Might NY’s Schneiderman probe lead to prosecutions on Wall Street?
I don’t know that I put much stock in it, but Matt Taibbi seems to think that we may actually see real prosecutions on Wall Street. Here’s a clip from his new piece for Rolling Stone on the newly...
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Celebrating May Day in Ypsilanti with warnings of vampires, and camaraderie...
I’m not quite sure how he pulled it off, but my friend Jeff, by calling in a few favors, and doing a bit of bartering, has been able to publish a new Ypsi-themed work by famed historian Peter...
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Big Death… How the funeral industry is killing us
As it’s been a while since we’ve discussed America’s rapidly consolidating and progressively evil funeral industry, I thought that I’d share this comment, which was left a few days ago on Reddit, in a...
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Wal-Mart, instead of raising wages, asks their non-starving employees to...
As we’ve discussed in the past, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, relies heavily upon the American taxpayer to subsidize its “everyday low prices,” and, of course, it’s enormous corporate...
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Should I care more that Walmart employees need to work on Thanksgiving?
Earlier today, I shared with some friends that, in the whole scheme of things, I’m not terribly pissed about Walmart opening their doors at 6:00 PM on Thanksgiving day. I shared this thought after...
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The Untold History of Zines…. Jeff “Keffo” Kelly on TempSlave!
In an attempt to better document the sharp, rusty sliver of the American undrground press that worked its way through the protective coating of my heart 20-some years ago, I’ve given myself the task of...
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Having learning nothing from the Gulf disaster, BP allows crude oil to pour...
It looks like our friends at BP are up to their old tricks again. This time, though, the oil being spilled isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico, where the company’s cost-cutting measures in 2010 led to the...
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Cults and Corporations: in our schools, and brainwashing our kids
Children, by their very nature, are stupid and easy to manipulate… which is why, over the years, we’ve seen corporations so aggressively pushing to increase their presence in our schools. It’s just...
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The uberization of the American workforce
A few weeks ago, as a part of Ann Arbor’s annual, multi-day A2Tech360 event, there was a session called “2029: What the Future Holds,” during which a number of folks from both the University of...
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Trump supporters protest against public health in Lansing
There was a protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing today… I get it. People want to put this behind them and get back to business-as-usual. They want to go back to work. They...
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