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About bmaz
Bmaz is a rather large saguaro cactus in the Southwestern Sonoran desert. A lover of the Constitution, law, family, sports, food and spirits. As you might imagine, a bit prickly occasionally. Bmaz has attended all three state universities in Arizona, with both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Arizona State University, and with significant post-graduate work (in physics and organic chemistry, go figure) at both the University of Colorado in Boulder and the University of Arizona. Married, with both a lovely child and a giant Sasquatch dog. Bmaz has been a participant on the internet since the early 2000’s, including active participation in the precursor to Emptywheel, The Next Hurrah. Formally joined the Emptywheel blog as an original contributing member at its founding in 2007. Bmaz grew up around politics, education, sports and, most significantly, cars; notably around Formula One racing and Concours de Elegance automobile restoration and showing. Currently lives in the Cactus Patch with his lovely wife and beast of a dog, and practices both criminal and civil trial law.
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Entries by bmaz
Are Obama and Congress Set To Screw American Counties, Homeowners and Give Wall Street Mortgage Banksters a Retroactive Immunity Bailout?
/in Congress, Democrats, Domestic Policy, Economics, emptywheel, Financial Fraud, Law, Obama Administration/by bmazThere are rapidly emerging signs the Obama Administration is actively, quickly and covertly working furiously on a plan to retroactively legitimize and ratify the shoddy, fraudulent and non-conforming conduct by MERS on literally millions of mortgages. they are again going to give a bailout and retroactive immunity to craven banks and financial institutions that have wrecked the economy
The Obama Disconnect: Arlington, Korea and Catfood
/in Culture, Democrats, Economics, Ideas and Ideology, Labor, Obama Administration, War/by bmazBarack Obama is in Korea lecturing Americans to suck it up and embrace the catfood at the same time Biden was left to represent the WH at the Arlington National Cemetery ceremony to honor America’s Veterans; all so Obama could sell out American labor via a Korean free trade agreement. Dumbest politics ever.
Durham Torture Tape Case Dies, US Duplicity in Geneva & The Press Snoozes
/in Bush Administration, Department of Justice, Intelligence, Law, Obama Administration, Press and Media, Torture, Torture Tape, Unitary Executive/by bmazJust how inattentive and asleep at the wheel does the government think the American media and citizenry are, to brazenly engage in the simultaneous duplicity of relying on the Durham investigation in Geneva for the UN UPR On Human Rights at the same moment it was using the Durham investigation to bleed out the statute of limitation on the primary jurisdiction of the investigation at home? Well, they think the media and people are completely asleep and, sadly, they are quite correct.
Letter to DOJ and John Durham Re: Torture Tape Crimes Expiring
/in Bush Administration, Department of Justice, Law, Obama Administration, Terrorism, Torture, Torture Tape/by bmazAs we have heard absolutely nothing from Eric Holder, John Durham, the DOJ or the Obama Administration in relation to indictments or other results of the investigation Mr. John Durham has been conducting since January 8, 2008, nearly three years, I thought a letter was in order asking just exactly what their status was. Here is that letter.
Ballots and the Bench: The Iowa Judges
/in Elections--Historical, Ideas and Ideology, Law, prop 8/by bmazIn a devastating night for Democrats, there was a notable and disturbing loss that did not draw enough attention, that of the so called “Iowa Judges”. From NPR: Iowa voters decided to remove three State Supreme Court justices who’d overturned an Iowa ban on same sex marriage last year. Out are Iowa Chief Justice Marsha […]
Obama and the Constitutionality of DADT and Other LGBT Discrimination
/in Democrats, Domestic Policy, Elections--Historical, Law, Obama Administration/by bmazAll signs point to the fact that President Obama considers DADT and LGBT discrimination to be merely a political problem and not a Constitutional rights issue. But the Constitution and its fundamental equality, due process and first amendment protections is not a political issue football to be tossed around, nor is it properly enforced by degree of popularity in the latest Gallup poll trendline.