Lights Out At Family Video!

Family Video is closing. The Illinois-based movie rental company said that COVID-19 and streaming platforms doomed it.

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GOOGLE'S BLOGGER IS TRASH!

With the Blogger interface, it is getting harder to make blog posts. I am not kidding.

The way they rolled this interface out maybe the death knell for the once beloved media platform.

I am not going to lie, this is frustrating and I am going to make my postings shorter and quicker now.

As we are concluding on the worst presidency in modern history, I want to inform you that American video rental company Family Video is going out of business.

The last video rental stores in the United States have filed for Chapter 7 liquidation and  announced the closure of all their stores.

The company founded in 1978 in Springfield, Illinois outlasted Blockbuster, Suncoast,  and Hollywood Video. For over 40 years, Americans relied on Family Video for rentals of movies, video games and the latest music.

Thanks to COVID-19, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ and social media sites like YouTube, folks aren't coming into Family Video. Even their attempts at selling cannabis oils and marijuana did not pull in the business.

The company operated 400 stores in the United States. But time after time, the company decided to shut down stores one by one. They usually anchored a phone store, Little Caesars Pizza or a local mom and pops store next to them. Now with Family Video gone, all that's left is that establishment.

The pandemic has killed family fun centers, buffet restaurants, video stores and rural hospitals. 

Over 400,000 Americans are dead from the pandemic. There are over 30 million Americans out of work. There are 155 million working from home or dealing with reduced hours at work.

Family Video's demise will certainly put thousands of Americans out of work.

President Donald J. Trump's legacy will be forever marred in history as a failure. 

Make America Great Again will now be a slogan for the yesterday era of politics.

It's only been two weeks into the new year and it already feels like it should be over by now.