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Southern Arizona Guide

If we think of them at all, we tend to think fondly of our Arizona Territory pioneers. In the shallow backwaters of our imagination, we apply common descriptive terms to their exploits as they settled the West. They were rugged, determined, courageous. But what does that mean in reality?

Most of what we know about their ruggedness, determination, and courage comes from Hollywood movies. We are so often exposed only to general, sanitized, sensationalized, or romanticized versions of pioneering. Think of the 1940 Western, Arizona, starring Jean Arthur and William Holden. Old Tucson was created to make this popular movie and the set played the part of the real Tucson ca. 1860.   Continue reading “A Fate Worse Than Death: How Pennington Street Got Its Name”

American Defense Party – by JB Campbell

Some people have all the luck.  People in Connecticut, for example.  The state cops say they’re coming for the guns.  The matronly new chief says no, but the odious Lt. Paul Vance, the front man for the Sandy Hook lie factory, says it’s true and moreover, it’s un-American to oppose them in any way.   Not only that:  he said that he’s the master.  What the hell did that mean?

Let’s say Chief Grandma thinks she’s not lying.  If eighty percent of the people refuse to obey “the law,” what’s a gun cop to do?    They know you’ve got an “illegal” rifle or magazine, they know where you live.  Are they going to let it slide?   Continue reading “What is their plan for us?”

No family is safe while CPS is operational. Police State USA

MICHIGAN — Hundreds of thousands of parents have been flagged as “child abusers” in a huge database maintained in secret by Michigan’s Child Protective Services (CPS) agency.   The names are entered into the database without due process, without a judicial hearing, without an opportunity for defense, without a conviction, and without even letting the individuals know they have been targeted.

The list is called the Michigan Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry.  It reportedly contains the names of 275,000 “abusive” parents currently in that state alone, as WXYZ reported.   Continue reading “Michigan CPS has gigantic secret list of parents labeled “child abusers” without due process”

Blacklisted News – by Lee Rogers

This is nothing more than a cover up.  Ibragim Todashev was murdered by the FBI undoubtedly to hide the truth behind the alleged Boston Marathon bombing and the two patsies the government blamed it on.  He was shot several times including once in the back of the head.  The specific details surrounding the official story have also changed numerous times all of which claim that FBI agents were defending themselves from a violent attack by Todashev while he was being questioned in his apartment.   Continue reading “FBI Agent Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Ibragim Todashev”

Yahoo News – by ERIKA NIEDOWSKI

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Law enforcement officials raided the office and home of House Speaker Gordon Fox on Friday as part of an investigation by the U.S. attorney’s office, the FBI, IRS and state police.

Authorities entered Fox’s Statehouse office carrying an evidence bag and empty cardboard boxes Friday morning. Fox’s spokesman, Larry Berman, said state police had asked everyone working in the office to leave, but he didn’t know why.   Continue reading “Rhode Island speaker’s work, home raided in probe”

Aunt Jenny Brooks

Sipsey Street Irregulars – by Mike Vanderboegh

To the legislators of the states of New Jersey and Rhode Island, upon the approach of your votes for firearm confiscation:

The firearm owners of your respective states tell me that you are busy men and women with short attention spans so I will try to make this brief, beginning with an instructive story from the history of my adopted state, Alabama. Some still tell it with pride in the hills of north Alabama. Like all the best stories, it has the advantage of being true.   Continue reading “An Open Letter to the Legislatures of New Jersey and Rhode Island: Are you seriously proposing to have your own skulls turned into soap dishes?”

The Free Thought Project

In typical jackboot fashion, this “public servant” oozes tyrannical saliva as he flexes his mythical authority over an unsuspecting German tourist. This must have been an informed driver as he knew to pull out his camera and film this tyrant.

“Do you know what the speed limit is boy?!” “Do you know what happens to little boys like you that go to jail for reckless driving? Your ass will be hurting for a month!”   Continue reading “Power Tripping Cop Threatens Man with Anal Rape for Speeding”

RangelWeasel Zippers

Taxpayers beg to differ.

New York, NY – Congressman Charles B. Rangel issued the following statement after the New York Senate failed to pass the Dream Act, a bill providing state financial aid for college for the children of illegal immigrants:   Continue reading “Charlie Rangel: NY State Senate “Crushing The Dreams” of Illegal Immigrants By Not Paying For Them To Go To College”

AFP 528221876USA Today – by Aamer Madhani

WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Thursday that he is levying additional sanctions against 20 high-level Russian officials as well as a bank in response to Moscow’s move to annex the Crimea region of Ukraine.

Obama spoke just hours after Russia’s lower parliament ratified a treaty to make Crimea a part of the Russian Federation. Crimeans voted overwhelmingly in a hastily arranged referendum earlier this week to join Russia.   Continue reading “Obama announces more sanctions against Russia”

The Hill – by Tim Devaney

The Interior Department is delaying a rule that would raise the penalties on offshore facilities that are responsible for oil spills amid pressure from industry groups.

The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) both wrote to the Interior Department requesting an extension of the comment period, which the agency granted Tuesday, so these groups will have more time to review and respond to the rule.   Continue reading “Interior delays hike in oil spill fines”

Philly.com – by Andrew M. Seaman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – About half of American adults believe in at least one medical conspiracy theory, according to new survey results.

Some conspiracy theories have much more traction than others, however.

For example, three times as many people believe U.S. regulators prevent people from getting natural cures as believe that a U.S. spy agency infected a large number of African Americans with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).   Continue reading “You’re not alone: Medical conspiracies believed by many”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

One of the primary drivers of the real estate bubble in the past several years, particularly in the ultra-luxury segment, were megawealthy Chinese buyers, seeking to park their cash into the safety of offshore real estate where it was deemed inaccessible to mainland regulators and overseers, tracking just where the Chinese record credit bubble would end up. Some, such as us, called it “hot money laundering”, and together with foreclosure stuffing and institutional flipping (of rental units and otherwise), we said this was the third leg of the recent US housing bubble. However, while the impact of Chinese buying in the US has been tangible, it has paled in comparison with the epic Chinese buying frenzy in other offshore metropolitan centers like London and Hong Kong. This is understandable: after all as Chuck Prince famously said in 2007, just before the first US mega-bubble burst, “as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance.” In China, the music just ended.   Continue reading “The Music Just Ended: “Wealthy” Chinese Are Liquidating Offshore Luxury Homes In Scramble For Cash”

Wall Street Journal – by ROSS KELLY and JAMES GLYNN

SYDNEY—An Australian-led operation is under way to determine whether objects located by satellite imagery in the southern Indian Ocean belong to missing Malaysia Airlines3786.KU -2.08% Flight 370.

“New and credible information has come to light in relation to the search,” Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott during a regular sitting of Parliament.   Continue reading “Satellites Spot Possible Debris From Malaysia Airlines Flight”

Wall Street Journal – by Joe Palazzolo

Encouraging someone to commit suicide is not a crime, Minnesota’s high court ruled Wednesday, reversing the conviction of a nurse who urged people to hang themselves and let him watch via webcam.

William Francis Melchert-Dinkel had been found guilty under a law that made it illegal to “advise, encourage, or assist” in a suicide.   Continue reading “Minnesota’s High Court Rules Encouraging Suicide Isn’t a Crime”