(Update) Stephen Colbert exposes the insanity of our election laws
January 15, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Thursday, Stepehen Colbert turned the Super PAC that he founded over to Comedy Central host Jon Stewart so as not to run afoul of campaign laws while he explores running for the Republican nomination for president of the United States of South Carolina. On Saturday, the Jon Stewart-controlled Super PAC released … Read more
Vic Williams seeks a pay raise after hosing Pima County taxpayers
January 15, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Such hubris. The Arizona Guardian (subscription required) reports that Rep. Vic Williams wants to ditch his legislative job that pays only $24,000 year base salary for a Pima County Supervisor job that pays just under three times that amount. Rep. Vic Willims to run for county seat : State Rep. Vic Williams … Read more
South Korea wants more of our “failed education system”
January 15, 2012
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by David Safier It's a case of dueling articles in Education Week — or, more accurately, articles which, taken together, create a more nuanced view of international education than we usually get. [Note: Education Week articles are subscription only] One article is about U.S. schools lagging on international tests. It's not an "Ain't it awful?" … Read more
Watch out Alta Arizona! This carpetbagger has eyes for you
January 15, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The bain of Baja Arizona and the wannabe tinhorn dictator of Tucson has been thwarted in his evil designs here, so now he has turned his eyes northward to Alta Arizona and the new CD 1 congressional district. That's right, Jonathan "Payday" Paton only has eyes for you, Alta Arizona. Only he doesn't … Read more
Stephen Colbert exposes the insanity of our election laws
January 14, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former FEC chairman Trevor Potter joins Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart to expose the insanity of our election laws as Stewart takes the reigns of the Colbert Super-PAC so that Stephen Colbert can form an exploratory committee for his possible candidacy for president of the United States of South Carolina. The Colbert … Read more
Now TUSD is banning books. Incredible.
January 14, 2012
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by David Safier TUSD has ordered that a number of Mexican-American Studies-related texts "be cleared from all classrooms, boxed up and sent to the Textbook Depository for storage,” according to Cara Rene, the district's spokesperson. Jeff Biggers has the whole story on Salon. Here's the list of banned books in Jeff's article. The book list … Read more
And the Lord said “Verily, I say unto you, that Rick Santorum shall be the ‘Not-the-Romney’ candidate”
January 14, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The end-times Christian Reconstructionists and Dominionists have annointed their chosen one. And the Lord said "Verily, I say unto you, that Rick Santorum shall be the 'Not-the-Romney' candidate." And so it came to pass. Take a Tebow, Rick. Evangelical leaders back Santorum – chicagotribune.com: Influential evangelical Christian leaders on Saturday endorsed Rick … Read more
