Tag Archives: Mike Shirkey

This day in treason

By Mark | November 19, 2020

With the Georgia election having just been certified, there’s really no path forward for Trump at this point. Biden has him beat in too many states, and by too wide of a margin, to make stealing the election feasible. Despite his efforts, Biden’s victories are being certified, and Trump’s laughable legal challenges are being thrown […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Barack Obama, birther, Brian Schatz, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, coup, Donald Trump, electoral college, Georgia, hair dye, Hugo Chávez, Lawrence Tribe, Marcy Wheeler, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, Tracy Wimmer, treason, Venezuela | 71 Comments

The War on Women makes its way to Michigan

By Mark | June 7, 2012

I had the opportunity to hear Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, speak earlier this evening. She ended her speech by reminding people that, 96 years ago, Margaret Sanger was arrested for handing out information on birth control to poor, immigrant women in Brooklyn. Richards then mentioned that, last month alone, some 4.4 million […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 5711, 5712, 5713, abortion, birth control, Cecile Richards, Komen, Margaret Sanger, Meghan Groen, men making health decisions for women, Netroots Nation, Planned Parenthood, reproductive justice, sex for reproduction, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, war on women, women's health | 52 Comments

Who needs colleges when you can have prisons… Good work, Michigan!

By Mark | May 1, 2011

I haven’t seen the new numbers, but, in 2008, I remember reading that Michigan was one of only four states that spent more on corrections than on higher education. And this, if I’m not mistaken, is happening in spite of the fact that Michigan’s prison population is dropping. I mention this because I just saw […]