Last winter, author Joe McGinnis, who is writing a critical book about Sarah Palin, was looking for a place in Wasilla to rent this summer, as he continues his research. He was offered the house next door to the Palins’ Lake Lucille cult compound-in-progress. He wasn’t looking for the place. It came looking for him. What would you do?

Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House was named in a sentencing document released today as Representative “A.” It states he took in a lot of unreported money from a man about to report to jail.

Every day for the past week, another sign the shelf life of Sarah Palin has expired came out. Beginning with volcanic eruptions that revealed unreadiness by the state for an event predicted since January, it ended with the arrest in Wasilla, of Todd Palin’s sister, for burglary. In between these two, were policy and public relations disasters, erupting one dark cloud after another.

Alaska blogger and reporter Denis Zaki arrived in Emmonak yesterday evening. He attempted to attend a meeting this morning between State of Alaska and village officials, but Palin’s people wanted him out of the picture, so the village officials asked him to leave. Dennis is pissed.