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The psychotic Republican death cult of Donald Trump to “liberate” us out of existence

On June 6, 1944, 2,400 American servicemen died storming Omaha Beach in Normandy. Yesterday, 2,535 Americans died from COVID-19. And, tomorrow, it will almost surely be more. In spite of this, however, we’re still not doing even the most basic testing. It’s been almost exactly three months since we confirmed our first case here in […]

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I wasn’t expecting, when I opened the Current, to find a photo of my son posing with my friend Rob’s ass

[This message is brought to you by Go Ice Cream, now open in downtown Ypsilanti.]

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Getting to the bottom of Washtenaw County’s proposed mental health cuts, gorging on scotch ice cream, and helping a romance writer imagine filthy scenarios with Henry Ford …on episode 23 of the Saturday Six Pack

Much like the Lagavulin 16 Year Single Malt Scotch ice cream we ended the episode gorging ourselves on, this edition of the Saturday Six Pack was complex and layered… One minute it was fun and light, and the next it was deadly serious. In just two hours time, we somehow managed to have interesting conversations […]

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Discussing how deep cuts to mental health care services will impact the poor of Washtenaw County, EMU’s decision to drop their controversial mascot, local ice cream, and the music of Craig Johnson… on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

The Saturday Six Pack is back on the air this Saturday… Among other things, we’re going to be discussing access to mental health resources in Washtenaw County, where it’s rumored that as many as 90 mental health care workers could be losing their jobs over the next several days. While County administrator Verna McDaniel has […]

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Krampus 2014 recap

Late last week, I got a call from a writer at National Geographic. She wanted to know why the people of Ypsilanti had decided, five years ago, to summon the spirit of Krampus back to earth. Now that Krampus events are becoming more commonplace around the United States, she wanted to find out where it […]

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