“It’s their party and they’ll purge if they want to…”

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: My apologies to Lesley Gore for the caption. The Republican National Committee will hold its winter meeting in January in Honolulu, Hawaii. Honolulu? Isn't Hawaii dismissed by conservatives as being "some sort of foreign, exotic place" not quite part of the United States, despite being the 50th state admitted to the Union … Read more

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the traditional playing of Arlo Guthrie's Alice's Restaurant (The Massacree Revisited). Enjoy.

Rep. Ray Barnes’ angry ignorant rant

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I briefly touched upon the comments of Rep. Ray Barnes during the recent special session in an earlier post, i.e., he said that the state could file for bankruptcy (as I explained, no, it cannot). I had not seen Rep. Barnes' extended comments at the time. It turns out this whopper was part … Read more

Black Friday Madness: Remembering Jdimytai Damour

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While I was trying to enjoy a rare night of television on Monday night, I was constantly barraged by television ads from major retailers for their "Black Friday" sales: Open at 5 a.m.! Open at 4 a.m.! Open Thanksgiving Day! After the tragic trampling death of Jdimytai Damour, a part-time security worker at a Long … Read more