Up North Progressive
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Born Yesterday: MBI-Capital is Not Merchant’s Bank of Indiana
Thursday , 30, July 2015 Community Leave a commentUp North Progressive made a mistake. Out of concern for the people who live in the same town as bnz4350@aol.com, the Up North Progressive got in contact with the IT department of Merchant’s Bank of Indiana and let them know someone used their server to leave very nasty comments about hunting wolves and progressives on […]
Love Letters From an Indiana Nazi Gun Nut Named Michaelangelo: “When Does The Open Season On Hunting Progressives Start?”
Saturday , 25, July 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban, Wolf Hunt 7 CommentsUp North Progressive receives comments from both supporters and critics. It’s part of civil discourse, talking about things not everyone agrees on and finding some common ground. It’s one of those principles the United States was founded on, but doesn’t get mentioned very much in Civics classes anymore. Unfortunately. One of the tenets of civil […]
Genesee County GOP Uses @Beavor Designs Logo To Sell Trump Tickets
Friday , 24, July 2015 Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentAll presidential candidates develop a brand – some catchy logo or phrase that will stick in people’s heads and create a positive image in much the same way companies brand products to make them more recognizable. The image on the right is Donald Trump’s official logo. On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, tickets for the Genesee […]
GOP Candidate For 103rd State Rep Wins Some Press With Criminal Sexual Conduct and Insurance Fraud Charges
Thursday , 23, July 2015 Candidates, Elections Leave a commentState Rep Bruce Rendon finishes his time in Lansing at the end of 2016 due to term limit rules. That means the 103rd district will have a new state representative in 2017. As of this week, The Republican candidate for the office is charged with Medicaid fraud, Medicare fraud, insurance fraud, and criminal sexual misconduct […]
Up North Progressive The Onion’d A For-Profit Charter School: The Continuing Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll
Tuesday , 21, July 2015 Dr. Ingersoll, Section 16 2 CommentsWe’ve all laughed about Fox News being duped by The Onion, America’s finest news source, and publishing the parody websites’ stories as if they were actual news. It’s happened to a few other legitimate news sources often enough people now read a headline and ask, “Is this real, or The Onion?” Today, it happened to […]
Trump’s “Conscience of the Conservative” Puts Him On Top in the Polls
Tuesday , 21, July 2015 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentDonald Trump says terrible things and he surges in the polls. If you’re horrified by the Republican presidential candidate’s racist remarks about immigration, Mexico, and his most recent attack on John McCain not being a hero because he was captured – don’t be. Republicans aren’t shocked by it, even if some of them are suggesting […]
Michelle Rhee Partners With Education Achievement Authority Hiring Teachers for the 2015-2016 School Year
Friday , 17, July 2015 Section 16 3 CommentsIt appears Michigan Teacher Corps have moved to a better class of teacher recruitment. Last fall they posted an ad on the Lansing, Michigan, edition of Craigslist. This summer they’re recruiting on real teacher job posting websites like K12 Jobspot. Currently, several notices appear on this website all for Education Achievement Authority Schools. The advertisements […]
Darwin Booher’s newsletter arrived in the mail and there was no rejoicing. With Darwin Booher, the rule is the less you hear about him the better off Michigan’s 35th State Senate district is. Unfortunately, the Gods do not smile upon us, because Darwin Booher is still being Darwin Booher. For example, the newsletter opens with […]
Voter Apathy Hasn’t Changed in 30 Years and Neither Has the Reason Why
Tuesday , 14, July 2015 Elections, Gerrymandering The Vote, Vote By Mail Petition Leave a commentIn an editorial published in the New York Times on November 25, 1988, entitled, “One Reason Voters Didn’t Vote”, the argument was made that people stayed home simply because they weren’t registered to vote. According to a New York Times/CBS News post-election survey, they tended to be younger, poorer and less educated than voters. Why […]
Russia Unveils Their Own Pride Flag for Day of Family, Love and Fidelity
Friday , 10, July 2015 Religious Fundamentalism 3 CommentsJuly 8 in Russia is celebrated as “Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.” The holiday dates back to 2008 with the purpose of promoting heterosexual families as the only legitimate traditional family in the nation. In 2013, Russia passed a law banning all promotion of LGBT media and culture as an acceptable lifestyle for Russian […]