American businessman and television magnate Sumner Redstone passed away.
The American businessman and media magnate Sumner Murray Redstone passed away. The chairman emeritus of ViacomCBS who build a media empire from the drive-in to the streaming service passed away at the age of 97.
He turned his family drive-in theater chains into a multibillion-dollar empire encompassing CBS Network and Viacom.
Redstone created National Amusements which led to an acquirement of media companies.
He was worth an estimated $5 billion in revenue. He was the former executive chairman of both Viacom and CBS. But in 2016, he was ousted after a court order examination from a geriatric psychiatrist said he's senile and no longer able to make decisions on his own.
He was succeeded by Les Moonves at CBS who was ousted a few years later and Philippe Dauman at Viacom until his ouster.
Born in 1923, Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein) in Boston, he was born to Michael and Belle Rothstein. He grew up in a Jewish family and changed his name from Rothstein to Redstone.
He said that he wanted to use the Yiddish form of his last name and found it to be a successful way to get jobs during a time when anti-Semitic violence during the 1940s. His father was the owner of a the Dedham, Massachusetts (the forerunner of National Amusements) and the Boston branch of the Latin Quarter Nightclub.
Redstone attended the Boston Latin School which he was a graduate. He was first in class. He also attended Harvard College and graduated. He also served as a 1st lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was part of the Signals Intelligence Service and was responsible of cracking Japanese codes. After the military, he moved to Washington, DC to study at Georgetown and then off to Harvard Law School for his law degree.
After he got his law degree he would serve as a special assistant to Tom C. Clark, then U.S. Attorney and Supreme Court Justice.
He would leave the government sector soon to help his father. He would end up getting taking his father's company National Amusement into the mainstream and he would end up the CEO.
Redstone would invest in Columbia Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Orion Pictures and Paramount Pictures which he gained millions off the successes of the companies returns.
In 1979, Redstone suffered serious injuries from a fire at the Copley Plaza hotel in Boston. He would go through extensive surgery to regain his strength and movements. He was a fighter. He said that he said that fire was a wake up call and said his determination to live and succeed was the only narrative.
"I was enveloped in flames," Redstone wrote. "The fire shot up my legs. The pain was searing. I was being burned alive." He described staggering to the window of his third-floor room and climbing onto a tiny ledge, waiting desperately until firefighters finally arrived. Suffering third-degree burns over 45 percent of his body, he underwent surgery after surgery to graft his living skin onto the wounded areas. How did he survive this trauma at age 55?
ViacomCBS chairwoman Shari Redstone praised her father for his innovation and strengths.
"Determination," he wrote, "is the key to survival. If I hadn't learned that lesson before, I knew it well now."
With Redstone's determination and his quest for content, National Amusements accumulated shares of Viacom International, the entertainment distribution company. In 1987, taking a huge risk by using debt, he successfully pulled off a hostile takeover of Viacom, which by then included MTV.
"We sold about everything we had," he recalled in the 2012 CNBC interview. "I had acquired a lot of media stocks. In those days, it meant a great deal, because they weren't part of conglomerates. We made some money. We borrowed some money. As they say, we bet the ranch. Something like $5-to-700 million, which is now worth about $8 billion."
In another high-stakes takeover battle, his $10 billion bid outmuscled fellow media moguls Barry Diller and John Malone for Paramount Communications in 1994. In addition to MTV, the Viacom empire later included such TV properties as BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
Redstone added CBS to his Viacom realm in 2000, then spun it off into a separate company five years later. Its holdings included Showtime and publisher Simon & Schuster.
In the 2012 interview with CNBC, he said his acquisition of Viacom was his biggest business achievement.
"Without Viacom, there would have been no Paramount. And there would have been no CBS," he said. "So I guess the greatest moment would have to be the very difficult battle with, and acquisition of, Viacom."
"My father led an extraordinary life that not only shaped entertainment as we know it today, but created an incredible family legacy," Shari Redstone, Sumner's daughter and chair of ViacomCBS, said in a statement Wednesday. "Through it all, we shared a great love for one another and he was a wonderful father, grandfather and great-grandfather. I am so proud to be his daughter and I will miss him always."
Redstone controlled about 80 percent of the voting stock of Viacom and CBS through his private holding company, National Amusements. In November 2019, his fortune was estimated at $3.9 billion. By Dec. 5, 2019, the first day of trading for the remarried ViacomCBS, it had dropped to a still formidable $2.6 billion. And in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it was valued at $3 billion in May 2020.
"Patience is a virtue that I do not respect," Redstone said in a 2012 interview with CNBC. "If you're patient, you'll never go anywhere. It takes impatience to drive you to succeed."
Under pressure from shareholders because of reports of Redstone's declining health and mental competency, the CBS board on Feb. 3, 2016, announced his resignation as executive chairman and appointed CEO Les Moonves as his successor. A day later, Viacom named Redstone chairman emeritus and CEO Philippe Dauman as his successor as executive chairman. Redstone gave up his voting position on the Viacom board in February 2017.
Viacom and CBS merger with some of the major players of television and news.
"Sumner Redstone was a brilliant visionary, operator and dealmaker, who single-handedly transformed a family-owned drive-in theater company into a global media portfolio," ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said in a statement Wednesday. "He was a force of nature and fierce competitor, who leaves behind a profound legacy in both business and philanthropy. ViacomCBS will remember Sumner for his unparalleled passion to win, his endless intellectual curiosity, and his complete dedication to the company. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Redstone family today."
He was married to Phyllis Gloria Raphael. He had two children: Brent and Shari. He divorced Phyllis in 1999. He would marry Paula Fortunato, a school teacher who was 39 years his junior. He filed for divorce from her in 2008.
He was also dated Sydney Holland for a few years before he split from her.
At the time of his death, he was living with his companion Manuela Herzer.
Raymond Gilmore Allen was an American television actor. He was best known for his appearances on television during the 1970s.
Allen who is best known for his roles on Sanford and Son died at the age of 91.
His daughter actress Ta Ronce Allen announced his passing on her social media.
"Just wanted to let The Allen Family and friends know that Dad (Raymond G. Allen) received his wing two hours ago. His warmth, kind heart and clever sayings will be missed. His laughter will ring in heaven. Rest in Heavenly Peace Raymond Allen. The last of 12 siblings," Ta Ronce Allen wrote.
Allen was known as Uncle Woodrow "Woody" Anderson on the NBC sitcom. The sitcom was one of the many of iconic director and playwright Norman Lear. The show starred Red Foxx and Desmond Wilson.
Allen landed a number of roles on hit television shows in the 1970s, including the role of Ned the Wino on Lear's other sitcom Good Times.
Allen's daughter did not reveal the cause of his death but TMZ reported that he was placed in a long-term facility in California. The family told the outlet that Allen died as a result of respiratory issues.
Raymond lived his days being a good father to his family.
Family members said that he didn't die of COVID-19.
Allen leaves behind his daughters To Ronce, Brenda and son, Raymond, Jr (deceased).
He acted all the way into the mid-1980s before retiring. He was forced to retire because of longtime illness.
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to take on Donald J. Trump.
Just in....... Former vice president Joe Biden has picked a running mate!
We will hear the name by the afternoon. MSNBC confirms that he will select a running mate who will help him throughout the remainder of the contentious 2020 presidential campaign.
He has asked his supporters to TEXT 30330 with the words "FIRST"
The Biden Campaign announced the selection.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Susan Rice, former U.S. National Security Advisor of Barack Obama.
Rep. Val Demings (D-FL)
Stacey Abrams former Georgia House Representative.
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)
Regardless of who is the running mate is, I will support Biden to victory.
I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.
Back when Kamala was Attorney General, she worked closely with Beau. I watched as they took on the big banks, lifted up working people, and protected women and kids from abuse. I was proud then, and I'm proud now to have her as my partner in this campaign.
Harris, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, was the wire-to-wire frontrunner for Biden’s No. 2 job. Her experience as a battle-tested presidential candidate, her efforts leading major law enforcement offices and her political track record of three election wins in California helped her overcome a crowded list of contenders.
Harris will be the first woman and the first Black vice president if elected. And Biden’s barrier-breaking pick of her comes at a time of racial reckoning in the country, plunging one of the best-known women of color in politics into a contest against Donald J. Trump, who has stoked racial divisions in the White House and on the campaign trail.
Harris, who joined the U.S. Senate in 2017 is a rising star within the Democratic Party. The pick is wise and strategic.
It reminds me of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. They were bitter rivals and later became best friends.
Sean "Softball" Hannity is living cesspool. He continues to misinform his viewers and listeners. Fox News has not laid the hammer on him despite years of controversy. Is he too big to fail?
Sean "Softball" Hannity released his book, "Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink."
It was released on August 4, 2020.
Of course, he'll bring up Donald J. Trump, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, the deep state, the mob in the media, Trump Derangement Syndrome, radical Islam, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, socialism, Louis Farrakhan, Chicago and of course his favorite name-drop, Hillary Clinton.
He wrote this book to issue a warning to conservatives and Republicans who believe Donald J. Trump is on the brink of defeat. He is demanding them get on the Trump train or face defeat in November.
The most annoying agitator in the country wrote a book on how he's the savior America.
Trying to protect the country from people who hate this idiot president. If you're not aware of the relationship between Softball Hannity and Trump, you're going to be awaken to their bond.
In one on his lowering is the Latin phrase, Vivamus Liberi Ne America Pereat.
It was originally titled "Vivamus vel libero perit Americae." It took an Indiana University student by the name of Spencer Alexander McDaniel to tear apart the softball's Latin.
He pretty much laid out the title as bullshit on toast. He said that the softball used Google translate to make up that ridiculous phrase. McDaniel said that the annoying agitator needs to get a life.
Somewhere in that book you'll find some name drop or two.
The Sean Hannity Word Vomit is an ode to the country's No. 1 pain in the ass. The longtime Fox News host is still on the air despite numerous controversies and allegations.
Word for word, the two share a bond. Whatever Trump says, the softball says or vise versa.
Many call the softball, the unofficial chief of staff. I call him the official "softball" of the Donald J. Trump Presidential Campaign.
White House staffers believe that Trump is making policies off the crap he watches on Fox News.
The network founded by a Rupert Murdoch and the late Roger Ailes. The softball, Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade are probably the longest on-air talent on that far-right network.
The softball was born in 1961 in New York. He is the youngest of four siblings. His family roots goes back to Ireland. His grandparents are immigrants from Ireland. His mom was a stenographer and correction guard and his dad was a court bailiff.
He attended Sacred Heart Seminary and St. Pius X Prep High School. He would attend New York University and Adelphi University before dropping out.
The softball was a house painter and contractor in California. He would find himself embolden by the Republican GOD. During the 1980s, the softball studied on the principles of conservatism and soon got a volunteer gig at a local radio station in Santa Barbara. He was then a part time host at KCSB-FM, out of the University of California-Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara).
During those seven months on radio, he was flaming bigot. He was deliberately attacking progressives, those in the LGBTQ community and mocked Democratic lawmakers in California.
He once believed gay men got AIDS from eating feces. He mocked a lesbian woman who was a mother to a child. He called a caller a dumbass because of his criticism of the GOD.
The radio station yanked his microphone. He would then scream and cry about his freedom of speech being silenced. He would enlist the American Civil Liberties Union to help him get back on the air.
Mind you, the softball villainized the ACLU often. The radio station decided to not give him a job full-time. So he decided he wanted to be one of the loudest voices in the room. He took his campaign to Alabama. He was given a job at WVNN out of Athens, Alabama in the Huntsville metropolitan area.
He would be an afternoon talker who relished on the legacy of a washed-up B-movie actor turned politician. He would criticize Democrats and progressives on a daily-basis. He would win over fans across the South.
He was soon picked up by WGST in Atlanta after Neal Boortz bolted for WSB-AM. The softball would develop an obsession with the 42nd President of The United States and the First Lady.
Softball Hannity's right wing carnival would soon get the attention of Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch. In September, Ailes, saw the spark in the softball and saw potential. He asked him to make the move to New York to host a show called Hannity and LTBD ("liberal to be determined.")
The softball would find his calling when Fox News launched in the October 1996. He and former comedian Alan Colmes would host the primetime show Hannity & Colmes which lasted for 12 years on television.
The show was the first increment of the shitshow we know now as Hannity. A debate show where the host is constantly screaming at the person, regurgitating ridiculous conspiracies about Democrats and progressives and hosting bigots and pseudo-professionals. A hit with ratings.
During the 1990s, the softball rallied for the Republican to impeach and remove Bill Clinton because of perjury under oath. He constantly reminded us about Clinton's misdeeds and how Republicans should use it against Al Gore, then the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee.
Gore took on a Texas governor by the name of George W. Bush. The governor and his brother Jeb, then Florida governor got a lot of air time on Fox News. Matter of fact, the softball was secretly advising Bush. The election came and Fox News called the election for Bush while the Florida votes were still being counted. The softball was complaining about how the Democrats were upset over Bush winning and the votes were legit. The Supreme Court ended the recount and Bush was certified the winner and became the president.
The softball would end up being a guest of honor and confident to the Bush family. When 9/11 happened, the softball was praising Bush for leadership despite the fact it happened under his watch.
Around that time, WABC made him a syndicated radio host. Once he took the microphone, he talked to millions and as of today, the softball has 620 syndications, iHeartRadio and SiriusXM.
The softball blamed Clinton for 9/11. He also was very supportive of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was putting on pro-war agitators and bigots.
The softball gave Bush a second term. He allowed the far-right to dominate the 2004 election. The softball attacked the military service of then Senator John Kerry and invited the Swift Boats Veterans for Truth on to dispute Kerry's Vietnam War service. Kerry didn't fight back and he would end up losing the election.
By the time Bush was going through his second term, the Iraq War was going from bad to worse.
Before the Trumpster, Softball Hannity was easy on Dubya.
Then Vice President Dick Cheney shot a man in the face with his firearm.
The Afghanistan War was being ignored because Bush gave up looking for Osama Bin Laden.
Hurricane Katrina and Rita killed thousands of Americans and left cities like New Orleans, Biloxi, Houston and Galveston flooded to the brink.
Bush and the Republican Party was facing scandal after scandal.
And the economy was collapsing. The softball did his best to protect Bush's legacy. He often called the Democrats the "socialist" and "far-left" who were under "Bush Derangement Syndrome."
By the time the Democrats won back the House and Senate, the softball was blaming them for the economy crashing.
In 2008, he found his obsession with the former First Lady Hillary Clinton spreading. Now as a New York senator, Hillary Clinton was considering a run for president. The softball would be obsessed with trying to stop her from winning the nomination. He would bring his "Stop Hillary Express" to his right wing carnival and primetime shitshow.
Night after night, it was Hillary this....., Hillary that.....! It was nonstop Hillary name-drops.
After Clinton lost the nomination bid, the softball would focus on then senator Barack Obama. It began with the allegations of him being a Muslim.
Then it was his birth certificate. A theme he carried into the two terms of Obama's presidency.
He would make scary noises when he brought up socialism or Michelle Obama's remarks on Black America.
The softball was questioning The Obamas' blackness. Claiming Barack was too white to be Black and too Black to be president. He found his calling in the partial sermons of Chicago pastor Jeremiah Wright.
Nonstop, the softball would run this notion that Jeremiah Wright was indoctrinating Obama with racism and anti-American hatred. He would often use the phrase, "The chickens...coming home.. to roost" every time Obama spoke in favor of his former pastor and Black America.
He would focus on a professor named Bill Ayers who was then a far-left radical who was a member of the militant group, The Weather Underground. Ayers who shared his life being a radical became a topic for the softball. Since Obama spoke at a venue hosted by Ayers, the softball assumed that Obama was inspiring to create a leftist regime.
The softball would encourage then senator John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin to use his attacks on Obama and Joe Biden. McCain refused to do it. Palin embraced it.
Palin would recite word-for-word what Sean "Softball" Hannity said. Fox News saw potential in her.
Palin would end up being ridiculed as an idiot and her career became a butt of jokes. When she decided to follow the softball, her career ended up tanking. Now she is a washed up politician.
When Barack Obama won his election, we thought that we would hear the last of this annoyance.
Alas, he became more powerful in the media.
Colmes would eventually leave the show shortly after then Senator Barack Obama won his bid be the president of the United States.
And since 2009, it was titled Hannity. And throughout Barack Obama's two terms, the softball was ridiculing his policies, his fitness and his ability to handle crisis.
The softball had words for everything. The Somali pirates, Henry Louis Gates, the Obama Stimulus, the Tea Party, Fast & Furious, the IRS and Lois Lerner, Solyndra, Benghazi, Hurricane Sandy, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, the debt ceiling, Obamacare, Common, Jay-Z, Pulse Nightclub, gay marriage, shroom gang, Baltimore, Chicago, Freddie Gray and radical Islam.
The softball would rudely call Obama a socialist, the anointed one, President Crybaby and an appeaser.
For eight years, this softball would be relentless on name-dropping Obama name in some negative fashion. It helped him build his ratings and popularity with the far-right.
It came to 2016. When Hillary Clinton ran for president, the softball restarted the "Stop Hillary Express." He would began to be completely obsessed with her. He was dogging her and accusing her of stealing the election from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He was name-dropping Clinton every twenty seconds of his shitshow.
He's not even a doctor but he's obsessing about her health. Her walking up stairs, coughing fits, nodding her head and her age. These were the whisper campaigns that softball spreaded online.
He relentless attacked her over her laugh, her pantsuits, Benghazi, her email server, that pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the DNC and the committee rules, her record as a senator, as first lady, Whitewater and questions of her sexuality through Huma Abedin.
Trump loves a good game of softball.
When Donald J. Trump decided to run for president again, the softball was an early supporter. He was secretly advising him and offering ways to win over Republicans who believed his bid to run for president was a publicity stunt.
Trump, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rick Perry, Benjamin Carson, Mike Huckabee, George Pataki, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker, Jim Gilmore and Rick Santorum all run for president.
The Republicans believed that the softball put his thumb on the scale to help Trump.
At one time, Cruz and the softball got into a heated feud over the favoritism and positive coverage.
Cruz would later pick Carly Fiorina to become his running mate. The softball would condescendingly interview them and bring up how they were undermining Trump's momentum. When Trump won the Indiana Republican Primary which eliminated Cruz, Rubio and Kasich's chances at beating him, the Republican refused to endorse his nomination.
Rubio had openly said that the softball was an "asshole" and told his advisors that the softball was willing to sacrifice conservative values for an idiot like Trump.
Rubio and Cruz believed that the softball, Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch sabotaged their campaign.
The softball would turn on Cruz, Glenn Beck, John Kasich and many other Republicans who refused to get on board with Trump. The softball literally betted his career on Trump winning.
When Trump endorsed the idea of foreign interference in his election, the softball suggested it.
When Russia hacked into the DNC servers and handed over private emails from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), John Podesta and top officials to Wikileaks, the softball was happy they did it. He actually supported Wikileaks and its controversial founder Julian Assange.
He even considered having Assange guest host his program.
The softball was obsessed with Donna Brazile. The allegations of Brazile giving Clinton a sample question also led to conspiracies of Sanders being cheated out of his nomination.
The biggest October Surprise was the Access Hollywood tape. When Trump and Billy Bush were on a bus, the two were talking dirty about women. Trump would say he would "grab'em by the pussy" and awkwardly kiss a model after he got off the bus. That scandal would rile up Republicans and many called for him to step aside. The softball would openly defend Trump and claim that it was a hit job on him. He found the comments disgusting but said the election is too important to allow Clinton to win this.
When Rudy Giuliani openly bragged his version of an October Surprise on the horizon, the softball cheered for the notion that "something big" was going to happen before the election.
James Comey decided to open an investigation into the server of Hillary Clinton in late October.
That surprise damaged Clinton's momentum. Going into November, Clinton and running mate Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) would end up conceding to Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence.
The softball would officially get an ear from the Trump team.
When Trump took the oath of office, the softball would talk to Paul Manafort about how they knew that he would win. Manafort who was under federal investigation openly communicated with officials from Russia and Ukraine. He failed to disclose information and was criminally charged with tax fraud and other criminal charges. He was sentenced to the iron college for seven years. He is now in home confinement.
So soon as Trump got into the White House, scandals broke. The softball quickly defended Trump and accused the junk food media and Democrats of being sore losers.
He would call the allegations a part of the DEEP STATE. This latest stitick was sparked by this far-white nationalist movement called Q'Anon. The softball would also start on this allegation that a former DNC staffer named Seth Rich being the one who gave the emails and documents to Wikileaks. He ran that allegation on Fox News and it forced the top executives to order him to stop running it. Rich's family also threatened a lawsuit against the network for allowing that softball push that conspiracy.
When allegations of Trump paying adult entertainer/activist Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal payments after having numerous affairs, the softball dismissed it as fake news. The softball actually defended the notion that Trump wasn't responsible for the payments which would have been an illegal campaign finance. The National Enquirer would ended up being under fire for scrapping the story. Trump's fixer Michael Cohen had his office and home raided by the feds. He was criminally charged and convicted to serve four years in the iron college.
While in court, the names of his clients came out. Other than Trump and Republican investor Elliot Broidy, the third client was named. It was no other than the softball. The softball would immediately dismiss the notion of him being a client and claimed that he never had any engagements with a third party or a person outside of his marriage.
Allegations against the softball are well known. The allegations didn't take him down like it did Roger Ailes, Bob Beckel, Eric Bolling, Ed Henry, Bill Shine and Bill O'Reilly. But the softball managed to escape the allegations. He shares lawyers with Trump. Rudy Giuliani, Jay Sekulow, Victoria Toensing, Joe DiGenova and Michael Cohen are the softball's lawyers.
So far two women accused the softball of sexual harassment and quid pro quo.
Debbie Schlussel, a former Fox News contributor and far-right agitator had claimed that the softball once tried to hit on her and invited her to his hotel room. She refused his request and never appeared on the show again. Since then, she became a harsh critic of him and the network. She brought to light the scandal involving the Freedom Concerts. The softball endorsed this scam from the Freedom Alliance. Oliver North and his cronies would plifer the money raised to help children who lost their parents in the casualties of war. When she made the allegations on radio, the softball sicced his lawyers on her and the station. She was told to stop talking about the encounter and the non-disclosure agreement. So she would "clarify" her statements and the junk food media moved on.
The second accuser is recent. Cathy Areu accused the softball, Tucker Carlson and Howard Kurtz of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviors while on set. Areu said that the softball would coach his staff to take her out on a date. He would pull a $100 bill out of his pocket, wave it around and demand a single man take her out on him. Areu was uncomfortable about encounter but played along with it. She has sued the agitator and Fox News in a federal lawsuit.
The softball would be attacking Jimmy Kimmel over mocking Melania Trump.
The softball would be proven hypocritical because of his attacks on Clinton and Michelle Obama, former first ladies who he relentless attacked.
The softball has been relentless on his mentions of Hillary Clinton. Even as we're heading into the 2020 general election, the softball is still bringing her up everyday on his right wing carnival and primetime shitshow.
He has hosted conspiracy nuts like John Solomon who once worked for The Hill. Solomon who is under federal investigation was peddling nonsense about Ukraine and Joe Biden. He also was responsible for the Uranium One nonsense that the softball tagged Clinton to. Solomon was fired from The Hill and restricted to only opinion shows like the softball's shitshow.
I've started to notice that the softball was getting really cozy with conservative agitator Sara A. Carter. Since 2017, the softball hosted the agitator numerous times. She accompanied the softball when he went to visit Vietnam, Singapore, Brussels, Israel and England. It got my attention that he was taking these trips without his wife and children. It gave me the reason to think he was cheating on his wife.
Well that relationship probably happened. This year, we learned that the softball had recently divorced his wife of 25 years, Jill Rhodes. The softball and Rhodes split years before but it was publicly known this year.
Then it was revealed that the softball ditched Carter for Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt.
Earhardt was a frequent contributor to the primetime shitshow during the Obama years before she was promoted to hosting duties on Fox & Friends.
The softball denies that he and Earhardt are dating. But rumors going around that Earhardt is doing her hosting duties out his Long Island home.
All these issues and Fox News will never have a reason to fire him out the cannon.
Media Matters for America has said that he's spend four years talking about her. Almost 95% of his show has some mention of either Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) or Joe Biden in a negative fashion. They believe its a way to take the pressure off Trump and his failure to control the country.
For me, after 13 years of listening to this, I am starting to realize that he's pretty much running on a tired formula of name drops and conspiracy theories. I believe folks are starting to tune him out.
Out of his nearly 20 million listeners of his carnival and 5 million viewers of his primetime shitshow, how many of them change the dial when he starts reminding us about Jeremiah Wright, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the media?
I can only imagine that if you're familiar with Bingo, you can make a card with all the notable quotes of that annoying softball. Trust me, you're going to be like "damn, I didn't know he was that annoying!"
Puke!
He wrote a book to warn Republicans if they abandon Trump, he's finished.
I am serious. How hard is it to get rid of this annoying agitator?
Now I will be pretty blunt when I say this about him. HE IS FUCKING ANNOYING. HE IS PRETTY UNBEARABLE TO LISTEN TO IN PUBLIC. HE SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS ADULT ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER. BECAUSE OF HIS DEMEANOR AND THE WAY HE SNIPES AT PEOPLE ARE NOTABLE SIGNS. MIND YOU I AM NOT A DOCTOR BUT I JUST SENSE IT BY THE WAY HE ACTS. I MEAN HE IS SUCCESSFUL FOR HIS SCHTICK. YELLING, INTERRUPTING GUESTS, REPEATING HIMSELF CONTINUOUSLY AND DEHUMANIZING AMERICANS IN SUCH A NEGATIVE FASHION IS STILL VERY PROFITABLE. THIS FORMULA WORKS SO WELL FOR THE SOFTBALL, RUSH LIMBAUGH, MICHAEL SAVAGE, MARK LEVIN AND GLENN BECK. THEY ARE OLD WHITE MEN WHO ARE STUCK IN THE 20TH CENTURY. LIKE TED KOPPEL, JIM ACOSTA AND JOHN MCCAIN SAID, "THEY RELISH ON PITTING AMERICANS AGAINST ONE ANOTHER." THEY ENJOY WATCHING GRIDLOCK AND CONGRESS TO GRIND TO A STOP. THE ONE THING THAT MAKES THIS ANNOYING AGITATOR STICKS OUT IS THE FACT HE IS JUST LIKE DONALD J. TRUMP. HE IS EVERYTHING WRONG WITH CONSERVATISM. RUSH LIMBAUGH AT LEAST GETS HIS OLD ASS OFF THE BLAME EVERYONE OBSESSION FOR A MINUTE OR TWO. THE SOFTBALL IS GOING ON AND ON ABOUT HOW BARACK OBAMA, JOE BIDEN, HILLARY CLINTON, JAMES COMEY, ROD ROSENSTEIN, PETER STRZOK AND LISA PAGE ARE PART OF THE "DEEP STATE." WITH BIDEN PICKING A WOMAN AS A RUNNING MATE, THE SOFTBALL WILL CONSTANTLY REMIND US ABOUT HOW SARAH PALIN WAS TREATED AND HOW THIS RUNNING MATE IS A REINCARNATION OF HILLARY CLINTON. SERIOUSLY, I HEARD EITHER TRUMP, BIDEN, CLINTON OR OBAMA'S NAME IN EVERY MONOLOGUE. HE SPENDS HOURS OF RANTING ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON ALLEGEDLY PAYING FOR A "PHONY FAKE (BOUGHT AND PAID FOR) RUSSIAN DOSSIER" AND HIS OBSESSION TO FIRE GOVERNMENT WORKERS WHO ARE INVESTIGATING DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES. MIND YOU, THE SOFTBALL IS UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AS WELL.
He seems like a nice person in public. However whenever he opens that mouth either you want to walk away from him or you want to sock him.
The softball claims he's not a journalist but attacks journalism.
The softball claims he's not a Republican but promotes Republican policies and Trump's the standard bearer of the party itself.
The softball claims he gets his sources from credible groups. So far he's gotten his "sources" from his alleged mistress Sara Carter, John Solomon, The Drudge Report, Infowars, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and World Net Daily.
They promote fake stories and propaganda.
Fox News is truly becoming Trump TV. Every night, the network delivers the agenda and the potential threats made by Trump. Even the kookspiracy about the "deep state" is being played night after night on the cable news shows.
That's why he's is successful. Fox News (in particular this annoying agitator) is peddling bullshit to Trump and in return, the president promotes a bullshit agenda. As a reward, the softball is given unprecedented access to Trump. Hence forth the "softball" interviews and Freudian slips.
This degranged cult of the softball's followers believes the junk food media is out to get him and Trump. There's nothing we can do to change their minds.
I predict this annoying agitator and his divisive rhetoric will come to an end soon.
It is time for Fox News to cut him loose. I call upon Rupert Murdoch and board executives to fire this annoying agitator out of the cannon. He is a toxic figure who is getting paid to divide Americans. We should not be subjected to divisiveness on the public airwaves.
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are banned from entering China.
The U.S. Intelligence agencies have confirmed that Russia, China and Iran are working to disrupt the presidential election. Trump has openly supported foreign interference in the election.
Russia is actively working to make sure that Joe Biden is weakened going into the election.
China and Iran are hoping that Donald J. Trump's mishaps will be his downfall.
The three countries have a testy relationship with Trump and his allies. They found that the United States is waning in power and believe the best way to keep tensions going is to create election chaos.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Rep. Josh Howley (R-MO), Rush Limbaugh and Sean "Softball" Hannity will be denied entry to China as a retaliation for Donald J. Trump's blaming of China for the coronavirus pandemic.
The pandemic has killed over 200,000 Americans and there's 5.8 million confirmed infections.
Trump has repeatedly called the COVID-19 spread the "CHINA VIRUS" in an attempt to please his base. The Chinese government has warned Trump that they will retaliate if he starts another trade war.
Relations are strained.
Notably the 11-person list doesn't include members of Trump's administration or campaign officials or any of the family members and business associates.
It's mainly sticking to putting a finger at Republican lawmakers in Washington who openly criticized Beijing and defending the protesters in Hong Kong.
Trump had imposed sanctions on Chinese companies and social media giant TikTok as retaliation for the spread of the coronavirus. He also ordered Chinese nationals to leave the embassies in the United States.
China in return has threatened to cancel contracts with American companies.
The last American lawmakers banned from entry to a country were Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). The two women were banned from entry to Israel after they openly criticized the policies of the Israeli government.
The city of Chicago continues to have gun violence. The police and armed individuals are shooting at one another.
Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker and mayor Lori Lightfoot are aware of the tension in America's third largest city, Chicago.
Chicago has seen over 500 people killed by gun violence. There has to be over 20,000 shootings this year in the city alone.
Lightfoot has said that Trump can help by signing legislation to curb gun violence. Trump has signed off an order for federal agents to come to Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Portland, Kansas City and Washington, DC.
The city has been the scapegoat of the Trump culture war. The presidential reelection campaign is running on the great culture war against Democratic presumptive nominee Joe Biden. Trump as well as his far-right allies are desperate to win this reelection.
They have used Chicago-based entertainer and presidential candidate Kanye West. The troubled entertainer has opened himself to a federal probe after a Republican operative dropped off ballots in Wisconsin that may contained forgeries. West, 43 openly admitted that he is trying to help Trump win reelection by getting fans to vote for him instead of Biden. Idiot entertainers Tauheed Epps (aka 2 Chainz "Tity Boi") and Nick Cannon have said they'll endorse a Kanye West presidency.
They have used the tactics of leftists. The leftist agitators Jeffery Shaun King, Nina Turner, Katie Halper, Ryan Grim, The Young Turks, Krystal Ball, Cornel West and Kyle Kulinski are creating tension. They are trying to sabotage Biden with rumors and allegations. They tried it with the Tara Reade accusations and failed. Now they're running on fumes and baseless 30 second clips.
They have tried with the "Biden in the basement" nonsense. Fox News caught Biden bicycling in Delaware and appearing to be in good health. The far-right and leftists are pretend doctors who claim that Biden has cognitive disorder or mild dementia. Biden admits he has a stuttering problem and has trouble trying to clarify words but no other health issues that are concerning.
They are trying to smear Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), Stacey Abrams and Susan Rice. These women of color are considered finalists in Biden's running mate challenge. The former vice president who was picked by Barack Obama has been pressured to pick a woman of color. The leftists want that "half-a-bowl of shit" Nina Turner as the running mate. If not her, they want Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA). They far-right have criticized her support for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and her trip to Cuba.
Drawbridges up over the Chicago River to keep protesters out the Loop.
Harris and Demings were lawyers before they were involved in law enforcement. Harris was a former California Attorney General. She is being dogged by the leftists because of her duties of enforcing criminal penalties for felons. Demings is being dogged about her days as Orlando Police Chief and the handling of cases under her tenure.
Abrams is being caricatured on white nationalist websites. She is being hammered for her previous stances while being a state lawmaker in Georgia. Rice will be relentless dogged over Benghazi. The September 11, 2012 embassy attack got more attention than George W. Bush's failure on September 11, 2001. The far-right will relentlessly ignore the COVID-19 pandemic killing over 200,000 Americans for the four Americans who died in a militant attack on a U.S. barracks in Libya. A place that the far-right can't even point out on a map.
And of course, Chicago is the new anchor Trump will hang on Biden's neck.
Lightfoot is being hammered for her handling of gun violence.
The city of Chicago and Portland, Oregon have seen unrest since the George Floyd tragedy. Many protesters are calling for the dismantling of military style policing (the so-called "defund the police" movement).
Lightfoot had just concluded her presser and the city is on high alert. The city has ordered drawbridges at the Chicago River and issued a mandatory curfew for residents. They also announced that more than 100 people were arrested for rioting and disturbing the peace. The city is asking for the state to charge those involved with felonies.
Chicago Police once again face scrutiny. A man was allegedly carrying a gun was shot by the law.
It led to hundreds of peoples who swept the Magnificent Mile (North Michigan Avenue).
Along with Police Superintendent David Brown, Lightfoot condemned the actions of those who destroyed property and injured 13 officers trying to disperse the crowds.
Unrest in Chicago continues.
"This wasn't an organized protest, it was an incident of pure criminality," said Brown. "Criminals took to streets with confidence that there would be no consequences for their actions. I refuse to let these cowardly acts hold our city hostage."
Lightfoot added:
"We are waking up in shock this morning," she said. "This had nothing to do with protected First Amendment expression...This was abject criminal behavior... This is straight up felony criminal conduct."
NBC News reports that the shooting happened on Sunday when the police responded to a call of a person with a gun in Chicago's 7th District, according to the Chicago Police. Officers said they tried to confront a man who matched the description of the person with the gun when police say the suspect fled and fired a gun towards officers during a foot chase.
The officers fired at the man, striking him, according to the police, who said his firearm was recovered at the scene. The man, who police said was a 20-year old with previous arrest for burglary, child endangerment and domestic battery was taken to a local hospital where his condition is unknown.
Three officers were placed in the freezer pending an investigation into use of force being justified.
Brown said "tempers flared, fueled by misinformation" about the shooting. Police said that social media posts encouraging looting weren't from Chicago residents. However, the news spread and folks came to the city and reports of a mob scene began shortly after midnight.
Some of the officers sustained injuries. One sergeant got hit with a bottle and another officer got a broken nose. The injuries weren't non-lethal.
Those involved could face up to ten years in the iron college in Illinois. The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of a law.
Everyday at least 103 people die from gun violence. I can't even tell you how many stories I've missed involving gun violence in the country.
The month of July had some of the worst incidents of gun violence.
WHEN COPS SEE A BLACK MAN WITH A FIREARM REGARDLESS OF IT BEING LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, THEY AUTOMATICALLY SHOOT THE BLACK MAN. EVEN AN UNARMED BLACK MAN JUST REACHING FOR A WALLET OR A DOOR HANDLE COULD BE KILLED BY THE COPS. NOW A BLACK MAN FLEEING AN ARRESTING OFFICER COULD BE KILLED. WHETHER THEY'RE IN THEIR VEHICLE OR RUNNING FROM THEM. THE COPS WILL SHOOT THE BLACK MAN. THE POLICE AND JUNK FOOD MEDIA TRY TO MAKE THE VICTIM, "THE BAD GUY" BY BRINGING UP HIS PAST HISTORY, HIS SOCIAL MEDIA OR HIS FAMILY LIFE. MANY WHITES (IN LARGE GROUPS) HAVE FIREARMS IN FRONT OF POLICE AND THEY NEVER GET SHOT OR KILLED. WHY AREN'T THEY AFRAID OF THEM? WHENEVER SOMEONE COMPLAINS ABOUT THE LACK OF BLACK FATHERS, I CONTINUE TO DENOUNCE THIS BULLSHIT. I OFTEN REMIND THEM THAT THE POLICE KILL BLACK FATHERS. THE POLICE LEAVE CHILDREN OF COLOR WITHOUT A BLACK FATHER. AND NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD BRING THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY THE COPS.
We have unrest in the nation. African Americans and Native Americans had enough of the status quo in politics, religion, entertainment and law. The need to change started on May 25, 2020 when a cop placed his knee on the neck of an American citizen. He screamed, "I can't breathe...." and cried for his "mama."
Trump wants to call himself a "law and order" president. He has ordered federal agents into Chicago and other large municipalities.
No amount of criminal acts this man done justified that cop's actions. It's has frustrated me to hear folks like Candace Owens, Larry Elder, Leo Terrell, Jesse Lee Peterson, Terrence K. Williams, Kevin Jackson, Diamond & Silk and Allen West defend the actions of bad cops and white vigilantes.
I don't give a fuck about someone's past encounters with police. That doesn't justify the death of anyone.
The status quo of the gun culture. Now is not the time to talk about gun violence!
If there were more security guards and more civilians (aka the good guy) with a gun.......
They learn how to use firearms from watching (or listening) to gangsta rap.
They watch violent movies.
They don't have fathers or mothers in their lives and it results in them committing criminal acts.
Look at his history with police....
Blah, blah, blah...
It never stops.
Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government. They are enabling this. Donald J. Trump, Congress and the National Rifle Association are a bunch of lily-livered cowards. They are numb to gun violence.
The "good guy" with a firearm is the most dangerous person to have a firearm. Matter of fact, the NICE GUYS are often the ones who are spurned by society. Bad relationships, losing your job, jealousy over promotions, family feuds and racism are typical NICE GUY issues.
NICE GUYS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS INDIVIDUALS WITH A FIREARM. THE NICE GUY GETS SPURNED BY SOCIETY. THEY TAKE REVENGE ON SOCIETY. RESTRAINING ORDERS ARE JUST A PIECE OF PAPER. THEY WILL NOT (I REPEAT) STOP A "MAD" INDIVIDUAL FROM OBTAINING A FIREARM.
Don't you just want to scream!?
Scream in the faces of these damn lawmakers whenever they offer their "thoughts and prayers" to every fucking mass shooting in the United States. They will offer their condolences and say a word vomit how they sympathize with the deceased. Some here will tell us that "now isn't the time to talk." Others will say that "the NRA has too much influence on gun laws."
We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will experience another mass shooting. The next mass shooting will be even worse than the last one.
I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths. I hear the same old talking points about "good guys with guns" and "god's given rights."
Every time these folks offer "thoughts and prayers," "their condolences," "their hearts going out to," and "their apologies," they are not sincere. For every naming of a road, park, bench, building and holiday, it won't matter to the community. For every time they lower flags, offer moments of silence and candlelight vigils, we just offer "feel good-isms."
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.
We have mass shootings in the United States everyday. We are the only country in the world that continues to do nothing about this. Donald J. Trump, Congress, the National Rifle Association and agitators in the junk food media have moved on from dealing with this. They're too busy sniping over partisan blame games. With Trump being impeached while in office, he's unlikely to focus on gun violence.
Trump and lawmakers elected to federal office made politics extremely toxic. It's not just the fault of our dear leader and lawmakers, but relentless agitators on the 24/7 cable news channels. They are profiting off division and divisiveness. The internet is also a problem. It's is a breeding ground for potential mass shooters. Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media outlets have been "ground zero" for disinformation, partisan threats and social activism. Incels and social outcasts find their outlets on sites that inspire them to cause harm to their fellow human beings.
It never happens in your community.......! Until it does! Every community in the United States will eventually have a legacy. A legacy of tragedy. A mass shooting will affect your town, your family and your life. So I don't want to hear that bullshit about how "guns save lives." They don't. The only thing that survives a gun shooting is the gun.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP! I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO GOD!
GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.
Tensions are rising in Waycross after a cop shot at a vehicle with children inside.
What the hell is going on in America?
Don't people get the fuck out of the way of a moving vehicle?
Is there going to be a better outcome for police when engaging in a fleeing motorist?
DEVELOPING. We are receiving reports of a police involved incident in Waycross, Ware County Georgia. Initial Reports allege a 9 and 12 year old were present during the shooting by Law Enforcement. The @Georgia_NAACP has been alerted. #BlackLivesMatter#WeAreDoneDyingpic.twitter.com/InKtYwXk4s
Two teenage boys were arrested on firearm charges and other counts after a Georgia police officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop. The cop fired multiple shots at their car. Unbeknownst to the cop, there were children in the backseat of the car.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation of the incident Saturday morning in the city of Waycross near the Georgia-Florida state line. The two boys, African American were inside a car when a Waycross police officer approaching from the front opened fire, claiming that the video begun driving toward him, the GBI said.
No one was hurt by the gunfire. Before the shooting started, three younger children -- age 14, 12 and 9 -- ran from the vehicle, the GBI said in a news release on Saturday. The agency said the officer who opened fire had come to assist another Waycross officer who began following the car after witnessing the driver commit a minor traffic violation.
Police arrest a teen who they claimed driven into them. The teen was bruised by the cops.
Waycross Police said both teens inside the car were arrested on charges of illegal possession of a firearm by a minor. The driver, 16 and passenger 15, were charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, reckless driving, running a stop sign and driving without a license.
The passenger was charge with obstruction of a police officer and attempting to remove an officer's firearm. The department didn't release the name of the teens.
The NAACP and Black Lives Matter said that incident smell like shit.
One of the boys parents said that the firearm charge is bullshit.
There were five minors in the vehicle. Dominique Goodman, Sr. confirmed that he was the father of all the children and he's pissed that the teens were charged with gun crimes when he said he's the licensed owner of the weapon and vehicle.
Benjamin Crump, who is overseeing the Ahmaud Arbery, Breona Taylor and George Floyd cases is now talking with the lawyer Gerald Griggs on how to deal with the matter on behalf of the younger children.
The cop shot into the passenger side door of the vehicle. He and the other cop were placed in the freezer pending an investigation into whether use of force was justified.
The teens were arrested after a cop fired his gun into their vehicle.
The teenagers are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If criminally charged as juveniles, they could get up to five years in Georgia youth offenders. If criminally charged as adults, they equally could face up to 30 years in the iron college.
Waycross GA Police shot at unarmed Black CHILDREN ages 9-16 -and pistol whipped the 15yo- during a minor traffic stop! Black kids fear cops because police treats them like common criminals! This is police brutality - a systemic failure in training, plain and simple!! pic.twitter.com/PVUXtKvOh3
Waycross is a city located in Southeastern Georgia. It's the county seat of Ware County. It has a population of 13,305 residents. It is a 55% Black, 40% White and 3% Hispanic population.
It is only 75 miles from Jacksonville, Florida and 60 miles from Brunswick, Georgia.
Marquita Bradshaw becomes the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee.
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is retiring from the U.S. Senate. The state of Tennessee is considered a safe state for Donald J. Trump. The state picked a dingbat like Marsha Blackburn.
The Democratic senate nominee is going to face an uphill battle. The Justice Democrats can claim victory. The results of Thursday proved to be fruitful for the far-left agitators.
Marquita Bradshaw became the nominee. If elected, she could become the first African American woman to represent the state of Tennessee. The Democrat has a right challenge going in. She beat the candidate that was suitable for the establishment Democrats.
Bradshaw a Sierra Club organizer from Memphis won the race out of five candidates. She is making history as the first Black woman to run as a major political party nominee in a U.S. Senate race in Tennessee.
She is running on a platform that is similar to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). She supports Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, universal background checks and DACA. The Republicans already are trying to spook Tennesseans with talk about how radical Bradshaw is.
On Thursday she beat out attorney and combat veteran James Mackler, a moderate Democrat who was backed by many in the party.
Republican Bill Hagerty will face Democrat in the general.
Bradshaw beat Mackler with less than $10,000 in campaign funds. Mackler had $2.1 million in campaign funds.
The challenger she is facing is Republican Bill Hagerty. The former U.S. ambassador is backed by Trump and Blackburn and is well connected to Republican Party leaders in the state.
Bradshaw will have to build a coalition in order to beat Hagerty.
I have the race already set as SAFE REPUBLICAN.
The only thing that could derail Hagerty is a controversy involving him personally. If that should happen, Bradshaw could pick momentum up.
Republicans managed to pick Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) even though the fool had mistress and had her terminate her pregnancy.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is a do-nothing lawmaker. She was then a House member who promoted white nationalist stances. Now as a senator she is a staunch supporter of Trump.
Blackburn is the first woman to be elected senator of Tennessee. Also she is the most dumbest senator ever.
Georgia school with the packed hallway had students and staffers test positive for the coronavirus.
WEAR THE DAMN MASK! SAVE A LIFE! PLEASE SOCIAL DISTANCE!
Hannah Watters gets the last laugh. The young teen who took the famous photo of her high school hallway being packed with students got suspended for it. The school reversed it decision.
She was taking the advice of John Lewis. She wanted to cause "good trouble."
It seems like students and staffers at North Paulding High School tested positive for coronavirus.
The photo taken by Watters showed that school being packed with students.
At least two students at the school were suspended for tweeting the viral photos. One of the students is filing a grievance.
The principal had to tell the public that he fucked up.
"At this time, we know there were six students and three staff members who were in school for at least some time last week who have since reported to us that they have tested positive," said North Paulding High School principal Gabe Carmona.
North Paulding's football team was already facing a coronavirus outbreak before school reopened, as multiple players testing positive and showed symptoms. Still the the school board and its superintendent said schools can't fore students to wear mask.
Wearing a mask is a personal choice, and there's is no practical way to enforce a mandate to wear them," said Superintendent Brian Otott.
Paulding and Cherokee Counties opened schools. Soon as they did, cases of COVID-19 rose and the state of Georgia is one of the five states with highest cases ever.
Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah and Macon's mayors over the cities mandates over face masks.
The Republican governor who is an ally of Donald J. Trump has opposed mandatory facial covering.
He continues to allow indoor attractions like bars, restaurants and salons to operate at full capacity.
American teen who took the famous photo was suspended. The school recalled the decision. She has hired an attorney.
Nearly 500,000 Georgians are likely tested positive for the coronavirus. There are nearly 6 million confirmed cases in the United States. We have over 200,000 Americans killed from the coronavirus.
Trump refuses to take this shit seriously. He continues to visit places without facial protection. He mocks Joe Biden for wearing face masks. He attacks Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Brix for giving grim assessments. The House of Representatives has passed their version of the CARES Act.
Republicans in the Senate continue to stall legislation and of course, the junk food media blames both parties for the actions.
Here's a map.
Here's things to remember about the coronavirus. Revised.
1. Wash your hands frequently. Wash for at least 20 seconds (two Happy Birthday songs). Use FDA-approved and sanctioned hand sanitizer if there's no soap or warm water nearby.
2. Do not touch your face (mouth, nose and eyes). Most viral infections go through your face. I know scratching your eyes or face is common with most people. Yes, even picking your nose. But the germs on your fingernails can enter the body. People who sneeze towards others spread viral infections.
3. Cough into your elbow instead of your hands. Most Americans do sneeze into their arm. Some do sneeze into the hand. But if they do sneeze into their hand, make sure they wash their hands.
4. Keep a safe distance (at least 6 to 10 feet) from individuals. Businesses are now issuing social distancing and will have the right to refuse service if you're not adhering to the guidelines.
5. If you're sick, please stay home. You could spread the disease to others and trust me, you could face legal ramifications if you're sick and you deliberately showing up to work.
6. There is no treatment or cure for the COVID-19.
7. Follow state and federal laws regarding this. Some states have relaxed regulations but that doesn't mean you're fully able to return to normal life. You have to stay vigilant and remind yourself that you can still catch this despite social distancing and safe sanitation practices.
Americans who choose to not wear facial protection during a pandemic have spiked COVID-19.
8. Do not hoard items like toilet paper, milk, eggs, bread, gloves, hand sanitizer, etc.
9. Use social media like Facebook Messenger, Meet, Zoom, Google Duo, Skype or social media to connect.
10. COVID-19 can live on surfaces for more than 72 hours. Including steel, plastic and cardboard.
11. A pandemic has no timeline. The coronavirus is new and scientists are trying to figure out how to combat this.
12. COVID-19 doesn't care about borders. The coronavirus spreads from human to human contact. We have no confirmation on how it made it to the United States. Don't believe what Donald J. Trump says about it coming from China. It was detected in China, then Italy and our first confirmed case was in January 2020 in the United States. We probably had thousands of people affected in 2019 and we just didn't know it.
13. If you deliberately infect other individuals, food and first responders, you will be charged with crime. So if people are trying to cough on you, sneeze on you, lick food products, lick toilet seats and refuse to wear masks where its required, they could face criminal charges. This is a controversial issue because some believe the mask isn't protecting them and some don't care about you or your family's health.
14. If you have signs of bluish lips or face, inability to wake or stay awake, new confusion, persistent pain in the chest, trouble breathing or blood in cough, call 9-1-1. There are mobile testing sites in your community but always check with a doctor first before getting a test at a public center. Most doctors will not take you openly without facial protection and confirmed symptoms.
15. Not all symptoms of COVID-19 are confirmed or denied. New issues keep showing up. So don't believe everything you've heard. The most common symptoms are noted above. Also please note that asymptomatic individuals are folks who have no symptoms but are spreading. Those are folks who look normal but have it and not showing signs yet.
16. Retail is now mandating workers and shoppers to wear facial protection. If you are continuing to not follow company policies when it comes to wearing facial protection, you can be banned from their establishment. Walmart, Kroger, Target, Whole Foods, Best Buy and other companies are now requiring facial protection in their businesses.
17. Have patience with those in the healthcare industry, service industry and law enforcement. They are operating at limited staff. Those who work at restaurants, casinos, media companies, landscaping, construction and first responders are working to serve and help you. But note, that they are putting themselves at risk as well of catching the coronavirus. Respect those who have to work in this.
18. Some hand sanitizers are considered dangerous to your health. Methanol-based hand sanitizer could be toxic to those with weaken immune systems or allergies. The Food and Drug Administration have warned of methanol contamination. Some products made in Mexico and China may be dangerous. There are some people ingesting hand sanitizer. See 19.
19. Please do not ingest or inject sanitizer, bleach or hydroxychloroquine into your body. There is no cure for the coronavirus. Scientists are working on creating a safe vaccine to treat the coronavirus.
According to the CDC, there is still not enough information on antibodies for COVID-19 and whether they can prevent someone from getting reinfected. It still recommends that people with a positive antibody test follow recommendations for protecting themselves and others.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.
Death does happen to at least 40% of those who are affected by COVID-19.
Healthy people can die from this. Take this seriously. You only have one life!
If you need more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov
Why can't folks just buy a stuffed bear? A person in Asheville, North Carolina placed a Trump 2020 sticker on a black bear.
The things people do.
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID!
A woman spotted a black bear with something unique on its tracking collar. They saw the bear had a Trump 2020 Make America Great sticker on its collar.
Sheila Chapman spotted the bear wondering on her front porch. She said that bears often stroll around the neighborhood. She noticed that sticker on the back of the collar. She took a picture of it and shared it on social media.
Then she sent the pictures to the Help Asheville Bears (HAB) organization. They offered a $5,000 reward for information on whoever put the sticker on the collar.
On August 4, HAB announced they found the person responsible for the incident. The person had apologized for their actions and promise to have no contact with any bears in the future.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission said that the person who placed the sticker on the bear will not face any criminal charges. But they did warn that any attempts of harming the bears or intentionally taunting them will result in criminal prosecution.
A woman saw a bear with a Trump 2020 sticker on its collar.
The commission said that bears are unpredictable and can harm people.
White people often like to engage with wildlife.
I've talked about it in previous postings. Folks who want to mess with wildlife, stray dogs and cats often face serious injury from them. Better get life insurance if you want to mess with animals.
Bears often seek food in urban centers. The best way to stop a bear from destroying property is to make sure your trash cans are completely covered. Do not leave pet food outdoors. Do not leave any food in your vehicle if you live in areas where bears are known. Properly dispose of grease and food. Do not mess with a bear when it's with the cubs. Do not run from a bear. If you are cornered by a bear make yourself appear threatening and loud. Carry pepper spray or bear mace.
"Without Viacom, there would have been no Paramount. And there would have been no CBS," he said. "So I guess the greatest moment would have to be the very difficult battle with, and acquisition of, Viacom."
