Tag Archives: Detroit

Dan, Dan, the martyr man

Posted on January 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Does anybody know Jeff T. Wattrick? Somebody should tell him an idiot is blogging under his name. I can’t believe a person with intelligence would equate a flunky like Ambassador Bridge honcho Dan Stamper with luminaries like … 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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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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How to fix Wayne County

Posted on October 20, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Wayne County could resolve its problem of incompetence at the highest elected levels. It would require the help of Timothy Kenny, presiding judge of the Wayne County Circuit Court’s criminal division. I’m referring to the feud between Prosecutor … Continue reading →

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Floatin’ bull

Posted on September 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Walker Punt JOTR dramatist A play in three acts ACT ONE Scene: Impressario Bridge board room. Puppy Dog bounces in and spots The Old Man slumped in an overstuffed leather chair. A large scale model of a suspension bridge … Continue reading →

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Who’s corrupt?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell A retired newspaper reporter was fuming about John and Monica Conyers. How could John Conyers, the Detroit congressman, not have known his wife was awash in bribe money while she was a member of the City Council? … Continue reading →

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Florent Tillon’s ‘bonus’

Posted on August 9, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell French filmmaker Florent Tillon e-mailed the “bad news”: Instead of including our July 2009 motorboat trip up the Rouge River as part of his main feature movie, “Detroit Wild City,” he turned our river excursion into a … Continue reading →

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Parsley, sage, rosemary and journalism

Posted on July 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell There’s a lot of yackity-yack from traditional journalists about how bloggers don’t adhere to the same high standards as our morally superior print cousins. In this exalted view, practitioners of the old format — for example, newspapers … Continue reading →

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