I’d been trying to find a copy of this ad, and finally did.  This is the ad that Tiffany & Co., put in the October issue of the trade magazine National Jeweler. The text reads: PLEASE ASK YOURSELF WHY WOULD TIFFANY & CO. WHOSE LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON MINING, BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEBBLE MINE AND [...]

The States List has now been updated. For those who don’t know what the states list is – it is an easy way to find Mudflatters near you. Not long after the forums opened, the moderators and admins thought it would be a great idea to compile a list of members by what state (or [...]

While we’re trying to eliminatie torture from the U.S. foreign policy curriculum, I propose an amendment.  Not only should human beings everywhere be free from the threat of torture, but so should logic.  A bold suggestion on my part, I know, but if this won’t convince you, nothing will. After health care, the next great debate [...]

“I’ve often said that liberals define peace as ‘the absence of conflict.’  I define peace, very simply, as the ability to defend yourself and destroy evil enemies.”   ~Sean Hannity

Wasn’t There a Song? Meet the new Legislator….same as the old legislator. It was something like that.  John Coghill, one of the few remaining Palinbots in the legislature has been slated to replace Senator Gene Therriault who is now a Parnell policy advisor.  And Lt. Governor Craig Campbell who replaced Sean Parnell after Sarah Palin [...]

Welcome and thanks to a new advertiser! You’ll notice the new ad with the yellow daffodils over in the side bar for Jan Porterfield’s watercolors. Jan Porterfield moved to Alaska in 1988, where she taught early childhood education at the University of Alaska, Anchorage and later directed a parent co-op preschool.   She stopped working in 2001, [...]

Remember those public records requests for Sarah Palin’s email?  The records were requested by citizens, and news outlets as far back as September of 2008.  The office of Governor Sean Parnell has just asked for another extension. “I think they’re hiding something, I think this is a travesty of justice,” state Democratic Party Chairwoman Patti [...]

I’ve been asked to be the guest co-host today on Studio 1080 with Kathy Phillips!  Christy Harvey is working her magic at the Center for American Progres in Washington D.C. this week, so I’ll be trying to fill her very big shoes. There is no podcast, so you’ll have to tune in live today at [...]

A moment please… Take off your hats. Let us have a moment of silent reflection for the passing of Advocate Jones. Mr. or Ms. Jones had a short life, but like a shooting star, it was bright and it was awesome.  And luckily someone was looking up while its appearance graced the night sky. For a mere [...]

~Human and canine participants in the historic first “Run to Nowhere” You read here last week about the intrepid runners of Ketchikan, which was to have been the location of Alaska’s infamous “Bridge to Nowhere.”  They were in the planning stages of the first ever “Run to Nowhere” which would take place on the island road that [...]

Behold the Steller’s Jay.  It needs a better name.  Just like the Steller’s Sea Lion, the Steller’s Eider, the Steller’s Sea Eagle,  and the Steller’s Sea Cow (an extinct Aleutian manatee).  Steller was a great guy, I’ m sure, but after a while it starts to look a little self-congratulatory to name every single new [...]

Shannyn’s out of town this weekend, doing … stuff. And the inimitable, intrepid radio legend Steve Heimel, host of “Talk of Alaska” is filling in!  You’ll really enjoy him, if you haven’t had the opportunity to hear him before.  He filled in for Shannyn when she and I were in Pittsburgh this summer.  And guess what?  [...]

 Before all is said and done, there’s going to be a whole shelf at the Wasilla Public Library devoted to Sarah Palin.  Mark my words.  And there will probably be a few books that don’t … er … make the cut.  So, let’s get our virtual library cards and enjoy a lazy Saturday. Going ‘Hit [...]

~The Fuel/Tank Farm at Nunam Iqua.  Photo taken in spring flood of 2008.~ For those of you who visit the blog Anonymous Bloggers you know that we have been trying for months to find out whether or not the villages in rural Alaska have enough fuel to make it through this winter. After last years [...]

Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other. ~Sojourner Truth Is it just me?  When I heard that NASA had crashed a [...]