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Jan Brewer has scorpions for breakfast?
May 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona political media is all atwitter today that Governor Jan Brewer is allegedly "writing" her memoirs. Well, not quite. As with all vanity press for conservative politicians, there is a ghost writer involved. And it has an heroic fictional title: "Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical
The Four Horsemen of Anti-immigrant Demagoguery to Appeal SB 1070
May 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well, three of the four horsemen, anyway. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is still busy making excuses for how me misspent nearly $100 million. Joe Arpaio's staff misspent $99.5 million, budget officials say; Kunasek won't set a public hearing for Arpaio on misspending. On Monday, Arizona officials announced they will ask the U.S.
Don’t worry, Atomic Al, you’ll always have Paris
May 10, 2011
by David Safier Another blow to Atomic Al Melvin and his nuclear friends who love to cite France and Japan as examples of countries relying on "safe, clean" nuclear energy. Not only did "safe" and "clean" take some serious hits in the recent tsunami. Now Japan says it won't build any more nuke reactors and
If it’s Sunday, it’s GOP Beltway PR
May 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I stopped watching the Sunday morning political talk shows some time ago because the media villagers and Beltway bloviators are so completely out of touch with reality which exists outside of their protective Beltway media bubble. For example, what was the biggest news story last week? C'mon, you know the answer. That's right,
Foreign Policy Magazine: The Situation Room
May 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: These guys must have way too much time on their hands, but it's so funny I have to post it. From The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell blog, The Last Word – Situation Room superheroes: As both a comic book and political geek, I love this sooo much. It was tweeted out today by
The story behind the story that the “lamestream media” failed to report
May 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We have had fun with FAUX News Fraudcasting's new reality TV series, "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary," but this was just the sideshow. I have been searching the MSM media coverage for the story behind this story and find that the "lamestream media" completely failed to report on the real story behind
SB 1070, Baja AZ, Ethnic Studies on NPR
May 9, 2011
by David Safier NPR's All Things Considered put together a 4 minute piece today linking SB1070, the Baja Arizona movement and the Ethnic Studies fight. (If the player doesn't come up, follow the link. You can hear it there.)
Peggy Judd, (R, LD-25): “We are spending more money (on public education) in Arizona than we need to.”
May 9, 2011
by David Safier LD-25 Democrats, fire up your laptops and start your engines. Peggy Judd is quoted in the Nogales paper as saying we're spending more on public ed than we should in Arizona. Judd told the reporter she wants to spend her time learning more about her district. Among her tasks: She’s also working
