“According to the wisdom of comedian Chris Rock, No matter what a stripper tells you, there’s no sex in the Champagne Room.”Well, Phoenix police say a 24-hour strip club called the Champagne Room was also a house of prostitution…
Believe it or not, some people believe it’s better to look through the windshield while driving, rather than stare at a cell phone screen.Among those people are the state legislators who are proposing a texting-while-driving ban, which was also proposed last legislative session.See also:-Statewide Ban Proposed for Texting While Driving,…
After just four games in this season, the average attendance for Phoenix Coyotes home games has already reached last in the National Hockey League.That’s the same Phoenix Coyotes team that lost in the Western Conference Final last year to the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Los Angeles Kings.See also:-Phoenix Coyotes…
Here, in the year 2013, lawmakers would like teachers to be allowed to address “weaknesses of existing scientific theories.”The language sounds fairly innocuous on its face, until you discover that the language in the proposal — from a handful of Arizona’s Republican lawmakers — matches that of “Academic Freedom” bills,…
Sorry to the people who don’t like looking out of the windshield while operating a motor vehicle, but state legislators are proposing a ban on texting while driving.If you’re worried you’ll get a ticket for sending naked pictures of yourself on your phone while driving, fear not, because it doesn’t…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio and posse member/action-movie actor Steven Seagal are off the hook in a lawsuit that claimed the Sheriff’s Office had raided his house just for getting publicity for Seagal’s reality show.According to federal court paperwork, a judge dismissed the lawsuit after plaintiff Jesus Llovera — who had previously…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s “investigation” into President Barack Obama still exists after 16 months, which has an industry term of “long con.”Believe it or not, Arpaio’s birther chief still claims that there’s evidence Barack Obama’s birth certificate is fake, and indeed, new evidence that will have anyone convinced.See also:-Mike…
Some U.S. Senators from both parties have decided that they’ve figured out the immigration thing.The proposal, as explained, has a bunch of points, with the main one being that 11 million or so illegal immigrants will have a pathway to citizenship.See also:-Jan Brewer Releases Steaming Depends-Load of Hypocrisy on Immigration…
Rocky Marquez escaped one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails in May by essentially walking out the front door, but he was caught in Michigan just a couple weeks ago by the U.S. Marshals Service.And you’ll never guess who escaped a jail in Detroit last week by essentially walking out the…
Let’s make an agreement about the Pro Bowl: we all have as much fun watching it as the players enjoy playing in it — we don’t, and they don’t.It’s lame, boring, and in no way can the Pro Bowl be compared to an actual football game. That said, that’s exactly…
It’s just about every day that Sheriff Joe Arpaio says something that’s guaranteed to make you shake your head.Today’s cry for attention actually took place on Friday night, as Arpaio complained that people were calling Vice President Joe Biden “Sheriff Joe.”See also:-Joe Arpaio: “I Don’t Use Computers” — as Posted…
Republicans in Congress are suddenly on board with immigration reform — specifically, a bipartisan plan that would create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrations — according to Senator John McCain.”Well, I’ll give you a little straight talk,” McCain said on ABC’s This Week. “Look at the last…
Remember what Godzilla did to Tokyo? That’s pretty much what Charles Barkley did to ABC 15 last night.See also:-Further Proof Charles Barkley is the Worst Golfer Ever (VIDEO)…
In case you missed it, Pinal County Sheriff Paul “studboi1” Babeu and his alleged “7-inch cut” were invited to Reverend Al Sharpton’s show on MSNBC, and it wasn’t pretty for Babeu.He was defending a fact-devoid rant he’d fired off to President Obama — actually, he sent it to President “Barak”…
Since Governor Jan Brewer hasn’t given up on her interpretation of the Arizona Constitution that two terms really means three terms, Democratic State Senator Steve Gallardo has proposed changing the wording of that section.There’s a big problem with Gallardo’s proposal — since he’s proposing a change to the state Constitution,…
One week after the ACLU declared that federal officials had essentially contradicted Governor Jan Brewer’s executive order preventing deferred action beneficiaries from getting driver’s licenses, the governor hasn’t decided how to respond.Brewer’s August order says that participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program do not have “any…
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave testimony at both House and Senate committees on the September 11 attack on the on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.Finally, Republicans got what they were waiting for — although not quite everyone was effective in their opportunity to question Clinton…
Out of all the parenting methods used to keep an kid from leaving the house, keeping him zip-tied in the backyard probably isn’t the best way.According to the Mesa cops who found a bloody 11-year-old boy with his feet zip-tied together, and his hands zip-tied to a porch in his…
Just about every week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, our alleged criminals brought some questionable material along…
Former state Representative Ben Arredondo ended up receiving no prison time for his charges related to his ticket-bribery exchange and scholarship scam.Instead, Arredondo — a 65-year-old Republican-turned-Democrat who served on the Tempe City Council for 16 years before making it into the state House of Representatives in 2010 — was…
As Jennifer Campos correctly stated in November, 2011, giving her 2-year-old son methadone to treat a toothache was probably a “bad idea.”Campos was sentenced today to 10 years of prison and a lifetime of probation for charges related to that incident.See also:-Jennifer Campos: Giving 2-Year-Old Methadone For Toothache a “Bad…
It looks like U.S. District Judge Frederick Martone had some reasons for sparing former state Representative Ben Arredondo from prison on his felony mail-fraud convictions.For one, Martone wouldn’t really peg Arredondo as the kind of guy who would use the entrails of hookers as decorations.See also:-Ben Arredondo Gets a Grand…
