A few days ago the folks at Boing Boing rebroadcast an imagine that they’d picked up from Salon.com politics editor Elias Isquith. The image, which has now been shared by over 8,000 people on Facebook alone, started showing up in my social media feeds this morning, accompanied by words like, “horrifying.” On the face of […]
By Mark | December 12, 2013
Late yesterday afternoon Michigan Republicans passed controversial legislation making it illegal for insurance companies to include abortion procedures as part of their standard coverage, even in cases of rape or incest, or where the life of the mother might be in jeopardy. Should women in the sate of Michigan require abortion coverage, in the opinion […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Health, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, abortion rider, Biblical law, Blue Cross Blue Shield, health insurance, incest, legislative end run, Michigan Republicans, omnibus, pregnancy, rape insurance, religious extremism, reproductive justice, Rick Snyder, Right to, Right to Life of Michigan, Roe v. Wade, SB 1293 |
By Mark | October 21, 2013
While I was away this past weekend, it would seem all hell broke loose in Ypsilanti. An Eastern Michigan University student athlete by the name of Demarius Reed was shot to death in an apparent robbery on Friday morning, after leaving a party at the University Green Apartments, at the 700 block of West Clark […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Abe's Coney Island, armed robbery, city income tax, Demarius Reed, dice, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, EMU Police Department, full moon, gun violence, hunter's moon, Laura Dickinson, Leforge, local income tax, Orange Taylor, Peninsular Place Apartments, perception of crime, Pete Murdock, police investigations, public safety, Putnam Residence Hall, robbery, Steve Pierce, Stop City Income Tax, street lights, Susan Martin, Tony DiGiusti, University Green Apartments, vans, violence, Walton Residence Hall, Ypsilanti police department |
By Mark | November 6, 2012
OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America. 8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a handwritten sign telling voters at the Huron County Township Hall that state-issued voter ID was mandatory. Amanda […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Grayson, Amanda Edmonds, Bridget M. McCormack, Carol Kuhnke, collective bargaining, Congress, Connie Marie Kelley, Debbie Stabenow, Donald Trump, Election Day, election results, electronic voting, Elizabeth Warren, Florida, Gretchen Driskell, Indiana, Jeff Meyers, Jim Fink, Kerry Bentivolio, legitimate rape, Mark Ouimet, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pete Hoekstra, Presidential politics, Richard Mourdock, Romney, Senate, Shelia Johnson, solar powered abortion equipment, Steve Pierce, Syed Taj, Tammy Baldwin, tea party, Thayrone X, Todd Akin, Van Jones, Victoria Jackson, Virginia, voter suppression, WAAM, Wisconsin |
By Mark | October 24, 2012
Richard Mourdock, the Republican candidate for Senate in Indiana, said last night, during a televised debate, that when a woman is impregnated during a rape, “it’s something God intended.” If you don’t believe me, you can find the footage here… I suppose, in a way, it’s a step forward for the Republican party, as, just […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Religious Extremism | Also tagged acts of God, Europa, Joe Donnelly, Minos, Rhadamanthys, Richard Lugar, Richard Mourdock, Sarpedon, Senate, speaking for god, Zeus |
