By Mark | November 21, 2016
In politics, as in business, it’s long been accepted practice to release bad news on Fridays in hopes of keeping media scrutiny to a minimum… And, I’m sure it was with this in mind that President-elect Donald Trump, this past Friday, released word that he’d agreed to pay a $25 million settlement to former students […]
Posted in Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged #HamiltonElectors, 1787, 1788, Alexander Hamilton, anti-gay people who are most likely gay, Brandon Victor Dixon, Broadway, checks and balances, Civil War, coal, Constitution, conversion therapy, corporate fascism, Dan Pfeiffer, David Frum, despotism, Donald Trump, electoral college, faithless Electors, fascism, FBI, founding fathers, fraud, gay rights, Hamilton, homophobia, immigration, James B. Comey, James Madison, Javier Muñoz, John Jay, Mike Pence, musicals, news, populism, Publius, reality, settlement, social media, The Federalist Papers, Trump University |
By Mark | November 16, 2014
I don’t know this to be true, but I’ve heard, over the years, that the Maynard side of my family made their way to Kentucky from West Virginia. And, as there are currently a great many Maynards there, like Lee Maynard, the brilliant author of Crum, I suspect that there may be some truth to […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ayn Rand, coal mines, coal mining, Crum, Don Blankenship, Jay Rockefeller, Lee Maynard, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, other Mark Maynards, Upper Big Branch South Mine, Whitesville, workplace safety |
By Mark | September 4, 2012
As I don’t think I’ve written about voter suppression efforts on the part of Republicans for a few months, I thought that it was time to revisit the subject. Here’s what’s happening in a nutshell. Like it or not, America is becoming more diverse, and the white males that form the base of the Republican […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 24th Amendment, Brennan Center for Justice, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, race, Rick Snyder, SB 751, SB 754, SB 803, Scott Keeter, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, the south, the southern strategy, threats to Democracy, veto, Virginia, voter fraud, Wisconsin |
By Mark | February 19, 2012
It took three visits, but we finally have something negative to say about Ypsi’s Wurst Bar. …Speaking straws, I can’t use one without remembering something that my friend Jeff once told me. He said that his dad, every time he saw a man using one, would roll his eyes and mumble something about the guy […]
He may be OK with black people not being served at lunch counters, but Kentucky Senator Rand Paul wants it known that he’s got no problem as far as black lungs are concerned. The following clip comes from the Louisville Courier-Journal. Sen. Rand Paul questioned the need Thursday for new federal new coal-mining rules to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economics, energy, Environment, Politics | Also tagged black lung, coal, coal mining, Don Blankenship, global climate change, Global Warming, Libertarianism, Massey Energy, Montcoal, Rand Paul, tea party, unions, worker safety, workers rights |
