Month: December 2014

2014 was the best year for American workers in at least a decade

2014 was the best year for American workers in at least a decade

When an AirAsia plane disappeared on Sunday, CNN immediately began non-stop coverage reminiscent of the months it spent tracking the hunt for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which has never been located. By Monday, the debris of the AirAsia vessel along with the bodies of those lost were discovered. These two lingering tragedies and the massive media coverage that followed have […]

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Detroit’s “Tent City” is Tinsel Town to its “Mayor”, Charles “CJ ” Johnson

Detroit’s “Tent City” is Tinsel Town to its “Mayor”, Charles “CJ ” Johnson

It’s mid-morning on Monday, December 29, 2014. The air is crisp and clear and the light is shining through a slight morning frost/haze as the sun will surely burn it off and present the day. I’m in Downtown Detroit, just off I-75 on East Larned a block behind Jefferson. It’s 26 degrees and the almost empty field in front of […]

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The Affordable Care Act gives Virginia woman the freedom to pursue her dream

The Affordable Care Act gives Virginia woman the freedom to pursue her dream

This entrepreneur was able to start her own business thanks to Obamacare. Lisa Kaneff has always considered herself a writer. In fact, that’s how she’s always introduced herself to people. But she wasn’t living that dream to the fullest, until the Affordable Care Act (ACA) made it possible. Before the ACA, Lisa was working in public relations and marketing as […]

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UPDATED: As Republicans continue to defund education, Michiganders support MORE funding and higher teacher pay

UPDATED: As Republicans continue to defund education, Michiganders support MORE funding and higher teacher pay

For the past four years, Michigan Republicans, taking their cues from the anti-teacher group Mackinac Center, have defunded education, gone after teacher pay and benefits, and done just about everything they could to put public education and public educators out of business. Their model is to make teaching so unattractive that the professionals abandon it as a career, leaving the […]

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Michele Bachmann accuses President Obama of treason: “He lifts up the agenda of Islamic jihad at every turn”

Michele Bachmann accuses President Obama of treason: “He lifts up the agenda of Islamic jihad at every turn”

Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was recently on the Washington Watch radio show with conservative bigot Tony Perkins. During the show, Perkins asked her if there was anything about her job as a member of Congress that had surprised her. In the lead up to her answer, she talked about her role on the House Intelligence Committee (I know, I know) […]

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How President Obama can give millions of workers a raise this year

How President Obama can give millions of workers a raise this year

The 2016 election will about two things: The Supreme Court and rebuilding the middle class. We can count on the Roberts Court to remind us over and over that they’re willing to do anything possible to reduce women’s rights and increase corporate power, while making it easier to buy an election than to vote in one. So it’s up to […]

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“Two North” – A Christmas Story

“Two North” – A Christmas Story

“Two North” is a story about one Christmas when my mom was spending time on the psychiatric ward of our town’s hospital after trying to commit suicide to escape a physically-abusive husband. I was thirteen. It was a cataclysmic event in our lives but it brought us together into a two-person tribe like no other event ever has in my […]

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Pope Francis and the Christmas Miracle

A few days ago I posted an article on my Facebook page about a speech Catholic Pope Francis gave, a speech the Washington Post described as “roughly the equivalent of a CEO sending his or her top executives off to Christmas vacation with a cleverly-worded list of everything they do wrong at the company.” The speech makes it clear that […]

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The guys who won’t admit George W. Bush was a disaster won’t ever admit that Obama is a success

The guys who won’t admit George W. Bush was a disaster won’t ever admit that Obama is a success

Mitt Romney promised 6 percent unemployment. Newt Gingrich said he’d get us $2.50 a gallon. Tim Pawlenty vowed 5 percent growth. And now that America has hit these arbitrary positive milestones under President Obama, shouldn’t someone be taking a little credit? Someone is. Newt Gingrich. Spotted: Gas under $2 at @costco in #Richmond, #Virginia today. http://t.co/oAMel8fZJf pic.twitter.com/zREYnwzYbu — Newt Gingrich […]

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Incoming Republican extremist Todd Courser’s first act will be a “personhood amendment” to ban abortion in Michigan

Incoming Republican extremist Todd Courser’s first act will be a “personhood amendment” to ban abortion in Michigan

At the risk of Eclectablog becoming a “Todd Course Watch” site which reports on the every move of the extremist proponent of a theocracy in Michigan, I feel it’s important that everyone is aware of his plans when he takes office for the first time in January. Already known for his injection of religion in to government and his worldview […]

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SHOCKER: Number of Michigan schools in deficit jumps 10% after billions a year in GOP cuts to education

SHOCKER: Number of Michigan schools in deficit jumps 10% after billions a year in GOP cuts to education

Now that the election is over, you don’t hear much about the massive cuts Republicans have made to public schools in Michigan. Without someone like Mark Schauer to constantly put it out into the mediasphere, it’s simply no longer being discussed. Well, except by bloggers like me whose “intellectual content” Gov. Snyder gives “a very low number” on a scale […]

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