AIRC Update: Supreme Court ruling – injunctive relief denied
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Many thanks again to Steve Muratore for staying on top of this breaking story. Muratore has the additional pleadings which were filed on Tuesday. The Arizona Eagletarian: Redistricting — more supreme court filings: Additional briefs have been filed: Mathis' reply to responses filed by Brewer and the state senate, in which former Chief … Read more
‘Scourge of Wisconsin’ Protest Rally on Thursday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about this on Monday. Gov. Scott Walker of Fitzwalkerstan in Scottsdale on Thursday – tell him what you really think of him! Now the Arizona AFL-CIO has a "Scourge of Wisconsin" Protest Rally to give Walker a proper "welcome." On Thursday, Wisconsin’s infamous Governor Scott Walker will be in … Read more
Huppenthal apologizes for “known homosexuals” statement
by David Safier I'm a bit late on this one, but since I go after Ed Supe Huppenthal on a regular basis, I should also give him a touch of credit — only a touch, mind you — where a touch of credit is due. He actually apologized for a homophobic statement he made, after … Read more
Dr. Word says: Putting your hand up a woman’s dress is not a sexual “advance”
by David Safier Call Dr. Word old fashioned, but he thinks when a man who has no prior sexual relationship with a woman puts his hand up her skirt "toward my genitals" then "pushed my head toward his crotch," that constitutes sexual assault. So why does the AP headline read, Woman accuses Cain of bold … Read more
‘Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary’ returns for two episodes this week
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The new reality TV series "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" returns for a new episode on Wednesday, this time hosted by the "1%" at CNBC and the Michigan Republican Party from Oakland University in Rochester, MI. This debate is billed as the "Your Money, Your Vote" Republican Presidential debate. The debate will focus … Read more
Quick takes on Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I had the misfortune of tuning into "Morning Joe" Scarborough this morning, but it turned out to be "dump on Mitt Romney day." Why? Because vile wingnut Eric Erickson wrote a long primal scream about how the ideologically malleable Romney as the 2012 nominee will ensure an Obama second term and the agonizing … Read more
(Update) The Fire Next Time: The Euro Financial Crisis – Italian Opera
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This melodrama is starting to sound like an episode of Rocky and Bullwinkle: "Last week our heroes teetered on the edge of a no confidence vote and clung to a referendum on the European bailout for Greece… Will our heroes survive? Or will they be tossed like a Greek salad? Tune in … Read more
