I should preface this post by telling you that, having just been diagnosed with bronchitis, I’m writing this from bed, where, about twenty minutes ago, I took a big swig of prescription cough medicine, which, according to the bottle, is likely to do strange things to my mind. So, with that said, I’d like to […]
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Ten ideas for the Trump inauguration
Posted in Art and Culture, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ann Coulter, bronchitis, Charles Manson, Cher, codeine, deep sea scale worm, Diamanda Galás, Donald Trump, Elton John, Gary Glitter, I Put a Spell on You, inauguration, inauguration day, José Feliciano, Kid Rock, lamprey, Mark's big ideas, Mark's health, Mitt Romney, Nickleback, Phil Spector, Scott Baio, Sono L'Antichristo, Stevie Wonder, Ted Nugent, Tim Lambasts, Tupac, USA Freedom Kids, Victoria Jackson, Wayne Newton, Zit Remedy 77 Comments
The totally confrontational Totally Awesome Fest press conference
Ypsilanti’s more densely bearded, somewhat less murderous, and considerably less black version of Don King, Patrick Elkins, called a press conference yesterday to announce the lineup of the 8th annual Totally Awesome Fest, which begins this Friday evening at 5:00, in the field behind VG Kids. I suppose, in retrospect, that it should have been […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Ypsilanti Also tagged Absolute Beginners, Animal Magic, Ben Miller, Charlie Slick, child labor, Chris Sandon, delinquent hipsters, Detroit Party Marching Band, Don King, Dreamland Theater, Duane the Teenage Weirdo, Electric Waterfall Castle, Fucking Awesome Fest, interviews with Mark, Jambo Man, Jamboman, Little Weasel House, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Manhole, mascots, microfiche, music festivals, pancake walk, pancakes, Patrick Elkins, Patrick's Weird Beard Goes Wandering, Penelope, Playboy Mansion, pooping in the river, press conferences, Ripper Field, Swimsuit, The Bungalow, thickly-bearded local troubadours, Totally Awesome Corp, Totally Awesome Fest, Tupac, VG Kids, Ypsi festivals 18 Comments
The Buffett Rule dies in Congress, but, like Tupac, and Jesus, it shall rise again
I was all set to write about Tupac, and how I’d known that he was a hologram all along, but then I started reading about today’s failure by the Senate to act on the so-called Buffet Rule, which would have imposed a minimum tax of 30% to all individuals making more than one million dollars […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bernie Sanders, Buffett Rule, Chuck Schumer, class warfare, Coachella, Eric Cantor, income inequality, Jesus, Joint Committee on Taxation, Jon Kyl, Maine, Mitt Romney, national debt, payroll tax, progressive taxation, small government, small government Jesus, Susan Collins, tax loopholes, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, Tupac, Warren Buffett 26 Comments