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How do we explain losing control of our bodies?
June 3, 2022
In 2005 I worked in Egypt on a project regarding the exporting of flowers and flower essences. The problem was that the males were jealously guarding the export gateway which is the most lucrative. Women had many acres of land in flowers and the best flower essences. Yet they could not break into the
Blake Masters’ Is Trump’s Choice for Senate
June 3, 2022
Update 6/3/22: Now that Trump has anointed Blake Masters as his choice for the Senate in Arizona, I decided to republish my first look at the candidate. Trump’s choice is certainly interesting in itself: he chose Masters over Jim Lamon, who evidently committed a felony for Trump by forging a document claiming to be an
Innocents Slaughtered, and What We Can Do
June 3, 2022
On Tuesday, May 24, we were shocked yet again by another senseless tragedy. Children killed with military-style weapons in a Texas elementary school by an older child. Just 10 days after black Buffalo shoppers were killed in a similar way. Again, and again. We feel anguish, we feel rage, we feel impotent. Is there something
Bidenomics Job Streak Continues: Close to 400,000 New Jobs Created in May
June 3, 2022
While continuing high rates of inflation is a valid concern for the long term prospects of local, regional, and the national economies, job growth, for now, is still maintaining strength. In May, the nation reported 390,000 jobs were created across the country. That is slightly down from the 436,000 jobs created in April. The Unemployment
Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Responds To AG ‘Nunchucks’ Political Hatchet Job Lawsuit
June 3, 2022
Howard Fischer reports, Hobbs accuses Brnovich of “attempted coup d’etate” in lawsuit filings: A bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich[ aka “Nunchucks”] to dictate what is in the state’s Election Procedures Manual is nothing short of “an attempted coup d’etat,” according to a lawyer for Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. In new court filings, Roopali
Rep. Michelle Udall’s Anti-Anti-Racism Bill Doesn’t Have The Votes In The Senate
June 3, 2022
The last week of May, Republicans in the Arizona House revived their white Christian Nationalist cancel culture bill regarding anti-Critical Race Theory (CRT), something that not one of them can accurately define or demontrate that they understand. For these white Christian Nationalists, anything that might make their little “snowflake” kids feel uncomfortable about America’s long
Arizona Department of Education Announces Four New American Rescue Plan Grants to Help Schools, Communities, and Students
June 2, 2022
Over the last two weeks, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has awarded four additional American Rescue Plan Grants to local government and education organizations to further assist schools, communities, and students. This is in addition to five earlier American Rescue Plan grants released in May for similar reasons. The first grant was $5.1 million
Days After A Massacre Of Fourth Graders, Arizona Senate Republicans Kill Democratic Attempt For A Background Checks Bill
June 2, 2022
So the Arizona Republic did one of those useless speculation pieces, The Gaggle: How will state lawmakers react after tragic school shooting in Texas? Ooh! Ooh! I know! The AP reports, Arizona Senate Democrats force vote on gun background checks: Minority Democrats in the Arizona Senate used a procedural move Tuesday to force a vote
