Monthly Archives: December 2010

Blowin’ smoke in the ‘burbs

Posted on December 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen In my lecture today, I’m going to outline how an adroit dissembler can plant a new way of thinking in the public mind with the expert use of deceit injected into … Continue reading →

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Five-percenters

Posted on December 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

WARNING: The following commentary has been REPURPOSED. It contains no original SOURCING. It was sparked by a magazine report of an absurd program aimed at re-training (i.e., CONTROLLING) writers like me. This column is NOT news, but an essay REPURPOSED on the … Continue reading →

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Journalism: theory and practice

Posted on December 18, 2010 by adamthurtell

. Wannabe reporter meets jaded journalist.

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WikiLeaks matters

Posted on December 16, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’m not completely comfortable with the mass dispersion of documents undertaken by WikiLeaks and the site’s creator, Julian Assange. How would I react if someone hacked into my blog or e-mail, ripped off my private ruminations and … Continue reading →

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Passing gas with Matty

Posted on December 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell So this is how it ends. Matty Moroun — with help from his bought-and-paid-for politician friends — kills the Detroit River International Bridge project and any hope for a safe, efficient, well-cared-for and accountable international bridge at … Continue reading →

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Containing those ‘containables’

Posted on December 14, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity University of Munchausen My lecture today was inspired by a brilliant memo circulated within the Detroit Free Press, a publication with a well-honed sense of what a newspaper’s duty is, and is not. Now, … Continue reading →

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Survival of blasto dog

Posted on December 13, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The squirrels are back to hiding in the trees behind our Plymouth, Michigan house since our dog, Patti, got cured of the rare malady she contracted last summer from hanging out around our cottage in McGregor Bay. … Continue reading →

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Matty to the slammer!

Posted on December 12, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Channel 7 reports that a Wayne County circuit judge could fine and imprison Dan Stamper, president of the company that owns the Ambassador Bridge. Stamper is known to Detroiters mainly as the consummate bullshit artist who tries … Continue reading →

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Me & Matty & Fox 2

Posted on December 11, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Bill Gallagher of Fox 2 stopped by Plymouth a few days ago and we chatted about Matty Moroun alongside the city’s picturesque Kellogg Park. Later in the day, Fox 2 aired parts of our interview: I seemed … Continue reading →

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Seize the bridge!

Posted on December 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The Windsor Star has called on Canadian governments to nationalize the privately-owned Ambassador Bridge linking the U.S. and Canada. About time somebody took this idea seriously. Besides me. Back on May 14, 2009, I argued that governments, … Continue reading →

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