The picture above is of President and Mrs. Obama leaving for Tucson this morning. I’m about to run in and watch the memorial so I figure I’d give everyone a place to discuss it. *****UPDATED***** Jay sent us pictures of the line to get into the memorial, with this explanation: These pictures are from close [...]

Arizona boots-on-the-ground reporters Jay and Kathy bring us another beautiful picture of the memorial to the shooting victims outside Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ office. As you can see from this picture taken this afternoon, it’s grown considerably since Sunday. If Jay and Kathy are able to get in, we may have some photos from the memorial [...]

Sarah Palin Slams Michelle Obama in Racially Charged Passage from New Book by Geoffrey Dunn In passages leaked from her forthcoming book America by Heart, Sarah Palin — the erstwhile quitter governor of Alaska, who now, by all indications, fancies herself as President of the United States — has taken another cheap shot at First [...]

Wow.  Confidence is not her problem.

My thoughts today turn to the special veterans in my life. This year, those thoughts are sadder with the passing in July of a special man, Vietnam Veteran, and dear friend Maurice Bailey. Mo served as leader of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Wasilla Chapter and was founder of the Veteran’s Aviation Outreach, whose [...]

By Elstun Lauesen The most interesting meeting on Day 2 of the AFN Conference was on Village Survival! It wasn’t held at AFN. It wasn’t on the official AFN agenda. It was held miles away from the Carlson Center. It was a government-to-government consultation held with Alaska Tribal Leaders well away from the AFN venue. [...]

Today, the President plans to speak to house parties across the country at 6:30 ET, 3:30 Pacific, and 2:30 Alaska time. He’ll field questions and talk about the importance of this year’s election — and about how much each commitment to vote matters in moving America forward. The Mudflats will have a live stream available [...]

Love this one from Jamie Smith! While Murkowski and Miller sling the mud, there is at least one adult in the room. Scott McAdams got a signed copy of this great cartoon from the artist while he was in Fairbanks. And just in case you still need a reminder of why this election is so [...]

By Linda Kellen Biegel Sarah Palin’s accusations regarding the “Liberal, Lamestream Media” being “out to get her” are no secret, especially after publication of her first work of fiction, “Going Rogue.” However, there is a less-published (by credible sources) accusation that goes like this: There is a so-called “Alaska Mafia” of Democrats who take orders [...]

By Linda Kellen-Biegel Monday, the blogosphere went crazy over the online release of August 30th’s edition of The New Yorker Magazine.  The attention was over an excellent piece of investigative reporting on Koch Industries and the owners/brothers, Charles and David Koch: The Kochs operate oil refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota, and control some four thousand miles [...]

Day 60 — Deepwater Horizon June 18, 2010 Rick Steiner, Professor Marine conservation biologist, Anchorage Alaska (Advising in the Gulf much of the past 2 months) ———————- As the oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico approaches it’s 2-month mark, there are a few points that deserve to be made, as update. The world [...]

OK, Mudflatters…  It’s been a little while since we’ve gone on a group foray into Palin World, but this one I couldn’t resist. This interview was quite something.  The “naughty librarian” is nowhere in sight.  Palin’s latest incarnation is more like the mean librarian.  The one who slams a giant book on the table next to you when [...]

Sen. Mark Begich today met for about half an hour with Elena Kagan, the U.S. Solicitor General who was nominated last month by President Obama to fill the pending vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Begich issued this statement after the cordial meeting: “I found Solicitor General Kagan well informed, keenly interested in Alaska [...]

Sarah has a new blog entry. You’ll need a pair of chest waders and a barf bag to get through it. Blasting the president for not taking control of a free-market corporation reveals frayed tea bag credentials: These decisions and the resulting spill have shaken the public’s confidence in the ability to safely drill. Unless [...]

~Thick and fast they came at last, and more, and more, and more! Beware the Mudflats! Summer’s here, and it’s time for a quick reminder. Beware of the Mudflats!  No, not THESE.  The blog kind is pretty innocuous.  It might raise your blood pressure from time to time, or result in compulsive phone calling or [...]