Homeless in Arizona

Walking 10 extra miles a day

In addition to that I have also been riding my bike 10 extra miles a day.

Neither of them is a big deal, but since I have had to do both of them every day I have been rather tired from all the riding and biking.

Also yesterday I got a flat tire about a mile from the end, so I had to walk an extra mile that day.

I am kind of happy the bus strike is over, because the bike riding and walking have been killing me.

The sky is falling - We need a police state!!!!

FBI hacking squad used in domestic investigations

In this article the FBI is hiring common criminals or hackers as they call them to break into people's computers and do other nasty things to them.

More articles on Edward Snowden

Aug 6 - Rain this morning

I hope it doesn't mess up my campsite and make it muddy.

More on the lady with the screaming kids on the bus

I told her that is her kids behaved and didn't yell and scream and annoy people that I wouldn't be taking their pictures.

That lady has 4 or 5 kids and 3 of them are old enough to run, yell, scream and bother people as they play on the bus.

Chander Art Store run by Goodwill???

That's odd.

I wonder if there is any of the usual government corruption involved???

Chander Art lady knows the dummy lady!!!

She also knows Rich and Lilia.

Links to the usual files

This link is to the American War Machine. It has a lot of articles on all the crimes that the American government is committing in the name of freedom and democracy in our invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

This link is all about Bad Government. It mostly contains articles about how our government masters flush the Constitution down the toilet and routinely behave like "royal rulers", rather then the "public servants" they pretend to be.

This link is about drones. But it is more from an engineering or technical point of view. If you want to see all the murders that the American government has committed using drones you can find them in either the American War Machine or police crimes.

This link is about Edward Snowden. He is the guy who exposed the American government's tapping of literally 10's of millions of American's phones, along with the American government's reading of our emails. Even if Edward Snowden was a government nanny, I consider him a freedom fighter for exposing the spying of the American government.

This link is about the insane American War on Drugs. Sadly the War on Drugs has turned Amerika into the biggest police state on the planet.

This link is some letters to the editor that some nut job in Tempe has written.

This link is about Sheriff Paul Babeu. I suspect David Dorn will accuse me of loving Paul Babeu, but I think Paul Babeu is a government tyrants just like Sheriff Joe Arpaio. And of course I don't have a much better opinion of David Dorn.

This link is about Sheriff Joe Arpaio. He is the self proclaimed meanest Sheriff in the world. Sheriff Joe Arpaio also seems to be a racist who terrorizes the local Latino community, because that helps him get the votes of all the racists in the Phoenix metro area when it comes to the time of being reelected.

This link is about police and all the crimes committed by police criminals.

And last but not least this link is about religion. Well specificlly about mixing government and religion which is strictly illegal in the USA, but something which happens on a daily basis.

Designing Without Tables

The first book was titled:

HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS

So far the book has been worth every cent I paid for it.

Or perhaps it would be better if I said that the book isn't worth a penny more then I paid for it. And I got the book for free.

The book seems to say that designing web pages using tables is bad, bad, bad, and then gives a few lousy excuses on why tables are bad, none of which I agree with.

While the book's title claims it is all about designing web pages without table that is very misleading.

The book designs ONE stinking web pages without tables. Yes, I said ONE STINKING web page.

Well the guy gave us one example which has 5 slightly different flavors to create a tableless web page with 3 columns.

The first flavor or example, defines a table with 3 columns and no header or footer.

This web page has one bug which we will see later.

The second example, takes the first tableless 3 column web page and adds a header to it.

This example has he same bug as the first example. The third example then throws in a footer to the tableless web page.

This is where the bug shows up.

In the third example the footer is not at the bottom of the 3 tables.

The footer is at the bottom of the middle tables, but in my version of the example, both the left and right columns extend past the footer which is in the middle.

In the fourth example they fix the footer bug with a stupid JavaScript program. The guy didn't even use his own JavaScript program in the example. He used a bunch of JavaScript code he stole from somebody else.

I didn't include the JavaScript code in my example because the computer I am using at the library doesn't allow me to decompress it.

Jesus, I thought writing web pages with <DIV>'s was supposed to be simpler then when using tables.

Now the fifth and final example fixes the bug in example three using this CSS

clear:both;

Even in this example it is a real kludge.

You must put the <div>'s in this order

1. #left
2. #right
3. #center

You also have to use a wrapper to wrap the previous 3 <div>'s like this

<DIV>
     <DIV id="left">
     </DIV>
     <DIV id="right">
     </DIV>
     <DIV id="center">
     </DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV id="top">
</DIV>
<DIV>
     <DIV id="left">
     </DIV>
     <DIV id="right">
     </DIV>
     <DIV id="center">
     </DIV>
</DIV>
<DIV id="bottom">
</DIV>

Well after reading the whole book, I guess it was worth 2 or 3 cents more then I paid for it.

Even though I had previously used the

clear:both;

And again I have don't lots' of JavaScript, but I had not used the taken advantage of the way JavaScript can dynamically fix the footer bug.

Even if it is a kludge.

Interviews with idiots

But that didn't stop him from accusing me of incorrectly accusing me of using my CSS definitions wrong.

When I define CSS stuff I typically define them like this

.xxx { css stuff}

#xxx { css stuff}

From my playing and a little Google'ing it seems that the id=xxx and #xxx {} stuff has never been implemented in the browsers as it was defined.

The real question is who knows why.

I also had an interview with another amateur programmer in Gilbert and he seem to be the same way.

Despite admitting that he wasn't really an experienced programmer it didn't seem to bother him to criticize me for stuff he didn't fully understand.

Stupid HTML tests

1. test 1
2. test 3 - add in a top section
3. test 4 - add in a top & bottom section
4. test 5 - add in a top & bottom section - fixed with clear:both;
5. test 2 .xxx vs #xxx id= vs class=

The sky is falling - We need a police state!!!!

More bug bites

I am also wearing a short sleeve shirt under my sweat shirt and tucking it into my pants when I go to bed at night to keep the bugs from crawling on my back and biting me there.

But just a few minutes ago I noticed a bunch of new bug bites on my legs, so I guess the bugs are still crawling up my pants and biting me at night when I sleep.

I guess life sucks when you are a homeless person and you get to be food for bugs more then people with homes.

Names for Washington D.C. sports teams

How about:

• Congressional Crooks
• Stealing Senators
• Looting Legislators

Welfare for religious colleges in Mesa, Corporate welfare Tempe Town Toilet

The article also talks about how the royal members of the Tempe City Council are accepting bribes, oops, I mean campaign contributions in exhance for doling out $37 million in corporate welfare to the special interest groups that are building projects on Tempe Town Toilet or Tempe Town Lake as the royal rulers of Tempe call it.

Residency of new legislator Begay questioned

In this article our royal government masters seem to be saying that those laws about residency requirements are for serfs who don't hold office, and don't apply to elected officials.

Man blows up dog, cites rapture, police say

Agent drank 4 beers night of Waikiki shooting

Obama administration authorizes drone strikes in Yemen

FBI informants authorized to break the law 5,600 times

Groundwork Laid, Growers Turn to Hemp in Colorado

Well to be honest, the marijuana strain used to produce hemp used for rope and canvas doesn't get people high very well.

Aug 8 - Strategic Edge hacked again by the Feds????

I was surprised because I thought they had shut it down.

I email them and told them I suspect that the folks that run the server were crooks and billing them despite their request to cancel the site.

I was surprised because they came back and told me that they changed their mind and were keeping the web.

After that I went and looked at the log files and saw this.

Again I suspect that the police in the Homeland Security, FBI, or NSA had again hacked the site and modified the code to not display the log files. The only people I suspect beside the government are perhaps Ernie Hancock and David Dorn.

This isn't the first time somebody has hacked my logging web site.

Originally they hacked this site and modified the code so that IP addresses are sometimes incorrectly returned when I grab the IP address. That wasn't on the listing program, but rather on the program that logs all the visits.

Prior to that they hacked some other web sites which logged everything.

In those hacked first they changed the privileges on the SQL table so that the logging software could not write to the SQL table.

Then they removed my read privileges so that I could not read the SQL file.

Who ever is doing the hacking is certainly not a moron. They are pretty smart.

Aug 8 - More on the Strategic Edge being hacked by the Feds

First I noticed this HTML which I have never used:

<!doctype html>

Next I noticed a whole slew of these HTML if statements something which I have never used.

Google says they are only supported by Internet Explorer or Internet Exploder as I call it.

I didn't put them there an one of my beliefs is that you should write code that is supported by ALL browsers, not code that only works on one browser.

<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class= <!, <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class= <!, <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class=

<html class=

Also I normally don't use a

class=

<HTML>

And here is another tag that I never use inside the code I generate.

<meta http-eq

<META ... >

<HEAD>

Strategic Edge and AU websites hacked by the Feds???

They also hacked the AU website.

And the bugs are identical.

First the reports listing all the people that visited my websites no longer work properly. And they both have the same type of bugs.

Second all the odd ball HTML tags which I never use are also showing up on both websites.

Third and last I went to the home pages of both sites and the home pages don't have all the new odd ball HTML tags in them that I never use.

And of course that leads me to believe that somebody hacked both websites. And of course that somebody is probably the government if you ask me. Homeland Security or the NSA.

Michael Beasley busted for marijuana

Big stinking deal!!!!

Who cares!!!!!

Don't you guys have any REAL criminals to hunt down????

You know criminals like robbers and rapists who hurt people!!!! Not people who commit the victimless crime of smoking marijuana!!!!!

Legal fight brews on impairment in medical-marijuana DUIs

Arizona police falsely arrest medical marijuana patients for DUI or DWI

Arizona police falsely arrest medical marijuana patients for drunk driving

I hit the emergency button on the train

So I hit the emergency button and complained to the driver.

He didn't answer me back, but he did open the doors allowing me and a whole bunch of other passengers to get off.

Use this article when I sue Valley Metro for a refund on my bus pass

Valley Metro: CEO approved lack of minimum service

Obama is a serial killer whose weapon of choice is drones???

Gun grabbing mommies!!!!!

Ladies, more often then not the POLICE are the criminals who murder innocent civilians with their guns.

Pay hike to $182,145 for Arpaio’s chief deputy approved

Florida cops having some stun gun fun kill teenage!!!

Yes, the teenager was a criminal, but he didn't deserve to be murdered.

More on those trigger happy Miami cops who murdered a graffiti artist

Immigrants rights groups urge changes in car impound policies

Crime does pay and this article proves it!!!!!

A lame excuse to give Maricopa County Sheriff Deputy's a pay raise???

Officer Sergio Virgillo covered up the murder of Officer Richard Chrisman

But for one reason or another he changed his mind.

Court vacates Ariz. conviction for invalid search

In this article a guy who was convicted of a victimless drug war crime has his conviction thrown out because the police illegally searched him.

Aug 9 - More pigs at Wal-Mart

Here is the straight dope on the first time the Chandler piggies falsely arrested me.

Kenya airport fire thefts: 7 police investigated

FCC votes to lower inmate phone rates

Let's face it, it's not about good government or rehabilitating the inmates. It's all about money. Cold hard cash!!!!

A lame excuse to flush the Bill of Rights down the toilet

Sheriff Joe's goons required to carry guns 24/7

I suspect this will be later used for the cops to demand more pay.

I suspect they will file a lawsuit saying they are required to work 24/7, because they are required to carry their guns with them 24/7 and demand that they be paid for working 24/7.

2 Mexican teens: Van sold by U.S. gov’t had cocaine

Obama flushes Constitution and Bill of Rights???

Man jailed 2 weeks in Phoenix terrorism hoax

According to this article he has been sentenced to a week in jail for that victimless crime.

Ballot photos are illegal, but don’t expect arrests in Phoenix

According to this article it is illegal to take a photo of your ballot after you fill it out. You could spend a some time in jail for this victimless crime.

Yemen official: U.S. drones kill 12 in 3 airstrikes

Testimony of Phoenix police officer’s partner attacked in murder trial

N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S.

House and Senate finding common ground on E-Verify

Piercing the confusion around NSA’s phone surveillance program

The article also has a bunch of lame excuses from our government masters to justify their crimes.

Date a Black man - Get beat up by the police

Well at least until the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles.

Now unprovoked beatings by the police are routinelly video taped by people with camera and cell phones all over the country.

In this article and video two Davenport, Iowa police officer beat the living sh*t out of a woman for the crimes of shoplifting and dating a Black man.

Yea, shoplifting is wrong. But you don't deserve to be beaten up by a cop when you are caught. (Although I might give the store owner some leeway for doing it).

And as far as dating a Black man my view on that is if you don't like Black men, don't date them.

But if you do date a Black man you certainly don't deserve to be beaten up by the police for it.

Davenport Police beat up woman for shoplifting

Well at least until the Rodney King beating in Los Angeles.

Now unprovoked beatings by the police are routinelly video taped by people with camera and cell phones all over the country.

In this article and video two Davenport, Iowa police officer beat the living sh*t out of a woman for the crimes of shoplifting and dating a Black man.

Yea, shoplifting is wrong. But you don't deserve to be beaten up by a cop when you are caught. (Although I might give the store owner some leeway for doing it).

And as far as dating a Black man my view on that is if you don't like Black men, don't date them.

But if you do date a Black man you certainly don't deserve to be beaten up by the police for it.

Another e-mail service shuts down over government spying concerns

NSA cites case as success of phone data-collection program

Drug lord ordered freed, sentence in DEA agent's murder overturned

Hey, whats new? In America the Feds don't seem to think Americans deserve fair trials.

Santa Ana to pay new city manager more than $500,000 annually

Pressure Cookers - Will I get a visit from Homeland Security???

Pressure Cooker Perfection
America's Test Kitchen

I wonder if I will get a visit from the FBI goons accusing me of planning a bombing attack.

Sorry guys, I was just drooling over the photos of a "Weeknight Pot Roast and Potatoes" recipe on page 98.

But again I guess the Homeland Security goons at the FBI could care less that I didn't have any criminal intent, after all it's not about arresting criminals, it's about creating a jobs program for FBI thugs.

Dealing with the government sucks!!!

Obama announces NSA reforms

What’s a city manager worth?

Federal government fails customer satisfaction survey

Deputy shot suspect dead, cohort liable for murder

Threats Test Obama’s Balancing Act on Surveillance

Of course Obama won't do anything to fix the problem.

Did a FBI sniper murder James Lee DiMaggio???

We will have to wait for the next article to come out on this to see if I am right.

Again Did a FBI sniper murder James Lee DiMaggio???

Arizona pension system gave out bonuses

Chicago - How do you spell revenue??? Photo radar bandits!!!!

Chicago - More on those photo radar bandits!!!!

Pot farms on federal land targeted for new penalties

And as usual, instead of fixing the problems mentioned in this article the proposals will make things worse.

Hey, did you expect something better from our royal government masters.

Snowden's father decries 'political theater' over son's leaks

If Obama wanted to fix the problem he would pardon Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning and stop the illegal government spying.

Teacher's jail term for having sex with boys 'shocking'

In this article a hot high school teacher is sentenced to prison for having sex with one of her students.

Correctional officer accused of murder

In this article a Chicago prison guard is accused of murdering a person in a "road rage" incident.

Gun grabbers going nuts in California

After Guantánamo, Another Injustice

Prosecutors love to carve notches in their guns

Phoenix man seeks to recall Rep. Kyrsten Sinema

Kyrsten Sinema is a big talker about rights and freedom, but when it comes to her votes, I think she consistently votes for a bigger police state.

When Kyrsten Sinema was an elected official in Arizona she tried to flush Arizona's medical marijuana laws down the toilet by introducing a 300 percent tax on medical marijuana.

Atheist Kyrsten Sinema sells out to the Jewish Christian lobbyists???

I suspect as a result of this atheist Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema will vote for laws giving government pork to the clients of these Jewish Christian lobbyists.

15 years for throwing a firecracker???

U.S. angry over release of Mexican drug lord

Sadly the American government doesn't think people in foreign countries deserve a right to a fair trial.

Well I suspect the royal American rulers free the same thing about people accused of crimes in this country.

Attorney General Holder blows hot air on fixing American police state

I suspect absolutely nothing will be done by Eric Holder to fix the problem.

Feds pay millions for border-agent housing in Ajo

Stop-and-Frisk Practice Violated Rights, Judge Rules

Federal judge orders NYPD stop-frisk monitor

Valley Metro Bus Strike Lawsuit

Here is the bus pass I purchased, but which I could not use on August 1 thru 4 in the cities of Chandler, Tempe, Mesa and Gilbert which had all of their bus service stopped by the bus strike.

Some of the bus service was stopped in Phoenix and Scottsdale too. But other bus unions also provide bus service in Phoenix and Scottsdale so bus service did not come to a complete halt in Phoenix and Scottsdale like it did in the other cities.

Also the light rail service, which is run by another union continued to provide service. I did ride once on the light rail during the strike, when I went to the First Fridays event in downtown Phoenix.

Here are photos of both sides of my bus pass, which I could not use during Aug 1 thru 4. The bus pass number seems to be # L31-0013125. I probably bought it at the APS office in Chandler.

Refunds from Phoenix Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, Chandler for bus strike????

Another request for damages on the bus strike sent to Valley Metro

Scottsdale defends corporate welfare to golf course

Gun-control bills could push California to top of firearm-restriction list

Most NY voters embarrassed by Weiner, Spitzer

Yea, sure, the cops won’t forcefully fingerprint people

And that is base on prior experience.

Greg Stanton Phoenix Mayor

Government nannies in Tempe say 82 is too hot!!!!!

Of course if you ask me, in the middle of the summer that is a little too chilly!!!!

Why didn't those royal rulers on the Tempe City Council come ask me before they passed this silly law.

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supports the police state Patriot Act???

Most people are in prison for victimless drug war crimes

When you look at the graph below you see that over 51 percent of the people in Federal prisons are there for victimless drug war crimes.

After victimless drug war crimes it looks like more people are in Federal prisons for victimless weapons violations. I suspect that is for possessing a machine gun or sawed off shot gun without the $200 tax license, or for perhaps lying on the Brady Bill license application when a person buys a gun.

After that it looks like the next highest number of people in Federal prisons are there for the victimless crime of sneaking into the USA in an attempt to find a better job. The graph calls them immigration crimes.

It's only after those three victimless crimes that people are in prison for real crimes that hurt people such as property crimes, which I suspect are theft or fraud and violent crimes.

Tue 8/13 - Woman says hi to me in Spanish

She said something like:

Como estas

Estoy bien, y tu?

Muy bien

She could have been from Spain.

And if she was a Mexican she could have been a descendant of the ruling Spanish aristocrats, rather then being a mestizo or Indian.

Wed 8/14 - Morning lightning storm

It was mostly cloud to cloud lightning and maybe ball lightning.

It wasn't even close to where I was. Nor did I see any of the traditional cloud to ground lightning.

Mountain Lions in the Valley???

Mountain lions eat people. And when I am sleeping out in the desert there ain't nothing to protect me from a hungry mountain lion.

Source

Peoria officer kills mountain lion in neighborhood

By Matthew Longdon The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:02 PM

A Peoria police officer killed a mountain lion Tuesday night that had been hopping between backyards in the northern part of the city.

Amanda Jacinto, a Peoria police and fire spokeswoman, said someone reported seeing a mountain lion near Happy Valley Road and Lake Pleasant Highway at about 7 p.m. Game and Fish Department officers responded alongside police.

The officers were trying to capture the animal to release it back into the wild, but at some point, an officer felt threatened and shot the mountain lion, Jacinto said.

It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the officer to shoot.

“It wasn’t afraid of humans,” she said.

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Source

Officials: Two mountain lion encounters 'highly unusual'

By Laurie Merrill, Chris Williams and Erin O’Connor The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:08 PM

A day after police killed a mountain lion that peered into a suburban window in Peoria, a second mountain lion chased two hikers near a Tucson park, officials said Wednesday.

“This is highly unusual,” said biologist Randy Babb of the Arizona Game and Fish Department. “It’s unusual to have two incidents in the same year.”

In the first incident, Peoria police shot and killed a mountain lion Tuesday night in a housing community in northern Peoria near Westwing and Lake Pleasant parkways.

Arizona Game and Fish Department employees on Wednesday afternoon were searching for a young male lion that followed two hikers at Catalina State Park in Tucson, Babb said.

The hikers spotted the lion and took off running.

“That is the wrong thing to do,” Babb said. “The mountain lion followed them.”

One of the hikers fell from a bluff and dislocated a shoulder and broke an arm, Babb said.

The mountain lion pursuing the hikers was older than the adolescent cat in Peoria, which was too young to have been separated from its mother, Babb said.

The adolescent was a male mountain lion between 12- and 18- months old, weighed about 40 pounds, and was seen jumping in and out of backyards in a community that backs up to the mountains, said Amanda Jacinto, a Peoria police spokeswoman.

Homeowner Rebekah Coleman used her cellphone to capture video footage of the young cat as it walked up to her back door. The lion looked into the window and before sauntering over to the edge of the yard.

Coleman said the mountain lion hissed at her family and was scaring them. She was concerned about her neighbors, who have little kids and dogs.

Police arrived and found the cat in a backyard and officers called the Arizona Game and Fish Department for help, Jacinto said.

As officers were waiting for Game and Fish officials to arrive, the cat jumped on top of a cinder block wall in what police thought was an attempt to leave the yard. An officer fired one round, killing the mountain lion, Jacinto said.

Babb said it was “highly unusual” for mountain lions to come so close to residential areas.

“Lions go through great lengths to avoid humans,” Babb said.

He was uncertain why the cat was allowing itself to tread so close to humans and attributed this behavior to a number of scenarios. He said the cat was thin and probably sick.

“If it was sick, releasing it back into the wild could contaminate other cats,” Babb said.Babb believed the officers made the right decision and had to take into account the public’s safety.

“No one likes to be in a situation where they have to destroy an animal,” Babb said. “This was unfortunate and unpleasant.”

Game and Fish authorities are now testing the cat’s corpse for rabies and will release a preliminary report in the coming days.

Authorities were still reviewing the events and the body of the mountain lion was handed over to Game and Fish officials.

Phoenix-area officers helped keep Obama safe during his visit

What cops did was treat President Obama like the royal Emperor and keep the serfs he rules over away from.

It was also a jobs program for all these local pigs where they pork out on all the overtime they get protecting the Emperor from the serfs he rules over.

Woman acquitted in drug case loses false-arrest suit

2 E-Mail Services Close and Destroy Data Rather Than Reveal Files

F*ck justice!!! It's about advancing your career as a prosecutor

Hundreds converge on Idaho in hunt for suspect, teen

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema takes a junket to Israel

Tennessee judge says only Jesus can be named the Messiah!!!!

According to this article a tyrannical judge in Tennessee judge says only Jesus can be named the Messiah.

The judge then orders a baby's name to be changed from Messiah to Martin.

Nuclear-missile unit fails security test

I don't really care about the dumb things these morons in the military are doing.

If you ask me we should get rid of all the nuclear bombs and we certainly don't need to continue the MAD philosophy. MAD stands for Mutually Assured Destruction and is an acronym from the Cold War days.

Republicans screw Libertarians to beat Democrats???

In this article the Republicans passed a law to fix that problem.

The law the Republicans make it practically impossible for Libertarians and Green party members to run for office in Arizona.

Hey, ain't democracy great!!!!!

Doctors for higher health-care costs!

In this case doctors are giving the politicians bribes, oops, I mean campaign contributions to pass laws which put nurses who cut into their income out of business according to this article.

After victimless drug war crimes most people are in prison for weapons violations

Mom resumes lawsuit in son’s border killing

Border Patrol shouldn’t shoot at will

Holder is targeting lengthy mandatory drug sentences

But honestly I think it is just a bunch of hot air to help reelect Obama's gang of Democrats in the next election.

And no I am not a Republican. They are just as bad as Democrats.

Confession at center of Doody retrial

When the cops and prosecutors frame somebody like they did to Doody, the charges should just be dropped and the guy let go.

Not only did the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office violated the rights of Doody, they also violated the rights of the Tucson Four when they tried to frame them for the Buddhist Temple murders.

Ga. airman’s military death sentence overturned

Two Powerful Signals of a Major Shift on Crime

If I had my way I would legalize all drugs and end the insane and unconstitutional war on drugs.

McDonnell says he and his family have returned all ‘tangible’ gifts from donor

I bet he is going to give us some lame excuse that he is returning the illegal gifts because he is an honest person. Yea, sure!!!!

Arizona Prosecutors website

It should be interesting to compare the propaganda these Arizona prosecutors are spewing out to reality.

In yesterdays Arizona Republic (Tuesday, August 13, 2013) I saw an article about a new Arizona Prosecutors web page. It was mostly a propaganda page telling us why our prosecutors are wonderful.

One item that interested me was they claimed that they don't send boatloads of people to prison for victimless drug war crimes. I suspect that is a big lie. Or they tweaked the statistics to make it look that way.

The site claimed that most people arrested for "drug war crimes" were also arrested for other crimes. And thus the drugs were the secondary problem compared to the other crime.

To tweak the statistics you could take somebody who was stopped for speeding, and then arrested for having marijuana in the car by claiming the real crime was speeding and not the marijuana.

Today I tried to find the article about the new prosecutors website in the Arizona Republic today but I could not.

I guess I should call the Arizona Republic and asked them if they can help me find the new website.

Next I Googled looking for "Arizona prosecutors". While I didn't find the website I was looking for I did find this web site which also looks like it is a propaganda page for Arizona prosecutors.

It's title is

Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council

http://apaac.az.gov/

I tried creating an account, but it seems they only grant accounts to people who are lawyers.

I wonder if that is legal per the Arizona Constitution???

DefCon en Español

Wed 8/15 - Rain

Not a heavy rain that will get you soaking wet but a light rain that if you stand in will get you wet over time.

I went back to my cave to get out of the rain even though I stopped sleeping in my cave because I am afraid of snakes.

When the rain stopped I went back to sleeping in the desert. I think that was around 2 a.m.

Oddly I was hot even though it was around midnight. Must have been the humidity.

Exercise helps insomnia, but not right away

As a child I was beaten a lot, yelled at a lot and abused a lot.

And as a result of that I have trouble sleeping at night.

I suspect it's the old fight or flight thing. And I am always on edge ready for the flight thing.

Corporations that sell poisons and industrial chemicals

A speedy fair trial in the Buddhist Tempe murders??? Don't make me laugh

That is a bunch of rubbish!!!!

In this article Jonathan Doody was framed for murder 22 years ago. Now the cops and prosecutors tell us they are going to give him a fast and fair trial again. Yea, sure!!!!

Glendale City Council target of 2 new probes

The first inquiry involves possible Open Meeting Law violations by council members Norma Alvarez and Ian Hugh.

The second matter was prompted by Alvarez. It concerns the councilwoman’s allegations of possible improper money transfers among city accounts to cover various debts to the National Hockey League, other arena-related transactions and improvements at businesses owned by other council members.

Companies should be able to deal with solar customers as they please

Corporate welfare, alive and well

Congressman Jackson Jr. - I don't deserve to be punished for my crimes???

Yea, I know, you are a US Congressman and have a God given right to steal. Yea, go f*ck off crook!

DiMaggio shot 'at least' five times

Yea, DiMaggio is a real jerk. But that doesn't mean he deserves to be murdered by an FBI sniper.

Lawsuit challenges CHA's drug testing policy

Look I am against free or even low cost government subsidized housing. But I also think that we should honor the 4th Amendment. The government shouldn't force you to take a drug test for anything.

Government surveillance spurs Americans to fight back

Fixing New York’s flawed ‘stop and frisk’ policing

According to this article over the last 8 years over 4 million dark skinned people in New York City have been illegally stopped and searched by the police who are mostly looking for drugs and guns.

Blockwatch grants - A big waste of money!!!!

From the article it sounds like the "Blockwatch programs" or "Blockwatch grants" are government welfare programs for cops who get paid up to $60 and hour to baby sit children.

The article also seems to say that the "Blockwatch programs" or "Blockwatch grants" are also propaganda programs by the Phoenix Police to teach children that they must respect and honor the police.

Blockwatch grants - a government welfare program for cops???

From the article it sounds like the "Blockwatch programs" or "Blockwatch grants" are government welfare programs for cops who get paid up to $60 and hour to baby sit children.

The article also seems to say that the "Blockwatch programs" or "Blockwatch grants" are also propaganda programs by the Phoenix Police to teach children that they must respect and honor the police.

Throwing money at the border solves nothing

40 years in prison for a pound of meth

In this article some poor smuck got 40 years in prison for having a pound of meth.

Tempe schools spend $33,000 for flashing marquees

Aren't these the same government schools that are always complaining they need more money to educated the children.

Broken water main to slow down Mesa traffic

Well the main problem is the city government should be routinely be replacing these water mains as they age and wear out. .

But what happens is our government masters never do that and instead take every penny the collect in taxes and give it to the special interest groups that gave them bribes, oops, I mean campaign contributions.

And of course that is why we are always having these broken water mains that flood our city streets like in this article.

¿Como se dice Nazi en Español? ¡¡¡John Kerry!!!

Expensive free homes for Border Patrol Police???

NSA wants Superman to spy on us?????

Cash-grab ‘Marketplace Fairness Act’ fails to live up to its name

Drunk walking leads to pedestrians fatalities

Sidewalk chalk could land four protestors in jail for a year

Don't these Las Vegas cops have any real criminals to hunt down???

According to this article the Las Vegas, Nevada police are trying to put the people that put this chalk message on a sidewalk out side of the Las Vegas police station in jail for a year for this simple act of free speech.

More articles on government corruption

• Bad government
• Edward Snowden and illegal NSA spying
• The insane and unconstitutional war on drugs
• Police Corruption

Can Obama write his own laws?

When you read this article you will see some of the reasons why.

Nevada to make a bundle on medical marijuana

In this article one of the main reasons it seems that Nevada legalized medical marijuana was for cold hard cash.

Members of Congress haven't had a raise in years

No I am not joking, some of the royal government bureaucrats in this article actually think US Congressmen are under paid at $174,000.

Arpaio says crosses to be put where bodies found

Goldwater files suit to stop Phoenix pension ‘spiking’

At Seattle pot fest, police to protect -- and serve tortilla chips

Maybe instead of checking out the hot babes at the Hempfest, they could go to work and catch some criminals???

Phoenix should obey the law and end pension spiking

EPA might have used private emails to avoid FOIA

Ariz. delegates scrutinize border housing

Don't worry, they are just blowing hot air to help them get re-elected and nothing will be done to fix the problem.

Environmental nightmare found at pot grow in backcountry

If the morons in the government had not passed unconstitutional laws making marijuana illegal we would not have marijuana farms polluting the environment as in this article.

Instead marijuana would be grown on farms like lettuce and tomatoes are.

Members of Congress make a lousy $174,000 a year

The royal members of the US Congress and US Senate are bitching that they are underpaid.

Hey, if I only made a lousy $174,000 a year in a part time job where I only had to work 126 days a year and only made a lousy $1,380 a day I would probably be bitching too!!!!!

Almost had my civil rights violated at Wal-Mart???

Then went I got to Del Taco I almost left and went somewhere else to eat because there was cop car illegally parked in front of Del Taco.

I didn't think much of that either because I rarely see a cop car legally parked like us normal people park cars.

I was also surprised when I went into Del Taco and didn't see any pigs munching down on tacos.

There was one guy in civilian clothes, who I suspect to be driving the pig car. But I was wrong on that when he left and didn't drive away in the cop car.

When I went back into the store to get some napkins I heard some Wal-Mart employees saying that the Wal-Mart had been evacuated because of a bomb threat.

That made me change my plans. I was going to the Goodwill store and then to Wal-Mart, but if there were jackbooted police thugs in the area I decided to change my plans because I didn't want them shaking me down.

I saw this article when I got back from lunch.

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Chandler Walmart evacuated over bomb threat, police say

The Republic | azcentral.com Fri Aug 16, 2013 11:28 AM

A Walmart at Pecos Road and Arizona Avenue in Chandler was evacuated over a bomb threat Friday morning, police said.

Police spokesman Joe Favazzo said the man who made the threat claimed to be upset over a shoplifting arrest at the store.

Favazzo said the store and surrounding area had been evacuated. Police are asking motorists to avoid the stretch of Arizona Avenue between Pecos and and the Loop 202.

Jesus Bombs You???

Sweating like a pig

I suspect it is the humidity.

The first thing I did when I woke up was take off my ski mask and gloves.

I am not using them to keep warm, but rather to keep bugs from biting me.

Jury Nullification

Area 51 - Groom Lake, Nevada

Area 51 or Groom Lake is probably the worst kept military secret on the planet. For years everybody on the planet has know about the secret Groom Lake Air Force Base north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

27 arrested in Ariz. drug, firearms investigation

In this article the cops arrested 27 people for victimless drug war crimes and victimless weapons violations.

Photo radar bandits terrorize schools????

The cops in other states who have laws similar to Arizona's silly 15 mph school zones are also getting involved in the racket to shake down people for trivial traffic violations in school zones.

Let's face it, it's not about safety, it's about raising revenue for our royal government masters.

Sheriff Arpaio, ACLU at odds over court-appointed monitor

Appeals court: No immunity for Thomas, Aubuchon

Cops pose as horny young girls who want to have sex with old men

Jesus don't these pigs have any real criminals to hunt down???

Sanjay Gupta: the DEA is a bunch of liars about marijuana???

Sanjay Gupta admitted that he was full of BS when he did some stories about marijuana being a killer weed that will cause the end of western civilization as we know it.

He said he was tricked by the DEA's lies. He also said he also didn't believe a lot of evidence because he thought it was just a bunch of stoners wanting to use medical marijuana to get high.

Kyrsten Sinema isn't a worse crook then the rest of Congress???

It's been a bit on the humid side

Last night I didn't soak my shirt in water like I do when I go to bed.

But when I woke up in the morning I was sweating because of the humidity, something that I don't usually do.

Also oddly the last couple of days I have seen lightning in the morning when I walked to the bus stop.

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Phoenix-area weather: High-pressure system brings heat

By Laurie Merrill and Jackee Coe The Republic | azcentral.com Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:55 PM

Sunday’s high temperature of 111 degrees fell one degree short of the record, but was still unseasonably hot, according to the National Weather Service.

“It’s still plenty hot out there,” said meteorologist Gary Woodall.

The hottest temperature for the day, 112 degrees, was reported in 2011, Woodall said. Saturday’s high of 114 degrees broke the record of 113 degrees that was set in 1992.

The Valley also had a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms Sunday evening – and every evening this week.

Several conventioneers at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix, in town for the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine 2013 Imperial Session, said record-breaking or not, Phoenix is hot.

“You could fry an egg out there,” said Gwen Lonon, of Clarksville, Tenn.

“I’m from Michigan and I’m a walker,” said Paula Rivers Dunn. “You couldn’t pay me to walk in it.”

San Antonio gets hot, but not like this, said Mary Mack. “It’s almost suffocating.”

Visitors and residents should feel a slight cool-down this week. Monday’s temperature is expected to reach 109 degrees, Tuesday’s 110 degrees, Wednesday’s 108 degrees, Thursday’s 106 and Friday’s 105 degrees

A high-pressure system in the mid- and upper- levels of the atmosphere is expected to weaken and move slightly east, bringing cooler, but still hot, weather, Woodall said.

The high-pressure system creates a dome-like effect, Woodall said, which “allows the weather to heat up under it.”

The average temperature for this time of the month is about 104 degrees, National Weather Service meteorologist Hector Vasquez said. Record highs range from 112 to 115.

In other parts of Arizona, three fires burning north of Kingman joined together Sunday to form the Grand Wash Fire, which had spread to about 300 acres.

Firefighters battled 11 other fires Sunday in the Tonto National Forest, the largest of which was 400 acres. Lightning strikes ignited several .

On Saturday night, thunderstorms rolled through the Valley, with most of the rains falling in the East Valley. Mesa saw 0.28 inches of rain, while there was 0.24 inches in Scottsdale and 0.31 inches in Queen Creek. The McDowell Mountains had 0.55 inches while Deer Valley had 0.31 inches.

In the West Valley, Sun City saw 0.04 inches of rain.

“August is typically the rainiest month,” Vasquez said. “They build up over the mountains and then they move towards the deserts.”

Vasquez said people should use their common sense and keep cool while the temperatures are hot.

“Stay inside, avoid strenuous exercise, don’t go jogging,” he said. “Drink plenty of fluids if you’re out there. Wear a hat, sunglasses.”

Light rail atheist comment

He told us the he hoped that we would all go to hell.

I didn't both to tell him that I didn't believe in hell, just like I don't believe n god.

Tech industry slips into a surprising slump

Life sucks for old computer geeks!!!!!

Baby Messiah case brings religious right, ACLU together

Schools - $33,000

Jesus, not wonder the schools are always claiming they don't have enough money to educate our children.

Gun Safe - 300 pounds of marijuana

27 arrested in Ariz. drug, firearms investigation

Remember the cops read your web pages and twitter posts

According to this article the cops are reading EVERYTHING you put on twitter.

Court: Ability to police U.S. spying program limited

Kyrsten Sinema isn't a worse crook then the rest of Congress???

I suspect that Kyrsten Sinema will use that to tell us she is doing a wonderful job.

And while we are on the subject of Kyrsten Sinema I wonder if she is back from her junket to Israel.

Phoenix fire engine, SUV collide at intersection

The last time I posted one of these articles the fireman who crashed and destroyed a million dollar firetruck didn't even get a slap on the wrist for punishment.

Government - It's all about pork for your special interest groups

¿Como se dice Nazi en Español? ¡¡¡John Kerry!!!

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year

Don't make me laugh!!!! When you read this article you will see it ain't going to happen.

RNC votes to punish CNN and NBC for Clinton films

Drones - the killing machines

Jury Nullification - FIJA - Fully Informed Juries

It has an alias of http://tinyurl.com/mikejurynullification.

Here is my word document which is titled jury_nullification.doc and all about jury nullification.

Also here where I got t he data to create the previous document. blurb on jury nullification it is called fija.html

Area 51 - Groom Lake, Nevada - The worlds most widely know top secret military base!!!!

Of course probably half the planet knows about Area 51 or Groom Lake, Nevada despite all the secrecy by the American government.

House panel withheld document on NSA surveillance

Tuesday - 08/20 Another sleepless night

Also while it's not super hot the humidity at night is making it hard to sleep.

Blacks and mentally ill make up bulk of San Francisco jail inmates

In this article we discover that the city and county of San Francisco cops are racists, pretty much like most other police forces in America.

Mexico’s new government follows old drug war strategy

Sadly Mexico's "war on drugs" is really mostly about the money the American government gives Mexico to terrorize the people of Mexico.

Phoenix Police Lieutenant Dalin Webb beats his children???

Do as I say, not as I do

According to the article. Phoenix Police Lieutenant Dalin Webb seems beats his children.

Washington bar's patrons with pot are living the high life

Every time you smoke a joint, some greedy b*st*rd on your local city council, your local county board of supervisors, or in your state legislator wants to tax that dobie you are smoking.

They are all a bunch of crooks and certainly are not the "public servants" they claim to be.

Drones - the killing machines

School zone photo radar bandits

Again most of our elected officials and appointed bureaucrats are crooks and certainly not the "public servants" they claim to be.

Glendale council eyes prayers before meetings

That's what the royal members of the Glendale City Council seem to be saying in this article

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years

Bradley Manning should be given a medal and released from prison.

The politicians that voted for the Patriot Act should be locked in prison for the rest of their lives.

Costa Mesa councilmen accuse police union of intimidation in suit

NSA collected thousands of U.S. communications

Without Sal DiCiccio, Phoenix could become Detroit

U.S. helping hook smokers overseas

At the same time the US government is helping millions of people in foreign countries get addicted to tobacco according to this article.

Sometimes government doesn't make much sense.

Did I say "sometimes"? I should have said government almost never makes sense.

NSA can ‘reach roughly 75% of all U.S. Internet traffic’

Maryland lawmaker charged with DUI/DWI

North Korea pushes crack???

Graying Prisoners

If you are one of the millions in American prisons for a victimless drug war crime raise your hands and shout

"America is the worlds largest police state"

La CIA confirma existencia de base secreta "Área 51" en Nevada

Buddhist Tempe Murders

The Buddhist Tempe murders started out with Maricopa County Sheriff Tom Agnos goons [no, not Sheriff Joe Arpaio's goons] coercing false confessions out of the Tucons Four - Mike McGraw, Leo Bruce, Mark Nunez, and Dante Parker.

They were arrested after a patient in a Tucson mental institution, Mike McGraw, called them and said he knew who committed the worst murders in the history of the Valley of the Sun.

That's not a typo on my part. I said that after some nut job in a Tucson mental hospital called the cops in Phoenix to say he know who committed the worst mass murder in the history of Phoeenix, they used that tip to arrest the Tucson Four and coerce false confessions out of them.

About a year later the Tuscon Four were released from Maricopa County jail when it was discovered that Johnathan Doody and Alessandro Garcia had the rifle used to commit the murders.

The Tucson Four later sued Maricopa County for false arrest and won.

And now Johnathan Doody is on trial again because the cops also coerced a confession out of him the first time around. Will Johnathan Doody get a trial the second time around???

I doubt it!!!

The Emperor Has No Clothes

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

If you want a thousand good reasons to legalize, or re-legalize marijuana the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes has those reasons for you.

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

The Emperor Wears No Clothes

If you want a thousand good reasons to legalize, or re-legalize marijuana the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes has those reasons for you.

Fido - the mechanic????

Getting paid to do nothing in politics is a career goal?

Politicians love marijuana because it gives them a license to steal????

In this article that thing seems to be marijuana.

In most states across the United States politicians love passing draconian laws that give people longer sentences for marijuana because it gets them the vote of the powerful police lobby.

Now politicians are starting to sell out the cops because they have figured out they can tax the krap out of pot smokers and give the money they steal with these taxes to the special interest groups which helped them get elected. And frequently one of those special interest groups is the police lobby.

The Phoenix Police Union is the PROBLEM

Family of teen slain by police awarded $8.5 million

City Hall’s open, but no sign of San Diego mayor

Obama doesn’t favor medical marijuana ‘at this point’

Audit: Glendale covered up losses

Federal agents raid Phoenix-area Danny’s Car Wash

People are starting to realize Sheriff Joe sucks

Sat, Aug 24 - A dark spooky morning

Today, or this morning it was almost like a fog covered dark night in a horror movie.

There were dark greyish clouds, that looked spooky, almost foggy.

In the distance there was ball or sheet lightning. Every once in a while there was a large regular lightning bolt.

The lightning was far enough away that most of the time you didn't hear any thunder, but an occasional lightning bolt would produce a sounds of distant thunder.

By the time I got back to the city that was gone.

In the city I noticed that it had rained. It didn't rain in the desert where I slept.

Today and Sunday may suck weatherwize.

On Friday the weather bureau said there was something like a 50 to 60 percent chance of rain for Saturday and Sunday. That sucks when you are living in the desert.

Will I get soaked tonight????

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Heavy rains, flooding possible in Phoenix area

By D.S. Woodfill The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:44 AM

Heavy rain Saturday night and Sunday could cause flooding in the Valley, according to the National Weather Service.

A forecast from the agency said the hazardous weather could also impact the south central Arizona, southwest Arizona southern Gila County, the Tonto National Forest Foothills and northwest and north central Pinal County.

Other parts of the state were already getting hammered by heavy rains and lightning, said meteorologist Marvin Percha.

Parts of Mohave County, La Paz County and northwest Maricopa County were under flash flood warnings, he said.

The warning in La Paz including a stretch Interstate 10 area near Brenda, between Quartzsite and Tonopah.

The Valley got trace amounts of rain early Saturday morning except for a few patches in the West Valley that got a quarter to three-quarters of an inch.

Percha said heavy rain expected in the Valley Saturday night and Sunday could trigger flash flood warnings. Those floods could impact streets.

Powerful winds are another hazard, according to the agency.

Forecasters said there’s a 60 percent chance of heavy rain starting Saturday night through Sunday night. Those odds drop to 30 percent Monday. Tuesday, there’s a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms.

NSA Surveillance - Lady Liberty Raped

David Dorn

I am not a government snitch and never have been. And I am pretty angry about being labeled one by the jerk.

NSA Surveillance - TSA goons destroying America

Tempe cops shake down ASU students for victimless crimes?

San Francisco fire chief bans helmet cams

Phoenix Police Lieutenant Dalin Webb accused of domestic violence

Cops having some stun gun fun, kill Phoenix man

I guess their view is that he was probably a criminal any way and their "stun gun fun" saved the taxpayers the cost of putting him in prison.

Students vote for Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema and get free money???

High sales taxes sinking Arizona retailers

This article seems to be written by a socialist who thinks the problem that internet retailers are not tax enough, which is a bunch of BS.

Politicians send granny to prison???

Cops pose as horny young girls who want to have sex with old men

No Suzy isn't real, she is an imaginary person an Arizona police officer is pretending to be in this article.

The intent is to trick old men into asking the imaginary Suzy to have sex with them so then the cops can look like heroes for arresting a bunch of criminals.

Court forces atheist to participate in religious programs???

Proper channels for whistle blowers - Keep your mouth shut!!!!

In this article it looks like the "proper channels" that Emperor Obama is talking about are "keep your f*cking mouth shut".

Local governments cutting hours over Obamacare costs

Read more in this article.

Glendale puts more officials on paid leave

Cops kick man out of game for letting his son hold his beer!!!

Undercover booze police at an Arizona Cardinals game busted a man for telling his son to hold his beer while he shot a photo with his camera.

Jesus, don't these pigs have any real criminals to hunt down. And, yes, as long as they arrest people for victimless crimes like this I will continue to call them "pigs", because they are "pigs"!!!!

Gay to Straight program to be used in all Arizona schools

Of course the article is hoax that many people thought was real.

When I first read it I though, wow Cathi Harrod and here Center for Arizona Policy is doing a lot better then I expected in their crusade to pass laws to make the citizens of Arizona obey Cathi Harrods brand of religion.

Prosecutor won't drop questionable confession

Feds seize office building because it was rented to a pot dispensary???

In this article Uncle Sam's goons in California are trying to seize an office building because the guy rented one of the offices in it to a medical marijuana clinic.

Secret arrests by the Oakland PD in California???

A 40 percent tax on charity????

Our government masters love to tell us they are "public servants", but they are really "public crooks".

In Paper War, Flood of Liens Is the Weapon

Glendale deacon resigns after claim of child sex abuse

Without Sal DiCiccio, Phoenix could become Detroit

Emanuel defends hiring indicted ex-aide despite red flags

They like to say they are "public servants", but I am right when I call them "royal government rulers".

Court limits appeal rights for ‘sensitive’ federal jobs

Congressmen are unproductive parasites???

Hey, Bill I agree with you!!!! You are right!!!!

Navy changes how alcohol is sold on-base

Ex-cop killed self with nail gun

Government employees get a slap on the wrist for their crimes????

Sal DiCiccio claim about non-profit charity

Area 51 - Groom Lake, Nevada

Arpaio: Armed militias beware or be shot

State clemency-board chief quit amid wide range of misconduct allegations

Suppressing AZ’s suppression supremacy

The Republicans in Arizona got ticked off that the Libertarian Party is stealing a lot of votes from Republican candidates running for office, which was allowing Democratic candidate to win the elections Republicans thought they owned.

So the Republicans passed a law that for all practical purposes makes it impossible for Libertarians and Greens to run for office in Arizona.

NJ governor: Ease access to kids’ medical pot

Jobs program for cops

Phoenix Police School Resource Officer beats his children???

Judge throws out blood tests in Scottsdale DUI cases

Details in clemency inquiry emerge

Man accused of abandoning 15 cats in Tempe apartment

The NSA is losing the benefit of the doubt

Sorry government ain't about playing by the rules.

Government is almost always about money and power.

Defendants’ legal rights undermined by budget cuts

Yea, sure!

I bet if they get any money it will all go to helping the cops arrest more people and not a cent will go to helping the public defenders.

How do you spell revenue - Parking Tickets!!!!

Sunday, Aug 25 - No torrential rains!!!

But they never came.

At about 3 am it rained a little, but not enough to get you wet.

Then at 5 am it rained again, but again, not enough to get you wet.

It's been raining on an off all day, but just maybe 12 to 20 drops at a time.

High Tech Time Cards & Time Clocks

I don't really mind private businesses asking for information like my fingerprint to do this stuff.

But I do mind when our government masters demand my personal information so they can use it to create a bigger police state to keep track of us.

Monday, Aug 26 - No torrential rains!!!

Unlike Saturday night and Sunday morning I didn't expect any torrential rains.

I was woken several times in the night and morning by rain falling on me, but it was real light rain and wasn't enough to get you wet.

The first time I was woken up by the rain I put the hood of my rain coat over my head. But that wasn't needed.

As I was waiting for the bus around 5 a.m. again it was raining, but a cheep rain that was so light it wouldn't get you wet.

More nightmares about David Dorn

Monday - 8/27 - Monster Storm

I was pleasantly surprised that on Saturday and Sunday I didn't get nailed by a monster storm. On both days there was a 60 percent chance of rain, but next to none showed up.

On Monday at about 6:45 pm a monster storm showed up and lasted maybe 15 minutes.

Before the storm you could see what looked like a mile high cliff of storm clouds coming from the south.

When it got here there was lots of lightning and rain. I hung out in a McDonald's to keep from being electrocuted by the lightning and soaked by the rain.

The streets were also soaked, but not flooded with water.

I was kind of surprised when I got to the desert where I usually sleep.

I thought the area would be soaked, but it wasn't. There wasn't even any water on the ground.

I suspect it rained a little, but the ground soaked up all the water.

For that reason I thought the storm was a small storm that was localized to the area I was in. I found out that I was wrong on that when I read the article in the Republic about the storm the next day.

I went to sleep and didn't get rained on at all.

While I was having nightmares about David Dorn and Enri Hancock as I walked out to the desert I didn't have any nightmares when I went to sleep.

Here is the article from the Republic on the storm.

Monsoon storm ‘widespread’ in its impact on Valley

Gusts up to 62 mph are reported; thousands are left without power

By Brittany Bade The Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team Mon Aug 26, 2013 10:57 PM

A massive monsoon storm walloped the Valley on Monday evening, downing trees and power lines, flooding roadways and leaving nearly 14,000 customers without power.

Pushing a wall of dust hundreds of feet high, the storm struck first in the southeast Valley with wind gusts of 62 mph reported in Chandler.

No injuries were reported, but the storm briefly interrupted takeoffs and landings at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and caused minor flooding throughout the Valley as it put on a dazzling display of thunder and lightning.

With a little over a month left before the official end of Arizona’s monsoon season, storms like Monday’s aren’t unusual, but this one was much more widespread than others this summer, according to an official with the National Weather Service in Phoenix.

The storm rolled in just after dinnertime, capping a day of cloudy skies and below-normal temperatures.

The high for the day reached 100 degrees, 4 degrees below the average high for the date.

Monday’s storm downed trees and power lines across the Valley. Late Monday, Arizona Public Service crews had been scrambling to restore power to about 13,000 customers. By 9:45 p.m., power had been restored to all but 2,800. Salt River Project said about 11,000 of its customers were without power, with 3,500 of them in Ahwatukee Foothills.

Damaged trees littered the Valley, with some uprooted and some snapped in half. A few were engulfed in flames from lightning strikes, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.

Flooding closed several lanes on U.S. 60 near Mill Avenue, and water spanned roadways in south Tempe near Kyrene and Warner roads. The area received 0.75 inch of rain in less than an hour, according to data from the Flood Control District of Maricopa County.

Today and Wednesday are expected to be mostly clear, with highs increasing above average to 107 degrees by Wednesday, according to the Weather Service. By Thursday, the Valley is expected to return to partly cloudy skies and cooler air, the Weather Service said.

The high is expected to be in the mid-90s with a chance for thunderstorms through Sunday.

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And here is the article from the Tribune.

Strong storm leaves many in EV without power

Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 9:24 pm | Updated: 1:29 am, Tue Aug 27, 2013.

By Iris Hermosillo, ABC15.com

Storms hit hard in parts of the East Valley, causing flooding and downing power lines in Ahwatukee and Tempe, and dropping serious rain across the greater Phoenix area.

The West Valley got hit hard too with severe storms producing damaging winds and very heavy rain through the Buckeye area.

Storms continue to hit areas hard as they move through northwest Maricopa county.

Strong storms are also still hitting the high country with storms along I-40 producing areas of heavy rain, frequent lightning and gusty winds.

All of these storms developed thanks to some daytime heating that destabilized our atmosphere and combined with all of the moisture we had in place from Ivo which continues to decay off the coast of Baja California.

We could still see some light showers, or an isolated storm, track through the Valley overnight. However, our chances for more widespread rain or storms are limited since the atmosphere has been worked over by the storms that moved through this evening.

Slightly drier air is trying to work its way into our state from the east and this will drop our storm chances a bit for Tuesday. While there will still be enough moisture in place to potentially get a couple isolated showers or storms going by the afternoon, our chances of seeing them in the Valley will be a little less than today. We'll keep just a 10 percent chance for an isolated storm to drift into the Valley Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday's temperatures will manage to get a bit warmer thanks to the slightly drier air. Plan on highs to top out around average, near 105.

By Wednesday we'll start to see the monsoon moisture gradually increase again. This will bring back the threat for afternoon scattered showers and storms, especially across the higher elevations in our state. A few storms could develop closer to the Valley as well.

Weather models indicate that by Thursday and Friday our moisture and rain chances will ramp up even more thanks to remnants from Tropical Storm Fernand moving toward our state. There's a chance we could see more widespread storm activity across the state by the end of the week.

With storm chances returning back to the forecast from the middle to later parts of the week, high temperatures will drop into the mid to upper 90s heading into the weekend.

Ah-hah!!! Sarin gas!!!!

This article reminds me of David Dorn!!!!!

Architect of 'dirty DUI' scam says cop helped out

Video cameras - proof of police corruption???

Ginger Chabot wants for force he prayers on us????

Cops have a firefight in LA camp ground????

Online tax loophole sinking local retailers

Feds: South Mountain Freeway impact study flawed

But hey, did you expect anything different????

Rain Sucks - Wed - Aug 28

Ex-cop now accused of trying to have witness killed

The Phoenix Police Union is the PROBLEM

Army Maj. Nidal Hasan guilty of murder for Fort Hood shootings

Personally I don't consider him a criminal, but rather a freedom fighter for the Arab world.

Yes, what he did is wrong in America, but so are the crimes committed by the American government and American military against the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Snowden suspected of covering electronic tracks

According to this article Snowden is suspected of covering his electronic tracks.

But what did you expect him to do??? Turn himself in????

100 cops needed to pick up one dead body???

In this article do they really need 100 cops to pick up a dead body found in the desert???

Certainly not!!!!

Someone made a comment that they needed 100+ untrained cops to search for evidence.

I doubt that 100+ untrained cops from 12 different police agencies can search for evidence better then 3 or 4 trained evidence technicians who get paid a lot less then police officers.

Burbank PD may be liable in suit by cop who alleged misconduct

"Dahlia witnessed other officers physically abuse suspects ... he saw a lieutenant grab a suspect by the throat, put a gun under his eye and threaten him ... he heard yelling and the sound of somebody being hit and slapped from a room where a sergeant was interviewing a suspect ... When Dahlia reported what he had allegedly witnessed to a superior, the officer told him to stop his “sniveling”"

NSA decrypted United Nations’ communications

Illinois medical marijuana law draws big-money interest

Senator Don Shooter didn't read his criminal sentence????

Taxes or gasoline: What drives up cost of driving

Mexican drug cartel activity in U.S. grossly exaggerated???

As H. L. Mencken said:

"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."

Arizona sure sounds like a religious theocracy with laws like these

Obama is a liar who will say anything to get elected

Hey, isn't that the same Detroit that recently declared bankruptcy???

RFS program - a welfare program for corn farmers???

DNC targets Arizona election-law overhaul

The law the article talks about effectively makes it impossible for Libertarians to run for offices.

Even thought the Arizona Libertarian Party has less then one percent of the registered voters in Arizona, they steal votes from the Republican Party which allows Democrats to win elections.

And of course that is why the Republicans passed this silly law which for all practical purposes makes it impossible for Libertarians or Greens to run for office in Arizona.

Government welfare program for property owners!!!

Obama’s higher ed fix won’t work

Yes, the "war on drugs" is also a "war on Blacks"

I agree with Robert Robb here.

Sadly the American Criminal Injustice system has always been a racist criminal justice system that shafts Blacks.

And of course that is doubly true of the "war on drugs".

City elections are corrupt????

ASU’s tobacco-free policy — what a conundrum

State slow to refund overpayment

But when it comes to refunding taxes you over paid this article says the government will jerk you around for years before it refunds you money.

Collection of student data raises questions

Yea, they lied about that big time.

Well in this article our government masters in the Arizona school system are giving us the same line of BS about the data they collect on your children.

Keep prayer, government apart

Somebody needs to tell Cindy Currence about "jury nullification"

In this article Cindy Currence thinks it is wrong to convict a person for a crime if the penalty doesn't fit the crime.

Well Cindy Currence as an American on a jury, you have the right to vote to acquit a person who is guilty as hell if you feel that either the law is unjust or the punishment is unjust.

In the days when slavery was legal many jurors used what is called "jury nullification" to free many people who were guilty of helping slaves escape, because they felt that slavery was wrong.

The same thing happened in America's failed war on liquor which was called the Prohibition.

Back then they estimate as many as 60 percent of the people arrested for bootlegging were voted to be innocent by juries because the jurors felt that American's war on liquor was unjust and unfair.

If you ask me you should get on a jury and vote to free anyone accused of a victimless "war on drugs" crime, because the "war on drugs" in addition to being unconstitutional is unfair, unjust and selectively enforced against Blacks.

Ah-hah!!! Sarin gas!!!!

Yes, Syria's rulers are a bunch of criminal thugs. But so are the American rulers who are playing the I'm better then they are game.

Officials: Numerous insurgent attacks in Iraq kill 46 people

Jane Liljedahl wants a life time cushy job???

Hey, Jane, if you can get that job I wish you the best of luck.

But I certainly hope it's not in a government school where I am forced to pay your salary with my tax dollars.

Cops bust church members for handing out food???

Jesus, don't these pigs have any real criminals to hunt down????

What's your share of the $16.7 trillion debt???

The current population of the USA is about 313 million and with a National Debt of $16.7 trillion that means every man, woman and child in the USA owes $53,354 towards their share of the National Debt.

But since most children don't pay taxes lets calculate what ever adult in the USA owes toward the National Debt. I will just double the number because about half the US population is children so each adult in the USA owes $106,709 toward their share of the National Debt.

That means that mythical family of four owes $213,418 toward their share of the National Debt. If they recently bought a home, that is probably about what they owe toward their mortgage.

Blame Gov. Brewer for this epic clemency fail

Telemarketers ignoring Do Not Call law

While we are on that subject just what part of the Constitution gives Uncle Sam the power to pass a "Do not call" law???

If they pass a constitutional amendment allowing such a law please tell me.

SRP, APS don’t want additional consumer choice

Recreational marijuana: Denver sets sales tax, retail rules

Uncle Sam has your Facebook password???

Wed - 8/28 - No rain last night

No rain came so I was a happy camper.

The Republic did say there was another monster storm in the West Valley like the storm that hit Tempe a couple of days ago.

Sacrifice a politician????

Fri - 8/30 - No rain last night

I was lucky, it didn't rain a drop.

The bad news is I think I have an eye infection.

Even without the rain I had nightmares dreaming about David Dorn.

Saturday - Syrian missile strikes????

So I suspect that either Saturday or Sunday morning when I pick up my newspaper the headlines will be about Emperor Obama launching a cruse missile strike on Syria.

Hey, you don't have to be psychic to make these predictions when you have a warmonger for your President.

Another good prediction will be that Sheriff Joe launches some silly campaign to shake down maids, gardeners, and burger flippers who are in the US illegally, instead of hunting down real criminals that hurt people.

MCSO: Policy violated in fatal jail fight

I suspect that for one reason or another Detention Officer Anthony Hatton has p*ssed off his masters in Sheriff Joe's gulag and needs to be fired so this will be the excuse they use.

I guess Obama lied about us winning the war in Iraq!!!

Didn't Emperor Obama tell us we won the war in Iraq and everything in Iraq is wonderful like in Afghanistan where we also won the war???

‘Obamacare’ helps costs

Standardized tests are flawed measuring tool

Scorn for U.S. principles

Monster rocket to blast off from Pacific coast, rattle Southland

Perhaps because the satellite will have a polar orbit????

Will Emperor Obama invade Syria???

Obama considering limited military strike on Syria

Hey President Obama!!!! Are you going to launch some cruise milliles at the FBI and BTAF for that chemical weapon attack they used to burn down a church in Waco, Texas and murder about 100 Christians????

Mesa family seeks medical marijuana for young son

Tempe Police begin back-to-school operation

Dick Foreman wants a TAX INCREASE for the Tempe Schools????

Teachers unions screwing up schools in Mexico - Just like in the USA!!!

U.N. warns U.S. against illegal spying on diplomats

A Sal DiCiccio win is a union loss

But even if that is true, Sal DiCiccio does a good job fighting the worthless police and fire unions in this article.

Alessandro “Alex” Garcia bribed to implicate Doody

I thought in American courts it was illegal to bribe people for their testimony????

It is??? But the cops are above the law??? Well that sucks!!!!

Legal marijuana sellers face quandary: No armored cars

If you ask me it's time to boot the politicians out of office that are letting the DEA thugs do this

Marijuana-wrapped arrow shot at Washington jail

Arizona DHS employee Katie Jebraail is a doper?????

Now ain't it odd that one of the goons in the Arizona DHS is a dope addict as we find out in this article.

Arizona lawmakers - Get congressional OK before Syria action

Hey, don't they know that Emperor Obama is above the law and doesn't have to obey the Constitution????

It's not a "bribe", it's a "deferred prosecution fee"

Judge in rape case criticized for light sentence

If it's statutory rape, where an adult had consensual sex with an underage minor I think the punishment is too harsh and all the charges should be dropped.

If the oppsite was true and the guy forcefully raped the teenage woman, it sounds like the guy is getting a slap on the wrist when other people that commit the same crime get years in prison.

Three accused of using real guns while filming rap video

In this article the Chicago piggy are charging some kids with some major felonies for using a gun to film a rape video.

Maybe the racists cops arrested the kids because they are Black?????

Legalize homegrown marijuana

I will smoke a joint to that!!! (Even thought I don't take drugs which is a message for the Homeland Security goons that read this page and David Dorn).

Lawsuit to declare 25 mile marijuana limit unconstitutional

Let's hope they win it.

Medical marijuana vendors don't like 25 mile lawsuit????

Mesa drug war cops bust Yerberia shops

Don't these pigs have any real criminals to hunt down????

A Yerberia store is kind of a combination of a health food store and a store that sells supernatural religious stuff.

I suspect the main reason the cops are making these arrests is NOT to protect the public, but rather to steal the homes, cars and bank accounts of the folks that run the stores.

Let's face it the cops don't protect and serve us like they pretend to.

A better slogan would be "Policing for dollars"!!!!

Mixing government and religion in Mesa???

Police smelled marijuana on 2 Chainz tour bus

But if the cops are telling the truth, which I doubt, I would be interesting to hear the legal arguments on both sides of the issue.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un executes ex-girlfriend???

But when it comes to being a serial killer Kim Jong Un is a rank amatur compared to American Emperors George W. Bush and Barack Obama!!!!

N.J. man wins right for atheist licence plate

NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations

Uncle Sam's "healthy lunch" program is a dismal failure????

In this article we see that Uncle Sam's "healthy lunch" program is a dismal failure.

Is Obama lying about his "new" marijuana position???

Emperor Obama has lied before and said the same thing about users of medical marijuana.

I will believe it when I see it.

Hearing today in Sheriff Arpaio racial-profile ruling

Missouri poised to enact measure nullifying federal gun laws

Obama unveils modest new restrictions on some guns

Has Arpaio gone ‘Back to the Future?’

Sat - Aug 31 - No rain again

Again when I woke up this morning it didn't rain a drop.

Although the Arizona Republic did say they had a monster monsoon out in Mesa and Apache Junction a drop did hit me.

Sat - Aug 31 - Obama hasn't bombed Syria yet - as of 10 a.m.

It hasn't happened yet. The top article in today's Arizona Republic web page says Obama will be on the tube at 10:15 a.m. to make his case on bombing Syria.

Perhaps the bombs will start falling on Syria during that news conference. Or maybe they have started falling after the morning Republic was printed, but the news has not been given to the media yet.

It's 10 am in Phoenix, which makes it maybe 6 p.m. in Syria.

More nightmares about David Dorn

Good news, bad news on Syria - 11:38 a.m.

At his news conference earlier this morning Obama said he was going to get approval from Congress before murdering any people in Syria.

Even if I am an atheist I will say thank God, that Obama isn't going to murder a bunch of innocent civilians in Syria to prove he is a tough guy.

The bad news is that I have another LOSE in my predictions.

But considering all the people that Obama won't murder I guess I can live with that.

I will gladly be wrong in my predictions if it means saving a few people's lives.

Jupiter is in the east at 6 a.m.

I suspect the times should be about the same, since Arizona doesn't do that silly daylight savings time nonsense and we are now on California time.

Source

Labor Day sky watching: Crescent moon, bright Jupiter

By Deborah Netburn

August 30, 2013, 5:24 p.m.

Looking for a Labor Day sky-watching plan? Keep your eye out for Jupiter.

The giant gaseous planet will be the second-brightest body in the sky, after the moon, this weekend, and you won't be able to miss it, according to EarthSky.org.

The bummer for late-night partiers is that the best view of the planet will be early in the morning, some time around dawn.

But early risers will have a front-row seat to the show.

At 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, look low in the sky to the East to find Jupiter right next to a thin crescent moon.

Early Sunday morning, at about the same time of day, you'll find Jupiter shining brightly above an even thinner crescent moon, and the view should be lovely.

If you get up early enough, like 90 minutes before dawn, you may be able to see Mars, shining dimly beneath the moon.

Happy sky watching, and happy Labor Day!

Ethics program part of Glendale's post-audit reforms

Bend over, Jan Brewer wants what is in your wallet!!

Unions are the problem, not the solution to the problem

Mesa Mayor Scott Smith shovels the government welfare to Catholic Benedictine University

Two file lawsuit for grow-your-own medical marijuana

They want to have that stupid 25 mile rule on grow your own medical marijuana declared null and void!!!!

Sat Aug 31 - A great NORML meeting

And of course how when tomatoes are illegal people will have secret gatherings to grow and eat tomatoes.

Again an excellent talk Andrew!!!

Andrew did make one mistake and said their is no fatal dose for marijuana!!!!!!

Sorry Andrew there is a fatal dose of marijuana.

For me, a 120 pound guy, the lethal dose is about 40 pounds of marijuana. I don't know if I will have to smoke it, eat it or shoot it to kill my self.

And it sure would be expensive for me to commit suicide if I decide to kill myself with marijuana. 40 pounds of pot will cost a lot of money!!!!!

In college I was told that there was a fatal dose of marijuana, but they greatly exaggerated it.

Again based on body waight for me, when I was a 98 pound wimp, they told me the fatal dose of marijuana was about a kilo.

Tom Dean a NORML attorney gave a real good talk too.

He said that the law the Arizona Legislator passed making medical marijuana illegal on college campuses is unconstitutional. I wonder if Kyrsten Sinema voted for that turkey!!!!!

Tom Dean said that while the legislator had the two third majority to pass that law that it is unconstitutional because the law does not advance the interest of Prop 203, which is Arizona's medical marijuana law.

Tom Dean said he would defend free of charge anyone who is arrested for possessing medical marijuana on an Arizona college campus in violation of that law in hope of getting the law ruled unconstitutional.

Mr. Dean, you are a good man. Thank you!!!!!

Three of the lawyers there made comments about the Arizona government's making up an imaginary law out of thin air that says that medical marijuana patients are not allowed to use hashish or concentrated forms of marijuana.

When I read Prop 203 it very clearly says that medical marijuana is defined as the part of pot that gets you high - the leaves, flowers and pollen.

And thus concentrated forms of that should be legal per Prop 203.

I think all those lawyers pretty much agree with that.

The line the government is using that hashish and other concentrated forms of marijuana are also illegal under Arizona law. And that since Prop 203 doesn't come out and say that hashish is legal for medical marijuana patients that they can arrest medical marijuana patients who have hashish.

I think the lawyers disagree with that logic, because as I said before Prop 203 says that any form of marijuana is legal for medical marijuana patients and thus hashish should be legal.

As I have said before the war on drugs is just a jobs program for cops. And I suspect the cops are using this convoluted defination because they want to continue their war on drugs because they make money, or get paid every time they arrest a pot smoker.

The only lousy speaker if you could call her that was Debra Brimhall Pearson a retired Arizona State Representative.

While Debra Brimhall Pearson claims to have seen the light and is on our side and wants to legalize marijuana she still sounded like a real Nazi and fan of a police state government.

While our elected officials claim to be "public servants" I love to call them our "royal government masters".

Debra Brimhall Pearson seemed to tell us that the elected officials she works with should be treated like "royal government masters".

She seemed to say we should kiss their fannies and do things for them like circulate their petitions, answer their phones and do other things to help them get elected or re-elected.

If we do that we will probably get a few crumbs of good government thrown our way.

Debra Brimhall Pearson seem to be more concerned with electing people who have good appearances then electing people who hate the police state and want to give America back to the people.

She demonized people like me who have long hair, don't wear suits and smell funny.

Hey Debra Brimhall Pearson, if your government goons hadn't taken away everything I own with their unconstitutional laws I would have a home and be able to take a shower.

Debra Brimhall Pearson also claimed that she worked for the AG. I was also screwed over by Bob Corbin and Steve Twist.

In that adventure I discovered that the Arizona DPS had framed me.

Despite that both Steve Twist and Bob Corbin unjustly fired me!!!!

I guess the good news out of that is I realized that the criminal justice system is corrupt to the core.

This was probably the best NORML meeting I had ever been to!!!! Thanks Kathy.

That meeting a couple weeks ago in Tempe when they showed the film on marijuana was pretty good. I would say that was the second best NORML meeting I have ever been to.

New Jersey government thinks atheists are "offensive"

Why Syria's chemical weapons stockpile is safe from airstrikes

Shooter gets a bye (or maybe buy?) on prosecution

Demand bus pass refund from Tempe, Chandler, and Mesa, Phoenix

Feds Won't Sue to Stop Marijuana Use in 2 States

Obama lied about not shaking down medical marijuana users.

Feds fail to enforce Do Not Call law

PhD in Weed: Meet The 82 Year Old Cannabis Scientist

I think I said that about the photos in Playboy Magazine.

Marijuana is the top illegal drug used worldwide

Atheists, Jews, Muslims and Hindus shut up and be tolerant

Let’s learn from politics as usual

And after you read it did you expect anything to happen differently??????

Glendale paid $1M to ex-CFO as consultant

Glendale admin fired, another resigns amid audit fallout

Military has deep doubts about wisdom of striking Syria

NSA paying U.S. companies for access to communications networks

Shamed into war?

Ex-ADHS employee was denied license

Yep, that's Will Humble the jerk who is doing his best to prevent us from using legal medical marijuana!!!!

It allows the cops to steal homes, cars and bank accounts!!!!

Standardized tests are flawed measuring tool

Phoenix police: Father of dead baby smoked pot next to car

Accused MCSO captain resigned after demotion

Arizona: Medical pot excludes resin-based products

9 million in U.S. use sleeping pills before bed

Mississippi sheriff indicted on 31 charges

Praise MLK, then bomb Syria

Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema supports bombing Syria

Yea, that the same Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema who used to be an anti-war protester!!!!

What a hypocrite!!!!

Pot smoking 5 year old????

In some later articles I have posted Will Humble who is the head of the Arizona Department of Health Services is doing the best he can to prevent Zander Welton from getting the medical marijuana he needs to control his seizures.

Free parking at Westgate may cost Coyotes

Minister convicted in slaying found hanged

Napolitano wants to create jobs program for cyber cops????

Child-porn victim sues viewers for $150K each

Sure they are perverts, but that doesn't mean they deserve to be robbed.

Recalling the unimaginable

Former Glendale attorney takes job with Coyotes

Steve Benson - Gun Grabber

Non Sequitur - Danae & Jeffery get Pinged by NSA thugs????

Arizona DUI tests are no longer required by law!!!!!!!

Arizona Mandatory DUI Breathalyzer tests ruled unconstitutional - Don't take the !!!!

Arizona Mandatory DUI tests unconstitutional????

Arizona Supreme Court bars DUI blood tests without warrant

HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX -- Police cannot use the state's traffic laws to draw blood from suspected drunk drivers without a warrant absent their specific permission at the time of the test, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

In a unanimous decision, the justices rejected the contention by the Pima County Attorney's Office that all Arizona motorists give "implied consent" to having blood, breath or urine tests as a condition to be licensed to drive. They said that means, absent a clear -- and voluntary -- consent immediately prior to the blood draw, it is an illegal search without a warrant.

In a wide-ranging ruling, the high court also said that the ability of juveniles to give that voluntary consent is not absolute -- and not the same as an adult. Justice Scott Bales, writing for the court, said a trial judge must consider all the factors, including the age of the suspect and the failure to notify parents.

But the justices refused to rule that the absence of a juvenile's parents automatically means any consent is not voluntary.

Thursday's ruling most immediately means that charges of driving under the influence of drugs will be dropped against the youth, identified in court records only as Tyler B. because he was 16 at the time of the arrest.

But he is not out of the legal woods yet. Deputy County Attorney Nicolette Kneut said Tyler, who has since turned 18, still faces charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia in justice court as an adult.

Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall said Thursday's ruling will complicate the job that police statewide are required to do. She said the high court has provided no guidance.

"How is the officer supposed to know whether or not it's been an express consent," she said. "It just makes it really, really tough because there isn't any bright line." [Duh, the 4th Amendment you idiot!!!!]

LaWall said the ruling means that her office will advise police to get a court-ordered warrant whenever possible before drawing blood, even when a motorist -- and now, especially a juvenile -- gives approval for a blood draw. That, she said, eliminates any possibility of having that consent later ruled involuntary.

According to court records, Tyler and two friends arrived late to school. A school monitor smelled marijuana on the boys and also saw drug paraphernalia in Tyler's car.

The boys were detained in separate rooms while sheriff's deputies were contacted.

A deputy read Tyler his Miranda warnings against self-incrimination and the right to an attorney. But the court files said that Tyler, in the presence of several school officials, admitted he had driven his car to school after smoking marijuana and that he owned some of the paraphernalia in the car.

When the deputy placed Tyler under arrested, the youth became agitated and was placed in handcuffs while the deputy retrieved a blood-draw kit from his car.

On returning, he saw Tyler had calmed down and he removed the cuffs. He then read Tyler from the law which says that Arizona motorists must consent to blood or other tests and that refusal will result in automatic suspension of driving privileges.

Tyler agreed verbally and in writing to the blood draw. But when the case went to court, Tyler argued his consent was not voluntary and that, as a minor, he lacked capacity to consent.

When the court commissioner agreed and suppressed the evidence, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. Bales said the issue has never been decided in Arizona.

Bales rejected arguments by prosecutors that "implied consent" law means there is no need to determine whether a consent at the time of the blood draw is voluntary.

"A compelled blood draw, even when administered pursuant to (the implied consent law) is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment's constraints," he wrote for the court. "Such an invasion of bodily integrity implicates an individual's most personal and deep-rooted expectations of privacy."

He said the law says only that an officer must ask a suspect to submit to the test -- and that if a person refuses, a warrant is needed and the suspect's licenses is suspended.

Bales said a motorist can allow a warrantless search "provided the consent is voluntary." But that, he said has to be decided by a court based on all the circumstances, including the suspect's age -- and even whether a parent is present.

In this case, Bales wrote, the court commissioner was correct in ruling that, based on the evidence she had, Tyler's consent was not voluntary.

He said Tyler was detained for about two hours in a room in the presence of school officials and a deputy, without his parents.

"Tyler initially was shaking and visibly nervous," Bales wrote, and placed in handcuffs until he calmed down. And he said that the law read to him about "implied consent" ended with the statement, "You are, therefore, required to submit to the specified tests."

It was only then, Bales said, Tyler consented to the blood draw.

Thursday's ruling drew a special comment from Justice John Pelander. He said his own review of the evidence leads him to believe Tyler did voluntarily consent.

But Pelander said Arizona law requires he and the other justices not to reweigh the evidence but only to consider whether the court commissioner abused her discretion in suppressing the evidence.

Obama is talking America into a war

A war with Syria to save face

Emperor Obama is as bad as Emperor Bush???

DHS Director Will Humble makes up some imaginary laws

Obama to allow recreational marijuana

Coyotes deal violates the law of parking

PVM and NEGNU

David Dorn

Tempe mulls altering bus pact to ensure service during strike

Lawsuit Tied to Home Grows Could Alter Arizona Medical Marijuana Market

Atheist Kyrsten Sinema sworn in without Bible

Buddhist Tempe Murders

Stuff to do

Notes -------- Notes

You expect the police to honor your constitutional rights??? Don't make me laugh!!!

Give a Know your Rights forum for NORML

Get NORML to give old folks who can afford their meds free pot

Can you trust the government to fairly tax marijuana??

A fair marijuana tax??? Don't make me laugh!!!!!

Refunds for people with bus passes effected by the bus strike

My request for damages over the bus strike sent to Valley Metro

Fully Informed Juries

I am a sinner who is going to hell!!!!

Or how religion destroyed my life as a small child

This seeming insignificant thing caused me to be doomed to going to hell when I died. Or at least that is what I thought as a young child.

Create two new petitions

My Petition to Legalize Marijuana in Arizona

Crooked Libertarian Lawyers

Drug War Facts and Statistics

Things society taught me to hate!!!!

Finish my dream about obama bombing syria

I was thinking that gee it must sure suck to be in Obama position about bombing Syria and murdering a bunch of innocent people to protect America. But then I realized that Obama has already murdered hundreds if not thousand in Iraq and Afghanistan with his foreign policy there. And of course Obama has also used his drones to murder hundreds of suspected members of AL QUEAAAAAAAAA then it hit me so what if obama murders a few more innocent people in Syria. He has already murdered thousands finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this finish this

Marc Victor on Facebook

Praise MLK, then bomb Syria

Nevada to make a bundle on medical marijuana

Cop steals M-16

The cops assure us they are looking for the gun and will find it.

Yea, sure!!! Like they are going to illegally search the home off all their cops to fund the stolen machine gun. Don't make me laugh!!!!

'Classified' is government code for 'don't embarrass us'

Sue the government over these laws

2) The law requiring taxi drivers to take drug tests. Despite Prop 203 which says in ARS 36-2802 that medical marijuana patients can't be busted for DUI because of marijuana metabolites in their system, the cops are arresting medical marijuana patients for DUI per ARS 28-1381

But Prop 203 which is Arizona's medical marijuana law in ARS 36-2802.D, clearly says if you are a medical marijuana patient you can not be arrested for DUI because you have marijuana metabolites in you body:

ARS 36-2802.D Operating, navigating or being in actual physical control of any motor vehicle, aircraft or motorboat while under the influence of marijuana, except that a registered qualifying patient shall not be considered to be under the influence of marijuana solely because of the presence of metabolites or components of marijuana that appear in insufficient concentration to cause impairment.

3) Law that limits light rail fare to 5 cents or is that 25 cents or a quarter.

Where was that photos shot at????

Most modern cell phones will allow you to record the location of any photos you shoot by embedding meta tags which contain the GPS location the photo was shot in the photo's files.

Will some people, like those phony baloney libertarians, David, Ernie and Mike will accuse me of giving this information to the cops, I am sure the cops already have this information and know how to extract the GPS information from you photos.

A few months back software billionaire John McAfee made the news on this issue when he was a fugitive and was releasing photos to the media.

Some hacker took the photos and extracted the GPS information and determined that John McAfee was lying about the location he claimed the photos were shot at.

Tempe City Logo???

Tempe Town Lake causes nothing but problems for local residents

Messy yard cops shake down Tempe barber Dan Armijo

Dan Armijo runs Nash’s Valley Fair Barber Shop which is over on Southern and Mill Avenue at 115 E. Southern Ave in Tempe.

Hey Dan Armijo, I would come by your shop and get a haircut, but hell, I haven't gotten a hair cut since the early 1990's.

I don't need a hair cut any more then you need a jackbooted messy yard cop at your barber shop.

Jack Lowell's got a peace sign in his front yard

I suspect it is driving the Tempe messy yard cops nuts.

Social Security - How to get your loot

Even if Social Security is a Ponzi scheme designed to screw you, you can get a few cents out of every dollar the government stole from you back.

Here is a series of articles by the Arizona Republic on how to do that.

My Will

Spanish Ordinal Numbers

The Spanish Alphabet

B is referred to as be grande ("big B") and the V as ve chica ("little V"). U is sometimes topped with a dieresis or umlaut, as in vergüenza.

"RR" (erre doble) was once considered as a separate letter. "CH" was also considered a separate letter.

Spanish Language Newspapers & Magazines in Phoenix

Map of the Phoenix Canal System

Cops try to murder homeless people???

Marijuana, grown in a National Park near you!!!!

And of course that means they are now growing their marijuana in American National Parks which are closer to the final destination of their drug users in the USA.

Babes from the Los Angeles Times

Libertarian Party Platform April 5, 2011

Books on my reading list

They are mostly computer geek books, or books that document the history of evil government deeds.

A Table of Contents for Homeless in Arizona

IBM mainframe computers???

COBOL, TSO, CICS, IMS, TSO, SPF, VM/CMS, VSAM, ISAM whats all that stuff?

I am a rock?

Recycle Plastic Bags - Throw a monkey wrench into the recycling program???

I hate those annoying government recycling programs which always lose money and the only environment they make better is the wallets of the special interest groups the government let run the program.

After reading this article I may just start recycling all my plastic bags!!!!

Chrisdy Teigen - Who's she???

Christy Teigen - Who's she???

Not a bad photo considering I got it from a family oriented newspaper called the Arizona Republic, which is the most conservative newspaper in the state of Arizona!!!!

More articles on Kyrsten Sinema

Here are some other articles on Kyrsten Sinema - Kyrsten Sinema. 1 2 3 4

If you love taxes and hate guns you will probably love Kyrsten Sinema. If you think most people are too stupid to run their own lives and that most people need a government nanny to tell then how to live you will probably get along with Kyrsten Sinema real well. If you think that marijuana should be effectively illegal by taxing the krap out of it you will probably love Kyrsten Sinema and her proposed 300 percent tax on medical marijuana.