If Labor Day isn’t a fitting holiday to post this video, I’m not sure what would be: I captured this video on August 26, 2010. I apologize for the raw quality, but I haven’t had the time to edit it. Happy Labor Day.
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Alaska
Richard Trumka At The Anchorage Sheraton
The Islands of Four Mountains
(Click image to biggify) The picturesque, but snow-capped volcanoes, composing the Islands of the Four Mountains in Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain look suspiciously like an alien world in this August 2010 image from the ASTER camera aboard NASA’s orbiting Terra satellite. The islands contain restless Mt. Cleveland, an active volcano currently being watched to...
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Lamplight On History: Soapy Smith
Soapy Smith was born Jefferson Randolph Smith II 1860. He was known as the “king of the frontier confidence men”, due to his reputation as a con man and gambler. He was considered a gangster and the most famous ““slang used by confidence men; a gamble that cannot be lost. “It is...
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Top Recipients Of BP Contributions
In addition to Alaska’s two US Senators, we only have one member of the US House. While as much can be expected out of Rep. Young and Sen. Murkowski, the information listed below explains a lot about Sen. Begich’s recent statements. Here’s a look at the Friends of Earth tally of opensecrets.org data, showing...
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Nay?!
In the last days of the legislative session, a flurry of activity takes place. It’s always a fun time to pay attention to the goings-on at the State Capitol. I’m signed up for a few different email update services, watch Gavel to Gavel, and follow the reporting of legislative activity. While scanning through the...
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Cash for Croakers
The Legislature today passed a bill that would make the deceased eligible for Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend checks. I can’t count the number of times when I’ve been outside and had someone say, “You’re from Alaska? Is it true they pay you to live there?” The answer is a guarded yes; I’d talk about...
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She Never Sleeps For Long
The Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised the alert level for Mt. Redoubt to Yellow after a night of seismic unrest. Redoubt became very active earlier this year but then went back to sleep. Historically, the volcano erupts about every 10 years. It’s possible that Redoubt didn’t get the decade’s worth of unrest out of...
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Grocery Shopping With President Obama
Or, “I’ve been to Minnesota, but I’ve never “visted” Minnesota” or, “Face It Alaska, he’s just not that in to you.” You know how you’re waiting in line to pay for your groceries at the grocery store and they have the racks of magazines, candy, and gum. Those are there for a strategic reason,...
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That’s Really What You Want For A Headline?
From “Alaska’s News Source“: Rescuers: Pilot looked like he had been ‘attacked by an animal’ DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska — A pilot suffering from severe burns hiked 20 miles to safety in freezing conditions after his plane crashed inside Denali National Park and Preserve, a public information officer for the park said late Thursday. The headline writer took...
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