The Lions are doing well right now (6-2 as this is written). But a new controversy has arisen! Some fan boy objects to Nickleback being the half-time entertainment at the annual Thanksgiving Day Lions home game at Ford Field.
"..[A]n online petition has emerged" reports Rolling Stone, "to protest this year's Lions Turkey Day
game. Specifically, some fans are clamoring for the team to take back
its offer to have Nickelback perform as the game's halftime
entertainment. What, no Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Eminem, Aretha, Kid
Rock?"
Well, yes we have those musically talented Detroiters and more. But still considering all Detroit's problems right now isn't this a silly kerfuffle? And what did the Roman sage Juvenal say about people being distracted from real issues by bread & circuses? I can't remember and I don't speak Latin but as sci-fi writer and populist philosopher Robert Anson Heinlein is reputed to have said: "Once the monkeys learn they can vote themselves bananas, they'll never climb another tree." Now ain't that the truth.
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A love note from Colton Harris-Moore - Backwoods Home (Claire Woolfe)
Toronto big-shots expressing doubts about hosting the G-20 summit - New Geography
As well they should. Local politicos and their kindred ilk at the chamber of commerce always tout the financial benefits of hosting such events but as with sporting events, political conventions and other special events they nearly always end up costing the host cities and their citizens way more than they bring in. And the G-20? Better have your riot police primed and ready and alert your hospitals and jails to prepare for an extra duty.
The very lucrative poverty industry - NPR's Fresh Air (Terry Gross) podcast
Pay-Day loans, rent-to-own, tax refund loans, pawnshops and other business entities that thrive from making high interest loans to the working poor.
Ex-Hacker turns in military intelligence analyst for releasing classified data to Wikileaks - Wired
Southern California sports team's revenue way down - LA Times
The masses tiring of bread & circuses? That and they're broke.
The Remington 11-87 shotgun - Remington.com/
A little faster and easier to shoot than pumps, IMHO.
Toronto big-shots expressing doubts about hosting the G-20 summit - New Geography
As well they should. Local politicos and their kindred ilk at the chamber of commerce always tout the financial benefits of hosting such events but as with sporting events, political conventions and other special events they nearly always end up costing the host cities and their citizens way more than they bring in. And the G-20? Better have your riot police primed and ready and alert your hospitals and jails to prepare for an extra duty.
The very lucrative poverty industry - NPR's Fresh Air (Terry Gross) podcast
Pay-Day loans, rent-to-own, tax refund loans, pawnshops and other business entities that thrive from making high interest loans to the working poor.
Ex-Hacker turns in military intelligence analyst for releasing classified data to Wikileaks - Wired
Southern California sports team's revenue way down - LA Times
The masses tiring of bread & circuses? That and they're broke.
The Remington 11-87 shotgun - Remington.com/
A little faster and easier to shoot than pumps, IMHO.
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