New photo to add to the “Crush the Occupy movement” gallery
by David Safier You may have seen this photo already, of an 84 year old woman's face after being hit with pepper spray at an Occupy Seattle protest. Advertisement Now there's this from Portland, Oregon, of a woman getting a blast of spray in the face. As an ex-Portlander who attended a few protests in … Read more
Occupy Congress, then Occupy the Arizona Capitol
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now this makes much more sense to me. Go to the source of the problem. Greg Sargent reports Next up: Occupy Congress that a coalition of unions and progressive groups including the SEIU, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Center for Community Change and others is launching "Occupy Congress." A coalition … Read more
Give that neutrino a speeding ticket!
by David Safier Want to see the fastest neutrino in the West? Want to see it again after it gets there? What's this crap about a neutrino traveling faster than the speed of light? I'll accept Einstein saying Newton didn't have the whole physics thing exactly right, because Einstein is, you know, Einstein. But a … Read more
The Red Queen and Her Star Chamber are ‘Going Rogue’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Something the Red Queen's court jester, Lisa Hauser, said in court on Thursday was prophetic: Hauser told the justices that they were powerless to do anything, even if there actually was evidence that the facts cited by the governor in firing a commissioner turned out to be false. "Even if the governor … Read more
Shorter Howie Fischer: Brewer is right! Democrats are . . . I don’t see any Democrats
by David Safier Howie Fischer is back to swooning over Jan Brewer in his latest article about the Republicans' ongoing effort to take over the redistricting process. It's all Brewer, Terri Proud, Frank Antenori and Steve Pierce. Not a whisper from any Democrats. That's not because Dems have been quiet, of course. Plenty of them … Read more
AIRC Commissioner Linda McNulty on The Rachel Maddow Show
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rachel Maddow Show did a good summary of the Tea-Publican tyranny against the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission and the voters of Arizona. Commissioner Linda McNulty was her guest for the interview. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
OK, this is pretty funny
by David Safier Sonoran Alliance, a right wing blog, posted "proof" this morning that Colleen Mathis is in collusion with Raúl Grijalva. The "proof" is the photo at right, which shows two people identified by the blog as Mathis and her husband going into the building with Grijalva's office. Here's a minor problem. That building … Read more
