Author Archives: hro50ta1

How ’bout Matty in cuffs?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The wrong jackass went to jail. Now, don’t misunderstand: I’m happy Wayne Circuit Judge Prentis Edwards sent Ambassador Bridge president Dan Stamper to jail for contempt of court. It’s about time the Detroit International Bridge Co. were … Continue reading →

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The best journalists? Historians!

Posted on January 8, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell If you are one of the 1,100 people who received PhD diplomas in history last year, let me express my condolences. You are looking at a pretty bleak future. According to the American Historical Association, there will … Continue reading →

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Not so sure about you

Posted on January 7, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Ray Judicata JOTR Legal Expert This is a speech I gave to the Limpieza de Sangre Society at its national convention in Knownothing, Indiana. I gotta say, some of those Limpieza folks are real kooks. They’re so far to … Continue reading →

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Right-wing nutcase

Posted on January 6, 2011 by hro50ta1

To: JOTR staff From: Jimmy Sellbydate, JOTR Marketing Director We recently passed the three-year anniversary of JOTR, and time has come to take note of opportunities now being missed by a blog that tends all too often to lean all too … Continue reading →

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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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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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