Baracknophobia: John Stewart eviscerates the wingnut hysteria at Faux News
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart M – Th 11p / 10c Baracknophobia – Obey thedailyshow.com Daily ShowFull Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor H/t Crooks and Liars blog for this partial transcript: Advertisement Jon Stewart takes Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Andrew Breitbart, Michelle Bachmann and Fox News to task for … Read more
Stephen Colbert takes on Gabriel Giffords
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: NASA recently conducted an online contest to name the new "node" of the International Space Station. Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report encouraged his viewers to vote to name the node "Colbert," and sure enough, his fans spoofed the online poll to a convincing win. Despite "Colbert" being the contest-winning name for … Read more
They’re Baaaaack! Neocons never die, they just re-brand
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am late in getting around to this story, but it is important. The Rachel Maddow Show covered it fairly well a few days ago (below). As noted at crooksandliars.com blog, Rachel Maddow: The Neoneocons "Neocons never die. They just keep giving themselves new names. After claiming "mission accomplished" in Iraq, it … Read more
Book Announcement: The Eliminationists, How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It appears that the opinion by Charles M. Blow, Pitchforks and Pistols, and the killing of three police officers in Pittsburgh on the same day has attracted quite a few comments here at Blog for Arizona. If you are interested in learning more about domestic terrorism in this country, I recommend that … Read more
“Tucson Vice”: Letter from Afghanistan
by David SafierAnyone who follows the comments here at BfA knows Tucson Vice, a sometimes witty, sometimes sarcastic, always passionate supporter of public education whose wife, he's told us a few times, teaches middle school in south Tucson. What I didn't know until a few days ago is that he's stationed in Afghanistan as a … Read more
Deconstructing another AZ Republican education talking point
by David SafierYesterday I began my journey through the Page O' Facts put together by Senate Republican Staff Policy Advisor Javan Mesnard to combat the assertion that Arizona is 49th in education funding. His method: throw out so many meaningless facts and figures that you'll forget about the pitiful state of our K-12 education budget. … Read more
Trivial but amusing coincidence
by David Safier This is mildly amusing to me, probably just trivial to you. In a post yesterday, I used the term, "Accam's Razor" for the first time in my life. I'm sure it has never come out of my mouth, ever. So what do I see when I open my monthly newsletter from The … Read more
