All Hail the Glorious Frankenfish!
There are times when people who have no idea what they’re talking about can really be infuriating. Then, there are other times when their overblown level of ill-placed self-confidence, and the astronomic scale of their own ignorance combines in such a way that it actually turns into comic relief. Case in point – the latest boil on the behind of the internet, The Northern Right blog (which is so thin on intelligent commentary you can actually see through it) has given a platform to one Mr. Alex Gimarc. Mr. Gimarc is not effusing about the usual right wing talking points…
Open Thread – Home Sweet Homer
Shannyn is spending this glorious sunny weekend at the end of the road – Happy Homer, Alaska. She sends this picture from paradise…
Oyster Roundup!
~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Some slurpable nuggets for your Thursday. Don’t forget to tune in tonight for Thursdays in the Mud on 1020koan.com (1020am and 95.5fm in Anchorage) at 8pm Alaska time. Baby Beluga Rescue! A beluga calf estimated to be only a few days old was rescued after a storm in Bristol Bay. The young whale is now being treated at the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward. “SeaLife Center president and CEO Tara Riemer Jones says the biggest challenge has been providing 24-hour care. She says staff from U.S. aquariums…
Dems Help Vets – Capt. Zero Pouts
So, here’s how Governor Sean Parnell proves to us once again that he and his ilk are no more than bratty middle schoolers, completely unwilling and unable to give credit to anyone for doing anything unless they are on the same ideological team. Of course in politics, it’s natural to play up your own good deeds. But this, my friends, is actually embarrassing. I’m going to show you a little press release that came from Sean Parnell’s office. I’m going to highlight the people who are Republicans in red, and those who are Democrats in blue. Ready? ******************** Governor Signs…
Oh. My. Todd. Palin to Appear on Game Show.
(Please let this be photoshopped) Alaska’s former First Dude, Todd Palin, has been trying to get his own TV show for some time now. It may surprise you, but he has not met with success thus far. His wife, of course, tormented us all with pretending to “shoot a gun” on a caribou hunt, pretending to “climb a dangerous mountain,” float past a dangerous bear, and show that she is better suited for camping in the rain than city girl celebrities with dozens of children in tow – also known as “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” His daughter Bristol even has her…
Recount Team Meets with the Anchorage Assembly
(Tonight at the Anchorage Assembly Meeting, the Members will hear and vote upon a Resolution (9.B.7), submitted by Assemblywoman Gray-Jackson and co-sponsored by Harriet Drummond and Patrick Flynn, that is intended to refund the $1,500.00 the Recount Application Group submitted to the Municipality. The money was required by Title 28 in order to request and generate the hand count of 15 precincts. The Resolution was a result of the report and meeting described in the post below. It will be interesting to see who, if anyone, votes against it.) The Election Board Counts Precinct 840, Service High On Friday, June…
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Rants
I’ve just returned home from a trip Outside that morphed into “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Rants.” Planes, trains and automobiles, thousands of miles from home with a couple of my best politically savvy girlfriends. Unless you’re living in a Kaczynskiesque cabin and haven’t gone Outside for at least five years, you have no doubt noticed the changes in travel. No, I’m not talking about the TSA (though I’m happy to report JFK Airport TSA was lovely compared to Reagan a year ago. It kind of makes sense). “Oh, you’re from Alaska?” used to be followed by something quite…
Militia Trial – The Verdicts are In
After six weeks of listening to testimony, and weighing the evidence, the jury in the case of the United States v. Schaeffer Cox, Coleman Barney, and Lonnie Vernon has reached a decision in all but one of the charges against the three. I entered the courtroom, after almost two weeks out of state. I’d been following the reports of the trial closely, and was glad to be able to be here for this important day. Schaeffer Cox looks ashen, and is wearing a charcoal grey suit jacket and white shirt, open at the collar. Coleman Barney’s brow is deeply…
In My Alaska Garden — Summer Finally Arrives!
South Side Farmer’s Market in Anchorage The Farmer’s Markets (above) don’t have much produce yet (the cold temps have slowed down growth) but they are open every Saturday selling bread, meats, some veggies and plant starts. The temperatures are now above 50 degrees at night (finally) so items in the hoop house are MUCH happier! Plus, I must open both doors during the day. (In the photo are my tomato, green pepper, and cucumber plants with some basil mixed in). It’s finally warm enough to bring my fuchsia’s home from the Nursery! Yay…Alaska summer is finally here! Between the huge…
Open Thread – Slumber Party!
Post Netroots slumber party with Lizz Winstead, Jeanne Devon and Shannyn Moore. More fun than should be legally allowed. Note the hat trick of No Pebble stickers on our laptops. And Lizz even has one on her hat. Everywhere we go, we talk about the proposed Pebble Project and the disaster it would be to anyone who will listen. This picture was taken in Brookline, MA, where we attended a reading of Lizz’s new book Lizz Free or Die. It only took about four dozen attempts, and lots of leaping in and out of bed. Our travels began in Providence,…