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Sucking up to the TL

Posted on January 20, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist Sucking up! Sophie, there’s nothing wrong with sucking up. Nothing at all. But you gotta know how to do it. Sucking up is what saved my butt, believe me, Sophie. Male two-leggers are a tough … Continue reading →

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Why not me?

Posted on January 18, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I just don’t get it. The geniuses who run the New York Times op-ed page. Why don’t they pick me? I don’t have any lucrative government contracts. Why, I don’t have any kind of government contract. I … Continue reading →

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Right to offend

Posted on January 16, 2010 by hro50ta1

 By Joel Thurtell When authors and cartoonists have to hide to protect themselves from threats of murder and mayhem from Muslim radicals, it seems like the biggest threat to free speech comes from Islam. But the real menace to our … Continue reading →

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Metro Times reviews ‘Up the Rouge!’

Posted on January 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

Somehow, we missed a very kind notice of Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River in Detroit’s Metro Times newspaper. The review of our book was the lead section of a roundup story by Michael Jackman in the November 25, 2009 issue of … Continue reading →

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The Ambassador and the Freepsters

Posted on January 10, 2010 by hro50ta1

A consortium of the U.S. and Canada, Ontario and Michigan, and Detroit and Windsor finally make Matty Moroun an offer he just can’t refuse for the Ambassador Bridge, which then becomes an international government operation; traffic backups increase exponentially.    … Continue reading →

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‘Inverse truth’ and the Times

Posted on January 8, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Luke Warm Professor of Mendacity, University of Munchausen First of all, I would like to remind all students enrolled in this class–Mendacity 101–that our primary purpose is to find subtle, even invisible and certainly inaudible, ways of misleading the … Continue reading →

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Bush-butts and two-leggers

Posted on January 3, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist Don’t tell me about it, Sophie. I’ve got a pair of them myself, I know precisely how they are. They’re what you call youmens. What THEY call youmens. I call em two-leggers. Short for two-legged … Continue reading →

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Here’s Patti!

Posted on January 2, 2010 by hro50ta1

Headline: CALLING THE ER VETS Sub-Head: PEPPERMINT PATTI IS A 14-POUND BALL OF FLUFF WITH AN APPETITE – FOR TROUBLE Byline: JOEL THURTELL Pub-Date: 12/10/2006 Memo: PLYMOUTH CANTON NORTHVILLE Correction: Text: She’s our $1,000 dog. Peppermint Patti was a gift … Continue reading →

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‘Deadline Now’ and the Ambassador

Posted on December 31, 2009 by hro50ta1

On December 18, 2009, WGTE-TV in Toledo aired a program called “Deadline Now” hosted by journalist Jack Lessenberry. The topic was the quest for a bridge, or rather, bridges, over the Detroit River. Guests were Gregg Ward, vice president of … Continue reading →

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The greatest profession

Posted on December 18, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell What if you’re an elite newspaper and your lunch is being eaten by the very supermarket tabloids that normally bring a sneer of loathing to your collective editorial face? The very kinds of sources that sell damaging … Continue reading →

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