We remember from the election that you can put lipstick on a pig, but can you put rouge on an elephant? Maybe, maybe not. After her bizarre and speedy departure from the governorship of Alaska, Sarah Palin signed up with the lucrative Washington Speakers Bureau, which boasts speakers such as Madeleine Albright, Condaleeza Rice, Tom [...]

Cenk Ugyur from The Young Turks nailed it today on the Huffington Post, and articulated clearly and concisely the battle that is raging for the philosophical heart of the Democratic party.  Back before the 2008 elections, Howard Dean, then chair of the DNC argued for a “50 state strategy.”  He felt that Democrats needed to [...]

  Thanks to everyone for all your nice words about my appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show.  You guys are the best.  It was quite a day.  I was definitely nervous as this was my first TV appearance.   But, the staff of TRMS was terrific and Rachel herself is so warm and friendly that  it was [...]

It’s a double-header, a Twofer Tuesday, a back-to-back blogfest! Shannyn Moore will be on Countdown with David Schuster on MSNBC tonight, followed by…. Me on The Rachel Maddow Show! We’ll be talking about “Going Rogue” and Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book. Buckle your seatbelts…

Five Senate Democrats in the finance committee just voted NO on a robust public option proposed by Jay Rockefeller.  FIVE.  What does that mean?  That those five Senate Democrats owe more to the insurance companies than they do to the American people. The final vote was 8-15 with 5 Democrats–Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND) 202-224-2043, Blanche [...]

Long ago, in the days before email, when people wanted to send messages to each other they had to use the U.S. Postal Service.  You know the people that bring you the bills and junk mail?  Them.   It used to be that when you picked up the mail, there was a very real chance that [...]

[This story is cross-posted at The Huffington Post] “Going Rogue,” is the title of Sarah Palin’s soon-to-be released memoir. It’s cute, it’s catchy and it will sell some books. The 400-page tome will hit the shelves on November 17th, with a massive first printing of 1.5 million copies.  And each one of those book jackets is [...]

To answer your first question, no.  This is not a joke.”  That is in fact the title of Sarah Palin’s official memoir.  The full title is “Going Rogue: An American Life.”   I cannot stop giggling. A mere four months since she announced that a book deal was in the works with Harper Collins, we can [...]

Here at Mudflats Central, we always get excited when we see that late night light on, beaming through the crack under the door of the Art Department.  It can only mean one thing;  our favorite creative mastermind ‘flyinureye’ has been working overtime, inspired by a certain recent event in Hong Kong. It’s the latest offering [...]

After sitting through an hour and a half of Senator Begich’s Town Hall meeting on health care, I needed a break.  I don’t know what the names are of all the brain chemicals that get secreted during times of stress, but I do know that I was marinading in them.  Rude people, ignorant people, and angry [...]

This spring, when the ice went out on the Yukon River in Alaska, there was record flooding .  House-sized chunks of ice let loose by the rising water wiped out trees, buildings, vehicles and anything in their path.  Residents of the City and Village of Eagle were hit hard.  The devastation was immense.  A regular [...]

Puffball mushrooms. Busy, busy weekend!  Will try to play catch up today.

Max Blumenthal, author of the newly released “Republican Gomorrah – Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party” is today’s featured guest on the Shannyn Moore Show. Max will be on for the full two hours and it promises to be a lively and fascinating exchange.  You won’t want to miss it. You know the drill! [...]

Rush hour traffic, and the fact that the location of Mark Begich’s Town Hall Meeting on health care reform was located on the exact opposite side of town from where I started, made me late. I parked in the lot behind Bartlett High School, and noticed 4 or 5 police cars parked by the entrance. [...]

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