DUNNNNGGGG…. Yes, I know.  I’m being juvenile.  But that joke always pops in my mind when I think of Congressman Don Young, and his delightful spooneristic nickname.  Yon Dung.   Now you know. What makes me think of such an unpleasant person on this beautiful summer evening, while I sip fresh lemonade and contemplate how good life [...]

For those of you keeping up with the ‘fish story’ coming out of Emmonak, check out Kyle Hopkins’ Village blog.   Here is my ‘reduced’ version of how I imagine the scene in the governor’s spokeswoman’s office.  But do read the whole thing HERE. Read as a monologue, with Kyle Hopkins providing the voice on the [...]

I have been besieged with emails, Facebook messages, and blog comments asking for my impressions of the Vanity Fair piece that appeared today entitled “It Came from Wasilla.” Basically, the article was a whole lot of what we already knew, skillfully brought together, and topped off with some more interesting McCain staffer revelations from the [...]

Last week Governor Sarah Palin sent a series of messages from her Twitter account regarding the subsistence fishing situation in Western Alaska.  “Good news!” we were told. AKGovSarahPalinGood update re Rural Advisor John Moller’s recnt Emmonak trip, great news he reports; we’ll twitter assuming press won’t pick up good news.about 3 hours ago from TwitterBerry [...]

And a new communications director shall be made manifest, and it shall be a bold decision, and his name shall be David Murrow…presumably no relation to Edward R. Back on June 6, “The Ear,” column of the Anchorage Daily News reported the rumor that Murrow was on deck.  Sources say he was offered the job [...]

I heard Eddie Burke on the radio Friday, salivating over a cartoon of  bikini-clad governor Palin that appeared in a comic book entitled “Barack the Barbarian.” I was hoping I would never have to see it. But, alas, it hit my in-box.   There she was…a wolf in wolf’s clothing. And lest I be accused of [...]

Here’s an update from Yukonbushgrndma, the Mudflatter who lives in Eagle, Alaska, right on the Yukon River.  Her home was badly damaged in the flood, and she has been working hard to rebuild, as are so many others who have suffered devastating losses. The Mudflats community has been making donations via paypal to the “Rebuild [...]

What a fun evening! I went to live blog the Shannyn Moore Show in the KBYR studios.  Rishi, her producer, met us at the door with a giant cherry cheesecake. I had a heck of a time trying to establish an internet connection, and Shannyn eventually relinquished her laptop to me.  Then she asked me if I [...]

The sky is blue, the sun is shining… It’s a great day for …radio?   It is when it’s the best two on-air hours of the week for progressives in Alaska.  So get out that extension cord, and haul that radio out to the yard! If all goes according to plan, I’ll be live blogging the [...]

I had an opportunity a few days ago to stop in at an event at the residence of Bob and Terzah Poe.  Bob Poe is the only Democrat so far to officially throw his hat in the ring to run for governor in 2010.  After having an “If not me, who?  If not now, when?” [...]

Well, I had big plans for this open thread…big plans, I tell you.  But then I looked at the clock, and bed wins.  So here’s an interesting sunset we had tonight instead!  Night, Mudpups.  TGIF.

There’s a bit of sage advice that most politicians take to heart:  Rise above the fray.  President Obama is a great example of how this works.  Sarah Palin and spokeswoman Meg Stapleton are a great example of why the advice exists in the first place, and as we have seen before, they are main characters [...]

Gee whiz!  Think the governor has “issues” with a certain Dennis Zaki traveling to Emmonak? Remember, there was a big dust-up when Dennis filmed Palin’s introduction to speaker Michael Reagan when he was in town.  Radio talk show host Eddie Burke and others questioned his credentials.  Well, question no more.  In the rapid-fire series of [...]

I’d like to express my thanks to former (and perhaps future?) Alaskan congressional candidate Diane Benson.  In a seemingly never ending stream of fear-ridden testimony about men wearing dresses, and using the wrong bathrooms, and getting sued for firing gay people, and Bible verses, and scientific misinformation, there was Diane Benson.  I was in the [...]

Dennis was finally able to catch a flight today, and has landed in Emmonak. He sent a batch of wonderful pictures for us to enjoy. He promises to send more and keep us updated on the trip. So everyone wave at your monitor to all those in Emmonak who may be watching! (We all wave [...]