By Mark | October 11, 2016
Like a good number of you reading this now, I’ve been tempted to stop engaging with certain people this election season. Given the unprecedented level of vitriol, and the sheer number of lies being bandied about, it’s a tempting proposition to just cut people off. It’s completely understandable, I think that people, with the election […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, basket of deplorables, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, loyalty oaths, political campaigns, racism, Scott Hagerstrom, Trump |
By Mark | October 9, 2016
Earlier this summer, we talked here on the site about the possibility that Trump might have a Dead Zone moment – a moment in which, in front of the entire nation, he would reveal to us something so absolutely shocking about himself that we could not help but to turn away collectively in disgust, once […]
Posted in Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 99%, A Face in the Crowd, abandonment, Access Hollywood, Amanda Duarte, assault, Bill Clinton, campaign funding, China, Climate Change, conspiracy theories, Dead Zone, Donald Trump, Elia Kazan, Female Collective, Feminist Fight Club, global climate change, Global Warming, hot mic, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, income inequality, Jason Chaffetz, Jean Henry, John McCain, Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Obama, Paul Ryan, Peter Larson, poverty, Presidential politics, pussy, Pussy Grabs Back, Republican National Committee, sexism, sexual assault, Stella Marrs, The Apprentice, women, women's rights |
By Mark | October 6, 2016
Endearingly disheveled hero of the American left, Senator Bernie Sanders, made his way through Michigan today, pumping up crowds on behalf of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the run up to next month’s presidential election. Our job, he told the crowd that gathered to hear him speak at the University of Michigan’s Museum […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Environment, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, anti-science, Bangladesh, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, birther, Birthers, China, Citizens United, Constitutional amendments, Donald Trump, free college tuition, get the money out of Washington, global climate change, Global Warming, global warming denial, Hillary Clinton, How to get our Democracy Back, income inequality, Koch brothers, Mexico, middle class, oligarchy, outsourcing, Presidential politics, racism, Science, Sheldon Adelson, Socialism, student debt, tax policy, taxes, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, trade agreements, Turkey, University of Michigan |
By Mark | September 26, 2016
OK, I’ve decided to open a bottle of whiskey and watch tonight’s presidential debate between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and reality television personality Donald Trump. And I’m going to try, to the best of my ability, to blog throughout. If you’d like to join me in the conversation, feel free to post comments […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, Alicia Machado, conspiracy theories, debates, Donald Trump, EOS, Ford, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, Iraq war, Jennifer Flowers, Lester Holt, lies, live blogging, NAFTA, nuclear weapons, politics, Presidential politics, race, racial profiling, Russia, Scott Baio, Sean Hannity, sexism, sniffles, stamina, stop and frisk, tax cuts, temperament, theology of tax cuts, trade agreements, trickle down economics, Vladimir Putin |
The above comment was made by the Republican candidate for president earlier this afternoon in Wilmington, North Carolina. If you don’t believe me, you’ll find the unedited video below, in which Trump clearly suggests that second amendment enthusiasts might be able to stop Clinton from appointing judges and further “destroying” our country. Let that sink […]
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Gore, assassination, conspiracy theories, Dan Rather, DNC, Donald Trump, double standard, EOS, gun control, Hillary Clinton, Howard Dean, incite violence, intelligence, John Kerry, Julian Assange, Michael Hayden, Mulford Act, national security, North Carolina, people the Clintons have had murdered, people who get away with murder, political violence, presidential assassination program, Presidential politics, Ron Brown, Ronald Reagan, Seth Rich, sexism, temperament, threat of assassination, threat of violence, Wikileaks, Wilmington |