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Boundary issues

By Mark | February 6, 2010

In yesterday’s discussion about the new Chinese restaurant on Washtenaw Avenue, the question of boundaries came up again. Specifically, someone suggested that the new restaurant might not be in Ypsi at all, but in Ann Arbor. (It’s not, by the way. It’s technically in the Charter Township of Ypsilanti.) Well, it reminded me that I’d […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Arborland, Asia City Restaurant, boundaries, boundary issues, County Board of Commissioners, Golfside, Huron Parkway, maps and legends, Michigan House of Representatives, Murph, Pittsfield Township, Richard Murphy, USPS, Washtenaw Avenue, Ypsilanti Township | 8 Comments

Terrorist plot foiled over Detroit on Christmas day

By Mark | December 26, 2009

I woke up this morning to find my family watching FOX News. Apparently, a Nigerian man had attempted to ignite an incendiary device strapped to his leg on a Detroit-bound flight yesterday, while we were celebrating Christmas. Fortunately, it seems that this fellow, who was intent on killing hundreds of people, proved to be about […]

Posted in Other, Religious Extremism | Also tagged Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, airport security, al Qaeda, Amsterdam, Andrew Sullivan, chemicals, Christmas, First Bank of Nigeria, hare-brained plots, heroics, incendiary devices, Juan Cole, leg bomber, legs, nefarious uses of the human leg, Nigeria, Richelle Keepman, shoe bomber, suicide bomber, terrorism, Transportation Security Administration, University College London | 43 Comments

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