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Old 03-16-2011, 03:15 PM
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Alaskan crooks update

Damn, one of the many Republican criminals in the Alaska legislature got off with probation by pleading guilty to corruption charges, and another one who is already in prison is getting a new trial courtesy of the federal appeals court. This is all fallout from the VECO scandal that eventually cost Ted Stevens his seat in the US Senate. Five or six Pubs went to jail after it was all over, and the next election evened up the Senate to the point where it had to form a bipartisan coalition, which is working surprisingly well. At least their political careers are hopefully over.

In other news, Joe Miller, who challenged Lisa Murkowski in the last US Senate race, has been tied to the militia leader who was just arrested for murder conspiracy along with his brethren. Paling around with terrorists, Joe? What would Sarah say?
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