Juneau gets less than 6.5 hours. So that’s a sunrise at 9 and sunset at 3:30. Effective light will be substantially less than that and the sun isn’t going to get very high. Noon will feel more like 9 or 10 am on the east coast. That truly sucks and everyone working regular hours will hardly ever see the sun.

You know why it’s being covered though? Desperation for dirt. I read the article yesterday and noticed they mention the plane she brags about selling, as an example of her taking a stand against excesses, and they attempt to make it sound like owning a tanning bed makes her some kind of hypocrite. Frankly I’m disgusted by the very fact that the story exists. A lot of people have their own tanning bed, so there is absolutely no story here.

She paid for it on her own – so no “money” scandal. They admit it was surplus from a gym, so mentioning that tanning beds can cost as much as $35,000 is stupid, dishonest, and ridiculous… but it’s an attempt to disconnect this real woman from the public by making her seem like some luxury obsessed elitist.

*rimshot*

man, it’s good to see WWN has not left us completely. Unfortunate angle on that rifle, though… *shudder*

The darkness during winters that far north is far worse than the cold.

I spent a winter in Kristiansund, Norway, which is a couple hundred miles south of the Arctic Circle. We got 3-4 hrs of sunlight a day, but still had to drink cod liver oil as a vitamin D supplement in order to stave off depression.

Dave Rywall on September 16, 2008 at 3:03 PM

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Edwards wouldn’t have paid for it with his own money (remember that we found out about the $400 haircuts because he paid for them with campaign funds).
Greg Q on September 16, 2008 at 2:23 PM

This^^

Imagine if we had known he was getting those haircuts to get “dolled up” for his mistress…….

How long before we hear about the tanning bed’s “radiation” being linked to Down Syndrome?
 
Nethicus on September 16, 2008 at 12:49 PM

Funny you should mention that… I’m sure you’re right that some moonbat will start that line, but in fact, if Gov. Palin used that tanning booth while pregnant, it was one of the best things she could have done not only for her own health, but the health of her baby.

Ironman is spot-on about the health problems that can occur from lack of sufficient Vitamin D. However, here’s one that’s not on the list: There’s evidence that children born to women who get insufficient Vitamin D while pregnant run a higher risk of developing schizophrenia. Links here and here, plus plenty more at Google.

<asbestos underwear on>
Here’s a point to ponder: In countries with authoritarian Muslim government, women are swathed in layers of black cloth and kept mostly indoors. How much Vitamin D are their unborn babies getting, do you think?

(And stop trying to keep sing the song with this sentence)

Mazztek on September 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM

Thanks, I tried once and it didn’t really work, so I was really glad to read this sentence.

Seriously, though, do any readers have experience with this?

my wife (girlfriend at the time) noticed a big change in me from the winter months to the summer months after I moved to Michigan from Arizona.. Michigan is cloudy pretty much all winter long and part of fall and winter too..

wise_man on September 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM

wise, ok get a map of where Anchorage is compared to where wasilla is. Almost right next to each other, other then the inlet in the way. It takes in some cases over an hour to drive around the inlet.

The new Knik bridge would be a toll bridge first off. It also would lin wasilla and anchorage fast then driving a 2 lane highway for over an hour…. AND save gas.

I gave you the links… let me know what you think.

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?s=8538753

and this:

http://www.knikarmbridge.com/

She bought a used tanning bed. With her own money.

???

upinak on September 16, 2008 at 2:10 PM
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ManlyRash on September 16, 2008 at 2:13 PM
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We’d talk about Obama, but then we’d have to interfere with the three-way he’s got going on with Matthews and Olby.

pt on September 16, 2008 at 2:13 PM
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wise_man on September 16, 2008 at 2:28 PM

Wise I have been talking about it in other threads for weeks.

What do you want to know.

Zippity Yay!

Oh, my , my

I don’t give a crap!

Say, don’t nights last for 6 months in Alaska? WOuldn’t she be pasty otherwise? (And stop trying to keep sing the song with this sentence)

Shoot! I live in Santa freaking-Monica, 8 blocks from the beach and, thanks to being stuck in an office 50+ hours/week (and my Irish/German heritage) I’m often pale as pale can be). I counter balance this with the occasional tanning session and there happen to be enough like-minded people in the area that I’ve got my choice of 3 tanning salons within walking distance.

The fact that she lives in a place with slightly less sun than SoCal makes hers far more understandable.

Despite the leftist meme, there is a difference between men and women. One of which is: chicks with tanning beds? Cool. Dudes with tanning beds? Not so cool.

Let’s talk about McCain claiming to invent the Blackberry.

Dave Rywall on September 16, 2008 at 1:09 PM

Right. Cause a stupid joke from an aid is actual substance.