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Manuél 11 days ago
Don't let the puerta hit you on the nalgas on the way out, Lou! Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views have made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said. A CNN executive confirmed that Mr. Dobbs will announce his resignation plans on his 7 p.m. program. His resignation is effective immediately; tonight’s program will be his last on CNN. His contract was not set to expire until the end of 2011. NYTimes' Media Decoder Blog Great work to all the activist bloggers and campaigns like BastaDobbs.com and DropDobbs.com for pointing out the violence that has been given shelter by media hacks like him.
Manuél 31 days ago
Last summer, I covered the horrific story of Juana de la Paz being shackled during labor and, after the birth of her child, prevented from breastfeeding. That outrageous human rights abuse occured in Tennessee. Well, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has brought this scourge of inhumane policy to Maricopa County: During her second night behind bars, the bleeding started. On the morning of October 14, she felt contractions. Her hands and feet shackled, she was in labor and ushered into a paramedic's van by a detention officer who restrained her to the stretcher. "That's not necessary," the paramedic told the officer. "It's my job," the officer responded. The guard was a Latina. She thought she would be released from the shackles once she arrived at the hospital, but she wasn't. The officer chained her ankle to one leg of the hospital bed. A nurse requested that she be freed to get a urine sample. But the officer suggested instead that her bed be dragged over to ...
Manuél 58 days ago
The general rule is that if Senator Kyl is speaking, Arizona is being embarrassed. Even by those standards, though, this is nuts: "I don't need maternity care," Kyl said. "So requiring that on my insurance policy is something that I don't need and will make the policy more expensive." Stabenow interrupted: "I think your mom probably did." It's bad enough that the Senate doesn't reflect gender or ethnic parity found throughout the country, even worse that it retains a neanderthal like Kyl who is so devoid of empathy that the question must be asked if he was delivered by stork. Maternity care is the last thing that should be used as an excuse to water down the current health care reform proposals moving through Washington. You'd think that was a no-brainer but we're dealing with Senators with no brain nor heart.
Manuél 72 days ago
Arizona districts and charters operate on an equalization payment that arrives monthly on or around the 15th from the Arizona Department of Education. There has been a lot of fear recently that the state legislature would be irresponsible and do one of two things since those who call the shots are anti-government conservatives: 1) education budgets would be gutted or 2) refuse to protect current funding levels by kicking shortfalls down the road. Well, the GOP leaders picked the "all of the above option" and as a result, the following memo was issued to schools YESTERDAY at 5:55pm September 10, 2009 State Fiscal Stabilization Fund FY 2010 Distribution The recently passed state budget (3rd Special Session Chapter 11 section 14) requires the Arizona Department of Education to reduce basic state aid payments by $472.1 million and replace those funds with federal State Fiscal Stabilization funds (SFSF) as provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ...
Manuél 87 days ago
This site has been quiet for the past few months, but not without reason. Something snapped in me around the inauguration. My life felt stagnant and I was ready for a major change beyond the Change that was bandied about during the Presidential campaign. I made the decision to put my social life on hold and save money like there was no tomorrow in order to invest in buying a roof over my head. Well, that day came on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at approximately 2pm. I have joined the ranks of home ownership. What's been amazing is the support from my family and friends, most of whom live over 100 miles away. Each weekend I've been blessed to have many of them here to help me prep the new digs and assist with the movement of all the stuff I've accumulated over the years. The past few weeks have been a time of purging and cleansing, painting and upgrading. My new casita is a 2-bedroom, 1-bath home built in 1952 and has front row views of sunsets framed by the Tucson Mountains ...
