It’s difficult to look beyond Trump, as he demands so much of our attention, and rightfully so, but the issue we’re facing right now is far bigger than him. We live in a time of great uncertainty and fear, and people, not just in America, but across the globe, are beginning to gravitate toward authoritarianism. […]
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Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged America First, anti-immigrant, armageddon, authoritarianism, border security, border wall, Climate Change, concentration camps, dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Tusk, drought, European Council, famine, fear, fear mongering, G20, global climate change, Global Warming, human rights, immigration, Ivanka Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, Japan, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, liberalism, Mohammed bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, oligarchs, Pearl Harbor, Russia, Saudi Arabia, southern border, The Origins of Totalitarianism, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin, western civilization 213 Comments
Author and illustrator Phoebe Gloeckner on the new film adaptation of her book The Diary of a Teenage Girl, 826 Michigan’s Amanda Uhle on the future of Mittenfest, and Pete Larson flies in from Kenya to perform live …on this weekend’s edition of the Saturday Six Pack
We’re not quite sure why, but the woman behind the most talked about coming-of-age movie in the country this summer, author and illustrator Phoebe Gloeckner, has agreed to come on the Saturday Six Pack this weekend and tell us what it’s like to see your young, semi-autobiographical self projected on the silver screen in front […]
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 826 Michigan, Amanda Uhle, Brian Robb, Diary of a Teenage Girl, German Park, J.T. Garlfield, Kenya, mashed potato borne illnesses, Mittenfest, movies, Pete Larson, Phoebe Gloeckner, sex, sexuality, Taiko No Tettsu, Washington Street porch show 14 Comments
Japan, ramping up H1N1 precautions
My friend Pete Larson, a brilliant musician who turned his back on rock and roll in order accept his fate and become a scientist, just returned from Japan, where he wrote the following. I thought some of you with mask fetishes might enjoy it. While the 2009 H1N1 flu has been written off by the […]
Posted in Health, Ideas, Other Also tagged 1918 flu, 25 Suaves, antibacterial, antiseptic filter, bathroom cleaners, bird flu, Bulb Records, burqa substitutes, Dorf, ebola, flu, H1N1, herbal aroma, Japan, Japanese products, Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals, Malawi, mask fetishes, Napoleon, Pete Larson, public health, rock opera, school closure, science fiction flavors, swine flu, the oral cavity, throat disinfectants, virus, Washlet 12 Comments