Open Thread – Good word
If you like words (and who doesn’t), you might be interested in the site wordsmith.org and its Word of the Day feature. Today’s word was “porcine” – a great word in and unto itself, but extra great when taken in context with its sample usage! PORCINE: MEANING: adjective: 1. Of or related to swine. 2. Piggish: greedy; sloppy; boorish. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin porcus (hog, pig). Ultimately from the Indo-European root porko- (a young pig) that is also the source of farrow, aardvark, porcelain, pork, porcupine, and porpoise. Earliest documented use: before 1425. USAGE: “The lipstick on this pig was thick…
Sensing Impending Doom, Mayor Sullivan Pulls the Sidewalk Ordinance
Yes, you can still fight City Hall! The latest news from Rosemary Shinohara at the Anchorage Daily News is that Mayor Dan Sullivan has requested a “postponement” of consideration on the new sidewalk etiquette ordinance: The administration asked that it be referred to the city’s Public Safety Commission, said Ossiander. A public hearing on the matter will still be held at today’s Assembly meeting as advertised, said Ossiander. But the hearing will remain open until the measure comes back to the Assembly later for a decision, she said. For those who need a recap… Mr. John Martin, a homeless man,…
Freedom of Speech (that doesn’t offend Dan Sullivan)
By Shannyn Moore My sister and I were doing homework and talking about a boy in our junior high school. We were laughing about the dirty high-water pants he seemed to wear every single day. I looked up to see a tight-faced Pop. I was confused until he said, “There was a time I only had one pair of pants. Do you think he wears them every day because he has a choice? You don’t have to remind him he’s poor; he knows.” I managed a “Sorry, Pop,” and went to my room. I closed the door, sat on…
Oyster Roundup Half Portion
~Thick and fast they came at last… Today we’ll be dining light on a dainty half-portion of oysters – Dapper Dan, the Quitter, and a million dollar murder. Slurp ’em up! Dapper Dan and the Homeless Man, Part II Remember the homeless man protesting Mayor Dan Sullivan’s treatment of the homeless? It turns out that Johnathan Martin has a criminal record, and the Mayor is using that talking point to the press and right wing radio. “I try to limit my discussion with first-degree sex offenders,” he told reporters.(snip) Sullivan said, “I don’t think he properly represents the homeless issue…
Mayor Sullivan Seeks to Illegalize His Own Embarrassment
By Jeanne Devon And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me. Matthew 25:40 If that old Biblical saying holds true, it’s safe to say that Mayor Dan Sullivan would have created a law just for Jesus that would have banned him from protesting Jerusalem’s treatment of the poor and downtrodden. And it would have arrested Jesus, those downtrodden in the image above, or anyone else who dared to sit on the sidewalk. Anchorage…
Oyster Roundup! Bastards Flee, Palin Flops, and Traffickers Wed
~Thick and fast they came at last and more, and more, and more… Corrupt Bastards Seek to Flee the Scene of the Crime Former Alaska Speaker of the House Pete Kott (R), and former Alaska House Rep. Vic Kohring (R) have asked for a new venue for their impending retrial. Both were successful in having their guilty conviction overturned, and getting new trials. They successfully argued that the prosecution had withheld evidence about their main witness that might have been helpful to the defense. You see, surprisingly, the oil companies had a nefarious bad guy bribing legislators. Nelson Mandela must…
Mayor Appoints Schoolbus-Following Guy to the (School) Budget Advisory Committee
By Linda Kellen Biegel Here at The Mudflats we did a post not long ago about an incident discussed during an Anchorage School Board Meeting. It seems that Bob Griffin, a twice-failed candidate for the school board, was pulled over by the police. Here is the explanation in the words of School Superintendent Carol Comeau at that meeting: Carol Comeau — I have no idea what he said or what he’s doing. I do know that shortly after the election he was following the bus route of one high school, middle school and elementary school and the bus driver…
Oyster Roundup – On Inbreeding, Moose Cheese, and GOP Muppets
~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Brilliant Public Relations from the Coal Industry So, a study comes out that was done in coal mining areas in West Virginia, where mountaintop removal threatens the health of residents, devastates ecosystems and leaves the “Mountain State” far less mountainous than it once was. The study says that women who live in coal mining areas have a greater risk of having children with birth defects. But industry lawyers say that it may not be the toxins associated with coal mining, it may be the INBREEDING. Wow….
Mudflix – Whose Books Would Chicagoans Ban? (You’ll Never Guess)
OK, just to be clear, we here at The Mudflats totally heart the first amendment. It’s actually one of our favorite ones. We would never want to sound like we wanted to limit speech, or squelch the marketplace of ideas, no matter how mind-numbing, head-banging, or downright painfully idiotic those “ideas” may be. That said – Your average Chicagoan on the street was asked which books they would like to see banned at the Printer’s Row Literature Festival in their city. Guess who won. Here are the results: Sarah Palin 36% Glenn Beck 23% Ann Coulter 22% Adolf Hitler 0.5%…
Palin on the Presidency, Family, Her Film, and Beef Jerky Rage.
~Hail to the Chief Pinup Girl The Newsweek cover story on Sarah Palin and her agonizingly drawn out declaration of candidacy for the Presidency is here. The article spares no mercy, launching right out of the chute with Palin’s quote, “I believe that I can win a national election.” So, what then, is stopping her from simply declaring, and putting the ‘lamestream’ media out of its collective misery? “Family.” It’s allllll about the family. Yes that same family that Palin claimed were consulted about the VP nomination, and took a vote, which resulted in an overwhelming, “Go for it, Mom!”…