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		<title>Maine sucks, Washington rules, and Fairbanks (possibly) does the right thing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/maine-sucks-washington-rules-and-fairbanks-possibly-does-the-right-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok so the hangover from (not-quite-super, bordering-on-remarkable) Tuesday has ended, and so I bring you the Citizen Sig recap of Tuesday&#8217;s election results.
In New York City, billionaire Michael Bloomberg gives term limits the middle finger as he wins a third term as city mayor, albeit with some stiffer-than-expected competition.
Upstate, self-described Glenn Beck protege Doug Hoffman [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=184&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh racist Alaskan bloggers, how I hate you so much&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/oh-racist-alaskan-bloggers-how-i-hate-you-so-much/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the course of my surfing for links tonight, what should I happen upon but this delightful blog called Alaska Pride. I know I&#8217;m in for an&#8230;interesting read when the blog proudly labels itself  &#8220;as Alaska&#8217;s most politically incorrect blog.&#8221;  That&#8217;s usually just code for &#8220;I&#8217;m a raging homophobic racist DON&#8217;T JUDGE ME!&#8221;
And sure enough, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=182&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s show some bipartisan unity by roundly rejecting Tammie Wilson</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/lets-show-some-bipartisan-unity-by-roundly-rejecting-tammie-wilson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigilistic</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look folks.  I know that local elections aren&#8217;t as sexy as the presidential elections are.  The candidates are homelier and maybe they smell a little funny but face it:  Tammie Wilson and Luke Hopkins have far more ability to affect your life here in Fairbanks than Barack Obama ever can.  One [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=175&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Onion: Victim of fatal car accident tragically not Glenn Beck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victim In Fatal Car Accident Tragically Not Glenn Beck
The Onion is brilliant.  This particular piece is so brilliant as to border on the sublime.  My favorite quote from it is &#8220;There&#8217;s nothing harder than Glenn Beck outliving your child!&#8221;
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		<title>OFA wants to ruin Halloween&#8230;what next, Christmas!?</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/ofa-wants-to-ruin-halloween-what-next-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allow me to preface this by saying I&#8217;m a democrat.  Big surprise, right?  Anyway, I&#8217;m happy Obama is in office.  Yay Obama.  But seriously&#8230;this email that I got yesterday is going a little too far&#8230;
William &#8211;
This Halloween, Organizing for America is asking Alaskans who support health reform &#8212; whether you live [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=169&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yes Men prank the Chamber of Commerce&#8230;and it&#8217;s glorious!</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/yes-men-prank-the-chamber-of-commerce-and-its-glorious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Sometimes real life is FAR funnier than anything fiction can throw at us.  Bravo to the Yes Men for their hilarious and truly effective hoax.  With this and the rush of high profile departures (including Apple, Nike, and several major energy companies) over their regressive and harmful stance on climate change, one certainly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=165&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Ramras wants to be a &#8220;rain-maker,&#8221; hints at expanding role of Lt. Gov.</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/jay-ramras-wants-to-be-a-rain-maker-hints-at-expanding-role-of-lt-gov/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Anchorage Press has an interesting article about Jay Ramras&#8217; announcement that he will be seeking the office of lieutenant governor in the 2010 election.  Especially noteworthy in that article is Ramras&#8217; stated intention, originally quoted in a Dermot Cole blog entry, of using the role of lieutenant governor to be a kind of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=157&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jay Ramras running for Lt. Gov.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Rep. Jay Ramras (R-Food Factory) has decided to run for lieutenant governor. Wow.  Many folks were surprised when &#8220;Jay-Bird&#8221; dove into politics back in 2005.  Now the man most famous for his chicken suit and his nation-wide wife hunt has decided to take the second highest-ranking job in the state.  Stay tuned to this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=155&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin to go on Oprah.  Yes, really.</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/sarah-palin-to-go-on-oprah-yes-really/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m becoming increasingly bored with &#8220;news&#8221; concerning our ex-governor, but this particular story grabbed enough of my attention as to motivate me to post it here.   Sarah Palin will be a guest on Oprah one day before her ghost-written autobiography is released.  All the good jokes for this have already been made so I&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=152&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rubbing elbows with the Alaska State Senate Finance Committee</title>
		<link>http://sigilistic.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/rubbing-elbows-with-the-alaska-state-senate-finance-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the Alaska Senate Finance Committee hosted a reception at the Morris Thompson Cultural Center in downtown Fairbanks, following a day spent at UAF discussing budget issues.  A surprising number of important folks showed up at the event.  Attendees included state senators such as Joe Thomas, Joe Paskvan, and recently-nominated John Coghill, as well as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sigilistic.wordpress.com&blog=2650953&post=145&subd=sigilistic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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