Yesterday evening, I had the pleasure of attending a housewarming party here in Ypsilanti for Washtenaw Community College graphic design instructor Ingrid Ankerson. Here, for those of you who haven’t already had the pleasure of meeting Ingrid, who just moved to Ypsi from Wisconsin — by way of Baltimore and Ann Arbor — is her […]
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Ypsi Immigration Interview: Ingrid Ankerson
Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1824, 2020, Annarbour, Baltimore, Ben Wikler, Brooklyn, cheese, cheese curds, crabs, dairy, Donald Trump, Elijah Cummings, Elisha Walker Rumsey, enamel, farming, gay marriage, gerrymandering, hot tub, immigration interview, infested, Ingrid Ankerson, jacuzzi, John Allen, Kettle Moraine, Kewaskum, Kohls, letterpress, Linette, Madison, Milwaukee, PJ Harvey, Pod Save America, racism, Ryan Molloy, Scott Walker, sheep, Sidetrack, Signal Return, teeth, typography, unions, Vandercook, Washtenaw Community College, West Bend, Wisconsin, Ypsi immigration interview 15 Comments
Mitch McConnell promises to hand the government over to corporate America if the Republicans retake the Senate in November
Every summer, at about this time, conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch apparently shine the sign of the relentlessly sucking vampire squid onto the dark, steely clouds above Gotham and call our nation’s most evil industrialists to a secret location, where, over steak, cigars, and the world’s finest prostitutes, they plot the destruction of our […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Alison Lundergan Grimes, American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society, Charles Koch, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, David Koch, get the money out of Washington, Koch brothers, Mitch McConnell, money as free speech, Senate, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class 19 Comments
The biggest post-election losers… Or, six old white men that need to be set adrift on ice floes
Bobby Jindal, the Republican Governor of Louisiana, when asked a few days ago to reflect on the election, said, “We cannot be, we must not be, the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep their toys.” Sure, he’s probably lying, but I still think it’s safe to say that this comment, […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Albert Mohler, ALEC, American Crossroads, Americans for Tax Reform, anti-government, Ashley Judd, Bill Kristol, billionaires, Birthers, Bobby Jindal, bribery, Bush tax cuts, casinos, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Crossroads GPS, CrossroadsGPS, Dean Heller, Department of Justice, evangelical, fiscal cliff, Frank Wolf, Grover Norquist, immigration reform, Libertarianism, Macau, Megyn Kelly, Miriam Ochsorn, Mitch McConnell, Move to Amend, Nevada, Obama, organized crime, racketeering, Republican strategy, revolution, Romney, Romney. obstructionism, Saxby Chambliss, SEC, Securities Exchange Commission, Senate, Shaun Casey, Sheldon Adelson, starve the beast, Super PAC, tax the rich, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, tea party, The Apprentice, The Simpsons 35 Comments