8:00 AM… A friend asked what we should tell our children this morning. This was my response. 7:30 AM… Best case scenario. People who have been waiting on the sidelines with information on Trump, thinking that he’d likely lose, now come forward. This results in bipartisan impeachment proceedings. A weakened Pence administration is contained by […]
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Election Day live blog
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016, bullying, Canada, Christmas, community organizing, despair, Detroit Party Marching Band, Donald Trump, D’Real Graham, elections, end times, extinction, Hillary Clinton, impeachment, Jill Stein, Jim Bakker, Katrease Stafford, Make America Great Again, optimism, post-truth, Presidential politics, protest vote, reality television, revolution, Ruth Kraut, Sidetrack, the end of the world, truth, violence, voting, WEMU | 468 Comments
Relying on Jim Kunstler to bring me down to earth
When I catch myself smiling at a stranger, sniffing a flower, or doing something else which might give the impression that I’m anything other than completely fatalistic, I run home and check in with my favorite prophet of doom, Jim “fuck you” Kunstler. Well, this evening, when watching video of young people in Lansing discussing […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged collective bargaining, democracy protests, food shortages, gas rationing, global climate change, Jim Kunstler, Libya, Middle East, Muammar Gaddafi, oil, optimism, Struggle Against Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East, the growing gap between rich and poor, The Long Emergency, threats to the middle class, unions | 16 Comments