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Wednesday briefing and open thread

Happy Wednesday! Hail to the Victors. Ann Arbor makes the "most well-read cities" list: Ann Arbor has a lot of bookworms, according to a new list by Amazon.com. The online company on Tuesday released its annual list of 20 of the "Most Well-Read Cities in America," and Ann Arbor has… »

Effort to recall Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder faces opposition – FROM THE LEFT

With friends like these... The group working to recall Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, Michigan Rising missed a campaign finance report deadline by a few days this month. Though this isn't entirely uncommon given the unnecessarily complex and cumbersome reporting methods they use, it was still a… »

Teacher Job Satisfaction Suffering as New TV Attack Ads Set to Air

According to a study by Metlife, as reported on in The Nation, job satisfaction is dropping amongst teachers. Only 44 percent of teachers described themselves as “very satisfied,” and almost a third of teachers are considering leaving the profession. This news comes as the conservative… »

Tuesday briefing and open thread

Tuesdays are just plain sexy, aren't they? Let's start with some Great Lakes. First, here's the Hoekstra trying to trade our lakes for some oil: From the MDP release: “Even most Republicans have supported the ban on drilling in the Lakes because they recognize that a disaster… »

Tell Hoekstra and Romney NO on November 6

As you know, the 2012 elections are less than six months from now and the stakes are higher than ever. Whoever wins this election will determine whether our nation will continue to move to a new tune or rewind the same old song. We want leaders who can relate to and implement measures that will… »

The Return of EAGTruth.com

As many of you know, Kyle Olson has operated out of Michigan for 8 years now, working for secret funders to demonize public school unions. For years he focused on the MEA, but he has since gone national, parading as a school reformer in order to play the press and blame school employees for every… »

Monday briefing and open thread

Yes! I love Mondays! Let's brief! Julie Mack has an interesting observation on marriage equality: The fact is, it's hard to fashion a convincing case that gay marriage undermines American values or hurts society. If you accept the idea that homosexuality is a biological trait… »

Snyder to consider deregulation of 18 industries

I've chatted a little about the proposal to eliminate state licensing for certain professions. See here, here, and kinda here. Here's a little closer look at the subject. Let's start with how it started. The Michigan Office of Regulatory Reinvention (ORR) put together an advisory board of 14… »

Andrew Breitbart has died

Christine posted this on March 1st, 2012

Obviously, sad news in that a person has lost his life.

“Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles,” the note on his website reads. “We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior. Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.”

That quote is from the announcement on his site, Big Journalism.

Breitbart had a successful career as a conservative liar, and quite often had to lie today about the lies he told yesterday. One of his last lies was smearing Occupy as a culture of rape. Sadly, there’s no shortage of right-wing liars to pick up his torch.

I don't just blog policy. I MOCK IT.

Christine

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5 comments to Andrew Breitbart has died

Snarky Anderson

March 1, 2012 at 12:26 pm · Reply

In lieu of flowers, send ACORNs.

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St. Jimmy

March 1, 2012 at 3:27 pm · Reply

I’m glad he’s dead.

I know, I know, we’re all supposed to be nice to people when they die.

But Breitbart made a career out of being a smear merchant, and he didn’t care much for respecting the dead himself (just look at what he said about Ted Kennedy).

The world is better off without him.

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Hector Solon

March 2, 2012 at 9:27 am · Reply

McCotter on Breitbart in “Mourn our loss“:

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter
Michigan congressman, 11th District

“There was no stopping Andrew Breitbart from fighting the good fight with every fiber of his soul. Good bye and God bless, Brother Andrew. You are loved and mourned and ever remembered.”

So, all the wacko righties at the Detroit / Mackinac MView line up to praise this guy no surprise there, but canonization is going way too far. What an idiot.

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Snarky Anderson

March 2, 2012 at 10:37 am · Reply

If you’re familiar with John Paul II’s papacy, you know that the canonization bar has been lowered all the way to ground level. Even a snake like Breitbart could clear it.

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May 10, 2012 at 12:00 am · Reply

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