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I knew I had blogged that line before. Got it from my Dad, where he got it, not sure, but it’s been around for awhile.
"Bigotry is bad for business. I guess we will find out if the Nerd knows that or not. And kids that are bullied are looking for a place where they can be free and get a little respect. If that place isn't Michigan, then shame on us for driving them away."
Me, 12/11/10
Yes to all the things.
🎶 I was alive and I waited for this … right here right now 🎶
Honestly it would be nice if everyone got a little something. As a single working adult (and there are a lot of us!) I don't get a thing from retirement repeal or the EITC.
Also, taxing the rich is really popular. Check into that if (or when) we fall short.
Just a thought.
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Michigan tax cuts could total $1.6B; Democrats won’t block income tax rollback bridgemi.com/michigan-gover via @jonathanoosting @BridgeMichigan
Did you guys miss the guns in the MI Senate Gallery or what? Uttering the wrong pronoun can get you killed these days. Why so dismissive of the danger?
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I think this actually reflects an erosion of trust. I don't know where things broke down, but actually don't think it's on the journalism end. I think there's more demand from principals to be protected from every silly thing they might utter. twitter.com/emilyjanelawle…
"Nine of the 10 victims were in their 60s and 70s and one was in her 50s..." And he was 72.
Time for me to drop my ageist assumptions on these things.
Next half hour, they did it again. More casual. "Oh by the way, 9 people dead..." tag to the local celebration-at-the-library story. jfc.
Oh look, more documents! *my cue to exit*
Local just got done doing a happy, fun, kid-filled pre-canned story on Year of the Rabbit! celebrations and had to break in with the Monterey story. Damn.
Speedway friends just told me gas is about to leap .30 a gal in the GR area. If you’re out and about…
NEW: States with abortion restrictions or bans have lower wages, weaker labor standards, and higher levels of incarceration compared to states where abortion is protected.
Abortion rights are economic rights. Full stop.
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We're creating states with radically different quality of life. And yes, it's important to people, especially younger people.
Recent reddit thread on moving from Columbus OH to GR illustrates it. Our freedom(s) compared to Ohio is a selling point:
“For this to come from a state from the Midwest” and not a “coastal Democratic state,” McMorrow said, will illustrate a “different way forward.”
*JB nods*
While MI is an interesting case in that voters drove the current progress - it's (very rapidly) happening all over the US.
While D orgs were behind ballot props, important to note that when asked about issues, stripped of partisan label, voters choose progress.
Fair maps. Legal weed. Abortion rights. Expanded voting. Transparency. Would have raised min wage, etc.
WE did this. Needs more emphasis.
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Amazing things are afoot in Michigan. Now that Dems control state government, they're:
*Codifying LGBTQ rights
*Protecting election workers
*Repealing right-to-work
*Ensuring union wages in construction
Dems can model an alternative to red state madness:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/
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Yes. 😁
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Does Ben Johnson's return mean fortune is finally smiling on Detroit Lions? rssfeeds.freep.com/~/724853933/0/
And this is the "elites" idea of success?
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"After health insurance companies raised prices 24% last year and made nearly $12 billion in profits last quarter, 38% of Americans now report they or a family member put off needed medical care because it was too expensive."—@SenSanders #MedicareForAll cdreams.news/3HaRZEk
CBS just told me about how Davos is all about tackling climate change. And there are celebrities there!
Reality:
Billionaires emit a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person: Oxfam
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Hard not to wish them the pain and suffering that they inflict on others, but then you become the very monster that you are trying to defeat. I call it the "Yoda Trap."
"Public servants" kissing the ring to get on the gravy train. And don't talk to me about emissions ever again.
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Love this headline.
The richest people in all of human history want you to know that they are vaguely disquieted in their lavish mountaintop redoubt
wsj.com/articles/at-da
“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor."
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Because nothing honors Dr. King like giving the managerial class the day off and making the sanitation workers work. *eyeroll*
All these years later, and they still don't get it.
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Most City of Grand Rapids offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. City offices will resume normal operations Tuesday, Jan. 17.
The City’s curbside collection schedule will not be affected by the closures.
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“I’ll listen until they start talking about those fucking documents.”
CBS, lead. Click. ABC, four minutes in. “Even Democrats concede it’s a huge problem!” Mute.
*sigh*
LOL. Congrats 🦬.
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Lordy this game. 😮
Aside: I thought we were going to hit more deaths then births solely because of Boomers anyway, already baked in the cake without a huge influx, as it were.
As far as mass exodus goes, as media would have us believe, we’ve actually maintained a steady 10M or so for awhile now.
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And they need to do the big things RIGHT NOW before the rightwing propaganda machine starts and/or a "mild" recession steals the momentum.
Go go go. We can't create an educated workforce overnight but we sure as hell can promote this state as the cool place to be.
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Rick Haglund: Michigan Dems offer a refreshing change to a people-based economic growth strategy michiganadvance.com/2023/01/15/ric via @michiganadvance
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America still is a world leader, just not in the way we like to think. Deeply cynical I know, but it's happening now, in real time.
Nature has ways of dealing with problematic species. Becomes a question of whether we destroy ourselves before it takes the food away, for example.
Realized this early on. Later came to realize there will be a great reduction in demand as our "leaders" kill us with disease, famine, wars, poverty, climate extremes, etc
Covid, "essential" workers, the result of declining life expectancy is a little preview of that theory.
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As a miner for 40 years I have worked in various mines around the world. Gold, platinum, copper, coal, lead, zinc, oil and salt. I'm going to tell you something, and here it is. We will destroy the earth in the name of "Green Energy" Follow along and I will explain. 
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Because holy shit where did all that money come from.
😳. I can only conclude you people weren’t paying your internet purchase sales taxes before they started collecting them from you. *tsk tsk*
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State budget director Chris Harkins is projecting that Michigan has a $9.2 BILLION surplus, including $5.8 billion in one-time money and $3.4 billion in ongoing. That should help as there is a projection of a mild recession later this year.
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Find myself wishing we had a Northwoods League team. Need to make the trip to K-zoo or B-Creek this year and check it out.
Looks real nice, but nah. If I want the major league experience (and prices), I’ll drive to Detroit.
Definitely see going to less games in the future. 😢
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Me, thinking about the Michigan Legislature...
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All the things! Fix all the things! 😃!
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The new Democratic majorities in the Michigan Legislature announce their first bills:
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Speaking of the Freep, really bummed that all that talent is walking out the door and there sits Albom. Gannett getting on my last nerve here. (again)
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MLive, better on this story than the Freep anyway.
Passed 41K deaths too, which is approaching the size of Midland.
Annnnnd the Freep deleted that, so I did too.