Nothing to see here except a corporatist front group trying to distract you from the fact that they are a corporatist front group You can always tell with the powerful corporatist groups around the country are feeling nervous about the light that’s being shone on them: they fire up the well-known conservative echo chamber to create a story out something […]

And STAY out!

As I reported back in August disgraced former Troy mayor Janice Daniels was on the ballot yesterday for one of three seats on the Troy city council. Daniels, a known homophobic tea partier who was recalled from office in 2012 after only a year in office, was rejected again by voters, this time coming in fourth place. She received only 11.33% of the vote.

It was a victory for sanity for Troy. The only question remaining is whether Ms. Daniels will take “get the hell out of here” for an answer. If the past is prelude to the future, sadly, she won’t.

Happy Halloween! This was VERY popular the last several years so I’m reposting for your Halloween viewing pleasure. Enjoy. I love Halloween but I’m not much of a punkin carver. However, I love looking at them. Here’s a bunch of the coolest punkins I could find on the web. Well, except this one. It was taken by my wife: Here’s […]

Straight talk A couple of weeks ago, U.S. District Court Judge Richard George Kopf from the District of Nebraska weighed in on his blog “Hercules and the Umpire” regarding the Republican shutdown of the U.S. government. In particular, he was addressing the issue of determining which government employees are “essential” and which ones should be furloughed while the tea party […]

Head, desk. The inability of Tea Partarians to spell words correctly on their crazysigns is legendary. But we now have what might be “The Mother of All Misspelled Tea Party Signs”: [Photo credit: GoodDream | Imgur/Reddit] Michigan contiguous with Missouri, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas? No, of course they meant Mississippi. A state whose two-letter abbreviation is MS. Phew! I’m so […]

So, I got an email from my employer this morning. They went through what I’m assuming is the normal process of having the Department of Labor analyze the health insurance plan they offer to us, their employees. The verdict: “affordable”. I can keep my employer-based insurance. I can keep my doctors. I don’t need to go to Healthcare.gov to sign […]

Sometimes ya just gotta laugh The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has put together a website that tells the story of Detroit’s financial crisis. While most of what your read these days is peril and gloom and desperation, AFSCME has taken a more light-hearted approach, telling the story using humorous animated GIFs. It’s called “GIFtroit” and, […]

Heh, heh… Yesterday’s Detroit mayoral primary saw write-in candidate Mike Duggan come out on top with 46% of the vote (unofficially) and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon getting around 30% (also unofficially.) The best part, though, is some of the names people wrote in. You can see the full list HERE. Here are some of the most comical examples: Mike […]

That was fun!

So, early today I received an email from the Republican National Committee titled “Tell us what you think about Obamacare”. In it was a link to a short survey. I clicked through and took their survey.

You should, too!

My answers and a link to the survey await you after the jump.

A candidate for a new age

Public Policy Polling (PPP) released a poll today that, among other things, asked the question, “If the candidates for Senate next year were Democrat LOLGOP and Republican Justin Amash, who would you vote for?” The answer? LOLGOP won 23% to 22%.

Think about that just for a minute. Justin Amash is losing to a Twitter handle.

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Has Conan O’Brien gone to work writing talking points for Congress???

You know how all those gun shops are running out of ammo to buy? Well, two Republicans in Congress have figured out why: Obama is buying it all.

No, seriously.

Click through if you don’t believe me.