U.S. Armed Forces

Rocktober's Metal Picks: Bloody Art, New Gwar Guitarist, Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem Trailer

If there's one month that you can count on to be on metal's side, it's October. We're allowed to adorn our residences with skulls, fake blood, and motion-sensor demons without being judged. Hell, we are also allowed to indulge in an array of freaky, horrific activities, orchestrated by record compan ... More >>

The Invisible War: Doc Reveals a Military That Is "Target Rich" for Sexual Predators

CD9 Gets Another One: Republican Leah Campos Schandlbauer, Ex-CIA Officer

​Republican Leah Campos Schandlbauer has become the ninth person to announce a candidacy for Arizona's newly formed Ninth Congressional District.According to her campaign announcement, Schandlbauer's a Scottsdale resident, Hispanic Republican, and a former CIA operations officer. Her campaign says ... More >>

Honor, Courage, Popcorn: Act of Valor Wants You!

Ask a Mexican on Ron Paul and Science Fiction

Captain America Ignores Its Roots for Easy Money

Q&A: Toby Keith Reacts to the Death of Osama Bin Laden

Toby Keith​Two pretty big events have happened in recent hours -- events that will forever change the course of American history. First off, the obvious -- it was confirmed late last night that Osama Bin Laden was killed by close-range firefight by Navy Seals. Secondly, and maybe just as important ... More >>

George W. Bush: Who Would Jesus Torture?

The End the War Coalition protests Bush tonight...Vanity, vanity, saith the preacher, all is vanity.And what more can it be than vanity that Phoenix's Arizona Christian University is feting former President George W. Bush at a $500 a plate dinner so the Torturer-in-Chief can blather on about his "fa ... More >>

New York City Proves Obvious in Arizona: Any Criminal Can Score a Gat at a Gun Show

Now if you could only buy nuclear weapons this way...Tucson killer Jared Lee Loughner didn't get his gun through a gigantoid flea-market-type gun show, where any criminal can buy a Glock and some extended mags, cash and carry.Actually, Loughner copped his gat from a licensed gun dealer. He passed th ... 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 >>

Military's Gays to Remain in Closet -- Compliments of John McCain

"The Maverick"​The United States military will continue to follow the policy that it's OK to risk your life serving in the armed forces on the condition that you keep it to yourself if you're attracted to someone of the same sex.Gay soldiers will remain closeted by the federal gove ... More >>

Gay-Rights Advocates Not Thrilled With John McCain's Pledge to Filibuster Vote on Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

www.saysomethingfunny.com​Gay-rights advocates spiced things up at a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning by protesting Senator John McCain and his vow to filibuster a vote on a bill that includes the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" -- the United States military's su ... More >>

The Tillman Story Sets the Record Straight

High Science: Synthetic Marijuana Is Legal, and It Might Get You High -- But Is It Safe?

JWH "Synthetic Marijuana" News Available Every Week on Jackalope Ranch

Wikimedia Commons A chemical diagram of the JWH-073 compound.​Back in February, we wrote about a synthetic cannabinoid called JWH for this blog. Several things have happened since then, so much that we now have a category dedicated to synthetic marijuana called "Buzz Buzz" on our arts and ... More >>

John McCain Rips Potential "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Repeal

www.motifake.com​The Obama administration announced a deal last night that would repeal the U.S. military's 17-year-old policy of "don't ask, don't tell" when it comes to homosexuals in the military and John McCain aint happy about it. McCain, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Ser ... More >>

Arpaio, Unfazed by Prior Lawsuits, Will Force Jail Inmates to Listen to Christmas Music All Day Long

​It seems as though America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff" can't live without hearing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in his jails this holiday season.Sheriff Joe, despite being sued six times in the past two years for doing so, will again force inmates in the county jails to listen to Ch ... More >>

Hot Links: Employer Sanctions, Snowbirds, and Coyote Attacks

​Two years after the employer sanctions law went on the books, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office has filed its first case against a Valley business. County prosecutors say the Scottsdale Art Factory knowingly hired illegal immigrants. The county attorney has asked that the business f ... More >>

Pulitzer-Prize-Winning Phoenix Journalist Heads to Afghanistan

www.pulitzer.org Giblin (center) accepts the Pulitzer Prize with co-winner Ryan Gabrielson​Former East Valley Tribune scribe and co-winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Paul Giblin, is heading to Afghanistan.The Arizona Guardian announced this morning that Giblin will be working in Afghanistan for ... More >>

10 Things Under $10: Inglorious Bastards, Deadheads, Sugar Thieves, and Punks Aplenty

Calabrese is scheduled to haunt Atomic Comics during Fright Night on Sunday.​ Discount-priced distractions are in abundance this weekend, ranging from Faux Punks and real punks to fashionistas and freaks. Looking for some inexpensive adventure? Here's our weekly list of what's going on. Wes ... More >>

The Italian Job

Can’t wait for Tarantino’s Basterds? See the original first.

View the original military record of McCain’s torture

Speaking in Tongue-Twisters

How the Windtalkers saved the world

Surge This

Breaking out of the pack of war docs

Auto-Chaotic

It's good to know Michael Bay won't ever change

Bush's Menu for State of the Union: Really Lame Duck

Virtual Quagmire

The Army's realistic first-person shooter bogs down under fire

Bombs and Bikinis

Aiming low and accurately

Uncle Sam Wants Them

Military recruiters are grabbing student info from local schools without parents' permission

Second Run

Celebrating the overachieving, underhyped movies of 2004

Ghouls on Film

Skeleton crew pulls the strings

A Second Opinion

Our critics pick the flicks that the best-of list overlooked

Craig Morgan

A real hero performs in the Valley

Spiked

Mountains "AGE," lawyers have hissy fits, and Arpaio asks you to draw

Letters

From the week of Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Parting Shot

Forced out of the military over refusal to take part in a controversial anthrax immunization program, an ex-serviceman finds his protest was in vein

Some Assembly Required

Exhibition lets locals create pieces based on written instructions

Saving Private Mad Max

The Patriot is a sentimental, overbearing, flag-waving crowd-pleaser -- in the best possible sense

Toshiro or Not Toshiro

Revenge of the Verdes

Natives finally glean a few reparations for a legacy of genocide

Night & Day

May 27 - June 2, 1999

Flashes

Night &Day

November 5-11, 1998

The Docs Are In

Letters

L.A. Flaw

Buffaloed Soldiers

NFL dumps Arizona group representing black military units as Super Bowl colorguard

ESTEEM ROLLERS

SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TRADE CAMOUFLAGE FOR FINGER PAINTS

VALLEY ART HOSTS SECOND GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Born to Shop

Some items from the Kid Zone Katalogue