This pious partridge asks for blessings for Darrell Ankarlo, Candy Thomas, and all the other corrupt politicos in Sand Land

The crazy little Hobbit lady was on hand to get her book signed by Arpaio when this rascally raven spotted her in line and asked her how the recall was going. She claimed her group had 80 percent of the sigs necessary to force a recall. (Not too hot, with only a month to go.) And she kidded that The Bird might be next!

Thankfully, this peacock's position's appointed, not elected.

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But even if the opposite were true, the Taloned One would have nothing to fear from goofy Gaines and her ragamuffin crew. Seems that after Gaines got her book signed, she tried to circulate an anti-Phil petition in another part of the store. Security asked her to leave, she refused, and she was ultimately escorted from the premises in handcuffs while "acting belligerent," according to Phoenix police Sergeant Stacie Dergie.

The cops placed her in the back of a police SUV and took her down to the station, where she was issued a citation for trespassing, in lieu of being booked.

Criminal trespass in the third degree is a class 3 misdemeanor, with a maximum punishment of 30 days in jail and a $500 fine. In other words, no great shakes. But Gaines' fellow nativists believe that anyone who commits a misdemeanor by crossing the border illegally is automatically a criminal, and, by the very act, "trespassing" on American soil. Does that make Gaines a "criminal" too?

The weirder question is how, out of all the media present, only this ornery oriole's blogging alter ego, Feathered Bastard, (and some Spanish-language press) snapped up the story. As most news orgs have covered the fact that Gordon's under a recall threat, you'd think their reporters would notice the item's news value. Um, their loss is The Bird's Anna Gaines.