Not to mention the penile-enhancement factor.
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A close relative works for Chrysler … the stories of her trying to deal with Stuttgart during the Daimler era are epic.
Now, it’s Fiat … she calls it the ongoing “Axis Tour.”
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One also shouldn’t lose the fact that the judges ruling on this case are doing it VIRTUALLY! And why exactly is that??? Because there’s a fucking pandemic of this deadly virus all around us. Should they rule against the governor, the hypocrisy, the irony, the inconsistent ruling and the cognitive dissonance will not be lost on anyone. Should they rule against Whitmer, I expect these judges to all come out of their homes, get off Zoom or whatever they’re on, end social distancing and appear in public by holding cases with the public allowed to be present in the courtroom.
Btw, Gov. DeWine did not face any of this bullshit and he also has a Republican legislature. Different strokes for different folks from different parties. He was given plenty of space to act in accordance with the science and Ohio has been able to keep down the number of cases of the virus and open up gradually, which is all Gov. Whitmer wants to do for Michigan. But first, we have to play it safe while the numbers of cases continue to increase.
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No they would sue to allow them to sell their products on an open market. Isn’t that capitalism? To freely sell your product to whoever is willing to pay for it?
So why would the MI GOP stake out what looks like a losing position? I don’t mind that they weaken their standing in the short-term, but I wonder what doofus is calling the shots, if anyone is.
OT: TPM has a habit of not identifying the state in question until some paragraphs into the story. I keep getting MI mixed up with WI, and I’m a tad dyslexic, so I’d appreciate it, Discobot, if you could forward my constructive criticism to your masters.
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Shortly after the merger, I was at a meeting at the big headquarters building in Auburn Hills. Had several colleagues along. They were totally impressed that I could switch to German when necessary. And, of course, understanding the German way of business was a help.
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Real journalists wouldn’t use postal codes such as “MI” and “WI” to designate a state … ever.
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Anything to help me place the location would help, though. I can’t keep all those states straight. Who knew there were so many?
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You really hate freedom, don’t you?
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I did not see that in this article, and I wonder if you’d apply your rule to such instances as “Sen. Flipgibbon (R-QJ)” – but otherwise I agree that the use of those two-letter codes is jarring.
You know very well, however, as I do, that most readers don’t give a hoot!
Huh? I hope that’s snark.
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Michigan’s the mitten; Wisconsin is more like a blot of dried, spilled paint.
At the closest, we have about 90 miles of lake between us.
That’s plenty, thank you.
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That’s it. IMHO Whitmer’s in a weaker position in terms of the actual law. I can’t respect the dodge of saying she terminated the original order and that resets the clock on a new one. The spirit and pretty much letter of the law are as you say. Her position on mitigation is of course commonsensical and ought to have bipartisan support, but the GOP abandoned common sense and civic duty long ago. It’s a mess, basically, and I don’t see a good way out of it.
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The AP Stylebook has strong guidelines for state designations, and the parenthetical designator for elected officials has been going away since my days cleaning up messes.
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It could produce quite a colorful show…terrifying, but colorful.
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Whoa, there, you’re forgetting the border between the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. My Yooper relatives go shopping in Green Bay… @randome
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Yes! – although it would not be a mask in the usual wear-it-when-you’re-at-the-grocery-store sense. After all, who would wear it that way?
It would be more of a diagnostic test – one that would be very convenient.
If it gets to that point.
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It most certainly was!
No one who has read your words would think otherwise, either.
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That may have been more obvious in my mind than it looks on-screen.
All-nighter for the company I work for. Let’s blame that, primarily because it’s true.
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