Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The GOP establishment's National Council for a New America held its first "listening session" last Saturday in a pizza parlor in Alexandria, Virginia. (See earlier post GOP Launches Second Rebranding In a Year) A wealthy D.C. suburb? Not venturing beyond the Beltway bubble? Baby steps, I guess. Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: What: House Appropriations Committee holds hearing on budget bills for 2010. When: 10 a.m. today. Where: Arizona House of Representatives, 1700 W. Washington St. Details: House bills 2633 through 2642. Read them at www.azleg.gov. House Republicans plan to take the first step today to pass a budget for fiscal 2010 following a … Read more
by David SafierThe day is young, but I defy you to find a better headline than this before midnight tonight: Outhouses cushion small plane crash in Wash. state It's not only funny because it's true, but it's funny because the pilot walked away unhurt.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal the origination of the swine flu (or A/H1N1 influenza) is still unknown Germ Sleuths Stalk Origin of Killer Flu A picture is now emerging of how U.S. and Mexican officials, with a key assist from a Canadian government lab, first realized they faced a new … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paul Blumenthal at Huffington Post details the financial services industry lobbying efforts in this post Paul Blumenthal: Do They Frankly Own the Place? You Betcha!: "[Sen. Richard] Durbin remarked about the banking industry's relation with Congress by saying, "they frankly own the place." You would think that this might be an exaggeration, … Read more