Team America: Will there be a sing-a-long/curse-a-long?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier had some fun with "King" Russell Pearce's nativist buddies back in June. Scofflaw Russell Pearce and his friends put the "F" back in Freedom. Advertisement Today his nativist buddies are back in the news. Remember when "King" Russell Pearce complained that the people behind the recall effort were out of … Read more
Journalistic stretches: A question
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Sunday, the Arizona Republic published a column written by Doug MacEachern where he blamed the political mess in Quartzsite in La Paz County on Clarence Dupnik. The sheriff of Pima County. Since Tucson, the county seat of Pima County, is roughly 240 miles from Quartzsite, this seems to be a bit … Read more
Two views: Zealots and Anarchists
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, by no means a partisan polemist, is disturbed by the radicalization of the Republican Party by its so-called Tea Party fringe. Republicans, Zealots and Our Security: IF China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive up our interest rates, or if they sought … Read more
Ezra Klein: A tale of two presidents and their deficits
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ezra Klein clears the fog of Tea-Publican propaganda on the deficit. Obama’s and Bush’s effects on the deficit in one graph – The Washington Post: From the New York Times : What’s also important, but not evident, on this chart is that Obama’s major expenses were temporary — the stimulus is over … Read more
The Phisher King, Tyler Vogt, spams Tucson, breaks the law
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have told you about The Phisher King, Tyler Vogt, Tea-Publican troll candidate for the Tucson City Council, who misused and abused a public records request to obtain e-mail addresses for a commercial purpose, i.e., to solicit you for campaign contributions. Tyler Vogt goes 'phishing' for your email address. Dan Gibson at the Tucson Weekly … Read more
In Florida, $55 million for charter buildings, zero for district schools
by David Safier Ah, yes, the "Florida Educational Miracle," Gov. Rick Scott edition. They love them some charter schools — district schools, not so much. So they're giving $55 million for charter school building construction and maintenance. Older district schools, far more in need of maintenance, are getting nothing. Here's an example. The charter school … Read more
Making money off charter schools. What could go wrong?
by David Safier This story is from Tennessee. K12 Inc., a for profit online education corporation which has "virtual schools" all over the country, including Arizona Virtual Academy here, needs to operate in volume to make a profit. So it needs, first, to get legislators to let it in and second, get students to sign … Read more
