By Mark | December 26, 2017
Kakistocracy is defined as “a system of government which is run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.” Above is a photo of Cathy Stepp. Until deciding to run for elected office in Wisconsin back in the early 2000s, she ran a residential construction company with her husband. She has no scientific credentials. […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged administrative state, anti-environment, Betsy DeVos, Cathy Stepp, clean air, clean water, Department of Education, Department of Energy, DNR, Donald Trump, Enbridge Line 5, environmental catastrophe, environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, global climate change, global warming denial, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Kakistocracy, Kerry Schumann, League of Conservation Voters, Michigan, Minnesota, natural resources, Ohio, pollution, public health, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Scott Walker, Steve Bannon, Wisconsin |
By Mark | August 21, 2013
As it’s been a while since we’ve discussed America’s rapidly consolidating and progressively evil funeral industry, I thought that I’d share this comment, which was left a few days ago on Reddit, in a thread about industry secrets, by an unnamed individual claiming to be a funeral director. [I’ve added several links, but otherwise the […]
Posted in Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged A Family Undertaking, All Saints, anus, big death, biohazard, casket, chemicals, coined phrases, coining new words and phrases, Corporate Crime, cremation, cremation societies, Death, deathcare, Dignity Memorials, embalming fluid, Erika Nelson, eye caps, FTC Funeral Rule, Funeral Consumers Alliance, funeral homes, funeral supplies, funerals, Generations Funeral Service, green burial, Josh Slocum, leakage, monopoly, Muehlig Funeral Home, napping in caskets, natural burial, pollution, purge, pyramid schemes, sales, SCI, Secrets, Service Corporation International, STEI, Stewart Enterprises, toxic waste, trocar, vagina |
A little over two years ago, we had a conversation on this site about what recourse, if any, the people of Michigan might have against Indiana for giving British Petroleum (BP) the go-ahead to disregard laws concerning the dumping of hazardous chemicals, and discharge unprecedented amounts of ammonia and toxic, heavy metal sludge into Lake […]
Posted in Environment, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged ammonia, BP, British Petroleum, Chicago, clean water, fresh water, heavy metal, Indiana, Juan Cole, Lake Michigan, legislative capture, mercury, mercury poisoning, short-sighted, toxic waste, water, Whiting refinery |
A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the Ypsilanti community at Pease Auditorium. What follow are my very rough notes. As I spent half my time mopping sweat from my red, wrinkled brow, I’m […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1942, activism, anti-science, Bhopal, BP, Capitalism, castration, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, clean water, conservation, David Attenborough, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Derrick Jensen, domestic violence, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, Education, education reform, EMU, energy conservation, fracking, France, Global Warming, global warming denial, Guantánamo Bay, Gulf of Mexico, higher education, Huron River, IRA, James Inhofe, Joseph Campbell, Nazi, Nazi Doctors, Obama, oil spills, permaculture, picket pin, potential for violence, racism, radio-contoled cigar cutters, rape, revolution, Robert Jay Lifton, tea party, teaching, Thomas Lindsay, Tony Hayward, trends in American education, Union Carbide, University of Munich, violence, violence vs non-violence, we need a revolution, White Rose Society |
The following note comes from a Chemist here in Ypsi that reads the site. Any advice would be appreciated. I couldn’t figure out what to do, so I’m sending this to you hoping that your site might be a way to figure out what is going on. Tonight Jennifer was running a bath for her […]
Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged water, YCUA |