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Democrary Tree: Perrigo among Michigan offshore tax cheats

As reporters pore over the recently leaked “Panama Papers”, searching the massive document dump for names familiar here in the U.S., the Obama administration used the occasion to push for…
Posted by Editor April 7, 2016
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Basura: I made the Marine tennis team in Hawaii, for awhile

“Contrariness;” continued Tweedledum, “if it was so, it might be; and, if it were so, it must be; but, if it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.”  —  Lewis Carroll, Through…
Posted by Editor April 5, 2016
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Ranger Rick: Business works well when it is treated fairly

Politicians tend to always look at solutions to problems instead of getting to the root cause of the problem to be solved and what caused it to arise into a…
Posted by Editor April 5, 2016
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Monday Moanin’: We must avoid bearing false witness against Muslims

(From the blog of Mister Journalism: Reading, Sharing, Discussing, Learning) By Jeff Salisbury https://misterjournalism.wordpress.com/ ​​The Ten Commandments (from Exodus Chapter 20) …15"You shall not steal. 16"You shall not bear false…
Posted by Editor April 3, 2016
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The Muck Starts Here: Here’s how we can win the War on Terror

by Barry Hastings I'd like to connect you with a book that will, perhaps, open your eyes, regarding the new 100-year war we're fighting (though very incompetently) at the moment.…
Posted by Editor April 3, 2016
Army Bob: We do nothing while ISIS threat continues to grow
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Army Bob: We do nothing while ISIS threat continues to grow

by Robert M. Traxler Over a year ago in this column I wrote we “must” send an Armored Brigade Taskforce (2,000 troops) to Iraq, and utilizing the air assets existing…
Posted by Editor April 1, 2016
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Democracy Tree: It’s more than Flint; bad policy killing Michigan

by Amy Kerr Hardin Michigan’s voters, motorists, and lawmakers alike aren’t kidding themselves into believing the paltry roads budget plan enacted last fall is anywhere close to what’s needed to…
Posted by Editor March 31, 2016
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Anything worse than losing a child?

Composer Gustav Mahler’s most controversial musical piece by a wide margin was “Kindertotenleider,” or “Songs for Children Who Died.” Mathematician and infamous atheist Bertrand Russell’s most controversial comment was that…
Posted by Editor March 31, 2016
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Basura: Gov. Snyder’s apologies for Flint strain credibility

"Never ruin an apology with an excuse." — Benjamin Franklin "Flint, Mich. — The World Health Organization’s “action level” for lead contamination in drinking water — indicating the need for…
Posted by Editor March 29, 2016
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Ranger Rick: Obama fiddles in Cuba while Brussels burns

After the Brussels explosions, members of the media were breathless in trying to get to the bottom of who “dunnit.” I’m sure everyone viewing the newscasts knew perfectly well who…
Posted by Editor March 29, 2016

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