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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Lori Lightfoot Defeated In Chicago Mayor Primary!

Down she goes.

Chicago mayor's race advances to a run off. The incumbent, Lori Lightfoot will not advance. She was defeated by Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson. 

Lightfoot conceded and went on to congratulate them on advancing to the runoff in April.

She was the first African American woman and first openly gay mayor of America's third largest city.

The noise won on culture wars like crime. Crime is a huge issue due to gun violence and gangs.

Lightfoot, a Democrat, failed to get enough votes in the nine-person race to move on to an April 4 runoff election, according to projections by The Associated Press.

Paul Vallas, a former CEO of Chicago schools, will face Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union.

Ideologically, the choice between Vallas and Johnson is stark. Vallas ran as a moderate law-and-order candidate, while Johnson ran on an unabashedly progressive agenda.

But Chicagoans sent a message that they wanted change, rejecting both an incumbent mayor and a sitting congressman. Lightfoot is the first incumbent elected Chicago mayor to lose re-election since 1983, when Jane Byrne, the city's first female mayor, lost her primary.

Lightfoot conceded defeat Tuesday night at her party in downtown Chicago, saying, "Obviously we didn't win the election today, but I stand here with my head held high."

Lightfoot has been dogged by persistent crime, which has been a top concern among Chicagoans. Crime spiked during her term, though she has repeatedly touted that it dropped year-over-year in 2022.

Vallas was widely expected to emerge from the first round of voting, having built his campaign around a tough-on-crime theme and garnering support in the vote-rich northern and northwestern sides of the city. He also got the backing of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police.

"We will have a safe Chicago. We will make Chicago the safest city in America," he said Tuesday night.

The race foe mayor continues on.

It's a bitter end to a tumultuous tenure for Lightfoot, who quickly developed an image as a national lightning rod for conservatives and repeatedly clashed with institutional interests, from the Chicago Teachers Union to the media to the police rank and file. She was at times lauded for her handling of the pandemic but saw violent riots in the wake of George Floyd's death at the hands of a white police officer in Minneapolis.

Lightfoot faced long odds and was in danger of an early re-election knockout. Having lost the support she once held along Chicago’s lakeshore neighborhoods and with major labor unions working against her, she was among seven Black candidates competing for votes among the city’s Black population. She faced stiff competition, particularly from Johnson, who had the backing and organizational benefits of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union, as well as Willie Wilson, a Black entrepreneur who had been polling ahead of Johnson.

Lightfoot's unfavorable ratings have soared with Chicagoans fed up with gun violence, as well as carjackings and robberies. And despite being the sitting mayor, she routinely failed to lead in recent polling, falling behind Vallas and Democratic Rep. Jesús "Chuy" Garcia. Later in the election, she took specific aim at Johnson, which many saw as a sign that her internal numbers showed him as a growing threat.

On the issue of crime, under Lightfoot, Chicago in 2021 recorded the most killings in a quarter-century, 797, and more than 3,500 shootings — which was 1,400 more than were recorded in 2019, when Lightfoot first took office. Lightfoot has made a point of noting that violence had eased by the end of last year.

But that hasn't eased anxieties among Chicagoans. A recent poll said 63% of Chicagoans said they didn't feel safe.

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You Can't Touch This!

The bash Democrats and culture war conference which is called CPAC is held. Its leader Matt Schlapp faces sexual abuse allegations.

CNUTS 2023.

CPAC is hosting their event and straw poll.

BE WARNED TALK OF SEXUAL ABUSE IS DISCUSSED!

The American Conservative Union is hosting the Conservative Political Action Conference is back in Washington, DC after being in Orlando and Dallas. The annual convention is now marred with controversy. Its president and CEO is under fire for an alleged sexual assualt and it has made some Republicans nervous about showing up.

Matt Schlapp is accused of groping a man on his penis and allegedly asking for sex. He was drunk when he open handedly unzipped the accuser's pants and tried to fondle him. 

Schlapp tried to downplay the accusations by claiming the accuser is a liberal hack. 

The accuser worked on behalf of the washed up celebrity Herschel Walker and his failed 2022 bid for Georgia senate.

Some lawmakers appear to distance themselves from CPAC. Others are going.

Washed Up 45 is an alleged sexual predator. It's no surprise he will appear. He wants to male sure he takes the bulk of Republican support if there's a race with multiple candidates.

The usual suspects are the ones who rarely appear in their districts. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are notable. They are the least effective members of the House and Senate, respectively. The members are conspiracy theorists and worthless politicians.

Then of course, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). They are do-something but flip when pressure comes to them. They dabble in conspiracy theories like the least effective members. Rep. Wes Hunt (R-TX) will join Donalds in being the two Black Republicans elected to the House to speak.

The rest are noise makers. Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, Nikki Haley, Maj Toure and Jack Brewer will be the sell outs for handouts. 

Chaya Raichik, Mark Levin, Todd Sterns, Bill Walton, Jack Posobiec, Tom Fitton and Brent Bozell will sharing their white extremist platforms.

The rest will be a hodge podge of noisy lawmakers and white extremists parading on culture wars and name calling. Attacking President Joe Biden and Democrats while claiming their more patriotic than others.

Noise noise noise!

Notably absent is Florida governor Ron DeSantis. He will be skipping CPAC. Also Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is not attending. Even former vice president Mike Pence will not be there. Far right agitator Candace Owens will not attend as well. Same goes Tucker Carlson, Softball Hannity, Charlie Kirk, Scott Presler and Silk (of Diamond & Silk).

The abandonment of CPAC, which runs from Wednesday through Saturday, comes as its chairman, Schlapp, defends himself against a lawsuit alleging that he fondled a male aide to then-Senate candidate Herschel Walker in Georgia in October, without the aide's consent.

In a filing in a Virginia court this month, Schlapp's lawyers wrote that he denies having committed sexual battery.

Schlapp's wife Mercedes was briefly a communications director for Washed Up 45. They both were regulars on CNN and Fox. They have not been on either network since the allegations surfaced.

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Nina Turner Will Never Be Elected!

CNN hired the noise.

Leftist appears on CNN to trash the federal response to East Palestine, Ohio and won praise from the far right. Let me be clear, Norfolk Southern is responsible for the clean up, restitution and restoration of that east Ohio village. The federal government was there upon the derailment on Feb. 3.

The noise is still fuming over the president not coming to East Palestine after one of the worst train derailments in modern history. Many train derailments happen and I don't believe any president ever visited the site as far as I known. 

Why should he come and put a 25 mile restriction on travel for a photo op?

What can he do?

Nothing.

He already gave the village as much as the federal government can and the state has to declare a federal disaster to get it. Still no call as of yet.
 
Hell, there was a deadly mass shooting at Michigan State University and the Republicans did not respond to it nor showed an ounce of concern to it. There were 15 mass shootings and daily gun violence in the United States and yet no response from Republicans.

One train derailment became a fucking culture war. This leftist who embrace the noise of extremists lost twice in a special primary and normal primary against a local politician who knows what her district is. 

She is a biter person with a orange nose.

That be Nina Turner.

"For the neoliberals to say that the residents of that area deserve what they are getting because they voted for President Donald J. Trump, it is abhorrent," she said. "This is about poverty. This is about poor, working-class, White people who are enduring some of the same things that poor working-class Black people endure whether it’s Flint, Cleveland, or Jackson, Mississippi."

The state governor Mike DeWine got a call from President Joe Biden immediately. The governor decline federal assistance and allowed a control burn which led to a massive spread of health problems for those living in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania asked for federal assistance and got it. DeWine waited two weeks before finally asking EPA chief Michael Regan to come. They did a photo op by drinking the water to a skeptical crowd of reporters.

Washed Up 45, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) came for the latter's campaign for president in 2024. The former president has no real solutions other than trolling and embracing East Palestine mayor Trent Conway, a hardcore conspiracy theorist.

When the train derailment happened, Biden, DeWine, Shapiro, Vice President Kamala Harris, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) quickly responded through social media to inform that they were aware. Vance waited 11 days because he was too busy trolling. He was infamous for posing with a Bushmaster aiming at the sky. He was trying to shoot down the Chinese balloon that was over 75,000 feet.

Turner, a leftist who thought she was the anointed candidate of choice for a Black district in Ohio lost to Shontel Brown, a local politician who had little name recognition and little money. Brown who doesn't even live in the 6th district said that she will do all she can to help.

Turner brought a circus to the 11th district, a strongly Democratic area that supported Biden over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) by 60 points. Turner won only white support because she was tone deaf to the district. 

She did not use her millions of campaign donations for outreach to Black voters. Her comments about Biden being a half a bowl of shit was her downfall. Turner still refuses to acknowledge that she is just not electable. 

May we remind her that she lost to Jon Husted, then Secretary of State now Lt. Gov. of Ohio by 30 points!

Turner is not electable in any election. She can't win in Ohio nor Maryland. If she tries to run for anything, expect someone who's not Nina Turner to win.

Why CNN hired her is beyond me? 

They should have gave her the ax. I thought she was on The Young Turks network anyway.

Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH) won because they understand who their constituents are. Sykes has a swing district which due to Ohio's controversial redistricting places her district in a +3 Republican and Brown in a +30 Democrat. Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) now has a +10 Democrat, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) has a +6 Republican and Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) has a +2 Democrat.

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Monday, February 27, 2023

Judge Mathis And The People's Court Out!

Judge Mathis is cancelled.

Shocking news in the courtroom. 

It appears that Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to cancel two popular court shows.

David Zaslav, the CEO of WBD is an idiot. He and Chris Licht have turned CNN into trash. 

Zaslav has sold The CW to Nexstar and they are turning it into trash.

Zaslav has decided to ax Harvey Levin's two shows.

Daytime television staples, "Judge Mathis" and "The People's Court," will end after each has spent more than two decades on air. 

"Mathis" will be ending on its 24th season while "The People's Court" will end on its 26th season, a source familiar with the situation but not authorized to speak publicly tells USA TODAY. Both final seasons are currently airing new episodes. 

The syndicated Warner Bros. TV programs feature Greg Mathis and Marilyn Milian, respectively, as they preside over disagreeing parties with situations to be settled by binding arbitration in a courtroom set. 

Mathis, a former District Court judge in Michigan, first appeared on air in the pilot episode in 1998, according to IMDb. Twenty years later in 2018, the show earned a Daytime Emmy for outstanding court program.

Judge Marilyn Milian of The People's Court.

"The People's Court" first aired in 1997 as a revival of the original show which ran from the 1980s to 1993. In the first season, former New York City mayor Ed Koch sat at the bench. In 1999 Judge Jerry Sheindlin, who is married to "Judge Judy" star Judy Sheindlin, took the reigns. In 2001 Milian, a former Miami Circut Court judge, wore the lead robe. 

During Milian's "The People's Court" tenure, the show earned four Daytime Emmys. 

The current season of "Judge Mathis" was filmed throughout 2022. In November, Mathis celebrated the final days of filming by dancing to The Jackson 5's "Dancing Machine" in court attire. 

"This is how I’m feeling after a long day of work. We’re wrapping up Season 24 of Judge Mathis and tonight we dance," he tweeted. 

In 2022 Mathis' other reality TV venture, "Mathis Family Matters" premiered on E! in June and follows he and his wife, Linda Reese, through life with their children and grandchildren. 

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They Don't Even Live There But They Decided On Buckhead's Fate!

Republicans who don't live in Atlanta support Buckhead to secede.

The city of Atlanta is fuming at Republican lawmakers who approved a controversial decision to allow its neighborhood Buckhead to form its own government.

The Republicans who approved it don't live in Atlanta.

The city denounced it as racism.

Culture wars are common within the Republican Party. They want to scapegoat issues on the poor and vulnerable for political gains. It happens every time Democrats take control of government.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the insufferable white nationalist lawmaker from Rome which is 100 miles from Atlanta supports the move and said that if anyone denounces it, they're for crime. Greene supports a civil war (uh, national divorce).

It was decided on partisan votes. 

It was considered very unpopular with residents living in Atlanta. The ones who support the move are those who don't live in Buckhead let alone the metro Atlanta area.

Bill White, a gay white nationalist has pushed the move to secede since 2018. The white nationalist has wrote and spoke coded language about African American and immigrants.

Sounds about white.
Atlanta's population is 523,000 and is a majority Black city. Buckhead, the neighborhood has 102,000 residents and it is majority white.

Buckhead, one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Atlanta, would deprive the city of 38% of its tax revenue if it seceded. Political scientists and journalists have also highlighted that Buckhead is significantly more conservative and white than the rest of Atlanta. Commentators have also noted that this secession attempt is "more serious" than earlier efforts, due to polling data showing 54% to 70% of Buckhead's residents favor the move, and due to pro-secession organizations raising nearly $1,000,000 to promote the split. A referendum did not occur in 2022 or early 2023, as the Georgia General Assembly tabled the bills that would have provided for this referendum during the 2022 legislative session.

A Georgia Senate committee has approved two bills that could allow the Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta, the first time that an issue freighted with fears about crime and racial and economic division has moved forward in the General Assembly.

The Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee's Republican majority pushed Senate Bills 113 and 114 through on 4-3 votes Monday, sending them to the full Senate for more debate.

Despite the step forward, prospects remain uncertain for the measures, which are bitterly opposed by Atlanta’s business community and the city’s overwhelmingly Democratic lawmakers.

Some residents of the city's whitest, most affluent area are trying to pull out of Atlanta and form Buckhead City, saying Atlanta isn't doing enough to control crime and that affluent Buckhead residents aren't getting their money's worth from municipal services.

Resident Kelly Rodts, a Buckhead City supporter, told the committee last week that “Atlanta taxes us to the nines” but that city police have failed to stop both petty and violent crime.

“This violence has reached a tipping point, and that is why we are all here today,” Rodts said. “Buckhead is a target. We're a target for criminals in the city, and Atlanta has not been able to protect us.”

But opponents say a new city wouldn't be able to stop criminals from coming to the area. They also say the plan doesn't deal with major issues and could make crime worse by weakening the remaining parts of Atlanta.

“What is happening today is my constituents are being forced to eat a half-baked pie," Sen. Jason Esteves, an Atlanta Democrat on the committee, said Monday before the vote.

He and others argue that although supporters of the new city are organized and noisy, they represent a minority of residents in the area, and that lawmakers should spurn a divisive campaign. They pointedly note that none of the sponsors represent the city of Atlanta.

But Sen. Randy Robertson, a Cataula Republican sponsoring the bills, says he's championing the rights of citizens unfairly being ignored. He's pointedly called on Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens to meet with leaders of the Buckhead City Committee.

“Too many times inside this building and especially outside this building in local communities, elected officials forget who they work for. So when movements happen that remind elected officials who the real bosses are, then I have to support that," Robertson said.

Robertson likens creating Buckhead City to incorporating any other city. Suburban Atlanta has seen a wave of incorporations since 2005. While the legislation was bottled up last year, new Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones supported it while serving as a state senator and has allowed the bills to move forward.

“I’ve been down here 10 years and we’ve voted on referendums to create new cities around the state," Jones said in a statement. "I’m not going to shut down the conversation. We’d be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn’t allow the process to try to play out. That’s what the legislative process is all about.”

Opponents say taking apart an existing city is much more complicated than creating a new one, and that it's even more complex to dismember Atlanta, which has its own school system and extra layers of local taxes and debt. Buckhead City proponents want a system whereby the new city would collect taxes and send them to Atlanta Public Schools, and the school system would continue to serve Buckhead. However, it's unclear such a setup would be legal or feasible.

The legislation calls for the new city to be able to buy parks, fire stations and other city-owned buildings including schools for cheap prices, on the theory that Buckhead taxpayers have already paid for the assets. The new city could also buy Atlanta's water and sewer lines serving the area. Buckhead would get a head start in paying for those items because the legislation would give Buckhead City a share of Atlanta's cash. The new city would take on some bond obligations.

Opponents warn the divorce will give bond investors heartburn that could affect the municipal debt of every city in Georgia. When the Eagles Landing area was allowed to vote and ultimately rejected seceding from Stockbridge in 2018, bond rating agencies warned that splitting up cities was a risk for investors in all Georgia city bonds.

“Credit ratings and the municipal bond markets would be severely harmed in the state of Georgia," Ruchi Patel, a lobbyist for the Georgia Municipal Association, said Feb. 16.

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

White Nationalist Lance Gooden Questions Dem Judy Chu's American Loyalty!

White nationalist lawmaker makes ugly troupes.

Why does Black History Month only last 28 [29] days? 

I am tired of trying to compact Black accomplishments in one month. 

BLACK HISTORY EVERYDAY! 

Black history is American history and our achievements are big. We don't need to consolidate our achievements to please folks.

The far right wants to end WOKE. 

Idiots don't even know what it means. 

Nevertheless, African Americans, Native Americans (Indigenous), Hispanics, Asian Americans, immigrants, those who identify as transgender and Americans with disabilities are under attack from extremists.

The far right has its warriors. The white nationalists have allied with suit & ties (Republican lawmakers, media agitators and activists), religious zealots, corporate looters, and the sellouts (the FBA/ADOS movement, gay Republicans, Asian Republicans, Black Republicans and former allies of change).

They want to keep America angry and stroke civil war.

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) is feuding with Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and went as far to call her a Chinese spy.

The leaders of a new House select committee on China defended Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday, saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable for a GOP lawmaker to question her loyalty to the United States based on her Chinese heritage.

Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA)

“One of my colleagues, unfortunately, attacked Chu, the first Chinese American congresswoman in the United States Congress, saying that somehow she’s not loyal to the United States. I find that offensive as an Asian American myself,” said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the ranking Democrat on the panel, about the comments last week from Gooden.

Wisconsin Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Republican chair of the China panel who appeared Sunday with Krishnamoorthi on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” said Gooden was out of line.

“We should not question anybody’s loyalty to the United States,” Gallagher said. “That is out of bounds. It’s beyond the pale.”

In a Fox interview last week, Gooden criticized Chu for her defense of Biden economic appointee Dominic Ng, who the president named to the business advisory council of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. Gooden questioned either Chu’s “loyalty or competence.” He also suggested that Chu, a California Democrat, should not have a security clearance or access to classified briefings.

Chu, the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus who was born in Los Angeles, called Gooden’s comments “racist,” saying the attacks on her and Ng relied on false information from right-wing media.

On Sunday, Gallagher said his bipartisan committee, which is officially called the “Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party” was named as such to “to constantly make that distinction between the party and the people.”

“We must constantly be aware of going overboard as we try and win this competition with China,” he said.

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Dilbert Cancelled In Newspapers!

Dilbert is dropped. Scott Adams let his mouth drop.

Author and comic writer Scott Adams is dismissing the backlash he received from his podcast in which he said that Black people were a "hate group" and white people should stay away. 

He made his rants on his social media and of course it went viral. Now his beloved Dilbert comic strip pays the price. Over 235 newspapers in the U.S. and Canada has dropped the strip. Once he loses his manager and publishing company it's a wrap.

The USA Today Network, which operates hundreds of newspapers, said it had pulled the plug on the long-running comic strip. The Washington Post and The Plain Dealer also in Cleveland said they would no longer carry the comic.

His comments came in response to a poll from the conservative firm Rasmussen Reports that said 53% of Black Americans agreed with the statement, “It’s OK to be White.”

The Anti-Defamation League has noted that the phrase emerged on the infamous message board 4chan in 2017 as a trolling campaign and has a “long history” in the white supremacist movement.

“If nearly half of all Blacks are not OK with White people – according to this poll, not according to me, according to th is poll – that’s a hate group,” Adams said Wednesday on his YouTube show “Real Coffee with Scott Adams.”

“I don’t want to have anything to do with them,” Adams added. “And I would say, based on the current way things are going, the best advice I would give to White people is to get the hell away from Black people, just get the fuck away … because there is no fixing this.”

Adams has since said on Twitter that he was only “advising people to avoid hate” and suggested that the cancellation of his cartoon signals that free speech in America is under assault.

The newspapers that have cut the comic strip have been clear with readers.

“Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, went on a racist rant this week … and we will no longer carry his comic strip in The Plain Dealer,” wrote Chris Quinn, editor of the paper. “This is not a difficult decision.”

“We are not a home for those who espouse racism,” Quinn added. “We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.”

Gannett, which publishes the USA Today Network of newspapers, tweeted that it aims to “lead with inclusion and strive to maintain a respectful and equitable environment for the diverse communities we serve nationwide.”

The Washington Post said it had also pulled the comic strip from the newspaper.

“In light of Scott Adams’s recent statements promoting segregation, The Washington Post has ceased publication of the Dilbert comic strip,” it said.

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Saturday, February 25, 2023

Marc's Closed In Kettering! Food Deserts In Dayton Continues!

Food deserts in Dayton. Marc's closes its sole Dayton location.

I haven't watch local news in a while. Somehow working two jobs is exhausting.

While passing through Kettering, I noticed that Cleveland-based low price grocer Marc's has permanently closed its only Dayton location. The company announced it was closing its location in early January and finally shut its doors in early February.

The company did not give a reasonable excuse other than its lease was up. The company does not talk to the press regardless of the controversy.

It leaves that area without a grocer and also immediately a vacant lot. 

In other words......

I know some folks from the Dayton area will relate to the plague that haunted this community. 

Food deserts. 

It happens to be a chronic issue in the Dayton area as well as some of its neighboring suburbs. I doubt Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) and Republican governor Mike DeWine will be concerned. They're too busy trying to troll President Joe Biden and Democrats over that East Palestine train derailment and the Chinese "spy" balloon.

Biden had addressed food deserts and ordered Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to find solutions to helping rural and urban America get quality foods.

So Kroger decided to close its location in 2018 and move it to the Cornerstone of Centerville. It places two Kroger stores in Greene County, three miles from one another.

The original location was replaced with Marc's. I was a frequent shopper there. The last time I visited that store was in December. I guess somehow, Marc's decided that Dayton was not a viable market so they decided after five years, its time to pack it up and leave.

The cause and effects of corporate America, the poor and middle class and a country emboldened on social ills as an excuse.

My parents justify grocers closing because of crime. Shoplifting and bad neighborhoods are not really an excuse in my opinion. I believe it's a cop out. These places make millions of dollars.

Walmart and Kroger make billions of dollars. They just want build new stores to suffocate smaller grocers like Marc's and local stores. They build these mega stores in areas to drive out competition. Eventually Dollar General, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree will be the only businesses there to suit the needs of the poor and middle class in impoverished neighborhoods.

West Dayton does not have many grocery stores. The only grocery story in West Dayton with a national brand is Save-a-Lot. The closest grocer, Kroger is located in in an unincorporated suburb of Fort McKinley, a part of Harrison Township. Walmart is eight miles in Englewood, six miles in Moraine and ten miles in Butler Township.

Then there's Naboli's, H&L, Estridge Grocery and Westside Supermarket. They are IGA affiliate stores.

Also People's Market is located on Main Street in Dayton. Then the Gem City Market which is the cooperative grocer that has struggled since opening. Foodtown in the unincorporated community of Drexel is the closest grocer in Trotwood. 

Gordon Food Services for the time being is the only bulk grocer in Trotwood.

What I notice is the lack of transportation to these grocers in the suburbs. 

The Greater Dayton RTA has consolidated routes due to lack of ridership and staff to operate buses. They have partnered with Butler Township to make its two routes a layover at the end of Walmart's parking lot. They have two routes at a layover at Meijer in Huber Heights. 

The RTA does not have many connections to grocers in Beavercreek, Englewood, Centerville and Bellbrook. These communities fought against bus routes. 

That's why they cut a regional route that provided a direct connection from Trotwood to Centerville. 

They made the route a weekday route to Centerville with no service on Saturday or Sunday. They consolidated a local route near The Greene and Kettering to now provide direct connection to Trotwood but avoids its terminal hub three miles from its layover.

It is a real problem in the rust belt. We can blame crime, deindustrialization and white flight for some of the reasons. We can also say poor leadership from Democrats and Republicans. We can say corporate greed and urban sprawl. We can say leasing and viable areas. We can have excuses all day long.

No real solutions to solve this. It is pointless finger pointing and deflection.

Kettering will hopefully find a grocer willing to replace Marc's. It will be a challenge.

I get the feeling that Dollar General Marketplace will be filling the void. Ohio state officials are suing the company for deceptive pricing.

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Enes Kanter Freedom Wants To Join The GOP House!

Will Laura Ingraham tell him to shut up and dribble?

Former NBA star comes out as a Republican and wants to run for Congress. Again, on Fox, Enes Kanter (Freedom) has considered a possible 2024 House run. He has become popular in Republican circles and frequently appears on conservative TV shows, says he is considering running for office.

“I actually do, yes,” Kanter Freedom said on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” when asked if he had interest in running for office. “I would actually, when the time is right.”

Again, I hope Dominion Systems wins its lawsuit against Fox. They have went from a propaganda tool for the Republican Party to a full fledged white nationalist network.

Spreading misinformation, allowing crazy people to rant on their programs, getting upset of "woke" when they don't even know what the definition of the fucking word and endless trashing President Joe Biden for things that Washed Up 45 was allowed to get away with.

Kanter Freedom, who grew up in Turkey, has been an outspoken critic of the Turkish and Chinese governments. In particular, he has blasted the NBA for its relationship with China given the country’s detainment and abuse of millions of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, which the Biden administration has declared a genocide.

Kanter Freedom also took aim at basketball icon LeBron James, who recently broke the NBA’s all-time scoring record. He accused James of standing up against injustices in the U.S. but not in China because “the things that he talks about in America is not going to affect his money or business.”

“It’s not going to affect his jersey sales or shoe sales, whatever,” Kanter Freedom said. 

Kanter Freedom attended lunches with Senate Republicans and the House Republican Study Committee last year, and was also set to be a speaker at the Conservative Political Action Coalition conference before later canceling on the event.

He said he has not started fundraising for a possible campaign yet, but he has discussed the possibility with people close to him and lawmakers. 

“I haven’t started yet,” Kanter Freedom said. “But I started to have conversations with some of my friends and members of Congress.”

Laura Ingraham infamously said about athletes and entertainers who talk politics.

"If pro athletes and entertainers want to freelance as political pundits, then they should not be surprised when they’re called out for insulting politicians," Ingraham said. "There was no racial intent in my remarks – false, defamatory charges of racism are a transparent attempt to immunize entertainment and sports elites from scrutiny and criticism." 

"You’re great players, but no one voted for you. Millions elected Trump to be their coach. So keep the political commentary to yourself or, as someone once said, shut up and dribble.”

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Tulsi Gabbard Claims Biden's Diversity Coalition Is Nazi-Like!

Fox allows another agitator invoke Hitler.

Former Hawai'ian congresswoman turned far right agitator makes a Nazi comparison to the president's promise to have an administration that represents America.

President Joe Biden has not given an interview to Fox and it appears it will be a cold chance in Hell before it ever happens. I really hope Dominion Systems win its lawsuit against Fox. This network has gone from being a propaganda tool for Republicans to a white nationalist outlet.

Tulsi Gabbard left the Democratic Party once she joined Fox as a commentator. She is floated as a potential Republican vice presidential candidate. But is this possibly the end of her Fox appearances?

“Jesse, what we are seeing is their philosopher identity politics,” Gabbard said. “This is one of the reasons I left the Democratic Party. You see how their agenda of identity politics directly undermines the traditional democratic values that were expressed beautifully and clearly by Dr. Martin Luther King, that we should judge each other not based on the color of our skin, but based on our character.

Referring to “example after example” that Watters discussed, she said, “They are proud to be judging people, hiring people, selecting people based on race, and let’s be clear how serious of a problem this is. It’s based on genetics, race, based on your blood, your genes, and, where do we see that connection? Well, these are the very same geneticist core principles embodied by Nazism and Adolf Hitler. This should be something that is sickening and alarming to every single Democrat and every single American. We have seen where this, uh, philosophy can lead.

Gabbard continued, “We need leaders who will elect, who will select people based on their character. How committed they are to the Constitution and the capabilities that they bring to actually do the job that they are hired to do most importantly, their heart.”

After she went on about leaders’ “hearts,” Watters asked Gabbard, “You are saying the focus on genetics is in a way similar to what was going on in Germany?

She reiterated her comparisons, saying, “You look at the core values and core principles of Adolf Hitler and Nazism what is it based on? It’s based on genetics this philosophy of geneticism and discriminating based on their genes. That’s the issue here, really, when you cut to the core of it.

“When they are standing there, saying we are proud to be selecting people solely based on race, that is alarming to men so many levels. You see them oh we we going to select someone based on their race, based on their gender, these immutable characteristics that we are born with, this goes against, again, the very vision our founders had for us,” she said.

Even Watters distanced himself from Gabbard’s comparison.

“I’m not sure about the German thing, but I think you are right on this point: they care about what they administration looks like but they don’t care about what we look like,” Watters said, “and we’re out here saying hey, we need this, we need that can you — and they are not even looking at us.”

“Yes,” Gabbard responded. “They are just putting themselves. Putting themselves first. That alone is a huge disqualifier.”

Gabbard often appears on Fox programs like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters and Softball Hannity. She is basically shitting on the Democrats because they did not support her failed 2020 bid and Hillary Clinton hinted that she is an op (even though she didn't mention her by name).

Gabbard is part of the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) community. She denounced her heritage. She is a vegetarian and a Hindu American. Gabbard was born in the U.S. unincorporated territory of American Samoa. She is an active member of the U.S. Army Reserves. Her rise to fame was flipping her R to a D to win a safe Democratic district in Hawai'i. She was considered a rising star in the Democratic Party. She sabotaged Hillary Clinton and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), then Democratic chairwoman. She endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and led whisper campaigns against her and Biden.

She intended on staying in the 2020 race but when the pandemic hit, she bowed out and endorsed Biden. She retired from Congress because she was afraid to lose to a Native Hawai'ian. Since then it's been Fox and endorsements of idiots like Kari Lake and Herschel Walker.

Gabbard is also considered a threat to sovereignty by the Ukrainian government due to her silent support of the Russian Federation. Many Democrats consider her a propagandist for the Putin regime.

On top of that, will Fox handle her like they did Lara Logan?

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Friday, February 24, 2023

McDonald's Partners With Cardi B And Offset For Friday Date Nights!

Dinner time.

Hip-hop couple Cardi B and Offset team up McDonald's to offer a date night meal. Fresh off the Grammy's and the fight with Quavo during a tribute to the late Takeoff, Offset and Cardi decide to share a date at the Golden Arches.

Launched on Valentine's Day, McDonald's has the $20.39 meal which includes the rap couple's favorite items.

You can get a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, two cheeseburgers, large Coke, Large Hi-C Orange Lavaburst, two large fries and an apple pie.

It comes as hip-hop and fast food are starting to make music together. 

In other events, it appears that Quavo is aiming at Offset and Cardi B in a new single. 

The two have been feuding since the death of Takeoff. 

By the way, that ashy extremist Candace Owens continues to be a pain in Cardi's ass. I swear that bitch needs some because she's basing her life off entertainers who she never met in her pathetic life. If this is the stuff to keep Candace Owens up at night, I swear her life span will be short. 

She won't be missed by many who see her as an opportunistic disease.

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Biden Brushed Off East Palestine Mayor's Attack!

Republicans are trying to Katrina Biden. The president hasn't went to East Palestine, Ohio and the right is outraged as expect.

The President of the United States can't magically make things better. He's a human being who will never satisfy Americans. Regardless of what he/she does, there's always critics making noise.

East Palestine, Ohio became a political lightning rod. Instead of working together to clean up, recover and rebuild, we have just resorted to blame, shame and complain. Republicans seize upon the current president not visiting the pro-Washed Up 45 town.

Since when has any president visited a train derailment. I don't remember any president visiting a train disaster. I can say that presidents been at the scenes of deadly mass shootings, hurricanes, openings, vacations and numerous other events.

Besides, why shut down roads, airspace, waterways and distract workers from cleaning up the toxic spill from a train derailment.

No one died as of yet. But to the far right and these polarizing idiots, it's worst disaster since Chernobyl.

Note: Chernobyl is nuclear facility in Ukraine. It's an abandoned community of Pripyat after a nuclear disaster. 

Washed Up 45 did a campaign stop in the village. Who was with him?

Gov. Mike DeWine was not there. But Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Rep. Bill Johnson (R-OH) and the mayor of the village, Trent Conway. 

Conway had took aim at President Joe Biden for not visiting the village. The village was hit with a devastating train derailment. Biden, DeWine, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) were aware of the derailment.

It happened three weeks ago on Feb. 3.

The junk food media was obsessed with the Chinese balloon that cross the U.S. and the decision to shoot it down. Mind you that all of us, including yours truly didn't care much about the train derailment until DeWine decided to do a control burn.

The train company Norfolk Southern was carrying a hazardous freight train. The derailed train was Norfolk Southern train 32N operating from the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis yard in Madison, Illinois, to Norfolk Southern's Conway Yard in Conway, Pennsylvania, on the Fort Wayne Line. Aboard the 9,300 feet (1.76 mi; 2.8 km) long train were an engineer, conductor, and conductor trainee. The train consisted of 141 loaded cars and 9 empty cars. Other reports note one more car, for a total of 151 cars, weighing 18,000 tons.

Of those cars, 20 were carrying hazardous materials, including chloroethene (vinyl chloride), butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, isobutylene, combustible liquids, and benzene residue.

The train departed Madison on February 1, and had suffered at least one mechanical failure before the derailment.

The train burned for more than two days, and then emergency crews conducted a controlled burn of several railcars at the request of state officials, which released hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air. As a result, residents within a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) radius were evacuated, and an emergency response was initiated from agencies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

The mayor of the village decided to run to Fox to trash Biden for not showing up.

Washed Up 45. J.D. Vance and Bill Johnson appear at a campaign event in East Palestine with mayor Trent Conway. It doesn't appear that the former president went to the disaster scene.

Conaway, who has been vocal about his concern for residents after a train derailed in his town and leaked dangerous chemicals into the air, had strong words for the president when asked about the federal handling of the toxic spill as news of the president's surprise visit to Kyiv circulated.

"That was the biggest slap in the face," Conaway said on Fox. "That tells you right now he doesn’t care about us. He can send every agency he wants to, but I found out this morning that he was in Ukraine giving millions of dollars away to people over there and not to us…on President's Day in our country, so I'm furious."

Here's the thing: Will a visit by the President of the United States change anything going on in East Palestine, Ohio or in the world?

No.

But since the president had a scheduled appearance in Poland but did a surprise appearance in Ukraine.

It riled up the far-right. How can the president care about Ukraine when there's people in Ohio suffering?

Well the federal government was on sight the moment the train derailed. DeWine had said directly that he had gotten a lot of support from the federal government. The president would come but many expect there will be protesters and "Let's Go Brandon" noise being shown around the town. His critics would say that it's a photo-op or staged event.

The far right mock Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for wearing safety equipment at the site of a toxic waste spill. The train derailment led to a toxic spill and these idiots mock it.

In an interview with David Muir on ABC, Biden stated there's no need to visit East Palestine. He said that all the federal authorities are there to make sure the community is getting back together. 

Biden noted that Norfolk Southern's CEO should be the person there. His company is solely responsible for the actions.

Biden told Muir on Friday that he's "made it clear" to officials on the ground that "anything they need, we'll make it available to them."

"Let's put this in perspective. Within two hours of that derailment, the EPA was in there. Within two hours. Every major agency in the United States government that had anything to do rail and/or cleanup was there, and is there," Biden said.

"In addition to that, I've spoken at length to the congresspersons, the governors, the senators from both states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. And I've made it clear to them anything they need is available or -- we'll make it available to them," he said.

Asked if he's spoken to the mayor, Trent Conaway, Biden said he couldn't recall. But according to a timeline shared by the White House Friday evening, Biden's team has attempted to reach the mayor by phone four times since Feb. 6.

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Marianne Williamson Wants Another Run!

Lunatic runs for president again.

Leftist Marianne Williamson is going to challenge President Joe Biden in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nomination. She ran for president in 2020 and ultimately dropped out. She endorsed Biden after her earlier endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) dropped out.

The white leftist figured it may be a long shot but a necessary need. 

Williamson, who called for reparations and a Department of Peace as part of her long-shot campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, declared she plans to launch her candidacy for president in 2024 in an exclusive interview with Medill News Service on Thursday.

"I wouldn’t be running for president if I didn’t believe I could contribute to harnessing the collective sensibility that I feel is our greatest hope at this time," Williamson said.

She says it's time to move on from Biden.

With many leaders in the Democratic Party from both the establishment and progressive wings saying they will support Biden, who is expected in the coming weeks or months to announce his re-election campaign, Williamson becomes the first Democrat with a national following to primary challenge the 80-year-old president.

Whites are most likely concerned about the president's age and policies. They are usually the ones who most likely fall victim to misinformation from social media.

Williamson is a lunatic. She had no chance in 2020. She definitely has no chance in 2024.

By the way, Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner, Cori Bush and other leftists are not going to win the nomination either. They are noise. Noise that will never achieve the power of leadership.

Black voters rejected Williamson. They will reject her again.

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Florida Chomps!

Hello.

Can we do a Darwin Award for the most stupidest people on the planet?

You can't fix stupid!

You can't change minds!

You are completely trapped in stupid.

You are wrapped and emboldened in stupid.

Again, why do white people always treat wild animals like they're domesticated? 

I would never touch a wild animal. 

Alas, some people think that animals are timid when you're petting them. Nope.

While rare, alligator attacks do happen and many of the victims are close to the water or have pets within a sight of the reptile. If you get too close to the reptile, you are likely a victim of stupidity. On land, an alligator is fast. In the water, an alligator is deadly. 

Why do people always seem to not be aware of their surroundings when they live in Florida?

Especially when you live in a community where water is close by... I mean are they clueless or just stupid?

A woman died by an alligator attack. The reptile was scoping out her dog and she tried to save it but ended up being the animal's target.

Many of these folks are too damn clueless to realize that it lurks in the water, it is territorial, it is mating season and it is always hungry for a fast grab.

So here we go.....

Gloria Serge, 85 was by a retention pond behind her house in Fort Pierce, Florida, on Monday when the 10-foot-long alligator crawled up from the water and first tried to attack her dog. 

The surveillance footage shows the reptile swimming in a direct path toward Serge’s dog before it rises out of the water and scampers up the embankment in pursuit of the animal. 

The elderly woman was taken to the ground with the alligator then biting her feet, and then she was dragged into the water. While the woman's body was recovered from the retention pond, Trooper the dog survived.

"Please hurry!... It’s a huge gator. It’s huge, I don’t have anything to give to her," a neighbor is heard saying in a frantic 911 call released by Fort Pierce Police. 

"It’s too late. Oh, my God," the woman is later heard saying. 

"Did the gator pull her under?" the dispatcher asks. 

"Yes," the neighbor screams. 

"Alright, you don’t see any of her body, nothing sticking out?" the dispatcher says. 

"Nothing, she’s gone," the woman replies. 

The alligator, which is reported to weigh between 600 and 700 pounds, was trapped and killed by a nuisance gator trapper. 

"Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the family and friends of the victim," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. "Serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida." 

Once the animal gets a hold of a prey, it's rare that an animal will escape without losing a body part.

It's the unfortunate cause and effect of animals and people.

Florida trapper apprehended the alligator.

I've said it before and I stand by what I say: "Wild animals are......well you know!"

If you want to be a thrill seeker, you might want to get life insurance.

To escape an alligator in the water if possible, punch its eyes or put something in its nose. Don't turn your back on an alligator. If you're on land run backwards in a zig zag position. An alligator does not want to waste its time trying to catch a prey that moves too much. An alligator can travel up to 20 mph on land and is very fast and silent in the water. 

When you are near ponds or bodies of water keep pets and small children away.

I will say this as a reminder. Back in the slavery days, white extremists would kidnap Black babies and string them to trees. They leave them crying in the swamps for alligators and bears to attack them. They would use Black babies as bait for alligators and bears. 

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Barbara Lee Jumps Into Cali Senate Race!

Barbara Lee jumps into California senate race.

It will be one of the most costly races in California history. Now it is official, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) is joining the race to replace retiring Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein.

It is going to be a civil war.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) and Lee are Democrats who support President Joe Biden but despise one another's approach to getting things done.

Porter is a favorite among the progressives. She is best known for the whiteboards, Batgirl costumes and media appearances.

Schiff is considered the most safest candidate, so obviously they'll label him the establishment. He already has the endorsement of former House Speaker, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). He was an impeachment manager in Washed Up 45's first. He also served on the Jan. 6 Committee. He is vilified by the far right and was stripped of his committees by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Lee could be the second African American woman from California elected to the Senate. 

Lee will be the third African American woman if elected. She will join the ranks of Carol Mosley Braun and Kamala Harris. Harris is currently the Vice President of the United States. Both served only one term.

Black women have little recognition in the U.S. Senate. When Harris left the senate seat, Gov. Gavin Newsom was pressured to pick a woman of color but ended up picking former California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, who is the first Mexican American to be elected to the Senate.

In a video posted on Twitter, Lee ran through a list of the personal and professional battles she has taken on in her life, including fighting to be her school’s first Black cheerleader, championing protections for survivors of domestic violence and being the only member of Congress to vote against the authorization for the use of military force after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“Today I am proud to announce my candidacy for U.S. Senate. I’ve never backed down from doing what’s right. And I never will,” Lee said in the video. “Californians deserve a strong, progressive leader who has delivered real change.”

Lee, a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, filed federal paperwork last week to enter the campaign shortly after the 89-year-old Feinstein announced she would step down after her term ends next year. Feinstein, the oldest member of Congress, has held the seat since 1992.

The three Democratic candidates occupy much of the same political terrain, so the race could be shaped by other factors that distinguish them.

Lee’s district in the San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most liberal in the country and includes Berkeley and Oakland. Porter represents a politically divided district in Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles, that was once a conservative stronghold. Schiff’s district runs north from Los Angeles and includes Hollywood and Burbank, where he lives.

Lee is the highest-ranking Black woman appointed to House Democratic leadership, serving as co-chair of the Policy and Steering Committee. Schiff and Porter are white. Lee, at 76, is the oldest of the group. Porter is 49, and Schiff is 62.

In a nod to her age, Lee said she was the same fighter she has always been.

“For those who say my time has passed, well, when does making change go out of style?” she said in the video. “I don’t quit. I don’t give up.”

Lee has long been on outspoken defender of abortion rights. In 2021, she was one of several members of Congress who shared personal testimony about their own abortions during a congressional hearing.

She became pregnant at age 16 in the mid-1960s. Abortion in California was illegal at the time, so a family friend helped send her to a back-alley clinic in Mexico, she said at the time.

She had no ill effects from the procedure, but she said many other women weren’t so lucky in that era.

Democrats are expected to dominate the contest in the liberal state. A Republican hasn’t won a statewide race in California since 2006, and the past two U.S. Senate elections had only Democrats on the November ballot.

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