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I love my state, but it’s legislative branch has taken a nose dive ever since the last election. With a Republican Governor and majorities in both state houses, they’ve been railroading their agenda like never before. Rachel Maddow had a pretty good segment about this just recently: It’s difficult to write much of anything . . . → Read More: The Republicans in Michigan have decided that democracy is no longer necessary. 
"If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." Today is my home state’s 175th birthday and she doesn’t look a day over 130. Interestingly enough, the founding of the state wasn’t without conflict: Neighboring Ohio attained statehood in 1803 and engaged in a running dispute with Michigan over ownership of land known as . . . → Read More: Happy 175th Birthday, Michigan! Things are starting to improve in my home state. Slowly but surely. #seb #Michigan Embedded Link People moving into Michigan balances those leaving – for 1st time in 6 years For the first time in six years, the number of people moving into the state of Michigan balances the number of . . . → Read More: Some good news for Michigan 
I love my State, but damned if our priorities aren’t seriously fucked up: via Cool Infographics. Who the hell is Michael Voris you ask? He’s the head of St. Michael’s Media which is based in Ferndale, Michigan which makes him a local nutcase for me. He’s a devout Catholic who got all riled up about The Da Vinci Code so he set about establishing a production studio to broadcast The Truth . . . → Read More: Michael Voris explains why America needs a Christian Dictator. 
I’ve had a couple of people ask me what I think about the outcome of yesterday’s election and I first have to say that I am far from an astute political pundit. That said I will also say that I’m not that upset about it. For all the noise about how it would be a . . . → Read More: So about the 2010 Midterm Election results… With all the driving back and forth to Lansing I’ve been doing lately I decided to start carrying my digital camera with me. The decision came about in part due to a rather stunningly lovely morning drive to Charlotte, which is just south of Lansing, which showed off a particularly nice part of the Michigan . . . → Read More: A few of random pictures I took. So we had a bit of excitement here in Michigan over the weekend thanks to the FBI taking down a Christian terrorist group that was plotting to kill a cop and then bomb his funeral in hopes of starting an uprising that would overthrow the government: Seven men and one woman believed to be part . . . → Read More: Michigan-based Christian terrorist group raided by the FBI. It’s autumn in Michigan which means it’s time for the swarms of Multi-colored Asian Ladybeetles to start making a nuisance of themselves. The insects look very much like our native ladybugs, but are distinct in several ways including their tendency to invade homes in preparation for the coming winter. I first noticed them last . . . → Read More: As Yoda would say: Begun, invasion of the Multicolored Asian Ladybeetle, has! So I’m cruising through my collection of RSS feeds when I come across an article on IO9 with set pics from the upcoming remake of Red Dawn, a movie I really don’t see a need to be remade. It’s most notable for two things: 1) It was the first movie with a PG-13 rating and . . . → Read More: “Red Dawn” remake is filming largely in Michigan. |
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