Obama is a Nazi. Obama is a commie. Obama is a pirate. (Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum.) Obama is a socialist. Obama is the Joker from The Dark Night. (You know, Heath Ledger) Yadda-yadda-yadda. Such was the refrain from the tea party-animals at the Arizona State Capitol this Saturday,…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Up on the Sun: Thrice to Play Secret Show at Clubhouse Music Venue on Monday Job For…
Ed Begley, Jr. disowns his past troofer connections, while discussing Van Jones’ political seppuku Eight years following the 9/11 attacks, with a new president under our belts, all lefties still clinging to the conspiranoid fantasy that “9/11 was an inside job,” need to either do full mea culpas and disassociate…
In the news business, we like to check our facts, spell names correctly — you know, just the basics to try to keep our integrity in tact.Well, Melissa Gonzalo, a reporter for Channel 12 news (KPNX-TV), must have missed that class at journalism school, or wherever she received her talking-head training…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is making what may be his final stand against his enemies in county management with an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court. In a 37-page brief filed today, Thomas tells the Court he wants it to strike down as illegal the County Supervisors’ takeover of civil…
Arizona is the off-season home to countless professional baseball players, so, in December, police pulling over a relief pitcher for the Florida Marlins wouldn’t be that faratched.Unfortunately for a Mexican national living in Chandler, it’s September, and the Marlins aren’t in town to play the D-Backs.So, when 41-year-old Oscar Corral…
If you can’t trust a former porn star, who can you trust?A former business partner of famed porn legend Jenna Jameson is claiming in Maricopa County Court that Jameson, and her ex-husband John Grdina, screwed him out of at least $125,000, Courthouse News reports…
Well, it seems former Arizona Governor Fife Symington, who narrowly avoided a prison sentence after being convicted of extortion, bank fraud, and making false financial statements, is taking a page out of former disgraced Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry’s book and may try to get his old job back.If you’re convicted of…
There is no sweeter irony than stealing an unlocked police car, and when cops in Farmington, New Mexico left their cruiser open, and running, that’s exactly what one Phoenix idiot did.Way to make us proud across state lines.Mathew Anderson, 21, of Phoenix was at a party in New Mexico, when…
Colleen Clark, a conservative Christian activist and governing board president for the Maricopa Community College District, revealed at a recent board meeting she’d gotten a DUI in July. This should disabuse anyone of the notion that just because you say you love Jesus and campaign vigorously against sex…
Alice Cooper got a speed-camera ticket: …
For 99.9 percent of the population, getting in the ring with some of the toughest fighters in the world is nothing short of a death wish.For 25-year-old Matt Betzold, it’s a dream come true — even though he’s only got one leg.When Betzold was 6 years old, he was poisoned by…
How much stock should one put in a team’s performance during the NFL preseason? In our opinion, not a damn thing. That’s why Arizona Cardinals’ fans should give a rousing “so what?” and “who cares?” when talking about the team’s zero-win preseason. Yeah, the starting offense only tallied one touchdown…
A few weeks back, we were chortling while listening to the wildly optimistic worldview of Arizona Diamondbacks president/CEO Derrick Hall on one of the morning talk shows. Hall’s team may be bad, but dude’s an ace. He’s the sort of enthusiast who could sell Otter Pops to Eskimos, firewater to…
Some of the Phoenix firefighters who were in New York City after September 11, 2001 recounted their experiences to KTAR.com, including current fire chief Bob Khan, who says of being at Ground Zero, “To this day, it was a surreal experience”…Colleen Clark, president of the governing board of Maricopa County…
Ethics-twister, Mexican-basher and tireless self-aggrandizing lip-flapper Darrell Ankarlo, winner of the 2008 New Times Best Bigot Award for constantly being down on the brown during his morning show on KTAR 92.3 FM, will once more muck up the airwaves this Tuesday, September 15 after a long, involuntary hiatus caused by a car crash,…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Steven Anderson’s Three Alarm Baptist Church: Barry Lynn of Americans United for the Separation of…
It’s hard to keep track of all the facts, rumors and spin-jobs in this SCA story. For instance, Captain Joel Fox claims he never “filed” nominating petitions in 2004 for his boss, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as had been previously reported. He merely collected eight signatures and handed…
A 17-year-old Phoenix kid turned himself in to police Tuesday after authorities say he was identified responsible for the strong-arm robbery of a jewelery store last week.Avery Lowe robbed the London Gold Jewelry Store at 7311 W. Bell Road for an estimated $1 million in retail goods, according to police.Lowe…
Last week, Arizona schools chief Tom Horne warned of hero worship when President Obama addressed the nation’s school children Tuesday.Horne probably should have broadened his warning to include starstruck state legislators, as well as the nation’s youth.Case in point: Barack’s biggest fan, Representative Kyrsten Sinema.It seems as though every time…
Barbara Mundell, Maricopa County’s presiding judge, recently fired two of her court commissioners, Wes Peterson and David Anderson. Unlike Superior Court judges, commissioners, who have similar responsibilities, are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the presiding judge — and can be fired with or without a good reason. In…
What’s crazier than a screaming woman in labor? A screaming robot woman in labor. It sounds like a joke, but it’s not. The University of Arizona Medical Center is the proud owner of their very own pregnant robot-mannequin lady. Named Noelle, she grunts, screams, yells at the doctors, pees, bleeds…
