#The Arizona Republic

[krispyweiss]

“Rock and Roll Guitar God” Duane Eddy Dies at 86

Duane Eddy, whose string of instrumental hits in the 1950s and ’60s had an “incalculable” impact on the music that followed has died, the Arizona Republic reported.

The guitarist, 86, died April 30 in Tennessee of unspecified causes.

“Rest in peace, Duane Eddy,” Joe Bonamossa said. “A true pioneer and bonafide legend.”

Mick Fleetwood called Eddy a “very understated, sweet man who had talents way more than most ever knew,” while former Mac guitarist Rick Vito called Eddy “my friend and guitar hero.”

“Thanks for your influence on the world and for providing us with so much joy and inspiration,” Vito wrote on social media.

“Well done, Duane.”

Eddy scored more than 15 top-40 singles, most notably “Peter Gunn” and “Rabble Rouser.” He was a “rock and roll guitar god who invented twang,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said in an online eulogy.

“Eddy was one of the musicians most responsible for popularizing the electric guitar in America, and his impact on artists like the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Bruce Springsteen is incalculable,” the Rock Hall said.

The Country Music Hall of Fame also cited Eddy’s influence in remembering the guitarist.

“His style inspired thousands of hillbilly cats and downtown rockers … to learn how to rumble and move people to their core,” it said in a statement. “The Duane Eddy sound will forever be stitched into the fabric of country and rock and roll.”

Said Slash: “RIP, Duane Eddy.”

5/1/24

[uboat53]

So as usual, conspiracy theories ignore inconvenient facts. For example, if Katie Hobbs has been cheating in Arizona elections to help herself and other Democrats win, why is she trying to force a conservative county to certify its votes instead of letting Democrats win a House seat and the state superintendent race?

I'm sure there's a convoluted answer out there somewhere, as soon as they come up with something. :P

[lonestarflight]

Ground crewmen refuel and service the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft during a stopover at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The 747 is transporting the Space Shuttle Challenger to Cape Canaveral, Florida. An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft is in the foreground.

Date: December 3, 1985

NASA ID: DF-SN-86-12863

[angelx1992]

[goalhofer]

2024 New York Yankees Roster

Pitchers

#0 Marcus Stroman (Brookhaven, New York)*

#29 Clayton Beeter (North Richland Hills, Texas)**

#30 Luke Weaver (DeLand, Florida)

#35 Clay Holmes (Slocomb, Alabama)

#36 Clarke Schmidt (Acworth, Georgia)

#41 Tommy Kahnle (Colonie, New York)

#43 Jonathan Loáisiga (Managua, Nicaragua)

#45 Gerrit Cole (Orange, California)

#47 Victor González (Ciudad Tuxpan, Mexico)*

#55 Carlos Rodón (Holly Springs, North Carolina)

#56 Lou Trivino (Green Lane, Pennsylvania)

#57 Nick Burdi (Downers Grove Township, Illinois)*

#59 Scott Effross (Twinsburg, Ohio)

#64 Caleb Ferguson (Jefferson Township, Ohio)*

#65 Nestor Cortés; Jr. (Hialeah, Florida)

#71 Ian Hamilton (Vancouver, Washington)

#81 Luis Gil (Azua De Compostella, Dominican Republic)

#87 McKinley Moore (Houston, Texas)*

Catchers

#28 Austin Wells (Las Vegas, Nevada)

#39 Jose Trevino (Corpus Christi, Texas)

Infielders

#11 Anthony Volpe (Watchung, New Jersey)

#19 Jon Berti (Troy, Michigan)*

#25 Gleyber Torres (Santiago De León De Caracas, Venezuela)

#26 D.J. LeMahieu (Bloomfield Charter Township, Michigan)

#48 Anthony Rizzo (Parkland, Florida)

#91 Oswald Peraza (Barquisimeto, Venezuela)

Outfielders

#12 Trent Grisham (North Richland Hills, Texas)*

#14 Jahmai Jones (Peachtree Corners, Georgia)*

#22 Juan Soto; Jr. (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)*

#24 Alex Verdugo (Tucson, Arizona)*

#27 Giancarlo Stanton (Los Angeles, California)

#89 Jasson Domínguez (Esperanza, Dominican Republic)

#95 Oswaldo Cabrera (Gaurenas, Venezuela)

#99 Aaron Judge (San Joaquin County, California)

Coaches

Manager Aaron Boone (Villa Park, California)

Bench coach Brad Ausmus (New Haven, Connecticut)

Hitting coach James Rowson (Mt. Vernon, New York)

Assistant hitting coach Casey Dykes (Franklin, Tennessee)

Assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler (Phoenix, Arizona)

Pitching coach Matt Blake (Concord, New Hampshire)

Assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel (Vinton, Iowa)

Catching coach Tanner Swanson (Cle Elum, Washington)

Bullpen coach Mike Harkey (San Diego, California)

1B/infield coach Travis Chapman (Jacksonville, Florida)

3B/outfield coach Luis Rojas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

[arizonaconservativegal]

This shit makes me so mad.

$30 million and they're only building 54 units? That's $555,555 a unit!

We're just talking about studio apartments mostly and a handful of one bedrooms.

A New Leaf is described in this article as a nonprofit but it would be more accurate to call them quasi-governmental because they pretty much only work on government funded projects. This one is being paid for with federal covid money.

The average cost to build a whole new freestanding house in the Phoenix area is only $334k. Why does it cost A New Leaf an extra $220k to build just a studio apartment? Where does all the extra money go?

I wish I could tell you it was something as simple as a board member's vacation home in the Caymans but the real answer is a lot more boring and frustrating: government funding means strings attached. Expensive strings.

Anyone who tells you government can or should solve the housing crisis is a fool. This is how they do it every single time. The Phoenix area needs 50k+ new housing units today to meet existing demands and that number grows daily. If the cost is going to be $555k a unit for a government build, we are looking at a total cost of $28.777 billion - about three times the entire annual state budget, and for just one part of the state. It is never going to be possible for government to spend its way into a solution.

It is negligent at best for government officials to pretend they are doing something about this problem while thousands of people are stuck waiting for help that isn't coming. It disgusts me.

You want to fix this? You want to actually help people? Cut the red tape.

Let the private sector build market rate housing and let them cut out the unnecessary costs. Stop tying them up in endless zoning and permitting delays. Eliminate outdated regulations that drive up the cost without providing any benefit. Lower the cost of market rate housing and people on the edge of workforce and market rate will be able to move up into market rate for the same or less than they pay today and get better quality housing.

Same thing with workforce housing. The private sector can handle that profitably for builders and affordably for residents if we stop making it impossible to do so. It's time to modernize building codes so that we aren't requiring builders to do things like build an entire closet to stick the water heater in because they used to explode - a perfectly reasonable regulation at the time but these days you could just use a tankless heater that fits under the sink and does not carry the same risk, so why don't we let builders do that instead? Or for another example, tiny homes would be a great option for people who don't need a lot of space but we can't build them because zoning categories literally do not exist for the concept. You can build a single tiny house on a full size lot but that pretty much defeats the purpose.

Affordable housing might always need some subsidies. Fine. But we have got to stop doing things that mean building affordable housing costs more than luxury units. Give the contracts to actual home builders instead of going through nonprofits who chew up 20% of the money as "overhead" for being middlemen. Simplify the request for proposal process so that it doesn't cost tens of thousands of dollars to apply for the contract - a cost that gets added to the bid and since you won't get every contract you apply for, you add enough to cover several applications. For $555k a unit, I'd expect these apartments to be sparkling with gold and marble but instead these poor people just get scraps with the leftover money once the paperwork is paid for.

[kimludcom]

OUR WEDDING DAY - MOSES & ANITA

from Phoenix Arizona to Indianapolis Minnesota back to Phoenix Arizona

[mercurymusing]

Sometimes something makes it to NPR before I find out about it anywhere else and I'm both mortified at my own obliviousness and reminded how much I actually appreciate the service it provides-

Of course, then I go somewhere else for all the actual details-

tldr- literal white vans pulling up to natives on reservations across the country, offering them money to join a sobriety program, driving them to Phoenix, dumping them in barely supervised housing facilities (filled with drinking and other substance abuse), using their personal info to get money from state Medicaid for addiction services that aren't provided, and then dumping them back out on the streets in Arizona with nowhere to go (and sometimes no understanding of how they got there)

Stories:

[usafphantom2]

A-10C 81-0974 47thFS 944thFG AFRC Davis Monthan AFB, AZ by Gianluigi Spagnol Via Flickr: August 08, 2017 Davis Monthan AFB

[starbug]

Early edition vs. late edition most likely, but I like how the different printer ink made it look like the guy on the right's t-shirt magically changed colour.

Media manipulation 101

[mporte29]

A mural in the different facets of being Black in America and its erasure caused by ceapitalism

Mural by: Muta Santiago, Nyla Lee, Ashley Macias, Giovannie ‘Just’ Dixon, Clyde and MDMN

1st Photo by: Catherine Rafferty for The Arizona Republic

2nd & 3rd Photo: Google Maps Screenshots

[subsidystadium]

Why are taxpayers giving the Chamber of Commerce a blank check?

Let’s say your local sports team wants a new stadium and is trying to get public opinion on their side. Or one of your local city leaders wants to get the public ready for taxpayer money being used on a new sports venue. One of their first calls will be to their local Chamber of Commerce (“CoC”). Here, they can get people to give interviews with local media about how necessary and meaningful a…

[mariacallous]

https://meidasnews.com/news/republican-mayor-of-3rd-largest-city-in-az-endorses-harris

John Giles, the Republican Mayor of Mesa, Arizona, wrote an OpEd today for the Arizona Republic stating the reasons why he is endorsing Kamala Harris for President. Mesa is the 3rd largest city in Arizona, and the Arizona Republic is the largest newspaper by circulation in the crucial battleground state. 

Giles listed the following reasons why he can't support Donald Trump: 1. He refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, and continues to do so. 2. He continues to trash the American legal system to delegitimize it. 3. He orchestrated the "fake elector" scheme in Arizona. 4. He orchestrated the sham "audit" of the election by the Arizona Senate and Cyber Ninjas. 5. He blocked the bipartisan border bill negotiated in the Senate. 6. He treated Infrastructure Week like a joke when cities like his badly needed it.

7. He is a convicted felon and threat to the nation. 8. He has threatened to abandoned NATO. 9. He has eroded public confidence in our institutions. 10. His advisors and associates drafted Project 2025, which is a threat to our freedoms. 11. He is crude and vulgar. Giles then listed the reasons why he isn't just anti-Trump, he is also pro-Harris: 1. The Administration delivered on their promise with infrastructure funding for the Phoenix-Mesa Airport, and made technological investments in the transportation sector. 2. Thousands of new jobs are being created in Arizona with the CHIPS Act. 3. She has taken a strong stand against gun violence. 4. She has taken a strong stand for women's rights which are under assault from MAGA Republicans.

Giles then concluded with the following: "We can choose a future for our children and grandchildren based on decency, respect and morality — or succumb to the crudeness and vulgarity of Trump and J.D. Vance and the far-right agenda they would champion.

Arizona leaders like McCain and Sen. Mark Kelly have embodied the commitment to country over party. And it’s that same high caliber of character and leadership I see in Vice President Harris.

That’s why I’m standing with her. Kamala Harris is the competent, just and fair leader our country deserves. This year too much is at stake to vote Republican at the top of the ticket.

It will take Arizona Republicans, independents and Democrats standing together against a far-right agenda. Let us put country over party by voting to stop Trump and protect our democracy."

Powerful stuff. 

Winning back Arizona is crucial for Donald Trump. It is difficult to see any electoral path to victory for Trump without Arizona. He has continued to support candidates in that state like Kari Lake and Blake Masters who are toxic to moderate voters. He continues to attack the McCain family, who remain popular with those same moderate Arizona voters. 

This endorsement by Giles certainly doesn't help Donald Trump, and gives a big boost to Kamala Harris in Arizona.

[milakunisandwords]

Jiffy Corn Casserole Recipe This award-winning corn casserole is colorful and a bit spicy, made with green chiles, pimentos, Cheddar cheese, and sour cream.

[karmaalwayswins]

University of Arizona Humanities "City Girls: Berlin's Modern Women of the Weimar Republic" (2015)

[goalhofer]

2024-25 Toronto Maple Leafs roster

Wingers

#11 Max Domi (Toronto, Ontario)

#16 Mitch Marner (Markham, Ontario) A

#19 Calle Järnkrok (Gävle Stad, Sweden)

#23 Matthew Knies (Phoenix, Arizona)

#46 Alex Steeves (Manchester, New Hampshire)**

#67 Max Pacioretty (New Canaan, Connecticut)*

#75 Ryan Reaves (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

#88 William Nylander-Altelius (Södertälje, Sweden)

#89 Nick Robertson (Detroit, Michigan)

Centers

#18 Steven Lorentz (Waterloo, Ontario)*

#24 Connor Dewar (Dauphin, Manitoba)

#29 Pontus Holmberg (Västerås, Sweden)

#34 Auston Matthews (Scottsdale, Arizona) C

#64 David Kämpf (Jirkov, Czech Republic)

#74 Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta)

#91 John Tavares (Mississauga, Ontario) A

Defensemen

#2 Simon Benoit (Laval, Quebec)

#8 Chris Tanev (Toronto, Ontario)*

#22 Jake McCabe (Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

#25 Conor Timmins (St. Catherines, Ontario)

#28 Jani Hakanpää (Kirkunummi, Finland)*

#36 Dakota Mermis (Alton, Illinois)*

#44 Morgan Rielly (Vancouver, British Columbia) A

#51 Phil Myers (Dieppe, New Brunswick)*

#95 Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Karlskrona Stad, Sweden)*

Goalies

#41 Anthony Stolarz (Jackson Township, New Jersey)*

#60 Joe Woll (Dardenne Prairie, Missouri)