The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

Archive for May, 2010

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The White House Correspondents Dinner

Just in case you missed it, here’s the White House correspondents dinner with hilarious comedian Barack Obama and some guy.
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Voices from the Flats – Geoffrey Dunn on Palin’s Latest Lie

One of our favorite contributors is Mudflatter, award-winning writer and filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn.  His must-read book The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power will be published by St. Martin’s Press. Sarah Palin’s Latest Facebook Lie By Geoffrey Dunn Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin — recently dubbed by Gabriel [...]
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Open Thread – ENOUGH Already!!

It was a lazy Saturday morning. I had shut off the alarm that usually wakes me, and I got to sleep in. So it was strange when the voice of a certain someone woke me singing, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Chirst-mas!….” You have that strange moment of confusion… you don’t know whether [...]
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Voices from the Flats – The Tongass and the Battle for the Last Great Trees

By Sarah Red-Laird As I was growing up in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, the timber industry was booming. Around where we lived, on Prince of Wales Island, it seemed like there was an endless supply of trees and money, and people were happy. I remember loggers from the community coming to Hollis School’s bake sales [...]
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Open Thread – Spill Baby, Spill!

From the incredibly talented Jamie Smith up north at Ink & Snow!