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One moose in Alaska sure picked the wrong woman to mess with-and it got the surprise of al lifetime when a tiny 85 year old woman came flying at it with a shovel. Here's how it went down: Dorothea Taylor was waiting in her truck one day when her husband of 40 years, George Murphy, went to get their dogs. She heard the dogs bark loudly, and when she went to investigate, she saw a moose hitting something with its hooves. More »
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Remember Sarah Palin? Of course you do. You had weird dreams about her for the second half of 2008, and the sight of her randomly stringing conservative buzzwords together on TV like she's some kind of expert causes you to question the value of your college degree. But just when it seemed like she was riding off into the sunset on a red, white, and blue snowmobile, she returns to reignite speculation that she might run for President in 2012. The Nightmare Before Christmas, indeed. More »
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Sarah Palin has enjoyed a long, illustrious career in quitting. She quit her job as governor. She quit attending four different colleges. She quit her reality show. She quit her big fancy cross-country bus tour, and then quit calling it "quitting." But now, finally, after what seems like decades of dealing with her spittle-spewing, American flag vest-wearing supporters with misspelled signs, and the snotty liberal arts majors who love to photograph them, Sarah Palin might be quitting something else: being deemed worthy of our collective fascination. More »
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The state of Alaska is about to release Sarah Palin's emails from her tenure as governor, and even with the inevitable redactions, that's going to be a lot of material. Let's take a look at exactly how much. More »
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Once upon a time, Sarah Palin was a genuinely effective, bipartisan legislator. No, really. More »
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Do you ever wonder if social conservatives are actually anti-sex or if it's just a massive coincidence that their agenda on sexual politics and rights suggests it? Meet Don Haase, appointed to a judicial selection panel by Alaska governor Sean Parnell, who recently admitted that he thinks sex outside of marriage should be illegal. More »
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We already knew Alaska was the leader in suicides. But it seems it can claim another dubious distinction: it's the rape capital of America, and the numbers are higher than ever. More »
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The upcoming finale brings our favorite lifestyle show to a close. Now what the fuck are we gonna do on Sunday nights? It's not like we can go hunt bears here in Chitown. Meanwhile, TLC's not commenting on the nix. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5728557&view=rss&microfeed=true Okay, now we can say Lisa Murkowski has officially won her Senate race. Only one other senator has ever been elected as a write-in candidate: Strom Thurmond. More »
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Here are some correctly spelled ballots cast for Lisa Murkowski that are being challenged by Joe Miller. It's been suggested that they all have traditionally female handwriting, but Miller's spokesman told a Talking Points Memo reporter the idea was "ludicrous." More »
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If Murkowski is declared the winner this week, it'll be because Alaskans like federal money more than they like the prospect of putting Tea Party rhetoric into practice. Oh, and Senate seniority. It's all rather sensible. Write-in counting starts Wednesday. More »
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Patty Murray has kept her Senate seat in Washington State. Sorry, Republicans. And Lisa Murkowski is thanking supporters for her win, although she won't actually know if she won until next week. Sorry, Tea Party and Sarah Palin. More »
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Playgirl model and Wasilla, Alaska mayoral candidate is running on a platform which focuses on "better schools, less crime and more jobs for citizens of Wasilla and neighboring Palmer." First he has to get his high school diploma, though. More »
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This is an mailer that Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski sent to appeal to women voters. But not everyone is buying it. Meanwhile, women voters are unimpressed by Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina. What's wrong with you chicks? More »
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The Anchorage Daily News says the three-way Alaska Senate race is being defined by the abortion debate. But we thought the culture wars are over! Never mind, social issues might might work in Democrats' favor, so let's run with it. More »
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"I'd rather be doing this than in some stuffy old political office," Sarah Palin says in the new trailer for her reality show. "I'd rather be out here being free." Promise? More »
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Lisa Murkowski's write-in candidacy in Alaska after a Tea Party upset has transformed her from "establishment incumbent to renegade underdog." She could win. Or she could just split the Democratic vote. Or the Republican. No one actually knows. More »
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Watch out, world. Lisa Murkowski is running as a write-in candidate, and she doesn't care who she pisses off. More »
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Public Policy Polling found 72% of Alaskans dislike Levi Johnston, while only 6% view him positively. Levi is the most unpopular person the group has ever polled in any state, a record formerly held by John Edwards in North Carolina. More »
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Incumbent Lisa Murkowski ended her fight for the Republican nomination for Senate against Tea Party Candidate Joe Miller, following extensive Tea Party-funded advertising questioning her conservatism — including her relatively pro-choice positions — as well as Sarah Palin's Miller endorsement. More »
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• Levi Johnston is not ready to let his 15 minutes go quite yet. The famous father has filed papers to run for office next year in Wasilla. A spokesman says Johnston is interested in running for mayor or city council.

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In a disturbing story of art imitating life imitating nightmare, Levi Johnston's reality show will feature him running for mayor of Wasilla — just like Sarah Palin. More »
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• A source close to Sarah Palin has come out to defend the former governor against boob job allegations. "It's absolutely ridiculous," she tells US Magazine. Unfortunately, Palin or her reps could not be reached for comment. More »
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Last week Discovery held their annual sales conference for ad buyers, which included a presentation on Sarah Palin's new reality show on the beauty of Alaska. It sucked. More »
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Sarah's forthcoming reality/documentary show will reportedly cost $1 million an episode to produce. But why bother when there's already a treasure trove of existing material? As demonstrated in this parody, only Sarah could make mashed potatoes sound ominous. More »
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It's like a particularly horrible game of would-you-rather: Sarah Palin, media mogul, or Sarah Palin, political figurehead? And do we really have to choose? More »
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On Tuesday, Sarah Palin slapped images of crosshairs all over a map of the US, corresponding to districts whose reps voted for "Obamacare." In preparation for her reality show, we've identified some other targets she might like to fire on. More »
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After much hemming and hawing, the Sarah Palin reality show has found a home, Variety reports. It seems the Discovery Channel may host the sure-to-be-train-wreck, paying up to $1 million an episode for Palin's Alaskan expertise. [The Wrap] More »
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Sarah Palin, who took a page from Karl Rove's playbook and established a private email account from which to conduct government business in order to avoid public disclosure, is off the hook for any legal consequences, you betcha. [NY Times] More »
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• Bush's "I can hear you" has been named the top political catchphrase of the decade, according to a company that apparently decides random shit like this. "Global warming" came in second, and "war on terror" was number three. More »
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Several bloggers found out on Tuesday that they're on Sarah Palin's shit-list, and thus were banned from attending a Going Rogue event in Wasilla. Sarah's black list includes three known Alaskan-based bloggers, and a mysterious fourth. [Gawker] More »
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HarperCollins Publishers has released images of Sarah Palin's memoir. Going Rogue shows Palin, framed against a cloudy sky, staring hard into the future. Judge it for yourself (if you can make it through 400 pages of this) November 17th. [USAToday] More »
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Sherry Johnston, mother of aspiring model Levi, pled guilty in court on Wednesday to a charge of possession of Oxycontin with intent to deliver. The terms of her plea deal may place her behind bars for five years. [People, AnchorageDailyNews] More »
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Sarah Palin's official farewell to Alaska yesterday was also her official notice to America that she's not going anywhere anytime soon. Predictably, her address included call-outs of various haters, like the press (and Hollywood starlets!). More »
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While this week's Time basically fawns all over Sarah Palin, others in the media discuss her hotness, her lack of education, and her gosh-darn boundary-breaking maverickness — and what these qualities will mean for her in 2012. More »
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Sarah Palin's farewell speech to Alaska/her senses on Friday seemed poorly thought-out and confusing. After three days and an exhaustive treatment by our crack team of elitist, unreal American textual analysts, it's — still poorly thought-out and confusing. More »
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Sarah Palin's nominee for Alaska attorney general, Wayne Anthony Ross, may have told MRA-group Dads Against Discrimination in 1991,"If a guy can't rape his wife, who's he gonna rape?" He's denying it. [Daily Beast] More »
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More details are emerging about Sherry Johnston, the grandmother of Bristol Palin's baby on the way, and her drug arrest for felony charges relating to OxyContin sales. More »
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• Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided that the entire Democratic caucus will vote next week whether Independent Senator Joe Lieberman will keep his seat as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee after having back John McCain and gone negative against Obama. [TPM Election Central]
• How negative did Lieberman really go? There's a video to count the ways. [Politico]
• And both the Clintons swear that — despite leaked reports that rather obviously came from Lieberman's camp — they aren't pushing to keep Lieberman at Homeland Security or in the caucus. [Politico]
• Racist Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss, who, according to the Constitution represents all the citizens of Georgia regardless of their race, knows the reason he didn't avoid a run-off election because not enough of "his" people turned out. You know, white people. That always vote for the white guy. Because they're white. [Think Progress]

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Sarah Palin is like a scab: we want to ignore her but we can't stop picking at her! Rachel Maddow seems to feel the same way, and last night she addressed the possibility of a Senator Palin. Here's a brief recap: incumbent GOP Senator Ted Stevens, who's been convicted of 7 felonies, is ahead by 3,000 votes though there are 90,000 votes yet to be counted. If Stevens were to win, he would be forced to step down, and many speculate that Palin would either appoint herself to the vacant seat or run in a special election. So what does the Governor have to say about this hullabaloo? "The Alaskan voters have spoken and me not being a dictator won't be tellin' anybody what to do. A Governor, especially one that's not gonna be a dictator and all this, doesn't have control over that." The Governor doth protest too much! Clip above. More »
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