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 [...]

It’s Not Just You Many Alaskans are wondering how on earth they could have voted for Sarah Palin the first time.  Don’t feel bad. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin can thank Washington lobbyist and political consultant Rick Davis, chief executive officer of John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, for being the ultimate pick to become the Republican [...]

I just had to share with you this piece by Andy Borowitz of The Borowitz Report. If you are not familiar with him, he is truly one of the most brilliant satirists of our day. You can subscribe to his commentary at borowitzreport.com It’s a great read. And I knew you all would get a [...]

John Coale, husband of Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who is oddly bipartisan and likes getting to know powerful female politicians and promoting their careers in a way that borders on the creepy, tried to be a matchmaker to the stars.  He figured if Sarah Palin used the legally allowed $5000 from her PAC money to pay [...]

Every year Alaska’s Rasmuson Foundation bestows a Distinguished Artist Award to one of Alaska’s talented artists.  How they ever decide which one person gets this top distinction is beyond me.   This year’s recipient is truly remarkable.  A visual artist, jewelry maker, carver and mentor, Nathan Jackson is known best for carving traditional totem poles. To stand [...]

I have to confess, that Mudflats has been in a lower gear than usual this past week.  Maybe it’s the sunshine – that sudden burst of Vitamin D and warmth that makes the world and the fingers seem to slow down.  I’ve got some catching up to do. What’s to say about the whole Miss California [...]

Well, here’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for.  The top 10 titles for Sarah Palin’s memoir.  So many wonderful suggestions came in after the poll went up I’m almost tempted to have another one.  You notice I said “almost” because frankly, I don’t know if I can handle another day of non-stop laughter like [...]

I found this bit of news quite interesting. At this point, most 18-year olds would be coasting through their last weeks in high school. But Casey Edwards is taking Governor Mark Sanford all the way to the state Supreme Court over the governor’s refusal to accept federal stimulus money – some $700 million in aid [...]

Hi everyone! Charcoal Sniper P here. This is my first time writing the Sunday wrap up for I Heart The Mudflats. Mudpuppy News - It has been another week of sad news here on The Mudflats. Many of you know Womanwithsardinecan – her son Nehemiah has passed away. You can see some wonderful photos of [...]

As many of you know, Mudflatter yukonbushgrma has an unfortunate ringside seat to this year’s unprecedented flooding of the Yukon, which devastated the community of Eagle.  Here is her report from the scene and some unbelievable photos of how everything looks today.  Fortunately all the people managed to get out of their homes and there [...]

Another beautiful warm sunny day.  The snow is melting fast, and although it remains in the Chugach Mountains, the foothills are almost snow free.  You can just see a few patches here and there stubbornly holding on in shady depressions. Well, it was a long long day, and another one coming.  Enjoy the open thread, [...]

Just got back from a lovely evening in the Dena’ina Convention Center, where Alaska Democrats gathered together for a fundraiser/celebration dinner. During the evening, I thought back many times to my infiltration of the Republican party’s counterpart event, the Lincoln Day Dinner back in March.  There were some interesting comparisons, one being that the dinner tonight [...]

Tune in today to KBYR 700am today (5-7pm) to hear Shannyn Moore talk to Eric Boehlert, author of the new book “Bloggers on the Bus – How the Internet Changed Politics and the Press!”  I was at work the other day when the mailman came in and handed me the usual stack of bills and [...]

Trying to get kids to use seat belts can be a daunting task.  Even when mine were small and told me they had seatbelts on, I always used the “trust but verify” rule.  When driving together as a family, we’d have a carload of four.  And one day wefigured out an ingenious solution.  Putting on seat [...]

For the most part when I look in my inbox and review the many daily messages I get from Newt Gingrich’s Human Events Newsletter, it goes something like this:   click…..eyeroll…..delete….click…..eyeroll….delete.   It’s the wash, rinse, repeat of Conservative spam.  But this one I thought I’d pass along.  *Warning*  Put down the coffee. Right after a screeching rant from Ann Coulter about [...]