If I remember correctly one of the founders of The
Onion (yes a satirical, but sometimes very on point
observations) is from Michigan.
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> The Onion is one of the funniest, most irreverent
> "news"papers
> some of the funniest writing I've ever read - not
> always on but when they
> are it's hilarious
> it's a complete piss take on US Today
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> reading it on the bus to and from work and I've
> busted out laughing
> countless times
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> MEK
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> "De Block, Mario"
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> To: "Cobert, Gwendal"
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> anderen.be>
> cc: 313@hyperreal.org
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> Subject: Re: (313) Not strictly techno
> 10/27/2004 03:42 AM
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> is the Onion a reliable news source? seems a site
> full of 'ironic senseless
> news' to me, i hope so. Detroit deserves better than
> such clichés in that
> case
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> "Cobert, Gwendal" schreef:
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> > But strictly Detroit :
> > "DETROIT-The Detroit Tourism Board is scaling back
> the city-sponsored
> > "Hidden Detroit" program following the deaths of
> 24 tourists in the past
> > month, city officials announced Monday. "The
> campaign did draw tourists
> > to historically significant places that usually go
> unnoticed, like the
> > rough-and-tumble honky-tonks of Ypsilanti and the
> site of the 1967
> > riots," tourism board director Lauren Essleman
> said. "But ultimately,
> > unfolding the free 'Detroit Off The Beaten Path'
> maps in the middle of
> > the Purple Gang's old turf was not a good idea."
> Essleman said that, in
> > addition to the 24 tourists, the program resulted
> in the loss of more
> > than 60 vehicles."
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> > >From www.theonion.com
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> > Gwendal
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