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@IHATEYOUS0L0 @jonxgenius Two letters, actually. 🤣

@jonxgenius Calling it the stones just makes you seem moronic. You're not even really making it that much easier to spell/type it. You're only one letter short from calling pistons. There's also no damn e in Pistons.

Breaking: historically segregated city has a disconnect with suburbanites over culture 😭 anyways, Pistons up 2-0 and that’s all that matters.

@AndrewCFollett For the rest of the retards, there’s a university in his name in PA. Their team names are “The Colonials”. Figure it out, twerps.

This is Robert Morris, the richest man in America in 1776. He literally bankrupted himself usinf his vast personal fortunate, shipping fleet, and fiscal acumen to pay for the American Revolution. AOC is stupid.

@micah_erfan Just taking a page from IL. Cope harder.

This is what the Texas Congressional map looks like, *right now*.

> Be retarded Jeet lawyer > Like all Indians you got fake law degree from scam college > Retarded brother starts business, scammed investors as is Indian tradition > He gets sued > You represent him because no way in hell will an Indian pay for professional services > Get AI to write the whole brief > Hallucinates, makes up entire cases > Get fined $2500, forced to take ethics classes > Fast forward one year, submit legal documents to the same case > Used AI again and entered hallucinations again to the same judge, issued $5000 fine this time > Argue that you've already paid $73,500 in completely unrelated fines for other mistakes during that case that you should only pay $950 > Judge denies > Brother loses case, has to pay $1.4 million > Brother counter-sues for $500 million > Judge laughs and rips up the suit You think you understand how retarded Indians are but I promise you that you don't

@DavidMMcintosh @redsteeze Worked out well for them

Virginia Democrats misspelled "Virginia" and "Senator" in their motion to delay the VA Supreme Court's ruling on gerrymandering today.

@mich_enjoyer @owroot Petosky has been cooked for the last decade

Is Petoskey Becoming Traverse City 2.0? A housing development full of condos costing over $1.8 million is sure to only bring the worst sort of people to town By O.W. Root @owroot Petoskey — Whenever a new residential building goes up in a Northern town, the reaction from the locals is almost always the same. Squinted eyes and skepticism. The orange cones, the overturned soil, the trucks, the trees coming down, and the mini billboard out front designed to give everyone a little taste of what’s to come. It’s all viewed as a worrying harbinger of unwanted change. That sounds like fuddy-duddy-ism, I know. But it isn’t entirely. The towns on the lake Up North are quaint, beautiful, old, and almost every new build is the exact opposite. True, a new build can’t be an old house. But a new place can be designed to blend naturally with its surroundings. Curiously, they almost never are. The new buildings are almost always ugly eyesores sullying villages that remind us of more human times. New builds also mean more people are coming, and that’s not always a good thing. Yes, we need tourists in the summer, and a certain in-flow of new arrivals every so often is good and natural for a town. It means a place is attractive and desirable. But look at what’s happened to Traverse City. I hate to say it, but I hate going to Traverse City. It’s not a lake town anymore. It’s something much worse. In Petoskey, there’s a lot of construction going on, and it’s not all exactly encouraging. There are more buildings going up right now than any time in the past five years. Driving by some of these sites gives me somewhat of a sick feeling. It feels a little like an early stage Traverse City 2.0. Not all these new builds are equally worrying. The story is a little more complex. There is an actual housing shortage on Little Traverse Bay, and it’s not related to new arrivals who want to buy $750,000 homes. Reasonably priced housing is missing. A common complaint for many business owners is staff shortages. Simply put, normal working people can’t afford to live here, so there aren’t enough workers for the businesses here. That’s a real problem if you want your town to thrive. What we are seeing right now in Petoskey are two kinds of new buildings going up. The difference between them and their potential impacts are stark. Some are critical for the life of the town, and some will most likely attract the worst kind of people. Let us take a look at an example of each type of new build currently going up in Petoskey. The Block at Petoskey The Block at Petoskey is a brand new apartment complex on Standish Avenue, just west of Bear Creek River. It’s in a slow part of town, right at the edge where the houses trickle off and into the more commercial area approaching Meijer. Across the street are a tanning salon and an auto repair shop. The Block at Petoskey is set to include a gym, walking trails, a yoga studio, and a clubhouse. To be honest, The Block at Petoskey has nicer amenities than any apartment complex I’ve ever lived in. It includes just about everything you might want with a 2 bed-2 bath unit going for $1,724 per month. Aesthetically, the Block at Petoskey is okay. It’s not great, but it’s not terrible. It’s just fine. It’s not real bonafide cheap, but it’s not crazy either, and it’s certainly not luxury pricing. It’s built and priced for people who work for a living. It’s a needed development which will benefit the town. The Summit Over Bay Harbor The Summit Over Bay Harbor is an absurd development set to tower over US-31, just north of Bay Harbor. Based on the highly produced sleek simulations found on their website, the units might best be described as modern luxury. They are quite frankly, soulless expensive Lego slop. They have absolutely nothing in common with any of the traditional architecture of the area. They say Northern Michigan about as much as a cactus does. They start at—yes, start at—$1.8 million. Based on their map, they are planning almost 75 units. It’s a very nice area up here, but is it nice enough for 75 $1.8 million units? Eh, I don’t know about that. I’m not sure there is enough capital here to support 75 year-round residents who want to shell out $1.8 million for what amounts to a modern condo overlooking 31 and Bay Harbor. The traditional type of Northern resident (seasonal or year-round) who wants to spend $1.8 million will generally seek out a historical home or build something more culturally in-line with the area. Say what you want about Bay Harbor, but at least they try. There is something a little off about it there only because it’s impossible to build something new that also feels organic and old. But the spirit and direction is right. The hope is correct at Bay Harbor. At least the homes feel like they are attempting some kind of organic integration into the historical architecture and general spirit of the area. The Summit Over Bay Harbor is most likely not going to be for the traditional kinds of residents of Little Traverse Bay. I very much doubt that the majority of the units will be lived in year-round. Most will be short-term rentals. I suspect the units will function more as investments for people who don’t live here. There will be no positive cultural impact. Keeping the lake towns as the lake towns we love is an extremely delicate operation. Balancing new arrivals, housing, jobs, local culture, trying to remain vital while not destroying the reason we want to be here in the first place is like balancing on a tightrope. It needs to be done very carefully. Petoskey needs apartments like The Block at Petoskey. These more reasonably priced places will certainly help to keep working residents here and the town alive year-round. Petoskey doesn’t need the soulless investment units of The Summit over Bay Harbor unless we want to become Traverse City 2.0. And we certainly don’t.

@Section344Lions Can we remind Detroit fans that for decades, they were the Auburn Hills Pistons & Pontiac Lions, and that they, by & large didn’t come up for games. Hell, suburbanites are most of the fans at games now. Maybe they should try shutting the fuck up.

I didn’t realize until about a month ago how strongly Detroit fans that live in Detroit view Detroit fans that don’t live in Detroit as outsiders or phonies. Sounds personal. Had no idea.

@atrupar Cutting benefits to illegals doesn’t impact Americans. Thanks for playing.

Rep. Derrick Van Orden: "Citizens have the right to peacefully protest, I just wish they knew what they were talking about. There have been no cuts to Medicaid or Medicare." (He's lying -- the "Big Beautiful Bill" cut $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

@BobFakeNameEsq You already did the in NE, twerp

Every blue state that can legally jam through a blue lockout needs to do it. Today. It’s a race to the bottom, fuck it.

@Fritschner You sound gay

The 4-3 majority opinion is a 20-page rambling discourse on semantics drawing on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Samuel Johnson. The dissent by the Chief Justice concisely shreds it by quoting the law and VA Constitution. Four people overturned 3 million votes, and it’s 1000% political.

@grahamformaine In old enough to remember you walked around shirtless at a wedding covered in Nazi tattoos

I’m old enough to remember when Republicans in Ohio just ignored court rulings repeatedly and did it anyway.

@astoldbyash__ Please try shutting the fuck up

It’s really two Americas because I’ve been in Detroit 35 years and never heard the Pistons referred to as no damn stones. Get out my face 😂

@GQ_Down Very low IQ comment

I’ve been Black and in Detroit for 33 years and the Pistons have never been called no damn Stones. Don’t start that shit now.

@samueljrob Oddly enough, it was basically all suburbanites that showed up for their actual championship runs. Now that the team is back in Detroit doesn’t give you a decree to dictate fandom otherwise, since we’re still the ones buying the tickets.

It took a Pistons playoffs run for Metro Detroiters of a certain era to realize how little they have in common with native Detroiters

@GovernorVA You should try reading the state constitution before getting mad.

More than three million Virginians cast their ballots in Virginia’s redistricting referendum, and the majority of Virginia voters voted to push back against a President who said he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress with a temporary and responsive referendum. They made their voices heard. I am disappointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia’s ruling, but my focus as Governor will be on ensuring that all voters have the information necessary to make their voices heard this November in the midterm elections because in those elections we — the voters — will have the final say.

@okaytayy_ Please keep perpetuating stereotypes

I don’t care what a white resident of farmington hills has to say about Detroit and you shouldn’t either!

@GnomeInPlaid Once again, I know how that works. Trusting Zillow is trash though.

@BillyBeanbox Just go to Zillow, type in the zipcode & look at their taxes.

This may be the "last stand" region of the US

@HonoluluBlu1607 @umichvoter Nah, I’m just done with your whatsboutism bs & constantly trying to shift narratives while you can easily look stuff up to disprove me…but you can’t so you resort to tropes. Have a good one ✌🏼

@BillyBeanbox @umichvoter What is there to figure out. Northwood and Dow have been in Midland for ages.... You're blaming a 20 year shift on those two.... You can't explain it, so you're trying to strawman your way out of the wet paper bag you can't fight out of

City of Midland, Michigan 2008: 🔴 McCain +1 2012: 🔴 Romney +13 2016: 🔴 Trump +7 2020: 🔵 Biden +2 2024: 🔵 Harris +3 TONIGHT 🔵 Greene 63% 🔴 Tunney 37%

@GnomeInPlaid @TrunkMonkey888 @HVNYrefugee Yeah, I know about the Michigan Property Tax Estimator, I use it frequently for work. I was asking how much your taxes are up there.

@BillyBeanbox @TrunkMonkey888 @HVNYrefugee For future owners, enter the SEV: you'll get 2 figures: 1. Estimated Property Tax for Principle Residence or qualified farm (homestead) 2. Estimated Property Tax for 2nd home, rental or business. (non-homestead).

@6Voodoo Have you been to Detroit? And no, I don’t mean downtown.

Kind of a weird question, but why do blacks need their own congressional districts? Do they not have the same goals and values as the rest of us?