Here’s something in Phoenix you can enjoy during the summer and winter: obnoxious names for weather events.It’s nearly impossible to live in the Valley for more than five minutes without hearing the word “haboob,” and yesterday, meterologists decided to piss on everyone’s parade, and tell people that the Valley was…
In the past, you have defended illegal immigrants by arguing that they (paraphrasing one of your previous columns) will do the jobs gabachos won’t do for the same wages. I agree. I have a white-collar job, so I’m totally content to benefit from the low prices brought about by an…
My general rule when it comes to drinking is that I do mine at home. Life is so much simpler that way. It’s a bit of wisdom two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys in beige might profit from: MCSO Lieutenant Aaron Brown and sex crimes detective Stephen Palmer, both of…
Excuuuse all of us who thought it’s been snowing in Phoenix this afternoon.According to the weather Nazis — by “weather Nazis,” we mean every meteorologist in the Valley, as well as the National Weather Service — it’s some substance called “graupel” that’s dropping in Phoenix…
If you have an e-mail account, it’s highly likely you’ve received a nonsense, political chain e-mail — you know, FW:FW:FW: Barack Hussein Obama II has signed more secret orders than any dictator in human history, even George Soros!Based on the video footage of Senator John McCain’s town hall meeting on…
It’s about 1:30 p.m., and the afternoon recess in the Jodi Arias trial has ended. Arias is back on the stand, having testified this morning about how she shot Travis Alexander on June 4, 2008, then drove to Utah to meet a guy she liked. She spent a few hours…
The anti-immigration-reform crowd’s broken record is currently playing in the offices of Republican Congressmen Matt Salmon, Trent Franks, Paul Gosar, and David Schweikert.The congressmen, like Governor Jan Brewer, insist that they can only even fathom immigration reform proposals if the border is secure. Still, no one’s able to provide a…
The Roosevelt School Board unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday to “communicate forcefully to Sheriff [Joe] Arpaio that his immigration and school safety patrols are not welcome in south Phoenix.” The measure is meant to assuage the fears of area parents who don’t want Arpaio’s non-police volunteers, who sometimes carry…
PETA, an organization that seems to have a never-ending supply of publicity stunts, has a new one for us — its appeal to people in Arizona who believe in aliens.See also:-UFO Convention Brings Skeptics, Scientists (and a Few Loonies) to Arizona…
We’re live-blogging this morning from the Jodi Arias trial. Be sure to check back frequently for updates. The testimony is beginning right now as her attorney, Kirk Nurmi asks for Jodi to tell what happens when she gets in the shower. This follows yesterday’s testimony, in which she described showing…
At the bottom of this post, you can see the full-sized photo from the Arizona Department of Transportation of U.S. Route 89, which looks really messed up.And, as the headline suggests, if we had to describe the photograph to someone, we’d say it looks like Godzilla stepped on it…
Believe it or not, after listening to Republican state Senator Judy Burges run her mouth on an Agenda 21 conspiracy theory earlier this week, we’re not actually sure if Burges is behind the craziest legislation at the capitol this session.There’s also Republican Representative Steve Smith, who’s more of a young…
One of the many lessons of the 2011 recall of former state Senate President Russell Pearce is that Arizona’s reporters, pundits, and TV know-it-alls are far from omniscient. In fact, they have a learning curve as long as the coastline of Africa. Well, at least most of them. Just as…
Lawrence Robinson, a member of Roosevelt School District’s Governing Board, has proposed a resolution to block Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio from assigning his school-safety volunteer posse to the district. It’s expected to be discussed, and possibly voted on, during tonight’s board meeting at the Roosevelt School District Office, SW…
Now that Attorney General Tom Horne’s suggested response to the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren has been proposed at the state Legislature, he’s trying to defend his idea again.House Bill 2656 allows a school’s “principal or another designee” access to a gun on school grounds, in case of an emergency,…
The headline of a press release from Governor Jan Brewer’s office issued almost exactly two years ago read, “Governor Jan Brewer outlaws sale and use of synthetic drugs known as ‘spice.'”Then, last year, Brewer touted the “ban” of the synthetic drugs known as “bath salts.” Sure enough, legislators concede that…
Do you hear that? That’s the sound of a black helicopter landing at the state capitol for the Senate Government and Environment Committee’s hearing on a conspiracy theory bill about the United Nations’ “Agenda 21.”Yes, Republican state Senator Judy Burges is still trying to warn everyone that the United Nations…
Democratic Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema has been in Congress for a little more than six weeks now, but libertarian-minded attorney Marc Victor is already planning to defeat her in 2014.We’ve heard from his campaign that Victor, who ran as the Libertarian option against Richard Carmona and then-Congressman Jeff Flake in the…
According to the rumor mill at TMZ, Arizona State University’s starting a legal battle against a locally based porn website, “Sun Devil Angels,” arguing that people on the ‘net might be confused by the website if they’re looking for information about the University.That gave us the excuse opportunity to visit…
Bill Stokely of Flagstaff has agreed to forfeit his helicopter and not fly or own aircraft for two years in a deal that’ll keep him out of prison for changing his chopper’s tail number. Stokely will also give up a claim to his Robinson R44 chopper, which was seized more…
Attorney General Tom Horne’s suggested response to the Newtown, Connecticut massacre of schoolchildren has been proposed at the state Legislature.Republican Representative David Stevens’ House Bill 2656 allows a school’s “principal or another designee” access to a gun on school grounds, in case of an emergency.See also:-Lock and Load, Lunch Lady:…
Timothy Abrahamson, the former Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputy accused of driving to North Dakota in September and assaulting his wife’s ex-lover, faces a March 12 trial date in Fargo. Abrahamson, who played a key role in some of the discredited anti-corruption investigations conducted by Sheriff Arpaio’s office, has pleaded not…
