Posted by Zach Roberts on October 28, 2014 · 6 Comments
According to Roll Call a Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) investigation into Alaska’s lone-gunman Congressman will cost the taxpayers over $86k. It all started with the infamous “Coconut Road Corruption Investigation” – or really the lack of the release of documents pertaining to the investigation that will end forcing the DOJ to pay CREW for legal fees. You can get a little refresher on the Coconut Road debacle HERE. It’s still mind blowing. “[Judge] Kessler concluded that DOJ’s conduct in withholding documents from CREW was “unreasonable.” On Monday, she ordered the federal government to repay CREW’s $86,076.20…
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Posted by Zach Roberts on June 20, 2014 · 9 Comments
Alaska’s lone Congressman Don Young – who, when not making racist remarks to reporters or getting caught up in scandals, is usually busy doing nothing in Congress. I’m pretty sure at this point the Democrats on the national scene have decided to just let him keep the seat because he’s a fantastic fundraiser for them. Most of the time it’s one of the lefty blogs that catches him being… well, Don Young. This time it was the relatively right of center Daily Caller. Here’s the title of the piece that they wrote this week. Congressman Yucks It Up On House…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on November 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Although the horrendous TPP (“Trans Pacific Partnership”) pact is the most pressing global trade story here in the U.S., the current round of the TPP’s European cousin (aka TAFTA) is taking the cake in Belgium for sheer entertainment value. At the core of both pacts are sweeping new corporate rights and privileges, like the investor-state system. That little gem allows corporations to sue governments in foreign tribunals for taxpayer compensation of any domestic policy they claim undermines their “expected future profits.” Take a minute and sit with that last sentence until it really sinks in. Developing nations seeking commercial relationships with the…
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Posted by Jeanne Devon on September 4, 2009 · 94 Comments
Pass the Slaw! Those long summer days always make the giant vegetable exhibit at the Alaska State Fair interesting. This year was even more exciting than usual…if you consider staring at giant vegetables exciting. A world record green cabbage tipped the scales at 125.9 pounds, with a 21-inch diameter head, and a leaf span of about 5 feet. In the shadow of the giant cabbage was another world record breaker, an 82.9 pound rutabega. Dump da Dump Dump… The City of Emmonak is about to receive a $3.2 million loan and a $1.4 million grant from stimulus money to construct…
Category Barack Obama, Environment, Mark Begich, Sarah Palin, Shake it, Strategery · Tags Alaska State Fair, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, CREW, Emmonak landfill, giant cabbage, giant rutabega, giant vegetables, Levi Johnston, Meg Stapleton, Mudflats, Obama, Palin facebook, Sarah Palin, White House visitors
Posted by The Mudflats on May 19, 2009 · 93 Comments
Palin’s wardrobe malfunction. It was all the buzz for a while. We were told that she didn’t know about the $180,000 in clothes, didn’t ask for the clothes, didn’t want the clothes, didn’t need the clothes, was going to donate the clothes to charity, did an audit of the clothes, sent them all back in garbage bags, and on and on. That red leather jacket may as well have been an albatross around Palin’s neck during the last weeks of the campaign. Republican donors were furious that their donations to the RNC were used to puff and fluff the VP…