Kenya

Dumber Conspiracy Theory: Government Cover-Up in Boston or Obama's Fake Birth Certificate?

New Hampshire Republican State Representative Stella Tremblay wants Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Cold Case Posse" -- which she calls one of the only "unbiased" groups out there -- to investigate a potential government cover-up of the Boston bombing.Arpaio, who is unqualified to investigate ... More >>

This Is a Photo of George W. Bush Smoochin' Jan Brewer

This is a photograph of President George W. Bush and Governor Jan Brewer, in which Bush is giving Brewer a little smooch, and Brewer's not shoving her finger in his face.

Room 237: Unlocking the Conspiracies Within Kubrick's The Shining

Greg LaPrad Dishes on the Ghost at Quiessence and Gives a Hilarious Answer to the Last Meal on Earth Question

This is part two of my interview with Greg LaPrad, chef-owner of Quiessence and Morning Glory Cafe. If you missed part one, where LaPrad gave negative "foodies" a serious tongue-lashing, read it here. See also: -- Joshua Johnson of Kai Dishes on Antelope Liver and Working for a Celebrity Chef You ... More >>

Arizona Gun Nuts Rally at State Capitol in New Dennis Gilman Video

Gilman chats up the gun nuts, take one... Phoenix videographer Dennis Gilman covered the gun nut rally at the Arizona State Capitol this past Saturday, and caught some interesting footage of the local pro-2nd Amendment crowd, which seems mainly to have consisted of angry white dudes who're afraid t ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Targeted in Prank Involving Obama Kenyan Birth Video, Which He Never Even Saw

A hoax video of President Obama's birth in a Kenyan hospital, intended to make asses out of "birthers" like Sheriff Joe Arpaio once they bought into its legitimacy, failed miserably.The New York Observer, um, exposed the video as fake -- a video we hadn't even heard of until they called B.S. on it - ... More >>

Dinesh D'Souza's 2016: Obama's America: The Five Most Hilarious Lowlights

Ken Bennett Courts Ridicule with More Birther Nonsense

The fun begins around 6:55 inWhat in tarnation is wrong with Ken Bennett? Before he drank the birther Kool-Aid, then publicly spat it up, Arizona's Secretary of State was regarded as a moderate Republican with a lick of common sense.But a month after the flap over Bennett's asking the ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, Who Turns Old as Dirt Tomorrow, Wants "Barrack" Obama Off Florida Ballots

According to carbon dating, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio turns 80 tomorrow, and for a pre-birthday celebration, he's participating in a Florida court matter related to his "birther" fascination.Arpaio is now helping an attorney in Florida challenge President "Barrack" Obama's eligibility to ap ... More >>

Ken Bennett's "Birther" Request Shows the Insanity of Arizona's GOP

Could Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation Get Any More Loony?

Well, wouldn't you know it -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "birther" investigation has gotten worse.Mailman Allen Hulton -- who was only identified as a "retired government employee" at the "birther" press conference -- has taken an oath swearing that Ayers' mother told him about a "foreig ... More >>

Arizona's Penis-Free "Birther" Bill Is Back in Action

​Republican state Representative Carl Seel and Senator Judy Burges are still trying to keep Americans they somehow believe are Kenyans -- well, at least one -- from being on the state's ballot in presidential elections.Last year, a "birther" bill was approved by the Legislature and passed on to Go ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Squad Thinking President Obama Was Born in (You Guessed it) Kenya

​For the latest dive into the loony bin from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "Birther" posse, they've concluded that President Obama -- get this -- "might be Kenyan."Arpaio's pals over at World Net Daily continue to release the latest conspiracy theories from the posse, and it's not getting a ... More >>

Five Super Tuesday Songs

In case those persistent robo-calls and that "Ron Paul Revolution" sticker on your neighbor's Hyundai haven't made it clear, it's an election year folks. That means today is Super Tuesday; the day the Republican presidential candidate picture becomes a whole lot clearer. After winning big here in A ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Sets Judgment Day For President Obama And His Birth Certificate

New TimesBigfoot's next.​The results of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's "investigation" into whether President Barack Obama is eligible for office are set to be announced.MCSO spokesman Jeff Sprong tells New Times the findings are set to be released on March 1.Arpaio's been mostly hush-hush a ... More >>

"Birther" Nutjobs Seek Donations to Fund Joe Arpaio's "Investigation" Into Whether Barack Obama is Eligible to Be President

Sadly, they're real.​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's humiliating "Birther" investigation apparently has hit a snag in the funding department.According to Arpaio, the "investigation" is being funded by donations to his "Birther" posse, and not with taxpayer money (which is a huge relief). Howe ... More >>

Best Reader Caption for Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation: Joe Mamma

With Sheriff Joe closing in on the president's true identity Obama says: "you know, lets hide my Kenyan birth certificate in all of those sex crimes files in Arizona, Joe will never find them there."​Congratulations to the New Times reader who goes by the handle Joe Mamma, you are the proud winner ... More >>

Best Reader Caption for Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation?

Your Caption Here​Last week, in honor of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's (embarrassing) investigation into the continuously debunked "birther" conspiracy theory (and the friggin' beating America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" is taking in the press these days) we submitted the above ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's "Birther" Investigation Wages On as Outrage Over Sheriff's Bungling of Hundreds of Sex Crime Investigation Grows

(Sigh)​As the outrage over Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's mishandling of several hundred sex crimes continues to spread, the sheriff's crusade to prove that President Barack Obama is a Kenyan version of the Manchurian Candidate wages on.Arpaio, as we've reported, agreed to investigate the pr ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Birther Posse Probes President Obama's Birth Certificate

Obama ain't getting anything past master-sleuth Sheriff Joe and his crack team of birther probersIn a bizarre new stab at courting conspiracy nuts who believe President Barack Obama is a Kenyan, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has empowered a "birther posse" to look into claims by wackadoodles such as World Net ... More >>

Feet of Strength

Osama Bin Laden's Assassination Evokes Comments From `Friends'

The startling news last night of Osama bin Laden's assassination evoked many responses from friends of ours, including one from an old bud named Corey after he saw this headline graphic on the Fox News affiliate in Sacramento (Fox40):This man was not born in Kenya​"REPORTS: OBAMA BIN LADEN DEAD"Sa ... More >>

African Cats: Kings of the Jungle Get the March of the Penguins Treatment

Arizona Legislature Passes Birther Bill on to Governor Jan Brewer, Stipulation for Penis Documentation Included

cafepress.comKenya tell us about your penis, too?​Pending a signature from Governor Jan Brewer, the Arizona Legislature has made it official -- show us the birth certificate. Or your circumcision certificate, early baptismal certificate, hospital birth record, postpartum medical record, or an ... More >>

Arizona's Senate-Approved Birther Bill Could Force Presidential Candidates to Provide Documentation Describing What Their Penis Looks Like to Get on Ballot

www.scaredmonkeys.com​They don't call Arizona the "meth lab of Democracy" for nothing -- where else could a lack of foreskin prove citizenship?The Arizona Senate formally passed the "Birther Bill" today, but not in its original version. Apparently, requiring presidential candidates to provide a lo ... More >>

McDonald's Gets Some McLove as Arizona Legislators Put the Kibosh on Happy Meal Bans; Bill Awaits Governor Jan Brewer's Approval

foundshit.com Have a McCrappy plastic toy too. ​The Arizona Legislature's had a busy couple of weeks -- Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill banning imaginary abortions and the state Senate's trying to make sure Arizonans can't vote a Kenyan into the White House -- and on Wednesday, the Legi ... More >>

Jeff Flake to Birthers: Time to Accept "Reality"

www.freedomspeaks.comAttention GOPers: Listen to Congressman Jeff Flake.​Senate hopeful Jeff Flake is a refreshing voice of sanity in state filled with lunatics.Unlike several GOP members of the Arizona state Legislature (see all their names right here), Flake doesn't see President Barack Obama as ... More >>

Rap Songs Fit for a Tea Party: Hip-Hop Songs with a Right Wing Bent

​Maybe you've heard: Today is election day.This year's election is a little different than the 2008 one, though. It seems not everyone is happy with the progress the Kenyan/Indonesian/Martian guy who usurped the presidency has been making toward converting our economy to socialism. Crazy, right? S ... More >>

Karl Rove, "War Criminal," Feted by Phoenix's Business Elite

Where does America go from here, Karl? Hey, maybe we could invade some Middle-Eastern country unnecessarily and kill a bunch of people. Oh, snap, we already did that.The first thing that sprang to mind when I got the above flier in my e-mail in-box announcing that "Bush's Brain" Karl Rove will be sp ... More >>

Five Reasons to Vote for J.D. Hayworth for U.S. Senate

​After months of watching J.D. Hayworth make a complete ass out of himself soul searching, we at New Times feel we've been a little hard on the Senate hopeful. Sure, he's a little brash, slightly arrogant, and every time he opens his mouth we feel like were being lied to, but he must have some red ... More >>

Immigrantharassment.com to "Crowdsource" SB 1070 Fallout in Arizona

JD Godchaux (pictured) hopes his company's new Web site will track harassment of immigrants in Arizona​Open-source Web sites allowed witnesses to chronicle political violence in Kenya, earthquake devastation in Haiti, and election problems in India.Now a local company, NiJel, hopes to use th ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Calls John McCain Web Ad "Sophomore Snarkiness;" We Call it Hilarious

J.D. Hayworth​John McCain's latest Web ad has created a little controversy and now his opponent in the GOP primary for Senate, J.D. Hayworth, is speaking out about the controversial ad. In case you missed it, the ad is billed as a J.D. Hayworth campaign ad, where he discusses some of the se ... More >>

State Representative Judy Burges Proposes "Birther" Bill for Arizona

www.frankowenspaintbrush.com​Representative Judy Burges is at it again. The Skull Valley Republican, who's introduced such laughable legislation as the "I didn't pay enough fund," which asks taxpayers to donate money to the state to help Arizona out of it's current financial nightmare, ... More >>

“From Caves to Castles: If Beads Could Talk” at Glendale's Bead Museum Has a Bead on This Ancient Craft

Horrorcore Heroes

Buckeye Family Bucks Modern Plumbing for World Water Day

The Bender family will fetch pails of water for World Water Day.When it comes to parents trying to teach their children how hard it is for kids in other countries, the old eat-your-dinner adage, "There are children starving in Asia," could easily be swapped for, "There are children hauling wat ... More >>

American Refugees

Amblin' Man

The "topical pop" creations of a bass-playing adventurer

Accidental Tourists

Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder, ignoring their plight and their history

Funky Fresh

A white leading man in a black movie? That is something new

Bloodhound Gang

What are they really saying?

Low Yield

Thriller ripens into something distasteful

Reigning Cats and Dawgs

A stylus assault at Old Brickhouse

In God We Trust

Big banks and desperate debtors have made an East Valley ministry millions

Lost in Translation

Refugee story stirs the heart

They Like It Rough

And so does our brave writer, who dove headfirst into a never-ending series of fascinating world- music compilations

Night Wright

Taliesin West entrances twilight visitors

Bottled Anger

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello pours forth the vitriol

In Defense of Rage

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