With its cavernous spaces, handsome brick walls, and soaring ceilings supported by intricate wooden trusses, Bentley Projects is as easy on the eyes as any of the high-end artwork you might see on display there. Wandering through the upscale gallery, bookstore, and cafe that now occupy the space, it’s hard…
The beginning of last year was hectic for Francesca Cisneros, an energetic young businesswoman who was heading up a new mortgage office in Phoenix. She was working 12-hour-plus days, zooming around town to meetings with her phone earpiece under her long, dark hair and her Blackberry within arm’s reach. Cisneros,…
When prosecutors accused the owners of Ajo Al’s of violating the county’s health code and sickening diners, it took the restaurateurs seven months to get their day in court — but only four hours of testimony for the judge to toss out the charges against them. Arcadia Justice Court Judge…
www.southparkstudios.com With the Hardly Boys on the case, those “troofers” will be outed in no time. 9/11 conspiracy nuts causing you massive migraines? Tired of reading their retarded Web sites and watching their home made DVDs? Ready to hurl whenever some walleyed closet case tries to convince you the WTC…
www.myspace.com/ppgprez Imagine munching out on this Cookie… Please forgive. Late getting this post up due to technical difficulties. But we seem to be back in the saddle now. This week, our Wednesday wench is a pyromaniac in the sack with men and women alike, and oh don’t I wish I…
ACLU Director Meetze wises up to the ways of the 9/11 wackos. Though her name’s still up as a “Confirmed Speaker” on 911Accountability.org, AZ ACLU Director Alessandra Soler Meetze told me today that she’s withdrawing from the conference and has advised Kent Knudson that she will not be attending. Meetze…
by Pikaluk, from Wikimedia Commons Mad cow: Not a fan of Kent Knudson. Charles Goyette’s name is finally off the 911Accountability.org website. The 911 deniers have fought since Thursday to keep his name and pic on their site as a “Confirmed Speaker,” even though Goyette has been saying since that…
Charles Goyette: Yearning to breathe free… KFNX 1100 AM morning host Charles Goyette continues to be an online hostage of the 9/11 kooks on 911Accountability.org. Goyette’s name is all over the site; and he’s still listed as a “confirmed speaker,” though there’s the word “tentative” beside his pic. This morning…
Photographic evidence of the Holocaust: The Einsatzgruppen at work. Here’s the latest: Holocaust denier Eric Williams, author of the self-published tome The Puzzle of Auschwitz, has removed the free pdf of his book from his site www.whatreallyisthematrix.com, and apparently from Lulu.com, where people were able to buy it for download,…
www.whatreallyisthematrix.com Holocaust denier Eric Williams chills with one of his own wack-ass tomes. The bloggers at ScrewLooseChange just caught the fact that Holocaust denier Eric Williams, author of the Shoah-shirking book The Puzzle of Auschwitz, has been demoted from “Conference Director” to “vendor coordinator” in the last 24 hours or…
Resistence is futile, Earthlings, that’s why we flip you the bird… This week’s Friday poll of the New Times staff is a timely one, seeing that my favorite cartoon, Aqua Teen Hunger Force is now being persecuted over this mess in Boston where harmless light boxes — devices meant to…
Micah (left) and Chris (right) welcome me to the par-tay… Your fearless Feathered Bastard ventured forth last night into enemy territory — the 5th anniversary party for AZPunk.com held at the Stray Cat Lounge in Tempe. This, after my fellow blogger BJK of Ear Infection fame all but called me…
He won’t be there: Goyette’s gonna take a pass on this one. Charles Goyette, morning host at KFNX 1100 AM, called me today to tell me that he had not confirmed his appearance at the Chandler 9/11 Accountability Conference to take place late February, and that in fact he had…
Williams site www.whatreallyisthematrix.com Shoah-shirker Williams, author of the twisted tome The Puzzle of Auschwitz Eric Williams does not want to be known as a Holocaust denier. After my interview with him for an item in this week’s Bird column titled “Deniers Conference,” in which I expose his views as written…
Sex, lies and audiotape: This plumed penman reckons that could’ve been the subhead for Paul Rubin’s New Times cover story last week on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s 2004 primary foe Dan Saban and Saban’s lawsuit seeking a million smackers over the smear tactics of Arpaio’s underlings, including Joe’s chief deputy David…
Highway to Heil Dangerous liaisons: What the hell is going on in this county? Are we living in Nazi Germany (“Boob’s Tube,” Paul Rubin, and “Doubting Thomas,” Sarah Fenske, both January 25)? Sheriff Joe Arpaio, his chief deputy David Hendershott, and County Attorney Andrew Thomas are three people who are…
How do Mexicans get such ridiculous nicknames from seemingly normal names? For instance, Jos becomes Chepe, Eduardo is Lalo, Gabriel becomes Gabi, and Guillermo devolves into Memo. It’s Marcela, not Chela I want to know why Mexicans have such incongruous nicknames. In English, people have nicknames that have some relation…
It’s not exactly easy to book an interview with Ed Magedson, the self-described consumer advocate and creator of the wildly successful www.RipOffReport.com. Not because he doesn’t want to talk. Magedson loves talking, especially when the subject is his beloved Web site. It’s just that he’s so incredibly particular. Arranging one…
courtesy Sumita Tomerlin Foxy Lady: Sumita loungin’ it up… Wednesday is hard, and to get past it and closer to the weekend, we need help. That’s my thinking behind my new Wed. feature: Hump Day Honeys. Every Wednesday, I’ll feature some amazing babe from the Valley of the Sun along…
www.ktar.com Asswipe Gay-dork, after dark for a reason. Until last night, I was sure KTAR’s Bill O’Reilly-wannabe Darrell Ankarlo was the biggest butthole on the local airwaves. But then I heard Monday’s “Gaydos After Dark” program, which runs 9pm to Midnight weekdays, and I realized Ankarlo has a rival for…
Wikimedia Commons And the reorg at the Rep rolls on… Thie eve, I caught up with Arizona Republic publisher John Zidich (referred to by wags as Zee-Dick) via phone at his Scottsdale pad, and asked him about the reorganization of the Repugnant’s newsroom, which I blogged about on Wednesday. Zidich…
WikimediaCommons The crap you find online: A woodblock of some old Japanese biddy letting one fly. The first rule of fart club is: You don’t talk about fart club. The second rule of fart club is…Ok, you get the pic. Tyler Durden is a highly flatulent fellow who forms an…
