By Mark | September 30, 2020
During last night’s shitshow of a debate, Donald Trump was given multiple opportunities to condemn white supremacy. Instead of doing so, he called on members of the Proud Boys — an organization described by the FBI as a far-right, male-exclusive group group with ties to white nationalism — to “stand by.” Chris Wallace, as you […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, anti-science, ANTIFA, antifascism, authoritarianism, conspiracy theory, dog whistle, Donald Trump, EOS, fascism, FBI, grievance, Kamala Harris, Proud Boys, Qanon, racism, stand by, white grievance, white nationalism, white supremacy |
By Mark | February 19, 2020
Warren came out SWINGING at Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/3D8bnvvm4m — Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) February 20, 2020 Feel free to talk about Michael Bloomberg’s performance, or anything else from tonight’s bare knuckle boxing match of a debate, but I just want to take this opportunity to reiterate that I’m still with Elizabeth Warren. Watching this tonight, I […]
By Mark | October 13, 2016
This is going to be a heavy weekend on the Saturday Six Pack, so I’m going to do something unprecedented. I’m going to introduce the beer of the week now, so that you can stock up in advance and drink along at home. [Given everything we’ll be talking about, from the twists and turns of […]
Posted in Michigan, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1914, bells, Brandon Dillon, Christmas truce, dismantling of public education, Donald Trump, Michigan Democratic Party, Proposition A, public education, Scott Hagerstrom, Scott Menzel, threats to public education, Two Hearted Ale |
By Mark | October 9, 2016
Watching tonight’s debate, I had four thoughts worth sharing. Here they are. If you have anything to add, please leave a comment. For what it’s worth, I was also disappointed that no one used the word “pussy.”
By Mark | September 26, 2016
OK, I’ve decided to open a bottle of whiskey and watch tonight’s presidential debate between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and reality television personality Donald Trump. And I’m going to try, to the best of my ability, to blog throughout. If you’d like to join me in the conversation, feel free to post comments […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Alicia Machado, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, EOS, Ford, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, Iraq war, Jennifer Flowers, Lester Holt, lies, live blogging, misogyny, NAFTA, nuclear weapons, politics, Presidential politics, race, racial profiling, Russia, Scott Baio, Sean Hannity, sexism, sniffles, stamina, stop and frisk, tax cuts, temperament, theology of tax cuts, trade agreements, trickle down economics, Vladimir Putin |