Name That Error

The NYT opinion page
Having witnessed the economy floundering from Belfast to the
Bronx, the guillotine has yet to drop in New York.

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
(link good only through Saturday eastern time)

It's a dangling modifier except there's nothing for it to modify.

There's some adjunct with ``journalese'' in the name that it seems
to cross with, where an unrelated fact is slipped in as a modifying
clause.
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  • Re: Name That Error
    ... A far more significant solecism is the assumption that "the Bronx" is ... not in "New York." ... witnessed the economy floundering from Belfast to the Bronx, ... help but wonder when the guillotine will finally drop here." ...
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  • Re: Name That Error
    ...   Bronx, the guillotine has yet to drop in New York. ... It's a dangling modifier except there's nothing for it to modify. ...
    (sci.lang)