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  1. Blame Canada! 42680

    Blame Canada!
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    Beginning sentences with 'so', 'reaching out',...

    Beginning sentences with 'so', 'reaching out', 'leaning in', 'gifting', 'oh my gosh'.
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    Or Fords and Chryslers - pluralized - but that's...

    Or Fords and Chryslers - pluralized - but that's just rust town industrial speak, after all. :D
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    Or suburbanites who speak for people in Detroit...

    Or suburbanites who speak for people in Detroit or conflate Metro Detroit with the City of Detroit.
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    Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On, the original 1969 -...

    Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On, the original 1969 - and best - version of the band, when it was strictly blues and experimental, before it became rocky-poppy.
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    And I'll hi-jack the hi-jack and go one better....

    And I'll hi-jack the hi-jack and go one better. In Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, there is A & K Lick-A-Chick.
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    But my overall fave is Sashabaw Road.

    But my overall fave is Sashabaw Road.
  8. You probably won't get that close to the bridge...

    You probably won't get that close to the bridge anyway as construction has quite a wide footprint including the connection to I-75. The best way to watch the continual build of the bridge is to go on...
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    WJR going all local programming

    The so-called Great Voice of the Great Lakes is now going all local, at least during daytime, eff June 20. This will really dull down an already dull station, local programming of which has been a...
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    Naming Gordie Howe bridge

    My understanding it was the idea of fomer Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose gov't approved the bridge. Harper was something of a hockey nut, and even wrote a book on the sport, 'A...
  11. Be careful what you wished for, Michigan

    As someone close to an individual injured in a catastrophic car accident all I can say is "Michigan, be careful what you wished for." Sure, rates will be cheaper, but what happens if a motorist is...
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    Detroit Free Press redesign

    When I first glimpsed it - on a table in the waiting room of the dentist's office this morning - my first thought was "abomination," a completion of the USA Today-ization of the Freep, since Gannet...
  13. # 12 Ann Arbor 1950s/60s dinnerware expo, Stone...

    # 12 Ann Arbor 1950s/60s dinnerware expo, Stone Chalet Event Center
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    QLine protest

    So what is it exactly this group is protesting - the will of the people who voted to turn down last year's transit millage?

    "A counter-rally is planned at about the same time at Grand Circus Park...
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    I certainly like the idea of the QLine. But I...

    I certainly like the idea of the QLine. But I still have some difficulty trying to imagine how it will be used. For Midtown Yuppies going to work at Quicken Loans? For Midtowners going to lunch in...
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    So, does it make it any less racist?

    So, does it make it any less racist?
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    Troy council turns down higher density

    This is Troy's response to everyone who likes the idea of higher density, more walkable downtowns, and less sprawl.
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    I-75 downriver closure

    OK, southbound lanes are closed between Springwells and Northline for badly-needed rehab, incl Rouge Br. So why, if northbound lanes are supposedly functioning as normal, are various northbound...
  19. Freep's revamped 'Play' entertainment section

    It debuted today, and seems smaller to me, despite the newspaper's hype that it has more content [[and yes I know these are broadsheet pages rather than the former smaller tabloid pages). And whatever...
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    Festa Italiana July 15 - 17

    My first time to this event and I was really looking forward. But somewhat of a disappointment. The whole thing was pretty generic. Loved the Italian stage performers & music. But where was the great...
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    Concert of Colors

    Had another great year at the Concert of Colors. BUT a few concerns. The Music Box had no seating set aside for disabled persons. Also, why isn't there a wider food selection? There was only one food...
  22. How come churches haven't prevented Detroit's slide?

    Interesting piece in FP this AM about megachurch move to Midtown to help shore up that part of central Detroit still impoverished - with religion, family values, etc. Which begs the question: Detroit...
  23. 10 small businesses winners of Motor City Match grants

    Once upon a time businesses didn't need government subsidies to "start up."

    http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/michigan/2016/01/25/detroit-economy-entrepreneurs/79312386/
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    Rosa Parks Transit Center problems

    One possible solution to people using the transit center as a mass public restroom, and its consequent filth, is to charge a fee - say 25 or 50 cents - to use a restroom stall, a common practice in...
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    Advertisement atop Freep front page

    Today's paper. Have never seen an ad in such a prominent place in FP.
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