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.
Michigan will not be able to keep the Standish maximum security prison operating by housing inmates from California, because Golden State officials have decided they cannot afford to send prisoners to Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reports. The 356-bed Standish prison is one of eight facilities that the Michigan Department of Corrections recently announced would [...]
Once again, the comedic writings of the folks at The Onion appear painfully prescient. An article published by The Onion nearly three years ago about Detroit is making the rounds via Twitter; here’s an excerpt: DETROIT—Detroit, a former industrial metropolis in southeastern Michigan with a population of just under 1 million, was sold at auction [...]
Monday evening while running some errands, I listened to a portion of Mark Thompson’s radio show on Sirius Left, with Thom Hartmann as guest. Hartmann provided the best description that I have heard to date of how the financial system has collapsed and the ongoing risk that further collapse is likely.
[Ed. note: video now embedded below, via The Daily Show.] You’ve got to admire the kind of je ne sais quoi it takes to go up against Jon Stewart on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show after being bloodied for a week in a cable network skirmish. But you’ve also got to wonder at the lack [...]
The controversy over Rep. John Conyers sponsoring a bad piece of legislation and the resulting criticism from Larry Lessig continues apace. Lessig has replied to my commentary on the matter and denies that he is accusing Conyers of anything illegal or even unethical by pointing to campaign contributions given to the legislator by publishing companies. [...]
Right on cue, CNBC’s Jim Cramer’s defensive volley was returned Tuesday night by The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. That’s a wicked backhand Stewart’s got, putting a little spin on the lob by making fun of the team response by the General Electric-owned NBC family. Basic Cable Personality Clash Skirmish ’09
Since the Detroit mayoral primary, winning candidate and businessman Dave Bing has been off the political radar.
In yet another keen display of market prowess, CNBC’S Rick Santelli “bailed out” of an appearance on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with host Jon Stewart. In the aftermath of the ensuing backlash, one might wonder whether Santelli left derivatives trading because he liked himself too much. Video follows:
The U.S. Senate supported an amendment that would ban the reimplementation of the Fairness Doctrine by a staggering 87-11 vote. The House supported a similar bill in the last session. And President Obama says he is opposed to it as well. Seriously, can the right wing media finally stop spinning paranoid tails about the left [...]
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