Posts Tagged ‘Rick Snyder’
Weekend Links! Piping Hot!
* Don’t forget! The deadline for the SFFTV special issue on the Mad Max franchise is February 1.
* The local beat! The day Milwaukee almost killed the NFL.
* Expert says Michigan officials changed a Flint lead report to avoid federal action. Bernie calls on Snyder to resign. This is how toxic Flint’s water really is.
* A Bonus Keyword for the Age of Austerity this week: Meritocracy.
* The end of Al Jazeera America.
* NYPD Demands a Mere $36,000 “Copying Fee” for Access to Cops’ Body Cam Footage.
* I don’t want to tell anyone how to do their jobs, but this seems sacrilegious to me.
What a time to be alive.
* Rickman, Bowie, and class mobility.
* Teach the controversy: thebeatlesneverexisted.com
* The latest from KSR: What Will It Take for Humans to Colonize the Milky Way?
* The game’s afoot! Something Is Killing Off America’s Orange Supply.
* The incredible tale of irresponsible chocolate milk research at the University of Maryland.
* Girl Suspended for 30 Days Because She Lent Her Inhaler to a Gasping Classmate.
* Throw a save against narcissistic self-regard: “Role-playing Gamers Have More Empathy Than Non-Gamers.”
* Retired Art Teacher Leaves $1.7 Million to the Detroit Institute of Arts.
* 2016 pessimism watch: Democrats are in more trouble than they think. And changing demographics won’t save them.
* My people? 0.0% of Icelanders 25 years or younger believe God created the world, new poll reveals.
* And “Late stage capitalism” is the new “Christ, what an asshole.”
A Few More
* Hero watch: Eighth Grader Gets Seventeen To Stop Photoshopping The Girls In Its Magazine.
* Getting out just in time: fracking comes to North Carolina due to a Democratic legislator’s voting error. So tragic.
* UFO Sightings Are More Common Than Voter Fraud. The Dog That Voted and Other Election Fraud Yarns. Michigan’s Republican Governor Vetoes Voter ‘Fraud’ Bills. When you’ve lost Rick Snyder…
* Zombie Apocalypse Theme Park Could Take Over Abandoned Neighborhood In Detroit.
Midday Thursday Mostly Nuclear Links
* Atomic City Underground (via Boing Boing) and Scientific American discuss better- and worse-case scenarios for Fukushima. Here’s something a little less apocalyptic: Tokyo Radiation Risk Limited Even in Worst Case, U.K. Says.
* It’s something of a cheap shot, but it’s somewhat stunning how much better the publicly funded television station NHK did than its privately owned, commercial counterparts in breaking the news of the earthquake.
* Nuclear near-misses in the U.S.
* Michigan’s Constitution Allows Governor Snyder To Be Recalled In July.
* It even sounds futuristic: Michigan State University has patented the wave disc engine.
* In non-disaster news, your poll of the day: Independent voters prefer Charlie Sheen to Sarah Palin for president by 5 points.
‘Financial Martial Law’
According to the law, which has already been approved in the House, the governor will be able to declare “financial emergency” in towns or school districts and appoint someone to fire local elected officials, break contracts, seize and sell assets, and eliminate services.