Feathered Bastard’s Top 5 Posts of 2008

In the future, there will be nothing but lists, lists, and more lists. We will worship lists as the ancient Egyptians once venerated the sun. There’s no use in resisting. So take a sedative, a hit of Scotch, a toke or two of the medical-grade shit, and prepare to be…

New York Times Slams Arpaio’s Dumb New Reality Show

I’m on the run this a.m., but I would be remiss if I did not point your attention to this excellent article by David Carr in Sunday’s New York Times online concerning our clown of a sheriff, “A Star Turn for a Sheriff on Fox TV.” Unlike a lot of…

Sheriff Paul Babeu Ends Pinal County’s Contract with Redflex

There’s a new sheriff in Pinal County, and he’s ridin’ Redflex out on a hot rail… CameraFraud.com’s reporting that Pinal County’s newly elected Sheriff Paul Babeu has ended Pinal’s photo enforcement contract with Redflex, the Australian firm responsible for so many of those mechanical Orwellian shutterbugs plaguing motorists throughout the…

Graffiti on the Light Rail? Hey, I Told You So…

If these two were around today in P-town, the knuckledraggin’ KTAR-types’d shoot ’em on sight: Keith Haring (above) and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Ah, let the provincialism roll like a mighty wave of something brown through our benighted Valley, where every time someone hacks a loogie or lets fly an air biscuit…

Jan Brewer: Herbert Hoover in High Heels and a Pantsuit

Separated at birth? According to economist Paul Krugman, it’s possible. Will soon-to-be Arizona Governor Jan Brewer repeat the mistakes of Republicans in the midst of the Great Depression, specifically those of President Herbert Hoover?It seems likely. With a GOP-led legislature intent on “starving the beast,” as they call state government,…

Two New Dennis Gilman Videos on the MCSA/ACORN Arrests

Yours truly is unavoidably engrossed in Christmas obligations at present, but here are two new Dennis Gilman videos on the arrests of MCSA/ACORN activists for applauding at a public meeting. Enjoy, and Merry Christmas, folks! That includes Todd Stallion, as well. Expect light blogging for the next couple of days,…

Renegade Santas Block Photo Enforcement Cameras in Tempe

This is the best Xmas gift ever! This video is tailor made for the holiday blues: A secretive cadre of Kris Kringles who’ve labeled themselves “Santas Against 1984,” are seen here “wrapping” photo enforcement cameras in Tempe. Waving to passing cars as they go, they hit a photo enforcement camera at Rio Salado…

Graffiti on Phoenix’s Light Rail Could Be a Beautiful Thing

SREK’s work, for instance, would look impressive on the side of a light rail car.Keith Haring. Jean-Michel Basquiat. The creators of Arizona’s petroglyphs. What do they all have in common? They were all practitioners of graffiti. Indeed, graffiti is the oldest art form known to man. The earliest found examples…