I’m still playing catch-up, trying to get the most recent episodes of the Saturday Six Pack posted here. I’m sorry that it’s been taking me so long… The episode I’m posting here tonight was our 40th, and it was great… There was something for everyone; political intrigue, grassroots activism, science in the public interest, societal […]
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Exploring Black Nirvana, going inside the EMU “no confidence” vote, and the likelihood that we’ll see other Flints in the future… on episode 40 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged abandoned houses, Antonin Scalia, Athletic Mic League, Black Nirvana, Black Opera, Buff1, Congress, Detroit, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, Educational Achievement Authority, EMU, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Film, Flint, hip hop, Howard Bunsis, Jamall Bufford, Jm Smith, Judith Kullberg, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Lee Anne Walters, no confidence, Pete Larson, rap, Rick Snyder, science fiction, South Dakota, water, Yanna Lambrinidou 3 Comments
In an ironic twist, House Republicans, who, up until a few weeks ago, wanted to see the EPA dismantled, argued this morning that what happened in Flint was due to the agency not being aggressive enough
Several people testified before the House Oversight Committee today about the poisoning of Flint’s citizens, including Virginia Tech Professor Marc Edwards and Flint resident Lee Anne Walters. While most of the local coverage, I suspect, will focus on Congressman Jason Chaffetz’s forceful promise early in the proceedings to have the U.S. Marshals “hunt down” former […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged corrosion control, Dan Kildee, Darnell Earley, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, House of Representatives, House Oversight Committee, irony, Jason Chaffetz, Keith Creagh, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, Lee Anne Walters, Marc Edwards, MDEQ, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Miguel Del Toral, water 18 Comments