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Taking another step toward martial law, police fire rubber bullets into a crowd of peaceful protesters in D.C. to clear the way for a presidential photo-op with a Bible

By Mark | June 1, 2020

[above: Donald Trump makes his way past a wall of “Fuck Trump” graffiti for a photo-op in front of Washington’s St. John’s church.] Declaring himself a “president of law and order” in the White House Rose Garden this evening, Donald Trump threatened to deploy the United States military against U.S. citizen in order to put […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Serwer, Bible, call to violence, Coke, domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, fascism, George Floyd, Joe Biden, Lafayette Square, law and order, Marian Budde, martial law, Minneapolis, photo-op, police state, police violence, protests, rubber bullets, St. John's Church, strafing, strength, terrorism, The Gods Must Be Crazy, violence, weakness | 176 Comments

Old man with bad back requests help rioting: Ann Arbor

By Mark | April 8, 2013

At some point in 1991, I had the occasion to witness a basketball-related riot in Ann Arbor, as I stood wedged between an open 450-degree pizza oven and a large plate glass window facing the intersection of Church and State. I can’t recall, but I don’t think my friend Roger and I, who were busy […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged Backroom Pizza, Church Street, frats, life's not fair, misremembering, NCAA, pizza, riots, South University, student riots, The Brown Jug, University of Michigan, vandalism | 24 Comments

Rachel Maddow on the situation in Egypt

By Mark | February 1, 2011

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