Yearly Wrap Up!

And another year.

Okay, if you are still here reading our blog, thank you on behalf of me (TheBlueLightBuzz), La Reyna and every contributor to Journal de la Reyna.

So it's been 10 years since joining this blog after retiring my other blog. I am not going anywhere but I am easing up on the postings. I will focus mostly on what goes on in the world but not too frequently. I am working two jobs and its exhaustive to keep up with the constant news cycle.

Still we are here and we will keep the blog still active for anyone.

So as we close out 2022 and start 2023, we want to acknowledge the year.

Instead of the long winded version, I am going to rate the top 10 of 2022 in my honest opinion.

The media may be moving from Trump.

1. Donald J. Trump - The thrill is gone.

Former president Donald J. Trump is still a toxic figure in American politics. He announced he is running for president again. He had his taxes handed over to the Democrats. He is being overshadowed by Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and culture warrior. His endorsements did not help most of his hand picked candidates. Tiffany Trump got married and he looked miserable. He hosted a gathering with Kanye West, Ray J, Kodak Black, Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Mike Lindell, Sean "Softball" Hannity and Nick Fuentes. Of all these clowns, the white nationalist Fuentes. His taxes were released showing he is not a billionaire. He also cost the Republicans crucial governor races and senate races. He also promoted NFT trading cards instead of announcing his campaign stops. It is a mess with Washed Up 45. But remember we laughed and mocked Trump saying he could never win. We were so wrong.

2. Bet on Black - Kamala Harris, Joy Reid, Symone Sanders, Jalen Hurts, Chris Rock, Lil Baby, Marsai Martin, Trevor Noah, Tiffany Cross, Candace Owens, Herschel Walker, Raphael Warnock, Keke Palmer, Shontel Brown, Hakeem Jeffries, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Wes Moore, John James, Tim Scott and Don Lemon.

Been an impressive year for Black leadership in film, television, politics, sports, academics and music.

I am so thankful that these individuals took an opportunity to show the world regardless they are willing to take on challenges. I mean don't get me wrong, I strongly disagree with Candace Owens, Herschel Walker and Black conservatives. Owens and Walker became famous only for being divisive.

Benzino no neck and no brains.

3. Benzino - The No Neck Chronicles. 

Rappers who supported Donald J. Trump really fell off. Kanye West, Ray J, Kodak Black, Lil Pump, Takashi 6ix9ine, Jaheim, Forgiato Blow, DaBaby, Andrew Tate, Lil Wayne and Kid Rock are washed up like Trump. They paid the price of associating with noise.

I will say Raymond Scott formerly known as Benzino had a rough year. He has his no neck ass in a lot of controversy. Nick Cannon is a unrelenting baby making machine. DaBaby fell off (see Kanye West - Double or Nothing).  

The Game picked a one sided fight with Eminem and lost even before Em picked up a mic. 

DaBaby did not sell out a concert venue and his latest album flopped. He was caught trying to pawn off tickets. He fell off so hard after his anti-gay rant in 2021.

Scott sabotaged Coi Leray, got caught with a dildo, caught in a hotel room with a man, caught spazzing out when he saw Althea with another man, got caught talking to a transgender model twice, getting arrested multiple times for driving without a license punching out Althea's male friend's vehicle and doing multiple stupidity on a high level.

He at least won a fixed boxing match. 

Benzino no neck and no signs of going away in 2023.

4. Kanye West - Double Or Nothing.

Jay-Z can't save him. Kim Kardashian can't help him no more. Should have listened to Wiz Khalifa, D.L. Hughley, Trevor Noah, Pete Davidson, Amber Rose, Taylor Swift, Drake, Big Sean, John Legend and Beyonce.

Ye heads to the washed up celebrity category.

Kanye West is not mentally ill. He is just plain ignorant. Ye has gambled everything and lost it all. He must pay child support. He lost his title of being a billionaire. He was banned on Twitter. Elon Musk reinstalled his account only for it being pulled two weeks later. He appears on Fox with Tucker Carlson and in unedited footage he says anti-semitic remarks. He doubled down and went "def con 3" on the Jews. He also lost Adidas, Def Jam and numerous endorsements. His rants also brought down Washed Up 45 and Kyrie Irving.

He appears even on conspiracy nut Alex Jones. Jones lost $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook and I guess Ye is soon to join him when George Floyd's family sues him and Candace Owens for slander.

I haven't bought a Kanye West album since his collaboration album with Jay-Z. 

I admit that single Easy with The Game was dope. But the dope, The Game tried to aim his venom at Eminem and it already tanked him. 

Ye or Yeezy is telling his white supporters that white lives matter. He is telling his Black supporters that Black Lives Matter is a scam and it is over now.

I seriously doubt Ye can recover from the shame of failure.

5. Guns Ablazin' - Mass Shootings In America.

Over 700 mass shootings in the United States. Approximately 74,000 people died from gun violence.

Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. Gun violence, monkeypox and COVID-19 will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how gun reform is taking away your rights to own firearms.

I don't want to hear that protesting against police killing people of color is hate on cops in general. I don't want to hear talk about the coronavirus being a myth.

When you hear folks say "gun rights," what they really mean is that its white privilege. This good guy with a gun nonsense has to end. The cops didn't do nothing when children were shot inside a school in Uvalde, Texas. A group of people disarmed a mass shooter at a gay club in Colorado Springs. A worker killed his coworkers at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. A man killed numerous people watching a July 4th parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Numerous police officers were killed when answering a minor call or a routine pull over. Cops shoots and kills unarmed Americans. A security guard was shot dead trying to protect shoppers in Buffalo. A cop accidentally shot his own.

Of course pivots to Chicago whenever the mention of gun reform or police reform.

I don't want to hear folks say masks and vaccine mandates impede their freedoms. It prevents a deadly outbreak from spreading. If you want to die from the coronavirus, that's on you. We lost over 1 million people from the coronavirus.

I don't want to hear the shit about guns saving lives. Cause a bullet does not have eyes and it's always likely gonna hit a target. These folks seem to not get it. These incidents are a tragic part of American history. Thoughts and prayers and your heart going out to the victims is not enough. It quite frankly is an insult. I am also tired of scapegoating Black on Black crime, Chicago, Baltimore and Democratic mayors for the nation's obsession to be numb to gun violence. You pretty much enable this nonsense by deflecting.

President Joe Biden is trying to curb gun violence. However, he has no support from Republicans. Most Democrats and America are for gun control measures. However the two Democrats in the Senate refuse to change the filibuster rules and its holding us back.

The National Rifle Association is always pushing against it. They will not relinquish from the narrative that guns are not saving lives. The Republicans aided by a fickle junk food media are openly encouraging anarchy and disruption in a desperate attempt for the Republicans to win back Congress and the White House. These agitators are calling for Biden to curb crime but will not help him. They want more guns on the street. It makes no sense.

So in closing, expect more.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence. 

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

The call number to the U.S. Capitol is now going to be used. This is the official phone number, 202-224-3121. Let them know that "thoughts and prayers," "hearts going to" and "good guys with guns" are no longer acceptable and you want legislation to curb gun violence.

GUN VIOLENCE WILL ALWAYS BE THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES.

6. Oh, Margie - Far Right Extremism Gotten Worse.

The unprovoked war in Ukraine by Russia. The Federation has been teasing nuclear warfare after the U.S. and NATO promised funding to help Ukraine beat back the Russian military. Over 24,000 Ukrainians and 123,000 Russian troops have died. Not all of this confirmed. Americans have lost their lives to this war as well. Journalists, volunteers for the Ukrainian paramilitary and Russian military who hold American citizenship died for the extremist views of Vladimir Putin.

Marjorie Taylor Greene will keep the noise going.

The constant culture wars by conservatives. LibsofTikTok, Andrew Tate, Candace Owens, Kirk Cameron, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Steve Bannon, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Tomi Lahren, Fox, Newsmax, Real American Voice, OANN and Twitter are dangerous.

They are a cesspool of noise.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wins the year only for being the noise that America is sick and tired of. She finalized her divorce from her husband. She is dating a media agitator from Right Side Broadcasting.

She lied in court when progressive activists took her to court to get her disqualified from the Republican primary.

It appears that Greene is now feuding with Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and many other Republicans who refuse to back House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his quest to become the house speaker. I just hope they continue to make so much noise that the Republicans two years in power will be quite short.

7. Elon Musk  - You Need Some Deodorant.

Elon Musk went from Playboy billionaire to now the most vilified and most hated billionaire on the planet. This company Tesla is going downhill quickly. His purchase of Twitter for $45 billion dollars has only made him even more of a casualty than a success story. Since you took over Twitter, he had ended up firing almost 90% of his worksforce. 

He ended up reinstating Washed Up 45, many extremist and release classified information regarding Twitter's policies on how to deal with misinformation. The Republicans have seized upon the Twitter files by claiming that the company was working with the federal government to suppress damaging information about Joe Biden. Also musk has also went after Dr Anthony fauci and he seeks to have him permanently banned on Twitter as well. Elon Musk also tweeted conspiracy theories regarding outgoing house Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul being attacked by a right-wing extremist. He tried to troll Hillary Clinton by showing her a link to a fake website which was promoted by conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Jesse Watters, gay black conservative Terrence K. Williams and numerous other cranks.

Elon Musk will take Tesla and Twitter down with him.

The European Union has worn musk that Twitter must be monitored for extremist rhetoric or face consequences. So far he has ignored that and continues to carry forth his trolling and baseless bullshit. He even went as far to do a poll suggesting he should resign. Turns out it wasn't a real poll it was just a baseless noise machine cranked up for clickbait. In 2023, Elon Musk will either face investigations from the US Congress or european lawmakers. 

He's also got numerous lawsuits awaiting him for letting the Twitter workers overseas go without notice. I just hope that Washed Up 45 doesn't decide on trying to get back on it. So far I guess he's enjoying his own platform called Truth Social.

8. Royal Jam - British Monarchy post Queen Elizabeth II. The longest serving Monarch in modern history has passed away in September of 2022. With the death of the queen, King Charles III has become the newest Royal to rule over the United Kingdom and its Commonwealth. But with this new reign, Charles is going to be experiencing a lot of headaches. Five countries already decided that they don't want to be a part of the Commonwealth. Black Britons do not approve of Charles' handling of Meghan and Harry. Duchess Megan and Prince Harry have faced numerous attacks from the media, Royal insiders, and likely Prince William and Princess Catherine. Last year, Duchess Meghan contemplated suicide only for Piers Morgan to attack her for being human.

 

When they left Royal duties, the junk food media here in the United States and over in Great Britain have been nonstop with what kind of controversies they can come up with against Meghan. She has joined Spotify and now has one of the top leading podcast in the world. And as most people should know she's been very honest about a lot of issues going on with her and Harry. Prince Harry on the other hand has called out the media, his family, and the institution. He believes that the institution needs to change quickly before it disappears. The the Netflix documentary series about Harry and Megan has pulled in numerous reviews and has driven some of the most harshest critics out of the woodwork. 

Royal drama between Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan and the institution.

Jeremy Clarkson, Johanna Weiss and The Daily Mail have went out of their way to make noise. They were met with protests, boycotts and driven out of their jobs.

King Charles III will not have a long Royal reigning. 

He is 73 years old. I wouldn't be surprised he wouldn't last but 10 years at least. He and Camilla will not have a long time in royal duties.

But the people have spoken in my opinion and I believe that Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan will always be the the Royals people will love.

MVP. Vice President Kamala Harris is still a strong force.

9.  A Cup Of Joe - President Joe Biden's Ups And Downs. 

President Joe Biden managed to keep control of the Senate with the Democrats. With 48 senators in the Democratic caucus and three independent senators, the Democrats won't need vice president Kamala Harris to break ties for now. Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema flipped to become an independent shortly after Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) beat Herschel Walker.

Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) have both been distractions to the Democratic party. Also Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and numerous other Justice Democrats have kind of screwed up everything as well. Due to the Republican gerrymandering that Republicans managed to take back the House of Representatives by a five-seat majority. Biden is prepared to face off against the Republicans when they go after him for Hunter Biden. Instead of worrying about the S. Capitol attack, former president Donald Trump taking classified information, and many other actual issues, the Republicans are returning back to the conspiracy theories, cultural Wars and name calling. 

Biden has to deal with the Karen behavior of Kyrsten Sinema.

Like I said with the Marjorie Taylor Greene issue, the Republicans will overplay their hand yet again and hopefully this time around American voters will see how how their governing is pretty much worthless. 

Biden said he is running for a re-election despite some of the far left and many of the far rights noise promoting that he should not run ever again. The key to keeping Joe Biden in power is Black voters. He may have trouble trying to win over many Black male voters but Black women are the most important factor to Democrats winning. 

I wish President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala harris, Doug Emhoff, and the Democrats well. They got a long two years a coming.

10. The Future - A New Chapter.

So as we close out 2022, I want to say that I am cutting back on postings. I am still going to post on issues facing the community, the government and the junk food media, but I am not going to be everyday and consistantly posting. I working two jobs to survive and Blogger continues to be a nightmare when it comes to posting. The interface is a hot mess.

Every image I add it goes at the bottom of the page, no matter when I place the cursor. So I have to switch to HTML, copy the code, and paste it where is needed.

Before, we had the opportunity to choose the option to have an "auto <br>" when in HTML mode. Now the HTML is totally useless. You have to write in normal mode, then switch to HTML every time you have to add a piece of code like an embedded video or a tweet.

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So in closing, I will make a New Year's resolution. Watch from the sidelines. Do not do too much for people. Work hard to win. 

So in 2023, there will be more celebrities and politicians that will pass away. There will be more mass shootings, more police shootings of unarmed people of color and nothing being done with gun violence. There will be more major natural disasters. More scandals and stuff to keep you informed.

Who knows what happens next?

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On behalf of me, La Reyna and Councilman George L. Cook III, well wishes this New Year. 

Keep the faith.