Today in Alaska, there’s a political battle raging over a proposed copper mine, the Pebble Project. Not many in Washington, D.C. know about it, but it’s time people start paying attention.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-09-01 05:05:212012-09-01 05:05:21EPA’s Alaska Power-Grab Will Hurt the Nation
Canada may have its Albertan oil sands, and North Dakota has its Bakken oil formation. But don’t count Alaska out when it comes to producing unconventional oil.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-09-01 04:15:002012-09-01 04:15:00Alaska Pursuing Shale Oil to Fill Pipeline
Alaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather. Despite that, Juneau worries a major earthquake or volcanic eruption could leave the state’s 720,000 residents stranded and cut off from food and supply lines. The answer: Build giant warehouses full of emergency food and supplies, just in case.
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An Alaskan SEAL’s firsthand account of the Navy raid that killed bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials and slams Obama for taking credit for the killing. As a result of Fox News publishing his identity, he is now on a Jihadist hit list.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-30 02:05:302012-08-30 02:05:30Jihadists Call for Alaskan Navy SEAL’s Murder; His New Book Slams Obama for Taking Credit for bin Laden Hit
It was a good night for the pro-life cause around the state of Alaska. In all, eight of eleven candidates endorsed by AK Right to Life PAC won Republican primaries, with one race yet undecided.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-29 01:43:592012-08-29 01:43:59Alaska Right-to-Life Endorsed Candidates Win 8 of 11 Races in GOP Primary
An Alaska couple connected with Schaeffer Cox pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to kill a federal judge in what prosecutors said was a revenge plot over income-tax rulings against them.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-27 20:44:142012-08-27 20:44:14Alaska couple plead guilty to conspiring to kill federal judge
A grizzly attacked and killed a lone backpacker in Denali National Park and Preserve on Friday after the man encountered the bear next to a river and lingered there snapping pictures, according to the National Park Service.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-27 05:15:082012-08-27 05:15:08First fatal bear mauling in history of Denali National Park
A Democratically-controlled majority coalition known as the “Alaska Senate Bipartisan Working Group” holds the power in the state senate even though the GOP has more Senators. The only way to change this is to change the people that represent us in Juneau.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-24 05:56:542012-08-24 05:56:54Democrats control Alaska’s Senate even though the GOP has the majority
A Navy Seal who has authored a controversial book about the mission that killed bin Laden has been identified as 35 year old living in Wrangell, Alaska.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-24 03:20:482012-08-24 03:20:48Alaskan Navy Seal who wrote book on bin Laden killing identified, faces likely probe
Rebecca Kiessling, a pro-life attorney from Michigan, fully understands the national debate going on concerning the controversial comments Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin made about abortion and rape. Kiessling was conceived when her mother was victimized by a rapist.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-22 00:00:542012-08-22 00:00:54Attorney conceived in rape to speak in Anchorage, comments on Akin controversy
Murkowski, with a long track record of breaking her own word, hopes to convince some of her Republican colleagues to take a page out of her playbook and break their pledges on LOST during the lame duck session of Congress this fall.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-20 04:35:272012-08-20 04:35:27Murkowski wants to sneak through Law of the Sea Treaty in lame duck session this fall
Alaska’s primary election is one of the most important in the history of our state. Alaska is at a watershed moment when a very small percentage of voters will literally chart the course of the future of our State. This primary will decide if the current gang of Democrats and their minority of Republican enablers will continue to dominate the State Senate and thus further bankrupt Alaska.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-20 04:33:402012-08-20 04:33:40Alaska’s primary election: One of the most important in the history of our state
Industry leaders and critics of the administration argue that the president’s energy policies have only curbed U.S. energy independence through high taxes and burdensome regulations and that Obama’s energy agenda has imposed a slew of challenges to domestic energy production. Obama’s NPR-A plan is more of the same double-speak, keeping broad swaths of oil-rich land from development.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-20 04:05:052012-08-20 04:05:05Industry Protests Obama’s Plan for Alaskan Oil Reserves
Wasilla City Councilman, Republican State House candidate (and former candidate for Alaska Lt. Governor in 2010), Mark Ewing keeps talking. And then trying to untalk. And then talking again. And it’s just not good.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-17 00:39:212012-08-17 00:39:21Alaska legislative candidate’s mega-gaffes go viral via Huffington Post
A group of researchers has embarked on the first comprehensive study of marine life in the eastern Chukchi Sea near Alaska. Their findings will be used by the Department of the Interior to help decide whether to grant future leases for offshore oil exploration and drilling in the region, and to regulate transportation and future fishing.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-15 03:55:582012-08-15 03:55:58Prepping to fight Shell Oil production: Biologists commence study of Chukchi Sea life
Alaskans will find a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ at the voting booth on August 28th. Ballot Measure 2, the ‘Alaska Coastal Zone Management Program’ (ACZMP) is bad for Alaska!
The U.S. Interior Department opened the door to the possibility of an oil pipeline across the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and to oil and gas leasing on 11.8 million acres of it.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-15 03:10:582012-08-15 03:10:58Tentative oil plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve
The high-seas “pirate ship” the U.S. Coast Guard chased from its Alaska patrol across the North Pacific Ocean has been turned over to Chinese Fishery Law Enforcement.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-15 03:00:342012-08-15 03:00:34Coast Guard cutter catches Chinese “pirate ship”, but turns over crooks to … Chinese!
Former U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced today that she will not speak at the Republican National Convention in Florida later this month
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-12 22:55:012012-08-12 22:55:01Decision: Palin will not speak at the GOP Convention in Tampa
The Libor scandal, which began in London with bankers accused of manipulating a key global interest rate, has reached the Alaskan wilderness. Or at least that’s the hope of New York plaintiffs’ lawyer Brian Murray.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-12 22:10:022012-08-12 22:10:02Alaska: the next Libor litigation frontier?
Alaska Nanooks rifle alumnus Matt Emmons overcame misfires in his two previous Olympic apperances to capture his first Olympic medal in the men’s 50-meter three position shooting event on Monday.
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Effective later this week, you may now decide what sex you are on an Alaskan driver’s license. The insanity continues . . .
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-06 04:45:222012-08-06 04:45:22God determines your sex … but not on an Alaskan driver’s license
The head of the US Chamber is pushing for passage of LOST and claims it will get through the next Congress. But Alaska’s Joe Miller is fighting it: “To transfer two-thirds of the earth’s surface over to the governance of the United Nations is just a crazy thought,” Miller said Thursday. “And whether or not there’s some short-term economic benefit, (it) is a terrible thing to do, if you love this country and are really supporting its continued sovereignty.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-08-03 04:35:592012-08-03 04:35:59U.S. Chamber: Law of the Sea Treaty Will Pass
Sen. Mark Begich is worried about Joe Miller and “the entire national right-wing attack machine.” Those are words he used in a recent letter soliciting funds for his 2014 reelection bid. Read more about his worries here.
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Today, Alaska’s long-time lone U.S. Representative Don Young endorsed pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion, and pro-Obamacare Democrat Mazie Hirono in the contested U.S. Senate Race in Hawaii. See the video endorsement here and read why Young made the endorsement.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2012-07-25 03:00:502012-07-25 03:00:50Alaska’s GOP Rep. Young endorses extreme-liberal Democrat for US Senate (+video)
EPA’s Alaska Power-Grab Will Hurt the Nation
/3 Comments/in Alaska News /by Lisa ReimersToday in Alaska, there’s a political battle raging over a proposed copper mine, the Pebble Project. Not many in Washington, D.C. know about it, but it’s time people start paying attention.
Alaska Pursuing Shale Oil to Fill Pipeline
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Juliet EilperinCanada may have its Albertan oil sands, and North Dakota has its Bakken oil formation. But don’t count Alaska out when it comes to producing unconventional oil.
Remote Alaska to Stockpile Food, Just in Case
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressAlaska is known for pioneering, self-reliant residents who are accustomed to remote locations and harsh weather. Despite that, Juneau worries a major earthquake or volcanic eruption could leave the state’s 720,000 residents stranded and cut off from food and supply lines. The answer: Build giant warehouses full of emergency food and supplies, just in case.
Jihadists Call for Alaskan Navy SEAL’s Murder; His New Book Slams Obama for Taking Credit for bin Laden Hit
/3 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Associated PressAn Alaskan SEAL’s firsthand account of the Navy raid that killed bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials and slams Obama for taking credit for the killing. As a result of Fox News publishing his identity, he is now on a Jihadist hit list.
Alaska Right-to-Life Endorsed Candidates Win 8 of 11 Races in GOP Primary
/3 Comments/in Alaska News /by Matt JohnsonIt was a good night for the pro-life cause around the state of Alaska. In all, eight of eleven candidates endorsed by AK Right to Life PAC won Republican primaries, with one race yet undecided.
Alaska couple plead guilty to conspiring to kill federal judge
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Yereth RosenAn Alaska couple connected with Schaeffer Cox pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to kill a federal judge in what prosecutors said was a revenge plot over income-tax rulings against them.
First fatal bear mauling in history of Denali National Park
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Casey GroveA grizzly attacked and killed a lone backpacker in Denali National Park and Preserve on Friday after the man encountered the bear next to a river and lingered there snapping pictures, according to the National Park Service.
Democrats control Alaska’s Senate even though the GOP has the majority
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Original /by Amy WalkerA Democratically-controlled majority coalition known as the “Alaska Senate Bipartisan Working Group” holds the power in the state senate even though the GOP has more Senators. The only way to change this is to change the people that represent us in Juneau.
Alaskan Navy Seal who wrote book on bin Laden killing identified, faces likely probe
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured, Original /by Joe MillerA Navy Seal who has authored a controversial book about the mission that killed bin Laden has been identified as 35 year old living in Wrangell, Alaska.
Attorney conceived in rape to speak in Anchorage, comments on Akin controversy
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by News EditorRebecca Kiessling, a pro-life attorney from Michigan, fully understands the national debate going on concerning the controversial comments Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin made about abortion and rape. Kiessling was conceived when her mother was victimized by a rapist.
Murkowski wants to sneak through Law of the Sea Treaty in lame duck session this fall
/9 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Zack ColmanMurkowski, with a long track record of breaking her own word, hopes to convince some of her Republican colleagues to take a page out of her playbook and break their pledges on LOST during the lame duck session of Congress this fall.
Alaska’s primary election: One of the most important in the history of our state
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Amy WalkerAlaska’s primary election is one of the most important in the history of our state. Alaska is at a watershed moment when a very small percentage of voters will literally chart the course of the future of our State. This primary will decide if the current gang of Democrats and their minority of Republican enablers will continue to dominate the State Senate and thus further bankrupt Alaska.
Industry Protests Obama’s Plan for Alaskan Oil Reserves
/1 Comment/in Alaska News, Featured /by Brian KoenigIndustry leaders and critics of the administration argue that the president’s energy policies have only curbed U.S. energy independence through high taxes and burdensome regulations and that Obama’s energy agenda has imposed a slew of challenges to domestic energy production. Obama’s NPR-A plan is more of the same double-speak, keeping broad swaths of oil-rich land from development.
Alaska legislative candidate’s mega-gaffes go viral via Huffington Post
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Jeanne DevonWasilla City Councilman, Republican State House candidate (and former candidate for Alaska Lt. Governor in 2010), Mark Ewing keeps talking. And then trying to untalk. And then talking again. And it’s just not good.
Prepping to fight Shell Oil production: Biologists commence study of Chukchi Sea life
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Douglas MainA group of researchers has embarked on the first comprehensive study of marine life in the eastern Chukchi Sea near Alaska. Their findings will be used by the Department of the Interior to help decide whether to grant future leases for offshore oil exploration and drilling in the region, and to regulate transportation and future fishing.
Ballot Measure 2: ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’
/0 Comments/in Alaska News, Original /by Greg StoddardAlaskans will find a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ at the voting booth on August 28th. Ballot Measure 2, the ‘Alaska Coastal Zone Management Program’ (ACZMP) is bad for Alaska!
Tentative oil plan for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Kim MurphyThe U.S. Interior Department opened the door to the possibility of an oil pipeline across the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and to oil and gas leasing on 11.8 million acres of it.
Coast Guard cutter catches Chinese “pirate ship”, but turns over crooks to … Chinese!
/2 Comments/in Alaska News /by Jay BarrettThe high-seas “pirate ship” the U.S. Coast Guard chased from its Alaska patrol across the North Pacific Ocean has been turned over to Chinese Fishery Law Enforcement.
Decision: Palin will not speak at the GOP Convention in Tampa
/2 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured, News /by BNO NewsFormer U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin announced today that she will not speak at the Republican National Convention in Florida later this month
Alaska: the next Libor litigation frontier?
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Tom HalsThe Libor scandal, which began in London with bankers accused of manipulating a key global interest rate, has reached the Alaskan wilderness. Or at least that’s the hope of New York plaintiffs’ lawyer Brian Murray.
University of Alaska Alumnus Wins Olympic Medal in London
/0 Comments/in Alaska News /by Alaska NanooksAlaska Nanooks rifle alumnus Matt Emmons overcame misfires in his two previous Olympic apperances to capture his first Olympic medal in the men’s 50-meter three position shooting event on Monday.
God determines your sex … but not on an Alaskan driver’s license
/6 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by BECKY BOHREREffective later this week, you may now decide what sex you are on an Alaskan driver’s license. The insanity continues . . .
U.S. Chamber: Law of the Sea Treaty Will Pass
/13 Comments/in Alaska News, Featured /by Dan FiorucciThe head of the US Chamber is pushing for passage of LOST and claims it will get through the next Congress. But Alaska’s Joe Miller is fighting it: “To transfer two-thirds of the earth’s surface over to the governance of the United Nations is just a crazy thought,” Miller said Thursday. “And whether or not there’s some short-term economic benefit, (it) is a terrible thing to do, if you love this country and are really supporting its continued sovereignty.”
Sen. Mark Begich: I’m worried about Joe Miller & the entire national right-wing attack machine
/8 Comments/in Alaska News /by Rich MoniakSen. Mark Begich is worried about Joe Miller and “the entire national right-wing attack machine.” Those are words he used in a recent letter soliciting funds for his 2014 reelection bid. Read more about his worries here.
Alaska’s GOP Rep. Young endorses extreme-liberal Democrat for US Senate (+video)
/8 Comments/in Alaska News, From Joe's Desk /by Joe MillerToday, Alaska’s long-time lone U.S. Representative Don Young endorsed pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion, and pro-Obamacare Democrat Mazie Hirono in the contested U.S. Senate Race in Hawaii. See the video endorsement here and read why Young made the endorsement.