(Update) Don’t believe it: Rasmussen has become an outlier poll
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There has been a series of Rasmussen polls reported in the Arizona media in the past week. The media doesn't learn, or just doesn't care. I told you about the "house effect" GOP-bias of the outlier Rasmussen poll previously. Don't believe it: Rasmussen has become an outlier poll: Advertisement Bottom line: Arizona … Read more
After a century-long wait, Mark Twain’s autobiography to be published
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is going be one of the most anticipated reads of the year. After keeping us waiting for a century, Mark Twain will finally reveal all: Exactly a century after rumors of his death turned out to be entirely accurate, one of Mark Twain's dying wishes is at last coming true: an … Read more
SB1070 Update: Come on, KVOA, get it right
by David Safier This should be embarrassing for KVOA. They're running a poll asking whether or not people support SB1070, and their information accompanying the poll is outdated and inaccurate. Here's part of KVOA's "summary" of the bill: During the course of a lawful stop, when practicable, law enforcement has the right to inquire about … Read more
SB1070 Update: Which reminds me, where is G.I.?
by David Safier The silence is positively defining. The Goldwater Institute, which has an opinion on every almost every controversial issue in Arizona, is still mum on SB1070. Dead silent. Nothing to hear but crickets. Cowards. Abject, unprincipled cowards. Everything about your libertarian philosophy and your past writings say you're against this infringement of civil … Read more
More Buzz Mills boldfaced lies
by David Safier This morning I posted about Buzz Mills being shot down on his 1-to-1 teacher to administrator lie by the able and well-researched Brahm Resnik. (Why don't interviewers always come in with facts and information like that, based on what they know the interviewee is going to say?) I mentioned as an afterthought … Read more
Arizona’s STO/Tax Credit Law Headed To The Supreme Court
Posted by Craig McDermott (though I'm David Safier will have a *lot* to say on this one 🙂 ) It might surprise some observers that Arizona's school tuition tax credit law made it to the Supreme Court before Arizona's police-state anti-immigrant law, but the STO law has been around for better than a decade while … Read more
SB1070 Update: Why is this in the bill? Part 1
by David Safier SB1070 is filled with sloppy writing and problematic stipulations. But two passages nag at me for a different reason than other parts of the legislation. With these two I ask myself, "Why did they decide it was necessary to put this in the bill?" Here's the first. It's part of the meatiest … Read more
