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Jan "Drive Hammered, Get Nailed" Brewer: DUI Report Result of "Silly Season"

It's "silly season" in Brewer-land​Governor Jan Brewer will appear on CNN tonight and give her explanation of the allegation that she was drunk when she crashed into the back of a mini-van in 1988. According to Jan, the news that she apparently got away with a DUI is the result of one thing ... More >>

CNN Fires Rick Sanchez, Hires Eliot Spitzer, World's Most Famous "John"

Some of what Sanchez said that sunk his dinghyCNN's firing of Rick Sanchez over some controversial comments made on a satellite radio show is asinine, short-sighted and hypocritical in the extreme.Yeah, he called The Daily Show's Jon Stewart a "bigot," but then he withdrew the comment later during t ... More >>

Sept. 28 In Blogs: John McCain, Phoenix Design Week, MGMT, Damon Brasch, and Louie Puroll

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Joe Arpaio for President? Just How Dumb Is the Media?

Hey, I could be da president...Amazing, just amazing how our septuagenarian (soon to be octogenarian) sheriff plays the media -- both national and local -- like a two-bit plastic ocarina.Well, usually, his handlers do it for him. In this case, it was Chad Willems of Summit Consulting Group ... More >>

August 12 In Blogs: Rick Romley, Fetish Models, Lamb of God, Chris Bianco, and PETA

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

August 6 In Blogs: Ted Hayes, TEDx, William Reed, Barrio Cantina, and Vernon Parker

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Joe Arpaio: Tent City a "Concentration Camp"

Kudos to Valeria Fernandez and A.J. Alexander for their work on this video You never know when Sheriff Joe is going to blurt out a bit of the truth. Case in point: This video from the crew at 90daystoPhoenix.com, part of a documentary about Arizona currently in post-production. Crusading independe ... More >>

Arizona Republic Among First to Be Duped by Bad Credentials of Robert Trombley, Volcano "Expert"

We loved the story in Saturday's Arizona Republic about Robert Trombley, the volcano "expert" who runs a research center out of his Apache Junction trailer. Photo Credit: http://www.intlvrc.org/rbt-bio.htm Robert Trombley's credentials weren't questioned the first time the Arizona Republic pu ... More >>

Mayor Phil Gordon and Others (Including Our Boss) to Discuss Sheriff Joe on CNN

Just heard from Dan Saban, a decent guy who has taken on Sheriff Joe Arpaio on the campaign trail and in civil court (and, alas, has lost every time). ​He tells us that he recently participated in a roundtable discussion with CNN "regarding the abuses of authority by Joe Arpaio and friends ... More >>

Barack Obama Chats with Jan Brewer, as Joe Arpaio Pulls Another Anti-Immigrant Stunt

Brewer and Obama, palling it up: If this doesn't gall Latinos and liberals, what will?It was all way too polite, and obviously calculated by the White House in an attempt to protect President's right flank.I mean Governor Jan Brewer's meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House today. Thi ... More >>

Hidden House: Happy Hour Report Card

The Spot: Hidden House 607 West Osborn Road, Phoenix 602.266.1763 http://www.myspace.com/thehiddenhouse Catherine Slye​

April 22 In Blogs: CNN, Norah Jones, El Chorro Lodge, and Rick Romley

​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Raul Grijalva Urges Boycott of Arizona, and Scott Rasmussen Proves That a Majority of Ar ... More >>

On Irritating Laughter and Confidence Building

Joe Arpaio Cries Wolf, Links Self to Lou Dobbs Threat, Slanders Activists

Is Sheriff Joe "America's Toughest Sheriff," or "America's Biggest Wimp"? That's what I can't help wondering as I read this latest press release from his PR staff. It lamely attempts to link the folks who protest Joe almost daily outside downtown Phoenix's Wells Fargo Building -- where Arpaio keeps ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Battles Isabel Garcia on Anderson Cooper 360

For those who didn't catch it, here's the segment from Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN last night, which featured a face-off between Sheriff Joe and Isabel Garcia, Pima County Legal Defender and Co-Chair of the human rights organization Coalición de Derechos Humanos. The mini-debate followed a report by ... More >>

The Anti-Lou Dobbs Effort, and Why I'm Hesitant to Support It

Cool video in favor of the "Basta Dobbs" campaign, even though I can't support it As much as I'd personally like to see CNN's Lou Dobbs put out to pasture, I can't totally get behind this new effort by Latino groups asking CNN to boot him. True, he is an embarrassment for CNN, he's a repulsiv ... More >>

McCain Says Obama Peace Prize Was Based on "Expectation"

www.paraorkut.com​President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, and his former presidential rival and Arizona Senator John McCain seems to have some sour grapes. McCain told CNN's John King that he thinks the president was given the honor, not based on any of his accomplishm ... More >>

Pastor Steven Anderson, Gun Nut Christopher Broughton and This Sunday's Worship at the Faithful Word Baptist Church

Cristopher Broughton (left) and Pastor Anderson outside church Sunday night: Anyone else thinking of a certain Gnarls Barkley tune? Before I hit you with my account of this Sunday's evening service at Tempe's Faithful Word Baptist Church -- home to Obama-death-wish preacher Steven An ... More >>

Economy Hitting National Brands, Local Restaurants Alike

 When brands go bust, local franchises suffer. In 2008 alone, seven of America's best-known brands in the food industry have filed for bankruptcy in reaction to the slowing economy -- leaving their local franchises fighting to stay afloat. In a new report from CNN, the pattern is clear. F ... More >>

Daniel Silva

Anti-War Monger

Mom on a mission calls for revolution

On Swine Flu and Having the Scars to Prove It

Gunman Takes 41 People Hostage in New York; Kills 13 Before Killing Himself

A gunman took 41 people hostage at an immigration services center today, killing 13 before committing suicide. Several more were wounded after the man stormed the American Civic Association center in Binghamton.Here are the sites that seem to have had the most details right now as the news began to ... More >>

Mega Gross Out: Heston Blumenthal's The Fat Duck

Food poisoning isn't always the unfortunate result of eating at dives. The recent closure of England's famed Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck, run by cutting-edge chef Heston Blumenthal, shows that even the world's poshest dining destinations can have a really bad bout of bad lu ... More >>

Punk Band This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb Forces Airport Evacuation

Or at least a sticker with their name on it did:"A bicycle with a sticker advertising a Florida punk-folk band forced the evacuation of a Memphis, Tennessee airport terminal late Monday afternoon, authorities said.A pilot alerted airport police when he saw a bike with a sticker that read "this bike ... More >>

The Old School Jingle Jam Reminds Us of the Ghosts of Hip-Hop’s Past

Who's Afraid of CNN's Rick Sanchez? Governor Janet Napolitano

Embedded video from CNN VideoArpaio defending Nappy on Rick Sanchez's CNN broadcast. Why won't the Napster go on CNN anchor Rick Sanchez's afternoon show? Following President elect Barack Obama's pick of Arizona Governor Napolitano to be his administration's Homeland Security czar, Sanchez has ... More >>

Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil: "The Future of TV Journalism in Our Democracy"

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KTAR's redneck fans ready to starve themselves if Mexicans don't pick their food.

9/11 troofer & tin-foil hatter badgers Rudolph Giuliani's pollster & gets arrested for the cause.

Channel Surfing

There's more than one way to play with your Wii

Obama, No Osama: New York Times readers not interested in terrorism...

Back and Black

But not here

A Chicken in Every Pot of Gold

Hombres verdes, unite!

What a Blast

Revolver dredges up the worst New Year's tales -- and here's our guide to making yours the best

Old Faithful

For the 2004 summer season, Hollywood sticks with what it knows

Fly Ball

Fighter planes touch down in Mesa

Ever More?

Everclear keeps perfecting its fiery punk pop. But is their demise in sight?

Yigee Yes, Y'all. Boom!

Not even preemptive war and its inherent dangers can stop the 24-hour party people at Miami's WMC 2003

Critics Vs 2002

The Year's Best in Movies, TV and Music

Electile Dysfunction

Reflections on democracy inaction

Loverdad

Working for the weekend, indeed

Auction Figure

Comic-book mogul finally makes the big leagues

Techno Inferno

Second Helpings

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