Arizona legislature fails to act, lets jobless benefits expire on Saturday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Keep in mind that this is something that was addressed by the Democratic Caucus and which could have been dealt with in the regular legislative session, but Tea-Publican legislators refused to act. Advertisement Governor Brewer made lame excuses for the past several weeks for not calling a special session, only to call … Read more
TeaNN, ‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The second GOP presidential candidate debate in "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" will be hosted by TeaNN (formerly CNN) in partnership with WMUR-TV/New Hampshire Union Leader on Monday, June 13, 2011. Candidates Announced for First New Hampshire GOP Primary Debate: It will be the first debate in the “First in the Nation” … Read more
Study: People who attended preschool benefit as adults
by David Safier A long term study published in "Science" adds to the evidence that benefits from going to preschool stay with people into adulthood. A group of 900 Chicago children — low income, mostly African American — who attended the Child-Parent Center Education Program were studied for up to 25 years and compared to … Read more
Fareed Zakaria: Create a ‘national infrastructure bank’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Fareed Zakaria has an important opinion with a pragmatic idea worth exploring for job creation. Getting past the paralysis on jobs – The Washington Post: Every week brings fresh evidence that America’s unemployment crisis is much deeper and more systemic than predicted — yet Washington seems unwilling or unable to do anything … Read more
You’ve Got Mail
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Politics Blog : The Palin emails: On Friday morning, thousands of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s official state emails will be released by the State of Alaska. The documents, 24,199 pages in six boxes, will be released at the governor’s office in Juneau to media organizations … Read more
Margaret Thatcher disses the Quitta from Wasilla
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Maybe the American political media should take a clue from the Iron Maiden, former British PM Margaret Thatcher. The Guardian of London reported that Margaret Thatcher's aides had decided it would be inappropriate for her to meet with Sarah Palin, who is planning to visit London next month en route to Sudan. … Read more
Herman Cain channels his inner Colbert
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: About a month ago, Governor Jan Brewer and the faux outrage chorus of the right-wing noise machine all got their panties in a twist when President Obama channeled his inner Colbert: You know, they said we needed to triple the Border Patrol. Or now they’re going to say we need to quadruple the … Read more
