Tag Archives: Michael Bloomberg

The big take-aways from Super Tuesday

By Mark | March 4, 2020

Before I jump into this, there are a few items I’d like to make clear upfront…. First, I truly believe that any candidate still standing in the Democratic field would be a dramatic improvement over Donald Trump, and I intend to support whomever it is that comes out of the convention with the nomination. My […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, 2020, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Bros, Bernie Sanders, coalition building, conspiracy theories, Dan Pfeifer, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, democratic primary, dirtbag left, DNC, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Ezra Klein, get out the vote, Hillary Clinton, Jim Clyburn, Joe Biden, Latino voters, low-propensity voters, Marianne Williamson, Nathan J Robinson, Pete Buttigieg, Presidential politics, primary elections, rigged elections, Shaun King, South Carolina, Super Tuesday, swing states, the black vote, voter turnout | 115 Comments

It’s because of things like this that I still support Elizabeth Warren

By Mark | February 19, 2020

Warren came out SWINGING at Bloomberg pic.twitter.com/3D8bnvvm4m — Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) February 20, 2020 Feel free to talk about Michael Bloomberg’s performance, or anything else from tonight’s bare knuckle boxing match of a debate, but I just want to take this opportunity to reiterate that I’m still with Elizabeth Warren. Watching this tonight, I […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, debates, Elizabeth Warren | 81 Comments

No vanity campaigns in 2020

By Mark | February 3, 2019

It’s about a week late, but, lest anyone be wondering, I too hate Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, and don’t believe that he should run as an independent for the presidency in 2020. Schultz, for those of you who might not have heard, apparently feels uniquely qualified, in spite of his lack of […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump, ego, Hillary Clinton, Howard Schultz, independent candidate, Jill Stein, Kellyanne Conway, Sherrod Brown, Starbucks, Steve Schmidt, third party, vanity | 34 Comments

Occupy teach-in this Saturday afternoon at Woodruff’s…. Ideas for Ypsi’s occupation abound

By Mark | December 7, 2011

[The following missive must have been slipped into my pocket this evening as I made my way down Michigan Avenue with my dog.] The State Capitol of Art and Activism by Occupy Ypsilanti What do GoldmanSachs, Jerry Sandusky, Michael Bloomberg, McDonald’s, Rick Snyder, The Gap, Nestle, Major League Baseball, and Mary Sue Coleman have in […]

Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 99%, Arab Spring, Blogbaby, Brian Whitener, co-ops, Dave Strenski, Deja Vu, Edible Commons, EMU, foreclosure resistance, GoldmanSachs, Howard Bunsis, Iceland, Jeff Clark, Jerry Sandusky, Liberty Square, local food production, Major League Baseball, Maria Cotera, Mary Sue Coleman, McDonald’s, Michael Shallal, Natalia Harris, Nestle, Oakland, Occupy, Occupy Ypsilanti, Olympia, origami, Peter Linebaugh, power, Recreation Park, Rick Snyder, school lunches, teach-in, The Gap, The State Capitol of Art and Activism, Transition Ypsilanti, urban farming, Water Street, wealth inequality, Woodruff's, Zuccotti Park | 34 Comments

OWS forces respectfully deface Verizon building as over 30,000 look on from occupied Brooklyn Bridge

By Mark | November 18, 2011

It’s interesting how the corporate press is covering today’s action in New York. I’m reading the Bloomberg coverage right now, and they say, for instance, that protesters “appeared to number in the thousands.” While technically correct, I think you’d agree that “thousands” doesn’t quite carry the same weight as “32 thousand,” which is the estimate […]