Is Barack really "the magic negro"? Considering the state of the economy, let's hope so.
The liberal political correctness posse over at the Huffington Post is doing backflips of fake outrage over RNC Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman's sending out a humor CD to Republican committee members -- one that included the Paul Shanklin parody Barack the Magic Negro, set to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon.
Actually, there's probably some real outrage mixed in with the fake stuff. The most I can go with
"It was all a dream..."There are very few film critics I can read without getting at least mildly peeved at their gasbaggery. But the critics' pool on the geek-fan site RottenTomatoes.com really ticks me off, particularly in regards to the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious, which I caught over the weekend.If you're a fan of Biggie, you'll probably like the film. That's not to say you won't have problems with some of the portrayals, but in general, the acting is solid, the direction is slick, and th
Weekend revelers in the Valley might be pleased to know that Metro light rail may be extending its weekend hours. The last train currently leaves at 11 p.m., but officials are considering extending the last run on weekends until 2 a.m....ASU announced on its Web site that two students have "probable" cases of swine flu. The students are voluntarily isolating themselves until the Centers for Disease Control either confirms or debunks the cases...Firefighters in Laveen are battling a huge mulc
Seems Big Stat has some eye trouble when it comes to Arpaio's bigoted misdeeds...(Hey, wasn't he in Escape from New York?)Is Phoenix Suns forward Amar'e Stoudemire blind to the truth about Sheriff Joe Arpaio?Apparently so, and in more than one eye. According to recent news reports, Big Stat was sworn in this afternoon as a "special deputy" for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. For Sheriff Joe, it's a publicity coup, coming at just the right time, with African-American Arpaio critic Al
Luke HolwerdaPat Benatar
Picture this: teen girls in too much makeup channeling new wave goddesses with their overbearing, nacho-chowing mothers, wrinkled women in low-cut, studded halters exhibiting chests long past their perky prime, and grooving chicks with hair too long and pants too high. All once- or to-be punks, plus their counterparts.
Ladies snapped forbidden shots of two female rock icons that they've lived through vicariously for the past 30 something years. Proudly prancing
from firesneverextinguishedWhere's Brad Pitt when you need him?There's one group talking a big game about confronting the neo-Nazi scum at the state Capitol this Saturday: the anarchists, the traditional foes of goosesteppers going all the way back to the Spanish Civil War, and then some. They're often badmouthed in many activist circles here in town for being unruly and pigheaded, but I will give them points for at least demonstrating against Holocaust-denier David Irving when he spoke at a Pho
