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High Jinks and F-Bombs on The Campaign Trail

Wall Street and Washington Conspire to Destabilize the U.S. Economy, One Barrel of Oil at a Time

ASU and Arizona Dream Big As Pac-12 Basketball Tourney Starts Today In LA

For Arizona State, it's a chance at redemption after a lost season with just ten wins (but one of those was last Sunday's stunner over Arizona). For the Wildcats, it's desperation time, as they have to win at least two games and probably three at the Pac-12 basketball tournament ... More >>

Gossip Girl

Shamed Former CA Andrew Thomas and Rachel Alexander (Dressed as Sarah Palin) in You Write the Caption

Rachel Alexander's Facebook page.Your caption here.​In honor of the state bar disciplinary hearing that could potentially conclude with the disbarment of disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and the possible suspension of the law license of one of his former hench-women, Rachel ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Speaking Spanish and Gabachos

John McCain's Racist Wildfire Statements Mocked by Jon Stewart

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cAliens vs. Senatorwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on FacebookAs I suspected, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart couldn't resist slapping U.S. Senator from Arizona John McCain around for his i ... More >>

Madonna: The Comic Book

​As we've already pointed out, rock stars like to write and star in comic books. The best of these comics contain original story lines and fantastical heros and villains, but sometimes, they take a more straightforward, biographical approach.The comic Female Force: Madonna, scheduled to be release ... More >>

John McCain's Running For President Again (Psych!)

​Just in case you read the above headline and nearly had a stroke, relax -- 74-year-old Senator John McCain is NOT running for president in the 2012 election."The Maverick" spoke to a group of Alabama businessmen and government leaders yesterday, where he was probed about whether he had any intent ... More >>

Donald Trump Takes the Hint -- Will Not Run for President

Donald Trump is NOT running for president.​According to a recent poll, Arizonans mirror much of the rest of the country and can't stand billionaire reality TV bozo Donald Trump, and he's apparently taken the hint -- Trump announced this morning that he will not run for president, ending months of ... More >>

Arizona Senator John McCain Second-Most-Disliked U.S. Senator in the Country; Jon Kyl "Well Below Average," According to Poll

english.sxu.edu What voter apathy looks like.​Just three days after Public Policy Polling found that just about no one likes Sarah Palin or Donald Trump, the pollsters say today that Arizonans don't like their senators either.Arizona Senator John McCain -- who had a 40 percent approval rati ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords Would Start Senate Race With Seven-Point Lead Over Congressman Jeff Flake, According to Left-Leaning Pollster

Senator Giffords? Too soon.​Despite that it's not clear whether Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be physically able to run for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, she already leads every Republican in the field -- at least according to the somewhat left-wing pollsters at Publi ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer's in Alaska. Unfortunately, She's Not Staying

​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's in Alaska at the moment, and the only bad news is that she's not staying...forever.For what she claims is the first time in more than two years as Arizona's governor, Brewer is taking a vacation.The gaffe-prone gov announced via-Twitter last week that she would b ... More >>

They're Heeere; Tea Partiers Invade Phoenix

​If you're feeling a vibe in Phoenix today that's dramatically crazier more Conservative than usual, there's a reason: the Tea Partiers have arrived.Thousands of Tea Partiers are flocking to Phoenix today for the first ever "American Policy Summit."Sarah Palin, as we noted last week, will not be i ... More >>

John McCain Says He'll Give No Endorsement in 2012 GOP Presidential Primary

Nobody's getting the John McCain stamp of approval in the 2012 GOP presidential primary -- so he says...​"The Mav" says he's sittin' this one out.Arizona Senator John McCain said this week that he has no plans to endorse any candidate in the 2012 GOP presidential primary, which may not sit well wi ... More >>

Daddy's Girl

Wyclef Jean Hasn't Given Up Hope on Haitian Presidency

Who says pop stars aren't perseverant?​By now you've probably heard the news that Haitian presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean was disqualified from the race, as determined by the Haitian board of elections. The latest word on the blogosphere though is that Wyclef ain't quite ready to give up yet. Acc ... More >>

Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Welcomes Jan Brewer's Endorsement. Is Jan Becoming Sarah Palin-Cool?

​If you'd told us three months ago that a candidate for any office in any galaxy in the universe would want Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's endorsement, we'd have said that the candidate was trying to lose the election.Things have changed for Jan (who earlier this year was one of the m ... More >>

Tea Party T-Shirt: Can What You Wear Determine Whether You Can Go to the Polls?

The Second City Does Arizona, Or Close But No Saguaro Proves There's Plenty of AZ to Poke Fun at Outside of SB 1070

Jon Kyl Tapped as One of Time Magazine's "People Who Most Affect Our World"

www.lifenews.com Senator Jon Kyl​Big ups to Arizona's junior senator, Senator Jon Kyl, for being named one of Time magazine's 100 people who "most affect our world." Lady Ga-Ga, and Simon Cowell are also on the list, although, in a different category, so the distinction may ... More >>

John McCain Picks Up Endorsement From Independent Business Owners and Kinda Forgets Who's Endorsing Him

James King What's this group called, again?​Senator John McCain picked up the endorsement of the National Federation Of Independent Business yesterday, but he seemed to need a little reminder as to the name of the organization endorsing him.McCain took a brief tour of the Central Bindery Co ... More >>

J.D. Hayworth Advisor "Tweets" That John McCain "Turned [His] Back" On His Navy Colleagues; Five Years in the Hanoi Hilton Might Suggest Otherwise

www.usnews.comJohn McCain in a North Vietnamese prison after being shot down over Hanoi​A member of GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth's campaign staff seems to think that Senator John McCain -- Hayworth's opponent in the Republican primary for Senate -- "turned [his] back" on his Navy colleagues.Sh ... More >>

Henry Rollins' 8 Most Memorable Quips Last Night at Marquee Theatre

​I'd never given much credence to the occasional rumors that Henry Rollins is gay. Until last night, that is. Probably right around the moment he uttered the following during his spoken word appearance at the Marquee Theatre: "What am I doing? I'm getting turned on by a guy? I'm not being a good ... More >>

Joe the Plumber Thinks John McCain Ruined His Life

www.rollingstone.com​Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Samuel Wurzelbacher, the "everyman" campaign tool from John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, says the notoriety he's received as a result of McCain has ruined his life."I don't owe him shit. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it," the Pl ... More >>

Rock 'N' Roll Tsars

“Rolling Stones of Russia” bring “rockapops” sound to the Ranch

"A Five-Spiral Crash;" How Former President Bush Refers To McCain Campaign In Latest Tell-All

www.unconfirmedsources.comDoesn't McCain look like he'll do just about anything to get the political kryptonite standing next to him to release his hand?​This month's GQ is the forum for the newest embarrassing tell-all about the Bush White House and ex-presidential speechwriter Matt Latimer tells ... More >>

McCain Tells Former D-Backs Pitcher Schilling to Run For Massachusetts Senate Seat

www.phoenix.fanster.com Former D-back Curt Schilling​ Arizona's very own maverick, Senator John McCain, is telling a former Arizona icon to hang up his bloody sock, and join him in the United States Senate.McCain also told Sara Palin to run for vice-president, and I think we all know how t ... More >>

Levi Johnston's Druggie Mom Gets the Joe Arpaio Pink Handcuff Treatment

from sheriffjoe.org Dare to dream: With any luck, maybe Joe'll get to don a pair someday...So what's this deal about hockey-stud Levi Johnston's druggie ma having Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pink handcuffs slapped on her in an Alaska courtroom after pleading guilty for illegally possessing OxyContin, ... More >>

Toby Keith: Why We Just Can't Hate the Guy

New Times Wins Arizona Press Club Awards

Phil Gordon Divorce Update: "We Are Having the Most Amicable Divorce in the History of the World"

  The about-to-be-single mayor in fine formWhen we heard that Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's wife, Christa Severns, filed for divorce Monday, we were convinced that finally we'd get the gossip motherlode. Surely these two hate each other now, right? Surely everybody's just dying to throw do ... More >>

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barrier ... More >>

John McCain Campaign Info Left in BlackBerry Phone Sold to Reporter

BlackBerry phones caused John McCain a bit of embarrassment several months ago after one of John McCain's campaign staffers said incorrectly that the Arizona Senator "helped create" them. Now it seems his former campaign workers can't even figure out how to erase private data on ... More >>

Flier of the Week: Japanese Monsters

By Martin Cizmar I bring you this week's Flier of the Week not because it's a bunch of bands we've recently featured at the Ruby Room, but because it's possibly (and hopefully) the last time we can use Sarah Palin as a pop-culture touchstone for a long, long, long time. Maybe ever. So here's the ... More >>

McCainia: Live from the Arizona Biltmore

Hot Links: Plot to Assasinate Obama Thwarted, Sarah Palin Hanged in Effigy, Ted Stevens Guilty.

Hot Links: McCain's Arizona Lead Withers, Feds Collar Mongols, Food Network's Fieri Feasts in Flagstaff.

Giantkiller: A David Versus Goliath Rematch with the Majors?

We Are Scientists and The Stills at The Clubhouse on Oct. 13

Hot Links: Biden and Palin Mix It Up, Arizona GOP Pulls Dirty Saban Ad, O.J. Case Goes to Jury, Woman in Cow Suit Menaces Kids.

The Riflemen: Phoenix PD Going For Max Firepower

Obama and McCain, As Interpreted By Tammie Coe

Hot Links: Jesse Ventura spouts 9/11 crackpottery, Arpaio probed (again), Roger Ebert whacked, Kanye West popped, and more.

Meg Ryan and Eva Mendes can’t keep The Women from being just another chick flick

Hot Links: John McCain's bounce, Sarah Palin's hypocrisy, Tucson cockfighters, and Michael Jackson's underpants.

"Live Bloggers" On Channel 12: Technologically Advanced [and Totally Ridiculous]

Hot Links: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be McCain's Veep, Cave Creek Mayor says wife racially profiled, Tucson's pro-sex Baptist preacher, porn on airplanes, and more.