Florida is a popular migration destination, but those people are moving into harm’s way. USA Today says Florida’s population ballooned from 13M in 1992 to 21.5M today, with 3M added in just the last 10 years (read story here). A study (details here) revealed there’s migration withi[...]
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August 31st, 2022 - 12:48 pm § in Politics
Why GOP ex-voter’s “resignation letter” is a bad thing
An Arizona elections office recently received a letter that goes like this: “I am returning this ballot to you, because I no longer have confidence that your organization can conduct a legal, democratic and unaltered election …. To conclude, I demand that you remove my name from the voter rolls [...]
August 28th, 2022 - 8:13 pm § in Environment
Water? Who needs it? You do
Americans are moving in droves to the hottest and driest parts of the country. A Vox article (here) says, “Leading the way in growth was Maricopa County in Arizona, home to Phoenix, a desert metropolis that receives more sunshine than any other major city on Earth — and averages more than 11[...]
August 21st, 2022 - 5:30 pm § in Politics
Kansas abortion foes got their recount and here’s what it shows
In the first ballot-box test of abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the Kansas electorate kept abortion legal in their state, by a vote of 543,855 (59%) to 378,466 (41%), see details here. Anti-abortion activists requested a recount, raising $50,000 online, with another $[...]
August 17th, 2022 - 2:16 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Missouri Trumper indicted for threatening Arizona election official
A Missouri man who left a veiled death threat in an Arizona election official’s voicemail is looking at federal prison time, and he should be. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, of Tecumseh, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury for making an interstate threat and communicating it by an inters[...]
August 6th, 2022 - 2:00 pm § in Politics
Republicans are still violent as ever
Nothing’s changed. CPAC is one of the highest-profile gatherings of conservatives in America. Their keynote speaker is Hungary’s fascist autocrat, and their speeches are laced with violent rhetoric (see story here). Republicans have talked up “civil war” for years. Rightwing [...]
Arizona GOPers’ obsession with 2020 is alive and well
Election denialism and conspiracy theories have taken root in Arizona like nowhere else. Two years later, halfway through President Biden’s term, Arizona Republicans are still obsessed and driven by election results no serious person would question. Is the desert sun baking their brains? Anyon[...]
July 18th, 2022 - 7:47 pm § in Misc.
Arizona led nation in TP panic
Nowadays everything is researched from 13 billion year-old-stars to toilet paper shortages. The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 may have begun in Seattle, where the first U.S. case of Covid-19 was reported, and shoppers here promptly emptied shelves. But this rocket reached its apogee in Phoenix[...]
Great Migration, v.2022
Pods, a moving and storage company, sees people leaving big cities for the U.S. southeast, especially Florida. Why? Reasons include cheaper housing and getting closer to nature. Not mentioned: Crime. Read story here. Not surprisingly, Los Angeles and San Francisco top the list of cities people are l[...]
Company hired by Arizona GOP for vote “audit” goes out of business
“Cyber Ninjas, the controversial Florida company that conducted a bungle-plagued audit of Arizona votes in the 2020 presidential election, a recount pushed by Donald Trump and state senators over baseless claims of fraud, has folded,” Huffington Post reported on Thursday, January 6, 2[...]