Tag Archives: Homeland Security

ICE raids across SE Michigan, and the launch of “Bad and Nasty” …on this weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | March 3, 2017

This weekend’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, which I believe will be our third under the Trump administration, will be told in two parts. First, we’ll be talking about recent raids in our community by U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) officials, which have resulted in the arrest of four undocumented immigrants in Ypsilanti. […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged Angie Martell, arts funding, Bad and Nasty, Bad Hombres and Nasty Women, Department of Homeland Security, Donald Trump, Holly Hughes, immigration, immigration law, Immigration Law Enforcement Act, Jerry Clayton, law, Lois Weaver, Manny Lagunes, Margo Schlanger, Mary Jo Watts, NEA, NEA Four, Not My President's Day, performance art, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, William Lopez, Women's One World, WOW Cafe | 2 Comments

Security trumps freedom in the terrorist-heavy Battle Creek

By Mark | March 21, 2012

I spent three hours in Battle Creek today, and, in that time, I only spoke with one person. The man I spoke with was a security guard, standing outside of what was formerly the Battle Creek Sanitarium, which now, ironically enough, happens to be a federal building. I had Arlo with me. (He and I […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Rants, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11 changed everything, Battle Creek, Battle Creek Sanitarium, Cereal City, customer service, Fruit Loops, Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center, Kellogg's, pre-9/11 mindset, private security, security, security guards, security screening, security theater, terrorism, The Road to Wellville | 18 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor exit interview: Hollis Knight Coats

By Mark | September 15, 2011

Hollis Knight Coats, the musical genius behind the band Manhole, recently decided to leave Ypsilanti for Portland, Oregon. Before he left, I tried to meet up with him on several occasions to discuss his decision to relocate. While I’d like to think that he wasn’t purposefully avoiding me, things never seemed to work out where […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cancer, colored girls that look like Logan, Dandy Warhols, dropping out, Eastern Michigan University, Eminem, Florida, Hollis, Hollis Knight Coats, Kid Rock, living up to your potential, Manhole, Manhood, Manhug, MC5, Michigan winters, Onaway, Portland, Slim's, The Stooges, things used to be better, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 49 Comments

A new Saudi connection to 9/11 surfaces 10 years after the fact

By Mark | September 12, 2011

The following blurb was posted to the Democracy Now website today. Former Florida senator, Bob Graham, is calling on President Obama to reopen the investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks after new information has emerged about the possible role of prominent Saudis in the 9/11 attack. According to recent news reports, a wealthy young Saudi […]

Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged 9/11, Abdulazzi al-Hiijjii, Anoud al-Hiijjii, Anthony Summers, Bob Graham, conspiracy theory, Dan Christensen, Esam Ghazzawi, FBI, Florida, Mohamed Atta, our friends the Saudis, Prestancia, Sarasota, Saudi Arabia, Saudi involvement in 9/11, September 11 Commission, terrorism, The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden | 13 Comments

The Obama administration is seeking increased domestic spying powers

By Mark | September 27, 2010

Earlier this summer, we discussed a special report issued by the Washington Post on America’s rapidly expanding domestic surveillance infrastructure. I, and others, were shocked by the continued growth under the Obama administration. Among other things, it was noted that some 30,000 individuals are presently employed exclusively to listen in on our domestic conversations. Here, […]