Isn’t this pretty much a metaphor for Detroit?
They tried to blow up the ancient Pontiac Silverdome this morning. They had one job.
IMPLOSION FAIL: Pontiac Silverdome demolition begins with failed partial implosion https://t.co/aDIcWCu7L1 pic.twitter.com/EXtQbexHOC
— Local 4 WDIV Detroit (@Local4News) December 3, 2017
They’ll now take it down the old-fashioned way.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
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