by David Safier I would be wise to wait for more detailed information, but I'll go with what I have from the story in this morning's Star. It sounds like the TUSD Unitary Plan that was presented earlier has been adopted by the judge in charge, U.S. District Judge David Bury. That includes creating core … Read more
Posted by Bob Lord and Donna Gratehouse
We decided to team up on this post because it’s a topic near and dear to both our hearts. Americans have lagged behind the rest of the Western World in freeing ourselves from religion. A former Prime Minister once remarked, in reference to George W. Bush, “if a politician in Canada said he thought the jury was still out on evolution, he’d be run out of town on a rail.” But Americans have engaged in or at least tolerated this craziness for decades. As views all over the world became more enlightened, America slid backwards, into the land of intelligent design, climate change denial, and raging homophobia.
by David Safier A Brown University study concludes that people with a genetic disposition to social fear are more likely to be anti-immigration and pro-segregation and are generally more conservative. “It’s not that conservative people are more fearful, it’s that fearful people are more conservative. People who are scared of novelty, uncertainty, people they don’t … Read more
Gun Show Trader boasts the "largest gun show list" in the US. According to this website, there are 1137 gun shows currently scheduled.
Given the recent Tucson City Council decision to require background checks of any gun show conducted on city property, I looked up the number of gun shows coming up in Arizona. As of today, February 6, 2013, Gun Show Trader shows 30 gun shows scheduled for Arizona in 2013 and 2 so far for 2014.
For 2013, there are 7 gun shows scheduled for Tucson, 6 for Mesa, 5 for Phoenix, 3 for Glendale, and the other 9 are everywhere else in Arizona. To put this into perspective, one must compare the number of gun shows scheduled for Arizona with other states. Which state has the most upcoming gun shows? Texas, of course, with 103. (That was too easy.) The spread of scheduled gun shows nationwide is 0 to 103. Check out the data by state after the jump.
Paul Ryan and his posse think they’re all gonna go to heaven some day. Evidently they have not read the instructions. There are a lot of voters who take Christian values very very seriously. Values voters ought to stick with the Gospel of Matthew and reject the Gospel of Ayn Rand. Values voters ought to … Read more