Tag Archives: Detroit
Define “Made”
Kid Rock has a clothing line featuring the slogan “Made in Detroit” and bearing the silhouette of a beastly man holding a tool that could be either a sledge hammer or a plunger. Turns out that the clothes aren’t actually made in Detroit. Ironic, don’t you think?
Posted in Irony
Also tagged Associated Press, Detroit Free Press, Dominican Republic, KidRock, Sledgehammer, T-shirt, United States
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Hurting For Material?
This here is an article about how there is no South Detroit, so that boy in Don’t Stop Believin’ couldn’t have been “born and raised in South Detroit” I post it for the comments, which are for the most part innocuous, but there are a few gems in there. Such as, Journey was Nickelback before [...]
Posted in Informative
Also tagged Don't Stop Believin, Downriver, Journey, Nickelback, Steve Perry, Stop Believin, United States
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Douchebag of the Week: Detroit Lions Cornerback Aaron Berry
He responded to criticism from Detroit Lions fans on Twitter. Y’all can go back to being Broke & Miserable…now back to regular scheduled programming… It is a common refrain in certain communities. It’s the I may be fat, but you’re ugly and I can diet mentality. Berry later showed his ignorance by apologizing. I apologize [...]
Posted in Douchebagery
Also tagged Aaron Berry, Detroit Lions, douchebags, National Football League, New Orleans Saints, Twitter
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Red (Wing) 5 > Cardinal 5
It’s plain and simple, in my estimation. Money is money. If a player wants to make as much money as he possibly can, I don’t take an issue. What Pujols did was take the maximum amount of money for as long of a period of time as the market will allow. He didn’t take less [...]
Posted in Soapbox, Sports
Also tagged Anaheim, Detroit Red Wings, Louis, National Hockey League, Nicklas Lidström, Pavel Datsyuk, Wikipedia
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Why?
The AP: In Detroit, wins by Tigers, Lions a welcome distraction The problems plaguing the most depressed big city in America — block after block of abandoned houses, a plummeting population, troubled schools and unemployment near 30 percent — are not going away. But for Jim McCusker, who was laid off as an engineer at [...]
Lines Are Open. Pledge Now.
Detroit needs RoboCop. Now more than ever.
Posted in Cool things
Also tagged Dave Bing, Mayor, Michigan, RoboCop, Statue, Twitter, United States
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Abandoned Buildings in Detroit
This is a sad story told as a slideshow, although I would guess you could find similar locations in most big cities. Link via the big lead.
Posted in Informative
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The Death (or near death) of Detroit.
Did Detroit fail us or did we fail Detroit? Whatever the case may be, it’s near death.
Posted in Informative
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