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COVID-19 surges after Michigan Supreme Court strikes down Whitmer’s emergency powers
Dan Wallace took the coronavirus pandemic seriously — very seriously. As a man in his 60s with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a condition that already makes breathing difficult, Wallace is considered as having a high risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19. So he did his best to avoid the coronavirus like, well, the plague.…
Best Tinnitus Supplement: Review Ear Ringing Relief Formulas
Ringing in the ears may not seem like a major problem, but many people drive themselves mad with this suffering. While some people experience it as a result of injury or even illness, there are still millions of people across the country that experience it for years. At first, it may seem like a minor…
AMC Theatres now offering private theater rentals for $99 due to the financial impact of COVID-19
Sometimes a nightmare is masked as a dream, and no, we’re not referring to the 2019 CGI musical disaster Cats, which was more fever dream than dream-dream. What we are referring to is AMC Theatre’s new pandemic plan, which involves offering private theaters for rentals for as low as $99. The new offer comes at…
Michigan’s COVID-19 cases are continuing to surge, breaking another record
Coronavirus cases in Michigan are continuing to soar, with the state breaking a new record for new cases reported in one day. On Tuesday, the state reported 6,473 new cases and 84 deaths. The previous record was set on Saturday, with 6,225 new cases reported. To date, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services…
The CDC says you can still celebrate Thanksgiving, but be prepared to take the turkey outside
If you’ve ever wanted to kick your in-laws out of the house on Thanksgiving, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it’s not only acceptable to do so, but preferred. Well, not exactly. But the CDC has updated its outlines for how to celebrate Thanksgiving safely. Of course, the safest way to eat hormone-filled…
Detroit’s TCF Center to lease lower level for homeless day center during winter months
Detroit’s TCF Center made national headlines when it was converted into a COVID-19 field hospital in April (where it treated just 39 patients) and again in November when it served as a ballot-counting center, where enraged and delusional supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the premises demanding election officials “stop the count.” Starting Nov. 16,…
Hamtramck has a new recreational marijuana dispensary, Pleasantrees
While the city of Detroit only allows medical marijuana dispensaries (for now, anyway), the enclave of Hamtramck now has recreational marijuana. The new Pleasantrees dispensary opened Wednesday. In fact, the store only offers recreational cannabis, available to any adult with a valid ID. General manager Jonathan Coleman says the decision to offer only recreational marijuana…
As COVID-19 cases rise, Beaumont hospitals forced to reinstate strict visitor limitations
Eight months after Michigan’s first cases of coronavirus were reported, metro Detroit hospitals are once again establishing strict limitations on visitors as COVID-19 cases throughout the state surge. As of Tuesday, Beaumont hospitals in Royal Oak, Troy, and Grosse Pointe are no longer permitting visitors in rooms housing patients with COVID-19 or have their tests…
Michigan’s new COVID-19 app isn’t perfect, but it will help
As coronavirus cases continue to soar, Michigan rolled out a new app on Monday to help warn people of possible exposure to the virus. Developed by Apple and Google, MI COVID Alert is available for free for iOS and Android devices. Using wireless Bluetooth technology, the app warns users if they may have recently been…
Republicans, now the party of QAnon, are going to point to typical election errors as signs of a grand conspiracy
Michigan’s Republican Party appears to be going full-steam ahead with its latest conspiracy theory: that the 2020 election was rigged against President Donald Trump. So far, it’s not going very well. Last week, a judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Trump’s campaign for having no legal basis. A viral video that showed a mysterious black…
Michigan marijuana dispensary is giving away 500 turkeys for Thanksgiving, calls on others to do the same
Greenhouse of Walled Lake dispensary owner Jerry Millen is thankful that Michigan’s marijuana industry was deemed an essential service throughout the pandemic, and that he and others could help people relieve stress with cannabis. Because of that, business has been good for Michigan’s new recreational marijuana market, which could surpass $1 billion this year. “I…
Best CBD Oil for Pain: 2020’s Top Companies
There are a lot of prescription medications designed to manage chronic pain. The problem is that these medications are often addictive or have harmful side effects. A lot of people are turning to alternative pain-management options like cannabidiol — one of the primary active ingredients in the cannabis plant. This compound is completely non-psychoactive and…
Performance anxiety, anyone? Michigan’s porn-watching took a dive on election day
Nothing kills a boner, or the desire to fap, quite like the words “key race alert” — though CNN’s John King did get us worked up with his digital map work and Jake Tapper’s frequent use of the word “spawn” to describe President Donald Trump’s children got us hot and bothered. But on election day,…
Ohio vacation turns into a nightmare for two Westland residents who file excessive force lawsuit
Two Wayne County residents have filed a federal lawsuit against the Village of Put-in-Bay in Ohio and three former members of its police department, claiming they were assaulted and falsely imprisoned while on a family vacation on Memorial Day weekend. Monica Gulledge and Lyle Taylor, both of Westland, were at the Put-in-Bay Resort Hotel, where…
Nessel urges Trump to rescind executive order banning diversity training order
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition opposing President Donald Trump’s executive order banning federal contractors and grantees from offering workplace training on racial and gender biases. The coalition of attorneys general is urging the federal government to expanding trainings intended to combat racial injustice. “Whether this executive order intentionally means to prohibit…
Politicians spent a record-breaking $375M on advertising in Michigan
There were many winners and losers as a result of last week’s election — including President Trump who, as of Saturday, falls into the latter category, yet childishly refuses to concede to President-elect Joe Biden. But a new report reveals that Michigan’s local TV and radio stations were among those that won big, while Michigan…
Don’t get too excited about Pfizer’s made-in-Michigan COVID-19 vaccine just yet
It feels like there could finally a light at the end of the dark tunnel of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, Pfizer announced promising news, saying that early results found its experimental vaccine to be more than 90% effective. If approved, the vaccine would be produced and distributed right here in Kalamazoo, Michigan. “This is…
Now Ben Carson has COVID-19
When President Donald Trump got COVID-19 in the final weeks of the 2020 election, it seemed like maybe his administration might finally start to take the threat of COVID-19 seriously. Of course, that didn’t happen. And it seems the White House is continuing to be a coronavirus hotspot. On Monday, it was reported that Housing…
More than 85,000 essential workers have applied for Whitmer’s ‘Futures for Frontliners’ scholarship so far
More than 80,000 Michiganders have applied to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s “Futures for Frontliners” program since applications started in September, according to Whitmer’s office. Inspired by the post-World War II G.I. Bill, the first-of-its-kind program aims to provide tuition-free community college for an estimated 625,000 of Michigan’s frontline workers who worked during the coronavirus pandemic. The…
U-M canceling some on-campus student housing contracts, will ramp up COVID-19 restrictions next semester
The University of Michigan on Friday announced 2021 winter semester plans that include more remote courses and fewer undergraduates living on campus. President Mark Schlissel told the campus that safety remains the top priority. “Our experience this semester resulted in an unacceptable level of COVID-19 cases among our undergraduate students, both on campus and off,…
Noted poet laureate of Detroit Naomi Long Madgett, dead at 97
Amid the illustrious women listed on the cover of Haki Madhubuti’s book Taught by Women is Naomi Long Madgett. Cited randomly between Assata Shakur and Audre Lorde, Madgett may not have had their national recognition, but in Detroit she was the poet laureate and nurtured, mentored, and provided a platform for numerous writers, including Madhubuti.…
Biden got fewer votes than Clinton in Detroit. Why?
With his re-election chances looking bad, President Donald Trump delivered a televised address on Thursday where he baselessly alleged widespread voter fraud, including in Detroit. “Detroit and Philadelphia, known as two of the most corrupt political places anywhere in our country, easily, cannot be responsible for engineering the outcome of a presidential race, a very…
Owner of ‘Trump Unity Bridge,’ a roving shrine to Trump, arrested in Detroit for riding dirty
Though it was festooned with Blue Lives Matter flags, the “Trump Unity Bridge” — a sort of Mad Max-esque roving shrine to President Donald Trump that is the creation of Michigan man Rob Cortis — was impounded in Detroit on Friday. Cortis was also arrested by Detroit Police. Apparently Cortis was riding dirty. According to…
Michigan marijuana dispensaries saw an uptick in weed sales around the election
Amid the anxiety of the 2020 election, it looks like a lot of metro Detroiters are turning to weed for an escape. Jerry Millen, owner and founder of the marijuana dispensary Greenhouse of Walled Lake, says he’s seen his sales rise about 50% over the past week as compared to the previous 60 days. “We…
Quarantino’s, a Detroit-style pizza cooked up during quarantine, emerges in Grand Rapids
Joel Wabeke never experienced the square-shaped joy that is Detroit-style pizza until he came over to this side of the state a few years ago from Grand Rapids to help out at Wright & Company. After tasting Loui’s and Buddy’s, he was in love. “It’s a great style,” he says. “It’s like American-Sicilian.” He began…
John James is going full Trump, refusing to concede to Gary Peters
While Republican Senate candidate John James has done his best to distance himself from President Donald Trump on the campaign trail, it seems now he’s embracing the President’s worst impulses — spreading a conspiracy theory about a rigged election without evidence and refusing to concede. Incumbent Democrat Gary Peters declared victory in Tuesday’s very close…
Michigan judge dismisses Trump’s election lawsuit
A Michigan judge dismissed a lawsuit from President Donald Trump’s campaign demanding a stop to the voting and counting process and requesting “meaningful access” to poll challengers because, she said, Michigan’s ballots have already mostly been counted and that there is no legal basis to grant the requests. Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens,…
Whitmer warns of 100 daily coronavirus deaths by year’s end without Legislature’s help
As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, Michigan officials warned Thursday that coronavirus deaths may reach 100 a day by year’s end without the help of the Republican-controlled Legislature. “We are very concerned with what we’re seeing across the state,” Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, the state’s chief medical executive, said during a news conference Thursday. “We are really…
Re-elected Oakland County Sheriff known for being tough on pot says he’ll follow the law now that it’s legal
While Oakland County continued to see a shift blue after Tuesday’s election, one top office remains occupied by a longstanding Republican. County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, who has held the position for two decades, was re-elected for a sixth term, winning 54% of the vote. Law enforcement under Bouchard has been known for cracking down on…
Whitmer lambastes Trump’s spurious rhetoric after his supporters stormed TCF Center in Detroit
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer slammed President Donald Trump’s bogus election rhetoric as “un-American” after his supporters stormed into the TCF Center in Detroit on Wednesday and demanded the city stop counting the votes. Whitmer said Trump’s false claims of election fraud in Michigan and a handful of other states threaten to deepen the divide in the…
Viral video alleging a ballot box had entered Detroit’s TCF Center after deadline was actually camera equipment
File “camera equipment” under “Things Trump Supporters Have Apparently Never Seen in Person,” right next to spellcheck and legal democratic processes. A video alleging voter fraud from outside Detroit’s ballot-counting area at the TCF Center began surfacing early Thursday morning. The video, taken by “Lawyers for Trump” member Kellye SoRelle, was distributed by right-wing website…
FBI probes voter-suppression robocalls targeting residents in Michigan, other states
The FBI is investigating voter-suppression robocalls in Michigan and other states that urged voters to stay home on Election Day. “We are aware of reports of robocalls and have no further comment,” the FBI said in a statement. “As a reminder, the FBI encourages the American public to verify any election and voting information they…
Detroit election disruption linked to private Facebook group
On Wednesday, a chaotic scene played out at Detroit’s TCF Center when supporters of President Donald Trump swarmed the building, which was being used as an absentee ballot processing center, and demanded election workers “stop the count.” (In Arizona, a similar scene played out, except Trump supporters were chanting “count the vote.”) The scene reminded…
Thanking Detroit for Joe Biden’s Michigan victory wound up being premature
Updated on Nov. 10: This post was edited due to new information about Detroit’s election results. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared victory in Michigan and reclaimed the state from President Donald Trump, who narrowly won it in a surprise upset in 2016. In 2016, voter turnout fell in Detroit, the Blackest big city in…
Michigan Supreme Court flips to Democratic Party-nominated majority
The Michigan Supreme Court has shifted from a 4-3 majority of Republican-nominated justices to Democratic-nominated justices — marking a change in the makeup of the court that has held since the administration of Republican Governor Rick Snyder. Democratic Party-nominated Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack held onto her seat, while Grand Rapids attorney Elizabeth…
Trump wants Michigan to stop counting ballots, threatens lawsuit to do so
The campaign of President Donald Trump — who spent Tuesday night and much of Wednesday spewing misinformation about election results, preemptively declaring victory, accusing Democrats of stealing the election long before states reported final counts, and falsely claiming Michigan mysteriously “found” ballots that favor opponent Joe Biden — said it will file a lawsuit in…
Michigan restaurants recommended, but not required, to deny customers who don’t provide info for contact tracing
After revising Michigan’s emergency order last week, which dialed back indoor gathering sizes and expanding restaurant and bar protocols in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has offered some clarifications to the order, including new softened expectations for restaurant and bars. On Tuesday, the MDHHS released an…
About 100,000 ballots left to count in razor-thin presidential election in Michigan
Michigan election officials still have about 100,000 ballots to count in what has turned out to be a very close presidential race, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said Wednesday afternoon. A vast majority of the outstanding ballots are absentee and in Democratic-leaning leaning cities, including Detroit, Flint, and Kalamazoo. Some of the uncounted ballots are…
Michigan’s Senate race could come down to the last vote
Michigan’s all-important U.S. Senate race is coming down to the wire, with Democratic incumbent Gary Peters and Republican challenger John James neck and neck. As of Wednesday afternoon, James had 2,505,006 votes, or 49.3% of the vote, while Peters trailed slightly with 2,471,119, or 48.7% of the vote, with 90% of precincts reporting. However, there…
Multiple states legalized marijuana, magic mushrooms on Election Night
As the Libertarians over at Reason point out, “On Election Night, the Real Winner Was Drugs.” All nine of the drug decriminalization or legalization measures that were on ballots across the nation passed. Those included ballot measures for recreational marijuana in Arizona, Montana, and New Jersey, recreational and medicinal marijuana in South Dakota, and medical…
One Shot Keto Reviews – It Is really Work
One Shot Keto The transformation from a heavy, lazy body to a fit, healthy, and active body is amazing. But it is not that easy because it takes a lot of courage, patient, and the right remedy. Exercising and yoga are quite popular for losing weight. But there are times when we need a quick…
Biden holds razor-thin lead in Michigan nail-biter with 90% of votes counted
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gained a narrow lead over President Donald Trump Wednesday morning in Michigan with about 90% of the votes counted. Biden was ahead of Trump by 11,766 votes, or 0.2%, at 10:15 a.m. With votes still being counted in Detroit, Flint, and Grand Rapids, Biden is expected to build on his…
Savage Love: Old times
I’m a nearly-80 straight male, with undiminished libido. I have no problem with it, just a persistent curiosity. Like, why now? And why so various? And is it common among us old geezers? Male and female? I’m more sex-obsessed than ever before, including adolescence. Until my sixties, tits were my sexual focus, and other body…
Free Will Astrology (Nov. 4-10)
ARIES: March 21 – April 19: Aries poet Charles Baudelaire championed the privilege and luxury of changing one’s mind. He thought it was natural and healthy to always keep evolving beyond one’s previous beliefs and attitudes, even if that meant one might seem inconsistent or irrational. “It is lamentable,” he once proclaimed, “that, among the…
