Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich has suggested to call it the "People's Party" movement. Now MoveOn and Democrats.com (not affiliated with the Democratic National Committee) are calling it the "Job Party" movement. This weekend in Madison, Wisconsin tens of thousands will rally to protest the coup d'etat by Tea-Publicans to disenfranchise … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: h/t New York Times The New York Times reports Japan Expands Evacuation Around Nuclear Plant – NYTimes.com: An explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building, brought down walls and caused a radiation leak of unspecified proportions, Japanese officials said, after Friday’s huge … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Normally, I'd save a discussion of an agenda item for a legislative committee agenda for a "coming week" post, but this one rates a quick post of its own. On Thursday, the Arizona Senate's Border Security, Federalism, and States Sovereignty Committee will meet in SHR109 at 9 a.m. The … Read more
by David Safier It's a statistical certainty that statistically improbable events will happen. If there are 30 people in a room, two people will probably share the same birthday. If there's a one in a million chance of an event happening to someone in the U.S. [Note: I should have specified, happening on any given … Read more
by David Safier It may be time for a new acronym, IOKIYNM — It's OK If You're Not Muslim. Peter King notwithstanding, we've got two very bad actors who are both White and Right, but the Islamophobes don't seem to consider them or the far right militia movement any kind of a threat. The most … Read more