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Pig Bones and Public Schools: Meet Betsy DeVos, Our New Education Secretary
Wednesday , 23, November 2016 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 3 CommentsJust in time so everyone would be too busy peeling potatoes and baking pies to notice, Donald Trump picked Betsy Prince DeVos for Education Secretary. The wife of Dick DeVos and sister of Erik Prince(founder of Blackwater mercs for hire), this princess of Dutch Reformed Ada Township has made a career of using her family […]
Religious Fanaticism Has No Denomination: Stand With Planned Parenthood
Sunday , 29, November 2015 Community, Michigan Women, Religious Fundamentalism, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a comment… belief is the death of intelligence” – Robert Anton Wilson On social media anti-choicers applauded Robert L. Dear for stopping the Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood from murdering more babies while most of the GOP presidential candidates remain mute over the attack on the health care clinic. So far, Mike Huckabee exercised his lack of […]
In Which Gary Glenn Makes Up North Progressive’s Point With A Single Comment
Tuesday , 24, November 2015 LGBT Rights, Nerd Problems, Religious Fundamentalism, Same Sex Marriage, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentLike a narcissistic moth to a media flame, Michigan State Representative for the 98th District Gary Glenn found this humble blog with a post about how much he craves attention, especially when it pairs his name with someone who is more famous or powerful than he is. If he does it enough, some of that […]
Gary Glenn Continues to Hate People Who Are Not Gary Glenn: My Name’s in the News Edition
Sunday , 22, November 2015 LGBT Rights, Nerd Problems, Religious Fundamentalism, Same Sex Marriage, Tea Party, Tealiban 10 CommentsGary Glenn documented every instance of his name on his Facebook page this week in relation to Rick Snyder being the first state governor to ban, then put on hold relocating Syrian refugees to Michigan. Glenn shared his press release and quotes from online news, broadcast, and print sources such as Midland Daily News, Mlive, […]
Support Planned Parenthood Against Domestic Terrorism #Pinkout
Tuesday , 29, September 2015 Michigan Women, Religious Fundamentalism Leave a commentIt was a cold December night in 1986 when Planned Parenthood on West Michigan Avenue in Kalamazoo, Michigan, was firebombed by an unknown terrorist. The Up North Progressive lived in an apartment at the time close enough to be awakened by the explosion. That morning the shock of seeing half of the building destroyed in […]
Cindy Gamrat Knows God Wants Her In Lansing: Files To Run For The Seat She Was Just Expelled From
Thursday , 17, September 2015 Candidates, Religious Fundamentalism, Tea Party 1 CommentCindy Gamrat has been out of office for a week, but she already knows she has to get back there and finish the work God wants her to do. At two in the afternoon today she filed paperwork to run in the November 3, 2015 primary for the house seat she was just expelled from. […]
J.C. Huizenga Crows About The Success of National Heritage Academies Fleecing Michigan Taxpayers
Tuesday , 15, September 2015 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 6 CommentsJ. C. Huizenga recently commented on the 20-year history of his for-profit charter school chain, National Heritage Academies, in an MLive.com article. He claimed their success came from superior academics and being financially strong. There’s so much more to National Heritage Academies, how they started, how they really make their money to be financially strong, […]
Peach Jam and Green Beans Are The Perfect Distraction From the Allegan-Lapeer Tea Party Trash Circus
Monday , 17, August 2015 Religious Fundamentalism, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentIt’s been a week since there was an update posted to the blog. The Up North Progressive’s been busy. This is the time of year when Michigan farmers’ markets and roadside stands all scream “PEACHESBLUEBERRIESSWEETCORN” to passersby, and that means it’s time to freeze and can. Blueberries, peach jam and green beans are going into […]
Todd Courser Sucks At Writing Fan Fiction and Cindy Gamrat’s “In His Grip” Didn’t Mean What She Wanted Us To Think
Saturday , 8, August 2015 LGBT Rights, Religious Fundamentalism, Same Sex Marriage, Tea Party, Tealiban 2 CommentsIf you found the blog after googling Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat, welcome. In Todd’s own words, “We are living in the last days.” How many people suspected he was talking about his political career? Anyone who screams as loudly as Gamrat and Courser about the sanctity of traditional marriage is doing so out of […]
Russia Unveils Their Own Pride Flag for Day of Family, Love and Fidelity
Friday , 10, July 2015 Religious Fundamentalism 3 CommentsJuly 8 in Russia is celebrated as “Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.” The holiday dates back to 2008 with the purpose of promoting heterosexual families as the only legitimate traditional family in the nation. In 2013, Russia passed a law banning all promotion of LGBT media and culture as an acceptable lifestyle for Russian […]