Open Thread – Moment of Zen
What a day. Fingers sore, brain cluttered…. Reminded me of one of those days during the campaign. It’s time for a moment of Zen. Here are some beautiful Alpine Dogwoods and ferns. Enjoy.
And don’t forget, this thread stays open ALL DAY until tomorrow about this time. So if you’re tempted to make an off-topic comment or share a fabulous link on another thread, just come here, the magical thread where you can never be off topic! I’ve gotten quite a few emails since I started doing the open thread, stating how nice it is to have the comments on each post pertinent to that topic, and yet still have the freedom to be off-the-cuff and current on the open thread. I agree, and think it makes everything much more readable. Thanks, everyone!
Let the slow train wrecks continue without injuring our necks……AKM you rock!
Yes, the open thread is a great idea! Now, I must catch up on the others. G’nite AKM.
Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth
Buddha
everybody have a wonderful 4th of july holiday.
im lucky mine starts today.
proud to be an american.
be safe
Is this why Sarah had a tanning bed installed in the Gov Mansion?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/unlocked-the-secrets-of-schizophrenia-1727987.html
BigSlick Says
Is this why Sarah had a tanning bed installed in the Gov Mansion?
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Yes.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/fullsize/2356636580103555690GkjiFU
So, SC’s AG will investigate Sanford for maybe using state resources to fly to Argentina to see his lover, but Alaska’s AG doesn’t give two shits to say anything publicly about Palin misusing funds to fly her children around and use state resources to campaign.
Priceless
Big Slick, I think that the reason that Palin has her own personal tanning bed is easily found here: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ego
testing issues for snosk
oh and hi
issues ?? hi back
@ austintx Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 AM
Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the truth
Buddha
Namaste.
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@lexky Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 2:29 AM
everybody have a wonderful 4th of july holiday.
im lucky mine starts today.
proud to be an american.
be safe
Right back at ya. I live in daily gratitude for the circumstances that brought me to this great country. In spite of all our flaws and shortcomings, I can think of nowhere else I would rather live. And now, prouder than ever to be an American!
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@ServeryGuy Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:23 AM
testing issues for snosk
oh and hi
Ping! Hi ServeryGuy.
Major Vanity Fair piece on Palin -
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908
Thank you AKM for the open thread and the way it makes the other posts easier to read.
re austin @ 3 – the moon can be hidden if only you’d pull your pants back up.
if you take away one leaf from the teeny dogwood, you’d have a pretty little trillium.
Bears knocked over my beehives last night. Little blackies scampering around the upper hillside. I slept with one eye open last night! One went into the garage of a neighborhood with a fellow juvenile delinquent and took a bag of garbage.
Naughty kids.
Hot wire is almost charged up, one more long day of Alaska sun.
Sarah should be having a great 4th, think she’ll be handing out hotdogs at the 4th celebration this weekend?
not!
I’m reposting this from the “band-aid” thread because I’m curious what you all think:
POLL: is Sarah Palin a pathological or compulsive liar? (or both?)
A pathological liar lies to get their way and does so with little concern for others. Pathological lying is a coping mechanism developed in early childhood and often associated with some other type of mental health disorder (ie, narcissistic personality disorder). A pathological liar is often goal-oriented and lies to get their way). A pathological liar often comes across as being manipulative, cunning and self-centered.
A compulsive liar lies out of habit. Lying is their normal and reflexive way of responding to questions. Compulsive liars bend the truth about everything, large and small. For a compulsive liar, telling the truth is very awkward and uncomfortable while lying feels right. Compulsive lying develops in early childhood due to being placed in an environment where lying was necessary. Compulsive liars are NOT overly manipulative and cunning – they simply lie out of habit.
Good morning, mudpups! It is beautiful here in the High Desert; it rained last night (we are always grateful for liquid gold, but hope it avoids the evening fireworks), and I get to bring daughter2 home from the hospital today. She has a cerebral blood clot- just like daughter1. Very, very rare- and there probably is a genetic component. (I’ve passed on genetic ickies, but this is Mr. CO’s fault, lol) We’ll be doing research with a hematologist on the family- Daughter1 has her three month check-up this AM, and we’re hoping the clot has dissolved.
Don’t ignore severe headaches that last several days, or pain/swelling in legs–
Happy Fourth of July to all; it’s great to be an American, celebrate with hope.
I vote Pathological liar. Evidence? The story about planning to lie about the health insurance. That was a goal oriented lie as are all her lies.
Hello everyone…with a special shout~out to “ServerGuy!”
Anyone open to Chinese checkers ~ as the extra element of “strategery” can be fun to watch! Heading out now to stock up on the kernels….
Btw, stunning image AKM! Thanks for sharing the view from your vantage point.
Enjoy the day all,
hehe for those that want to know, with me being in Japan, and my lack of posting here… my IP got sorta got stuck in a loop.
I usually only deal with ‘meta’ problems server side, and where i can avoid it zero on the day to day of the blog and forums.
That isn’t to say I don’t have comments, I just usually keep them to myself. its one of the up/downsides of my position.
with that in mind, i don’t have admin access to most of here – although i have the big red switch
all that said, a large chunk of here comes outa my butt, so y’all feel free to buy stuff from the store, so the power that be can help supplement my beer money
AKM this is a gorgeous picture! I don’t think I’ve ever seen Alpine dogwood before. It’s so dainty. Thank you for the all the pictures. I also love the pictures at Celtic Diva’s blog. You and she have given us an amazing “window” onto the beauties of Alaska. We must strive to preserve these places for no other reason than that they exist as Mother Nature made them. And all Her critters as well – even naughty bears that steal honey and poach garbage bags. Here we have possums and raccoons rummaging and foraging for meals, and the most audacious grackles you’ve ever seen!
Good Morning ….Wishing you all a happy and safe 4th…Thank you again AKM. for all you do…This is the BEST blog ever..:))
sauerkraut – Here ya go………..
http://www.freakingnews.com/Mooning-Pics-44706.asp
A great & funny letter eluding to Palin and her close connection with God:
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/
19 CO almost native Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:06 AM
Good morning, mudpups! It is beautiful here in the High Desert; it rained last night (we are always grateful for liquid gold, but hope it avoids the evening fireworks), and I get to bring daughter2 home from the hospital today. She has a cerebral blood clot- just like daughter1. Very, very rare- and there probably is a genetic component. (I’ve passed on genetic ickies, but this is Mr. CO’s fault, lol) We’ll be doing research with a hematologist on the family- Daughter1 has her three month check-up this AM, and we’re hoping the clot has dissolved.
Don’t ignore severe headaches that last several days, or pain/swelling in legs–
Happy Fourth of July to all; it’s great to be an American, celebrate with hope
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Sending you hope for good health & good news!
A Nibble
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/politics/main5128672.shtml
Another nibble
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/chuck-todd-mike-murphy-di_n_224456.html
Murphy also offered this outline for Palin’s political future:
Three things are going to happen with Sarah Palin. She’s either not going to run, and then she’s not gonna matter much in national politics. Two, she is gonna run and do poorly, and then she’ll matter a little but not a lot. Or three, she’s gonna have the greatest comeback in American political history and get nominated. If the Sarah Palin that people perceive today is the one who’s nominated in a few years I think we’d lose the election. But the very act of that kind of comeback that she would need to win the Republican nomination probably, again it’s crystal ball stuff, might be a new and improved Sarah Palin. There’s room to grow; she has a lot of natural talent. The problem is there’s a lot of controversy… Right now most Americans don’t perceive her as qualified to be President or someone they support.
I was reading recently about the personality disorder known as “borderline personality”…characterized by an unstable sense of self, extreme neediness, mood swings, intense conflicts with others, etc. I wonder about this for SP, since she tends to “turn into” whomever she is speaking with; for example, when speaking with reporters she refers to herself as a journalist who knows how they should be doing their job. When speaking with runners world she mentions that she will be promoting health and fitness. When running on McCain’s ticket, she interpreted her role as “the partner, the teammate” of the President rather than as his assistant…
If anyone is interested in my conversation with Runner’s World re: the flag, jump over to the Band Aid thread!
Suffice it to say, they are “in the tank” for Palin, but I think I held up pretty well.
Wouldn’t hurt if you guys wanted to dash off a note to Mark.Remy@rodale.com in response to the flag shot or layout as a whole. I don’t think he believes that I have reached many “readers” of his rag.
OMG! As I’m writing this, MSNBC is addressing the EXACT same issue of the Flag Code, the photo, and the inappropriateness of it!
Come on, you guys! Jump into the mix!
a good morning to all…and a special call out to server guy of whom i’ve fond memories .
remember the days of the turnover from “mudflats to THE MUDFLATS”, and the days of server problems when we mudflats addicts were deranged without our hourly fix?
ahhhh. the exhiliration of it all.
Contessa Brewer on the show right after Morning Joe just brought up the Runners World flag photo and the comment that it violated the US flag code. She did temper it a bit by saying maybe they should be talking about the photographer being “wrong” to do that, not just Sarah Palin. The new guy asked about whether or not there was such a thing as “patriotic p*rn.” Love the little digs!
Don’t know the name of the show. Maybe Morning Meeting?
25~ austin…..toooo funny…big belly laugh here….:))
on the lying I’d say both, lol, Scarah’s so special. but more pathological, poor sick girl.
COalmostnative……..you and your girls are in my thoughts!
server guy…..thanks for all ya do, I’ll gladly buy from the store whenever I can.
AKM……thank you for all you do too, and the most excellent pictures!
so, which emails will come out next, lol, we know there must be more!
Scarah’s probably not too happy about this. what was she braggin about in those twitters about the acting AG’s hard work? I didn’t get what that meant. And what was that bill she signed in.
“Forest Service must reinstate tougher guidelines
By Peter Fimrite // July 1, 2009
San Francisco Chronicle
A federal judge in San Francisco Tuesday struck down national forest management rules devised by the Bush administration that environmentalists had denounced as a thinly veiled sop for timber companies.
U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilkin ruled in favor of a group of 14 environmental organizations that sued the U.S. Forest Service for essentially relaxing regulations in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act.
The decision means the Forest Service will have to reinstate rules protecting fish and wildlife and limiting logging in 150 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 192 million acres, including more than a dozen national forests in California.
“It is a great victory for national forests,” said Marc Fink, a lawyer for the Center for Biological Diversity, which was one of the plaintiffs. “We’re hoping today’s ruling is the final nail in the coffin for the Bush forest policies and that we can move forward and do what is right for the forests….”
this goes with the Forrest article I posted…….hmmm, clean water.
“The Bush rules stripped away the U.S. Forest Service’s requirement to maintain viable wildlife populations whenever it planned a new clear-cut, mine, or road. The rules also banned the Forest Service from even considering environmental impacts when developing long-term management plans guiding million of acres of lands.
The court, however, agreed with the Center for Biological Diversity’s lawsuit that such willful disregard for endangered species, clean water, and quiet recreation violated the Endangered Species Act and other laws, and struck down the rules in their entirety.”
Yesterday was the inauguration of our new mayor in Anchorage, Dan Sullivan. The average age of the crowd was over 40, and it was at least 95% white. Not a true representation of the Anchorage population. When Mark Begich had his swearing in, it was a true, multi-age, multi-ethnic, multi-partisan crowd. Will Dan S. pander to his base? Of course. Will he be able to rise above it and truly serve the entire city? I think he can and with the proper encouragement, he will.
Just wanted to share some good news from Minnesota … Al Franken (D) has finally been declared the winner of the U.S. Senate seat for Minnesota over Norm Coleman (R)!! The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled 5-0 declaring Franken the winner. This could give the Dems a 60th vote and filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. He will be sworn in soon after July 4th. Yay Al!!!!!!!
I sent mine Samper.
G’ morning mudpups!
AKM nice picture this am. I love both ferns and dogwoods.
Samper I also forwarded comments about the article and pics.
You know the ones that don’t show GINO running, but leaning on a flag.
CO almost native, my prayers are with you for continued hope and healing. Thanks for the reminder not to ignore those warning signs.
ServerGuy – greetings! What’s the time difference to Japan?
AKM, thanks for identifying the Alpine Dogwood. I’ve been enjoying them at my house and wondering what they were called.
Freakout – I’m voting pathological, though I don’t think either version should be in leadership positions. She lies, and gets caught repeatedly. Ever wonder what we don’t catch? **shudders** Scarier still is that there are delusional people who insist on supporting her no matter what she does (I’m related to a couple of them.)
Lilyf – good points. It fits.
Jo in AK – Think the gov will be here in Wasilla at the tea party of the 4th?
Is anybody else offended by the goons that would ruin the 4th by protesting the government that gives them the right to assemble and grouse on the very day we are to be celebrating it and our independence?
(((CO almost native)))
A year ago, on Memorial Day, my son was cleaning his yard in preparation for a family BBQ. He was bitten on the ankle by a brown recluse spider. Twenty-four-hours later, he was in the hospital with a fever off the thermometer reading, heart palpitations so bad they had to stop his heart and rejolt it, delirium and toxemia. My beautiful daughter-in-law who is a PA insisted he be transferred to NYU instead of being kept in their local hospital overnight for observation. Thank the gods she did because the next day he was in surgery having the aortic root and mitral valve in his heart being replaced due to “cabbaging” from infection. Not two months later, he was BACK in the hospital with congestive heart failure and having the aortic root replaced again along with the interior walls of his heart. Three months later, during an examination by echocardiagram, an aneurysm on his ascending aorta was discovered. BACK to NYU for a third surgery to repair this aneurysm. They have one daughter, my granddaughter, who is nearly seven.
As of now, he is well and we take each day as it dawns.
I don’t know the lesson one can draw from such a thing, except to be very grateful for every day you have. I believe one can take heart by being blessed with family in good times and bad, the love and support of friends and community. To dwell too much on the negative and the perceived slights from others is very unhealthy. Take pleasure in the little things.
I didn’t mean for this to turn into such a long post. I really meant to offer some comfort to Co almost native, and it just started pouring out. I’m sorry you have to go through this CO, but know that we are here for you.
I emailed RW too .
hmmm, really Malek? he’s spent a lot of time around Scarah? how very interesting, I wonder when this occurred? I get the feeling she’s listening now. Malek is her new adviser. For the moment, LOL. We know she’ll blow it.
this article is about the VF blow up, they think Scarah’s garnering more sympathy now, like Clinton eventually got. I think they’re trying to rescue her a$$, lol.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/morning-fix/070209-morning-fix-a-sarah-pal.html?wprss=thefix
“Although Palin will almost certainly run for president as an outsider to Washington (if she runs at all), she will need advocates inside the Beltway to help her raise money and keep a lid on the background sniping that is part and parcel of any presidential bid.
Palin may — finally — be understanding that reality.
Fred Malek, who served as a national finance committee chair for McCain’s presidential bid, said that he recently hosted a foreign policy lunch at Palin’s request in which she mixed with the likes of former secretary of defense Frank Carlucci and former deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott.
“She has been vastly underestimated as a result of one or two interviews,” said Malek of Palin. “I have spent a lot of time around her and can state unequivocally she is smart, perceptive, curious, and absolutely on top of issues like energy which are pivotal to her role as Alaska’s Governor. “
Never wait on a Brown Recluse spider bite! Never ever wait!
samper – emailed about the flag pic. Thanks for the address.
wasn’t Malek the guy that got her into the alfalfa dinner?
AKM – If I were YOU, after all the posts just zinging out of your keyboard, not only would my fingers be tired, but my head would fall off. Your blog titles yesterday were priceless – esp “The Great Band Aid Cover Up”.
For once, it was a day free of SP – not free of news about her – but NO screechy voice, or snotty opinions or snark in our local papers coming FROM her. Although, there is a dead silence that should be broken SOON over the mis-tweets over Emmonak and subsistence issues. As much as I can’t stand to hear from her about anything these days since it’s all so phony and snarky, she NEEDS to address this issue. Yeah right.
For those of you interested in Ann S’s outlook on this mis-tweet, jump over and comment on her post:
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/ann-strongheart-getting-caught-in-the-gill-net-of-alaskan-politics/
samper, I received a very quick response from Mr. Remy as follows:
Thank you for the comment.
You may want to address this comment to Runner’s World’s photo editor, however. I had nothing to do with that photo shoot.
You can write to:
Runner’s World magazine
Photo Editor
400 South 10th Street
Emmaus, PA 18098
Best regards,
Mark
Time to get out the pens and paper.
@ Valley Independent
“Is anybody else offended by the goons that would ruin the 4th by protesting the government that gives them the right to assemble and grouse on the very day we are to be celebrating it and our independence?”
Don’t give them the power to ruin YOUR independence day, and your reasons for enjoying the celebration. We are all giving the “goons” a lot more attention than they deserve – it’s the train wreck thingie and the “I can’t believe people are this ignorant and mean” thingie. Forget them for your celebration, and we’ll keep up the good fight on all fronts to keep the creeps from making policy for the rest of us with their stupidity, fear and complete lack of ethics. Been there, done that – never again!
I received a reply right away from RW it was polite and he stated he would take my comments under advisement but that as far as the photos go he was not responsible and sent the contact info of the photo editor.
Runner’s World magazine
Photo Editor
400 South 10th Street
Emmaus, PA 18098
OMG, lol……these 10 questions give Letterman’s joke writers a run for the money. Zingers!
http://patriotboy.blogspot.com/
I was referring to his Dear Sanford letter about the Zingers.
Good advice Martha UYS. Will do.
Do we buy any chance have any mudpups from Levelock, AK?
If we do please let me know.
My husband is working there and I was hoping to pay someone to make him a cake for his birthday and our anniversary.
His birthday is the 4th and our anniversary is the 5th.
Thanks
I think we can all agree on something this morning…..
It’s time for Hays Research to release another Poll on GINO.
I say she’s in the 40′s range now. It was 55% before. No bragging anymore.
@Say No to Palin in Politics: I’m with you; I think that it’s both kind of lying. Probably started as one and morphed into the other (don’t know which came first). I think that some of the lying is to make her appear more important. The lies are not thought out ahead of time; she says whatever pops into her head of the moment (The Wild Ride Story). The recent CBS piece points to an attempted cover up, such as Todd really thought that he was marking “Independent” in the voter registration form. All one has to do is look at the form to see that’s hardly possible.
I also think that there is some psychology involved when she encounters a bit of reality. Some might have a good time analyzing the story about running during debate prep at McCain’s ranch. What she did, both literally and figuratively, is trip herself up. There may have been a moment (briefly) when she realized that she was over her head and heading for a fall.
When she talking about how much she seemed to enjoy the pain of running I hear something psychological– self punishment (thrashing her guts, burning thighs) OK, they are sexually charged images, but also ask yourself why she needs to hurt herself (punish herself). There are other ways to stay fit without the pain.
My guess is that Sarah does not spend alot of time seriously reflecting on how she looks or sounds just as long as she is the center of attention. How could anyone who wants to be taken seriously as a future presidential candidate strike that pose with the flag? She sets herself up to be the victim yet again, “Oh look how they trash me for my good looks, the sexists pigs!” I think that it is all part of one big really interesting package. Psychologists will have a field day analyzing her for some time.
ValleyIndependent Says:
Is anybody else offended by the goons that would ruin the 4th by protesting the government that gives them the right to assemble and grouse on the very day we are to be celebrating it and our independence?
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YES , absolutely. The turds are having a tea party on Friday , the 3rd here. With Joe the Plumber no less.
http://havinganaustinteaparty.com/
SayNo – re: Malek’s quote:
She has been vastly underestimated as a result of one or two interviews,” said Malek of Palin. “I have spent a lot of time around her and can state unequivocally she is smart, perceptive, curious, and absolutely on top of issues like energy which are pivotal to her role as Alaska’s Governor. “
i.e. SHE IS A PERFECT PAWN FOR US NEOCONS.
Only an ulterior motive would have these people support Gov. Icon for any National office. I can just imagine how Steve Schmidt was just floored by the behavior & had to do damage control every minute.
And to MarthaUnAlaska – I so remember the “you’re not a patriot” talk during the build up to the Iraq invasion. Such hypocrisy that these same people (flag pin anyone?) are planning to protest America on the 4th. The only good thing is cameras will be rolling, for all to see.
Check out the delightfully worded URL on this follow-up blog entry by a fellow Vanity Fair writer on his compatriot’s 6-page story and the Runner’s World pin-up/photo-op of Palin:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2009/07/sarah-palin-thinks-her-ass-glides-like-the-wind.html
sarah might have gotten those spiffy new running shoes from this fella. His stores are pretty cool and he is an advisor to RW. He’s actually a pretty nice guy , for a Republican.
sorry for the length of this post but it has some interesting info that other’s can use. it’s from the dizzey life blog comments about the video that got changed and how what we’ve viewed on our computer is retrievable.
http://adizzylife.blogspot.com/2009/07/now-shes-gone-and-done-it.html
kerfuffler said…
I almost ‘have’ it. I still have the page loaded where I first found it.
As long as I don’t reload the page, I can keep it. Maybe I can point my camera at the screen and just copy the whole thing.
If I change the music, would I be able to post it? I wish I knew more about this stuff.
Djinn????
July 1, 2009 10:40 AM
djinn said…
eeek! Uhhhh, what an amazing vid. How to keep?
Yahoo answers suggests:
This is pretty complicated, but it works:
if you use firefox, all of your youtube videos will be stored in a temporary folder.
usually C:\documents and settings\(user name)\local settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(string of random letters and numbers .default)\cache
before you watch the videos, delete everything but the cache_map and Cache_ files to save confusion. Each video you watch will be stored in this folder, as a random file name. After you watch the videos, they will show up in this folder as large files. Just add .flv to the end of the file name, click edit and move it to whatever folder you want, then use the free flv converter to change it to whatever file format you want. If you want to just leave ‘em as the original files, you can watch them with the videolan viewer. It’ll play just about anything.
If you use Explorer, it saves the files in a different folder, usually C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
It preserves the extensions; just move the files to whatever folder you want.
Either of these browsers does delete all the temporary files on a regular basis, so you need to move whatever you want to keep to another folder. Don’t leave anything you’re keeping in the temp folders.
If you’re going to change the files to other formats, or watch them without adding .flv extensions to the filenames, go to download.com and download a little program called free flv converter 4.8 then
go to sourceforge.net and download another free program called videolan.
Another suggestion is to google “free video converters.
What a catch!
July 1, 2009 6:01 PM
austintx: You’ve got mail!
You guys wouldn’t BELIEVE the emails flying between RW and myself! He’s sending me all your comments and his stupid, lame replies.
I’ve challenged him to:
1. Take responsibility instead of passing the buck
2. Provide a NAME of the photo editor
3. Answer why this “Boy Scout” and “Patriotic” fella allowed such a thing.
He’s claiming he’s editor of rw.COM, not of the magazine itself. My argument is that the photos are PRE-published on line to a wider audience than print and that he bears responsibility.
Thanks for hanging in, guys!
Sullivan being sworn in only yesterday as Mayor, did anybody read or hear anything about what he was up to last week?
I just read at Immoral Minority that “Sullivan said he had mentioned those discussions in a conversation last weekend with an ambassador from the Czech Republic”. According to Immoral Minority, this was a discussion with the Ambassador regarding the proposed ordinance.
Was Sullivan with Palin on her adventure to Kosovo? If he was — Why? Who authorized? Who paid? This also leads to the question of what is going on between Palin and Sullivan?
LOL……from James Wolcott blog @ VF……thanks Kajo for the link and laugh.
“a long, methodically researched investigation that proves beyond the shad roe of a doubt that Palin would mow down nuns, elderly people on walkers, and Mitt Romney’s entire clan with her snowmobile if they meandered in the path of her Napoleonic presidential ambitions.”
AKM, I’ll see you in Pittsburgh for your hand massage! You knew that I did that as a licensed therapist, right?
i am so thrilled to hear of the court’s decision on the forest and environmental impacts.
i am sitting up at our lake house here in california in the middle of the san bernadino mtns. we are actively involved in the forest association and my husband chairs it’s board.
btw…”fawnskin mudpuppy” is derived from the area where our house sits and where i sat -or paced-when i heard of the nomination of swwnbn last august.
an anniversary party should be planned by all of us here in mudflats kingdom on that day !
Been running for a long time. Never heard anyone make references to their thighs before, just quads and hamstrings. However, the late Shel Silverstein did write a song titled. “Never bite a married woman on the thigh.”
remember this? she’s never thought of “gender” to be an issue, lol……oh Scarah’s so laughable.
“I had a great upbringing under Title IX,” Palin told Alaska Business Monthly shortly after becoming governor in late 2006. “I can’t imagine where I’d be without the opportunities provided to me in sports. Sports taught me that gender isn’t an issue; in fact, when people talk about me being the first female governor, I’m a little absent from that discussion, because I’ve never thought of gender as an issue. In sports, you learn self-discipline, healthy competition, to be gracious in victory and defeat, and the importance of being part of a team and understanding what part you play on that team. You all work together to reach a goal, and I think all of those factors come into play in my role as governor.”
Is there anyone here who has seen Palin running? She says she does this running “ALONE.” Just wanted to know if she has been seen and how many times and where.
Awww, it’s not just OUR governor who is thought to be a narcissist: http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/849427.html
Say NO to Palin in Politics
A tip for Firefox users – Install the extension VideoDownloadHelper and Flash videos can be saved to disk with a click or two from many sources, including Youtube (with a choice of resolutions).
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3006
The extension also includes the option to have the Flash videos automatically converted to .avi files (using ffmpeg) so that they can be played with Windows Media Player. The process is maybe not something a novice would like to take on. I suggest instead, Google WinFF (or go to winff.org) and get a Windows GUI for the same converter (ffmpeg). Ffmpeg is installed transparently along with WinFF. It’s a simple, straightforward Windows install, and easy to use. Ffmpeg is a command line app, but with WinFF, even though you’ll see a command window, you need not enter any commands there. Video conversions around here are typically done while I sleep.
There are also “browser helpers” available for IE to save Flash videos, but since I don;’t use IE, I have no experience with them.
Also, an easy way to save videos from the Firefox cache is to install the extension CacheViewer. The file names won’t mean anything to you, but basically after watching a video, you’re looking for the largest file in the cache. File creation times are also shown which helps narrow choices down quickly. Good luck!
silverfox67–did see her once, right after she became gov, running with the dud (check some older post, can’t remember which, for my tale about this!). I may have seen her another time or two, but I can’t remember. I try to block images of her out of my brain…
@ SayNo 69: ROFLMAO!
She really put together that whole paragraph on her own?
And she really BELIEVES it?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Brain fart on the link above
sarah might have gotten those spiffy new running shoes from this fella. His stores are pretty cool and he is an advisor to RW. He’s actually a pretty nice guy , for a Republican.
http://www.fitness.gov/bio_carrozza.htm
Yeah, IJ saw her, all right.
And then DELIBERATELY missed hitting her with the car, against all common sense!
silverfox67 – InJuneau saw her once and missed……….
#59 KaJo Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Check out the delightfully worded URL on this follow-up blog entry by a fellow Vanity Fair writer on his compatriot’s 6-page story and the Runner’s World pin-up/photo-op of Palin:
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From one of the imbed links where he is giving his opinion it goes to the National Review page where a Jim Geraghty is giving his opinion and being very dismissive of the VF piece. Implying it was verrrrry long and not really worth reading ( IE : Low -lights… His words)…. but here is just ONE idea he is throwing out there…. or HIS rationalization and defense of SP.
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“To go through the 9,800 word profile/excoriation of Sarah Palin by Todd Purdum in Vanity Fair and Fisk it line by line would take an enormous amount of time and space, and probably more time than you’re willing to devote to reading it. So for now, the low-lights:
Whatever her political future, the emergence of Sarah Palin raises questions that will not soon go away. “What does it say about the nature of modern American politics that a public official who often seems proud of what she does not know is not only accepted but applauded?”
I’m still looking for any quote from Palin at any time where she expressed pride in what she does not know. The closest we come to in the article is an anecdote in which she tells a gubernatorial rival that she’s amazed at his command of “facts, figures, and policies” but then looks into the audience and wonders whether any of it really matters. We don’t know which “facts, figures, and policies” she’s referring to”
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He wants to SEE a ‘ QUOTE ‘…. where she expressed pride in what she doesn’t… KNOW..? There are NO quotes that he will ever find (more of the sea of pee mentality ) There is an awful LOT of video where she is winking and blinking and being dismissive (big HAPPY grins ) and not even answering questions being asked. I guess he only READ about the debates (seeing only the words ) and never watched them. I’m glad we SAW the debates. Our eyes are open.
Keep looking for those ‘ quotes ‘ National Review. And wasn’t it Bill Kristol of the ” National Review ” that vetted Palin…(insert BIG laugh here )
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGJiMTYyMzU3ZmE3NDIxNGI2ZjU1N2VhMWQxODE3ODU=
as for those new shoes…and clothing…that palin was wearing:
gifts?
caught another interesting “tid bit”, Scarah’s “senior aide” from the McCain campaign went with Scarah and MEG to NY! compliments via Scarahpac I’m sure. So he’s most likely her adviser right now.
Also, too…….here we have the “behind us” “move on” talk, remember that?! he’s campaigning for her! so, what all do we know about this guy? what are his connections to Malek and Coale?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/01/politics/main5128672.shtml
“Jason Recher, who remains a staunch Palin supporter and recently accompanied the governor on a trip to New York, said he hoped people would focus more on positive memories from the campaign.
“These internal communications and debates are in reference to a campaign that no longer exists,” Recher said. “It proves wrong the anonymous claims that Governor Palin didn’t seek or follow counsel from senior strategists on a wide array of issues. Sarah Palin has moved on with her life and continues to have a positive impact on so many. We should follow her lead and do the same.”
I also found this funny, LOL………
“Palin’s insertion of the five additional staffers in the e-mail chain was an apparent attempt to rally her own troops in the face of a decision from the commanding general with which she disagreed. Her inclusion of her personal assistant was particularly telling about her quest for affirmation and support in numbers, since the young staffer was not in a position to have any input on campaign strategy.”
We have the coolest President! This was yesterday:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/3679283361/in/photostream/
just know reading the Sanford mental state article, lol……..he’s royally getting what he deserves.
“John Crangle, executive director of Common Cause South Carolina, called Sanford “delusional” and said it was obvious the governor has “serious mental problems.”
“The idea that he could carry on this relationship and at the same time be governor, run the Republican governor’s association and have presidential aspirations, it shows an individual who has lost contact with reality,” said Crangle, who has worked as a divorce lawyer. “He sees no limitations. He can do what he wants.”
New story on the Huffpo as it relates to the CBS email story. Saying McCain and Palin personally approved of an investigation to find out who was leaking info during the campaign. Havn’t read the story yet.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/mccain-and-palin-personal_n_224888.html
Maybe I am missing something, but WHY are we going after “Running World?”
So, they goofed up on the flag placement. So, they featured pics of GINO looking like a cheerleader. So? The photo editor now has to get all of this heat because of GINO? He will be the fall guy – why?
79 fawnskin mudpuppy Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:47 AM
as for those new shoes…and clothing…that palin was wearing:
gifts?
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Could have been from here…….not sayin’ for sure…….I posted the link to the owner ^^^^. He is a big time R. He also is an editor at RW.
http://www.runtex.com/web/4-9.asp
no comment from Gov Scarah about fellow Gov and friend Sanford? how cold, they just exchanged gifts! did he flirt with her too? naw, he’s in love right now.
do read the article! He sounds just like Scarah, politcal “soul” mates.
I like the “nobody in their right mind”………yeah, don’t we know!
http://www.thestate.com/sanford/story/849427.html
“Susan Hardwicke, a licensed social worker who runs a clinical practice in Columbia, said Sanford could be under the influence of brain chemicals that fire when a person falls in love.
“People do crazy things for love,” Hardwicke said. “That’s what all the songs are about. Nobody in their right mind would do what he’s doing.”
samper
i tried to send an email and got an error message.
Is there another Assembly meeting on the proposed ordinance that Prevo has his panties in a bunch over next week? Or is that all tabled now that D Sullivan is mayor?
After picking up our local rag and seeing a headline on the front page about SP challenging our president to a footrace–yeah, that’s important–but nothing about any of the rural issues, I was thoroughly disgusted (you think ADN is bad-our paper makes ADN look downright liberal).
I was listening to my favorite left-wing radio station on the way home from work and there was a great story. I will have to give you just the gist of it.
Somewhere in the US a small bunch of Baptists decide to picket a Jewish temple. Why? Because they are Jewish and because they welcome members of the LGBT community into their place of worship (oh good heavens, we can’t have that!)
Apparently (I believe they said 6) members of the Baptists (they said something about family members that I didn’t quite get) showed up to picket.
What did the leaders of the temple do?
Wait for it…
They decided to have a fundraiser: People donated $1 for every minute that the picketers stood out there.
They made $10,000 in 50 minutes.
Just think what an Anchorage Assembly meeting could raise. We could feed people, buy fuel, rebuild Eagle for goodness sake.
I thought it was beautiful.
Fundraiser anyone????
Ripley in CT Says:
AKM, I’ll see you in Pittsburgh for your hand massage! You knew that I did that as a licensed therapist, right?
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I had a hand massage a few years ago and thought I’d died and gone to heaven. I work with deaf kids and, naturally, have a tendency to develop problems in my hands, arms and shoulders (muscle cramps, tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, rotator cuff problems…). It was pure bliss to have someone work out the tension in my hands I didn’t even know I had!
lovemydogs Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:22 AM
Is there another Assembly meeting on the proposed ordinance that Prevo has his panties in a bunch over next week? Or is that all tabled now that D Sullivan is mayor?
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July 7th was announced at end of last assembly we watched
I may be reading too much into this…. but did anyone else notice “the face” staring back~atcha in AKM’s zen image above.
Great photography is indeed a wondrous art form!
samper and austintx–Thanks, guys/gals/’pups, for filling in the details. And I didn’t deliberately miss; I just didn’t realize who it was until I was past them!
@ Canadian Neighbour Sullivan said his conversation with the Ambassador was here in Anchorage. This was during his swearing in speech.
Even though Mr. Remy did not do the photograpy…his magazine ran the photos. So what is the difference?
I sent him a short but curt note. We will see if I get a reply.
cynamen…i did notice the face in the picture right off.
and i was reminded of a faun.
i’m sorry, lori…got caught up in the heat of the moment.
we shouldn’t be “going after” anyone.
but in our defense:
i suppose that we just get frustrated sometimes and want someone to be held accountable for the disaster that is palin’s world.
in the case of rw, well, someone should have edited those photos better.
imo, an email to express dismay at the handling of the flag is not out of order.
Lori in LA: There are alot of reasons to go after the RW thing.
1. Palin lies in the article.
2. She was all bent about “desecrating” the “iconic image” of her and Trig, when she HYPOCRITICALLY did it with a REAL iconic image, that of our flag. The “rules” are published for treatment of the flag. They aren’t for some random photo of her carrying her baby like he’s a sack of potatoes.
3. It was tacky and disrespectful for the mother of someone in active service to be leaning on a flag tossed over a bar stool and equally tacky for RW to stage and print it.
4. DO NOT take this to the Photo Editor! The Executive Editor, Mark Remy, is responsible for getting the photos to the masses via RW dot com FIRST (before print edition hit the stands). He claims to be a former Boy Scout and true “patriot”, but has no respect for his readers, the flag, or anything else. And he is a JERK.
5. After the big stink about President Obama and the Flag Pin, this is even better to nail her with.
6. She doesn’t seem very “Presidential” in the layout.
6. We don’t like Palin.
Oh, and if anyone missed it, it was on MSNBC this morning, too… the photo, the Flag Code, the whole shootin’ match. It’s not just us… folks all over are mad that they portrayed our flag that way (esp. on 4th of July weekend).
InJuneau: Well… I guess we can excuse you THIS time, but if it happens again, we expect you to make and confirm identity well before you are out of striking range.
samper: I agree.
Also, too, if word gets around in publishing circles about these issues surrounding this RW fluff piece, perhaps the next mag editor contemplating doing a fluffy bit of a PR piece for Palin will think twice, or at least be a little more skeptical and examine her words and actions a little more carefully.
AKM you should sell your photos in your cafe press store. I’d love to have a copy of this one hanging in my office. . . sigh. Absolutely beautiful….
Just so you guys know…
Every single email Remy gets about the flag photo, he is sending to me, along with his lame and stupid “passing the buck” stock answer (you are ALL getting the same answer).
Also, he is sending me (a complete stranger to him) all of your email addresses, contained within the messages. I hope you all know that I would never do anything at all with them, but you might take that up with Remy if it bothers you that he would do such a thing.
I think he really underestimated what the ‘pups could accomplish in bugging him, if nothing else!
Alaska could use the same speculation about Palin, from “fellow politicians”.
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/310/story/71180.html
Is Mark Sanford crazy? Some in S. Carolina now wonder
By Noelle Phillips | The State
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Mark Sanford is acting like a love-struck teenager.
Or, maybe he has a deeper personality disorder, some experts speculate.
As the saga of Sanford and his Argentine lover continues, the public, the governor’s political rivals and some allies are speculating about the governor’s mental stability and whether he’s able to lead the state.
While mental health experts are reluctant to pin a diagnosis on the governor, their observations of his behavior suggest a chemical imbalance, narcissism and impulsive behavior.
Sanford has not sought professional mental health treatment, said Joel Sawyer, the governor’s spokesman.
But some fellow politicians are saying the governor needs help.
“That’s a troubled man,” said Sen. Harvey Peeler, R-Cherokee, a longtime Sanford ally who this year became frustrated at Sanford’s refusal to take federal stimulus money. “You can see it in his eyes and his body language. I’m concerned about his mental well-being.”
John Crangle, executive director of Common Cause South Carolina, called Sanford “delusional” and said it was obvious the governor has “serious mental problems.”
“The idea that he could carry on this relationship and at the same time be governor, run the Republican governor’s association and have presidential aspirations, it shows an individual who has lost contact with reality,” said Crangle, who has worked as a divorce lawyer. “He sees no limitations. He can do what he wants.”
One prominent Republican who is close to Sanford and has been in regular contact with him also has questioned the governor’s well-being. “When your support is evaporating but your resolve (to stay in office) is increasing, that’s a bad combination,” said the source, who did not want to be identified.
Peeler cites the governor’s mental state as one more reason he should resign. Crangle said Sanford should at least take a leave of absence and get a psychiatric evaluation.
The state Constitution has measures for removing a mentally unstable governor, but that’s not likely to happen in this case, observers said.
Still, people are talking.
Read the full story at thestate.com
Thanks John at #93
It just seemed too much of a coincidence that Sullivan was talking with a Czech ambassador last week at the same time Palin in Kosovo
Here is a link to story from National Guard site which I found by way of DoD
http://www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2009/06/062909-Palin.aspx
“During her visit, Palin and the Alaskan delegation visited”
No mention of who was in the ‘delegation’ except for Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell.
HonestyinGov: Seems to me she BRAGGED about getting a D in Econ, I think it was. There’s a quote out there somewhere!
Hmmm, yes, I am most curious about exactly who comprised “the Alaskan delegation.”
@ AKM: The fern & dogwood photo is wonderful. Thank you!
92 InJuneau Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 AM
samper and austintx–Thanks, guys/gals/’pups, for filling in the details. And I didn’t deliberately miss; I just didn’t realize who it was until I was past them!
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Your vehicle have reverse ??
I just read a story that was an alert to my email box of a new posting from Huffpo. Douglas MacKinnon (Former Press Secty. to Bob Dole ) has an article being all defensive about why people on the Left are attacking Palin. He asks this question..
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“Which brings me to a question I’ve been asking for months of my liberal friends: Why do so many on the left have such an unhinged hatred of this woman? Why do so many alleged feminists and female members of the mainstream media openly and gleefully despise Palin?”
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I guess if he was a Woman and his rights were being taken away he would be mad.
If he was a Native Alaskan and had to choose between food or fuel to survive… he might be upset.
If His daughter was being told educated about Sex Education and told use only abstinence (and no other choices ) but was bombarded by the Sexy Candies commercials with a totally opposite message… he might be upset.
Way too many reasons to despise Sarah Palin. Liar,Hypocrite AND GRIFTER… works for me.
You can read the whole story. Obviously… he doesn’t have her as HIS Governor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-mackinnon/palin-vanity-fair-envy-an_b_224632.html
Kathleen Parker wrote that following the election, Sarah Palin received boxes of invitations to give speeches and interviews. Yet, the boxes remained unopened. We’ve seen only a few interviews that Sarah has given. (Vanity Fair doesn’t count; she didn’t agree to be interviewed by them). I can’t believe that a future presidential candidate gave interviews to People Magazine and Runners World. I think that we should help Sarah by offering suggestions for other places to give interviews. (She might not remember all of newspapers and magazines after meeting Katie Couric). For example:
Guns and Ammo: suggested photo: Sarah wrapped in flag, blasting target
Family Circle: suggested feature: moose stew and moose burgers
Toastmasters Magazine: memorable one liners from recent speeches
Wired Magazine: best tweets and emails
Parents Magazine (you can fill in the blank)
Soap Opera Digest (you can fill in the blank)
Regarding the RW “flag” photo. I am glad the editor chose to use the photo no matter how poor a decision it was. If they had edited it out we would have never known about it. Bottom line is Sarah should have refused to pose with it and explained to the idiots on the photo shoot why she was refusing.
Instead, in her typical non-thinking, uneducated fashion, she poses like the high school queen, with the flag denoting her son’s service in the background, while desecrating the American flag. The same person who spent the entire presidential campaign questioning whether those not supporting her were REAL Americans.
Instead of going after RW, I think it would be better to get that “flag” image plastered over the MSM for the Fourth of July.
Megamouth release statement that sarahpac is not responsible for the vid that was pulled.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/07/01/no_recent_videos_from_palin.html
ok. now mr mark has gotten my goat.
samper, did you mention mudflats during your correspondence?
perhaps, he is reading our posts
I wrote, I got:
Thank you for the comment.
You may want to address this comment to Runner’s World’s photo editor,
however. Or to Governor Palin. I had nothing to do with that photo shoot.
You can write to:
Runner’s World magazine
Photo Editor
400 South 10th Street
Emmaus, PA 18098
Best regards,
Mark
samper…how did you get mark’s email address?
Sully has picked up this little gem: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/palin-and-secrecy.html
Dr. Patois – I’m with you on that. And I think if people are outraged the emails should be sent to Palin, not Remy. Why throw him under the bus for her? She’s gonna blame the mag for the bad press anyway. I can hear her lies spinning in my head already )o:
“State’s top doctor, Public Health director leave posts”
“Gov. Palin denies involvement; others suspect an anti-abortion agenda caused conflict”
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070209/sta_458205028.shtml
Looks like a couple more have been thrown under the bus. What’s going on with this woman?????
samper -
Can you help out Ruth ?? Got room for her ??
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/ruth-madoff-evicted-us-ma_n_224937.html
Crystalwolf @ 110 – In that case, maybe Megamouth can explain how this ‘fan’ got photo’s that weren’t widely known as far as I can see.
116 SystemBucker Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 AM
“State’s top doctor, Public Health director leave posts”
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Maybe Dr.CBJ is gonna get the job………..
I think Palin is a sociopathic liar, if there is such a thing.
It’s beyond she doesn’t care if it’s a lie to get what she wants (Pathological and narcissistic). It’s almost like she doesn’t even acknowledge them as lies. I think she actually believes what she says after she repeats it a few times. And I’ll bet a lie detector would show she was telling the truth, even if it was a proven lie. Because she believes it. Magical thinking. Whatever.
I had a kid in my chorus once. He would never shut up. Literally. He was constantly talking to his neighbors whether they were listening to him or not. In fact, he seemed to be oblivious to whether anyone was listening to him or not. It was a non-stop constant chatter. Once I stood right in front of him and waited for him to finally realize I was there. The class was laughing at him because the knew. So he stops and says “What?” I said “You’re talking.” He said no he wasn’t. I said I stood right there and watched him. He said “I wasn’t talking. I was just saying.” I said “saying” is talking”. He said “I was just telling..” “Telling is “talking”. The guy would never acknowledge that he was “talking” in class. And I think he truly believed he wasn’t talking.
Call it sociopathic or whatever.
That’s how Palin is with lies. She’s not lieing. She’s just saying. Or telling. Whatever. She doesn’t believe that leaving out a detail is a lie. She doesn’t believe that giving the “impression” of something and allowing people to come to the wrong conclusion is a lie. It isn’t ignorance and it isn’t denial. It’s something much more disturbing.
Evem more disresect for the flag????
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-flag-and-palin.html
#115 michigander Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 AM
Dr. Patois – I’m with you on that. And I think if people are outraged the emails should be sent to Palin, not Remy. Why throw him under the bus for her? She’s gonna blame the mag for the bad press anyway. I can hear her lies spinning in my head already )o:
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Yes… with the 4th of July coming up there will be lots of interviews on the air with the MSM.
Why not send an email to the National HQ of the VFW… or the Vietnam Veterans..? See if they would be willing to give a response… on the Record??
Both are powerful and vocal.
I just put up a post at PA that lists what I consider to be the four biggest whoppers either told by Palin this past week, or that have come out this past week, that she had told earlier.
Anyone who can come up with another whopper Palin told this past week, feel free to add it in there in the comments:
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/07/saradise-lost-book-2-chapter-76-which.html
I did send the RW link to the flag code hall of shame site.
Levi’s back! “…That was ridiculous,” Levi says of the RNC. “I was just like, ‘Uhhh.’ ” At the time, the Palins insinuated he’d have to move to D.C. if McCain won. “I ain’t never moving,” he says with a shudder, thinking back. Luckily for him, his team lost…” for the rest of the article, go to: http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/57746/
Christian Science Monitor – “In Alaska, many pining for the old Palin”
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/02/in-alaska-many-pine-for-the-old-palin/
Hard feelings have emerged. Belligerent, defensive missives from Palin’s office include statements urging Alaskans to rise up in a “backlash” against citizens filing ethics complaints and ridiculing lawmakers for criticizing her Lower 48 trips. “We did not anticipate that the governor’s political opponents would want their hands held in the final hours of the session,” an April 13 press release said.
During the legislative session, Palin even came to the House speaker’s office and scolded his top aide. It was “a terrible breach of respect of the Legislature by Gov. Palin. This kind of lack of decorum has never happened before,” opined the Alaska Legislative Digest, a newsletter co-written by a former House speaker.
If the video was not SarahPac – how the hell did they get the photos that were (I’m sure) paid for by the State of Alaska. Who was the photographer? It’s a complete mix of state funds with national campaign benefits.
So much of that “passport stamp/foreign policy” trip is questionable. Where is the fundraiser for soldiers vacation travel?
Paula – reminds me of this – shudder.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/07/the-flag-and-palin.html
“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.” This insightful quote is from a book written in 1935 by Sinclair Lewis titled “It Can’t Happen Here.”
Thanks for the link BuffaloGal. Everytime I read something that says that she is sure to be re-elected if she runs again it makes my blood boil.
Alienate all Alaskan natives? Check.
Alienate all Alaskan Dems? Check.
Alienate all moderate Republicans? Check.
Barely won against Tony Knowles before everyone found out what an incompetent idiotic psychopath she really is? Check.
If someone can explain to me how that translates to a “sure bet” to win re-election I would love to hear it!
I cannot tell you how many Republican votes I know for a fact she would not get if she ran for re-election (mine & husband’s being at the top of that list!).
Dittman must be smoking crack or something. Either he’s in her pocket along with the other loonies or he needs to craft a new poll and poll OUTSIDE of Eagle River/Palmer/Wasilla/Fairbanks/Kenai/Soldotna…
Those pictures from the now vanished and reworked “Not SarahPAC” video look like the ones from the SOA website. I wonder if LindaVW had permission to use them?
How did the person that made the faux SarahPAC video get the military footage? Is that footage publicly available?
Wow. the hypocrisy lives on… and on..
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/kenai-classic-fishing-not-closed-to-politicians/
This is the kind of thing that makes me want to drink heavily. And I don’t even like salmon.
http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/palin-wrapped-in-the-flag.png she’s all wrapped up and ready to go.
Hi Mudflatters,
I’m looking for some help. I’m working on an article for an Alaska publication about the national attention that’s been paid to Alaska politics since Sarah Palin arrived on the scene last fall. I’m interested in speaking to a couple of different groups of people:
(a) Non-Alaska residents who have become interested/involved in Alaska politics since Palin’s VP nomination (both supporters and detractors);
(b) Alaska residents who have strong feelings about the recent Outside interest in Alaska politics (either positive or negative).
If you’re interested in sharing your experiences, please e-mail me at ownthesidewalk[at]gmail[dot]com.
Thanks!
Maia
This is the video at HuffPo that I found beyond any words I have in my vocabulary to describe.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/jon-stewart-blasts-glenn_n_224766.html
Glenn Beck and a former CIA agent saying that we need another attack by Osama bin Laden to get the government to protect the people. Stewart is excellent in this video.
Have conservatives lost their frigging minds? In order to get their way and their ideology in place, they advocate for another terrorist attack killing thousands for Americans. Beginning to rethink that freedom of speech thing…not really.
OK. Remember this tweet from GINO a few days ago?
“Suppressed EPA memos may help explain why r position on climate change & polar bear population became controversial/misunderstood. Read ‘em10:31 AM Jun 29th from TwitterBerry ”
I was listening to Rachel Maddow’s July 2nd show on Green 960. She is fishing, but my favorite Reagan- Ron Jr- was guest hosting. The first story was on how much Fox had fallen for a very unscientific study done by an economist. He plays portions of GBeck explaining it. Reagan did nice job. Perhaps the good governor should have done a bit of studying up before she twitted. http://www.green960.com/podcast/maddow.xml
BTW- You can subscribe to her podcasts for free. Anna Marie Cox was the guest host for the 26th
125 Mirage 18 Says:
Levi is Back
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Levi could do this country a huge service by getting his story out there.
An HBO or ShowTime series would be awesome….something similar to Weeds…..
Wigglers?
Update on the situation in Eagle: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142149
Does it surprize ANY of us that Samaritan’s Purse is getting involved? WHo do suppose called them and asked for their help (in her behalf, so it looks like she’s doing something?)?
mae lewis said: “I can’t believe that a future presidential candidate gave interviews to People Magazine and Runners World.”
………don’t ya know it’s part of her grassroots strategy, lol, building from the roots up, growing bigger every day with bull cr*p for fertilzer. it’s probably in the bible somewhere.
austintx Says: Your vehicle have reverse ??
Yeah, but we were running late for church!
New post by Ann Strongheart -
Kenai Classic: Fishing Not Closed to Politicians
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/kenai-classic-fishing-not-closed-to-politicians/
Pearl 68 @ 134
Daily Kos are so on this one, they have been going batshit crazy – they are not taking it lying down!
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/2/748943/-KO:-We-need-a-special-comment-+-Stewart-total-SMACKDOWN!
OH GOODY:
Butler said he suspects Wooley’s departure may have been related to conflicts between Palin’s anti-abortion views and state health staff’s reluctance to present medical information they believed was inaccurate about a bill requiring parental consent for abortion.
“I know there was some concern about the parental consent for abortion issue, there was a lot of discussion about the role of Public Health in testifying to deliver the administration’s statements,” Butler said.
The parental consent bill stalled in the Legislature, with some members publicly questioning Palin’s commitment to advancing the bill after Department of Health and Social Services staff failed to show up to testify in its favor.
Rep. Lindsey Holmes, D-Anchorage, an abortion rights advocate in the Legislature, said she also believes Palin’s attempt to get support for her anti-abortion views played a role in Wooley’s departure.
Holmes said Wooley’s view was “I can go so far as being neutral,” but would not support a bill she thought could present a danger to minors seeking abortions.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070209/sta_458205028.shtml
Anne Whitney Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:16 AM
“How did the person that made the faux SarahPAC video get the military footage? Is that footage publicly available?”
Ann, my guess would be a military fan. There are a few, lol.
InJuneau Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 AM
austintx Says: Your vehicle have reverse ??
Yeah, but we were running late for church!
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I think you would’ve been ok if you said you ran over the Devil…….
Pearl 89 @ 134
Daily Kos are going nuts over this – call to action
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/2/748943/-KO:-We-need-a-special-comment-+-Stewart-total-SMACKDOWN!
lol……we knew it! good for them! and thank goodness it’s coming out.
“Department of Health and Social Services staff failed to show up to testify in its favor.”
BTW……is anyone getting anything done? all this late breaking news! man o man, more than one every hour!
Palin Wins An Award. . . I’m sure you all heard the excited squeals coming from SarahPac & C4P
http://juneauempire.com/stories/070209/sta_458205398.shtml
Say NO to Palin in Politics ~
Check out the differences in the write ups….I posted the link to the Juneau Empire story, now check out the ADN write up on this.
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/850854.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=6264234#Comments_Container
Anyone want to claim that the ADN isn’t in the tank for Palin now????
fawnskin: Please explain to me what happened. You can PM me – samper.
NO! I said NOTHING about Mudflats.
I went to the “Contact” page of RW and sent the note. The first, disrespectful reply came back from Remy, to which I replied.
Going back to read from Fawn down… just wanted to get these first answers out.
Oh, AustinTx: I don’t really have room for Ruthie. Maybe you do? (haven’t read article yet, but title is telling!)
Jane, I don’t think it’s ironic, I think it’s immoral and cruel hearted. And THIS is happening right now??? How outrageous!!! and no, I’m sure Scarah wouldn’t dare show her face at this event which should have been canceled, IMO.
from Jane @ Anonymous bloggers blog……..
Politicians and lobbyists from around the United States wine and dine and go fishing for Kings each year at the Kenai Classic. A couple hours from now (noon Thursday) everyone will be getting their pictures taken with their Kings that they caught on the Kenai River. Usually there are several US Senators, a bunch of State officials and lobbyists. Don Young was this year’s speaker. I guess the Governor isn’t there but I wouldn’t be surprised if Parnell is. From ADN’s article “Don Young to attend Kenai Classic Banquet”:
“The event has long attracted political power brokers from around the country who socialized and trolled for salmon during the annual fundraiser.”
I think it is so ironic that while people on the Yukon aren’t allowed to subsistence fish for Kings and seem to have a lot of difficulty even being heard by their state government, a couple hundred politicians from around the United States and Alaska are getting together, having a great time catching kings, raising funds for Kenai River preservation, and networking among themselves.
austintx–oh, good point, though we do stick to the no mixing politics with religion thing pretty strictly in our church!
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in July…
“Tank explains that they are shopping a book, because there are still many untold stories about the Palins.”
Oh, so many links to follow when I should be working. You guys are such a bad example!
Kudos to AKM again! The following is in response to the story on The Plum Line about the RNC checking staff e-mail for leaks.
country girl | July 2nd, 2009 at 02:27 pm
Rich said: “If you really want to get into the head of Sarah Palin read some of the stories this week on The Mudflats by AKMuckraker.The details that tie it all together in the posts prove that the blog up there was wayyyy ahead of the MSM outlets about getting the Facts out there.” All more than true: check out this very highly regarded Alaskan blogger AKMudraker at themudflats.com. AKM always takes the high road, and is always on top of things. Alaskans have been watching Sarah Palin’s disturbingly chaotic behavior for years. Now, it’s catch up time for the rest of us. It’s time for the truth to be seen in the light of day. Then we move on.
Way to go, AKM!
samper.
I haven’t followed closely other than you and others have emailed RW. But, if Mudflats has come up and no one specifically said the blog name, it is easy enough to find it as people have posted the text of their emails, his responses, his name and info, and upon his doing a search, Mudflats will appear.
InJuneau: I agree with austintx! If you had just explained the situation, you’d probably have been sainted right then and there!
Palin wrapped in a flag: DESECRATION OF AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF **MY** COUNTRY! Kind of makes me giggle about the whole photoshop poutrage. What she has done is a zillion times worse, imho. Secessionist that she is and all.
Throwing Remy under the bus: Mixed feelings. You KNOW SP won’t read anything from pajama clad bloggers that is “against” her, so why bother, which is why I asked the RW use their contacts to convey the message.
That said, he is STILL responsible for posting egregious photos on the internet and is continuing to pass the buck to the photo editor, when he has the final word on what goes online. He could have chosen to do the first 6 photos and left the 7th for the print edition ONLY, which would only be seen by the print readership.
MSNBC picked this up this morning, so millions are now aware. It’s not just me/us.
I still haven’t gotten around to pulling together the entire conversation I had with him and promise to do so, but suffice it to say he’s an idiot. He really doesn’t deserve compassion or safety from the masses. He’s kind of like Ziegler… cocky with no justification for being so.
Does anyone know if you can put a stop payment on a cashier’s check issued from a bank?
Accepted a cashier’s check from Washington Mutual for my car. When I got to my credit union, they said the check was good and there were funds in the account, but I still had to wait 5 days for it to ‘clear’ because the Washington Mutual branch was out of state.
So….is there still a danger that there can be a stop payment put on a cashier’s check? I thought they were as good a cash money.
Anyone? Bueller?
is this a run round or what, lol and where is that spokesperson who started working almost a month ago, is he gone already? Any word from Moller?
from the Juneau Empire article……glad the doc was willing to speak up, thank you Dr. Butler!
“Wooley declined to comment, but told division staff her departure was “per Governor Palin’s request” in an e-mail announcing her departure.
Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow denied the governor was involved in Wooley’s departure and deferred further comment to Commissioner Bill Hogan of the Department of Health and Social Services, who declined to comment through a department spokeswoman.”
I’ve had one bothersome gnat flying about my head. Does anyone else remember any politician in the world asking for children to donate to a magical mystery legal fund that she originally had valued at 1 million or more dollars?
Who else besides our own “It Came From Wasilla” has asked people who have already donated to her fund to donate for their CHILDREN? Shameless – This is only one iota of why Alaska needs an Alaskan political intervention. I can’t think of a more shameful maneuver by any Alaskan Governor, EVER, also. It’s bad enough that she uses her own children now she’s panhandling from the Children of American. Sheesh
InJuneau Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Update on the situation in Eagle: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142149
Does it surprise ANY of us that Samaritan’s Purse is getting involved? Who do suppose called them and asked for their help (in her behalf, so it looks like she’s doing something?)?
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AKM: Is there anyway for Dennis Zaki to use his CNN connection to get this story into the MSM? This a very important story that people should know about in that FEMA is doing a really good job in this instance and is a welcome presence in the community and it should get some widespread attention.
# 152
tigerwine Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Kudos to AKM again! The following is in response to the story on The Plum Line about the RNC checking staff e-mail for leaks.
country girl | July 2nd, 2009 at 02:27 pm
Rich said: “If you really want to get into the head of Sarah Palin read some of the stories this week on The Mudflats by AKMuckraker.The details that tie it all together in the posts prove that the blog up there was wayyyy ahead of the MSM outlets about getting the Facts out there.” All more than true: check out this very highly regarded Alaskan blogger AKMudraker at themudflats.com. AKM always takes the high road, and is always on top of things. Alaskans have been watching Sarah Palin’s disturbingly chaotic behavior for years. Now, it’s catch up time for the rest of us. It’s time for the truth to be seen in the light of day. Then we move on.
Way to go, AKM!
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I posted some quote to that Plum Line link somewhere back up the thread. I don’t remember what it was at the moment now though….something on that page.
Most of the Political blog pages make you ‘ sign in ‘… but while I was there I saw my log in right there at the bottom…. so I figured we needed to spread some Mud Love
If those so called Washington insiders want all the best details I figured I should point them in the right direction. They might get lost without the AK blogs.
I didn’t see that anyone had posted this one… Sarah wins an award! Unfortunately for her it’s not a highly coveted award…
http://juneauempire.com/stories/070209/sta_458205398.shtml
Mlaiuppa – do you have a copy of the check? Call the issuing bank, and maybe go higher up at your bank. You should just be able to cash it at your bank, not deposit it and wait. Raise holy hell.
from Eagle……..this guy is getting things done! lol, after much good news he shares what I have posted below:
“Bassich has been the coordinator of the Eagle Rebuilding Construction Team. Here’s the message he sent to reporters: (more on ADN)
“Now I need your help to light a fire under the Governor and DOT to get off their @#$%^&*() and get the gravel pit pushed and make gravel available to us to put down the pads for the homes. This has been a frustrating experience to deal with DOT they have provide ZERO help to us in terms of Roads maintenance and any type of fast tracking in our disaster. I have not witnessed such total incompetence and Waste in any agency ever. Everything hinges now on getting gravel to the home site and every day we wait is making it difficult to achieve our goal. we have Volunteers ready to move in to help us. but we must have the pads down before home kits can be delivered.
… We are on the verge of making something happen here which few if any have ever experienced with FEMA and we want to provide them with a big “Gold Star” for the efforts they and the state have made to assist us. …”
what are you referring to Sisu?
Alaskan Sisu Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 PM
I’ve had one bothersome gnat flying about my head. Does anyone else remember any politician in the world asking for children to donate to a magical mystery legal fund that she originally had valued at 1 million or more dollars?
Who else besides our own “It Came From Wasilla” has asked people who have already donated to her fund to donate for their CHILDREN? Shameless – This is only one iota of why Alaska needs an Alaskan political intervention. I can’t think of a more shameful maneuver by any Alaskan Governor, EVER, also. It’s bad enough that she uses her own children now she’s panhandling from the Children of American. Sheesh
mlaiuppa – Seagull Junker Palin is right……raise hell !! It’s called the “float” in bank parlance. Your bank is using that money while you wait. A cashiers check is good to go immediately.
I just remembered, Van Flea was on the Smurke show yesterday defending once again Scarah. Cha Ching
samper – Can you at least help Ruth out with a new florist and salon ?? Maybe take her to eat somewhere ??
I see the face. Cool.
hmmmmm…….
John Schwochert, a Palin family friend said:
“If Palin doesn’t run for the US Senate next year, she is a “shoo-in” for reelection and will rise from there, Mr. Schwochert predicts. “I’m really quite sure she’s being groomed for a higher office.”
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/02/in-alaska-many-pine-for-the-old-palin/
@Jackie Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I didn’t see that anyone had posted this one… Sarah wins an award! Unfortunately for her it’s not a highly coveted award…
http://juneauempire.com/stories/070209/sta_458205398.shtml
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Oh, this is rich! LOLOLOL She beat out Blagojevich’s vigorous hair!!!
austinTX, you have my condolences on the impending visit from Joe the Plumber.
I had to laugh at their website reference to the original Boston Tea Party. Last I heard, none of these modern-day tea party participants is suffering from taxation without representation. I also think that since they ARE represented, it would be more constructive to contact their representatives about specific issues than to stand out in the park preaching to the choir.
One of our local organizers got a few chuckles when she was quoted saying that she wanted our government to go back to what it was at a date that was not only before women’s suffrage, but even before passage of the bill of rights. I can just imagine how unhappy she would be if we took away her 1st and 2nd amendment rights and the right to vote, also.
Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 PM
@Say NO to Palin in Politics Says
Hmmmmm…….
John Schwochert, a Palin family friend said:
“If Palin doesn’t run for the US Senate next year, she is a “shoo-in” for reelection and will rise from there, Mr. Schwochert predicts. “I’m really quite sure she’s being groomed for a higher office.”
http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/07/02/in-alaska-many-pine-for-the-old-palin/
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Ummmm. Delusional much?
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Say NO to Palin in Politics Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:53 PM
hmmmmm…….
John Schwochert, a Palin family friend said:
“If Palin doesn’t run for the US Senate next year, she is a “shoo-in” for reelection and will rise from there, Mr. Schwochert predicts. “I’m really quite sure she’s being groomed for a higher office.”
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Yeah, she might be getting groomed for a higher office, but the groomers are so bad, that they were kicked out of the National Dog Groomers Association last year, he forgot to mention.
On hardball NOW: Discussion on AIP emails during campaign!
“Past president Mike Leonard, a columnist for The Herald Times of Bloomington, Ind.: “As a Hoosier, I feel that she’s done something that Dan Quayle could never do. Which was to make Dan Quayle look good. … After the election, the video of Sarah and the poultry processing factory … that pretty much says it all. The gift that keeps on giving.” ” from the Juneau Empire
lol.
Jackie@160
That is fabulous! The best line is at the end when they state, “The governor’s office did not return a call for comment” Really?!
“John Schwochert, a Palin family friend said:
“If Palin doesn’t run for the US Senate next year, she is a “shoo-in” for reelection and will rise from there, Mr. Schwochert predicts. “I’m really quite sure she’s being groomed for a higher office.”
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I don’t think she’d win a best in class much less best in show at Crufts. . .
Poor, poor Sarah. All her diva secrets are being exposed. Apparently she and McCain have both requested an investigation to nail whoever leaked the emails. Notice neither McCain nor Palin has denied the info contained in the emails. They just want to kick the sh*t out of the person who leaked it.
# 136 Big Slick
This could be as interesting as a Levi book.
http://blowpoppalin.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-palin-book-is-on-way.html
Jackie–that’s awesome. I was just about to post the info on that from KINY, but the JE story is even longer! Imagine, she beat out Blago in spite of all his “vigorousness”!
The Rubber Room Hotel @ 54—Ohhhhh, you’re so thoughtful! I don’t live in Levelock, but if I did, I’d bake a cake for your husband and host him for supper/little party.
That is so sweet of you to think of posting here. I really hope that someone near his location will help out.
He is lucky to be married to you!!!!
Lisa
@ 160 Jackie – Thanks for that link. That’s quite the award – LOL. Loved the write up and list of previous winners that went with it.
mlaiuppa@157
Cashier’s check are suppose to be like cash. The person who had it made out had to pay cash for it. This is why I am worried about CD sending the SOA a cashiers check through the mail. It means she has no witness or receipt for the SOA receiving it. They could say there was nothing in the envelope. I think she should take in to the Anchorage office, get a receipt and let them mail it to Juneau or she could even give them a stamped envelope to put it in.
New story up on HuffPo:
“McCain and Palin Personally Approved Email Hunt for Leaks”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/mccain-and-palin-personal_n_224888.html
#158 LiladyNY Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 12:22 PM
InJuneau Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Update on the situation in Eagle: http://community.adn.com/adn/node/142149
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AKM: Is there anyway for Dennis Zaki to use his CNN connection to get this story into the MSM? This a very important story that people should know about in that FEMA is doing a really good job in this instance and is a welcome presence in the community and it should get some widesprea
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As per that story, ‘ The Feds ‘ that GiNO is so fond of bashing has done THEIR Job… but she hasn’t done hers. It’s tough running Alaska from Kosovo.. dontchaknow. Emailing GINO.. Useless.
The article does not mention who the DOT Guy is by name,… does anybody know who is the one we could email or contact to create a little fire under his a $$..?
And why not shoot off an email to the Legislature who is responsible for the Eagle Area. If he won’t step up and speak out… he deserves some heat as well. He should be on the job representing ‘ His constituents ‘…. does he care…?
Both could get about 50 emails in the next hour if we know who they are….?
Say No to Palin in Politics -
I’m referring to Sarah’s legal fund asking for money from “children”. I’ve never seen a politician in Alaska ask children for money like that. Just bothers me. Happy 4th.
@ Say NO to Palin in Politics
John Schwochert is just another bot! With a statement like that, he’s absolutely clueless and brainwashed. That’s what distinguishes the twit’s bot gang – absolutely zero reality check. Just like bot websites – they are all the same. Exactly. They have different names, but are all on the same hypothetical mental trip which distinguishes them so easily from the thinking, living in a real world, breathing real air crowd. John is just another bot named John. They are nut jobs who don’t know how to believe in themselves, or in humanity. Her home town is fulla them!
You would hear a completely different story on the streets of Juneau, Sitka, Haines and many others. She’s pissing off Alaskans pretty well.
Jenny Sanford is taking Mark Sanford back? It’s pukin’ time!
http://tinyurl.com/lgu425
Not all that surprising, but …..
As per my # 190 post…
Maybe AKM is doing a story as we speak to the role that FEMA had done… waiting for GINO. AKM might give us those two contact people. Or even a better name to contact.
Cashier checks are a lot like cash, but because they can be forged, banks do sometimes put a hold on them. You can not put a stop payment on them, but the bank can take the money back out of your account if it turns out the check is not valid. That is very very rare.
Called the credit union.
Was told that at the branch manager’s discretion, any amount over $2500 has to be held for “clearance”.
I’ll be calling the head office to ask why my “cash” is being “floated.
Thanks everyone for your advice.
I take it there is no way this check can be “stopped” since I was told that there was money in the account the check was drawn on when I deposited it.
I usually just lurk but I want to thank you all for all of the links & commentary! And AKM too for all of her great posts that get us all together.
The only thing is, it’s harder than heck to get any work done trying to keep up with you all! Luckily I’m my own boss but I might have to fire me cuz I keep getting sidetracked here & am not getting done what I should be!
Sooooo….
Locals can’t fish for winter subsistence, but the politicians can go out and have a free for all. Perfect!
McCain/Palin want to kick some ass over emails recently made public that were written 8 months ago. Yeah, right… an old man and a beauty queen are going to kick ass. They will be shot down in flames! The PROBLEM is that the emails are TRUE. They don’t want the TRUTH to get out. What does that say about our “future prez palin”?
A bank is earning interest on its customers certified funds and not allowing the customer access to them. Even a regular check clears overnight these days, no matter where it’s from!
Blago’s hair couldn’t help him beat Palin as nuttiest wackjob in the news this year.
Palin is being groomed for “higher office”, yet NO ONE has seen her with an Economics or Foreign Policy book in her hands, a tuition bill for Geography 101 at the Community College or a copy of the Constitution.
Tea Parties abound this weekend and hopefully austintx will get photos of Joe the Plumber, who, by all counts, really has NOTHING to say. Taxation without representation only happens to DC residents. There was a big to do about it not too long ago… can’t remember the details, but I guess they have huge fed taxes, but no rep (or rep not in keeping with the states) in Congress. OK, they aren’t technically a “state”, but if they pay fed taxes (some of the highest in the country), they should be represented in Congress equally to the rep of the states.
Eagle can’t get the DOT to provide gravel on which to place their homes, time is running short, and Palin isn’t stepping in with her usual demanding tone. NIIIIIIICE!
Am I up to speed?
I can’t get a THING done, trying to keep up with all this!
@ mlaiuppa
Your cashier’s check is just fine – there is no way to stop pay. You are dealing with the “new and improved Wa Mu” after being taken over by CitiCorp. They took the friendliest, most efficient banking company and are determined to make them suck just as much as everything else CitiCorp touches. Problems abound because of the takeoever – and they make the customers wait on everything now because they haven’t turned the WaMu system totally into the CitiCorp system between states. And they are completely snotty about it.
@ Dr. Patois
Celtic Diva’s money will be just fine! She’s sending return receipt requested, and YES, you can track a cashier’s check to prove it’s been cashed. No need to worry on that one – too many eyes on this case for them to fudge. Not that I would put it past Linda Perez – another snake of Palin’s (part of Troopergate BS) who should be thrown out the door on top of the gov.
ValleyIndependent Says:
austinTX, you have my condolences on the impending visit from Joe the Plumber.
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Good news is that it should be another 100 degree day. Hope they all fall out from heat exhaustion…………
mlaiuppa – next time, just cash the check, and deposit the money!
That’ll learn ‘em, durn ‘em!
lol…….
“Levi’s planning on removing the tattoo of her name from his finger by using a cream that Tank has heard about. He says he’s not dating anyone, though his phone beeps steadily with text messages. “It’s not her,” he says pointedly to Tank, after getting a look”.
Martha Unalaska Yard Sign@199
I realize I am a bit paranoid but they don’t want to give CD the emails. A return receipt only proves they received the envelope. They can say there was nothing in it as long as they don’t cash the check.
Phil! LOL (I put the * in bull)
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/07/saradise-lost-book-2-chapter-76-which.html
“After going through just one week of Sarah Palin’s lies, it seems she is a falsehood, wrapped in a fabrication, protecting a distortion, cloaking a misrepresentation, encircling an invention, veiling a fiction, shrouding a whopper. And on and on…..
There are more layers to the tearful bullsh*t put out by this person than in a big, fat onion.”
H-m-m-m
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/02/palin-perry-jindal-biden/
Calling all pups. I just read a story over at Huffpo by Daryl Hannah. It’s about the coal companies raping West Virginia. These poor people really need some help. With the rapid fire computer skills you all have, I think you’re just the bunch to help. Please go over & read the story & some of the comments. I think it will hurt your heart & piss you off. Go pups & do what you do so well.
I would include a link, but I don’t know how. I know you’ll find it.
mlaiuppa…. A few things I know from some recent transactions. There is alot of people that can manufacture these things as a way to steel money. It is a pretty common forgery these days I guess. Also out of state checks can be held longer. Most likely the bank does use those funds in there balance a few days before they release it. Is it a 5 day hold or up to 5 day hold and will be in your account the minute it clears?
TXLisa thanks, I had a pair of mukluks made for him (still in production) and can’t mail him anything so I thought it would be nice. He does know about the mukluks skin sewer had to measure his feet.
The Sitting Duck award came out Wed. The Governor’s office was called for comment. They had none.
Could that be why she’s been silent for a few days?
Sarah’s latest twitter:
“Best of luck to Scotty Gomez, AK’s greatest hockey player, as he joins up w/ Montreal Canadians.”
Even I – a non-hockey fan – know it’s the Montreal CANADIENS not Canadians.
Some hockey mom!
okay, nobody feel sorry for her, lol, she has this coming. from the Juneau Empire…….link above, no comment from the gov’s office. Ya think she’s got a headache yet? any hair left?
“The National Society of Newspaper Columnists chose Gov. Sarah Palin last week as the winner of its annual Sitting Duck Award, a tongue-in-cheek honor that pokes fun at “the crème de la crème of the most ridiculed newsmakers in America.”
Palin beat out runner-up Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who was notable for his “vigorous hair, a vigorous public defense against abuse-of-office charges and a vigorous post-impeachment celebrity-hood,” an announcement on the society’s Web site states.”
tweet – tweet…………
Best of luck to Scotty Gomez, AK’s greatest hockey player, as he joins up w/ Montreal Canadians.
about 2 hours ago from web
It shows up in the account now. But I’m told I can’t draw on it for 5 business days. Because I deposited it late Tuesday and Friday is a holiday, that means it doesn’t “clear” until Thursday, July 9.
According to them the check was good. They checked the account it was drawn on and there was money in the account. That would be the Washington Mutual bank in Delaware that issued the cashier’s check.
What are they expecting? That Washington Mutual in Delaware will go bankrupt in four days? Or that a stop payment will be made. If it can’t be stopped, I don’t understand the delay. A cashier’s check is supposed to be same as cash. Isn’t it?
austintx, see #209 for a good laugh
The ADN link at post # 164 has the Eagle Story. One Palin-bot has already showed up. Joker 09 obviously never evenread the story his comment was …
“Oh great it’ll take “FEMA” at least couple months or until the river freezes over. FEMA is worse than Homeland Security ”
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The Story says FEMA has done their Job and is waiting for GINO. Poor joker Palin-bot… who needs facts. I tried to post but ADN still has me blocked. Even though they just gave me my password so I could sign in.
Anybody that can sign in there post and ask why GINO hasn’t done anything.
Maybe Phil Munger will chime in. I’ve seen his comments there.
tsk, tsk austintx.
now you have to go to the timeout corner.
aaustintx @204 – Poor Joe, Sarah won’t speak to him, say it ain’t so.
# 211
austintx Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:57 PM
tweet – tweet…………
Best of luck to Scotty Gomez, AK’s greatest hockey player, as he joins up w/ Montreal Canadians.
about 2 hours ago from web
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They must have taken her Blackberry or not let GINO read anything on the internet the last couple of days… hiding her from the bad press. I had an ADN email yesterday reporting the Scotty Gomez story.. or it could have been TWO days ago. She is so on top of things… and up to date. She just had to tweet something…. anything.
GINO…? What are you doing about Eagle… tweet… tweet..? they are WAITING for You.
213 Far fromFenway Fan Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:59 PM
austintx, see #209 for a good laugh
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We passed in the tubes……….Ha-ha-ha !!
On my first glass of Black Raspberry Merlot… luckily it’s a nice big bottle. It’s gonna be a busy coupla days working up to the weekend, I can see already.
When will Alaska and the rest of us be rid of the pestilence that is Palin? Where are those ethics complaints anyway?
OT – not about Palin anyway
I just don’t get it. President Assad of Syria invited your Pres for a visit live on Sky News some few hours ago, I would have thought this was big news. CNN, Fox etc. – nothing.
It was a realy nice invite from him and his wife, big smiles the lot.
Now THIS is nice to see!!:
Ryan Grim
Dems: Virginia Station Won’t Air GOP Climate Change Ad, Citing Factual Errors
Congressional Republicans were dealt a setback Thursday in their attempt to punish Democrats in swing districts for voting for climate change legislation in the House last week.
WDBJ-TV, a Roanoke television station, will not air a National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) ad attacking freshman Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), citing factual inaccuracies, according to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee communications director Jen Crider. A source familiar with the station’s decision confirmed Crider’s account; WDBJ general manager Jeff Marks confirmed that the ad would not run, but declined to say why.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/virginia-station-wont-air_n_225195.html
I’m so glad she won the Sitting Duck Award. Yeah!!! Now she can break out the tiara!
I believe that the RW article was an ingenious set-up and lampoon of GINO. The questions were designed to invoke idiotic answers for which she vacuously provided.
The pictures were nothing short of soft-porn. The only thing missing in the picture with the Fluffer draped over the flag holding a blackberry are a couple of tea bag pasties!
mlaiuppa: I guess all you can do is a slow burn, waiting on the funds to clear. I’ve left more than one bank over less, though…
Mountaintop Removal info/links
http://www.ilovemountains.org/ Fighting to End Mountaintop Removal
http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/mtr_overview/ Appalachian Voices
(go to right side of page – see Mountaintop Removal Resources for excellent information)
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/facts/steps.php Mountain Justice
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/06/25-9 Mountaintop Removal is Irreversible
There is no such thing as CLEAN COAL
The EPA list of High Hazard Sites is also now posted on the web http://tinyurl.com/muctxp Note: no TVA sites listed; some of SWOhio/Kentucky sites are in area represented by Boehner (R-OH)
209 Far fromFenway Fan Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Sarah’s latest twitter:
“Best of luck to Scotty Gomez, AK’s greatest hockey player, as he joins up w/ Montreal Canadians.”
Even I – a non-hockey fan – know it’s the Montreal CANADIENS not Canadians.
Some hockey mom!
************************why not praise for the nine other players who list Anchorage as their birth city, and one from Eagle River. Ten in the NHL this season. Among them Ty Conklin who helped the Detroit Red Wings make the Stanley Cup finals. Hockey mom indeed.
Re: The Sitting Duck Award………she will now be “quacking” instead of tweeting. Too funny that she won.
Sarah, there is no such thing as a safe tweet.
Where is Sarah?
Where is Meghan?
The silence is deafening!
Jackson family charging $25, to pass by MJ’s casket, at Neverland.
do we have more gates now? dang, she’s complicated!
liegate?
campaigngate?
sessionistgate?
abortionbillgate?
emmonakgate?
eaglegate?
c4pgate?
advisergate?
trustfundgate?
Alaskaunderthebusgate?
“The three governors who have not yet been on the line (with Biden about stimulous $), though they have been invited: Alaska’s Sarah Palin, Texas’ Rick Perry and Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal. You can draw your own conclusions.”
Staple Center….my mistake
pvazwindy–gotta pay the creditors somehow?
Siiting Duck Award..wooo hoooooo….She’s such a cluster ^^ck…LMBO…
mlaiuppa:
I work for a bank. Funds availability is governed by something called Regulation CC. I have to take training on it every year, and I still can’t remember all of the ins and outs. Unfortunately, a cashier’s check clears the same as any other kind of check, and it’s legal to hold funds for an out-of-state check for up to five business days. Reg CC was actually put in place to prevent banks from placing unfairly long holds, and brought some consistency and uniformity to the process. When I lived in California as a student, B of A used to put a 14-day hold on checks from Iowa (my home state). So it’s really, really annoying, but completely legal.
Okay, I know everyone is jumping to the new thread but when you come back, here is a link to a story you’ve read but with some very funny posts. (some are over the top)
My faves (without reading them all):
I once accidentally became a Nazi because I thought “Fascist” meant you loved fashion.
I once accidentally joined the KKK because I thought it stood for “kitty kitty kitty.”
And I really like kitties.
http://tinyurl.com/mj5f6b
Hmmmmmmm wonder if Gino is watching HardBall…LMBO
The following is a portion of an email that the online editor of Runners World sent to me in response to the “flag” photo of Palin’s.
“I am the online editor of RW and had absolutely nothing to do with the story or the photo shoot in question. I might humbly suggest writing a letter to the editor, and/or our photo editor, and/or Governor Palin’s office. (From what I gather from our photo dep’t, the flag was Gov. Palin’s idea. Not ours.)
For what it’s worth, the photo you speak of was one of many, many dozens taken during that shoot. We didn’t put it in the magazine, and only included it in an online photo slideshow almost as an afterthought.”
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It’s no surprise that the flag pose was Palin’s idea. She’s ever the politician with an eye for the main chance, even if it means pimping out the American flag in an athletic magazine. She’s not an Olympic athlete running in front of the grandstands with the flag over her shoulders….She’s a failed politician using the flag as a prop to give her more patriotic gravitas.
It’s also interesting that the flag photo is apparently not in the magazine…only in the online photo slideshow. You know….that same online venue where political battles rage everyday. I’m afraid that RW knew exactly what they were doing in waving that flag in front of the online combatants.
I would bet a bundle that Palin had a requirement that she got to choose her photos out of those “many, many dozens” taken during the shoot…All those photos had the same aura to them. Probably a static mental image that she has of herself.
Anyhow….the online editor of RW was cordial in his response. His suggestion to contact the magazine itself or Palin makes sense.
UK Lady Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Crystalwolf @ 110 – In that case, maybe Megamouth can explain how this ‘fan’ got photo’s that weren’t widely known as far as I can see.
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UKlady-most of these are from the SOA website. I didn’t see the aircraft carrier but she was just making a photo collage…but putting sarahpac on that pretty bad, but who knows maybe megamouth in contact with this woman like she is ManSour? The b/c of all the neg buzz generated told her to pull the plug? We don’t know that megamouth wasn’t behind it?
Also she was using SOA pics, is megamouth going to have van flea send her a warning letter???
I heard there was trouble with the Staple Center. But then, I’ve heard ALOT about MJ today. Who knows what’s right?
OK, so the estate will have to pay for security, etc. But they also have to realize that the reason they are ALL so rich today is because of the fans. To make them pay to see the casket is appalling.
There will be plenty o’ cash to go around when all is said and done now that MJ isn’t out there spending it (but continues to rake it in). They don’t need $25/head to see a closed casket in a stadium.
Dr. Patois: ROFLMAO!
kitty kitty kitty – LOL!!!
If you guys didn’t download the form from the Accident thread, there is a part for party/group affiliation and a WHOLE SEPARATE AREA to claim non-partisan or non-party affiliated.
Alaska Independent = Non Partisan, my BUTT!
Scarah damage control, from the state web site…..no mention of the charity assistance…..just bragging rights. grrrrrrr! as a lower 48 tax payer I’d love to tell her where to put anything she has to say. Especially until she says thank you to our governement and taxpayers.
At least help is on the way.
July 1, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved the State of Alaska’s total request for additional communities to receive disaster relief funds for the spring flooding event.
The original federal disaster declaration did not include Individual Assistance for several communities as the flood event was ongoing at the time of the federal disaster declaration. Federal Individual Assistance pays a maximum of $30,300 per affected household, whereas State of Alaska Individual Assistance pays $5,000 per affected household.
“This is great news for the members of the communities in rural Alaska that were left off of the original disaster declaration,” Governor Palin said. “This year’s spring flood was one of the worst on record, and we need to act swiftly to make sure people can rebuild before winter.”
Disaster recovery teams, consisting of members of the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and FEMA, are out in Bethel and the surrounding villages today. More trips are planned next week to help those people who have experienced flood damages get the necessary paperwork completed to expedite funding assistance.
The formal regions, and key communities, added onto the federal disaster declaration are:
* Lower Yukon Regional Education Attendance Area (REAA) for Individual Assistance, including Emmonak, Russian Mission, Kotlik, and Alakanuk;
* Yupiit REAA for Individual Assistance (already approved for public assistance), including Akiak, Akiachak, and Tuluksak;
* Lower Yukon REAA for Public Assistance, including Emmonak, Russian Mission, Kotlik, and Alakanuk;
* Yukon-Koyukuk REAA for Public Assistance (already approved for Individual Assistance), including Tanana.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1943
Did you guys see this tweet from the twit?
Sign me up: LG’s office certified Parent Notification initiative. I’m ready to be 1st in line to sign petition supporting AK’s families.6 minutes ago from web
I bet!
Its about the parental notification for abortion for minor.
The twit has quacked –
Sign me up: LG’s office certified Parent Notification initiative. I’m ready to be 1st in line to sign petition supporting AK’s families.
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AKns deserve opportunity to be heard on this important family issue. Read more @ http://bit.ly/12NpZr
Dr. Patois…….LOL, thanks!
Cashiers checks are hard to forge,but easier to alter.My DH is a casino manager,he had a customer with a cashiers check from his fathers company for $50,000 .They cashed it,later it came back from the bank as having been altered,it was reeally a $5,000 check!! So it may make sense that it was held.I have been informed in the past that a cashiers check is more like a money order than cash.
oh my, this was quick, eh? she’s gonna stomp that bill right through even IF people quit their state jobs and make her look bad. The Lt. got to carry the ball, lol.
from the state site.
“(July 2, 2009 Anchorage, Alaska) – Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell today certified an initiative that would require parental notice or consent before a minor under 18 years old could have an abortion, unless the teen submits a notarized statement that she is a victim of abuse by a parent or guardian, the teen convinces a court to bypass notice, or in the clinical judgment of the doctor, there is a medical emergency. This certification allows the initiative sponsors to proceed with gathering signatures required to place the measure on the ballot.
Lieutenant Governor Parnell’s decision to certify the initiative, known as 09PIMA, was supported by a Department of Law legal opinion. The Department of Law’s opinion, dated July 2, 2009, concluded that the bill and application are in the proper form, and that the application complies with the constitutional and statutory provisions governing the use of the initiative.
Petition booklets will be prepared by the Alaska Division of Elections. The sponsors will have one year to gather at least 32,734 valid signatures, composed of at least seven percent of the last general election turnout from thirty election districts in order for the proposed bill to be placed on a ballot.
The lieutenant governor’s letter to the initiative sponsors, the Department of Law’s legal opinion, and the Division of Elections memorandum are available online at: http://initiatives.alaska.gov. “
Lee323 Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 PM
The following is a portion of an email that the online editor of Runners World sent to me in response to the “flag” photo of Palin’s.
“I am the online editor of RW and had absolutely nothing to do with the story or the photo shoot in question. I might humbly suggest writing a letter to the editor, and/or our photo editor, and/or Governor Palin’s office. (From what I gather from our photo dep’t, the flag was Gov. Palin’s idea. Not ours.)
For what it’s worth, the photo you speak of was one of many, many dozens taken during that shoot. We didn’t put it in the magazine, and only included it in an online photo slideshow almost as an afterthought.””"”"”"”
Someone needs to get this to the media-post it everywhere you can!!
Excellent!!! Bravo for a respected Alaskan to stand up and speak out to fellow Alaskans about Scarah’s character !!!
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/845981.html
Closet Mudpup @ 241 Maybe AKM will do a post on this initiative and explain why this is a BAD IDEA and can backfire and hurt some minors.
Many girls don’t live in the model perfect, loving, accepting family. An attempt to get parental consent or giving parental notice can cause some girls to get beaten up, hit, harassed or have their life made h@ll.
This is an opportunity to educate the public.
However, I’m sure Rev. Prevo and his buddies will be vocally supporting it.
Is there a story in this? (from the state site)
“The corporation has financed its education loan program by issuing tax-exempt revenue bonds in the capital market. ASLC has been unable to issue bonds due to the catastrophic capital market.
“This bill ensures Alaska’s students will not be left out in the cold despite the current economic downturn,” Governor Palin said. “Without this legislation, no Alaska student loans could be made this fall.”
House Bill 172, sponsored by the governor, enables the Commissioner of Revenue to provide a bridge loan and directly invest in the corporation’s education loans. HB 172 also creates a credit enhancement facility to assist ASLC in the issuance of bonds during the current economic crisis when, without this facility, it would be uneconomical to issue bonds.
AKM…..here is a great story for ya !
Palin named “Sitting Duck” by newspaper columnists
Alaska Governor Sara Palin is the winner of the annual Sitting Duck Award presented by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
http://www.columnists.com/
Samper….see my response on the Band-Aid / RW blog.
You handled your end of the bargain pretty well, I must say…someone was defensive, wasn’t he?
Very interesting story on Vogler and Palin–darleenmb.com/wordpress/?tag=joevogler–sorry don’t know how to do the link thing.
This is the text of the Parental Notification initiative
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/petitions/09PIMA.pdf
paraphrasing one section:
The unemancipated minor female can get a notarized statement of the abuse by getting confirmation from a 21-year-old (up) sibling, a cop, a social worker (who has already investigated), a grandparent or a step parent.
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The female that is anticipating real abuse after the notification happens is sure out of luck.
I think this is an instance of Tank being wrong. I know of no cream that can remove a tatoo.
Levi has two choices. Laser it off, or add more ink to obliterate it. Or he can wear a big, honkin’ ring on that hand to cover it up.
Just goes to show. You should think more than twice before getting a tattoo.
25 bucks to walk by MJ’s closed casket ?? I mean , it’s a fine casket and all. Same as James Brown. 14kt gold plated and cost 25k. Now , I would pay money to see this set-up……..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/higg1966/1165974347/
mlaiuppa, probably means this stuff: http://www.wreckingbalm.com/ No idea how effective it is…
I can’t speak to the issue of Samaritan’s Purse being in Eagle, but I can and will state that the Mennonites are nothing short of awesome! They descended on Omaha in the wake of a major tornado in the mid-70′s and, saying little, went right to work. They worked like fiends for weeks and their help was accepted with gratitude. I would be willing to guess that the elders in Eagle will find them to be quite similar to themselves. They don’t preach their way of life. They just live it.
from Andrew Sullivan’s blog:
“Palin is not a serious candidate for the presidency. She had to go home and study and spend a lot of time on issues in which she was not adept last year, and she hasn’t. She has to stop speaking in clichés and platitudes. It won’t work. It could work for eight weeks if you’re the number two candidate, as she was last year. But even so, she got singed a lot in that campaign. You cannot sustain a campaign of platitudes and clichés over a year and a half if you’re running for the presidency,”- Charles Krauthammer.
What’s the deal with the State of Alaska placing a moratorium on senior health services due to non-compliance of federal regulations? No new assessments for senior home health services allowed while a backlog gets caught up on. That, unfortunately leaves a lot of people in need with assessments pending not allowed to have those assessments made.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156190.php
And why have two top Alaska health officials suddenly left their posts?
http://www.adn.com/life/health/story/851390.html
Is it possible Ms. Health Role Model for the Nation as Soon as She Gets to Washington D.C. is missing the boat here at home?
AKM’s “Accidental Secessionist-An Alaskan Fable” is on Huffpo! Let’s buzz it up!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/the-accidental-secessioni_b_225149.html
CO Almost Native
Wishing you and your family all the best.
Hi all,
Big Ray’s is now accepting online donations for the Warm Hearts Fund to buy winter gear for Eagle Village residents.
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/donate-to-eagle-village-warm-hearts-fund-online/
Still waiting to hear from John Moller – no reply to calls or email:
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/ann-strongheart-getting-caught-in-the-gill-net-of-alaskan-politics/
Happy Holiday!
Jane
Originally, I thought that AKM’s beautiful photo might have been inadvertently posted upside down. Now I am convinced that she has found photographic evidence of Ents!
What fun it was to stare, unthinking for a while, at something that was not a trainwreck…
@86 Lori in Los Angeles: I agree.
#70 London Bridges:
Exactly! As a long time runner, Palin’s reference to throbbing thighs in her RW interview struck me as completely off.
Runners I know comment on their quads or hamstrings, not their thighs. And the associated descriptive words are usually “burning” or “heavy” or “tight”….
I assume she actually runs, and so a logical conclusion is that she deliberately sexed up her comments when she said the following:
“…I knew my thighs were going to just throb….”
Pathetic…and—coupled with the cheesecake photos—ewwwwww!
GRRRRR! Just wrote MSNBC aka the Micheal channel…! Where’s Rachel??
KO had some news on GINO’s AIP ties.
I alerted them to Dennis’s “Alaska Report” and “the iceberg”
I alert them of GINO’s lyin’ tweets about the villages and Dennis imminent vid of such. I told them follow the Alaska blog as gino about to slam!!!
GRRRRRR!
#260 – Lori in Los Angeles:
Thanks for posting that quote from Krauthammer from Andrew’s blog.
At one point in time Krauthammer was a huge Palin cheerleader. WOW.
Guess there are prominent Republicans wising up to the ways of cheesecake GINO.
Moose Pucky Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 5:01 PM
And why have two top Alaska health officials suddenly left their posts?
http://www.adn.com/life/health/story/851390.html
Is it possible Ms. Health Role Model for the Nation as Soon as She Gets to Washington D.C. is missing the boat here at home?
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A mudpup brought this up in the forum the very day GINO left on the “L@@K at me” tour. She was let go by Gino herself.
Is she tryin’ to lie and say she didn’t do it? She tried to put the Dr. in her place and he quit too, also….!
That photo is beautiful. I would musically pair it with Marina Raye’s “Delicious Silence”. Nice combo if you like Marina Raye. I love her.
PepperzMom (GA) Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:12 PM
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How is your spider bite doing?? Hope your feeling better…
OK, this has NOTHING to do with anything posted on the Mudflats…
I’ve been a size 14 for years….
Went to wallyworld to get my fave “Faded Glory” cheapy $10 jeans…
SOMEBODY is messing with women’s sizes!
These size 14′s…I can pull them right down my hips & butt.
I’m 5 foot-7/8 inches and weigh about 160 pounds
Mind you, I would LOVE to be a real size 12…but this is ridiculous.
Have the fashionista manufacturers been tweaking the sizes?
OK – I’m agonna beat a dead horse because it really bugs me:
Runner’s World:
1) the shoes were obviously brand new
2) the baby stroller was obviously brand new
3) the clothing was obviously brand new
4) the throbbing thighs obviously were not brand new
In MY salad days I would run a minimum of 8 miles – a number of those years living at 7000 feet or higher – and never ever did my thighs throb.
Bejebus, this sounds like a cheap porno story.
Thanks for listening.
News at 11.
AKM beautiful pictures,thank you. Co almost Native My thoughts and prayers are with you and your girls as the are with LiLadyNY and her family. Hope all goes well for both families.
My sister-in law had four aneurysms 1 burst at home one in the ambulance,one on the helicopter on the way to a larger hospital and the fourth they found before it burst.Her eyes are now open,it has been 3 weeks,and she is in a rehab hospital. She how seems to know people and moves a little more,She has had bad headaches for years the said it was because of her long thick hair,I do believe the did testes 20 or so years ago.At any rate every little step helps.I did not realize that the Brown recluse spider was that dangerous.
justafarmer Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:13 PM
OK, this has NOTHING to do with anything posted on the Mudflats…
I’ve been a size 14 for years….
Went to wallyworld to get my fave “Faded Glory” cheapy $10 jeans…
SOMEBODY is messing with women’s sizes!
These size 14’s…I can pull them right down my hips & butt.
I’m 5 foot-7/8 inches and weigh about 160 pounds
Mind you, I would LOVE to be a real size 12…but this is ridiculous.
Have the fashionista manufacturers been tweaking the sizes?
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TeeHee!
Maybe you lost weight? Or exercise redistributes muscle mass. Yeah!
Bree Palin has found out who made that fake video for SarahPAC – and it’s a famous author:
http://breepalin.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-made-faux-sarahpac-video-or-sarah.html
A moment captured..with such gentle clarity..that it allows the textures to flow, under ones fingers, the heel of the hand..and scent of fern and faint warmed bark..bring one..back to center..to balence. beautiful..thank you.
At Progressive Alaska, I ask “Is she REALLY wearing pantyhose in this picture?”
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/07/saradise-lost-book-2-chapter-77-is-she.html
Miss Demeanor; after reading that RW article, I’m having a hard time grasping all that info too, like saying she sometimes runs at 11:00 pm and in the winter months, would run in the dark. I guess everyone has their ideas, but my mother always taught us to protect ourselves, be wise, smart, don’t be outdoors late at night alone.
Some of these statements in that article sound a bit far-fetched. The needing to sweat, throb and thrash to feel good for the day, maybe she just needs a hug.
The local running coach says that any avid runner who complains about throbbing thighs is probably out of shape and not much of an avid runner. He thinks the rest of the comments are a bunch of “bs.”
257 austintx Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:23 PM
25 bucks to walk by MJ’s closed casket ?? I mean , it’s a fine casket and all. Same as James Brown. 14kt gold plated and cost 25k. Now , I would pay money to see this set-up……..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/higg1966/1165974347/
@@@@@@@@@@@@and if your so inclined, they’ll be selling t-shirts
Re: post #110
“Which brings me to a question I’ve been asking for months of my liberal friends: Why do so many on the left have such an unhinged hatred of this woman? Why do so many alleged feminists and female members of the mainstream media openly and gleefully despise Palin?”
I have a few answers for this guy:
#1. Because she’s an idiot (a term I used to reserve for Dubya)
#2. Because she doesn’t seem to care about anyone in Alaska except maybe the people who look and think (if she actually ever thinks) the way she does.
#3. Because she lies.
#4. Because it always has to be all about her.
#5. Because she cannot admit that she is a racist bigot.
#6. Because she wants to take my choice away.
#7. Because she seems to be living in the 1950′s in terms of women’s rights.
#8. Because I can’t stand her pouty, smirking face that belies the religious maniac behind it.
#9. Because she wants to push her agenda on all of us.
#10. Because she doesn’t take care of the people in her state (i.e. do her job).
#11. Because she makes bad choices in every sense of the word.
#12. Because she whines.
#13. Because she’s an idiot (oh yeah-that was #1)
I could go on and on and on.
49 Minutes With Levi Johnston
In town for a few days, the most famous father in Wasilla talks about his possible TV fame and tattoo removal.
nymag dot com
I spoke with Andy Bassich (the volunteer coordinator in Eagle) today to try to set up a time when hubby and I can go and volunteer to help with construction.
He said the Mennonites have 2 full work crews set up (one for the village and one for the town) and they are staying until it gets done.
Good on them I say.
It sounds like they are ready to go as soon as the DOT gets their poop in a group.
There was a story on the Anchorage TV news about how FEMA is doing a great job and that they have 13 cabin packages approved.
It is always hard to tell how much of the local press is accurate.
It would be good to hear from YBG on this.
As soon as hubby gets home from the Slope we will start planning our trip. YBG- another mudpup coming your way!!!
Justafarmer:
Have you ever tried on vintage clothing?
I can wear a “new” size 6, and cannot get my toe into a vintage 12.
But hey, it’s just a number.
Speaking of which, maybe we muddies could do a fundraiser and get the vintage “Schoolhouse Rock” for GINO.
Conjunction Junction, what’s your function . . . .
Good, good eleven, never gave me any trouble ’till after nine . . . .
I’m just a bill, on Capital Hill . . . .
GINO, GINO, GINO, get your adverb here . . . .
The local TV station also did interviews in Marshall, AK where the villagers took things in their own hands and fished for King salmon illegally.
The comments on Ann Strongheart’s post about the Kenai Classic are all excellent ideas and have good descriptions of why the problems are so complicated in terms of escapement (how many fish make it up the river to spawn).
Each and every village along the Yukon from the ocean to the spawning streams is going to have the same problems.
I don’t know all of the answers and, as usual for me, I tend to get mad before I understand the whole picture. Regardless of the problems, the indigenous population needs to have more of a say in all of this. They are getting shut out by the big trawlers from Seattle. If the state wants to protect the salmon run they need to do something different. There is a reason that things are this bad.
And silly Lisa Murkowski and her trophy king on the Kenai had better be thinking that it can happen on the Kenai too. Of course the big-wigs and politicians will always get their fish. I think they should put those fish on ice and ship them to the villages so people can survive this winter.
And then get to work on some long-term solutions.
But that’s just me…
I hear ya about needing a moment of Zen after a crazy week so far. Beautiful photo!
While you’re struggling with all the zaniness that is Sarah Palin (my sympathies, btw), I’ve been struggling with the zaniness that is Michael Jackson’s death. I work just a few blocks from his Star on the Walk of Fame and pass through the mob daily.
I chose a goofy ad for Air New Zealand (thanks to HuffPo) AND a few photos of Minnesota Twins catcher (and amazing hitter) Joe Mauer
@ Eye on You
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Good links.
Liberty Legal Institute. The legal branch of Dobson’s empire. This whole debacle makes a person wonder about the issue of separation of church and state, eh?
http://www.adn.com/opinion/compass/story/850726.html
Interesting take on religious fundamentalists (and in the ADN, to boot!
Metalhead, I stopped working 2 blocks from where the Rodney King trial was a day or two after they started jury selection, and I feel your pain.
My office was across from the NYSE on 9/11. I used wine and dessert to cope with that for 2 years after until I came back to CA.
Miss Demeanor
hows about JAILHOUSE ROCK
My post #286 actually belonged on the Numbers thread. oops.
Several have mentioned what looks like pantyhose in the RW photos. I looked at them carefully and it looks like she is wearing dancer’s tights. These are heavy spandex with a high shine which make even average legs look great. In fact the pictures look just like the ones I wear for dancing.
Did you see on HuffPost: The GOP’s Palin Food Fight: Why Now?
She’s just a know-nothing tool of the neocons.
KTTU poll – please vote:
How would you vote on the proposed bill requiring parental notification or consent before a minor could have an abortion? http://www.ktuu.com/global/category.asp?C=81466
sea of the pee’ers are voting there kooky heads off.
oops – “their”, not “there”
“Dear Sarah Palin, Please Shut Up Already”
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?1113nov8&1
Maybe everyone here already knows of this – I just discovered it. Hilarious.
@#272 justafarmer – it’s not just you. I am almost two sizes smaller at WalMart. I have some old pants in a size I can’t begin to wear now, and at WalMart I’m a size smaller than that.
Expensive brands have long been at least a size off so as not to offend their heftier clients, who could literally afford not to be told they had put on weight, now WalMart seems to have adjusted for the rest of us.
The whole “McCain & Palin Authorized the Search of Emails to Find the Leak” story is just SO on the mark for Sarah! It’s the FIRST thing she wants to know if someone has crossed her – WHO? She’s walking right into the trap that will assist greatly in her undoing, a trap of her own making. She can’t let anything go!
Here’s what the fly on the wall reported back to me, buzzing wildly:
“JOHN? ARE YOU THERE JOHN? THIS IS SARAH!”
“I’m not deaf, Sarah – I’m just old and I can’t jog. What do you want?”
‘I WANT THE HEAD, AND THE BLOODY HANDS AND FEET OF THE PERSON WHO TOLD ON ME! YOU PROMISED YOU WOULD PROTECT ME! YOUR CAMPAIGN STAFFERS ARE EVIL, LIBERAL, BLOGGING, SNEAKY, JEALOUS AND I’M HOPPING MAD!”
“Oh, that stuff again? What’s it worth to you for me to give the OK to start the witch hunt? I’m kinda tired from wading in the creek right now. Witch hunting is exhausting.”
“OH JOHN YOU BIG JOKING YOU KNOW WHAT! ARE YOU TEASING ME?”
“No, wouldn’t dream of it. I’m as serious as a heart attack.”
“HEART ATTACK? DID i HEAR YOU SAY YOU WERE HAVING A HEART ATTACK? DAMN, WHY COULDN’T YOU HAVE DONE THAT DURING THE ELECTION? i WOULD BE QUEEN OF THE WORLD BY NOW!”
“No heart attack! Now I really want something in return for the witch hunt, you bi1tch. What’s it gonna be?”
“I’ll GIVE YOU MY NEXT BORN GRANDCHILD. I HAVE TOO MANY KIDS TO KEEP UP WITH THESE DAYS ANYWAY. I HAVE JUST ENOUGH OF THEM TO BABYSIT THE OTHER ONES PLUS THEIR OWN AND IT GETS CONFUSING AROUND HERE ABOUT WHO IS DOING WHAT. ALSO, TOO THE GIRLS ARE GETTING TOO PRETTY AND I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT, ALSO, TOO BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING IN MY WAY NOW.”
“Oh no – not more kids! They’ll just start blogging and they might turn liberal. I’ll just do it as a favor this one time so that you don’t throw me under the bus right away, OK?”
“OK JOHN! WANNA GO JOGGING???????? HAAAAAAHHHAAAA!”
@#272 justafarmer – no it’s not just you – I think everyone has gotten a lot heavier over the last 20 yrs (including the young ones!) and they are trying to flatter them/us… I’m fairly small – wore 7/8 when I was 110#s & now wear 5/6 which can be loose sometime at 125#s…
I can’t believe I just owned up to that…
That was so good Martha!
FINALLY FOUND IT~~~
I’ve been going through old files looking for the name of this video and finally found it. (now that I see the name of it I think ..duh why didn’t I just try that, but I had thought it was named something totally unrelated. Turns out that unrelated name is how I found the video in the first place, and that is what I was remembering)
AIP Meeting in October of 2007 with Dexter and Lynette Clark. At the 6 minute mark, Dexter is telling everyone that Palin was indeed a member of the AIP before she became Mayor of Wasilla.
Now take into account that this was before she was considered even an option as the running mate for McCain, and they are talking about this at their meeting.
Alaska Independence Party – Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NK2sFJebGc
All this talk of throbbing thighs is bunk. Nobody gets “runner’s throb”.
She made it up. Like she makes everything else up.
#280 – lovemydogs – Nice list. Here’s my crack at answering those questions:
1) I become somewhat “unhinged” when anyone would like to cram their religious views down my throat with legislation. I’m entitled to my own religious views, thanks to our very wise founding fathers, and I take them seriously.
2) When the most qualified person is a woman, real feminists want her to get the job. When a woman who isn’t qualified gets it, they know it undermines the credibility of all women. A woman who has worked hard to get where she is doesn’t want people wondering if she got her job based on her merits, or if it was something else.
Eye on You #304:
I am certain Lynette Clark walked that back later.
That one statement, later retracted, is the only claim I have ever seen that Sarah was a member of the AIP. We are better off talking about her close association with AIP and AIP members, and Todd’s membership for 7 years, instead of making a claim that is easily deniable about her alleged membership.
mlaiuppa Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 1:58 PM
It shows up in the account now. But I’m told I can’t draw on it for 5 business days. Because I deposited it late Tuesday and Friday is a holiday, that means it doesn’t “clear” until Thursday, July 9.
According to them the check was good. They checked the account it was drawn on and there was money in the account. That would be the Washington Mutual bank in Delaware that issued the cashier’s check.
What are they expecting? That Washington Mutual in Delaware will go bankrupt in four days? Or that a stop payment will be made. If it can’t be stopped, I don’t understand the delay. A cashier’s check is supposed to be same as cash. Isn’t it?
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I’m sure you have this resolved by now, but my sister is correct. This is about WaMu, a wonderful, customer-friendly bank, being eaten by Chase/Stanley because of the financial meltdown. I was a happy WaMu customer for almost 10 years. The only bank I ever loved, much less liked. After some similar problems with check holds when Chase finally got around to its California branches (they’ve been screwing with the various states one state at a time), I closed my account and told them in no uncertain terms that I wasn’t going to be a customer of Chase, because they are just like every other sucky bank on the planet. My husband has stuck with them for now, but has given them an earful. He may switch to a local credit union soon.
How interesting.
I had an AARP credit card through Chase. They upped the interest rate for no reason whatsoever (I know, we’ve all experienced this from the meltdown) despite the fact that I am steadily employed, not about to lose my job and pay on time and have never been late or overstepped my limit.
I’m paying the Chase card off with the money I made from the car and closing the account. I’m just waiting for the money to clear to do it. And I’m pi$$sed that I have to wait an extra 5 days (with interest) to do it.
I’ll only have one credit card left after that. Through my credit union. I has a fixed rate.