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Hey Detroit, here’s your brand new Robocop statue before it’s turned into bronze

The above statue model was made by 3D-scanning a smaller model of Robocop, then enlarging it and manufacturing individual pieces from foam, wax, clay, and steel. It will ultimately be cast by a local Detroit bronze works, and several sites have been proposed, though as of early 2013 the creators hadn’t made a final decision.

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On the verge of collapse, the city of Detroit is now run by an emergency financial manager

The governor of Michigan and the mayor of Detroit both agree it’s a last ditch effort, but with the city in decay and tens of billions of dollars in debt, the city is now under the control of an unelected emergency financial manager, whose decisions override any by the elected mayor or city council. Yes, in order for Detroit to survive at all, it’s now being run by a lawyer-czar. But it could be Detroit’s last hope.

Kids in Michigan go fishing, pull up a 13,000 year old mastodon bone instead

When 11 year old cousins Eric Stamatin and Andrew Gainariu went fishing, it was supposed to be like any kid’s fishing trips, but instead of bringing home a big fish, the two boys ended up discovering a 13,000 year old mastodon bone. And mastodons are definitely cooler than pond fish.

posted 14 December, 2012
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Michigan man burns down his apartment building while trying to cook squirrel

From Michigan, the Florida of the north, a man in Holland Township was trying to cook a freshly caught squirrel for lunch when he accidentally burned down most of his apartment building. Here’s a pro tip: You need to kill the squirrel before you try and set it on fire, because those things are quick.

posted 12 October, 2012
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It’s fun and all, but stay away from the slides.

posted 02 September, 2012
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Photos of Iggy Pop and the Stooges playing at a high school in 1970

On December 5, 1970, Iggy (Pop) and the Stooges performed at Farmington High School in Farmington, Michigan. Luckily for us, in 2011, Jim Edwards (past lead singer of Detroit band The Rockets) posted a bunch of images captured at that show from a co-worker who was there.

With much of Detroit having fallen apart, it’s the perfect place for a zombie apocalypse theme park

At least that’s the thinking behind ‘Z World Detroit’, a proposed theme park that would incorporate a big chunk of Detroit shithole for the amusement of locals and tourists alike.

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Female legislators who dared say the word “vagina” during an abortion debate are blocked from speaking

Apparently, in the Michigan legislature, there’s a STFU rule, where if the Floor Leader doesn’t like what you’re saying, he can force you to shut the fuck up indefinitely. This happened to Representative Lisa Brown, who dared to use the dirty word “vagina” during a heated debate on an abortion bill. The Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamos moved to have both Brown and her colleague Barb Byrum silenced indefinitely because he didn’t like Brown saying “vagina”. VAGINA.

Meanwhile, in Michigan…

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Detroit is getting its Robocop statue, it’s just a matter of when

After raising the money and haggling with the city, it looks like Detroit will in fact be getting that giant statue of Robocop, now the only question is when.

Serviceman pawns his Purple Heart to make ends meet, pawn shop owner won’t sell it

In a sad, but equally heartwarming story, an unnamed serviceman from western Michigan was forced to pawn his Purple Heart to try and make ends meet. However, the pawn shop owner has said that the only person he’ll sell the medal to is the soldier who pawned it.

posted 25 December, 2011
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When you’re trying to outrun the police, there’s always time for Taco Bell

A 21-year-old Michigander fleeing a minor speeding ticket managed to outrun the police in a high speed chase, but not before stopping at Taco Bell. After cops tried to pull him over, he refused to stop, tried to duck into a Taco Bell drive-thru to get some getaway food before speeding off again. There’s always time for tacos.

posted 10 November, 2011
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More reasons to hate people: Michigan passes anti-bullying law that makes an exception for bullying if it’s religious

Now this woman in the video above is Michigan state Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, and she is seen here making a last ditch effort to have the bill voted down, which did not happen. And you read that headline correctly… at the last minute, Republicans inserted language into the bill that would make bullying a-okay if it’s “religious or moral in nature”.

Basically, don’t take away our God-given Christian right to be fucking assholes to everyone. Fuck those people.