OH-Gov: Court Ruling Helps Dems Beat Back Kasich (R), GOP On Eliminating...
Some good news today out of Ohio: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/... A federal judge ordered Ohio's elections chief Wednesday to restore the final three days of in-person, early voting in the swing...
View ArticleOH-Gov: Ed FitzGerald (D) Makes John Kasich's (R) Energy Rollbacks A Big Deal
So by now, you should be familiar with this: http://www.eenews.net/... Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is expected to sign a bill into law this weekend freezing his state's renewable energy standard (RES)...
View ArticleGuns in Bars: Drunken Man Threatens to Shoot Little League Team(Ohio Edition)
Who could have possibly seen this coming? An intoxicated man at Buffalo Wild Wings threatened to shoot a little league team at Buffalo Wild Wings because they were being too loud. Fortunately, he was...
View ArticlePost-Primary Ohio Race Ratings Update
With the Ohio primary over a month behind us, here is a belated update on the state of play for races for the General Assembly and State Senate. Before moving into primary results, here are two...
View ArticleSusan B Anthony List wants permission to lie to voters
So, the Susan B. Anthony List group is looking to have an Ohio law overturned. Specifically, the False Claims Statute, which bans false statements about candidates during elections. And WHY do they...
View ArticleCleveland and Dallas provide horrible optics as 2016 GOP convention sites
In these days of the completely stage-managed national political convention, the choice of host cities may no longer do much to move the needle in November. But if the right call may do little good,...
View ArticleOH-Gov: John Kasich (R) Runs Away From GOP Donor Busted For Breaking Campaign...
GOP Donor Ben Suraez So this happened this week: http://www.cleveland.com/... Gov. John Kasich asked a federal judge Monday to block a defense subpoena ordering him to testify at the trial of North...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: I know you? I don't know you? Where are you?
During the second week of May the Black Swamp Bird Observatory hosts the "The Biggest Week in American Birding" at Magee Marsh, which is on the south shore of Lake Erie. It is crossroads of...
View ArticleGOP Picks Cleveland, Heart Of Its 2012 Disenfranchisement Operation, For 2016...
Today:WASHINGTON — Republicans will be nominating their 2016 standard-bearer for the White House in Cleveland. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced Tuesday that Cleveland...
View ArticleOH-Gov: For Landing RNC 2016 In Cleveland, FitzGerald (D) Gets More Credit...
So as you may or may not know, the GOP has settled on where to hold their big Republican National Convention in 2016: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... The Republican National Committee has decided to...
View ArticleOur Heroes Don't Wear Capes
“OUR HEROES DON’T WEAR CAPES”Wednesday, August 6th, 2014 Hoover Park in North Canton, Ohio 44720Master of Ceremonies Major General Daniel A. Hahn US Army Medal of Honor Recipients and Patriot...
View ArticleFractured Communities: How Fracking Is Widening The Gap Between The Haves &...
Now's the time we smile. Well, not just smile. We have to nod too. Smile and nod. Wrinkle our brows and scribble down notes all sharp and hasty so he feels important; so he thinks we're hanging on his...
View ArticleOH-Gov: PPP Has John Kasich (R) Leading Ed FitzGerald (D) By One Point!
Some more good news out of Ohio today courtesy of PPP: http://www.politicususa.com/... A new PPP poll confirms that the race for governor in Ohio is a dead heat. Republican Gov. John Kasich leads...
View ArticleOH-Gov: Ed FitzGerald (D) Comes Out Swinging In His First Campaign Ad
Received this e-mail today from Ed FitzGerald's (D. OH) gubernatorial campaign:I wanted you to be the first to know: today we are launching our first TV ad!Watch it here, and then chip in to help keep...
View ArticleStephen Wolf's Governors Race Ratings 07/2014 With Interactive Map
This July edition of my gubernatorial race ratings looks at the probability that either party will win the November governors elections for each state. Many pundits like to assign races to categories...
View ArticleNN14 - Blast from the Past - 1983 Detroit & Wayne County Air Pollution Photo...
NN14 Attendees and others....let me take you back to year 1983 in Detroit and Wayne County in a photo diary about air pollution. Note that most photos are B/W reproduction.Mostly I'm doing this here...
View ArticleRedState Today: So You Don't Have to Go There
Just yesterday I reported to you about an article on RedState and the burgeoning battle between the ignorant nut bags and the truly soulless nut bags. So, upon seeing yet another rich opportunity to...
View ArticleOH-Gov: FitzGerald (D) Calls For Superintendent To Resign Over Handling Of...
OH Superintendent Richard Ross (R) former advisor to Gov. John Kasich (R. OH) (L) Agree: http://www.cleveland.com/... Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald and the Ohio Education Association...
View ArticleAn abused child?
I grew up in the late sixties, seventies and eighties. In that childhood I thought things were pretty normal. My dad would get drunk, throw up, yell and my siblings and I were subjected to various...
View ArticleWildflower Islands
Three years ago, I wrote about my plan to keep a yard of wildflowers by mowing just once a year, in early spring. But, after a glorious first year, the yard came to fill with much tall grass and few...
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