The Fire Next Time: The Euro Financial Crisis
October 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Most media outlets do not do "economics" reporting. They do stock market reporting. Watch the evening news and you get 15 seconds on how the stock market closed today — unless there is a major sell-off and then that merits a report a few minutes in length from their stock market reporter. It was not always thus. … Read more
Foreclosuregate Update: California AG rejects settlement
October 3, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The fiftyforty-five state settlement negotiations between the states attorneys general, the Justice Department and the banksters of Wall Street may be finally, irrevocably off the table. The whitewash settlement for mere pennies on the trillions of dollars stolen by the banksters of Wall Street in securitized mortgage fraud in the casino capitalism of … Read more
Phil Gordon: The American Jobs Act Should Be Passed Today
October 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the White House Blog. Mayor of Phoenix: The American Jobs Act Should Be Passed Today: Phil Gordon, the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona believes the American Jobs Act should be passed today. "We can’t afford to keep waiting. And the politics that are being played not only in Washington, DC, but across … Read more
The “Occupy Wall Street” protests: some thoughts
October 2, 2011
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by David Safier BfA has been uncharacteristically silent about a possible progessive/liberal/leftist groundswell: the "Occupy Wall Street" protests which have been going on continuously for the past few weeks. I have two excuses reasons for my silence. I've been off my feed for the past few weeks, and I haven't been able to decide whether … Read more
3 kudos, 1 cricket for the Star
October 2, 2011
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by David Safier No, I'm not anti-Star. Really. I'm a loyal subscriber and reader. I live in hope every morning when I open the paper. It's just that, when I see bad headlines, bad stories and bad columns, I point it out. And when I see good stuff, that deserves pointing out as well. So … Read more
More on the “This worries the Koch Brothers” story
October 2, 2011
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by David Safier h/t to Cheri who left a comment pointing to a prepublication review of the Bloomberg expose on the Koch Brothers. The Brothers K have been sweating the arrival of this article and have put out a few "prebuttal items" to, they hope, dampen its effects. The article is apparently 14 pages long … Read more
AIRC Update: Hispanic Coalition for Good Government objects to the Chair’s ‘working’ map
October 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have tried to warn the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) that Chair Colleen Mathis' "working" map adopted last Tuesday in Tucson does not work. It will not meet DOJ preclearance, and it will be subject to challenges in court from Voting Rights Act stakeholders. Mathis' "working" map was adopted without any … Read more
‘The Koz’ Puts the SmackDown on the Viceroy of Tucson, ‘Payday’ Paton
October 2, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The wannabe tinhorn dictator of Tucson, Jonathan "Payday" Paton, appointed Viceroy of Tucson by our colonial overlords in the state of Maricopa, wants to "debate" — not an elected official or politiclan mind you, but rather Jeff Rogers, chair of the Pima County Democratic Party. Political notebook: Former Republican state Sen. Jonathan … Read more
