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Thumbs up to this kid
June 2, 2011
by David Safier A big hat tip to Dan Gibson at The Range (the Weekly's blog) for making my afternoon with this video. Or maybe I should say, a big Thumbs Up. I don't post random videos, but this once, I'm making an exception.
Melvin’s war on border commerce
June 2, 2011
by David Safier Tim Steller at the Star has a terrific follow-up article to the story about Cap’n Al Melvin and his fellow Republicans refusing a request from businessmen to recommend to the feds that they add a few more customs officers at the Nogales border in order to speed up the vehicle crossing. Currently,
G.E.: Solar power may be cheaper than fossil fuels in 3-5 years
June 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted about Germany announcing earlier this week that it wants to retire its nuclear power plants and is embarking upon an "Apollo Project" to produce its energy from renewable resources as quickly as possible. This led to a reader exchange about the cost-benefit analysis of renewable energy versus "traditional" carbon-based energy
Who knew? Pearce says people behind recall are “Extreme Leftist Anarchists”
June 2, 2011
by David Safier Russell Pearce has been something of a shy flower about the recall effort, until now. Breaking his silence, he said on Greta Van Susteren's Fox show, "once the truth comes out" about Citizens for a Better Arizona, good Arizonans will reject their recall effort. The truth? According to Pearce, they're "extreme leftist
The Tea-Publican Hostage Strategy Takes Shape
June 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tea-Publican Congressional leadership went to the White House on Wednesday to meet with the president to discuss the pending federal debt ceiling "crisis" — a manufactured crisis entirely of the Tea-Publican's making in order to take America hostage, once again, for their ransom demands to kill Medicare as we know it
Save Ethnic Studies to hold press conference, give Pedicone an “F”
June 2, 2011
by David Safier Today (Thursday) at 4pm, Save Ethnic Studies will be holding a press conference. Faculty/Plaintiffs from Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies program will hold a press conference Thursday to present their end of school year report card evaluating the performance of TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone. The litigants in the case against
Idiot media villagers and their ‘magical’ numbers
June 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I happened to catch Chris Cillizza from the Washington Post on "Mrs. Greenspan" (Andrea Mitchell) this morning on MSNBC excitedly chirping about this report today from The New York Times citing that "No American president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has won a second term in office when the unemployment rate on Election
Ethnic Studies Forum filled with heavy hitters
June 2, 2011
by David Safier Last night's Ethnic Studies forum was not intended to present both sides. It featured a lineup of speakers who explained the philosopy behind the Mexican American Studies program, what it teaches and why it's valuable to the students — also why it doesn't violate the state law designed to bring it down.
