Monthly Archives: August 2003

Who’s to blame for the power outage? Greg Palast thinks it might have something to do with deregulation. Oddly, nobody in the media seemed to notice that the energy “markets” that Enron (failed at) manipulating didn’t exist before deregulation, either.

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Although Matt Drudge’s website currently has a link titled “‘How to be Gay’ course draws fire at Michigan; Professor calls it a class on culture…”, the link doesn’t lead anywhere. Nonetheless, I thought it my duty as an American to snip this one at the bud. Some visitors to this website will remember the first […]

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KACZYNSKI AT MICHIGAN Convicted mail-bomber and U-M grad Ted Kaczynski has filed a request asking the federal government turn over his belongings to the University’s Labadie Collection, which already holds over 6 linear feet of material related to him: “The papers include Kaczynski’s correspondence from over 400 people since his arrest in April 1996, some […]

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The University has created this website with information about the impact of the blackout, saying on Saturday that: “The Central Power Plant has been providing limited cooling and electricity to our highest priority buildings since the regional power outage began.” The AAPD is offering $500 for information about “A large spray-painted swastika symbol, obscene phrases […]

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Parts of five streets in the State Street Area will become two-way this Friday: Thompson, S. State, N. University, and Liberty. City and University planners are expecting that eliminating the confusing traffic pattern of the area will reduce traffic, and make it easier for visitors to find their way around. Also, the AATA plans to […]

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REUTERS: “The US government said today it had neither an exact count nor all the names of hundreds of people captured in Afghanistan over a year ago and now detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. … “

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“How do you keep the populace reassured about government services in an emergency?” asked Daniel J. Oates, the police chief in Ann Arbor, Mich. “You saturate the community with police presence. You have police cars drive around with their lights on. We tripled the number of cops on the street last night. It cost me […]

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