Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be in Tampa next week during the Republican National Convention.He’s not actually part of the convention, though — he’ll be giving a speech to an audience of people and exotic animals at a zoo about seven miles from the Tampa Bay Times Forum, where the actual…
See also: Daniel Patterson Calls it Quits, Resigns From HouseSee also: Ethics Investigators Say Daniel Patterson Has Got to GoSee also: Daniel Patterson Responds to Ethics Complaint Former Democratic state Representative Daniel Patterson was acquitted of the domestic-violence charges — part of an ethics complaint that would eventually cause him to…
See also: Arizona Diamondbacks Lose in Extra Innings See also: Arizona Diamondbacks Slaughtered By Miami Marlins It was a landmark day at Chase Field for the Diamondbacks on Wednesday, and a pretty hectic one at that. Arizona played its first-ever doubleheader at the stadium against the Miami Marlins, beating the…
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For the second straight election, African-American civil-rights activist Reverend Jarrett Maupin has endorsed Republican Congressman Ben Quayle.Yes, politics aside, the Phoenix Democrat wants Quayle to stay in office — mostly because he’s a cool, young guy.”He’s my nigga,” Maupin tells New Times…
See also: ASU Student Says He Was Kicked Off Delta Flight Over Shirt Mocking TSA Yesterday, we told you about Arijit Guha, the Arizona State University Ph.D. student who says his shirt mocking the Transportation Security Administration led to him and his wife getting kicked off his flight returning to…
I was in a taco shop in the bathroom stall and saw your racist dribble in La Prensa San Diego (the paper was being used as ass-wipe, I guess). Whatever you say or write will always be foreshadowed by the fact that you and all the dark-skinned Mexis are mosca…
As Republicans prepared to renominate Richard Nixon for president, gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson had a crank-fueled moment of clarity inside his Miami Beach hotel room. “This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves,” Thompson wrote in his classic Fear and Loathing: On the…
LOCKED UP Yeah, it’s called racial profiling: That this could happen to an American citizen is outrageous (“Birthing Bigotry,” Stephen Lemons, August 9). It goes to show you that many people believe any Latino shouldn’t be given the benefit of the doubt. With Latinos, it’s throw us in jail and…
Disgraced, recalled ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce’s doomed comeback campaign wants voters to buy the line that he’s all goodness and light these days, as if an entire career built on lies and hate never occurred. One of the latest flyers to hit the mailboxes of Republican voters in Legislative…
Next week, the Republican Party will convene in Tampa to plot world domination. And you’re feeling left out. Yes, you badly want in on the ground floor of the next culture war or invasion of a small, preferably Muslim, country. Yet the GOP speaks in an elusive language only its…
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UPDATE: Delta’s statement has been added below. An Arizona State University Ph.D. student says his tee-shirt mocking the Transportation Security Administration led to him and his wife getting kicked off his flight returning to Phoenix over the weekend.It wasn’t the TSA that kicked them off the plane, though — Arijit…
OK, so that’s not really Governor Jan Brewer explaining her new method of getting rid of illegal immigrants, but it’s hilarious…
A Scottsdale 10-year-old told police he couldn’t say why he no longer had his two front teeth, because his parents told him it was “their little secret.”Well, secret’s out folks — police say those teeth went missing because his step-dad choked him out and dropped him onto a tile floor.According…
See also: Ben Quayle Accused of SwimmingSee also: Ben Quayle Confirms He Was in the Israeli Lake to “Secure a Jar of Water” Oh boy, the scandal involving Congressman Ben Quayle is getting sexy — so sexy that supporters of his primary opponent went shopping for a floral-print banana hammock…
After a five-run first inning, the Arizona Diamondbacks were shut down for nine more, as the Miami Marlins clawed their way back into the game before taking the lead in the top of the 10th. The Marlins’ 6-5 win was their second straight over the D-backs as the two teams…
Unless you’re a huge follower of Major League Baseball, there’s probably only one reason you’d know the name of umpire Jim Joyce — two seasons ago, he blew a call in the bottom of the ninth inning to deny Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game.Joyce later apologized to…
See also: Ben Quayle Accused of SwimmingSee also: Ben Quayle Confirms He Was in the Israeli Lake to “Secure a Jar of Water” Congressman Ben Quayle is accused of swimming in a lake in Israel, and possibly witnessing one of his colleagues remove his clothes before jumping in that same…
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See also: Therapist Paul Fischer’s Counseling Session Included Slapping a WomanSee also: Paul Fischer Case Has More Details “Therapist” Paul Fischer — the non-licensed therapist “family and marriage counselor” who assaulted a woman in the middle of a counseling session earlier this year — accepted a plea agreement in Phoenix…
See also: Local Latino Activists Target Unlikely Politician See also: Meza Accused of Threatening DREAMer With Defamation Lawsuit See also: Meza Files Election Complaint Against Team Awesome See also: How Undocumented Immigrants Helped Change Phoenix’s City Council Campaign fliers sent out by Senator Robert Meza, who is running against Raquel…
