The Mudflats

Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics

Monday Morning Cleavage!

Here’s an interesting little story.  There is cleavage in the story, but the point of the story isn’t really about cleavage. I figured I’d just get that out of the way right off the bat and come back to it later to illustrate a point. The players in this little story are Mike Nizich, Governor Palin’s Chief [...]

Snidely Whiplash Does the Happy Dance!

(Imagine a hilariously funny graphic that sadly doesn’t exist, of Snidely Whiplash doing a happy dance here) This just in…. Ethics complaint #12 (that we know of) against Sarah Palin which alleged that SarahPAC, the governor’s political action committee was itself a violation of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act was dismissed today. The .pdf [...]

Ethics Complaints Against Sarah Palin – A Drama in an Undisclosed Number of Acts.

Well ethics complaints seem to be the theme of the day.  In an article on Politico, the number of ethics complaints against the Palin administration (12 or 13 that we know of) was described as “unusual”.  I don’t think many would dispute that. This means one of two things. 1)  The number of ethics complaints is [...]

Palin Ethics Complaint #13…a Baker’s Dozen (Updated)

Another ethics complaint was filed today against Governor Sarah Palin.  That makes a baker’s dozen!  Somewhere there’s got to be a lawyer who will charge for the first twelve and do the 13th one free.  You know….like a punch card. Eagle river resident Kim Chatman charges that Palin’s newly formed “Alaska Fund Trust” violates the sections of [...]
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A Sarah Palin Thought Experiment – The Cat Lives!

One of the most famous “thought experiments” in physics involves “Schroedinger’s cat“.  It’s kind of a bizarre scenario in which quantum mechanics poses certain questions about subatomic particles, and what might happen if you could apply these principles to a living entity, and that it would result in this entity (a cat) being both alive [...]
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Palin Administration Responds to Ethics Complaint. Hopes Constituents Will Face “Backlash”.

The official response to the 12th ethics complaint filed against Governor Palin came in the form of a state issued press release.  The complaint is referred to as “outrageous.” One thing in the press release was particularly disturbing: Mike Nizich, the governor’s chief of staff [said] “I hope that the publicity-seekers will face a backlash [...]

Sondra Tompkins on KUDO 1080am With CC. (Live blogging)

So, if you’re catching Wayne Anthony Ross with Eddie Burke at 4 (see last post), here’s a good setup for political whiplash! Cutting Edge host CC will speak with Sondra Tompkins about her ethics complaint against Governor Sarah Palin at 5pm Alaska time, (6pm Pacific, 9pm Eastern). Stream it live HERE. Call 907-569-1080 *******************************   Tompkins [...]

Ethics Complaint Filed Against Sarah Palin for “Misuse of Official Position”

This just in… PRESS RELEASE: APRIL 22, 2009: An ethics complaint against Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be filed this afternoon asserting that Palin’s involvement with SarahPAC constitutes “outside employment” and “misuse of official position.” Anchorage resident Sondra Tompkins, child disability advocate and mother of a special needs child, is filing the complaint after observing [...]
A creepy example of pit bull "Sarahphernalia" available at a Palin rally

PIT BULL vs. pit bull, and a Strange Hypnotic Tale.

It all started with the now infamous joke during the RNC speech, which has turned out to be Sarah Palin’s peak of approval with the public at large.  What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?  Lipstick. From that moment on, Palin was the quintessential pit bull.  There were pit bull buttons, [...]