Sound and fury

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

Movie trailers: Fear, Apocalypse, Vampires

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

Senator Obstruction engaged in filibusteritis, or as it is also known clinically, “Kyl’s Disease”

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

Self parody alive and well in AZ Republican legislature

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