So... Let me get this straight... The satellites burning up are essentially creating aluminum chemtrails that my mother-in-law keeps going on about?

I feel like the name of this product is a SEO manipulation to catch people trying to look for information on the Pi Hole. Overall shady manipulation on all fronts...

If the fine is less than the amount of donations received, then it just becomes just another cost of doing business.

I don't know.. Most firefighters I've met were decent. And you don't hear many songs titled "fuck the fire department".

Don't forget they legalized bribery long before making coups legal. That's when they were testing the waters. Now they know they can be blatent with their rulings and noone will hold them accountable.

Downtown Detroit is perfectly safe and filled with lots of fun things to do both during the day and at night. The worst that will likely happen is that a homeless person will ask you for money while sitting harmlessly on the street. This can happen in any major city, tho. Stick to downtown and stay out of the Detroit neighborhoods and you'll be fine. There is nothing touristy to do in the neighborhoods so you'll have no reason to go into them.

Pretty much everything negative people say about Detroit is the typical overblown pearl clutching. As for your family that lives in Detroit... Do they actually live in Detroit or one of the suburbs? Because that will be most telling. Most people that live in the metro Detroit area will say they're from Detroit because it's easier to explain than being from Clinton Township or Troy.. And suburbanites can be snobby about Detroit in general. I fully agree with your gut feelings and they are spot on.

As for a comment for your first time traveling to the US.. I'm delighted you chose Detroit and I'm hopeful you will have a blast while here! Detroit has awesome culinary, music, and art scenes and there is something here for everyone!

A 1930s era Sunkist Juicer. That thing is still chooching along and just juiced enough key limes for two pies last night.

Another problem with some teslas (and other vehicles) is that there are switching to laminate for the side window glass for strength purposes. These devices wont work in a survival situation if your car has laminated windows. LINK

I have heard it's easy to kick out the windshield, but I've never had to test that theory.

I read once that a good thing to do was to physically mail a low denomination check to the campaign. All because the work and effort to record and deposit the funds was so labor intensive by an actual person.

As a percussion instructor, it makes me happy that you are investing in your child's talent by getting them lessons!

Not new indeed. Kinda reminds me of old Nextel phones that you would put a little LED on the antenna and it would blink from the EMI when sending and receiving data.

Every time I see a picture of that man, it reminds me to shave my nose hair..

Or Peter Theil

I saw one "win". They tried presenting that their international drivers license allowed them to drive as well as their strange passport. The DA essentially dismissed the case because the cost of trying the guy was more that the cost of fines and other stuff the county would get out of it. This was in Judge Middleton's court in South West Michigan.

Lol... This wasn't a foreigner. This was a guy that relinquished their drivers license, social security number and US citizenship. He was pulled over and charged with no drivers license and providing false documents. I think the video of his case was deleted since the courts aren't obligated to keep them long term.

Get an annoyatron and put it in the ceiling above their desk.

What is an annoyatron, you may ask? It's a tiny little device that beeps or chirps. That's it. But it beeps at random several minute intervals like a dying smoke detector over it's battery's lifetime. Which can last over 3 years...

Detroit has Belle Isle which was designed by the same guy who did Central Park.

Taxing the rich is a crime against humanity? I'll bite. Why is that?

A lot of those people, like my brother in law, believe that it is cloud seeding and HAARP style antennas causing it these temps. So, totally not climate change but still man made - and it would totally stop if the global cabal would just knock it off. /s

Alright, so I love your attitude and your going to fit in just fine in the D. As for your wife's family, Canton is closer to Ann Arbor than it is Detroit so I chuckled a bit when you named their city. Have a great time and let us know how you end up spending your time in our fair city!