Motorcycle club president put on probation, told to abide by liquor laws by judge after after conviction for selling alcohol without license

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So if the Cement City, MI chapter of the Iron Coffins MC had obtained a liquor license then that asshat who drank too much and crashed his van into some parked cars wouldn't have done so? Somehow I doubt it. But as a famous cartoon policeman once opined: "The government is powerless to help you, but not to punish you." And so it goes.

Michigan doctors to be ordered to report all children's BMI to the state government

No choice. Reporting is mandatory on the doctor's part. Just like child abuse or neglect currently are. If a kid is so fat that it really is a honest health issue well then that's neglect and/or abuse and should be reported. But this stuff is just absurd, not to mention intrusive and open to abuse by bureaucrats.

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Michigan "Tea Party" mud-fight still going strong

It appears the so-called "Michigan Tea Party" isn't going to be on the fall ballot after all. That may change between now and the election if the MTP organizers go to court and win. But what really illustrates the dire condition of Michigan politics is the on going mud-fight in the comments section following the article. As of this posting (6:13 PM on Mon. 08.23.2010) there are already five pages of comments wherein the posters refer to each other as "douche-bags", "scumbags", "morons" and other sobriquets for nasty stuff. A real mud-fight in other words. At least when geeks have flame wars the snark and wit are somewhat redemptive by being creative and clever. Not so here at the MLive website. They must not moderate this stuff at all.