By Mark | January 15, 2019
I guess we should just be happy that the Republicans have finally decided to turn on Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa. While we’re congratulating Republicans for doing the right thing, though, and joining Democrats to formally condemn King on the floor of the House for questioning whether the term “white nationalist” should be considered […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-immigrant, border wall, David Duke, Donald Trump, House of Representatives, Iowa, Kevin McCarthy, Nazi, Steve King, Ted Cruz, white nationalism, white nationalist, white supremacist |
By Mark | January 13, 2019
Since we first launched Landline Creative Labs, I’ve been wanting to start a series of interviews with our tenants, asking what they’re up to, and, through them, trying to get a better sense as to the direction in which Ypsi’s creative energy may be flowing. Here, in our first installment, I talk with Juliet Hinely, […]
Posted in 209 Pearl, Landline Creative Labs, Local Business, Locally Owned Business, Media | Also tagged 22 North, Alison MacAdam, artist residency, artists, audio production, Believed, Brett Kavanaugh, Charlottesville, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christine Blasey Ford, Civil War, Confederate flag, Confederate statue, Cultivate, dog treats, Donald Trump, First Fridays, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Gettysburg, Governor’s School for the Visual and Performing Arts, Grove Studios, gymnastics, Jennifer Guerra, Juliet Hinely, Kate Wells, Kayj Michelle, knitting, Larry Nassar, Lexington, Lindsey Smith, Lyme Disease, Michigan Radio, Narooz, NPR, Orson Welles, Paulette Parker, podcasting, podcasts, public sex, Rachel Denhollander, Radio Campfire, Riverside Arts Center, Robert E. Lee, Rosemarie Aquilina, San Francisco, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sarah Huelett, Selo Shevel, Senate Judiciary Committee, sexual abuse, St. Augustine, Stamps School of Art and Design, Stephanie Rowden, Stonewall Jackson, The Flaggers, The Listen Inn, The Red Hen, Unite the Right, University of Michigan, USAG, Virginia, Willis Sound, Ypsi immigration interview, Ziggy’s, Zoe Clark |
By Mark | January 12, 2019
Over the past few days, a reader of this site – a fellow calling himself iRobert – has shared the same link in the comments section several times. It’s a link to an episode of a television program from 1958 starring Robert Culp called Trackdown. Saying that the episode in question, titled “The End of […]
Posted in Politics, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1958, border wall, CBS, Columbo, con man, con men, Death Lends a Hand, Fred Trump, Hoby Gilman, iRobert, Lawrence Dobkin, Old Man Trump, Robert Culp, Talpa, Texas, Texas Ranger, Trackdown, Woody Guthrie |
By Mark | January 10, 2019
I have important business to attend to this evening, so I don’t have much time. With that said, however, I’ve just curated what I think are the three best wall-related tweets of the past 48 hours for your consideration. I hope my efforts are appreciated. TWEET ONE: Trump, back in 2004, telling graduating college students […]
By Mark | January 7, 2019
Early this afternoon, Donald Trump tweeted out that he would be addressing the nation at 9:00 on Tuesday evening to discuss the “national security crisis on our southern border.” The three networks, who, back in November of 2014, refused to televise a speech on immigration by President Barack Obama, saying that it was too political, […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ABC, border security, border wall, Brian Stelter, bullying, CBS, Dan Pfeiffer, Donald Trump, fake news, illegal immigration, Judd Legum, Kirstjen Nielsen, national emergency, NBC, stupid ideas, terrorism |
