All fifteen automakers, except Tesla, have actively advocated against at least one policy promoting electric vehicles. Ten of the fifteen showed a particularly high intensity of negative engagement and scored a final grade of D or D+ by InfluenceMap’s methodology....
If you can’t take an insult you have no business being in politics, which is just a formalized method for handling conflict.
…I think we can all agree on this.
MTG made it personal because she’s an asshole
…and here’s where you throw your whole argument out the window. Pushback (and language) of this nature has no place in civil discourse, much less justification of such. We, and they, are not friends at the bar. We, and they, are in a public arena where, like it or not, we are held to certain social customs and rules. Rep Greene was clearly out of line with such a playground ad hominem attack on Rep Crockett. But instead of “taking the high road” or having Greene officially reprimanded for her childish behaviour most unbecoming of a public official—at least Rep Ocasio-Cortez correctly addressed the attack initially—both Reps Cortez and Crockett returned the volley with Ms Crockett improvising that scene from Do The Right Thing. Would you applaud that kind of escalation from your children?
Like many of us are equally guilty, she let dogma get in the way. No excuses. This nation of cowboys and the philosophically cowardly just couldn’t handle the little Irish woman with the voice five times her size—not even that 20^th^ century “cultural icon,” Madonna Ciccone—and Sinéad (or her management) just didn’t...
The New Orleans City Council Friday denounced the targeted antisemitic attack on one of its staff members after the front of their home and an Israeli flag hanging on it
I just wanted to say thank you for this. It shouldn’t ever be an invitation for violence, the topic is far from being black-or-white and I’m sorry you feel threatened daily by, for lack of a better term, the ignorant.
Ciao, comic book fans! Late to the game with this one, but you probably already knew…it’s the inaccurately-named 2024 Motor City Comic Con in far-from-the-Motor-City Novi all geekend weekend long! Lots of movie/TV celebs there selling autographs (and not cheap either!), merch, swag, memorabilia and even some stuff that...
From crack reporter Jon King over at MichiganAdvance, Another Day, Another Election Interference: more voting obfuscation for the ever-unstable GOP…...
Who could have forseen this? 🤦♂️ From our friends over at BridgeMichigan, journalist Gabrielle Nelson reports on the pants-around-the-ankles situation in EV land…...
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is doubling down on his contention that he doesn’t owe any money to the federal government stemming from his public corruption conviction. […] In his latest court filing on this contentious issue, Kilpatrick states that he is “formally requesting” a hearing on the matter, wants the...
I did like the downtown revitalization that was happening during his tenure.
Like what, exactly? What did “one of the worst mayors in America” do for the City of Detroit during his tenure? Y’know, besides bankrupt it even further and use it as his personal Al Capone Junior Playhouse®…?
I haven’t been to the city in almost 17 years but I’d be interested to see how it’s held up.
I forget sometimes that participants of this community are not necessarily from the city nor metroDetroit™. I have to ask: where are you residing that you haven’t visited Detroit 2.0 since the end of Kilpatrick’s reign of terror time in office?
Chesterfield? I always liked that area, small-town suburban and close to the water. But, duuuude! Just hop on I-94 and come downtown already! You’ll thank me later!
5 things to know about $184M Grand Rapids amphitheater (www.mlive.com)
Reporter Brian McVicar at mlive.com covers the big news about the coming outdoor covered arena in Grand Rapids…...
World’s largest automakers putting global climate targets at risk (influencemap.org)
All fifteen automakers, except Tesla, have actively advocated against at least one policy promoting electric vehicles. Ten of the fifteen showed a particularly high intensity of negative engagement and scored a final grade of D or D+ by InfluenceMap’s methodology....
Amy Winehouse - Stronger Than Me (yt.artemislena.eu)
Laissez les bons temps rouler!...
Mitch Albom: Public discourse by lawmakers is now a notch above food fight (www.freep.com)
Attention: non-metroDetroit™-specific content. I’ll still respect you in the morning....
Sinéad O'Connor - Take Me To Church (iv.datura.network)
Like many of us are equally guilty, she let dogma get in the way. No excuses. This nation of cowboys and the philosophically cowardly just couldn’t handle the little Irish woman with the voice five times her size—not even that 20^th^ century “cultural icon,” Madonna Ciccone—and Sinéad (or her management) just didn’t...
GHANA SPECIAL EDITION: music legend Stevie Wonder makes good on 50+ year threat! 🇬🇭 (eu.detroitnews.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/12305822...
Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler (yt.artemislena.eu)
Caught get don’t but…walls climb, blue turn, glass scratch, sick stay!...
A Jewish New Orleans City Council staff member's home was vandalized Thursday night with blood red paint (www.nola.com)
The New Orleans City Council Friday denounced the targeted antisemitic attack on one of its staff members after the front of their home and an Israeli flag hanging on it
2024 Motor City Comic Con (motorcitycomiccon.com)
Ciao, comic book fans! Late to the game with this one, but you probably already knew…it’s the inaccurately-named 2024 Motor City Comic Con in far-from-the-Motor-City Novi all geekend weekend long! Lots of movie/TV celebs there selling autographs (and not cheap either!), merch, swag, memorabilia and even some stuff that...
Detroit sees population growth for first time since 1957 (www.cbsnews.com)
From CBS News…...
GOP Delta County Board of Canvassers refuse to certify recall results (michiganadvance.com)
From crack reporter Jon King over at MichiganAdvance, Another Day, Another Election Interference: more voting obfuscation for the ever-unstable GOP…...
John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, et al - Midnight Radio (yewtu.be)
From the film, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film) (J.C. Mitchell, 2001)....
Day Late, Dollar Short: Copper shortage could imperil Michigan’s EV future (www.bridgemi.com)
Who could have forseen this? 🤦♂️ From our friends over at BridgeMichigan, journalist Gabrielle Nelson reports on the pants-around-the-ankles situation in EV land…...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing (iv.melmac.space)
Dead-Men-Tell-No-Tales BONUS:...
Kilpatrick: I don't owe the government any money (www.freep.com)
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is doubling down on his contention that he doesn’t owe any money to the federal government stemming from his public corruption conviction. […] In his latest court filing on this contentious issue, Kilpatrick states that he is “formally requesting” a hearing on the matter, wants the...
Keep On Rockin' In The Free World (apnews.com)
The world will not let me rest today, dear music lovers…...