I didn’t watch Donald Trump’s State of the Union a few days ago. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. And, apparently, I wasn’t alone. Viewership, it seems, was way down. Which, I guess, given what he had to say, was a good thing. Trump not only lied, but he lied a lot, even […]
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Exploring Trump’s “Manifesto of Mistruths”: Is our economy really “the best it has ever been”?
Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Arlo, Barack Obama, Bureau of Labor Statistics, deficit, deficit spending, Donald Trump, Dow Jones, economic growth, economic recovery, factories, federal deficit, GDP, Gross Domestic Product, health care, job creation, jobs, manufacturing, Medicaid, Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, Paul Krugman, preexisting conditions, Republican lies, S&P 500, social security, Social Security Disability Insurance, SSDI, Steven Rattner, stock market, stomach flu, tax cuts, The 39 Steps, Trump tax cuts, unemployment | 125 Comments
Hitchcock includes a subtle shout-out to Ypsilanti in North By Northwest
It’s rare that Ypsilanti shows up in popular culture. For a while, we were seeing images of Ypsi pop up in films, like Drew Barrymore’s Whip It, and Robert DeNiro’s Stone, but it’s not too often that you buy a record, or see a movie, and actually hear the word “Ypsilanti” being spoken. So, I […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Pop Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Cary Grant, Drew Barrymore, Elvis Costello, Eva Marie Saint, films, Here in Ypsilanti they don’t wear any panties, Michigan film incentives, panties, Profane and Sugarcane, Robert DeNiro, Sugarcane, Whip It, Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Underwear, Ypsipanti | 4 Comments