In Afghanistan, the Focus Needs to be on Getting All Americans and Afghan Supporters Out
August 16, 2021
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The fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in just days is mostly a shock to people (including many in the Biden/Harris Administration) who thought this unwelcome development would have taken at least weeks if not months to complete. While the quick fall of the United States supported Afghanistan Government and military/police forces in record time … Read more
The ‘Graveyard of Empires’ Adds The United States To Its Remarkable History
August 15, 2021
So I watched an interview on MSNBC in which the talking head asked Malcolm Nance, a US Intelligence expert on terrorist strategy, tactics, and ideology, if the fall of Kabul was an intelligence failure. Nance explained “No, it is not an intelligence failure.” (video not yet available). Nance posted on Twitter a shorter version of his … Read more
Rumsfeld’s Folly: 20 Year ‘Forever War’ In Afghanistan To End With The Chaotic Fall of Kabul
August 15, 2021
Watching the news this past week has been a flashback to April 1975, and the rapid advance of the North Vietnamese Army and their Viet Cong insurgency allies in South Vietnam on the capitol of Saigon. The South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) collapsed in the face of this lightening assault, and Saigon fell on April 30, … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of August 15, 2021
August 15, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
It is time for these Reckless and Moronic Know Nothing Republicans to Stop Playing COVID 19 Roulette with Children’s Lives
August 14, 2021
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There is no shortage of the reckless and the moronic in the present incarnation of the Arizona Republican Party. Earlier this month, you had Wendy No Flight Mask at High Altitude Rogers equating getting the COVID 19 vaccine with the Mark of the Beast. I went to the rally to show support for the nurses … Read more
Arizona Deserves Better, Stop Dirty Money, and Invest in Arizona Push to Get 170,000 Petition Signatures by September 27
August 14, 2021
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The race among Arizonan pro-Democracy and Public Education activists over the last couple of weeks to gather 170,000 petition signatures by September 27 to block enactment of reactionary Republican laws designed to suppress the vote and defund Proposition 208 has gained momentum. Volunteers, largely through the umbrella organizations of Arizona Deserves Better, Stop Dirty Money, … Read more
Krazy Kari Lake Demonstrates That There Is No Cure For Stupid
August 14, 2021
Above: Kari Lake, former Fox 10 news anchor and Republican gubernatorial candidate, speaks to Young Republicans at a protest over Arizona State University’s mask mandate. The protest took place outside Hayden Library in Tempe on Aug. 13, 2021. – BENJAMIN CHAMBERS/THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC Former Fox News propagandist, now MAGA/QAnon cult candidate for governor, Krazy Kari Lake, teamed … Read more
Update On State Lawsuits Over Anti-Mask Orders
August 14, 2021
In Florida, Bloomberg New reports, Florida’s DeSantis Nears Court Clash With Parents Over Mask Ban: Florida Governor Ron “DeathSantis” will learn next week if he’ll have to face a lawsuit by parents challenging his executive order banning mask mandates in schools. At a hearing on Friday, Judge John C. Cooper of Florida’s second judicial circuit … Read more
