Month: September 2015

Tea-Publicans demand ‘nuclear option’ on Iran nuclear deal

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The Iran Review period expires on September 17, and dead-ender Tea-Publicans will not accept their defeat. Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked another vote on a resolution disapproving of the Iran nuclear deal, reprising the result of a vote last week. Senate Democrats Again Block Vote to Reject Iran Deal.

NukeLast week, Arizona’s angry old man, war monger John McCain (“bomb, bomb. bomb. bomb. bomb Iran“) said Friday he would be willing to look at using the “nuclear option” to advance legislation against the Iran nuclear non-proliferation agreement (irony is lost on him). John McCain Entertains ‘Nuclear Option’ to Reject Iran Deal. Now McNasty has the radicals in the House, who seem to think that they run everything in Washington, demanding the “nuclear option.” House GOP wants McConnell to go nuclear on Iran agreement:

Multiple House Republicans want Senate leaders to “go nuclear” over the Obama administration’s deal with Iran now that Democrats have stymied efforts to derail the accord by conventional means.

A small but growing number of GOP lawmakers say that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should invoke the “nuclear option” to change Senate rules and prevent a filibuster on a resolution to kill the deal.

Their angst is intensified by their belief that Democrats will likely be able to block legislation withholding federal funds from Planned Parenthood, a standoff that increases the chances of a government shutdown.

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GOP ‘Hunger Games’ Presidential Debate watch parties (Tucson)

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the-hunger-games-kindle-featured-imageThe GOP “Hunger Games” Presidential Debates resume tonight from the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, on CNN.

The ghost of Ronald Reagan will be weeping at the sight of the asshats that the GOP has running for president in 2016.

The main event is at 8 p.m. EDT will feature the same 10 candidates as the first one  — front-runner Donald Trump, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, neurosurgeon Ben Carson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — as well as businesswoman Carly Fiorina, who was added to the field after the wusses at CNN caved under pressure from GOPropagandists in the media to add a woman, whether she met CNN’s qualifications or not (so Tea-Publicans do believe in affirmative action when it suits their needs.)

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Star gazing at Historic Canoa Ranch (canceled)

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9/18/15 UPDATE: Please note cancelation of tonight’s stargazing event at Canoa Ranch in Green Valley due to cloudy skies. A second stargazing event set for Saturday, Sept. 19, at Agua Caliente Park, 12325 E. Roger Road, is still on, but visitors should call 520-615-7855 if they are unsure about weather conditions. A recorded message will … Read more

Public meetings about a proposed Phoenix – Tucson rail corridor

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By Craig McDermott

Note: This post is a “copy and paste” of a press release from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).  There is one significant edit: I deleted a reference to meeting scheduled for Phoenix.  It was scheduled for Tuesday evening, *before* I started this post. 🙂

Public hearings take place this week for ADOT’s Passenger Rail Corridor Study

Community members encouraged to attend, comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement

 

PHOENIX – Three public hearings are scheduled this week to encourage community members to review and comment on the environmental document that outlines a plan for a passenger rail system connecting Arizona’s two major metropolitan areas.

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The GOP’s ‘Planned’ government shutdown

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Our less-than-less-than-do-nothing Tea-Publican Congress has just a week of session days left to avoid a government shutdown on October 1. Here is the House Calendar for September (Congress is also scheduled to work on October 1 in anticipation of the fiscal deadline).

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So what do Tea-Publicans plan to do with the few days that they are in session? Why, play to their far-right Tea-Publican base on Faux News, of course! Ahead of Planned Parenthood Battle, House to Vote on Abortion Bills:

As lawmakers return this week for some behind-the-scenes work on a continuing resolution — a measure that could be endangered by anti-abortion members insistent on defunding Planned Parenthood — House Republicans will put forward two bills to address the embattled group and potentially appease those conservatives.

The House is scheduled to vote on two abortion measures: one from Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., that would put a one-year moratorium on Planned Parenthood funding and one from Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., that would add criminal penalties for violating the Born Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002.

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