category>defamation</category><category>resign</category><category>ak</category><category>rnc</category><category>bristol</category><category>quit</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>wasilla</category><category>tripp</category><category>trig</category><category>legal-threat</category><category>iceberg-scandal</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:41:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fst-theresa2F2999379.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="163" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fst-theresa2F2999379.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Patch is an 11 year-old male cat.  He's beautiful and very friendly, though he has behavioral issues and urinates outside his litter box.  Unfortunately, he's one of only a few things I can offer Sarah Palin when she successfully sues me for impinging on her right to free speech - or whatever her problem is today.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Palin: I'm No Hypocrite </title>
<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin's office moved fast last week to protect her (self-proclaimed) standing as a scourge of earmarks.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chum]]></source><link>http://chum.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2563469-palin-im-no-hypocrite</link><guid>http://chum.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/18/2563469-palin-im-no-hypocrite</guid><category>governor</category><category>congress</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>ak</category><category>earmarks</category><category>omnibus</category><category>sarah-palin</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:57:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tragic Flaw (Picking Sarah Palin)</title>
<description><![CDATA[It is entirely possible that no one could have beaten the political force known as Barack Obama — under any circumstances. And though it isn't over yet, it seems clear that McCain made a tragic, if familiar, error under that sycamore tree.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[miasma]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[miasma]]></source><link>http://miasma.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/24/2036773-tragic-flaw-picking-sarah-palin</link><guid>http://miasma.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/24/2036773-tragic-flaw-picking-sarah-palin</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>az</category><category>gop</category><category>john-mccain</category><category>republican</category><category>vice-president</category><category>ak</category><category>sarah-palin</category><category>potusa</category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Former Wasilla Mayor: Palin is an Opportunist and Mean</title>
<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin's dustpan is full of political dirtiness according to this salon.com feature.  She has stabbed the hands that helped her over and over again, all to move up in the political world.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[What The F?]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[What The F?]]></source><link>http://whatthef.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1900086-former-wasilla-mayor-palin-is-an-opportunist-and-mean</link><guid>http://whatthef.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/23/1900086-former-wasilla-mayor-palin-is-an-opportunist-and-mean</guid><category>alaska</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>ak</category><category>election-08</category><category>wasilla</category><category>sarah-palin-john-mccain</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:18:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>In criticizing liberals for purported sexism, conservative media figures have engaged in their own</title>
<description><![CDATA[During the weeks following Sen. John McCain's selection of Gov.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Chum]]></source><link>http://chum.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/20/1891727-in-criticizing-liberals-for-purported-sexism-conservative-media-figures-have-engaged-in-their-own</link><guid>http://chum.newsvine.com/_news/2008/09/20/1891727-in-criticizing-liberals-for-purported-sexism-conservative-media-figures-have-engaged-in-their-own</guid><category>media</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>republicans</category><category>sexism</category><category>pundits</category><category>hypocrisy</category><category>ak</category><category>palin</category><category>progressives</category><category>feminists</category><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:44:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Washington, Ankara and La Conspiracy Du Jour</title>
<description><![CDATA[The biggest appeal of conspiracy theories is also their biggest weakness: They seem to have the power to explain everything. And that makes them nothing but irrelevant to explain phenomena in a convincing way.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nuri Yalcin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nuri Yalcin]]></source><link>http://monitor.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/25/856208-washington-ankara-and-la-conspiracy-du-jour</link><guid>http://monitor.newsvine.com/_news/2007/07/25/856208-washington-ankara-and-la-conspiracy-du-jour</guid><category>turkey</category><category>middle-east</category><category>world-news</category><category>ak</category><category>erdogan</category><category>akp</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:07:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Porky' Stevens Blocks Bill, (Internet Still Not a Truck)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ted 'Bridge To Nowhere' Stevens is up to some of his antics. S. 2590 is a bill that would in effect:
require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[miasma]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[miasma]]></source><link>http://miasma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/31/346222-porky-stevens-blocks-bill-internet-still-not-a-truck</link><guid>http://miasma.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/31/346222-porky-stevens-blocks-bill-internet-still-not-a-truck</guid><category>alaska</category><category>senate</category><category>politics</category><category>waste</category><category>finance</category><category>spending</category><category>ted-stevens</category><category>tom-coburn</category><category>ok</category><category>ak</category><category>culture-of-corruption</category><category>pork</category><category>s-2590</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>