by David Safier No one knows how bad the situation is at Japan's stricken nuclear reactors. The problems are all hidden from sight. The experts are reduced to reading radiation detectors and tea leaves. Advertisement Of the three problem reactors, the one earlier declared the most stable is now causing the greatest alarm. They couldn't … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Tuesday,Democrats.com is joining with Moveon to rally across the nation. Will you join us after work? Sign up to join your local rally here. MoveOn "Defend The American Dream" web site. Defend The Dream EventWhere: NW Corner Campbell Avenue & Speedway Blvd. (Near UMC) in TucsonWhen: Tuesday, March 15, at 4:30 … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Saturday afternoon, more than 100,000 people gathered in Madison, Wisconsin to protest Gov. Scott Walker's coup d'etat over union collective bargaining rights, and to welcome home the "Wisconsin 14" who nobly fought to prevent this miscarriage of justice. You read about it online, including here, and there was some print reporting … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Perr at perrspectives.com posted Republicans Push National Race to the Bottom on March 1, then expanded upon his post in GOP to America: We're All Mississippians Now on March 10. His lengthy detail-rich economic analyses are a must-read: Republicans have seen the future and it's in Mississippi. On the same day Wisconsin Republicans turned … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …as if those of us who live here haven't figured that out already. Brookings Mountain West, a partnership between the Brookings Institute, a Washington D.C. think tank, and the University of Nevada – Las Vegas (UNLV), today released its quarterly Mountain Monitor, tracking and evaluating economic data for the Intermountain … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rachel Maddow Show recently did an hour long show divided into episodes about all the radical Republican mayhem happening in the states. Maddow concludes: "This is about a massive reallocation of resources held in common by the citizens to corporations for their private gain. And it is about a tactical kneecapping of … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature and subject to change without notice. Monday is expected to be a busy day at the Capitol, as there are expected to be lots of folks there to for Spring Break At The State Capitol.  People … Read more