The States: Where We Wish Texas Would Secede Already

[burd]

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I think we were seeing the thinner ones.

Yeah, define "stick."

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republicans cancel an election so GOP governor can appoint a Republican.<a href="https://t.co/CS930zf74W">https://t.co/CS930zf74W</a></p>— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) <a href="https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1262726006244347905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[rufus]

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Watching that and I have to wonder if fat jokes for Americans aren't out of place.

That's a freshman 15.

And a sophomore 15, and a junior 15, and a senior 15.

 

[LynahFan]

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That's a freshman 15.

And a sophomore 15, and a junior 15, and a senior 15.

I always liked the one from Friends:

Monica: The camera adds 10 lbs.

Chandler: How many cameras were on you!?

 

[The Rube]

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You’re right. One chest compression isn’t enough to be considered CPR.

That is an excellent way of putting it.

 

[aparch]

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With the torrential rains hammering the midwest, an emergency evacuation order was just issued for central lower Michigan because two dams have been breeched, potentially putting an entire town, and a large DOW chemical plant, under nine feet of water.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

With the torrential rains hammering the midwest, an emergency evacuation order was just issued for central lower Michigan because two dams have been breeched, potentially putting an entire town, and a large DOW chemical plant, under nine feet of water.

Gods wrath as he’s mad at that ***** whitmer!

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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With the torrential rains hammering the midwest, an emergency evacuation order was just issued for central lower Michigan because two dams have been breeched, potentially putting an entire town, and a large DOW chemical plant, under nine feet of water.

Not just any Dow plant - THE Dow plant/headquarters. Also some large cooling ponds, a couple of landfills, and who knows whatever the fck else they've dumped over the years.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Except lots of people don't itemize. And you don't keep receipts for that pizza you just had delivered.

Wait, so people always have to do the same thing forever and not learn how to file taxes different each year?

Nowai.

 

[aparch]

...and who knows whatever the fck else they've dumped over the years.

If it's anything like the abandoned DOW rail yard in Marquette, it's a while bunch of chemicals that are best left undisturbed: as in, they put two feet of topsoil over it and told everyone to never dig in that area ever again.


Sure makes for some great soccer fields and parking lots though...

 

[aparch]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">According to the National Weather Service the Sanford Dam has failed. This is video from Sanford, Michigan. <a href="https://t.co/wg9H178MQZ">pic.twitter.com/wg9H178MQZ</a></p>— Mid-Michigan NOW (@midmichigannow) <a href="https://twitter.com/midmichigannow/status/1262949159872663552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Kepler]

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I'm gonna guess this isn't how Sanford, MI usually looks, though I can't be sure:

<img src="https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/PD0AibaSmDKnTNBqfgDBdQ--~B/aD01MzM7dz04MDA7c209MTthcHBpZD15dGFjaHlvbg--/https://media.zenfs.com/en-US/reuters.com/86b2b62dcbcd3d42c788342cf2c84f0f" height=300>

 

[aparch]

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This is 10 minutes up the road from Midland, in Sanford, MI.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">FLOODING: Right now flood waters are rushing through Midland, MI. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes after two dams breached. One woman is missing after being swept away by flood waters <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/2NewsAM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#2NewsAM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LiveDesk?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LiveDesk</a> <a href="https://t.co/nUQ8kV9ohQ">pic.twitter.com/nUQ8kV9ohQ</a></p>— Jade Elliott (@JadeElliottTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JadeElliottTV/status/1263057639325396993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TQAHifMMZdWQaP1L8

 

[aparch]

I'm gonna guess this isn't how Sanford, MI usually looks, though I can't be sure:

While fishing and boating are large parts of that community, main street does not double as a boat launch normally.

 

[Kepler]

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So because of this forum I have a pretty good mental picture of the UP but what about places like Sanford in the fat part of the mitten? Are they god awful abandoned rust belt, or god awful rural tundra, or ... what?

 

[aparch]

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And while all this is happening Trump chooses to rail against Whitmer and the Secretary of State for mailing absentee/vote-by-mail applications to all residents instead of offering any condolences or assistance to those affected by flooding.

And Governor Whitmer announced in her press conference last night about the emergency declaration executive order she signed that ALL agencies will be working together to be on the same page when it comes to requesting federal funding. She apparently knew the fight with Trump was coming for FEMA assistance and is making sure she also does things by the book.

 

[aparch]

So because of this forum I have a pretty good mental picture of the UP but what about places like Sanford in the fat part of the mitten? I have no idea of what those areas are like? Are they god awful abandoned rust belt, or god awful rural tundra, or ... what?

It's the UP, but more second home/retirees from the car factories. Midland, Traverse City, Houghton Lake (no relation to Houghton) are "up North" for those from East Lansing/Flint/Saginaw/Detroit.

F2B&G can probably articulate it better.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Midland is not "Up North". "Up North" does not start until Pinconning/Standish.

Midland is a company town built by and for Dow, it is part of the "Tri-Cities" area which includes Bay City and Sagnasty...er, Saginaw. It is a very rust-belty area with declining cities surrounded by farmland.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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I remember thinking about interviewing with Dow and realized I would likely end up in midland. That was a hell I didn’t really want to entertain.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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I remember thinking about interviewing with Dow and realized I would likely end up in midland. That was a hell I didn’t really want to entertain.

Cute enough downtown, but not a hell of a lot to do there except eat/drink and hope to find a SO to make babies with. They have a couple golf courses, a few parks, a single-A minor league baseball team whose park doubles as a concert venue, the Dow Gardens and home, and a dying indoor mall. That's basically it.