Good news, bad news on Arizona’s prison scandal
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First the good news… Advertisement The prisoner who walked away from a work detail in Tucson on Wednesday was captured without incident on Thursday morning. Inmate who left Tucson work crew found sleeping. Thursday night, fugitives John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch were caught in Apache County. Arizona inmate and fiancée captured in … Read more
Ignorance, fear and loathing in America
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nobody ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence or taste of the American public. – H.L. Mencken (attributed) Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. – Albert Einstein Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. … Read more
Campaign Sign Snark 2010: Mark Anderson
By Jenn For many voters, their first and most visceral exposure to a candidate is via the campaign signs posted on street corners and abandoned lots. These signs are the face of a campaign, and are responsible for generating a voter's first impression of a candidate. Campaign Sign Snark is an ongoing feature that will comment exclusively … Read more
The wisdom of Will Bunch: America’s war on “the other”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ever wonder how all the disparate threads of right-wing paranoid conspiracies actually weave together into a unitary tapestry of fear and hate? Will Bunch writing for Attytood at Philadelphia Daily News explains in It's not about the mosque — it's America's war on "the Other" (excerpt): Over the last year, I traveled across … Read more
More on Jay Greene as G.I.’s Golden Fool
by David Safier I posted about an ASU study which is heavily critical — and damning if accurate — of Jay Greene's report for G.I. saying administrative costs at universities have soared. I suggested if Greene has any integrity and wants to keep his credibility as a scholar, he needs to answer the criticism directly … Read more
Doug Ducey a Stone Cold late filer
by David Safier You may remember a recent post where I wrote that Doug Ducey, Republican candidate for treasurer, was delinquent with property tax payments on his home multiple times — he finally paid up just after he filed for office. Also, as CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, Ducey encouraged franchisers to invest in stores … Read more
A toxicity expert — Todd Camenisch — in the State Senate?
by David Safier Wouldn't it be nice in a state like Arizona where the desert dust blows all around us and contaminated mine tailings are a regular occurrence, if we had a toxicity expert in the state legislature? Like, say, Dr. Todd Camenisch, who is running for Senate in LD-30? Camenisch, a researcher at UA, … Read more
