Happy Christmas (War is Over)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now that the final U.S. troops have left Iraq and the war is officially over, John Lennon's Happy Christmas (War is Over) is the appropriate Christmas song for today. (Plays in YouTube.com).
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq
Posted by azBlueMeanie: The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. The mission cost nearly 4,500 American and well more than 100,000 Iraqi lives and $800 billion from the U.S. Treasury. The … Read more
Another big win for Labor in union organizing
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this month, organized labor settled its dispute with Boeing on terms favorable to labor, and promising a new era of cooperation. On Friday, a federal court ruled in favor of the new union organizing voting rules by the Department of Labor bringing union organizing elections in line with all other American … Read more
Arpaio, MSCO and the DOJ Civil Rights Division Findings. What’s It All Mean?
Posted by Michael Bryan What has happened? The DOJ has released a public Letter of Findings concerning its investigation into the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office's (MSCO) practices which infringe on the civil rights of the citizens of Maricopa County. Most of those abuses and illegal practices concern Equal Protection and Due Process violations of Latino … Read more
Guns available, no background checks necessary
by David Safier An undercover investigator called a gun seller on a website listing classified ads for guns. The investigator said he couldn't pass a background check. No problem. He met the seller and bought the gun. It's actually OK to sell a gun on the internet without a background check, unless the seller "has … Read more
Christmas Dragnet
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I'll stick with the novelty Christmas songs for now. For those of us of a certain age, we grew up listening to the irreverant comic genius of Stan Freberg. He was a voice actor for many Warner Brothers cartoons, but he made his name with satirical comedy recordings beginning in the 1950s. … Read more
Bipartisan deal on payroll tax holiday/UI benefits extension
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tea-Publicans are opposed to the payroll tax holiday middle-class tax cut, and they are really opposed to any extension of unemployment insurance benefits for the unemployed. It does not benefit their clients, the one percent. We finally found a tax break that Tea-Publicans do not like. President Obama asked Congress to send him a … Read more
