Today is a “must hear” on The Shannyn Moore Show on KUDO 1080am.  Governor Sean Parnell will by Shannyn’s guest at 11:30.  He’s there to discuss Alaska’s high levels of domestic violence and sexual assault. Stream it HERE. Also today is the confirmation hearing for Al Barrette to sit on the Alaska Board of Game.  [...]

OK, Mudflatters. These boots were made for walkin’! Friday, late night Alaska time, The Mudflats will be “offline” for several hours while our technical Mudmistress Snoskred puts the finishing touches on our new home. Basically, what you can expect is a different look, which will allow more than four posts on the front page, a [...]

  XXX WARNING! XXX Normally this is a family blog, but thanks to Mayor Dan Sullivan, it’s now temporarily for adults only. Here’s one for the books. I was waiting in the studio for Thursdays in the Mud, my weekly appearance on the Shannyn Moore Show (1-2pm KUDO 1080am) and I got an email. “You’ll [...]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a compelling piece for The Huffington Post that discusses the proposed Pebble Mine, a huge open-pit mine that would sit next to the world’s most pristine and productive salmon fishery. Pebble will mine gold, and copper. Copper, by the way, is highly toxic to fish. So, it’s basically a [...]

It is said that Alaskans are a bit sun obsessed. I believe this is true, but can you blame us? This time of year, even though there is still snow, and sleet, and hail, and rain, and snowishlike chunks of frozen water, and bouncy things that aren’t quite hail, and the dreaded “snain,” we also [...]

Yeah, I did it.  I listened.   Sarah Palin stumping for Michele Bachmann. Dueling Dingbats (to borrow a reference from Congressman Alan Grayson).  And I lived to tell the tale. This is by no means a thorough synopsis of the event.  There were several speakers I didn’t listen to.  You can imagine me periodically ripping the [...]

Here’s your “Vitamin Democracy” dose of the day. This will be an upcoming regular feature on The Mudflats, and you’ll be able to identify it by the graphic above. That’s you with the hammer. I know you’ve been hearing me talk about this a LOT, but that’s because it’s important. We’re in the final stages [...]

I’m sitting here having coffee, working from home.  It’s pajama day.  I planned this all out because I knew I’d need a recovery day from Election Day yesterday.  So, all of a sudden I hear a rumble.  I knew exactly what it was.  It started way down the valley and it got progressively louder as [...]

Time for our next stop on the Mudflats History Department’s Washington D.C. tour with our tour guide Mrs. D!  We’re on to the Jefferson Memorial.  Stay with your buddy and follow me! ********************************************* The Jefferson Memorial By Mrs. D   Q. What could be better than the Tidal Basin, cherry blossoms and Jefferson?? A. The Tidal Basin, [...]

8:37 – After much struggle, thank you to the internet connection wizard who figured out how to get me up and running! The first batch of results are in. Assembly Ossiander 70% Brown 12% (Not a surprise, but….. Ack.) Hall 58% Claman 37% (This is an interesting one. Hall got big support from labor, but [...]

We in Anchorage are rather consumed by today’s Municipal election, but as a nod to those of you who are “outside” our little bubble, here are all the blips on the radar that would have whole pieces written on them if only that whole cloning thing had worked out for me. Feel free to chat [...]

I just posted about how it appears that Adam Trombley’s biggest fan is legendary Anchorage wingnut Uwe Kalenka, and about the 11th hour mudslinging against Paul Honeman in the East Side Assembly race.  And now this… Don Smith, candidate for School Board appears to be all on board with Ernie Hall for Assembly in West [...]

[Paul Honeman called in to the Shannyn Moore Show, and my notes are at the end of the post] Nothing says right wing conservative like a last-minute campaign smear! Mysterious fliers have appeared on doorknobs in East Anchorage this morning smearing candidate Paul Honeman.  Honeman is running against conservative candidate Adam Trombley in that race.  [...]

The inimitable Christy Harvey from the Center for American Progress who usually co-hosts Studio 1080 with Kathy Phillips, is still out of town working her magic on Washington D.C.  (Hey, Christy – will you hurry up and fix that thing, please?) So, I’ll be sitting in today to co-host the show in her absence.  Do [...]

Today is the day! Today is the day you earn the right to complain if things don’t go your way. No complaining allowed, unless you went out and did the deed.  That’s right, I mean filling in that littl oval with the #2 pencil adhesive taped to a plastic picnic spoon… or whatever they use [...]