Jim Haadsma

McCroskey Law partner, staffing the Battle Creek, MI office; father to 4, grandfather to 2; not-for-profit boards member; former MI lawmaker; listener; searcher

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Ravens’ fumble!

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I saw the inscrutable movie “The Phoenician Scheme” tonight,
because it was blast-furnace hot and since Terri Gross from NPR’s “Fresh Air” idolizes the director, then got out to a riotous Traverse City Front Street Saturday night, and found out Trump bombed Iran.
It’s inscrutable

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@AustinHoney30 My daughter lives in that apartment building on the right, at Kercheval and Sheridan.

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3 of 4 for Father’s Day brunch in Scotts, MI.
6.15.25.

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Lost History: the Buddhas of Bamiyan | mediaevalmusings https://t.co/eVClnRnCNq
I always despised the Taliban, but I really hated them when in 2001 I heard of how they were blowing up the standing Buddhas.
Today I heard how the Trump Administration seeks to defund NPR and PBS.

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Do you know that scene at the end of “Animal House”, where the Kevin Bacon character, an elite fraternity pledge and ROTC reservist, is trying to control the Faber Homecoming Parade chaos?:
“Remain calm! All is well!”
Then he gets flattened.
Stock futures are resembling that.

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@dustinpwalsh Do you know that scene at the end of “Animal House”, where the Kevin Bacon character, an elite fraternity pledge and ROTC reservist, is trying to maintain calm at the chaotic Faber Homecoming Parade?:
“Remain calm! All is well!”
Then he gets flattened.
This is kind of like that.

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“Hands Off.”
Battle Creek, MI.
4.5.25.

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In the words of Woody Guthrie, “You can’t scare me - I’m stickin’ to the union.”
3.15.25.

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Schumer, I think, erroneously used the term “Hobson’s choice”: he didn’t have a take it or leave it choice, but rather a dilemma - choosing between two bad options.
A dilemma is common in legislatures - a Hobson’s choice is typical in TV game shows.
But is the Senate a game show?

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“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”
Marshall, MI.
3.4.25.

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DIA.
1.26.25.

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15 days in, and it’s crazy.
Let’s go!
Who’s with me?

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When I was a child in mid-‘70s Sub-Saharan Africa learning (of all things) European history, I read all about the 1870-ish European grab for Africa, with Germany and Italy getting in late.
As a child I thought it a crazy history.
“You have to learn from history,” [in re. Gaza.]

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I was driving down Cliff Street tonight, and there was the Main Street DQ lighted sign - the marquee sign hasn’t even yet been changed from last autumn.
It’s open again.
In a Project 2025 winter, our Project 2026 campaign is coming.
“If winter comes, can spring be far tonight?”

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Americans are now spending more time alone than ever, @DKThomp writes. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
Please join me for coffee hours on 2.1.25, 9am-11am at Mr. Don’s on 20th, and 1pm-2 pm at Stirling. https://t.co/toggHUweBT

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This was a month ago, after the MI House adjourned because of absence of quorum, just before Winter Solstice. It's only 4 or so minutes long, so I hope you can watch to the end.
How I've advocated they act is how I hope you'll act, and I'll act, during the next 4 years. (Part 3)

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This was a month ago, after the MI House adjourned because of absence of quorum, just before Winter Solstice. It's only 4 or so minutes long, so I hope you can watch to the end.
How I've advocated they act is how I hope you'll act, and I'll act, during the next 4 years. (Part 1)

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This was a month ago, after the MI House adjourned because of absence of quorum, just before Winter Solstice. It's only 4 or so minutes long, so I hope you can watch to the end.
How I've advocated they act is how I hope you'll act, and I'll act, during the next 4 years. (Part 2)

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“And as I walk on through troubled times…
…Where are the strong - and who are the trusted?…
‘Cause each time I feel [harmony] slippin’ away, just makes me wanna cry:
“What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love, and understanding?””
I wish I could be more like Pres. Jimmy Carter.