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I find delicious irony in the fact that you used the term lemmings to describe people who can't identify fake news: http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/ind...

I thought that about carabou but info on it seems to be mixed on an ideological basis.

Here's some links on it.
Government
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/ind...
Herds have declined a lot.

Hunters
http://www.adn.com/article/201...
Herds have declined a lot.

Liberals
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2...
Disaster! Woe is me! Caribous going extinct!

Conservatives
http://www.mrc.org/news/alaska...
One herd has increased!

Conservatives
http://www.heritage.org/resear...
Mmmm. Pipelines good! Jobs jobs jobs! Pipelines good!

The MRC seems to paint a good picture but then you see it has cherry picked one particular herd, the Central Arctic caribou herd, and ignored a huge decline in other carabou herds!

"In 1977, as the Prudhoe region started delivering oil to America's southern 48 states, the Central Arctic caribou herd numbered 6,000; it has since grown to 27,128. "

It seems to me that the pipeline's benefit to carabou is a conservative fiction. Grrr. I used to be very conservative from 1980 to 1992. It upsets me that so many religious people lie by commission or omission on the conservative side.

You want crazy? Most companies won't sell below a $100k/$300k policy, but my state requires even less:
State of Alaska requirements: $50k/$100k/$25k - per person, per incident
Yes, I buy 'underinsured' insurance. What this means is that if I get hurt by a motorist with less insurance than me, my insurance picks up the difference to their limit. So I get hit by somebody with a $50k policy, my insurance picks up the next $200k because I have a $250k policy per person.
Florida is downright insane: $10k personal injury and $10k property damage.
California: $15k/$30K/$5k
A collected list of all states, though since it's not from the states themselves, may not be accurate.

As for Germany, you guys must of really cranked up the levels since I was there.
I find your German insurance levels crazy, but in a better way - of course, the last dollar(or Euro) of insurance are cheaper than the first, so those levels aren't as expensive.

Still, from what I can find German limits are a bit less than you said - 2.5M/7.5M/500k Euros

[Citation Needed]

You can turn over rocks in many places on earth and find crude oil. Doesn't mean humans spilled it there. Bacteria don't break anything down 100% and most things in nature are toxic to other things in nature. I'm not claiming crude oil is ok because it's natural, I'm just saying it's not catastrophic like anti-oil activists proclaim.

I visited the Gulf of Mexico recently and it didn't seem to be a horrible wasteland of polluted chemicals, nor did I see a vast amount of dead wildlife littering the beaches. The Kalamazoo river is probably less polluted today than it was in the 1970s when the Enbridge pipeline was constructed. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game sure has a nice description of the prolific wildlife found in the Price William Sound, oddly with no mention of the mass death of the crude oil spill...
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/ind...

ALL is a qualifier, and negates any limitations, including documentation of origin.

So your chief complaint really is the fact that the Government doesn't make it easy for you to cheat^Wlive outside the system?

Yawn.

I suppose you could try your luck at living off the land in Alaska. They're still doing homesteads up there and you'll find a ton of parcels that can be had for <$10,000. Property taxes are pretty low, albeit a non-zero amount. It's probably as far away from the man as you can get and still be on planet Earth.

"You'd rather just whine in complete ignorance rather then read something interesting and become more knowledgeable. Pathetic."

A complete ignorance of native species within an ecosystem is the problem sir. The use of the word "trout" is symptomatic of the ignorance of the general populace, especially in the east. The native char species of the Great Lakes have a tendency to be slow growing variants, in fact the actual age of mature Salvelinus that were the predominant top shelf predators of Superior and Huron are very poorly understood. Some have a life span that is many times longer than any Oncorhynchus. And as for ignorance well what can I say, other than it is extremely unfortunate that we tend to ignore the individuals who warned against these interventions in the first place.

No matter how well intentioned, putting an artificial construct into a robust ecosystem by completely ignoring how it works in the first place is the problem and those who advocate this policy usually have a very short term monetary interest in mind not the environment especially some idiots out west here that have actually illegally planted all sorts of eastern species.

No sir the ignorance is much deeper and problematic than my rant, the problems start by taking the easy way out by creating artificial fisheries that cannot work in the long term instead of embarking upon long term habitat stewardship and is the core of the issue here.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Educate yourself.

We're discussing Alaska.

Which is nice, but we're also not talking about the knee-jerk, hoard everything mental cases that bought into "the big bad government is coming" bullshit hysteria of the past 5 years.... we're talking hunters. I don't think you hunt moose with a 223, and while i can't find rules about pistols off hand, a 9mm would not be advisable... which is a big understatement; minimum effective would be a 44+. F&G has a page of info/suggestions (for rifle):

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/ind...

For a subsistence hunter, you want a weapon that will bring in food... not a toy that gives you a hard-on when you talk about it at the local bar.

No clue on the regs for transporting ammo, but i think you'd find the bigger problem the actual cost of transporting, although obviously someone is doing it... but it might not be the goldmine you think or more people would be doing it as hunting has been part of the Alaskan lifestyle for pretty much ever.

What's wrong with you?

A friend of mine in Alaska had to kill the neighborhood grizzly bear, and, indeed, even his dogs wouldn't eat the meet. They ended up having to bury it (though I suppose burning would have worked, too).

Brown Bear is edible - barely. Of interest is that Alaska Dept of Fish and Game does require you to salvage meet from a Brown bear. So, your friend either did something wrong (left the carcass out) or the animal was really sick or your friend could be in a heap of trouble....

If it's being taxed, it is not free. This is a very simple concept.

And it is immaterial if he's been to an oil field or not - just because you've seen an oil derrick pumping product from the ground doesn't mean you know any more about how this works than he does, and it's ridiculous to say so. BP had to win the oil and gas lease in order to start production to begin with, as quoted from your own State's web site.

You're a fucking idiot.

The reason I mention is is because valley communities in Alaska have some of the poorest air quality in all of the United States.

Have a look at the following link. There aren't any current advisories, but in an area the rest of us might assume is some sort of pristine wilderness, in terms of air quality, Alaska it is anything but pristine.

More here:
http://dec.alaska.gov/air/

Plus, there's <1% of the land up in Alaska that's actually owned privately. The rest is owned either by the Feds, the State, or the Natives.

You misstate the case slightly. Native land is private land under ANCSA. Native Corporation land can, and has been, sold. Further, the selection of land by the state has had a strong focus on private ownership and development.

While it changes slowly, the 1% number isn't static. (Sorry to pick at nits, but you try to present a picture that's static, when it's not.)

It somewhat legal in Alaska. The Alaska hunting regs specifically say you can take caribou from a boat using a .22 rimfire in certain districts.

Page 21 I think.

http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/regulations/wildliferegulations/pdfs/general.pdf

In Ohio, guns other then certain handguns and shotguns are illegal to hunt with during deer season except muzzle loaders of a certain type or larger. (actually, I think it's a period of months- after a certain date they aren't allowed unless that just happens to be how the seasons pan out).

You can already do that with most supermarkets. You can order online, and someone will collect all the goods and ring them up, you just pay and walk out. DMV lines can't be avoided, but my DMV has cameras in the lobby, so I can look online to see how bad it was before I went over to get something done. https://online.dmv.alaska.gov/DMVWebCams/AFOWEBCAM.HTM

But, if I do anything like that with RFID, then it's suddenly a bad thing. Fear technology, it's bad for you.

No they don't. Oregon, Montana, Alaska, New Hampshire, and Delaware don't have sales tax. You know, a tenth of the country's states.

It may also be a surprise to you that some of the states don't double dip on income tax, either: Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming

(If you're observant and knowledge inclined, you may note a pattern/trend amongst these states which is not present in places like NY or CA, where sales and income taxes are high but the states are still completely strapped.)

Is the pattern that the only state that collects neither has massive oil revenues? Alaska forecast a $10B oil revenue in 2012, with another $1B coming from other taxes and fines and $3B in federal revenue. Alaska's 2012 forecast revenue was $17.757 billion. With a population of 722,718 (2011), this works out to a per capita tax of $24,569.75.

For 2011-2012, California's enacted budget forecast revenues of $95.887 billion. CA's population was 37,691,912 (2011). This works out to a per capita tax of $2,543.97.

California's per capita taxes are 10.4% of Alaska's, and the majority of the state's operational expenses go to Health and Human Services and education. For the services it provides, it is amazing that California isn't bankrupt.

If you want to make an anti-tax argument, maybe you shouldn't laud (as your shining example of fiscal responsibility) a tax-loving, socialist state that redistributes wealth from job creators directly to all of its citizens.

Or would the geek in us just like to assume it?

From http://dec.alaska.gov/Spar/renda/index.htm

01/11/2012 - The T/V Renda and CGC Healy have not travelled any significant distance since noon yesterday. The vessels remain approximately 100 nautical miles from Nome. An experienced U.S. ice navigator hired by Vitus Marine as a technical advisor arrived safely on board the Healy around 4:00 PM today. He may transfer to Renda after assessing the challenges from on board the Healy.

01/12/2012 - The vessels worked until approximately 12:30 am this morning and made good progress. They are currently about 70 miles from Nome and hopeful for continued good progress today. (updated 10:15am)

01/13/2012 - At this time, the Renda is staying offshore while the Healy is making runs to test the ice and determine the best place for the Renda to moor for the fuel transfer.

If its in the garbage it's abandoned property.

http://www.dps.alaska.gov/apsc/docs/legalmanual/AABANDONEDPROPERTY.pdf

The State of Alaska seems to agree that stuff in the trash is abandoned property (PDF).

Tax rebates can cost the government something. Alaska is offering tax rebates. But they don't charge taxes. So they allow these rebates to be sold on the open market to those who are charged taxes (almost exclusively oil companies). So Alaska is paying cash to oil companies who then pay cash to production studios who never pay any taxes in Alaska, whether the film was made there or not. So the tax rebate actually costs money because they are rebating taxes that are never paid. Go read up on it. http://www.film.alaska.gov/bulletinboard.htm That's what we get when the Republicans like Palin are making the decisions. Welfare for the rich out of the state coffers from one hand, while whining endlessly about big government at the same time.

I'm confused. "It is not legal to grow AND sell marijuana anywhere" was my statement. You respond "Wrong, it's illegal to grow and sell marijuana in Alaska, but you can possess it."

You're confused because you've combined 2 things, the possession and the sale of marijuana. In Alaska possession of small amounts is legal but sales is illegal.

I know what the law in Alaska is better than some outsider that gets his news from blogs.

And I suppose Alaska's Attorney General and the Alaska Police Standards Council are wrong too.

it's still a violation of federal law

Federal law yes but not state law.

Oh, it would have been nice if you had included a link for this: Then respond to this comment in November.

That's almost like if they catch you with a coffee, right? Another drug that is legal. I had two bags of fresh ground on me the other day, good thing I didn't get caught or I'd be spending 10 years in prison.

Now I think you're trolling. First you make stuff up saying people oppose it when anti-prohibition votes comes up. They have not come up until now in CA and it's likely voters in CA will make it legal. Next you say troopers report those they catch to federal officials even if they can't arrest the person themselves, yet you ignored the list of law enforcement officials who support legalization I posted. Then you say "If that's the case, then we get what we deserve" as regards J Edgar Hoover. However most Americans never did have the opportunity to decide if he would head the FBI. Now you make up stuff about coffee.

However, in case you're not I invite you to prove the people have had the opportunity to make hemp, aka marijuana illegal then to make it legal again. And saying people could vote for politicians who opposed prohibition or support legalization now does not work, very few people vote for candidates based on the position of one issue only, unless it's abortion. Show me when and where a vote came up to make hemp illegal and where and when a vote came up to make legal again. That is in the US.

Nope. http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&articles_id=136

Besides which, most carnivores are not colourblind. However most animals see a different spectrum from humans, sometimes a strict subset but often a shifted set.

A quick google indicates that bears are not color blind, what in the world would make you think that carnivores were generally color blind? http://www.wildlifenews.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=wildlife_news.view_article&articles_id=136 And according to the straight dope even dogs are not completely color blind. http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/366/are-cats-and-dogs-really-color-blind-how-do-they-know

What the fuck?

It's like you're all a bunch of Lemmings and have just seen a Disney documentary photographer.

(punchline if you didn't get the joke).

So wait... you're claiming that nobody knows if Sarah Palin is a public official or not?

The State of Alaska's website clearly states that she is.

Please check your facts again, we do not get $3,200 annually. This year we received 2,069 for the PFD and a $1,200 energy supplement. Also FYI Alaska has the highest price of gas right now and has been for a while. I know people think we get 'free money' bla bla bla, but it really does cost more to live up here.

Past PFD payouts
2008 $2,069.00
2007 $1,654.00
2006 $1,106.96
2005 $845.76
2004 $919.84

http://www.pfd.alaska.gov/

Huh? No, the "bridge to nowhere" would go from Ketchikan (population 8,000) to Gravina Island (population less than 50). If agriculture on Gravina Island has anything to do with it, that's news to me; the officially defined need says nothing about farming the island's mountain ranges. What probably is related is that your governor's wife owns 33 acres on that island. I can understand why you might be unaware of that fact -- he failed to disclose it as required by state law.

Alaskan politicians may be working on a useless Anchorage-Wasilla bridge also, but that's not that famous "bridge to nowhere."

I'm sorry you have knee-jerking moron disease. If you'd actually read the parent post (and its parent) instead of using your ass as a hat, you would have seen s/he is pointing out that these technologists are smarter than him/her (i.e. the poster) in that field, and probably smarter in that field than the parent poster, and there's no reason to insult their suggested lack of knowledge in that field.
Then along comes you, delmoi , spewing more insults based in misunderstandings one would expect from a junior high student. Good job, delmoi!
I am not as reasonable as the other poster. S/he seems more patient and less insulting than I am.
I hope you don't get beat up too much when you get to High School and all the other boys have already hit puberty and are bigger than you.