Can Janet Napolitano Fail Upward to the Supreme Court?

Here we go again. With the announced retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter, the buzz is that the White House wants to pick a non-judge female to become one of the nine. So of course this means some analysts with nothing but time on their mitts are suggesting that…

Joe Arpaio’s Gendarmes Skewered in New Video on the Upcoming May 2 March

Gilman’s latest, which takes apart certain sheriff ‘s deputies’ statements one-by-one This latest mini-doc from Dennis Gilman supporting the May 2 Walk for Dignity is a doozy. In it, Gilman contrasts the inflammatory statements that certain sheriff’s duputies made during a recent MCSO press conference to news footage of Joe’s…

Sheriff Clarence Dupnik’s Modest Proposal on Immigrant Children

Where the right-wing meets the sick and surreal. That’s my succinct definition of Arizona. Every day in this state, one’s faith in humanity is challenged when it comes to the subject of immigration. I half expect to awake each morn and find Russell Pearce’s recipe for parboiled immigrant infant in…

Joe Arpaio Hunts Hispanics in Avondale, as Janet Napolitano Twiddles Her Thumbs

KTAR 92.3 FM, the unofficial PR arm of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s MCSO, has announced that the sheriff’s department is conducting one of its notorious anti-immigration sweeps in the West Valley town of Avondale today and Friday. According to an article on KTAR’s Web site, the command post for the sweep will be at the sheriff’s command substation near…

Stephen Colbert Turns Joe Arpaio into a Creampuff in 6.5 Minutes

Monday night, faux right-winger Stephen Colbert showed how long it takes to make pastry out of Maricopa County’s corrupt top constable: exactly six and a-half minutes. The whole Colbert Report segment was predictably goofy. Sheriff Joe didn’t even lead. Instead, he followed the second mate from the Maersk Alabama, Ken…