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Rick Johnson and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Michigan Marijuana Licensing Board
Saturday , 4, February 2023 Medical Marijuana, Nerd Problems, Recreational Marijuana Leave a commentFormer State House Rep and one of Osceola County’s finest Rick Johnson (R – Lobbyists giving me money to get a spot on the next MMLB’s agenda isn’t a bribe, it’s a place-holder) has found himself in a spot of bother over his tenure as president of the disbanded Michigan Marijuana Licensing Board. In 2008 […]
@onetoughnerd Decides Not To Go To Harvard After All Because Everybody’s Being Mean #NoSnyderFellowship #OpFlint
Wednesday , 3, July 2019 Flint Water, Nerd Problems, Nestlé Leave a commentOn Sunday, June 30, 2019, @prisonculture launched a tweetstorm to right the injustice of granting Rick Snyder a fellowship at Harvard University. People answered her call to action and flooded the Dean of the Kennedy School where Snyder would have spent the next year offering his knowledge and experience to the students of Harvard. What […]
Legacy of @onetoughnerd: Updated for @Harvard @Kennedy_School #NoSnyderFellowship
Monday , 1, July 2019 Nerd Problems Leave a commentThis article originally appeared on Up North Progressive on December 29, 2018 On Christmas Eve Rick Snyder closed the citizen’s input hotline early to ensure Michigan taxpayers could no longer call and object to the shame duck bills he signed just in time for Gretchen Whitmer to take over on January 1, 2019. It’s the […]
The Snyder Legacy Updated: The Nerd’s Mobile Seized in Flint Water Crisis Investigation
Monday , 3, June 2019 Flint Water, Nerd Problems Leave a commentRick Snyder and his lethal emergency manager law may finally be receiving the justice it deserves. On May 19, 2019, warrants were issued to seize the mobile devices of the former Governor and over sixty other state officials involved with the cover-up of the Flint water disaster. Included with the Governor’s Office were warrants for […]
Michigan Supreme Court Unanimously Orders the State of Michigan to Return Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Pay Illegally Taken from Teachers
Wednesday , 20, December 2017 Bill Schuette, Nerd Problems, Section 16 1 CommentThe Michigan Supreme Court ruled 6 – 0 on December 20, 2017 an unconstitutional law that stripped three percent of teacher pay from Michigan’s public school teachers must be returned. The unconstitutional law imposed by the Republican-controlled State Legislature and Republican Governor Rick Snyder stole over $550 million from teachers’ paychecks in another move to […]
Snyder Vetoes Bill Eliminating Mandatory Training for Commercial Morel Hunters Because Protecting Michiganians from Toxic Things is a Good Idea
Thursday , 5, January 2017 Community, Environment, Flint Water, Nerd Problems Leave a commentHow do you know Rick Snyder has learned his lesson about not properly regulating things people eat and drink because it may poison them? Today he vetoed a bill that would have eliminated the requirement for people who hunt morels to sell be certified so they don’t poison people with toxic mushrooms. House Bill 5532 […]
Could the Tea Bagging of Kansas Finally Be Over?
Thursday , 4, August 2016 Candidates, Elections, Flint Water, Nerd Problems, Tea Party, Tealiban 3 CommentsTurns out Speaker Boehner is indeed enjoying Kansas primary night. Just received this from former staffer! pic.twitter.com/hIzmFt8hn0 — carl hulse (@hillhulse) August 3, 2016 John Boehner seems to think so. The former Speaker who had an epiphany when the Pope visited and resigned from the House was photographed enjoying a glass of wine with a […]
Michigan’s Republican Welfare Drug Tests Successful at Wasting Taxpayer Money for No Good Reason
Thursday , 23, June 2016 Community, Nerd Problems 2 CommentsJust like every other state in the country that passed a ‘test welfare recipients for illegal drugs’ law, Michigan successfully wasted taxpayer money testing 303 welfare recipients and found 0 positive tests. This is consistent with other states that also passed drug test people on welfare laws, and successfully wasted taxpayer money testing people who […]
The Criminally Negligent Nerd Who Told Volunteers No: Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy
Saturday , 30, April 2016 Community, Flint Water, Nerd Problems Leave a commentNestled in Battle Creek, Michigan, on the grounds of Fort Custer live the cadets of Michigan Youth ChalleNGe Academy. At-risk teens ages 16 to 18 volunteer to attend this program to improve their lives and learn skills to stay out of trouble as they transition to adult life. Operated by the Michigan National Guard, the […]