For those following the 2000 mile Iron Dog snowmachine race, it seems like the most famous pair of racers has scratched. Iron Dog development director Heidi Griffin said the injury happened about 30 miles past the checkpoint Sunday night, and the racers were returning to the checkpoint. She did not know the nature of Davis’ [...]

It’s always the quiet ones… Behold the Shadow Governor.  It looks like Todd Palin really did live up to his nickname. A huge quantity of emails from the State of Alaska have been released – not for the $15 Million originally quoted to MSNBC who made the records request almost a year and a half [...]

Pages 153-164 AGIA and ACES (Alaska Gasline Inducement Act and Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share) I’m going to let this one lie, because you could basically write a book about it all on its own. It’s particular to Alaska, and it’s wonky. Good people fall on both sides of this issue. Some people I know [...]

And the ironies just won’t stop. This week we find ourselves listening to Sarah Palin complaining that her almost son-in-law Levi Johnston a) is desperate for attention, b) Is capitalizing from showing off his body and c) is a big fat liar. So says the spotlight-craving, truth-challenged former beauty pageant contestant. We also learned this [...]

Well, here it is. Sarah Palin’s last report to APOC. I will leave the detailed dissection to those who are suited to such things, but here’s me sort of live blogging the document. Using an outdated form, she has crossed out the old dates and written in new ones. Is the new form the same [...]

“She is someone who has a passionate base that constitutes millions of Americans, but in the year since the election has ended, she has done nothing to expand her appeal beyond that base into the middle of the electorate where elections are decided.” So says McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt of his guy’s former running [...]

It’s been a busy week behind the scenes here at Mudflats Central.  Summer’s end is in sight.  Rainy season is here.  And it’s only one week until I head off to Netroots Nation, thanks to all of you who so kindly voted for my scholarship.  And thanks to those of you who have hit the [...]

It’s interesting to see the reactions coming in from Alaska’s politicos to the surprise resignation of Governor Sarah Palin yesterday. But, perhaps the most surprising of all is that of Alaska’s Senior Senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski. We expect politicians to be…well…politicians. We anticipate all kinds of pussy-footing around, saying things without really saying them, and [...]

It an amazing display of a different kind of “don’t ask, don’t tell,”  the Palins when asked to disclose how much the gifts Todd Palin receives from Arctic Cat (his sponsor for the Iron Dog snowmachine race) are worth, and they replied with silence.  They “can’t” tell us.  (looking around furtively and whispering in your ear)  [...]

The First Dude’s East Coast Tour continues.  Tonight, he was the guest of Fox News at the White House Correspondents Dinner.  Wanda Sykes was the roaster du soir. The cameras missed the money shot. Todd Palin was nowhere to be seen when this little zinger came: Governor Palin…she’s not here tonight. She pulled out at [...]

When I heard that Sarah Palin was going to be at an Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute event in New York City, I wished very loudly that there would be a Mudflatter present at the event who could serve as a roving reporter/Mudspy.   I’ll have to remember to wish like that more often because I received an [...]

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 [...]

Well, the internets are all a-flame with the latest antics of the Palin clan.  It now seems that the Johnston’s are going to appear on The Tyra Banks Show this coming Monday.  We’ve been teased and tantalized with hints that Sarah and Todd Palin knew that the two young lovebirds, were….how shall we put this [...]

He’s baa-ack!  One of my most favorite dastardly characters in the Troopergate drama has returned to the show for a “two minute monologue,” as it were.  I refer to the Palin’s lawyer, Thomas Van Flein.  He figured heavily in Troopergate before Sarah Palin’s VP nomination.  It’s been a while since we’ve heard from him, so allow [...]

Finally we have an update in the email saga.  Seems like the Governor’s office isn’t ready, after four months, to turn them over.  Here’s a press release from the Alaska Democratic Party: The Alaska Democratic Party (ADP) has objected to a request from Governor Sarah Palin’s Office for another two months or more of additional [...]