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Irony alert
April 11, 2009
by David SafierThe negotiations continue for the sale of the Citizen. This paragraph may provide a clue as to why the papers are in trouble: Stephen Hadland, publisher of another California weekly owned by the Santa Monica group, the Culver City Observer, said Friday that he placed an ad on Craigslist.org seeking newspaper ad salespeople
More Fool’s Gold: AZ education costs more today than in 2003
April 10, 2009
by David SafierI'm still getting daily emails from the Goldwater Institute — my fault, I requested them — and they're still full of whoppers. Often, I just grit my teeth because I don't know enough about the subject at hand to mount an effective argument. But when it comes to education . . . In
Is the headline half empty or half full?
April 10, 2009
by David SafierThe Star has done far worse with its headlines than this,but after I read the Star story this morning, I was amused to see a very different take in the NY Times headline. The Star headline: Despite high-profile food poisonings, overall incidence the same, CDC says The New York Times headline: U.S. Food
Wingnut Warning! ACORN’s Coming to Getcha
April 10, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Wingnut Warning! (Pay attention, Sheapenny). Hot rumor on the right: members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform (ACORN) will be stalking next week’s Tea Party protests, collecting intel on the people who show up. One e-mail that’s been making the rounds: TEA PARTY CAUTION! DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING – FROM
Faux News Has a Teabagg’n Problem
April 10, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The ladies from Sex and The City explain it to the idiots at Faux News… (h/t Daily Kos)
Russell Pearce: government should do very little
April 10, 2009
by David SafierI wonder if this kind of thing will go over well in today's economy, with so many folks worried they're a few baby steps away from losing their jobs. Russell Pearce can be relied to shout what other conservatives are thinking but don't want to say out loud. In this case, Pearce is
Brewer to G.I:”I don’t believe that figure”
April 10, 2009
by David SafierIt's one thing for a tax and spend liberal like me to go after the Goldwater Institute about figures they make up come out with. It's a whole 'nother thing when the Guv does it. G.I. has been pushing a number that says a tax boost will cost Arizona some 14,000 private sector
The Warren (COP) Report: TARP Report Card
April 10, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard law professor and chair of the congressional oversight panel overseeing the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), suggested that getting rid of top executives and liquidating problem banks may be a better way to solve the economic crisis. The Congressional Oversight Panel (COP), in a report released yesterday,
