Last night, there was a special meeting of the Ypsi City Council. I wasn’t able to attend, but your fellow reader Glen S was. Here’s his report… which is actually about a lot more that whether or not our City Council chose to prioritize one of two potential construction projects. I attended last night’s special […]
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Sophie’s Choice… Ypsi style
Posted in Economics, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Border to Border Trail, bridges, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager’s Act, GE, General Electric, Glen, Libya, Michigan Avenue, Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, public education, public employee unions, Rick Snyder, Rutherford Pool, Sophie's Choice, tax the rich, theology of tax cuts, threats to the middle class, union busting, Wall Street bailouts, Wall Street bonuses, Ypsilanti City Council 42 Comments
National Public Radio under attack and in jeopardy
By now you’ve no doubt heard that House Republicans voted to strip federal funding from National Public Radio. The bill, which was rushed through before the scheduled House recess, passed 228 to 192, with only seven Republicans voting against it. If passed by the Senate, the bill would keep an estimated $90 million from NPR. […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Anthony Weiner, corporate media, FOX News, fundamentalist religion, guns, Ira Glass, James O'Keefe, John Boehner, Joyce Slocum, Juan WIlliams, library privatization, Libya, media consolidation, mochery, Muammar Gaddafi, Muslim Brotherhood, National Public Radio, NPR, racism, reality deficient, Ron Schiller, sarcasm, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, Vivian Schiller, xenophobia 24 Comments