Israeli Military Arming Civilians With Tear Gas And Stun Grenades

Oh, this’ll end well. The Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz reports the Israeli military is planning to give tear gas and stun grenades to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank ahead of the expected United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood this fall. The move comes as part of Israel’s preparations to deal with possible confrontations with Palestinians after the vote. The Israeli army is also drafting...

In Arizona, Children Are Being Left Behind

One of the first state government departments to have its budget slashed was the Department of Economic Security, which staffs and budgets for Child Protective Services.  Over the last two years, Arizona state lawmakers have cut nearly one-third of the agency’s (DES) budget. Recently, a 6 year old boy, who’s case was known by CPS, died.  Not surprisingly this case has caused an uproar over how CPS...

AZ GOP Committeeman’s Facebook Full Of Racist, Profanity Laced Rants

It doesn’t come as a surprise that some far-right extremist’s Facebook wall would be full of racist, profanity laced anti-Hispanic, anti-Muslim, and anti-Obama rants.  It also wouldn’t be a surprise that the wall would also be filled with various conspiracy theory articles, like the Agenda 21 conspiracy, revealing that this person is paranoid, as well. It does, however, become a surprise when...

Fox News: Facts Are On The Side Of Global Warming, But It Doesn’t Matter

Just more proof that Fox News isn’t interested in facts as much as ideology. MORRIS: If you dive into the weeds a little bit on this global warming thing, you see that it seems that facts are certainly on Huntsman’s side on all of this and fact checkers have come out, we’re actually having our own brain room look look at this right now that any of Perry’s comments don’t seem to hold a lot of...

White Nationalist Running For Mesa City Council

Oh boy… I guess it was only a matter of time.  The mix of nativism, anti-government paranoia, and latent racism makes Arizona a breeding ground for these sorts of extremists. h/t – EastValleyTribune   A political party that advocates for white people plans to run a candidate for an East Valley office – and perhaps other elected positions – next year. Ralph Brandt is seeking a City...