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Michigan Musicians on Vacation: Matt Jones at Gettysburg, with Sarah Campbell

By Mark | November 17, 2013

Occasionally, I get good ideas. I’m not sure if this is one of those times, but it occurred to me a few days ago that I should have a regular feature on the site in which I talk with local musicians about their vacations. Our first guest is Matt Jones, of Matt Jones and the […]

Posted in History, Special Projects | Also tagged 1863, 1972, 19th Indiana, 66th Ohio, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Juday, Big Round Top, blood, bonnets, boxers, Cafe Du Monde, Carol Gray, cemeteries, Cemetery Hill, Cemetery Ridge, Civil War, Confederates in the Attic, Culp’s Hill, Dobbin House, dog shows, Doug Coombe, Eisenhower Convention Center Hotel, England, Erin Morris & Her Ragdolls, Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse, farb, France, geneology, Gettysburg, government shutdown, grandmother gold, historic reenactment, hoop skirts, Lindy Hop, Little Round Top, maps, Matt Jones, Matt Jones and the Reconstruction, McPherson Ridge, Michigan Musicians on Vacation, Mimi’s on the Marigny, Misty Lyn, monuments, musicians, musicians breaking the law, New Orleans, park rangers, Pennsylvania, petticoats, Pickett's Charge, pink, Pittsburgh, porta-potties, rain, Robert E. Lee, Sarah Campbell, Shelby Foote, slavery, Stevens Knoll, Stonewall Jackson, tattoos, The Angle, The Bountymen, The Clump of Trees, The Spotted Cat, The Valley Of Death, Tony Horwitz, tour guides, trudge, Twin Peaks, Ulysses S. Grant, vacations, Vicksburg, Virginia | 19 Comments

Republicans gut Dodd Frank Act, killing efforts to protect American citizens from financial industry abuse

By Mark | November 12, 2011

On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law. The legislation, written by Congressman Barney Frank, and Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee Chris Dodd, promised to be the most comprehensive financial reform to be undertaken since the Great Depression. As with the Glass-Steagall Act, […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged banking reform, banks, Barney Frank, Carl Levin, Chris Dodd, Christopher Dodd, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Elizabeth Warren, financial reform, Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, Glass-Steagall Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act, Great Depression, H.R.4173, John Oliver, lobbying, lobbyists, Neal Wolin, Newt Gingrich, Richard Cordray, things fucked raw, Treasury Department, Wall Street deregulation | 10 Comments

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