by David Safier This is a bit late, but I just saw this on Kenny Jacobs' new blog, a Pithy Diarist: a Youtube video from the crazy-base 9/12 event in D.C.. One guy walks through the crowd with a large Public Option Now sign, and . . . Let the Boos Begin! It's the same … Read more
by David Safier I saw the film, The Informant!, yesterday. Amusing, quirky film. But before the show, I was taken by the fact that almost all the films previewed dealt with looming disasters, end-of-the-world scenarios, and towns (in one case the entire world) populated with vampires. Films, and art in general, tap into the prevailing … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is a news item from the past week that, as far as I can find, was not reported in any of the major newspapers in Arizona – with the exception of the online Arizona Guardian (subscription required). Curious… Goddard announces $900,000 settlement over inflated drug prices WEDNESDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 12:25 … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's own Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, is unfortunately a member of the Senate Finance Committee. The markup of the Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill (or more accurately that of its chairman, Senator "Mad Max" Baucus) is wending its way through 564 amendments, many of them trivial and entirely unrelated to health … Read more
by David Safier Remember how R Sen. Sylvia Allen declared the earth is 6000 years old on the Senate floor? (The priceless video is below.) It turns out she's chairing an Ad Hoc Committee on Climate Initiatives. From the AZ Guardian piece, written by their snarkist-in-residence, the Guardian Angel: . . . according to a … Read more