Arizona: Harbinger of American politics

Zócalo Public Square, a project of the Center for Social Cohesion from Arizona State University, in partnership with the New America Foundation, recently hosted a discussion about Arizona politics. Chief among the topics was: is Arizona politics unique to the state or an early indicator of what’s coming for the country in general?

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Born in Chicago

This song grabbed the attention of many in 1965. The band started out being white boys from Chicago playing hardcore blues with an rock and roll edge. Later, seasoned black musicians joined, making them one of the first integrated bands of the era. They were completely accepted by black bluesman due to their virtuosity [...]

Best Sex Scandal for 2011. The Brock Family Circus

Phoenix New Times gives the award.

What do you get when you cross politics, religion, and sex? One of the most bizarre sex scandals in the history of both sex and scandals, that’s what. The sex scandal that has plagued the devout Mormon family of Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock is a yarn that [...]

Polizeros Radio tonight

Oakland protest sign. Click through to Indybay.org for more

Topics: Occupy Wall Street and Oakland, Eurozone debt crisis and the 50% Greek bond haircut, 2012 elections, Libya asking NATO to stay until end of year..

Listen to the show live, at Polizeros Radio on BlogTalkRadio. You can also listening by dialing in at 626-414-3492. [...]

Europe pretends to solve financial crisis, markets go bonkers

Eurozone finance ministers are working hard to solve the problems

The “agreement” is that bondholders will take a 50% chainsaw, er, “haircut” on their Greek debt. In yet another stunning “agreement”, this will somehow not trigger credit default swaps – in other words, they’re not really default swaps any more, now they’re “whatever we [...]

The brewing storm and a trend that will last for the rest of this decade

What is now happing is a rebellion rather than a protest, and that’s why there are no explicit demands. All rebellions are basically spiritual — about “righteousness.” When a critical mass of people feels deeply wronged, they rise up in anger. Their demand is wholesale change.

The people in charge of governing have violated their [...]

Wind energy news

Two somewhat unusual pieces of wind news.

Wholesale price of electricity dropped to $0.00 in Texas briefly, due to wind farms

I think you can guess why. Yes, wind power being cheap as heck, the wind blowing strong at night, and less electricity demand is the mixture that caused this to happen.

Big wind farms [...]

Howlin’ Wolf. Smokestack Lightning

With Willie Dixon and Hubert Sumlin. Live in England 1964. It would not be a stretch to assume that future mega-rock stars like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, and the Rolling Stones were probably in the audience. After all, the Yardbirds covered the song.

The blues bounced to Britain in the late 1950′s [...]

Iraq war vet in critical condition after hit by Oakland police rubber bullet

An Iraq war veteran has a fractured skull and brain swelling after allegedly being hit by a police projectile.

Rental prices on the rise, foreclosures a primary reason

The price for renting an apartment or house is rising steadily nationwide as those who used to own homes are being foreclosed upon, or they are walking away from properties that are now worth far less than what they paid for them. This puts steady, upward pressure on rentals, as more and more people [...]