Category Archives: toledo

Preserving the Kakistocracy

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Libertarian Party of Ohio Suit Against SB 193 to Gain Allies (independentpoliticalreport.com) Senate Bill 193 places undemocratic restrictions on third parties: Letter to the Editor (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Ottawa Hills is the name of the suburb for the ultra-rich here in the greater Toledo area. As their high tax base means that their schools are funded well, they had the natural “rival schools” for the private school I went to, and Ottawa Hills isn’t far from where I live, so it’s a part of town…

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The Face of the War on Women

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Before I get to the usual links, let’s start with a video from earlier this week of Michael Ellis, the President of the Wisconsin Senate, totally flipping his lid as he tries to push through another of those forced-ultrasound bills in his chamber (and succeeds): Okay, now for the usual article links: Ohio abortion clinic closes its doors, foreshadowing state budget impact (Salon.com) Ohio Republicans Introduce One of the Nation’s All-Time Worst Abortion Bills (nationofchange.com) I opened with the video of Ellis for two reasons.…

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The Anatomy of Just One of Mitt Romney’s Lies

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As I feared, Toledo becoming the perceived ground zero of the presidential election has meant a volume of politicking in this part of the country that is almost suffocating. Yesterday we had a visit from Bill Clinton, and I suspect we’ll be seeing more of the candidates themselves before Tuesday. The attention and advertising in and of itself would be bad enough, and the nastiness of the campaign — earlier today I saw anti-Obama ads online that equated women voting for Obama with battered women…

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In the Battleground of Battlegrounds

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“[Romney and his campaign] know they’re behind in Ohio. They’ve gotta fix this and it’s all about … I tell people basically it’s about Toledo. Romney is losing in Toledo because [of] the auto worker[s] there. [The] President’s overperforming with white men. Romney’s made up ground in coal country, down in southeast Ohio, but not up there in Toledo.” – Chuck Todd, MSNBC debate coverage, 2012.10.22 (video) Welcome to my nightmare, folks. I am living in ground zero of the election endgame, and it is…

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Boom Boom, Out Go the Lights

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If you haven’t heard, there’s been a massive heatwave going through this part of the country for weeks now, resulting in some very high-power storms. One particular wave (one of the “bow echoes” you hear so much about) went through the central part of the state over a week ago, and some parts of the state are still without power. That storm passed south of us — we didn’t even get a sprinkle here in the northern part of the Toledo area — but on…

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