[photo from NOAA] Those of you who have been breathlessly awaiting reports on the orange goo that washed up on the shores of the northwestern eskimo village of Kivalina, Alaska will be interested to hear the latest report, and that the mystery is closer to being solved. I deliberately didn’t say you’ll be “happy” to [...]

~Chinese children swim along the algae-filled coastline of Qingdao, in eastern China’s Shandong province on July 17, 2011. (STR – AFP/Getty Images) So, last week I was captivated by a story out of China. Apparently for the fourth time in as many years, China has an algae problem. I read about the new and mysterious [...]

  By Linda Kellen Biegel Here at The Mudflats we did a post not long ago about an incident discussed during an Anchorage School Board Meeting. It seems that Bob Griffin, a twice-failed candidate for the school board, was pulled over by the police. Here is the explanation in the words of School Superintendent Carol [...]

Brace yourselves Ketchikan, Skagway, Juneau, and Seward. If you think hard and make your eyes go all blurry, you can just imagine two lanterns hanging in the church steeple warning you of the coming invasion. That’s right, a horseman is galloping by to remind you of the signal – one if by land, two if [...]

150,000 people show up to support the Wisconsin 14 and protest against Scott Walkers Brutal Assault on the Middle Class. Madison, WI. Yes, Glenn Beck, I mean you.  Your Rally To Restore “Honor” as you called it, drew approximately 87,000 people.  You, the national conservative media darling who works for the network with the “highest [...]

I found something for you to be thankful for, right off the bat today. You can be thankful that you are smarter than me, and that you didn’t buy Sarah Palin’s newest book. A while back I promised to blog the new book, like I did with Going Rogue.  I have to tell you though, [...]

In this video, Dennis Gann of Cook Inletkeeper explains the who what and where of the proposed Chuitna Mine on Alaska’s Cook Inlet. The coal mining project would go right through highly productive salmon streams and dump seven million gallons of mine waste and toxic runoff every day into the waters of Cook Inlet, which [...]

[This article is cross-posted at The Huffington Post where you can become a fan or follower!] You look at me. I’m normally about as white as they come, but today you notice something else. I seem a little ashen, even for me. Maybe actually a little greenish. “Yes, I am feeling a little unwell,” I [...]

  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 [...]

One of the more interesting Assembly races coming up next week is Paul Honeman v. Adam Trombley. In this race, I have to say I like Paul Honeman. Those whose opinions I trust that know him personally say he’s an upstanding guy, a straight shooter, non-partisan in every sense of the word, and looking to [...]

(taking the palm of my hand and rubbing my ear) I’m sorry, New York Times, I thought you said Sarah Palin is going to be on The Learning Channel. Oh.  You did. Really. Is there some other Sarah Palin I don’t know about? Because, the one that I know about stacked the Alaska Board of [...]

DENIED. Pete Kott, hoping for a repeat of the Senator Ted Stevens corruption trial, was flatly denied today by Judge John Sedwick.  Kott claimed that the prosecution in his corruption trial had withheld evidence that might have proved him innocent.  Bill Allen, former CEO of oil services company VECO, who liked to buy politicians for [...]

The second-to-last chapter.  There is light at the end of this long long tunnel.  It reminds me of the escape scene from Shawshank Redemption.  Only I’m not yet to the other end of the pipe… Page 341 Everyone wanted her to run for Senate against Lisa Murkowski who was vulnerable because she got the job [...]

Up until now, I had been relying on anonymous friends to send me rogue pages from Sarah Palin’s new book by email.  I’ve been sharing little rogue nuggets with you, getting you in shape for the real thing.  And today is the day.  Going Rogue hit the shelves.  Yes, I bought a copy, and yes, [...]

Shannyn Moore blogs at Just a Girl from Homer, and can be heard Saturdays from 5-7pm on KBYR 700am hosting The Shannyn Moore Show. [Thanks to Assemblymen Dan Coffey and Bill Starr, this post is Rated R] Is Dan Sullivan Running for Senator? Sure, it’s a guess…but a damn good one.  This Friday, Mayor Dan [...]