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Talking with Fred Thomas about the Ypsi Flea

By Mark | December 8, 2011

As the Ypsi Flea is coming up in about a week, I though that I’d take the opportunity to speak with Fred Thomas, who organizes the event. What follows is our email exchange. MARK: So, what’s the Ypsi Flea? FRED: Ypsi Flea is a free, all ages event held every so often that’s part flea […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Amber Fellows, Annie Palmer, anti-consumerism, Avery Feral, Belleville, Ben Miller's take-home fashion show, book stealing, City Center, communal living, community coming together, consumerism, crafts, drowning in stuff, events, flea markets, food entrepreneurship, Fred Thomas, Grateful Dead, Heidi Pratt, hyper-corporate hex, local economy, materialism, possessions, public gardens, Radiator Hospital, Raphael Brim, records, redistribution of wealth, Sail, Stefanie Stauffer, stuff, take from the rich, Totally Awesome Fest, vintage clothes, Woodruff's, Ypsi Flea | 7 Comments

Stewart and Colbert on the debt ceiling “compromise”

By Mark | August 2, 2011

Here, for those of you without basic cable, is what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert had to say about the so-called compromise. The Daily Show – Dealageddon! – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering CompromiseGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political […]

Posted in Economics, Media, Politics | Also tagged charity, Christian nation, Christianity, Daily Show, debt ceiling, Jesus, Jon Stewart, national debt, Stephen Colbert, what would Jesus think | 8 Comments

The irony of Common Sense

By Mark | August 18, 2009

Our favorite FOX News personality, Glenn Beck, has a new book out. In tribute to Thomas Paine’s brilliant pamphlet of the same name, it’s called “Common Sense.” Or, to be more specific, it’s called “Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine.” Which, I guess, from a marketing perspective, […]