10 consecutive months of private-sector job growth
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Sir John of Orange" Boehner aka by his WWF wrestling name "crybaby" likes to ask, "Where are the jobs?" Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly has the answer: Advertisement Today's report on October's employment numbers… was far more encouraging. Employers added the most jobs in five months in October, with the education and health … Read more
CD 8 Count Update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Secretary of State's web site was last updated 11/5/2010 5:06:25 PM. Congresswoman Giffords has expanded her lead to approximately 3,800 votes. The Associated Press has not yet called the race. UPDATE: It's official. Congresswoman Giffords has declared victory and Jesse Kelly has conceded. Giffords declares victory after expanding her lead.
Nate Silver confirms our opinion – Rasmussen Reports suck!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Every election cycle has its winners and losers: not just the among the candidates, but also the pollsters. Numbers guru Nate Silver confirms our opinion that Rasmussen Reports suck! Rasmussen Polls Were Biased and Inaccurate; Quinnipiac, SurveyUSA Performed Strongly: On Tuesday, polls conducted by the firm Rasmussen Reports — which released more … Read more
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." — Attributed to Mark Twain Now this is the kind of thing that the "Jimmy Olsens" at the Arizona Daily Star should be reporting on but never do — because it is being done by their colleagues … Read more
Russell Pearce: We don’t need your stinking $7 billion in health care money!
by David Safier I'm not an economist, and I don't play one on this blog. But Russell Pearce is no economist either. Logic tells this non-economist that $7 billion flowing into Arizona means a whole lot of jobs, which also means a whole lot of money buying goods and services. People and businesses benefit. To … Read more
Tuition Tax Credit case at the Supreme Court
by David Safier The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled our tuition tax credit law is unconstitutional because so much of the money is targeted for scholarships at religious schools. The Supreme Court is looking at the ruling right now. It looks like the tax credit law will rise or fall depending on which of … Read more
GOP-Borg Collective to Democrats: “You will be assimilated… resistance is futile”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday delivered President Obama the Borg Collective imperative: "We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile." In encounters with aliens the Borg exhibit no desire for negotiation or reason, only to assimilate. … Read more
