AIRC Update: Legislative district ‘draft map’ approved, second round of public hearings begin Tuesday
October 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) has canceled its previously scheduled Tuesday morning meeting in Tucson after voting 4-1 to approve the legislative district "draft map" on Monday. The second round of public hearings on the "draft maps" will begin on Tuesday. Download PDF. See www.azredistricting.org for latest updates. Tuesday, October 11,
Smithsonian protest incident escalated by conservative journalist
October 10, 2011
by David Safier Remember the story about a protest in front of D.C.'s Space Museum Saturday? The demonstration was over the U.S. use of unmanned drones. Remember how some people rushed the doors and were pepper sprayed? A conservative journalist, Patrick Howley — an assistant editor at the American Spectator — was among those leading
Money for Republicans
October 10, 2011
by David Safier This falls into the category of bad news/maybe less bad news. First the bad news: The Koch Brothers say they're planning to drop $200 million or more on the 2012 election. When you're billionaires, that kind of expenditure is hardly enough to get your hair mussed. Now the maybe-less bad news: The
Feeling Blue is the New Normal
October 10, 2011
By Karl Reiner In 2008, the western economies were saved from a major depression by desperate and costly plans to prop up banks in the U.S. and Europe. Although it could have been much worse, the recession that followed has been devastating. Its effects continue to linger, taking a savage toll on the nation’s economic
Perry uses “class warfare” on Romney
October 10, 2011
by David Safier In an anti-Romney ad from Perry — which deserves watching just for its end-of-the-world-coming-attractions vibe — Romney is portrayed as an Obamacare-loving, flip-flopping liberal. But here's a line worth spotlighting: "Even the richest man can't buy back his past." Perry pulls out the class card and shines it at Romney like it's
OccupyTucson on Saturday, October 15
October 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Phoenix version of Occupy Wall Street is ramping up with a Web page #OccupyPhoenix | Taking the power back!, plus info feeds on Facebook and Twitter. Organizers want protesters to "flood into Cesar Chavez Plaza" on Saturday, October 15. They will be joined by members of the Arizona AFL-CIO at Noon following
Georgia joins GOP-controlled states challenging Voting Rights Act
October 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in August, Arizona Attorney General Tom "banned for life by the SEC" Horne filed a legal challenge to the Voting Rights Act. Tom Horne files a politically motivated challenge to the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit asks the court to either eliminate the original criteria for scrutiny as well as the
Mixed results/no results from educational software
October 9, 2011
by David Safier Ask any company selling educational software, and they'll show you studies pointing to strong academic gains from students who use their products. But for every study they point to, three others show little or no gains for students who use their software versus those who don't. And the company's favorite studies are
