All I Want for Christmas is….a Deck of Alaska Outlaw Playing Cards!
I don’t know what enterprising soul did this, but they deserve my $9.95.
Alaska Outlaw Playing Cards! Brilliance.
And, of course, the majority of the deck is made up of politicians. Some names you may recognize are Sarah Palin as the Queen of Clubs, Ted Stevens as the Ace of Clubs. His soon to be indicted son Ben is the Jack of the same suit. And of course there are a whole slew of lesser known political ne’er do wells, and historical figures to round out the deck.
The idea for Alaska Outlaw Cards was sprung sometime in 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska amidst a major local corruption scandal featuring a large cast of colorful Alaska characters. Grab your history books and you will find that this has been a long-time state tradition: swindling, bribing, cheating and otherwise bucking the establishment in uniquely rebellious Alaska style. Hence, the Alaska Outlaw Cards were born.
Share them with your friends, send one as a gift to your Uncle Ted, or start up a friendly game of poker, just don’t get caught cheating. This quality deck of 52 playing cards (and two Jokers) features 52 different Alaska characters.
And if you order the “Joe Six-Pack” special, they’ll send you seven decks for $59.70. Stockings across Alaska and beyond are sure to have a little extra something this year!
There’s even a little video analysis of the deck, courtesy of the Anchorage Daily News.
There’s no way I can wait for Santa for this one. I’m on a mission.
That is HILARIOUS!
Nice!
Who’s on the jokers? I nominate Meg Stapleton and that other mouthpiece guy whose name I can’t be bothered to remember!
Also, I gotta say, I love that SWWNBN is Queen of (the new old-boy’s) Clubs!
Now that is a must have for Christmas!
This to funny….
do we know if Todd is there
Putting this on my list! What a hoot….
Illinois should do one too!!!
Where can we find them?
HOPE!
@Hope,
http://www.alaskaoutlawcards.com
Also, you should check out the video at ADN link that AKM has in the posting.
I hope Frank Murkowski is included! Instead of “selling” the senate seat for a better job for a family member, he just gave the better job directly to Lisa, eliminating the middle man. He is no better than Blagojevich, just more efficient.
Definitely a must have! Thanks for this timely tip!
Wonder if there will be one for Illinois….
Thanks, Goalie!! Gotta have these!
HOPE
AKM, can you sell these in your Mudflats Shop?
My homeboy Jason Hahn made the cards with his friend Laura. If you’re in Anchorage, they’re available at Title Wave, Lone Moose, Metro Music and Book Store, Side Street Espresso, Northwind Kites and Games and Cabin Fever Gifts. And there’s a discount if you buy six packs…
Brendan Joel Kelley
Anchorage Press
bjk@anchoragepress.com
They owe you a free deck for the free promotion!
Sarah Palin is the JOKER – a nasty vile thief who should not even be in play (in my opinion of course)!!
I SO am going to be ordering some of these. I spotted them on and ADN’s blog this morning and already sent the web address home. I wonder if they’re available anywhere in Juneau…? Brendan, do you know if they are? They certianly ought to be. Now if the Baranof Hotel only had a gift shop…
OT—a must read–Unraveling the Gordians Knot of Gov. Palin’s Alaska Gas Pipeline Scam (WEBSITE-DemocraticUnderground.com
Moose turds for chips ………..?????
Somewhat off topic but Christmas related.
On Crooks and Liars under “You Can Use A Chuckle, Right?” is a link to chunks of coal singing carols about clean coal use.
Well done and fun.
I made my first major forey (sp?) into the forum last night commenting about the porposed amendemt to end Presidential pardons. My comment was totally calm and clean. It froze, I couldn’t even edit it, couldn’t post it, couldn’t log off, couldn’t close the internet, couldn’t restart my computer and had to power down and reboot. Wasss UP?
I’m hoping some of the original swindlers from a hundred years ago are on a few of the cards. Soapy Smith and E. T. Barnette come readily to mind.
Soapy Smith is the Ace of Spades! AKM
Marnie, it was nothing you did. The forum had some issues last night. Wanna try again?
Down Under, not Dowun Under… sorry, oops.
baker in WA, which article in DU.com?
can someone please tell me if the queen of clubs has been sighted recently.
it always makes me nervous when i don’t know where she is.
thanks in advance.
@Alaskan Dave Dowun Under (12:00:33) :
Yup, Soapy is in there (check out the ADN blog for info).
@fawnskin hussein mudpuppy (12:10:53) :
Last confirmable (by me at least) sighting was Tues. evening at the Annual Open House. Look around on thread from Weds. for details.
I wasn’t going to buy myself anything for Christmas, but this may just have changed my mind. I think I desire a good laugh and I for sure know some friends who like to play poker, these will be just the perfect table gift. Thanks for the tip.
PS: Did we lose the edit feature again? In the forums, my Google spellchecker didn’t even work. It appears to be working here now, though, also.
Would You Pay $10,000 for Sarah Palin’s Emails?
I might!!
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/12/11290_palin_emails_10000_alaska.html
I’m so impressed that you are promoting an Alaska business, having fun and sparing me the revulsion of having to watch animals get slaughtered.
What a great idea…LOL Here is a link to Mother Jones article; Would you pay 10,000 for Palins’ e-mails.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/12/11290_palin_emails_10000_alaska.html
Unbeliveable!
As Groucho famously said, “I wouldn’t want to be a member of a Club, that would have someone like me as a member”.
Sarah, you are the Club’s new Queen (even though we know you aren’t playing with a full deck).
nswfm
It’s here.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy%20Taylor/290
Brendan (11:24:00) :
Thanks for the explanation. I’m with Mona Lisa- who is the joker? SP’s mouthpiece would be excellent, especially after all his snarky comments about how many book deals, talk show invites Her Royal Media Personality has…
CRFlats(12:46:36) :
As Groucho famously said, “I wouldn’t want to be a member of a Club, that would have someone like me as a member”.
Sarah, you are the Club’s new Queen (even though we know you aren’t playing with a full deck).
he heh…very funny:)
Wait! Hold the presses! Alaska, you need to get a move on; your only the 3rd most corrupt state- North Dakota (North Dakota?!) and Louisiana have you beat…
Who else is under investigation/can be charged/jailed?
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/newsreader/story/619584.html
@ Olivia(10:59:55) :
I hope Frank Murkowski is included! Instead of “selling” the senate seat for a better job for a family member, he just gave the better job directly to Lisa, eliminating the middle man. He is no better than Blagojevich, just more efficient.
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Although we were really pissed at Frank the Bank for putting Lisa in his senate seat, Lisa was actually qualified for that seat. She’s a lawyer who had served a couple of terms in the Alaska Senate. There’s a good chance that if she had stood for election to that seat, she would have won it on her own merits. And, as it turns out, she’s a pretty good US Senator who has since won re-election all by herself.
If you ever get to DC, go pop your head in Lisa’s office. She’s on the 7th floor of the Senate Hart Building, down the hall from Obama’s office and across the hall from Arlen Specter. She’s got a gorgeous Tlinget button blanket on the wall and a bunch of other very cool Alaskan artwork in the reception area. Her conference room that we met in has a painting of our old bucketline dredge in it. I always wear a 1/4 ounce nugget that literally came from 100 yards upstream of that dredge. My mining camp is two miles upstream. Lisa and I both got a kick out of the coincidence.
katemc thank you for answering nswfm’s question, I got my link thru (Care 2 News Network) lots of interesting news items on that web site. As a former Alaskan, I love the cards!!!
Oh dear.
Print more playing cards and make her QUEEN of EVERYTHING!
Chris Matthews reports today that 73 percent of Republicans view Sarah Palin favorably.
Is it wrong to grieve? How can so many be so oblivious?
What is to be done?
OT: Did anyone see? Joe Biden picked a puppy! A German Shepherd Puppy!
http://www.dailylocal.com/articles/2008/12/11/news/srv0000004236018.txt#blogcomments
Of course some of the comments are about all the cars it took to take him to get the pup, I guess they didn’t remember barbies 7 SUV entourage to SNL.
@grewingk (15:48:21) :
Actually, Lisa was only a State Rep….
Ah, thanks for the correction, InJuneau : ) This dialup is so slow that I don’t fact-check myself as often as I should…
Marnie–
It was your spelling that done it: forey (sp?) [FORAY] into the forum last night commenting about the porposed [PROPOSED] amendemt [AMENDMENT].
The spell-checking programs on the Forum are merciless!
Maybe Lisa was qualified and could have won on her own but that is hardly the issue! Nepotism equals entitlement equals personal gain. It is wrong! Maybe the person Bagojevich would have appointed would have been qualified, too.
New thread on Monegan…
Even Lisa says she originally got her seat through nepotism. Blag was trying to SELL the senate seat — there’s a huge difference there.
Some of the 26 potential candidates to replace Frank Murkowski in the US Senate were Johne Binkley, Jerry Mackie, Jerry Hood and Sarah Palin. In hindsight, Frank the Bank probably did us a huge favor by putting Lisa in his seat.