Bill Shea
@Bill_Shea19
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Freelance journalist, but my lance isn't free. Writing a shitty novel. Key West literary beach bum. Dionysian anti-fascist. 'The Rimbaud of Hazel Park.'
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Jimmy Carrey and Mussolini's actual granddaughter in a Twitter fight may be the most 2019 thing yet.
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I was Time's Person of the Year in 2006. They didn't ask me for an interview or photo shoot.
Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
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I wonder how many descendants of slaves look on statues of Confederate generals and politicians and see them beautiful?
Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You.....
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#SuperBowl
local market ratings:
1. Cincinnati 46.1/84
2. Detroit 45.9/79
3. Pittsburgh 45.6/74
4. Columbus 45.4/80
5. Kansas City 44.6/76
6. Milwaukee 44/75
7. Cleveland 44/78
8. Boston 42.6/74
9. Philadelphia 42.3/71
10. Jacksonville 41.3/73
Not in top 10: Los Angeles 36.7/77
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Bullshit. You get a bunch of mandatory vaccinations upon arrival at basic, and more for overseas deployments. And mandatory U.S. military vaccinations have happened since Gen. George Washington ordered small pox inoculations during the Revolution.
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The Taliban shot her in the head for advocating education for girls. Now, she's going to Oxford.
So excited to go to Oxford!! Well done to all A-level students - the hardest year. Best wishes for life ahead!
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When my high school freshman was still a tiny guy in diapers, I'd have this song on the car radio and he'd gleefully sing out SOW MAAHN in his car seat. I miss those moments. I miss Belushi, who I was lucky enough to see on SNL as a little dude myself.
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@ReporterAmber
@swordsjew
You just know that he'll take that job daddy gave him and put everything in some especially weird crypto, and she'll end up bailing them out once he's bankrupted them and tried to sell one of the twins on one of the grosser 4chan boards he's been posting on for years.
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I needed this laugh
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Per ESPN: The Nuggets' Game 4 clincher over the Lakers on Monday night averaged 8.2 million viewers with a peak of 11.48 million from 11-11:15 pm ET, in preliminary Nielsen data. It's the most-watched NBA conference finals Game 4 on ESPN platforms since 2015, the network said.
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My wife's poll worker training included what to do if people are brandishing guns at the polls, and how to handle anti-mask people. Just incredible how American society has been reduced to this.
I don’t remember Washington DC being boarded-up for an election prior to Trump.
Let’s take our country back.
Vote...
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Spoiler alert: Henry VIII eventually executed Cromwell.
Since Bannon fancies himself as Thomas Cromwell to Trump's Henry VIII I read about the English reformation today.
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Detroit Tigers and Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch, co-founder of Little Caesars, has died at age 87, the Ilitch organization has confirmed.
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The U.S. pandemic death toll is now the size of Arlington National Cemetery, which has about 400,000 graves of former servicemembers and their relations. Just gutting.
The funeral bells of the National Cathedral have started ringing. They’ll toll 400 times, each representing 1,000 victims of covid-19
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Necessary timeline cleanse. I'm thankful for SO many things in this shitty year, and discovering Rex on Twitter is one of them.
8-time Paralympic International Medalist Blake Leeper inspires 2-yr-old — KJ — who is trying out his prosthetic for very first time...
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This is powerful. Millions of Americans have dealt with addiction themselves or with family or friends. Or all three. I've lost immediate family and close friends to drugs and alcohol and addiction. Mocking addiction because you lack empthy, as we saw in the debate, is obscene.
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"Says who?"
"Polls."
"Which ones?"
"All of them."
Eat your dialogue heart out, Sorkin.
When asked about being down in the race, Trump adviser replies, "Says who?"
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Detroit Tigers and Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch, co-founder of Little Caesars, has died at age 87, the Ilitch organized has confirmed.
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I don't have a SoundCloud to promote, but please read history books.
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I think the ref overreacted.
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Imagine the good one can do in the world with $44 billion beyond buying a big social media platform. End hunger and homelessness and other critical social ills ... or buy Twitter so you can bring back Trump and let vulnerable people be further hurt by the shittiest people.
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This is heartwarming and an important reminder that inclusion matters, but he also legit strikes the ball past the keeper. Badass. ⚽️
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@TomHeartsTanks
I'd forgotten entirely about this convicted pervert until today. I didn't realize that he was out of prison nor that he wrote for RT, too. And he's peddling Kremlin talking points on here. Jesus.
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Iconic punk rocker Iggy Pop has invested in
@DetroitCityFC
and is helping it sell ownership stakes in the team. My story on how he came to help the pandemic-roiled pro soccer team.
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This good girl found and brought home an abandoned kitten.
Not all heroes wear capes. Sometime’s they wear collars...
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Detroit auto show canceled and Cobo will be turned into a hospital, per a source.
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As someone who's sister was killed by a drunken driver, to see cops/cities covering for drunken-driving cops is abhorrent to every atom of my being.
“Chief Hazelwood is hammered drunk right now. He’s over a 2.0.”
Then they called a police chief from a neighboring county to come and pick him up, give him a hug, and take him home…
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Harry Potter books are in the Young Adult section for a reason.
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I'm part of the wave of The Athletic layoffs today as it shifts its sports coverage priorities. Please continue go support the great newsroom and journalism they do.
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@RexChapman
Civility > kids lives, women's rights, voting rights, etc etc etc
Always the same horseshit outrage over decorum.
"Don't politicize this tragedy that occurred because of failed politics from cowardly politicians, and can only be remedied by political will!"
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So that's a 0.0144% infection rate.
Meaning it's 99.99% effective in preventing COVID-19 infection.
BREAKING: 246 fully vaccinated Michiganders got COVID-19, 3 died, state reports
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Powerful column. Kaep should have a job. The facts are indisputable.
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Meanwhile, young people get saddled with crippling debt to attend college.
Hundreds of baby boomers are taking classes at the University of Minnesota as part of its Senior Citizen Education Program — and all for just $10 per credit.
“This is our opportunity to study those things we’ve spent a lifetime being curious about,” one student tells
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1. A lesson in empathy
2. Kindness is free
3. You have no idea what someone else is going through
4. I legit love his shirt
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Some personal news: After 13 years with Crain's Detroit Business, I've joined The Athletic as part of its new vertical devoted to sports business/media/law. Check out the link below for an explanation of what we're going to do, a roster of journalists, and a 40% discount.
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Just a couple of good ol' boys from the Gulf Coast, raisin' hell and having a good time: Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken "The Snake" Stabler and Jimmy Buffett in the 1970s.
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Deeply partisan Michigan completely unified in revulsion at this being called Detroit style pizza
The Air Force One dinner tonight after the Michigan trip: Detroit-style pizza.
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Cavs owner Dan Gilbert owns Fathead, which just sent out this email for Golden State championship wall graphics. Revenue amid the tears.
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Believe people and politicians and political parties when they tell you who they are.
And here’s the Governor of Arkansas - Asa Hutchinson - refusing to disavow Marjorie Taylor Greene this morning.
What a giant coward...
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I see Confederate flags and bumper stickers in suburban Detroit and am reminded that the 24th Michigan regiment lost 399 out of 496 men at Gettysburg.
History thread on the Battle of Gettysburg, playing out moment by moment on the anniversary of the critical three-day engagement.
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I assume he's paying for everyone's libel insurance then lol
Widespread verification will democratize journalism & empower the voice of the people
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Detroit Red Wings fans this morning waking to the news that Steve Yzerman is really coming home to run the team.
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Just FYI: Sports are inherently political and reflect the political, social, cultural, racial, sexual, economic and other aspects of society. And it always has been that way, and always will be.
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If I were a Detroit Tigers fan, this would be my favorite logo. Paws is cute, sure, but this meth eyes tiger looks like he's seen some stuff and he means business.
#OpeningDay
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My favorite book, The Great Gatsby, was first published on this day in 1925. It sold just 20K copies that year. Scott Fitzgerald was 29.
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The cover of the Christmas card from Detroit creative agency Lafayette American is outstanding.
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Girl Scouts selling cookies on the sidewalk in front of one of the big marijuana retailers near me is absolute genius.
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@MeganBitchell
When people whine that SNL used to be great in [insert era] I tell them to watch full episodes from that era on Peacock because every iteration of SNL had truly terrible and/or inscrutable skits, with some bangers in between. That's been the case since 1975.
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This is a mildly funny bit by a rookie standup. I chuckled. Yet there is a genuinely weird Reply Guy debate about this joke that's like Talmudic scholarship into a silly bit.
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A Detroit professional sports team has won a championship, the first since the Red Wings in 2008.
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I needed a final reason NOT to buy a boat. Found it
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Annual reminder that the Griswolds from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" are named for Griswold Street in Detroit, and the original story ("Xmas '59") has them living in Grosse Pointe -- where John Hughes, who wrote the Vacation stories, grew up.
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One of monster albums of all time. Just loaded with hits, and the songs that didn't chart, like Vienna, are fantastic. And yes, we had this on 8-track when it came out.
44-years ago today Billy Joel released his 5th album “The Stranger” (Just The Way You Are - 1978)...
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"Prince of Wales" wasn't always an 18th birthday present title for the English monarchy in London. My ancestral homeland was once an independent nation before military conquest and colonization.
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The St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins to win their first Stanley Cup, meaning Detroit remains the last city with three concurrent pro sports champions (1935-36).
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Trump: America sucks!
Mob: Hell, yeah!
Kaepernick: America sucks!
Mob: STFU, INGRATE. STICK TO SPORTS.
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WWE also turned out to have an ownership stake in the XFL, and this the WWE share price decline, it's not particularly surprising McMahon is making all these moves.
McMahon announced WWE is cutting staff, including wrestlers, with some being furloughed, and also cutting back on executive pay, among other money saving measures. This is big.
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Trickle-down viral economics
Secretary Wilbur Ross says coronavirus will be good for [checks notes] American jobs: "I think it will help to accelerate the return of jobs to North America."
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Likely No. 1 NFL draft pick Trevor Lawrence has a deal with Topps for his brother and sister-in-law Chase and Brooke Lawrence, pro artists, to create a 50-card limited-run set of him. Will be released in April. No price yet.
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When basic training ay Parris Island and Fort Jackson are way too intimidating ...
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.
@NedStaebler
is a solid guy who is passionate about his convictions.
Hey guys,
Please Watch
@NedStaebler
— a Wayne County Board Member of Canvassers stuff in a locker
@HartmannDude
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Minor League Baseball player salaries are paid by the major league teams. MLB can more than afford to pay farm players a living wage. Each owner this year got a $50 million windfall for the BAMTech sale, for example.
The continued underpayment of minor league baseball players is nearly law. On Page 1,967 of the new omnibus bill is an amendment that exempts minor league players from federal labor law. If Congress passes the bill by Friday, it's official. The language:
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Folks, the earthquake's epicenter was in Amherstburg, Ontario ... Or .... wait for it... SOUTH DETROIT.
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No one:
Some creative agency: "OK, hear me out. It's just the CEO in a field playing an electric keyboard and singing. Nothing else. That will be $5 million, please."
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Muppet Show
WKRP
Taxi
Barney Miller
Dukes of Hazzard
MASH
Laverne & Shirley
Night Court
Hill Street Blues
The Jeffersons
Cheers
Sanford & Son
Three's Company
One Day At a Time
All In the Family
Facts of Life
Welcome Back Kotter
Star Trek
Electric Co.
Sesame Street
Rockford Files
What TV show has the best theme song of all time?
WKRP in Cincinnati…
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Ah, a classic June night in Michigan: 55 degrees and I'm in a fall jacket and summer shorts with the car window down and the seat-warmer on high.
Pure Michigan. Pure Chaos.
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@Eve6
He separately tweeted a "before high taxes" photo that's clearly from the era of the 90% marginal tax rate. What a doofus.
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Roy Moore was permanently suspended from the Alabama supreme court for defying the rule of law.
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The current decade is threatening to end without a championship by one of Detroit's four pro sports teams or by Michigan or Michigan State football or basketball. If there's none this year, it would be the first time since the 19th century that none of the teams won a title.
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GoldenState
@warriors
owner Joe Lacob has a master’s degree epidemiology, which is the study of disease distributions in populations. He shared with me his
#COVD19
#coronavirus
thoughts shortly after the
@nba
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I love a good Florida Keys lyric
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@gina_sarcasmgod
"just shit out dinosaurs" legit made me legit LOL. It's the exact right phrase and tone, and I thank you because it's a bright spot on a bad day.
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@SaraJBenincasa
They should be able to type 20 percent faster but because they are lazy and truculent and also cats, they do not.
Some are easy to nail trim. Some are tough. But that's about it.
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Thread to help you understand the gravity of tonight's events.
1. There are unconfirmed reports that Qasem Soleimani commander of Qods Force (Iran's external security agency) has been killed in drone strikes. If true, this will be a major moment in US-Iran relations & Supreme Leader will undoubtedly see this as a major provocation/act of war
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The "Just Say No" of my 1980s youth has given way to "please buy pot, booze, lottery tickets, and gamble on sports because we need the money for schools and roads."
As people around the state celebrate 4/20 today, I want to be blunt in recognizing that the purchase of legal marijuana products through state-licensed facilities not only means a more safe product, but it also means more tax dollars for schools, roads, and communities.
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RIP Sen. John McCain. There will be plenty of hot takes praising and critical of him -- he was a complex man and politician -- his service to the nation was heroic.
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@MomsThoughts
@ElieNYC
This happened to my mother when she was in labor with me -- cavalier, almost cruel treatment. It got so bad that she had to mention my granddad, a prominent local businessman and elected official. Their attitudes did a 180 to fawning and providing painkillers. Yikes.
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