I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Sarah Palin super hero action figure, also available in school girl and in mere action figure models (source: HeroBuilders.com)
Thank goodness we’re past the doll stage in my household, although my kid was never much for dolls anyhow. I don’t have to deal with a temper tantrum as to why Mom will not buy the latest goofy-but-popular doll on the market, particularly this nutty Matrix-meets-Naughty-Librarian-as-Veep doll.
What would possess someone to buy this monstrosity of plastic, anyhow? A compulsion to freshen one’s action figure freak show collection?
Or perhaps one might buy one to commemorate the point at which a celebrity vice presidential candidate had become cultural detritus?
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