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Has a man ever survived being killed?
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Would you leave your blonde teenage girls home alone when there are 25 single men (living) next door?” resident Lila DeWilde asked the commission. “I’m horrified. I don’t care who these people are. I don’t want 25 single, unsupervised men living next door to me.
This is in response to a plan to offer housing for migrant workers at a farm in western Michigan. Really, lady? You’re not racist, but you just had to specify that the girls who would be home alone are blonde? Because clearly, you’re only worried about white girls’ possible endangerment.
Source: Associated Press
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(via Teenager charged with making two bomb threats that closed Arborland businesses Saturday)
The best part: Every single comment other than two by staffers has been removed. I can guarantee they were all about this kid’s hair. First this: “Comments that violated our conversation guidelines have been removed. Please do not comment on a person’s appearance.” Then this: “Commenting on this story has been closed.”
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ax murderers
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Beth:
i just read the story on the news about the kid who killed people in livonia with an axe. you'd think you'd be able to escape being the second person killed via axe. the first person might be effed but it seems like a labor-intensive process
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me:
right. well, unless he went straight for a beheading
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Beth:
oh shit. didn't think of that
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Beth:
Newspaper copy editor, semi-new homeowner, amateur baker who is in love with words, sarcasm, news, pop culture, bright colors, music, design, books, Detroit, DIY.
