Your Sunday night news from Detroit (11/15)

Crossposted to darksumomo . Michigan News Detroit Free Press: Michigan will be among the poorest states for years, study says BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU CHIEF Reliance on a shrinking automotive industry, the loss of 1 million jobs, outmoded taxes and lack of government reforms will make Michigan one of the nation's 10 poorest states for the foreseeable future...

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Salon on Stupak-Pitts

... discussion of the rising role of the evangelical and fundamentalist right in Democratic party politics. Aside from that, there is of course also the important role of the US Catholic Bishops in rejecting the status quo as a mere accounting gimmick in this new context. eta: Elevated from darksumomo 's comment: Rachael Maddow's outing of eight pro-Stupak-Pitts Family Democrats .

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Is Bachmann following the Joel's Army Handbook?

In my personal journal, [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup (' ') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] In my personal journal, I posted the following video, along with an excerpt of Paul Krugman's latest column, Paranoia Strikes Deep . In the comments, two of my LJ friends who are also members of this community noted that this rally may be a sign of Dominionist ...

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Your Sunday night news from Detroit (11/08)

Crossposted to darksumomo Featured Story New Geography: Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier by Aaron M. Renn The troubles of Detroit are well-publicized. Its economy is in free fall, people are streaming for the exits, it has the worst racial polarization and city-suburb divide in America, its government is feckless and corrupt (though I should hasten to ...

Tags: recession chic unemployment depression circa 2009 state budgets

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Your Sunday night news from Detroit: Devils Night Edition (11/01)

Crossposted to darksumomo Michigan News CNN Money: Solution to Detroit's jobless: Move By Hibah Yousuf, CNNMoney.com contributing writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Detroit continued to lead the nation's cities of 1 million people or more with the highest unemployment rate in September, according to government figures released Wednesday. And for Detroit's painful unemployment...

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A Revolutionary Girl Utena themed wedding from down under

crossposted to darksumomo From Offbeat Bride via Kotaku and solarbird . Anli & Laura's Lesbian Gamer Geek Wedding The offbeat bride : Anli, data analyst Her offbeat partner : Laura, public servant Location & date of wedding : The Old Stone House, NSW Australia — 5 September 2009 What made our wedding offbeat : We wanted a ceremony that reflected our geeky, ...

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Last word on the Geocities closure--a rant about drum and bugle corps

Retrieving those essays from Geocities, particularly the last one , reminded me of why I got fed up with drum and bugle corps. Twelve years ago, the activity and its fans were split into two major factions. The leaders of the two factions agreed on the vast majority of both the problems the activity faced as well as the procedural and organizational solutions to those problems, but disagreed ...

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Rescued Geocities Essay 2 (Drum Corps for the Class of 2000 and Beyond)

The following was written in September 1995 and is a prequel to the post that I've archived here (Figures I'd screw up the ordering!). It was among my first efforts to apply my research and analytical skills to my then #1 fandom, drum and bugle corps. Pity things didn't go as they could have, as the activity has shrunk, despite the increased supply of young people--that is, unless one counts ...

Tags: geekery drum corps geocities

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An update to "My Favorite Contribution to Science."

Since I originally wrote the following , the link has changed. That, and the fact that I've added new friends to my flist since then, give me an excuse to repost it, along with a new link. I am the world's expert on the fossil snails and clams of Rancho La Brea. Seriously. Of course, that and $1.60 plus tax will get me a tall coffee at Starbucks . It's still my claim to scientific fame. On ...

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Your Sunday night news from Detroit (10/18)

Crossposted to darksumomo Michigan News Detroit Free Press: Exodus fueled by job losses bedevils Michigan BY RON DZWONKOWSKI FREE PRESS COLUMNIST I expect the 2010 census will show just how severely Michigan is in the grip of "demonics." That's my word for when your demographics are affected by your economics, or when money and jobs start figuring in people coming and going...

Tags: recession chic global financial crisis of 2007-2010 eco-industry real estate bubble

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