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An assortment of links because I care so damned much 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
It's been a big news day, politically speaking, what with the Tea Party going after Brian Calley's seat on the ballot the day before the Tea Party and governor will square off in the Senate (again, on...
Tri-corner hats, incoherent rage and misspelled signs in Lansing's forecast tomorrow 26 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Medicaid vote expected. With the state senate poised to vote Tuesday on the governor’s top priority Medicaid expansion legislation, here’s the headline the gov wants on Wednesday: Senate Says Yes-Med...
MEA endorses Canfora in Lansing's 4th Ward race 26 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
From Ye Olde Inbox. LANSING — The Michigan Education Association today announced its support of Chong-Anna Canfora’s for the 4th Ward seat on the Lansing City Council in the Nov. 5 election, because ...
Ye shall know their character by the answers they give 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
The Livingston County Press & Argus did a story about the very real overlap that exists between the professional lives of Mike Rogers and his wife. This is a normal and understandable question for a m...
And now, a word from our ... awwww, nuts 26 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm
You people. Okay, normally in this space, I put a photo of a sad hobo or a puppy or something else to tug at what heart strings you people might have because there's no sponsor for this site and some...
In honor of Women's Equality Day, a reminder of how far we've come -- and how far we have to go 26 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
Since 1971, Americans have celebrated August 26th as Women's Equality Day, marking the anniversary of the same date in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was certified, granting women the right to vote. Wh...
Tea Party challenge to Brian Calley official 26 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
Brian Calley, who assembled one of the most conservative voting records while he was in the House of Representatives, apparently doesn't scowl at Democrats in the room hard enough. LANSING, MI -- Tea...
Can we stop pretending that benevolent overlord Rick Michigan's tax shift was about "tax fairness" 26 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Rick Haglund's column today is about how Charles Ballard, the state economist who is often quoted by the press and regularly ignored by policy makers, thinks that the state's corporate tax should be a...
More rumors that the Tea Party wants to bathe in Brian Calley's blood 25 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
Michigan Radio has a report about the Tea Party trying to barge its way onto the GOP's gubernatorial ticket next year. The first thing it basically says is to correctly identify Calley as a genuine fi...
Nolan Finley vs. Snopes 25 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
One of the great things about the rightwing noise machine is that it operates on such a closed loop that people trapped in it believe that when they start talking about one of their weird, arcane scan...