Gretchen Whitmer joins the governors of Kansas, Maine, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Washington in making mask-wearing mandatory. Today, as Donald “the most innocent man in the history of the United States” Trump was commuting the sentence of convicted criminal Roger Stone, our Governor, Gretchen Whitmer, was focused on the health and safety of her constituents, signing […]
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Thankfully, while the President of the United Stated is focused on getting his co-conspirators out of jail, we have a Governor in Michigan that’s putting the health and safety of our people first
Posted in Health, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged commuted sentence, corruption, COVID-19, executive order 2020-147, Gretchen Whitmer, innocence, Maine, masks, Nevada, obstruction of justice, Pennsylvania, public education, public health, Roger Stone, Russia, Russiagate, Washington, Wikileaks 40 Comments
The silent rattlesnakes of Truman Capote, and the hoax behind Hand-Carved Coffins
Late last week, I took a few days off from work and went to Chicago with the family. We visited friends, ate really good brisket, poked our heads into the small and dark apartment of Henry Darger, invested way too much time studying the habits of the longnose walking batfish, and spent Linette’s birthday seeing […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged 1975, 1980, Al Dewey, Amphetamine Reptile, amphetamines, Chicago, coffins, decapitation, Department of Homeland Security, domestic terrorism, drinking, fiction, folk art, Green Street Meats, Hamilton, Hand-Carved Coffins, Henry Darger, hoaxes, In Cold Blood, Intuit, Jake Pepper, Jean Henry, Johnny Carson, Linette Lao, longnose walking batfish, murder, Music for Chameleons, Perry Smith, pumpkins, rattlesnake, Richard "Dick" Hickock, Richard Nixon, Rose Styron, Shedd Aquarium, silent rattlesnakes, snakes, Studio 54, Thanksgiving, The Tonight Show, Truman Capote, vacations, visionary art, white nationalism 57 Comments
We’re just one Republican vote away from stopping Betsy DeVos from taking over the Department of Education
Today, Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced on the floor of the Senate that they would not be voting to confirm President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Assuming neither Senator changes her mind between now and the vote, which is expected to happen as early as […]
Posted in Education, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Betsy DeVos, Dan Sullivan, Dean Heller, Deb Fischer, dismantling of public education, education reform, Jeff Flake, Jerry Moran, Lisa Murkowski, Nevada, Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania, public education, school vouchers, Shelley Moore, Susan Collins of Maine, threats to public education, West Virginia 16 Comments