It’s the end of the world as we know it
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The blockbuster movie premiere this weekend is the mother of all disaster movies, "2012." 2012 – Official Movie Site The producers of this movie clearly have spent way too much time watching the so-called History Channel and its Mega-Disasters and Apocolyptic prophecy programming (what is up with that?) The movie is loosely … Read more
It makes me think I’m getting it right on Imagine Schools
by David Safier Just thinking here. I've written lots of posts about problems with Imagine Schools. Some have come from national reports and some has been based on my research into AZ DOE school funding reports and IRS tax records. I haven't received any criticism of what I've written. It's not that I've got a … Read more
AP fact checks Palin
by David Safier It makes me feel slightly dirty giving Sarah Palin any more ink pixels, but reading AP do a take-down on the "facts" in Palin's new book gives me a certain joy, and I want to share it with others. I get the sense the writer had as much fun writing it as … Read more
Horne can’t catch a break on the left or the right
by David Safier I'm not one to sympathize with Tom Horne, but I think the guy needs a friend, and a hug, about now. Not only do people like me snipe at him from the left, but the Sonoran Alliance tore him a big ol' new one on his right flank (That's gotta hurt!) in … Read more
10 years after the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Josh Kalven posts this timely piece as Congress considers new regulations for Wall Street — let's begin with the repeal of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act and return to the Glass-Steagall Act. (I have previously discussed this topic.) Ten Years After The Repeal Of Glass-Steagall: This weeks mark ten years since … Read more
Going Rogue
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While I'm on the subject of full page ads in the Arizona Daily Star there is one today from NewsMax.com (a right-wing biased "news" mag that makes Faux News look like a legitimate news organization) promoting Sarah Palin's soon to be released book, "Going Rogue: an American Life," for the low, low … Read more
UFCW strike at Safeway and Fry’s averted; so who benefited?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: h/tTedski at R-Cubed for the press release and graphic. This fresh from the UFCW: We are proud to report that a strike has been averted with Safeway, Fry’s and Smiths. After 13 months of bargaining and a strike deadline just hours away, UFCW Local 99 and the grocery companies have agreed on … Read more
