Open Thread – New Year 2011 in Anchorage
Anchorage’s beautiful Town Square Park was put to good use last night as thousands gathered to ring in the new year. It was a gorgeous spectacle with Currier and Ives skaters on the ice, little blue lights twinkling in the birch trees, fire jugglers in the street, families eating kettle corn and reindeer sausage, musicians on the stage by the ice rink, and of course the Christmas tree lit up in all its glory. Shannyn Moore introduced Senator Mark Begich, and was supposed to introduce Mayor Dan Sullivan, but…. he didn’t show up. What a guy. At least she got…
Last-Minute Holiday Gifts That Truly Show You Care
by Linda Kellen Biegel I received a secretive email from a friend of mine yesterday, telling me to search my “spam email filter” because she thinks that’s where a “special gift from Santa” may have ended up. So, I perused through the array of offers in my 97 unread “spam emails” to try and determine which gift Santa was bringing me. As it turns out, my friend gave me probably the coolest Christmas gift I’ve ever recieved. It was an e-gift card for a website called DonorsChoose.org where the card recipients can choose which education project(s) at schools across the…
The 12 Days of Palin – Day 5
On the fifth day of Christmas, my Ex-Gov gave to me: Five Living Props! Four Dancing Stars Three Lame Tweets Two Crappy Books And a Dead Fish on My TeeVee
Bernie Sanders' Filibuster
I don’t care where you live. This is your Senator. By standing up on the Senate floor for more than six hours (at this writing) and speaking for the American people, he has put himself squarely in the cross-hairs of the Republicans for 2012, when he will be running for re-election for his Vermont Senate seat. Remember him, and support him in any way you can. Mr. Sanders Goes to Washington. Let’s keep him there. Click HERE to watch the live stream. Call your Senators and tell them to support Bernie Sanders, and join the filibuster. Lisa Murkowski 202-224-6665 Mark…
America by Heart – PICTURES! (in words)
Well, we had a 24-hour breather. A little intermission. A mental sorbet between courses of inedible nonsense, and sheets of trees that died in vain. And now (rolling up sleeves) we’re ready to begin again. And lucky for us, we can ease back into the whole steaming pile of pulp with… PICTURES! I cannot reproduce any of them, but I will describe them to you so you get the idea. *********************************** 13-year old Sarah Palin, already memorializing the killin’ of stuff on film. She shows the disinterested family pet (a German Shepherd named Rufus) two dead birds she shot. Look! …
Open Thread – Dive in!
I know there are some of you out there for whom this will not cause the reaction I intend. But for those of you on the northern tier, or in Alaska itself… this one’s for you. We still have a couple weeks left where we’re losing light, and there’s just no way to put the brakes on. We’ll have to tough it out until then. Hope memories like this will help you make it.
Lynnrockets, Blast Off and Vote!
(Oops! Double posted this thread… I’ve turned off comments here, but please read and leave comments on the other one.) Long time Mudflatters will remember the humble beginning of the celestial blogging career of Lynnrockets whose incredible gift for “re-lyricing” songs earned him a special place in the blogosphere. His amazing talents were too big to be confined to the Mudflats comment section, so he blasted off with the love and support of many of you to… HERE. Nothing makes this blogger happier than when others decide to dip their toes in the pool and try their hand at being…
Commissioners to APOC Staff: Try Again.
Some of you have been following the saga here on Mudflats about my APOC complaint against Alaska House District 5 Representative William Thomas, Jr. (R-Haines) and his re-election campaign. The complaint (plus amendment) deals with 17 ads placed and designed by campaign Deputy Treasurer James Studley and charged to various Haines businesses. My complaint asserts that they should be considered illegal campaign ads in total, either illegal in-kind contributions because some of them were paid for by corporations, or illegal independent expenditures because they were coordinated with Studley as well as others campaign staff. We left the story at the…
America by Heart – Chapter 4, Raising (Small-r) Republicans, Part 2
I was unable to make it through the entire “family values” chapter in one sitting, so today we’ll play clean up and get that out of the way before we tackle Chapter 5, bringing us to the half-way mark when we will be closer to the end than the beginning! In this chapter we learn about how much liberals hate the family, and the real problem with Hurricane Katrina victims, and what’s wrong with America. It’s possible we may have to outlaw divorce and return to our ex-husbands and wives. Just warning you. Because you may think you’re a family,…
The APOC Hearing Has A Part Deux: The Deliberation
A week ago Friday, I testified at the hearing for my first APOC complaint–Kellen vs. Thomas et al. It seemed to go very well…better than I’d hoped. I wasn’t planning on writing another post about it until there was a decision (I didn’t want to irritate the Commission until after they decided) but I also expected there would be one by now. To my surprise, we are still awaiting the “verdict” from the Commission. This is amazing, as today was the end of their 10 days. I actually believe that this is a very good sign…they wouldn’t need this amount…