In 1960

[thimk]
my Grandfather, a wonderful caring man from Halifax and Pittsylvania counties Virginia, refused to vote for John Kennedy– because Kennedy was Catholic. My parents could first vote for  a President in 1960, because of the 12-month residency restrictions on voting then (until the voting rights act).
At 7:01 PM Alaska time, just as California polls closed, [...]

Todd Palin, Sarah Palin’s husband, and rural Alaska living

[revised] 2008-10-20 Finally, ADN had background on Todd Palin’s family, Yup’ik ties give Palins unique Alaska connection NATIVE: Grandmother on Todd’s side calls the governor a ’special gal.’ By TOM KIZZIA tkizzia@adn.com Published: October 19th, 2008 11:20 PM. Anthropologically or historically, this background information is important because it reflects a lot of Alaskan history and [...]

Sarah Palin content

revised 2009-07-03 A good summary of recent events of former Gov. Palin is Palin Resigns: Exit stage right
revised 2008-10-15 A good summary of Gov. Palin in Alaska is

Sarah Palin, A View From Anchorage Listen Now [41 min 28 sec] add to playlist Fresh Air from WHYY, October 15, 2008 · Supporters and [...]

Where is… Palin and bridge to Nowhere Alaska

Now that the Republicans have placed a woman (Gov. Sarah Palin) on the national ticket, 24 years after the Democratic Party, folks seem to wonder again about the Bridge to Nowhere. One of the bridges is in Ketchikan. The other is the Knik bridge which would have connected Anchorage to Senator Lisa Murkowski’s designated new [...]

Alaska bluets not dragons or flowers but damsels

Steve over at whatdoino grabbed a great photo

Bugs, Boleta, Barbecue, and a Tacky Green Russula

of the ladybugs I mentioned earlier

More bug projects

Along with the ladybug, he posted a photo of what most of us would call a dragonfly or maybe a darningneedle or damselfly.

It is a bluet, but not the flower.
I found this [...]

Most popular in 2007, 2008 YKWP (boring post)

[This is a housekeeping entry.]
I suspect many readers visit for specific posts and others are using feed readers for posts and comments. While the blog format is very flexible for information and discussion it’s technical restrictions are a little challenging for me to keep folks up to date on revisions and to [...]

Table of Contents, chronological, updated

I updated the Table of Contents by chronological order yesterday. This provides a listing by title from oldest to newest (the reverse order from the web log normal). Haven’t yet done the update to the alphabetical contents.
In either case, the ToC can be useful to discover other things of interest to a reader. There may [...]

Yukon Kuskokwim Bethel babies alert

Once again, babies are sick, but this time in the YK Delta. Inflammation can lead to scarring of lungs; high fevers can stop children’s bone and tooth growth for a short while; other infections may take advantage of weaknesses.

Give germs the boot, not our babies: unwashed hands make everyone sick (see comments and post)

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Bethel “town hall” meeting on AGIA

**February 21 [deadline]
I don’t understand why the State is spending tax money for these meetings when the State will not take testimony or hear from the public. At least there is a greater lead time than last year– Gov. Palin and DNR Commissioner scheduled a hearing in Bethel on Friday for the following Sunday [...]

Briefs 5 (biocultural factors, flu science, soap)

//engtech at Internet Duct Tape has a variety of useful tools for productive research, one of which is to automatically bundle together stuff he has noted elsewhere for a weekly post at his blog. I haven’t quite mastered this yet in a way most useful to you the readers. These “Briefs” are one [...]