Update: The Pandemic Coup
June 16, 2020
UPDATE to Post of 6/2/20: My Darkest Concern: The Pandemic Coup. Well, that didn’t take too long. Essentially only a few days from my finally having published my concerned musing. The crisis did not exactly come the way I had imagined, but it did come. Trump essentially tried an extra-constitutional use of the military against … Read more
The ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ COVID Concert Tour 2020
June 15, 2020
Permanent musical accompaniment: Don’t Fear The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult 1976). The Trump Death Cult announced its “Don’t Fear The Reaper” COVID Concert Tour 2020 last week. “It’s to die for!” The Trump campaign is coming to states with a big surge in coronavirus outbreaks, beginning in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa Health Department director ‘wishes’ Trump … Read more
Check out this Ad where it shows Pre Trump Zone Resident Lindsey Graham praising Joe Biden
June 15, 2020
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In one of the more effective, and ironic, political ads so far this year, the group Republican Voters against Trump has released an ad called “Lindsey Graham loves Joe Biden.” In the video (please see below,) you have South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham in the 2016 campaign calling Mr. Trump: “Race-Baiting.” “Xenophobic.” “Religious Bigot.” This … Read more
Phoenix police policies do not meet international policing standards; nor do departments in any of the largest 20 cities of the U.S.
June 15, 2020
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The atrocities of WWII resulted in the establishment of international models of behavior that embedded basic human rights. The Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights outlines some of these basic principles. Every country has to figure out the balance of giving police the ability to do their job of … Read more
What time is it? It is time for Vince Leach to go
June 15, 2020
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Has anyone who subscribes to Blog for Arizona ever checked out Legislative District (LD) 11 State Senator Vince Leach’s Facebook Page? It is more frightening than a Stephen King novel. It is a smorgasbord of fringe right-wing lunacy and conspiracy theories. It is the stuff that nightmares are made of and should astonish and scare … Read more
Senate GOP fires up its smear machine for Stalinist show trials of Trump enemies list
June 15, 2020
One would never know that currently the U.S. has a coronavirus pandemic spreading unchecked because the government has given up trying to stop it, an economy on the verge of collapse into a depression, and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of Americans marching in the streets for racial justice. This is not what Republicans … Read more
Sustainable Tucson to host Juneteenth event: “The Long Shadow” screening and community discussion
June 15, 2020
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Join Sustainable Tucson for a special Juneteenth community discussion. Watch the powerful documentary, The Long Shadow, by our friend Frances Causey. We will have a Q & A with the filmmaker on Friday, June 19th at 6 p.m. The filmmakers have made the movie available to Sustainable Tucson to view for FREE from Monday, June … Read more
Doug Ducey Screws Arizona Counties, Cities, and Towns out of COVID 19 funds in order to Fatten State Coffers
June 15, 2020
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With the passage of the CARES Act back in March, much-needed aid to counties, cities, and towns was included in the legislation so they could withstand the health and economic fallout from the Coronavirus (COVID 19). Because of population size, the federal government directly funded Phoenix, Tucson, and Mesa. Maricopa and Pima counties also directly … Read more
