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Monday Moanin: Gov. Snyder responsible for water tragedy in Flint

By Jeff Salisbury TV political commentator Rachel Maddow reports on the poisoning of Flint, Michigan residents when their water supply was switched, and shows explicitly how responsibility for the tragedy…
Posted by Editor December 20, 2015
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The Muck Starts Here: Why not just ban sales of drones and lasers?

by Barry Hastings While our idiot government is messing its collective pants over drones and lasers threatening the safety of passenger aircraft near just about every airport (often hundreds of…
Posted by Editor December 20, 2015
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Sometimes getting information is like pulling teeth

“I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers.” — Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” This past Friday night was one of the most difficult and challenging for me…
Posted by Editor December 19, 2015
Army Bob: Why do Warriors of Allah attack the United States?
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Army Bob: Why do Warriors of Allah attack the United States?

by Robert M. Traxler We are told by the folks in the media it is because we support Israel, because of global warming or global climate change, because Donald Trump…
Posted by Editor December 17, 2015
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Yes It Is, It’s True: Cheering sections have improved over the years

“Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear…” — Opening monologue by unknown announcer in 1950s TV series, “The Lone Ranger Rides Again.” When I attended high school…
Posted by Editor December 16, 2015
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Democracy Tree: Are big box stores ripping off communities?

by Amy Kerr Hardin After a decade of contentious litigation, the small community of Acme, Michigan — “Gateway to Traverse City” — now has a new Meijer store, just in…
Posted by Editor December 16, 2015
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Basura: The adventures of a man wearing a seasonal red suit

It was about this time of the year, for a few years in a row, when I was asked to put on the red suit. A volunteer was needed. I…
Posted by Editor December 16, 2015
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Ranger Rick: We must decide who can and cannot enter our borders

Back in 2008, candidate Barack Obama boasted, “Generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to…
Posted by Editor December 15, 2015
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Monday Moanin’: Words of caution for my education friends and others

by Jeff Salisbury As a retired classroom teacher (who took 13 on-again, off-again, on-again years from high school diploma to college ed degree) and a proud, long-time labor leader who…
Posted by Editor December 13, 2015
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The Muck Starts Here: The new ‘Know-Nothings’ — GOP prez field

by Barry Hastings The impending Neo-Nazi American nation. Never in my 77 years have I seen such a collection of fools and/or idiots dominating an American political party's policy-makers. And…
Posted by Editor December 13, 2015

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