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    The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)

    Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign

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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    Anything that will eventually lead to sharks with laser-cannon-tipped helmets patrolling our shores is A-OK in my book.
    My only question: who gets the naming rights, and will they be for the entire fleet of laser-eye-blasting sharks, or will it be on an individual basis?
    I hope the latter since Trai_Dep would look SO good tattooed on the side of a death-eye shark.
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    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    Shark Prom is such a magical night.
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    Image of Magister Magister
    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    Um... He changed the plans for the missile defense protecting the Czech Republic and Poland, not the U.S and the plans were only altered.

    (Not to be stickler or anything)
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    09/17/09

    @Magister: And even that was only to thwart the threat posed when Hitler's brain thaws, discovers radio-controlled model helicopters and ATTACKS!
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    Personally, I'd replace "Michigan" with "any place within 100 miles of Detroit," but I still agree. The only thriving part of the state is the Grand Rapids metropolitan area, and that's largely due to the fact that the DeVos/Van Andel/Meijer/etc. families have been so involved in its recent (and still in-progress) transformation into to a medical hub.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    09/17/09

    @mattchew03: You're right; GR's relative prosperity has absolutely nothing to do with the area's low amount of auto-related industry.

    Of course, if you thought you were going to be able to work until retirement at Electrolux, Herman Miller, Steelcase, etc., you might as well have moved to Flint, Lansing, Pontiac, or Saginaw and taken your chances with the General.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    09/17/09

    @Cynical Media Bitch: I honestly can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not and, therefore, don't know how to respond to this comment.
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    09/17/09

    @mattchew03: Just a little sarcastic. I grew up in Saginasty and still have family in East GR; I fled the state in the early '80s when I saw the writing on the wall.
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    Image of Dominant Glee Club Dominant Glee Club
    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    Well, at least we'll be protected from torpedoes.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    Haha, do you just basically get high and ask yourself "What would Glenn Beck say about the economy?" You know, if Glenn Beck were funny.
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    Image of takeouteurotrash takeouteurotrash
    09/17/09

    In reply to The Government Funnels Your Tax Dollars to Things That Kill You (So Wake Up)
    That fucking shark, with his bow-tie, top hat, cane in fin. "I'm just like you!" he says. "I'm just like you!"

    Well let me tell you something. He's not like you. He's not like me. Dorsal fin good, two legs bad. This system is so fucking gamed. It's bullshit. It's fucking bullshit. The next time I see that shark on the fucking street, I'm going to break his monocle and step on that stupid fucking tail.

    The world is a vampire squid. Suck my dick, shark. Smell the glove.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    Fresh Direct, my friends. Fresh Direct.


    They have great stuff, fresh, not as expensive as you would think, and deliver my shit up three flights of stairs. Never late. And I have never had a problem with the delivery guys.


    Of course, I tip well, throw in an extra twenty at Xmas, and always offer water and a cookie.


    Those guys would lug a piano up the stairs for me.

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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    Had they chosen to set up Original Ray's Famous Trader known of this would have happened.
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    01/14/09

    @Smitros:


    "none of this would have happened."

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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    FUCKABUNCHA Gristedes. Their stores smell like ammonia, are laid out like hedge mazes and have a shitty selection. I'd rather go to Associated.
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    Image of Banjo-Sea Kitten Banjo-Sea Kitten
    01/14/09

    @DennyCrane: yes, I found an expired Shelley Duvall in one of the maze rows. Damn them.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    01/14/09

    @DennyCrane: I used to live near the W4th Street Gristedes and got lost near that fruit aisle intersection every time. I wish I were kidding.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    I'm wondering when other grocers will realize that the reason people go to TJ's is they have good stuff cheap, not some sort of magic of branding.
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    Image of cupcakes cupcakes
    01/14/09

    @Nic Fit: Agreed! I'll buy my milk from whoever has quality 69 cent milk, not whoever has the Hawaiian shirts...although are good for a giggle when all of your friends work there.
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    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    In an unfortunate and unforeseen twist, they're now being sued by Austria


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    Image of cupcakes cupcakes
    01/14/09

    @uninspired: HA! I just laughed really loudly and now people are staring.
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    Image of CodePink CodePink
    01/14/09

    @uninspired: HAAAAAAAAAAA.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    01/14/09

    @uninspired: Sublime.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    01/14/09

    @uninspired: Classic.
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    "Who are the ad wizards who came up with that one?"
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    Image of Moff Moff
    01/14/09

    @Almostbanned: I love that.
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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    Geez, it's not like it's called Trader Schmoes.
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    Image of Moff Moff
    01/14/09

    @Carol Gardens: More like Trader Faux's!


    !

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    Image of flipper baby flipper baby
    01/14/09

    In reply to Gristedes Covers Up Copy-Cat 'Trader John's' Sign
    Mmm, Partial Foods.
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