UPDATE: Joe Arpaio Target of Recall — It’s Official — by Same Community Leaders Who Successfully Ousted Senator Russell PearceThe political committee that’s apparently going to try to recall Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed its registration paperwork with the county elections department this morning.It’s still not clear exactly who’s…
Actor Jason London best known — and perhaps only known — for his role as Randall ‘Pink’ Floyd in the movie Dazed and Confused, took a shit in a Scottsdale police car Sunday night.According to a Scottsdale Police Department report, this was only after London sneezed in a man’s face…
“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,…
James Chaney, the owner of a Tempe medical-marijuana club that was the site of a shooting last year, was arrested today in a raid of the club and two alleged Tempe “grow houses.” In a news release that invites the media to talk to cops about the raids at, hilariously,…
I’m waiting for a call back from Andrew Chavez, proprietor of Petition Partners, about a rather odd message on his company’s Twitter account, announcing that a recall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio is to commence this Thursday, and claiming that $1.3 million has been committed to the project. I say it’s…
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…
Can Governor Jan Brewer read? The statement from her office on the immigration reform plan released today by U.S. Senator John McCain and his colleagues makes me think not. Though that’s no big surprise. See also: -Jan Brewer “Kinder, Gentler” on Immigration? Republic Dons Kneepads for Governor -John McCain, Fellow…
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…
What a difference a couple of years makes. The same U.S. Senator John McCain who in 2010 snuggled up to illegal-immigrant-screwing (in more ways than one) Sheriff Paul Babeu, supported Sand Land’s racist Senate Bill 1070, and insisted that America “complete the danged fence” on the U.S.-Mexico border, is now…
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…
Computing giant Microsoft is suing a Phoenix e-waste recycling firm in federal court, claiming that the company has been selling unauthorized copies of its software. Phoenix’s E-Waste Harvesters and its principal, Earl Campbell, have repeatedly advertised and sold refurbished computers that contain pirated copies of XP, the aging Windows operating…
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”…
We all know the Danish tale about the emperor whose men and subjects stroke him in admiration over his new clothes. Of course, as the story goes, the emperor actually is naked. Instead of questioning the obvious, everyone basks in a collective ignorance. Until a little boy in the crowd…
