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Second Amendment Follies at Sand Land's Capitol, Courtesy of Dennis Gilman

Gilman and I get to know some of our fellow Sand Land-ers and reconnect with old pals like Buffalo Rick... There's nothing more fun on a mild, sunny day in Arizona than getting out and about and talkin' to ordinary folks. See also: -Jim Carrey, Right on Gun Nuts, Fox News, Emma Stone... -Arizona G ... More >>

Watch Jan Brewer Brain-Fart Twice While Making Up the Phrase "Belt Bucket"

As Governor Jan Brewer says about the feds, "This is just another . . . (pause) . . . notch in their . . . (pause) . . . belt bucket, if you will."See also:-Jan Brewer Blunders that Feds' National Release of Illegal Immigrants Is Payback, Punishment for Arizona

Arizona's Top Ten News Stories of 2012

All in all, 2012 hasn't been that bad of a year. Some good stuff transpired, and some of it happened because New Times' scribes made it happen. Usually to some very deserving recipients. The great H.L. Mencken said it long ago, and it still holds true today: "Journalism is to politician as dog is t ... More >>

Jan Brewer Times Three? Ten Reasons Jan Should Run for an Unconstitutional Third Term

Jan Brewer cannot run for governor again. There is no wiggle room in the Arizona Constitution. And if she tries, she is guaranteed to kiss the canvas with her plastic-surgery-gone-wrong gob, slapped down by the Arizona Supreme Court. See also: -Jan Brewer's Sniveling New Memoir Laughably Paints He ... More >>

S.A.N.E. Immigration Initiative Undercut by Bill Montgomery's Nativist Panderings

Does the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Matter At All?

So, hey, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame went ahead and announced their Class of 2013, which this time around, includes Rush, Public Enemy, Randy Newman and someone called the Disco Queen, Donna Summer. Those that were nominated, but didn't make the cut included Kraftwerk, Deep Purple, Joan Jett and ... More >>

Fox News Just Showed a Man Shoot Himself in the Head Outside of Phoenix on Live TV (Video)

A car chase that started in Phoenix just ended with the suspect shooting himself in the head, and it was all broadcast live on Fox News.The man had apparently stolen a car before heading west, and as you can see in the video below -- despite host Shepard Smith's repeated requests to "get off it" -- ... More >>

Maynard James Keenan: Rochambeau Myself

I love a good comedy. Browsing through mental notes of quotable material, apropos for tedious moments brought on by the petty, the narrow minded, and the desperate, keeps me questionably sane. See also: Maynard James Keenan: These Are The "End of Days" See also: Maynard James Keenan: Up on the Sun ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on the Gabacho Ego and Columbus Day

Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff, Leading Far Ahead of Republican Challengers

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has an early, and unsurmountable, lead with more than 62 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results in the Pinal County Sheriff's race. Only about half of the precinct votes have been counted. It isn't surprising that Babeu will beat out three other Repub ... More >>

ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070

See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray of HopeSee also: SB 1070: Supreme Court Upholds "Papers Please" Section, Invalidates OthersSee also: The Supreme Court's 1070 Ruling Is No Win for Teabaggers As I anticipated in April, when it became clear that the U.S. Supreme Cou ... More >>

Jan Brewer's Most Embarrassing Moments of 2012 (So Far...)

It ain't no party about off-the-wall statements by Arizona politicians unless Governor Jan's invited. Last week we took a look at some of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's most puzzling moments of 2012 (so far). Given the infamous embarrassing moments the Guv has did have -- such as the ... More >>

Duke St. Rollins on Jan Brewer, Ted Nugent, Joe Arpaio, Sean Hannity, Tebagger Spelling Errors, and More

See also: Joe Arpaio Owned by the Infamous Duke St. Rollins.Part verbal terrorist, part international man of mystery, Duke St. Rollins trolls the Facebook sites of teatard politicos and talking heads, leaving behind flaming piles of fresh manure that the 'baggers are never entirely able to extinguis ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, March 8, 2012

Is Joe Arpaio Beatable?

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is 79 years old. He's also running for a sixth term as sheriff, as he announced yesterday."For all those critics that demonstrate in front of my office for three years, calling me every name in the book, I'm going to announce right now on your show, on your sh ... More >>

Jan Brewer Caves on Redistricting, Won't Call Second Special Session on AIRC

There are some messages so loud and clear that even someone as dense as Arizona's grammatically-challenged chief executive gets the message.Less than a week after the release of a poll showing Governor Jan Brewer's disapproval rating at 49 percent, with 32 percent of Sand Land voters willing to reca ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Hypocrites and Voices in the Media

Struggling Café Gets Saved By Community: Recession? Not If Tempe Can Help It.

Can you help this man? Tempe can. Mark Vojtek of Mark's Café.​High unemployment, businesses tanking, Arnold and Maria splitting up after 25 years of marriage. Dammit, can't we as human beings get just one shred of evidence that the universe isn't going to shit on us today? That the recessio ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu Vs Feds In Endless Jibber Jabber

So, according to Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, armed conflict between his deputies and members of the Mexican drug cartels are imminent, probably "in the next 30 to 60 days."Paul Babeu​Yet, on the heels of that prediction, here's a concurrent story in which Alan Bersin, the head of the fed ... More >>

Paul Babeu Gets Big Award As Joe Arpaio Announces Latest Crime Sweep: Coincidence?

This has been quite a year for Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, the onetime Massachusetts headmaster who reinvented himself as a cop out here in the desert in the early 2000s.Babeu became ubiquitous on national Fox News programs, especially after the high-profile and increasingly controversial April ... More >>

Pete King, GOP Congressman, Gets Push-Back From Speaker Boehner on Gun Control Bill

Image: Fox News Channel's Happening NowPeter King, a Republican Congressman from New York, is being stymied by the House Speaker in his quest to pass a gun control measure​ A Republican congressman's idea to ban weapons within 1,000 feet of federal officials fell flat with House Speaker John B ... More >>

Keith Olbermann's Back and Battier Than Ever; Goes on Six-Minute Rant First Day Back From Suspension

He's back​MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was reinstated as the network's fear-monger in-residence and was as smug-as-ever last night in his first appearance since being suspended for violating the network's ethics policy last week.If you weren't expecting an overly fast-paced rant and a jab at his com ... More >>

Sheriff Paul Babeu Seeks "Wenches" As Part of Proposed Anti-Drug Smuggling Unit

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has become ubiquitous in recent months, especially in the aftermath of his deputy Louie Puroll's controversial shooting last April 30.   ​The dude is everywhere, but is especially prevalent on Fox News, where his bleatings about the evils of illegal immigr ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 14, 2010

Joe Arpaio's Jails Not Audited, Despite What Arizona Republic Claims

Joe's jails get thumbs up from the feds? When javelinas fly... If you read today's Arizona Republic or watched Fox News last night, you might be under the mistaken impression that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's vast incarceration complex has undergone an audit from the U.S. Marshals Service and ear ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Punks the Feds Yet Again?

The feds let themselves get played by this guy? What the hell's wrong with them?Delay, delay, delay. Thow up legal obstacles. Thumb your nose. Hold out till what seems like the last minute. Appear to compromise. Start all over again, and never give anything up unless you absolutely have to. Eve ... More >>

Barenaked Ladies: The Sordid History of the World's Most Canadian Band

Sam Crump Goes Mano a Mano with Dennis Gilman on Terrorists Crossing Southern Border

Gilman and Crump go at it in Gilman's latestIn this latest video from Dennis Gilman, the feisty videographer goes at it with GOP candidate for Congress Sam Crump. Crump asserts that there have been documented cases of terrorists attempting to cross the Arizona-Mexico border, and Gilman confronts him ... More >>

Fox News and Alternative Press Report on SB 1070's Effect on the Arizona Music Scene

​Two interesting articles about the effect SB 1070 is having on Arizona music came out this week -- and I'm sharing them not just because I'm quoted in them.Dan Gibson, who does some freelance work for New Times, penned a piece for Fox News which says that so far most of the talk about concert can ... More >>

GWAR Seeks Crack: The Whiff and Wisdom of Oderus Urungus

Arpaio Tells Fox News He Deserves an Award From the White House

www.stupidcelebrities.com Sheriff Joe​Sheriff Joe Arpaio took to Fox News this morning to discuss his first crime suppression sweep since a change in his agreement with federal authorities regarding his authority to question and arrest illegal immigrants. After a fairly stan ... More >>

Against Me! Proves They're Punk's Best Band at Phoenix Show

Jonathan McNamaraAgainst Me!​There are probably some people who'd question the credibility of any punk band playing a show staged by a carmaker, especially if that carmaker didn't just stake out prime product placement, but actually paid for the whole shebang so it could give tickets only to peopl ... More >>

Sal DiCiccio Veers Off Message -- "Worried" About Kidnapping in Phoenix

Sal DiCiccio​Phoenix city officials have been going out of the way to assure residents that the whole "kidnapping capital of the world" thing is media hype -- and that you, your family, and any tourists who want to visit town are absolutely safe here.Someone apparently forgot to get the message to ... More >>

White Supremacist Suspected of Stabbing Black Man Denies Accusation

Channel 10 news (KSAZ-TV) aired a jailhouse interview last week with Chad Kerns, the tattooed white supremacist accused of stabbing a black man at a Walgreen's store. Without ever getting too specific, Kerns says he was at the scene of the crime with other suspects but didn't assault anyone. Kerns ... More >>

Jamie Foxx's New Video: Amazing or Just Plain Goofy?

Jamie Foxx and friends...get it? Fox News? You know what, forget it.As was widely reported at the end of last week, Jamie Foxx released his new video for the song "Blame It," and the response in the blogosphere has been one of elation. He's Jamie Foxx, for one thing -- and that alone opens him up to ... More >>

Your Reason to Watch the Grammys, Watch Coldplay Get Served

HuffingtonPost.com and Fox News are reporting that Coldplay might get served with legal papers in a law suite by Joe Satriani at this weekend's Grammy Awards.Last year Satriani claimed that Coldplay's Grammy nominated hit "Viva La Vida" ripped off his song "If I Could Fly" (see the video after the b ... More >>

Barack Obama, a FOIA's Best Friend; Joe Arpaio, a Reporter's Worst Enemy

B-Rock, friend to FOIA and the First Amendment, able to leap tall buildings, and hopefully one day soon will be kickin' Arpaio's ass.I was in a special kind of hell this morning, in a waiting room at a garage, biding my time as my car got worked on. But at least I did get to watch a pretty unique ev ... More >>

Is Anti-Illegal Immigrant Uberbabe Michelle Dallacroce Back on the Haterade?

Seems like Michelle D. just can't stay away from the fray.Could it be? Is she back? And if so, will she finally let me paint her toenails as we debate the finer points of U.S. immigration policy? I'm talking about the former head of the now defunct Mothers Against Illegal Aliens, the urban cougar-is ... More >>

McCainia: Live from the Arizona Biltmore

Lute Olson Retires as Wildcat's Men's Basketball Coach

Wall Street Journal Plays Up McCain's Slave-Owning Ancestors, Ignores Obama's

Hi, Robot

Watergate journalist takes on America's Iron Lady

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 23, 2007

Collective Soul

Maybe a crappy legend, but a legend nonetheless

Raging Machine

Digital deconstructionists

Letters

Letters from the week of Thursday, April 21, 2005

Comp Romp

AZ's "punk-rock utopia" releases its third CD

Summer Camp

Demme's Manchurian Candidate remake makes good

Bush Comes to Shove

Like America's current leaders, Viggo and Hidalgo try to "enlighten" the Arabs with Western justice