Posted by AzBlueMeanie: So what happens if the payroll tax cut is allowed to expire on January 1st? According to several economic analysts, it would severely affect economic growth and job creation next year. What Happens To The Economy If The Payroll Tax Cut Expires? | ThinkProgress: Advertisement – According to Macroeconomic Advisers, allowing the … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told CNN yesterday that the fight over extending the payroll tax cut is “harming the Republican Party,” adding, “We’ve got to get this resolved and with the realization that the payroll-tax cut must remain in effect.” [updated with video] Steve Benen reports at the Political Animal – The … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It was only days before Christmas, "When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But congressional and legislative maps, They're finally here!" (My apologies to Clement Moore). The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) late Tuesday evening tentatively approved the final congressional district map and the state legislative district map, pending analyses by the panel's … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Save the Scenic Santa Ritas (SSSR), a volunteer-based non-profit in Tucson, Arizona, simultaneously filed complaints today with securities regulators in British Columbia, Canada, and the United States requesting they investigate Augusta Resource Corporation's failure to disclose required and material information in securities filings. Save the Scenic Santa Ritas: Augusta Resource – "Persistent … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Adam Sandler of Saturday Night Live has done several versions of his Hanukkah Song over the years, but how many of you remember the first time he performed his song on SNL? (Wait for the ad to run at the beginning). Happy Hanukkah.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I was a huge fan of the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip. One of the features of the comic was Calvin making "unusual" snowmen. These Calvin & Hobbes inspired creations are now in this video by Jim Frommeyer, Teague Chrystie, & Bill Watterson. "Some have been asking how this was made, so … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The "less-than-do-nothing" Tea-Publican Congress has fallen into total chaos over middle-class tax cuts. Steve Benen reports at the Political Animal – Congress’ conservative, convoluted chaos: As of Sunday night, the New York Times noted that the deal that would send everyone home for the holidays had “given way to chaos.” Yesterday, Capitol Hill … Read more