Alan Grayson has really done it this time.  I did not think I could love him more, and I was proven wrong with this one email.  This is possibly the most hilarious anti-Palin piece I’ve ever read – and trust me, I’ve read a lot of them.  I bow to the master of the Palin [...]

“Bush’s Brain,” advisor Karl Rove had a few words of advice for the Facebook blogger/Fox commentator Sarah Palin today. If she’s getting ready to run for the White House in 2012, she better start now. Politico did not elaborate on how exactly Rove suggested this should occur, but we can assume it means doing a [...]

Mudflatter ‘lovemydogs’ is having a busy week.  She’s caring for the kennel of Iditarod musher Colleen Robertia.  Love my dogs commented on the day of the race about Colleen and her kennel: Some of them are [rescue dogs] and some of them are children of retired + rescue dogs etc. Her kennel is very mixed [...]

I was reminded this morning that today is “Pi Day.”  March 14 = 3/14 = 3.14 = pi.  Roughly. How could I have forgotten? I have always loved pi.  I remember the day I learned about pi.  It was the same day I learned about negative numbers – a banner day, mathematically speaking, for a [...]

[Don't forget to set your clocks ahead an hour for daylight savings time.  Grrr.] Time to empty the spam bin again.  More often than not, the comments in the spam bin are less than flattering.  Once, my intelligence was even disparagingly compared to a ‘fugus.’ (They meant fungus, but I was able to comprehend the typo, [...]

Here’s a great clip of Adam Green talking to Ed Schultz about Senatorial support for the Public Option, if the House puts it in the bill. 24 have signed a letter to Harry Reid asking for a public option in reconciliation. 19 have given statements to us, reporters, or their constituents. 4 more have made [...]

  Palm Pilot to Nowhere Palin’s still on the palm thing.  At a speech in Orlando, she referenced yet again the infamous palm writing incident where she had to write the words “Energy, Tax Cuts, and Lift America’s Spirits” on her hand so she’d remember the three things she’d do if she were President of the [...]

  Brian the moose slakes his thirst by enjoying some new fallen snow. I don’t know how many calories it takes to warm up after eating a bunch of snow in 5 degree weather, but it’s definitely not as much as lugging around a 20 or 30 pound set of antlers! Here’s a quick Iditarod [...]

This letter to the editor in the Juneau Empire caught my eye.  It’s a further discussion of resources that we all enjoy being put in corporate hands. I touched on this issue and the inherent conflict of interest of a legislator who not only serves the area affected by this bill, but who sits on [...]

Shannyn Moore has come up with some more information on Al Barette, Alaska’s newest appointee to the Board of Game.  It is not to late to strongly oppose this appointment, as he has not yet been confirmed by the Legislature. You’ll find a call to action at the end of the post.  Tell your legislators [...]

I was turning down my street after work today, deep in thought and I almost missed him.  He was lurking behind a patch of alders and willows, but the large dark shape just managed to register in my brain as I turned in to the driveway.  Brian! It’s been a long time since my favorite [...]

If there’s one thing that Sarah Palin did during her brief try-out as Alaska’s governor, she showed us where the leaks were. I’ve compared her short time in office to the rental of one of those “blower doors” you can rent and attach to an open door of a building to show you where the leaks are. [...]

Pardon me while I go super local for a minute. But I’ve been waiting for this day a LONG time.   Frustrated at being a marginalized wingnut, Alaska State Senator Con Bunde (R) is retiring.  He is the Senate Minority Leader.  The Majority is a bipartisan coalition of less marginalized wingnuts and Democrats. You may [...]

[Don't forget to tune in to The Shannyn Moore Show today HERE from 11am-2pm Alaska time. I'll be Shannyn's guest for the weekly "Thursdays in the Mud" segment from 1pm-2pm. Today's special guest is Anchorage Assembly Chair Patrick Flynn! Wonder what we'll be talking about?] Well, one thing you can say about “Sullygate” is that [...]

I’ve been thinking about Alaska Republicans, and the strange counterintuitive tendency to look down on people who are perceived as elite. That whole process sort of defies logic right there. “I’m better than you because you think you’re better than me.” I’ve also noticed that there are several Alaskan Republicans of varying degrees of note [...]