Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The corporate media is failing us.The Arizona Republic is part of the problem, not the solution. The Republic has an editorial opinion today on Arizona redistricting which bears the imprimatur of Laurie Roberts because it repeats the GOP talking points and is still whining about "the ugly lobster shape that hooks up … Read more

by David Safier According to TPM, The U.C. David chancellor has announced that a investigative task force will be formed in the wake of a disturbing pepper-spray incident at Occupy Davis, a protest on the university campus. In a video, police are seen pepper-spraying students even after they had been subdued. Watch the video:   … Read more

by David Safier Here's a photo from the UC Davis campus. The "crime" which provoked the spraying was blocking a walkway in the university's quad. I learned from the same story that protesters who link arms and "actively resist," whatever that means, are engaged in an act of violence. Here's a quote from the original … Read more

by David Safier You may have seen this photo already, of an 84 year old woman's face after being hit with pepper spray at an Occupy Seattle protest. Now there's this from Portland, Oregon, of a woman getting a blast of spray in the face. As an ex-Portlander who attended a few protests in my … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now this makes much more sense to me. Go to the source of the problem. Greg Sargent reports Next up: Occupy Congress that a coalition of unions and progressive groups including the SEIU, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Center for Community Change and others is launching "Occupy Congress." A coalition … Read more

by David Safier Want to see the fastest neutrino in the West? Want to see it again after it gets there? What's this crap about a neutrino traveling faster than the speed of light? I'll accept Einstein saying Newton didn't have the whole physics thing exactly right, because Einstein is, you know, Einstein. But a … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Something the Red Queen's court jester, Lisa Hauser, said in court on Thursday was prophetic: Hauser told the justices that they were powerless to do anything, even if there actually was evidence that the facts cited by the governor in firing a commissioner turned out to be false. "Even if the governor … Read more