Mark Maynard

The eyes of the nation are on Alabama… Here’s hoping they do the right thing.

By Mark | December 11, 2017

A few days ago, when someone mentioned to me that Roy Moore had been successfully avoiding the press since news first broke about the child molestation allegations that had been leveled against him, I suggested that, if news agencies were really serious about getting his attention, they’d send younger reporters. Well, guess what? Moore finally […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alabama, America First Project, anti-Muslim, birther, Bob Corker, Charles Barkley, child molestation, child molesters, Cory Booker, Dean Heller, Donald Trump, Doug Jones, FOX News, homophobic, Jeff Flake, Keegan-Michael Key, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Luther Strange, Millie March, pedophilia, racist, Richard Shelby, Roy Moore, Senate, sexist, Super PAC, tax reform, voter suppression | 13 Comments

Calling the recent child molestation accusations a “desperate political attack,” far-right Christian folk hero Roy Moore assures his supporters that he’ll continue his run for Senate

By Mark | November 14, 2017

Well, it looks like I was right a few days ago, when, channeling my inner Johnnie Cochran, I proclaimed, “Where there are four, you know there are more.” This afternoon, an Alabama woman by the name of Beverly Young-Nelson came forward to announce that she too had been sexually assaulted by Republican Senate candidate Roy […]

Posted in Church and State, Civil Liberties, Other, Politics, Religious Extremism, sex, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11, abortion, Alabama, anti-abortion, anti-Muslim, attempted rape, Beverly Young-Nelson, Bill Armistead, Breitbart, Breitbart News, child molestation, child molesters, Claire McCaskill, Dinesh D'Souza‏, Dinesh D’Souza, fake news, Gadsden, Gloria Allred, Gloria Thacker Deason, Hillary Clinton, homophobia, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Jeff Flake, John Cornyn‏, Johnnie Cochran, KKK, Leigh Corfman, Mitch McConnell, Old Hickory House, pedophiles, pedophilia, pizzagate, religious extremism, Roe v. Wade, Roy Moore, sexual assault, sodomy, Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, violence, witch hunts | 64 Comments

What you should know about the uprising in Turkey

By Mark | June 3, 2013

Saturday night, I posted something on Facebook about the recent uprisings in Turkey, expressing both my support and frustration. (My support because, from what I can tell, the people taking to the streets across the country are largely folks who, like me, are interested in fighting for secular government, and the rights of individuals to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged AKP, alcohol, Arab Spring, Atatürk, Ayse's Cafe, Ben Ali, Bosporus Bridge, corporatism, corporatocracy, democracy, Ebru Uras, Gezi Park, green space, Iran, Islam, Islamization, Istanbul, Juan Cole, Justice and Development Party, lipstick, mallification, Mubarak, Occupy, Occupy Genzi, occupygezi, public space, religious fundamentalism, Taksim, Taksim Square, Tayyip Erdogan, threats to Democracy, world | 34 Comments

Occupy Black Friday actions planned in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit

By Mark | November 24, 2011

I’m torn on the concept of Buy Nothing Day. I love the idea of taking a day to remind ourselves that there’s more to life than blind consumption, but, at the same time, I sympathize with our small, locally owned retailers, who could really use the business. At any rate, I thought that I should […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged big box retail, Black Friday, blood funnel, Buy Nothing Day, Christmas, Christmas shopping, commercialism, Dearborn, Johari Uhuru, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Christmas, Occupy Detroit, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, OWS, protests, retails, Shop Local for the Holidays, Troy | 10 Comments

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The eyes of the nation are on Alabama… Here’s hoping they do the right thing.

Calling the recent child molestation accusations a “desperate political attack,” far-right Christian folk hero Roy Moore assures his supporters that he’ll continue his run for Senate

What you should know about the uprising in Turkey

Occupy Black Friday actions planned in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Detroit

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