Speaking of bathing your kids and grandkids in Flint municipal water, here’s a bulletin that was sent out a week or so ago by the state, telling people that doing so would be just fine, so long as none of the water made it into the mouths of said kids, as that would be “yucky.” […]
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Rick Snyder tells Charlie LeDuff that he would let his grandchildren bathe daily in Flint water
Posted in Michigan, Politics Also tagged Flint water crisis, lead, lead poisoning, public health, Rick Snyder, water 10 Comments
Charlie LeDuff of the Detroit News on why he’s here
I was just stumbling around the internetz tonight, and happened across this video interview with Charlie Leduff, a Detroit News reporter who, within the last year, has written several articles that we’ve discussed here on the site. I wouldn’t exactly call myself a fan of his work, but he’s definitely chronicling a part of our […]
Posted in Detroit, Media, Michigan, Rants Also tagged being ripped the fuck off, Detroit News, NPR, the future of journalism, video of people getting drunk 3 Comments
Harvesting the organs of Ypsilanti’s Visteon plant
The Detroit News’s Charlie LeDuff visits the Ford Visteon plant in Ypsilanti, and watches as it gets torn apart and auctioned in an article entitled, “Selling off America’s manufacturing might, a factory at a time.” Here’s how the article begins: Ypsilanti — You can now watch the liquidation of the American Dream in real time. […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged automotive, Automotive Components Holdings, Detroit News, factory, Ford, Granholm, manufacturing, mechanical heart, midwest, Rust Belt, Schreiber, UAW, VIsteon 18 Comments