Even Arpaio is pissed
March 12, 2011
by David Safier Tedski caught this one at R-cubed. Joe Arpaio joined with Maricopa Board of Supes Chair Andy Kunasek and county attorney Bill Montgomery to write a letter to the state legislature telling them not to balance the state budget on the back of Maricopa County. Something tells me, though, if the state lege
The ‘Job Party’ Movement
March 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich has suggested to call it the "People's Party" movement. Now MoveOn and Democrats.com (not affiliated with the Democratic National Committee) are calling it the "Job Party" movement. This weekend in Madison, Wisconsin tens of thousands will rally to protest the coup d'etat by Tea-Publicans to disenfranchise
Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Plant After Quake
March 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: h/t New York Times The New York Times reports Japan Expands Evacuation Around Nuclear Plant – NYTimes.com: An explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan on Saturday blew the roof off one building, brought down walls and caused a radiation leak of unspecified proportions, Japanese officials said, after Friday’s huge
What state lends an official platform to hate groups? Why, Arizona, of course.
March 11, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Normally, I'd save a discussion of an agenda item for a legislative committee agenda for a "coming week" post, but this one rates a quick post of its own. On Thursday, the Arizona Senate's Border Security, Federalism, and States Sovereignty Committee will meet in SHR109 at 9 a.m. The
Evacuations around two nuclear plants in Japan
March 11, 2011
by David Safier It's a statistical certainty that statistically improbable events will happen. If there are 30 people in a room, two people will probably share the same birthday. If there's a one in a million chance of an event happening to someone in the U.S. [Note: I should have specified, happening on any given
Most recent would-be terrorists aren’t Muslim
March 11, 2011
by David Safier It may be time for a new acronym, IOKIYNM — It's OK If You're Not Muslim. Peter King notwithstanding, we've got two very bad actors who are both White and Right, but the Islamophobes don't seem to consider them or the far right militia movement any kind of a threat. The most
You weren’t supposed to say that with the mic on
March 11, 2011
by David Safier Here's a video clip from the Iowa state legislature that's in the first stages of going viral. Not knowing the microphone was on, a Republican rep called their proposed gun carry law the "Give-A-Handgun-To-A-Schizophrenic Bill." Oops. Not supposed to say that out loud. Iowa is looking at catching up with Arizona, not
Recall Information
March 11, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you who have been asking "Where are those recall petitions so I can sign?" — better yet, to take some petitions and go collect signatures yourself, here is the recall information. Recall Governor Jan Brewer has a web site Recall Governor Jan Brewer (http://www.recallgovernorbrewer.com/). The web site has a download
