Monthly Archives: August 2008

Wasilla, Alaska

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 31, 2008

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Bears for Obama and Biden

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 31, 2008

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bears for Obama and Biden — Poo to Palin!, originally uploaded by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com.

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Sarah Palin: Conservation Ethics

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 31, 2008

The use of aircraft to shoot or harass animals from the air is illegal under the US Airborne Hunting Act, enacted in 1972. The act was passed after a nationwide outcry against the aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska. In June of this year Sarah Palin sanctioned the Alaska Fish and Game helicopter killing of [...]

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fyi

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 29, 2008

Anybody else see a couple of problems looming for the dream ticket? See: Wired Science -and- See: Threat Level [tags]drill and pump, pump and drill, kill the whales, eat their krill[/tags]

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Don’t need a weatherman…

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 29, 2008

The Washington Post references lots of unnamed “officials” to support its speculation that the Republicans might postpone their convention to avoid a public relations disaster should Hurricane Gustav slams into New Orleans during the Republican Convention: Staging a convention during a major natural disaster would be a public relations challenge for either political party. But [...]

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john.he.is

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 28, 2008

Oldie but goodie…

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A little heads-up

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 28, 2008

I missed Bill Clinton’s speech last night so I went to CNN and played it this morning. I loved it. The speech strengthened my commitment to vote for a Democrat rather than a Republican, to welcome Hillary’s 18 million and to leverage their work breaking down the ceiling of glass that separates white women of [...]

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Commenting today at…

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 27, 2008

The Annoyed Librarian… correcting the spelling of mediocre gen x bands. [tags]to whom did Styx sell all those albums anyway, or was it some kind of money laundering scheme, the CIA used quiz shows, why not record sales, right wing tyranosaurocrats use book sales and speaking fees, whi buys all those books politicians write, read [...]

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