Tag Archives: Lake Michigan

Could the takeover of Benton Harbor have been motivated by a real estate deal?

By Mark | April 21, 2011

I know it’s kind of old news at this point, but, a few days ago, Rachel Maddow touched on the recent state-sanctioned takeover of Benton Harbor, and the beachfront land grab that might be behind it. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy For more on how the recent actions [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Benton Harbor, Czars, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, Fred Upton, golf courses, Harbor Shores golf resort, Jean Klock Park, Joseph Harris, race, Rick Snyder, St. Joseph, threats to Democracy, Whirlpool | 10 Comments

My weekend in Milwaukee

By Mark | August 9, 2010

I’ve spent the last several days in Milwaukee, visiting museums, eating deep fried cheese curds, touring incredible breweries, attending fish fries, and absorbing local culture by the pint-full. I’d like to break everything down, and give you a minute-by-minute recounting of my activities in this, one of my favorite cities in America, but my memories [...]

Posted in Mark's Life, Other, Photographs | Also tagged Arthur Fonzarelli, beer, beer tourism, Betty Brinn Children's Museum, bronze Fonzie, buffalo, cheese curds, Dan Richardson, deep fried cheese curds, Dennis Wolski, Fonzie, Iggy Pop, Iggy Pop statue, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Brat House, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee river walk, prohibition, river walk, stampede, travel, travel tips, Urban Dictionary, Wisconsin, Wolski's Tavern | 12 Comments

Monday night news dump

By Mark | August 2, 2010

There were three stories in the news tonight that I wanted to write about, before my brain got hijacked by local politics. I don’t have time to write about any of them at length right now, as my eyelids are beginning to droop, but I did want to pass along the links, as they’re all [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Michigan, Observations | Also tagged asian carp, delusional people, income tax, Kalamazoo River, Miranda, Miranda rights, Miranda warnings, oil spills, Supreme Court, tax protests, taxes, Tea Partiers, tea party | 5 Comments

Paying the environmental price for the fuck-ups of other states

By Mark | June 13, 2010

The people of Florida have been standing up to oil industry pressure for decades. While their neighboring coastal states have approved off-shore drilling, in hopes creating jobs, and filling their coffers, the people of Florida have stood strong, opting to forgo immediate financial gratification, and instead safeguard their shoreline and wetlands for future generations. Of [...]

Posted in Environment, Michigan | Also tagged ammonia, BP, censorship, Deepwater Horizon, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, off-shore drilling, oil slick, sludge, Whiting | 6 Comments

BP illustrates the need for a corporate death penalty

By Mark | May 30, 2010

It’s now coming out that, when Obama was visiting the Louisiana coast a few days ago, surveying the extent of the damage wrought by the BP oil leak, many of the individuals that he, and the rest of us watching at home, thought were BP workers, were in fact temps hired by Tony Haward and [...]