Also known as "Happy Party with Pizza, Wings and Chili Day" here in the currently really frigid environs of Metro Detroit.
That alternative name is because no Lions are involved, yet again.
May your team of choice win, or at least score sufficiently so you win your square. May at least some of the commercials be clever or funny, and may you have a fun event with friends, family, or both.
GM, Ford and Stellantis all jumped on the EV bandwagon in compliance with President Biden's edict to shift to electric vehicles. The edict came with the carrot of many government subsidies for doing so, including $7,500 direct to each consumer.
The problems that then ensued is that the infrastructure for such vehicles is still not in place even after billions spent by the Biden Administration to force such to be created - only to have it bogged down in Democrat-created red tape that basically spent the funds to create jobs for Democrat functionaries with little actual results to show for it. Even Democrat cheerleader and mouthpiece John Stewart was appalled. Nor are the vehicles themselves suitable to fully replace ICE vehicles on a one-for-one basis.
But the market for electric vehicles was pretty much created and expanded by these edicts and subsidies. Now that President Trump's administration has ended the taxpayer give-aways and drunken spending on electric cars, economic reality has set in.
The current limits on electric cars still make them a niche vehicle that are only good for certain conditions - and not for the Democrat-Greenie-demanded total replacement of internal combustion engine vehicles.
The results are that the manufacturers that went all-in and complied with the Biden Administration's edict and promise of government subsidies while ignoring economics and the actual current use case for electric vehicles are now realizing reality:
The Detroit News: Stellantis writes down $26.5 billion from EV investments
Yahoo Finance: What Ford Motor (F)'s $19.5 Billion EV Reset and Hybrid Pivot Means For Shareholders
GM Authority: GM Writing Down Another $6 Billion For Cutting Back On EV Investments
Jumping on the Biden EV bandwagon cost the automakers over $58 Billion dollars so far and the losses continue to pile up.
Again, EVs do have some niche uses and appeal, but to expect based on government edict and the promise of tax breaks and subsidies alone that they would replace ICE cars and especially work trucks was foolhardy in the extreme.
The Detroit News: Nessel launches ICE, fed action tracker as agency urges cooperation
Yes, the Democrat Attorney General of a state is launching a tracker for people to report Federal immigration enforcement activity.
Again, we note that it was a most prominent Democrat, President Barack Obama, who successfully sued the states and ensured that enforcement of immigration laws is solely a federal matter.
Now why would she want a tracker? Maybe because all these illegal aliens who support Democrats in Michigan are being removed:
The Detroit News: Venezuelan man accused of entering U.S. illegally arrested in Hazel Park
The Detroit News: 'Godfather of Chaldean Mafia' deported to the Middle East, attorney says
The Midwesterner: Detroit ICE raid ends in arrest of twice-deported illegal immigrant — and two agitators
The tracking will lead to more encounters like these: Bird-flipping driver pleads guilty to 'brake checking' Border Patrol van, and perhaps produce a martyr for the cause or two as Democrats believe they have a right to resist arrest after they try to obstruct immigration enforcement activities.
What could possibly go wrong?
Better late than never, and it's certainly about time that car-sized security hole was fixed.
The Detroit Free Press: Metro Airport adds barriers outside McNamara Terminal after crash
The new barriers aren't pretty, and do take up some of the drop-off lane as pictured, but they should be effective.
In related news, ten days after the deliberate ramming into the airport, the driver still has not been publicly identified nor apparently criminally charged, which is rather curious.
Your weird news of the day:
The Detroit Free Press: Apparent human skull donated at Goodwill heads to U-M for analysis
Talk about losing your head, or just plain giving it away.
It should be noted that Goodwill is not normally accepting of body parts for donations.
Update: Turns out after testing that it was not an actual skull but a man made "artifact".
In the traditional Democrat/socialist way.
New York Post: NYC homeless freeze to death in the icy grip of Mamdani’s ‘warmth of collectivism’
For a Democrat or socialist, you solve the homeless problem by either letting them die, or spending billions creating a bureaucracy to employ your adherents and not actually solve the problem.
Either way, it's a win, right?
So, the Minneapolis anti-ICE and anti-Trump mostly peaceful protesters have setup barriers and blocked roads in the city and are demanding and checking the ID of people entering those areas to keep ICE officers out.
Amazingly, the open border, pro-illegal immigrant, progressives have found the value in effective border walls, ID checks, and the value of allowing residents of a territory being able to not allow entry to those who do not follow their rules and beliefs.
Your News: Minneapolis Groups Erect Street Barricades, Stop Vehicles and Check IDs to Block ICE Activity
Interesting, that.
The Detroit News:Washtenaw Co. sheriff admits she posted inaccurate information about ICE arrests
When told about ICE's responses to her claims, Dyer replied that the information she'd posted on Facebook wasn't accurate.
A major problem is that the anti-ICE leftists, with a compliant and complacent propaganda department in the mainstream media, send their lies around the world long before the truth can even get its boots on.
Yep, it turns out the Washtenaw County Sheriff was being less than truthful when she claimed ICE grabbed illegals at a school bus stop.
Generally, when the media fails to tell you the race or show you the face of the perpetrator of a crime in the Detroit Metro area, you can generally guess, and guess correctly due to that failure.
The latest media euphemism to distract attention: "Suburban Men":
The Detroit News: Suburban men, two ex-postal workers plead in $63 million stolen check scheme
Suburban men makes you think of Hank Hill from King of the Hill, amirite?
In this case it's "Suburban Men" going by the handles of: DaQuan Foreman, 32, of Eastpointe and Jaiswan Williams, 32, of Rochester Hills.
Technically true that they are from the suburbs, but that's hardly the salient or newsworthy feature here.
Their more urban confederates in crime are Crystal Jenkins and Vanessa Hargrove - both employees of the Post Office who stole the checks from the mail - Sixty-three million dollars worth of them.
After stealing the checks they gave them to suburbanite confederates in crime DaQuan and Jaiswan to sell off on the black -- oh, sorry -- suburban -- market.
