When the Coast is Clear
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed it, Jimmy Buffett performed free in Gulf Shores, Alabama in his "One Love, One Ocean" concert that aired live on CMT on Sunday night. The concert was Buffett's attempt to bring people back to the beach to help the local economy of the Gulf Coast. Advertisement If you … Read more
SB1070 Update: News clips
by David Safier A few bits and pieces: In a Washington Post op ed, Professors Gabriel Chin (UA) and Kevin R. Johnson (U.C. Davis) write that racial profiling is absolutely legal under SB1070, due to long standing decisions by the U.S. and Arizona Supreme Courts. They suggest attacking the problem at the source: "The U.S. … Read more
Al Melvin, Dittohead
by David Safier Al Melvin tweets: Rush Limbaugh has said that when the GOP moves to the right it gets stronger & when it moves left it weakens itself. He's totally correct.
Talking Baseball
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The news this morning is that long-time New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died of a heart attack. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at age of 80: In 37-plus seasons as owner, Steinbrenner led the Yankees to seven World Series championships, 11 American League … Read more
The future of education in Arizona?
by David Safier I can't paint a better picture than this of how important the November Ed Supe election is: A Huppenthal win could make us look back fondly on the "Golden Age of Arizona education" when Tom Horne was Supe. The mind reels.
Headshaker Headline
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Likely voters in the upcoming Republican primary overwhelmingly think the state is headed in the right direction according to a new ArizonaGuardian.com poll… Let me get this straight: Arizona's economy has effectively been in a depression since the real estate bubble burst in 2007. Unemployment is in double digits (long-term unemployed) in … Read more
