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Deranged Michigan Woman Spews Hate-Filled Vitriol At Lawful Religious Rally In Texas
Friday , 30, January 2015 Community, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentChristine Weick of Jenison has made a career out of traveling all over the country screaming bigotry and hatred at people who have never done a thing to her – Islam, LGBT, energy drinks – all are equally worthy of her kvetching the truth at them whether they want to listen to her diatribe or […]
Senator Debbie Stabenow Elected To Co-Chair Great Lakes Task Force
Tuesday , 27, January 2015 Environment, Michigan Women Leave a commentSenator Debbie Stabenow was elected co-chair of the Great Lakes Task Force. She will share leadership with Republican Senator Mark Kirk. The organization works to protect the environmental integrity and is made up of members of Congress who represent states bordering the Great Lakes. Both senators have a distinguished record of working to protect the […]
Help Spread The Truth About Corporate Ed Reform During National School Choice Week
Tuesday , 27, January 2015 Section 16 Leave a commentThe Internet can be a place for information and communication with others, and sometimes it can be a place for mischief with hilarious results. Not everyone on the web thinks things through very well before launching their campaign. With a little effort, the people hustling school choice could find that out too if enough people […]
When Sarah Palin Speaks, Who Does She Remind You Of?
Sunday , 25, January 2015 Candidates, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentThe Up North Progressive went downstate yesterday to rub elbows with like-minded folk and talk about important things. It was wonderful meeting great people with the common purpose of doing good for Michigan. The glowing praise for the blog was appreciated, but I felt out of place with the passing of business cards. Big city […]
When A Control Freak Loses Control Funny Things Start To Happen
Saturday , 24, January 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsMiss Fortune has been doing an excellent job as always of covering the pre-trial shenanigans of taxpayer money embezzler, for-profit charter school manager Dr. Steve Ingersoll. The latest silliness that compelled the judge to make yet another decision about the optometrist’s behavior included telling Ingersoll flat out he wasn’t allowed to talk to the prosecution’s […]
How Anti-Choicers Want To Turn The U.S.A. Into An Atwood Dystopia Novel With This One Weird Trick
Friday , 23, January 2015 Community, Michigan Women, Tea Party Leave a comment“There is more than one kind of freedom,” said Aunt Lydia. “Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it.” – Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel written in the 1980s’ but still relevant today. […]
Michigan Department Of Natural Resources Asks For Help Finding Mallard Killer At Tip-Up Town
Thursday , 22, January 2015 DNR, Environment Leave a commentMichigan DNR conservation officers need help finding the person responsible for killing seven mallard ducks at last weekend’s Houghton Lake Tip-Up Town. The ducks were discovered on Sunday, January 18 and the DNR believes the incident may have happened on Saturday, January 17. The ducks were found near open water where the canal feeds into […]
Let’s ‘Cut’ To The Chase: Cindy Gamrat Is Giving Michigan A Sales Pitch
Thursday , 22, January 2015 Nerd Problems, Tea Party, Tealiban 3 CommentsIt’s thrilling being on the email list for State Rep Cindy Gamrat. Already my inbox has received two lengthy pieces of literature. One is the “Contract For Liberty,” and the second, a response to the Nerd’s State of the State Address given on January 20. Both gave the distinct feeling of reading a white paper […]
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