Sarah Palin™ and Bristol Palin™ – motivational speaking services
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We have had fun mocking our sovereign citizen Marshall Home™ for having trademarked his name. Alas, Marshall Home™ is no longer a candidate for office and will mercifully disappear from this blog. Advertisement But no worries, mate. We have someone else equally as nutty as Marshall Home™ who will soon have a … Read more
Fool’s Gold: Carpe Diem should be judged for its test scores, not possible cheating on the tests
by David Safier The Goldwater Institute has a new kid in town, Jonathan Butcher, who replaced Matthew Ladner as their educational go-to guy. Butcher isn't as polished, snarky and clever as Ladner. But give him time. He may learn to transcend mere half-truths and move onto genuine whoppers when he gets in the swing of … Read more
Darrell Issa’s U.S.-guns-to-Mexico problem
by David Safier Republican Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) had this great idea — hold hearings about the ATF's "Operation Fast and Furious," where the ATF may have gotten sloppy and let straw buyers carry more than a thousand firearms into Mexico and put them in the hands of Mexican cartels. Issa's goal is to make … Read more
Justice Clarence Thomas has an Abe Fortas problem
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I previously posted that the Anthony Weiner story was fortuitously timed to distract the prurient media villagers from the Friday news dump by Justice Clarence Thomas of his financial disclosure forms. Worked like a charm… they took the bait hook, line and sinker. It's so easy. Now that Weiner has resigned, can we please … Read more
Good question: Why is there an American media blackout of the UK’s News Corp. eavesdropping scandal?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: John Amato at crooksandliars.com asks a good question: Why Is There An American Media Blackout of the UK's News Corp. Eavesdropping Scandal?: I bet most readers of blogs don't even know much about this major UK media scandal perpetrated by Rupert Murdoch's English tabloids and we're online and digesting news almost 24/7. … Read more
The Farley Report – Special Session Edition
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): Last Monday the Legislature wrapped up our third Special Session without doing anything but hammer home the message that, after 46 years of uninterrupted rule, the Republican majority is simply not on our side. By "our," I mean all … Read more
Quick thought of the day
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: By the end of the day there will be four – count 'em, four! – mayoral candidates disqualified from the ballot because they were either ineligible to run for office (Marshall Home™) or so incompetent that they failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot (Pat Darcy, Ron Asta, … Read more
