Labor Day in D minor The struggle of the proletariat continues, and this time the songs of the Red Book will be performed in full symphonic orchestration. Because the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is the new battleground in the epic fight to control the means of production. Once they get justice, the bosses will finally respect the working class. Or something. And Lansing anger bear Virg Bernero will... Read more→

Rick Snyder outsources another job Michigan has four gubernatorial campaigns worth of unemployed Republican flacks. Does famous nerd Rick “Michigan” Snyder hire any of them? Nope. He’s outsourcing work to Democrat Chris DeWitt, genius behind A Whole Lotta People Supporting John Cherry. This is what Lansing anger bear Virg Bernero warned us about. It starts with Michigan Democrats, next he’ll... Read more→

While the Republicans are busy eating their own, the Democrats are holding the boringest political convention since anyone paid attention to the Prohibition Party. Jocelyn Benson and David Leyton were pre-nominated months ago. And everyone loves Lansing anger bear Virg Bernero. Except for Andy Dillon, but he’s probably still on vacation. Anyway, the only remotely exciting thing to happen at the... Read more→

Rick Michigan makes terribly unimportant choice There is nothing more important than selecting a running mate. Except for almost anything else. But we like to make a big deal when gubernatorial or presidential nominees make their pick because, well, because they usually do it in August and nothing else is going on. Snyder tapped 33-year-old Brian Calley to be his running mate. No one knows much about... Read more→

Middle-aged suburbanites lift Detroit in ad campaign Remember when Emily Gail made us say nice things about Detroit? We became the Renaissance City which begat Detroit as a World-Class City where Dan Gilbert built Detroit 2.0 on three floors of the Compuware Building. As incarcerated felon Kwame Kilpatrick would say, that’s Detroit Love. Maybe those slogans didn’t really help, but the ‘I’m... Read more→

Depositions are not voluntary Alright, listen up, people. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints... Read more→

By the time you read this, you’ve probably read Jack Lessenberry’s primary post-mortem in the Metro Times. Because they published it yesterday. It only took Lessenberry eight days to fire up his 1989 Tandy Word Processor, take cheap shots at Tim Skubick (for offering the same inside baseball commentary that keeps Lessenberry in rumpled suits), and publish his thoughts on the primary. That’s... Read more→

Andy Dillon didn’t endorse Virg Bernero at this morning’s Democratic Unity Breakfast. You know, the event specifically designed for losing candidates to endorse their party’s nominees. Maybe Dillon is crazy like Jim Blanchard, who I don’t think ever conceded the 2002 gubernatorial primary. When he finished third. Or perhaps Dillon is Hillary Clinton delusional. He figures he can win West Virginia.... Read more→

Should conservatives vote for Rick “Michigan” Snyder? Consider RightMichigan commenter rdww’s thoughts on the matter: We are in a serious pickle here for 2010. My first thought, on considering the choices for governor, is to say a plague on both the major parties, I’m voting Libertarian. I still may, but I fear this could just be a tantrum, irresponsibly taking my toys and going home.... Read more→

Evil Mark Schauer ignores Noble scientist Frank Beckmann Largely because Barack Obama is a secret Muslim, oil spilled into the Kalamazoo River. Awful people like Mark Schauer want to blame the good, hard-working Americans at Enbridge Oil even though noted geologist and environmental engineer Frank Beckmann clearly proved otherwise in his half-assed Detroit News column. Did Enbridge violate environmental... Read more→