Update from Eagle Alaska – Rebuilding After the Flood
Here’s an update from Yukonbushgrndma, the Mudflatter who lives in Eagle, Alaska, right on the Yukon River. Her home was badly damaged in the flood, and she has been working hard to rebuild, as are so many others who have suffered devastating losses. The Mudflats community has been making donations via paypal to the “Rebuild Eagle Fund” which has, so far collected $14,600. We also purchased a pressure washer and accessories to help residents in the restoration. Hope, another Mudflatter from the Kenai Penninsula, rounded up two truckloads of donations and supplies and drove all the way to Eagle with…
The Shannyn Moore Show on KBYR – Live Blogging!
The sky is blue, the sun is shining… It’s a great day for …radio? It is when it’s the best two on-air hours of the week for progressives in Alaska. So get out that extension cord, and haul that radio out to the yard! If all goes according to plan, I’ll be live blogging the show from the KBYR studios. You can use this thread to live blog yourselves in the comments section! Local number is 907.274.5297. The toll free number is 866 610 5297 Live Streaming HERE. Place & Time: 700am KBYR, Saturday 5-7pm Alaska time, 6-8pm Pacific, and…
The Poe-Mobile Hits the Road
I had an opportunity a few days ago to stop in at an event at the residence of Bob and Terzah Poe. Bob Poe is the only Democrat so far to officially throw his hat in the ring to run for governor in 2010. After having an “If not me, who? If not now, when?” moment, he decided to declare his candidacy. At the time, the Daily News column The Ear, said that it probably wasn’t a good idea to run for governor if the first question people asked was, “Who’s Bob Poe?” He took the point, and has spent…
Twit, Twitter Twitterer. News from Emmonak.
Gee whiz! Think the governor has “issues” with a certain Dennis Zaki traveling to Emmonak? Remember, there was a big dust-up when Dennis filmed Palin’s introduction to speaker Michael Reagan when he was in town. Radio talk show host Eddie Burke and others questioned his credentials. Well, question no more. In the rapid-fire series of tweets below, you’ll see that via Twitter (aka the unofficial-official Palin news source) he has been referred to as, and I quote … “CNN reporter.” I’m sure Dennis will feel all validated now. And behold the rest of this 1-2-3 Tweetsnark! AKGovSarahPalinJohn also met w/CNN…
Palin Blasts Blogger – Again.
Welcome once again to the wacky world of Alaska politics. When we last left our governor, she was involved in a knock down drag out fight with David Letterman over a crass comment about her daughter getting “knocked up” during a baseball game. We all know how that turned out, and regardless of which side you were on, or whether you were somewhere in the middle, it was quite a spectacle. A battle of the Titans. Former VP candidate and Queen of Alaska Sarah Palin vs. The Undisputed King of Late Night Comedy who can make or break politicians with…
Help Send Shannyn Moore to Netroots Nation!
Round two of the Netroots Nation scholarships has ended, and as you all know, I’ll be one of the lucky nine people from that round who’ll be heading to Pittsburgh for the festivities! Now, Round 3, the third and final round ov voting has begun. Another group of nine will be selected. It’s all new voting, and our Mudbuddy Shannyn Moore is on the roster! Help Shannyn make the pilgrimage to Pittsburgh by clicking HERE and voting!
Breaking News – Three More Ethics Complaints Against Palin, and Then Some?!
Alaska Report has breaking news! According to the site, there are three (count ’em…THREE) ethics complaints against Governor Sarah Palin coming down the pike. Mention is also made of a “long simmering embezzlement/IRS scandal” that is still being looked at by the feds. Wow. I have no more news than that, folks. Check it out at the link above, and use this thread to… I don’t know…. speculate I guess! Have at it.
Another One Bites the Dust.
The 2012 Republican prospects are a bit challenged these days. First, there was Bobby Jindal and his famous “What the Hell was THAT?” response to President Obama’s address to Congress back in March. That’s the one where he ridiculed money to be used for volcano monitoring….just before a major volcanic eruption in Alaska, along with looking, in general, like a creepy version of Mr. Rogers who had no clue what he was talking about. Then, Newt Gingrich did his best to alienate women, Latinos, and anyone with an ounce of sense by calling Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist….
Yipee!
I am happy to announce that I got an email today that started like this: Congratulations AKMuckraker, you have been selected as a Netroots Nation Scholar! We were all very impressed with your application and the number of supporters you gathered. Wow! I feel so…..scholarly! I’d like to thank all of you who have been so supportive of the blog, and of my application! This is a really exciting opportunity, and a wonderful chance for me to learn and meet other bloggers, and expand my horizons a bit. And it also means that you all will get to come along, because I…