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Global Warming Is Solved: Just Make Snow Out of Sewage
Hamilton Nolan · 09/27/12 08:40AMYes, sure, global warming is leading us inexorably down the path to all-out global war due to massive human displacement and destruction of resources. But let's focus on the real problem: what about ski resorts? What if people were forced to go skiing later in the season? Absolutely unacceptable. Fortunately, America is ready to tackle this problem head-on.
Tucson Shooting Survivors Appear in New Ad Demanding Plan to End Gun Violence
Louis Peitzman · 08/05/12 12:16PMGabby Giffords' Shooter Will Plead Guilty
Louis Peitzman · 08/05/12 09:36AMJoe Arpaio Holds Press Conference to Let America Know He's Still a Wingnut
Louis Peitzman · 07/17/12 10:56PMMom Gives Her Two-Year Old A Sippy Cup Full of Beer, Gets Arrested
Taylor Berman · 07/05/12 11:42PMArizona, the worst state in the country, is such a terrible place that even the two-year olds have turned to drink. When Valerie Marie Topete saw her two-year old son reaching for her pitcher of beer while the two were dining in a pizzeria in Phoenix, she did what any sane mother would do: she filled the toddler's sippy cup with delicious, cold suds. If your child was facing such an obviously awful existence, would you have acted differently? Not me. Well, sure enough some teetotaling, probably concealed-gun toting narc took it upon himself to snitch to the police, who not only arrested Ms. Topete but also had the nerve to take away the tot's beer. Now Topete is being held on suspicion of child abuse. And, from the AP report, "Police didn't know if she has a lawyer." Of course they don't know, because police in Arizona are know-nothing monsters. Anyway, if you guys want to start a Kickstarter to get her out of jail, let's move to the comments.
US Border Patrol in Arizona Detains 96-Year Old Former Arizona Governor, Who Just Happens to Be Hispanic
Taylor Berman · 07/05/12 05:59PMUS Border Patrol Agents in Arizona celebrated America's then-upcoming birthday in the best way they know how: by being Constitution-abusing dicks. 96-year old Raul Castro, who served not only as Governor of Arizona (the only Latino governor Arizona has ever had, natch) but also a former US ambassador to Bolivia, El Salvador and Argentina, was on his way to a birthday party last month when he was detained by the Border Patrol for an estimated 30-45 minutes at a check point 22 miles away* from the Mexican border for giving off "possible" trace levels of radiation. Even after being told who Castro was and that the radiation was most likely from a medical procedure Castro received the day before, the Border Patrol insisted that the former Governor, who was wearing a suit, leave his air-conditioned car and stand inside a roadside tent, in temperatures nearing 100 degrees, while they tried to determine exactly what kind of dirty bomb the nonagenarian was smuggling. After deciding that the well-decorated public servant wasn't some illegal immigrant planning on blowing up Flagstaff, the Border Control let Castro and his friend/driver go.
Stephen Colbert Suggests Some More Ways Arizona Can Assert Its Rights
Matt Toder · 06/26/12 11:08PMSupporters of Arizona's mostly-struck-down immigration policies have continuously framed the issue as one of states' rights versus federal rights. On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert suggested some other ways Arizona can assert its rights.
Which Presidential Candidate Is Better At Pandering to Latino Voters?
Matt Toder · 06/25/12 10:28PMBoth President Obama and Mitt Romney spoke at the NALEO conference last week just before the Supreme Court's decision about Arizona's controversial immigration laws. So who did a better job of getting his message across? On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart broke it down.
Supreme Court Rejects Some of Arizona's Immigration Law, Leaves in Pesky 'Show Me Your Papers' Clause
Louis Peitzman · 06/25/12 06:38PMThe Arizona Department of Transportation Experiments with Haiku
Caity Weaver · 06/14/12 12:47AMBurned SUV With Five Bodies Found in Arizona Desert
Louis Peitzman · 06/03/12 10:54AMArizona's Secretary of State Not Convinced Obama Was Born in U.S., Threatens to Exclude Him From Ballot
Louis Peitzman · 05/19/12 02:05PMArizona's Secretary of State Ken Bennett is the latest politician to call President Obama's birth certificate into question. Following Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation into the document, Bennett has now also identified the birth certificate as a forgery. He is demanding authentication from the state of Hawaii.
Arizona Bans Funding to Planned Parenthood
Louis Peitzman · 05/05/12 09:26AMArizona Democrat: 'The Tea Party and Conspiracy Theorists Run the State Now'
Louis Peitzman · 04/26/12 08:41PMSwing States Are Swinging Toward Obama
Louis Peitzman · 04/22/12 10:50AMArizona Fears Mexican-American Studies Are Poisoning College Students' Minds
Hamilton Nolan · 04/17/12 08:57AM¡Hola! That is what the state of Arizona says to its Mexican friends and residents, to distract them from the knife being plunged into their backs at the same moment. The primary problem facing the foreclosure-wracked drought-plagued desert state of Arizona: Mexicans learning things. Arizona will put a stop to that—¡muy rapido!
Crazed Sheriff Joe Arpaio Cracks Down on Dog Sex in Arizona
Leah Beckmann · 03/29/12 03:21PMArizona couple Shane and Sarah Walker were arrested for trying to fuck a dog. Their first mistake, it seems, was all in the Craigslist ad they posted: "Wife looking for K9." Sure it's simple and it's concise, but posted in the personal ads, it doesn't leave a whole lot of mystery. Mystery, say, in case an undercover animal crimes detective is prowling the site looking for just such a couple to take down in a sting, all To Catch a Predator style.
Prominent Republican Says Sensible Thing About Contraception Debate
Emma Carmichael · 03/19/12 09:51AMWonder of wonders! Prominent republican and former presidential candidate John McCain has come forward and said something almost entirely sensible about the contraception debate.