…And Hardly Anybody Knows It Many of us have heard the stories: new Republican Governors and Tea Party majorities in state legislatures across the country have been targeting public employees and their salaries, pensions, health benefits, etc… Along with this, there has been a major push at another budget-cut target — public school systems. Public [...]

Over the last 3 weeks or so, I have been taking some pictures with my Sony Bloggie, a little video cam that I got for my birthday in April. It’s like a “Flip” only better. The photos are HD quality until I shrink them for the blog, but I obviously get better shots with my [...]

Want to see the Arctic Ocean? Just start driving the Haul Road north of Fairbanks. You’ll pass through miles and miles of rugged, beautiful, unfenced land. The road is rough and there aren’t many amenities like gas stations, toilets or cell service. And before you make it to the ocean, there’s one other complication: the [...]

  “The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.”       –Isak Dinesen

We here at Mudflats have great respect for the writers at the wonderful blog “Anonymous Bloggers,” who live and work in Rural Alaska and other locations outside of “Los Anchorage.” I am especially excited when they pool their experience and write a post on one of the most confusing aspects of Alaska life — fishing [...]

~Twitter’s infamous “Fail Whale” For anyone who has not checked out the Twitter hashtag #palinhistory, you’re missing out on some much needed levity. After the now viral “Paul Revere was warning the British by ringing bells and firin’ shots in the air” gaffe, some clever tweeters have been coming up with other things Sarah might [...]

“The cure for everything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea.” ~Isak Dinesen   I’ll be heading out to sea for a couple days, Mudflatters, but fear not. I shall bring back treasures to share. Shannyn and Linda to hold down the fort – check. Dog/House sitters – check. Cameras – check. Laptop [...]

By Shannyn Moore Wahoo! Who needs a Red Bull and a seat belt? YOU! That’s who! Tomorrow, Sunday, June 5, Firedoglake’s Book Salon will feature Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin – A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years. I’ll be hosting the event, and you’ll be able to ask Jeanne Devon (AKM) about the book – [...]

By Thomas Dewar All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing. –Edmund Burke   91 years after the 19th Amendment was ratified and enfranchised female Americans with the right to cast a ballot, we still debate whether or not over half the population should have control over their [...]

A Mudflatter in Wasilla snapped this picture in the local Waldenbooks. It’s like a truth sandwich on crazy bread! On the way home, the book and it’s new owner paused at the Wasilla City Hall for a pictorial tribute.   Photos by: Beverly Serrano

Madison, WI. By Patrick DePula. Showing signs of sheer desperation, three GOP senators up for recall elections on July 12 have now resorted to asking the courts to stop the election citing dubious alleged “irregularities” in the filing of recall petitions.Never mind the wholesale recall petition fraud perpetrated by the Wisconsin Republican Party; substantiated with [...]

Well, Hurricane Sarah continues its ravaging rampage up the Eastern seaboard. Leaving idiocy, ignorance and alienation in its wake, it continued its relentless path of destruction as it headed for New Hampshire. First, in the nation’s capital, Sarah Palin managed to alienate the organizers of the annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally in support of veterans, [...]

Summer is here in the Land of the Midnight Sun, and the palette of the world has changed from a hundred shades of white, to a hundred shades of brown, to this.

  By Linda Kellen Biegel I watched a piece last night on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” that was good overall. It was about Palin’s bus-to-nowhere tour: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I was pleased that O’Donnell pointed out the potential illegalities involved in using her SarahPAC [...]

“Palin bus vandalism.” Those words together used to summon up images of the alleged school bus vandalism by the oldest Palin offspring Track. Now, those three magical words can conjure a fresh new image in your mind. After New Yorkers had their fun openly mocking Sarah Palin for using a knife and fork on her [...]