I know that all anyone wants to talk about these days is our story about the elaborate “fuck Flint I want to go shopping”-themed cake Governor Snyder had made for his wife’s birthday, which has now spread to the likes of Gawker and Wonkette, but, for my own sanity, I’ve got to move on. So, […]
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Jeff Irwin on renewed movement in the Michigan House to kill Snyder’s Emergency Manager law, Ethan Lowenstein on the value of place-based education, and the witchy music of Spelling… on episode 38 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Education, Politics, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged Aaron Spelling, bellows, belonging, brushes with panty fame, casting spells, checks and balances, community, Craig Johnson, Detroit, dioxane, disinvestment, drone instruments, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Education Achievement Authority, education reform, education spending, education theory, Educational Achievement Authority, Emergency Manager, EMU, Ethan Lowenstein, Flint, Flint water crisis, Gelman plume, Gelman Sciences, globalization, guns in schools, Happiness, Jeff Irwin, Johnny Lupinacci, lead, lead poisoning, Medicare, Name Brand Tattoo, open carry, Patrick Elkins, place-based education, pollution, public education, racism, Rick Snyder, SEMIS Coalition, shruti box, Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition, spelling, threats to public education, Victoria Weeber, water, white flight, witchy, Wonkette 11 Comments
Euthanasia… now where’d they get a crazy idea like that?
It all really started, as best as I can tell, on August 4, when former Republican Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, suggested that the Obama administration was seeking the power to “euthanize” American citizens, putting “Down Syndrome children at risk”. Then, a few days later, in a statement made on Friday, August 7, Sarah […]
Posted in Health, Media, Observations, Other, Politics Also tagged crazy accusations, Daily Show, death panel, Down Syndrome, euthanasia, euthanasia of seniors, evil, FOX News, Glen Beck, Glenn Beck, John Dingell, Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann, Mike Sola, Newt Gingrich, Obama is not a vampire, potential for violence, Republican, Republican lies, Rush Limbaugh, Sara Palin, Thomas Jefferson, Trig, vampires, Virginia Foxx, watering trees with blood 65 Comments