Monday, March 07, 2022

Trash Levin Bashes Biden!

Trash Levin complains about Biden's handling of the crisis in Ukraine.

The No. 1 extremist on talk radio is on Fox and Blaze TV.

Trash Levin is an angry old fart who yells at the radio, sucks the cock of white supremacy and is a grifter. He portrays himself as a constitutional lawyer but in reality, he is a douchebag who likes to hear himself talk. He took the spot after old fart Rush Limbaugh died. Many Americans can't stomach three hours of the rhetoric of Softball Hannity. They ultimately tune his ass out whenever he goes on and on about Hillary Clinton, Washed Up 45 and President Joe Biden.

Trash Levin is perhaps the most Limbaugh-like agitator on talk radio. And he's generating the audience of millions of angry old farts who believe the country is doomed under Biden's leadership.

So he has a Sunday show on Fox and the agitator was upset as usual over Biden's handling of issues involving Ukraine and Russia. The United States and NATO have a "hands off" approach to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

They are watching from the sidelines as Russian forces invade a sovereign nation. The West had sanctioned Russia and its president Vladimir Putin. The country is dealing with potential economic collapse. This is the last resort before war and it could trigger World War III.

The West knows that attacking Russia would lead to a nuclear war and Putin is no where from stopping.

Diplomacy and sanctions are the only thing the West has right now. The U.S. is leading in having countries once friendly with Russia turn their backs. 

Trash Levin, the armchair general and far right agitator who constantly uses his platform to trash Democrats is upset over the war.

"I mean Biden is the so-called Commander-in-Chief. He is a disgrace and disaster. He actually has the Russians negotiating with the Iranians on a nuclear deal with us. What kind of a fool does that I will never know. He puts more sanctions on the American oil industry and no sanctions on the Russian oil industry as I speak. What kind of a fool does that when we can use oil to debilitate the Russian economy, the Putin economy and war machine, rather than debilitate you, Mr. And Mrs. America?"


Trash Levin added: "We do have a damn fool in the White House, there’s no question about that, and we should be muscling up our military for any possibilities, and we’re not, despite spending trillions and trillions of massive debt, we are not muscling up the United States military. Russia, China, Iran, the axis of evil, the real axis of evil that now exists."

Yes, gas prices are soaring in the United States and the world. Russia is one of the main contributors to the oil and gas market. It is the third largest trader of oil. 

The U.S. is dealing with a pandemic, a hiring crisis, partisan extremism and is on standby in preparation of a global war. Americans who sideline complain don't understand global politics.

Trash Levin doesn't seem to understand that Washed Up 45 was going to have the U.S. exit NATO. 

Putin was banking on Washed Up 45 to continue destroying the country. The U.S. has a new president and he's been very vocal about how Russian influence created the messes we're in.

Trash Levin was praising Putin in the earlier months. Now that he's carried out his attack on Ukraine and the U.S. is standing on the sidelines, the far-right wants us to engage in conflict.

Sen. Karen Graham (R-SC) is a prime example of a warhawk. He openly called for an assassination of Putin. 

The very same folks who supported the insurrection now wants to create more chaos just to own the libs.

Pathetic. 

If you want to go to war, join the military and go on the frontlines. 

War is not a game. Everyone loses. The only thing in a war is a whole lot of dead bodies and a lot of sideline chest beaters telling your families that service to our nation was justified by your family member's service to die for a political disagreement.

Sunday, March 06, 2022

Brittney Griner Detained In Russia!

Brittney Griner got caught in the middle of an international crisis.

WNBA star arrested in Russia for drug trafficking and it carries a 10 year bid. The U.S. State Department is now trying to get her out of this situation. The NBA and WNBA are calling for her release and it appears the Russian Federation will use her as a bargaining chip.

When the State Department issued a warning for Americans to leave Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, some choose to ignore it. Now it is a huge mess that comes off the Federation going to war with Ukraine.

WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia and could face up to 10 years in prison after customs officers found "vapes" containing hashish oil in her luggage back in February, reports say. 

The Russian Federal Customs Service released a statement Saturday confirming that an American "two-time Olympic basketball champion" had been taken into custody in February after a narcotics' dog at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow alerted the athlete’s luggage. 

The New York Times first reported Griner’s arrest, citing Russian news agency TASS,

"After scanning the bag, the customs officers noticed vapes," a translation of the statement read. "The experts found that the cartridges for them contain liquid with hash oil." 

The agency released a video of the incident that appeared to show Griner going through security. 

According to the statement, Griner could face anywhere between 5-10 years if found guilty.

Her agent told ESPN in a statement on Saturday that it was an "ongoing legal matter" and they are in talks with the WNBA and NBA. 

"We are aware of the situation with Brittney Griner in Russia and are in close contact with her, her legal representation in Russia, her family, her teams, and the WNBA and NBA," the statement read. "As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are not able to comment further on the specifics of her case but can confirm that as we work to get her home, her mental and physical health remain our primary concern."

The WNBA also told the outlet that Griner has the league’s "full support" and her safe return is their "top priority." 

It was not immediately clear if Griner was still in police custody. 

Brittany is the mother of twins with former wife Glory Johnson, a former WNBA player.

Keep Your Politics Off The Interstate!

The extremist caravans and convoys are back.

The Freedom Convoy finally wasted their fuel and diesel to make it to one of the country's busiest freeways. On top of that, the Washington, DC Metro Police, Maryland and Virginia state patrols were waiting to issue citations for intentional delays of traffic.

Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway is a 64 mile freeway that circles around Washington, DC and its suburbs in Virginia and Maryland. A portion of the freeway carries Interstate 95, it parent route. 

The highway's peak traffic around 4pm carries 150,000 vehicles.

With states ending mask and vaccine mandates the convoy has other grievances. On top of that, the noise is already being ignored by the tensions in Europe.

Also, Canada has plans to end vaccinate mandates. The United States and Canada still have vaccine requirements before crossing border. They ain't playing.

After the chaos in Ottawa and Windsor at the Ambassador Bridge, the U.S. was preparing for these convoys. These extremists would rather waste their fuel for petty grievances.

Interstate 495 is a major beltway around Washington, DC

The trucker-led convoy group, which was organized on pro-Trump and anti-vaccination channels on the Telegram messaging app, drove around the Capital Beltway, which surrounds metropolitan Washington, D.C. Their plan was to circle the interstate twice and then return to Hagerstown, Maryland, where they gathered Saturday night, to regroup.

Authorities in and around the capital were on alert ahead of the convoy’s arrival. Last month, the Defense Department authorized activating up to 700 unarmed National Guard members to assist with traffic control.

Inspired by protests in Canada, the "People's Convoy" traveled across the country in protest against mask and vaccination mandates to combat Covid-19 over the past two years. Hundreds of people have joined the group since it left on its cross-country journey Feb. 22 in Adelanto, California.

Brian Brase, a convoy co-organizer, said he plans to take members of the protest group to meet with lawmakers Tuesday. NBC News has not verified any planned meetings with lawmakers.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at the end of February that masks are no longer necessary indoors. Most of the major cities that once required vaccinations to unmask in indoor businesses, such as New York City, have lifted such restrictions in recent weeks.

The return of the convoys for Washed Up 45.

Brase acknowledged the end to many mandates throughout the country. "What the People’s Convoy’s looking for is, we're looking for immediate end to the state of emergency," he said. "We don't believe there is an emergency any longer."

Canadian authorities enacted emergency powers and filed for injunctions after the “Freedom Convoy” created chaos across the country last month. Truckers and joining protesters blockaded U.S.-Canada border crossings and parked in residential areas for about two weeks.

Hundreds of tickets were issued and criminal incidents were reported as Canadians reported feeling unsafe and targeted by some protesters while wearing masks.

Brase described the U.S. convoy as a “peaceful, law-abiding group.”

NBC News reported last week that as Covid restrictions ease and the group’s demands become less pressing, some within the group's Telegram channels have taken interest in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Contingents within the groups, many of them QAnon supporters, have seized on a false conspiracy theory that the war is a cover for a military operation backed by former President Donald Trump in Ukraine.

Extremism researchers expressed fears that the overt QAnon messaging could take over the channels and spread as the initial reasons for the protest lose steam.

Saturday, March 05, 2022

Quit Tagging Your Politics On My Property!

Tagging property with politics. Some businesses hate them doing that.

I was at a local truck stop outside of Cincinnati and I seen a hodge podge of far right propaganda. On a gas pump, there was "I did that!" sticker which has President Joe Biden pointing and "Let's Go Brandon!" inside a men's restroom stall. Upon exiting the restroom inside a mirror was "FJB" which is abbreviated for "Fuck Joe Biden" carved.

I shook my head washed my hands and went back to my car, pumped my gas and headed back home.

I am often annoyed by graffiti and unnecessary tagging on property. We have this stuff going on where politics as well as a need to just be noticed is going on.

And of course, those tireless workers at the gas station, the restaurants and other facilities tasked to cleaning up the graffiti, removing the stickers and replacing mirrors.

See we can't install cameras in the restroom. Its extremely hard to prove that an individual caused petty vandalism inside a restroom. It is extremely difficult to catch people who vandalize property. If it not in real time, it's basically a constant distraction.

A gas station manager in Alabama pleaded with customers to vandalizing his gas pumps with stickers that blame President Joe Biden for the rising cost of fuel.

The stickers first began to sweep the country last year, as gas prices began their ascent.

As gas prices surge, some people are voicing their concern with a satirical sticker at the pump.

That small sticker is causing big problems for local gas stations. It is a picture of Biden pointing to the high dollar sign and saying 'I did that' underneath. While it may seem like a funny political message to some people, the gas stations could be fined for vandalism.

"I take off 5 or 6 a day from our different pumps," says Perry Cagle. He's the assistant manger of the Exxon off Highway 72 in Athens.

As gas prices keep climbing, Cagle says the stickers are rising up with them.

"I got one here, it's the 'I did that' and then they put it by the pump and it's supposed to be that Joe, President Biden, is causing the gas to go up," he says.

The satirical joke is turning away some costumers.

"I have had one or two people come in here and complain about it," says Cagle.

Not only that, but the stickers could cost his locally owned station a corporate fine.

"The point of the matter is it's causing issues for us because we get points taken off if our corporate comes by and does inspections they do," Cagle explains.

American politics are worse than ever.

He says he is all for people voicing their political beliefs, just not at his workplace.

"Put it on your car, put it on your house. Don't vandalize private property," he says.

He adds that the person who the message is meant for will likely never see it.

"Joe Biden doesn't own this station and he's not going to come by and fill up his tank and see that sticker and say 'oh man I should've lowered gas prices today!'" says Cagle.

For those upset about high gas prices, the spokesperson for AAA says one way to help lower the price is to price shop.

That means filling up at the cheapest station in your area, rather than the most convenient or the one that you are used to.

Clay Ingram from AAA says oil companies rely on people going to the most convenient station, and that is why they are able to increase their prices.

"We need to send a message to everybody that we're buying the cheapest priced gas, and when we don't these stations get higher and higher," explains Ingram.

He says by going one to two miles out of your way, you could save up to 30 cents a gallon if you pay attention to the prices. The more people who go to the cheaper stations, the more pressure there is for other stations to drop their prices as well.

Those Little White Lies!

The lies people tells.

Missing White Woman Syndrome once again. 

Wondering how Washed Up 45 became the President of the United States?

While we were blasting washed up actor Jussie Smollett, this one happened to slip past our radar. But now, she's facing the scrutiny and the public ridicule of creating a racial hoax.

A white woman who went missing in 2016 but was found safely is arrested after it was revealed she faked her disappearance and stole from the state of California. The woman accused Hispanic women of kidnapping her.

Sherri Papini, the California "super mom" vanished for three weeks. It led to coverage from the American junk food media. It was a topic de jour of the courtroom agitators. It was covered far more than any woman of color being missing in the country.

Papini would turn up alive. She was bound with restraints and injuries. She had a broken nose and a branding on her shoulder. 

The 39-year old woman is now being arrested by the Redding Police and is being questioned by the FBI for making up a claim that two Hispanic women kidnapped her and served her a hot plate.

But now it was revealed that Papini is a racist and a thief. She made the whole thing up.

The world saw Latinas as bad.

"In truth, Papini had been voluntarily staying with a former boyfriend in Costa Mesa and had harmed herself to support her false statements," said the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California.

She took over $30,000 from the California Victim Compensation Board. 

She was arrested on charges of making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer and engaging in mail fraud, officials said.

The racist could face up to 20 years in federal time out if convicted of mail fraud and up to five years if convicted of lying to the feds.

Papini, who made her first court appearance virtually also faces a fine of $250,000. 

The perfect blonde face who had an infectious smile and the whole nation worried about her. 

"When a young mother went missing in broad daylight, a community was filled with fear and concern," said U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert. "Ultimately, the investigation revealed that there was no kidnapping and that time and resources that could have been used to investigate actual crime, protect the community and provide resources to victims were wasted."
Blaming women of color.

Papini was still lying about the abduction in August 2020 when she was interviewed by a federal agent and a local detective, according to the charges.

Authorities showed her evidence indicting she had not been kidnapped and warned her that it was a crime to lie to a federal agent -- but she continued to provide false statements, the charges allege.

Papini was not happy in marriage to her husband Keith. She found a guy she used to date online and decided to make the trip down to southern California to spend a couple of days with him. When Keith and the family were concerned, they ultimately had to notify the law. 

So when the junk food media was beginning their non-stop coverage, she realized that she was fucked.

So Papini and the guy created this narrative that she was traveling on a business trip and had a break down. She flagged down two women for help. The two women would abduct her and rob her. She would be served a hot plate. Then they would tie her hands together tell her to walk into the woods and eventually be found by a passing motorist. 

Keith was fingered as the suspect in her disappearance. He did pass a lie detector test by having an alibi. He was searching for her when she failed to pick up the children. He had no idea of the other man or the accusations thrown against him.

If convicted, her children will be adults by the time she gets out.

She told the other guy that her husband was abusive. 

The other guy did help in creating some of the injuries that the suspect had. But he is not being charged as a suspect. 

Nonetheless this shows the ugly side of how the media's obsession with covering missing white women and painting them as damsels in distress. When women of color (especially Black women) go missing, it's usually the junk food media's obsession with painting the woman as the victim of her own disappearance. They would rather obsess with the lifestyle of the Black woman instead of the fact she is literally missing from public eye. If found, they automatically assume there was an ulterior motive to her disappearance.

Elie Mystal Tells A Hard Truth! Conservative Outrage Again!

Elie Mystal tells the truth.

Writer Elie Mystal goes on The View and tells a hard truth about the U.S. Constitution and how it was represented for the preservation of white supremacy. He literally called the constitution "trash."

It sparked outrage among the far-right. 

Those very same folks who believe the Jan. 6 insurrection was just a "peaceful protest" that was infiltrated by those Black Lives Matter and Antifa agitators. The very same folks who support a man who literally is lying about the 2020 election. A man who refuses to concede to the fact that he lost his reelection bid, fair and square. 

These are the very same folks who support white nationalist policies. The very same people who want to restrict a woman's right to having a safe termination of fetus. The very same people who want to make it harder for Blacks, Latinos, the poor, the homeless and the elderly to vote in the elections. The very same people who want to keep Americans from using the safety net. The very same people who want to ban books, critical race theory teaching and masks in schools. The very same folks who claim they're for parental rights but in reality masquerading a culture war distraction to win back power in Congress.

White lawmakers who are outraged over an opinion should look at themselves. Conservative lawmakers never believed in the constitution. They only believe in authoritarian rule. 

If they can "own the libs" they're satisfied with the country.

Elie Mystal was on The View talking about the founding of the nation. He dismissed the "rainbow and sunshine" version of America's founding. He basically laid out the hard truth.

He literally called the constitution trash. He said it's about time to throw out the U.S. Constitution because it doesn't defy the diversity of this nation.

"The Constitution is kind of trash. Let's just talk as adults for a second."

Joy Behar asked Mystal to repeat his claims. He stuck to his choice of words. 

"It's kind of trash. It was written by slavers and colonists, and white people who were willing to make deals with slavers and colonists. They didn't ask anybody who looked like me what they thought about the Constitution."

He added: "This document was written without consent of Black and Brown people in this country, and without the consent of women in this country. And I say, if this is the starting point, the very least we can do is ignore what those slavers and colonists and misogynists thought, and interpret the Constitution in a way that makes sense for our modern world."

So again, we can't talk about slavery but we have to be reminded about the Holocaust and Sept. 11, 2001. I mean each of these tragedies are horrific and symbolic to America and the world as a whole.

The millions of Jewish people killed by the Axis powers led by the Nazi Germans was a tragedy that never will be forgotten. The legacies of German, Polish and French Jewish people being executed for being different is tragic. A horrific anti-Semitic event in world history.

The thousands of people inside the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and those airliners were killed by professional hijackers who followed a man who never lifted a finger to benefit their cause. A horrific tragedy on a sunny Tuesday morning in September. A tragedy that changed America and made us for a brief moment unified in condemnation of al Qaeda and those who supported this horrific tragedy. A tragedy that will never be forgotten

When it comes to American slavery, Black America should get over it.... says the very folks who continue to deny the history. We should get over systematic racism in policing, the job market, the banks, the housing, the big box stores and the junk food media's portrayal of crime.

Colin Flaherty's rotten ass is dead. Thankfully he's no longer poisoning the world with his vile crap of victim blaming, race baiting and racial angst.

But it doesn't stop the racist websites devoted to calling us NIGGERS. It doesn't stop Fox, Breitbart, The Drudge Report, WorldNetDaily, Newsmax, OANN and The Gateway Pundit from making Black on whatever crime a topic de jour. 

Twitter, Facebook and YouTube can wipe the racism off their platforms only for Rumble, Telegram, Gab, Parler, Truth Social and GETTR to revive and relish in it. 

Calling it like it is is not critical race theory. It's goddamn truth. 

Mystal is being targeted by the far-right. They have resorted to calling him, Don King.

Don King, the controversial boxing promotor and manager to Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones, Jr., 

King, 90 supported Washed Up 45 in 2016 and 2020. 

Mystal is brushing off the criticism. He said that the hard truth will never settle with those who never want to learn.

Johnny Brown Passed Away!

Johnny Brown passed away.

The actor who played Nathan Brooks on Good Times has passed away. Johnny Brown passed away at the age 84-year old. 

His daughter, actress Sharon Catherine Brown announced the news on her Instagram on Friday.

He passed away on Mar. 2. His daughter began with the post with his birth and death. She wrote, "Johnny Brown June 11, 1937 - March, 2 2002."

Sharon continued in her lengthy and heartfelt post: "Our family is devastated. Devastated. Devastated. Beyond heartbroken. Barely able to breathe. We respectfully ask for privacy at this time because we need a minute to process the unthinkable."

She asked for privacy as the family takes time to "process the unthinkable."

Brown continued, "It's too terrible. It will never not be. It's a shock. He was literally snatched out of our lives. It's not real for us yet. So there will be more to say but not now. Dad was the absolute best. We love him so very much."

In addition to being on Good Times, he appeared on Broadway and a was a regular on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

Brown was born in St. Petersburg, Florida and grew up in Harlem, New York.

Aside from his daughter, Johnny leaves behind his wife of 61 years, June, their son, J.J. (Johnny, Jr.) and young brother named George and brother-in-law named Pat.

Brown began his career at an amateur night at The Apollo. 

He starred in a nightclub act with who would later become his wife along with the late actor/singer/tap dancer Gregory Hines, and his father Maurice Hines.

Friday, March 04, 2022

DeSantis Deflates The Parents' Rights Arguement!

Being an ass is a Republican tactic.

The Republican Party wants to be the protector of parents' rights. Yet, they are on a clear path to banning a woman's right to choose if she wants to be a parent, a transgender girl's right to participate in girls sports, a person's right to make a child wear a mask in public. They have no real agenda going into the midterms. All the Republicans have is "Let's Go Brandon," and they just want to "own the libs."

Thanks to Sen. Karen Scott (R-FL), the former governor of Florida, the Republican agenda is out in the open and folks ain't liking this shit much. But his successor is just as bad. He will likely win reelection despite the controversy. Washed Up 45 carried Florida by 9 points and despite carrying this state and Ohio, two key states to victory, he still lost because he lost Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. 

Florida's Karen DeSantis is under fire for berating Black teens for wearing masks when he was doing his press conference.

Visibly annoyed, DeSantis admonished a group of high school students for wearing face masks at an indoor news conference Wednesday, saying it was time to stop what he called “this COVID theater.”

The Republican governor approached the students and asked them to remove their masks as they waited for him at the press event at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The college is located in an area where the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends indoor masking due to high COVID-19 risk.

“You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it’s not doing anything. We’ve got to stop with this COVID theater. So if you wanna wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous,” he said, letting out an audible sigh and shaking his head.

DeSantis, a fierce opponent of virus mask and vaccine mandates, is running for reelection and is considered to be a potential 2024 GOP presidential candidate. His opposition to coronavirus masking and vaccine mandates has drawn national attention, and his administration has banned mask mandates in schools, often with the governor and his Republican supporters saying parents should have control over the health care choices of their children.

One of the students, 14-year-old Kevin Brown Jr., a high school freshman, told The Associated Press he was caught off-guard by DeSantis and felt pressured to removed his mask.

“I was a little bit surprised at his tone,” Brown said of the governor, adding that he chose to leave his mask on because there were many unmasked people around and he was wary of getting COVID-19.

Brown’s father, Kevin Brown Sr., told WFLA-TV that he would advise DeSantis to “stop bullying kids.”

“I tell him it’s his choice, so he made that choice and the governor has no right to tell no kid or no one who they can or can’t wear a mask. He doesn’t have that right,” Brown Sr. told the TV station.

In a statement, Hillsborough County Public Schools Superintendent Addison Davis said school officials were excited to have their students featured in the governor’s news conference, which was about the funding of a cybersecurity education initiative. Davis praised the students for how they acted.

“It is a student and parent’s choice to protect their health in a way they feel most appropriate. We are proud of the manner in which our students represented themselves and our school district,” Davis said.

DeSantis’ office did not immediately return an email seeking comment. His spokesperson, Christina Pushaw, has tweeted defenses of the governor’s comments, writing “I mean, someone had to say it, after 2 years of propaganda that terrified and manipulated young people. Breathe free, feel safe and be happy.”

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the only statewide elected Democrat seeking the nomination to challenge DeSantis in the fall, used an expletive on Twitter to describe how the governor responded to the students.

In a telephone interview, she stood by the use of the curse word.

“I just said something that everybody else is already thinking,” Fried said. “It wasn’t even about the masks, it was how he talks as a grown man, as the governor of the state of Florida, to kids ... Sometimes you just have to show your raw emotion in reaction to a situation.”

Though the CDC late last month eased its masking guidelines, the agency is still recommending masks indoors in areas it considers high risk. Hillsborough County, where the college is located, is deemed high risk by the CDC.

Shamrocks ☘️!

Big jobs report.

Wow, the jobs report for the month of February was huge. I am almost taken aback by President Joe Biden's handling of the economy. It is very good right now but of course, you won't hear the good news because of gas prices, inflation and dissatisfaction by American voters.

He is being hammered by culture wars, the crisis in Ukraine, the failure to get Build Back Better passed and dealing with a Congress stuck on stupid. We are closing in on 1 million dead from the coronavirus.

The president has given up on trying convince the stupid to get vaccinated and follow CDC rules. He is now leaving up to doctors and medical providers. On top of that, you might have to pay for that COVID vaccine and test soon. As we are closing the book on the pandemic, the disease is still here and Americans are still dying from it. The unvaccinated will die and the vaccinated will face a mild symptoms.

Also the great resignation is happening. Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs due to unfair pay, stress and no quality of life.

The State of the Union should hopefully help his polls but its a short term bump. Cause in two weeks, we will talk about the latest distraction. Right now, we are over a week into the war in Ukraine and the West had issued harsh sanctions on Russia. The federation is in economic free fall.

The economy added 678,000 jobs in February, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent from 4 percent in January. Economists polled by Dow Jones had expected an addition of 440,000 jobs. The monthly jobs report data were gathered before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Labor Department’s report Friday also showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 4% to 3.8%, extending a sharp drop in joblessness as the economy has rebounded from the pandemic recession.

Harris and Zelensky show solidarity.

The latest jobs data follows recent reports that have shown an economy maintaining strength as new COVID infections have plummeted since late January. Consumer spending has risen, spurred by higher wages and savings. Restaurant traffic has regained pre-pandemic levels, hotel reservations are up and far more Americans are flying than at the height of omicron.

Average hourly pay barely rose last month but has increased 5.1% in the past year, a sign that companies feel compelled to raise wages to attract and keep workers. Many employers, in turn, have been raising prices to offset their higher labor costs, a process that has fueled inflation.

Consumer inflation has reached its highest level since 1982, squeezing America’s households and businesses, with price spikes especially high for such necessities as food, gasoline and rent. In response, the Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates several times this year beginning later this month. Those increases will eventually mean higher borrowing rates for consumers and businesses, including for homes, autos and credit cards.

Chair Jerome Powell said this week that he plans to propose that the Fed raise its benchmark short-term rate by a quarter-point when it meets in about two weeks. Powell has acknowledged that high inflation has proved more persistent and has spread more broadly than he and many economists had expected.

The Fed chair cautioned that if inflation failed to ease later this year as he expects, he would consider carrying out half-point increases at future central bank meetings. Larger hikes would raise the risk of weakening the economy or even tipping it into recession.

Powell also warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will lead to higher prices for gas as well as for such other commodities as aluminum, wheat and corn, thereby keeping inflation higher than it would otherwise have been. Oil prices, which have been soaring since war began more than a week ago, are critically important to the global economy.

For now, though, despite high inflation, the rapid fading of the omicron variant is likely to accelerate the U.S. economy and job growth. A survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that Americans are now much less worried about COVID than they were in December and January. Mask mandates and other restrictions are ending. More companies are returning to pre-pandemic operations, including working in offices.

Democrats have long road ahead to keep the majority.

Data from the restaurant reservation software provider OpenTable showed that seated diners surpassed pre-pandemic levels late last month. And figures from the Transportation Security Administration reflected a sharp increase in the number of people willing to take airplane flights.

During the omicron wave, businesses barely wavered in their demand for workers. Job openings at the end of December reached near-record levels, with an average of 1.7 available positions for every unemployed person. Historically, there are usually more people out of work than there are jobs.

With many companies desperate for employees, layoffs have plunged. The number of people receiving unemployment aid fell two weeks ago to its lowest level since 1970.

Americans’ concerns about inflation have eroded their optimism about the economy. The Conference Board’s measure of consumer confidence slipped in February for a second straight month.

Still, other surveys show that Americans are increasingly satisfied with their own financial situations. And people clearly see that many jobs are available, the Conference Board’s survey shows.

The monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics report comes amid a dramatic drop in COVID-19 infections and after a surprisingly strong January report that showed 481,000 new jobs after upward revision. The labor force participation rate ticked up to 62.3 percent. Wage growth dipped slightly from 5.7 percent on an annualized basis in January to 5.1 percent.

President Joe Biden's headaches:

  1. The Karens in the Republican House and Senate.
  2. Two Democratic senators and one independent senator who is a democratic socialist.
  3. The members of The Squad and Progressive Caucus.
  4. The junk food media and their never ending dramatizing of world events.
  5. Anti-Vaxxers. 
  6. Lawmakers and activists who protests the CDC guidelines during the pandemic.
  7. The endless culture wars that Republicans find outrage in.
  8. Washed Up 45 and his minions on Fox, Newsmax, OANN and the internet.
  9. Facebook and TikTok and the idiots who run it and the idiots who post on it.
  10. Fox, The Daily Mail, Newsmax and OANN's relentless talk about Hunter Biden.
  11. The relentless talk about spending despite the former president's reckless things.
  12. Gun violence in the country and Congress refusal to do something about it.
The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about your business, your performances, your personal finances and travel. It doesn't care about the funerals, the birthday parties, the weddings, the vacations, the events and your graduations. 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.

Food prices, energy prices, rent, city services and college education have risen. Companies are struggling to find workers. They are now trying to push incentives to get workers in.

Real Reasons To Why Unemployment Rate Stays The Way It Is!

  1. DEAD
  2. BORN
  3. THE PANDEMIC
  4. CLIMATE CHANGE
  5. IN PRISON
  6. IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  7. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
  8. IN HIGH SCHOOL
  9. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING
  10. VOLUNTEER
  11. DISABLED
  12. STAY AT HOME PARENT
  13. RETIRED 
  14. QUIT ON THEIR OWN
  15. NOT HIRING UNQUALIFIED
  16. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED
  17. ACTIVE MILITARY
  18. NATURAL DISASTERS
  19. MASS SHOOTINGS DISRUPT DAILY ROUTINE
  20. BEING LAID OFF DUE TO CLOSING OR STAFF REDUCTION
  21. DESTRUCTION TO FACILITY OR PROPRETY
  22. OUTSOURCING JOBS TO OTHER STATES OR COUNTRIES
  23. BEING UNDOCUMENTED IN FEAR OF I.C.E. OR U.S. AGENCIES
  24. BEING PUBLICLY OUTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA DOING SHAMEFUL ACTS
  25. PARTICIPATING IN UNCIVIL OR VIOLENT PROTESTS

Things are slowly returning back to normal. However we're still not out of the woods yet. Over 78% of Americans have at least gotten one of the coronavirus vaccines. Around 135 million Americans refusing to be vaccinated which will lead to the coronavirus being resistant to vaccines. As it mutates into a deadly strain, folks who refuse to follow the CDC guidelines will eventually turn it into a super-pandemic in which those who come into contact with an infected asymptomatic person could trigger the mass destruction of the human race.

Boebert and Greene are embarrassing Republicans.

President Joe Biden had hopes that Americans would take this shit seriously. Unfortunately, Republicans so fucking eager to return to power will keep Americans fixated on the culture wars. Now vaccinations are part of this culture war.

But those fighting the culture war by not vaccinating, not wearing face mask in public, not following protocols, and deliberately ignoring federal and international rules when traveling are going to be the first casualties of the war. 

With this pandemic mostly affecting states where Republican governors are, we may have to return to wearing facial protection and cutting back services to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

We came so far only to have a bunch of selfish idiots set it back. Just because they hate President Joe Biden.

Companies are still trying to hire employees. With the average wages stagnant, many are not looking forward to returning to a job that pays dirt wages. Many who worked in the retail, restaurant and low end service industry are not willing to take a job for less than $10 an hour.

Republicans don't see the bigger picture itself. They rather continue to believe in conspiracies about people collecting the safety net and not going back to work.

Give them a liveable wage and maybe things might improve in the job market.

We can't always assume that folks are lazy. People are literally dying from being overworked and folks are tired of the status quo of their jobs.

Millions are quitting their jobs.

Many single mothers are having trouble trying to find quality daycare or family members to watch children. On top of that, some have lost family members due to the pandemic. A homemaker may have lost their spouse. Some may have no choice but to watch their children or loved ones due to the aftermath of the pandemic.

Folks are still trying to rebound from medical bills, late rent payments, owing taxes and college loans.

Republicans are white nationalists without a conscience. 

Washed Up 45's presidency and Republican controlled governments killed millions of Americans. President Joe Biden has a slim majority in Congress and things can't be done with obstruction from both parties.

Holding these lawmakers accountable is not just a pledge, but a promise. You need to learn who represents your community. Your local community member, your school board member, your mayor, your state representative, your state senator, your governor, your U.S. Representative, your U.S. Senator and the president need to be held accountable for their actions. 

We need to put pressure on Republicans and Democrats to do something to improve everyone's lives.

Thursday, March 03, 2022

Love Is Nuts🥜!

RT America shuts down for good.

The sanctions are hurting the Russian Federation. It appears that RT is closing up shop in Washington, DC. The network RT America is ending operations and it is laying off staff.

That means that Rachel Blevins, Dennis Miller, Lee Camp, Rick Sanchez, Jesse Ventura, Scottie Nell Hughes, Max Blumenthal and even Tara Reade are out of jobs. They won't be allowed to push propaganda for the Russian Federation. 

Reade, the staff assistant for then Senator Joe Biden claimed nearly 30 years ago, he digitally penetrated her in the halls of the U.S. Capitol. She made the claim of sexual assault after initially claiming he was playing with her hair and then claiming she didn't get a vibe about him.

Biden denied ever sexually assaulting her. 

Her story was amplfied by the far-left, far-right and the Russian troll farm.

It was debunked but it still exists on the political extremes.

The network was declared as state run propaganda by the United States and it was told to register as a foreign agent. The Foreign Agent Registration Act was enacted in 1938. FARA requires certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.  Disclosure of the required information facilitates evaluation by the government and the American people of the activities of such persons in light of their function as foreign agents. The FARA Unit of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of FARA.

CNN's media analyst Oliver Darcy got word of RT America shut down at 5pm. He wrote Misha Solodovnikov, the general manager of T&R Productions, told staff in the memo that it will be "ceasing production" at all of its locations "as a result of unforeseen business interruption events."

"Unfortunately, we anticipate this layoff will be permanent, meaning that this will result in the permanent separation from employment of most T&R employees at all locations," Solodovnikov wrote.

T&R Productions operated offices in New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC.

The news would mean an effective end to RT America. The network, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's main mouthpieces in the US, was dropped earlier this week by DirecTV, dealing a major financial blow to it. The satellite carrier was one of the two major television providers in the US to carry the network.

Roku, a company that sells hardware which allows users to stream content through the internet, also said that it had banished RT America from its platform.

RT, which operates multiple networks across the world, has seen its reach significantly diminish in recent days as technology companies and television providers have moved to sever ties with it as a result of Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine.

Several employees from RT's various networks have also publicly resigned from the outlet.

RT America employees who worked from the Washington, DC, bureau were told on Wednesday that an all-staff meeting would occur on Thursday afternoon, according to an email obtained by CNN.

When hosts, correspondents, producers, and others gathered in RT America's lounge, Solodovnikov delivered the news in person, a person who attended the meeting told CNN.

"The meeting was all of about two minutes," the attendee said, explaining that Solodovnikov told the assembled staff RT America would be stopping production and that staff would be provided two months pay.

The attendee, who requested anonymity to discuss the internal deliberations, told CNN that the mood was somber.

"A lot of people were shocked," the person said. "A lot of people were crying."

An RT America host, who also spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity, said that she watched as her entire staff was told "their jobs were no more."

"I have never felt more heartbroken as they have nothing to do with this conflict and seriously were just trying to make a decent living to provide for their families," the host said.

Solodovnikov did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for RT America did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Love Bites 🤤!

Ye off the deep end. He slammed for doing fake SNL skit burying Pete Davidson.

As the feud between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West heats up, the rapper releases his first single off the Donda 2 album. The single "Eazy" featuring The Game is burning up the charts. But what is driving controversy is West burying Pete Davidson, the alleged boyfriend of Kardashian.

Kardashian is formally filing for divorce from West after eight years of marriage. The reality television agitator has also had blocked him from social media. She is pretty much done with his antics.

Ye, not completely through with her does this single aimed at her and Davidson.

Ye directly references beating Davidson, the NBC "Saturday Night Live" comedian who is dating Ye’s ex Kim Kardashian, in his lyrics. In the video for "Eazy," posted Wednesday, a claymation version of what appears to be Ye kidnaps Davidson with a hood over his head and buries him alive.

At another point in the video, Ye holds what looks like a disembodied head. The final few frames are text titles that read "Everybody lived happily ever after ... except Skete you know who. JK he's fine."

Representatives for Ye and Davidson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Kim and Pete ain't phased.

The video was posted to Ye's verified Instagram account and a YouTube account for Stem Player, a business venture supported by Ye and the only device where his new album "Donda 2" has been made available. The Instagram video has been viewed more than 3.8 million times.

Many on social media called the video "unsettling" and "disturbing." Some also expressed concerns over Davidson's security.

"This video is disturbing," one Instagram user commented. "Clearly that is Pete and this should be a cause for concern. Like everyone giving hearts to Kanye when people should be calling 911 to protect Pete and to get Kanye some mental health help."

One Twitter user called Ye a "sick person" and asserted that some have excused his behavior because of his music.

"Stop feeling sorry for him. He knows y’all will let him get away with stuff like this because he gave you good beats," they wrote. "He’s harassing Kim and Pete and endangering his children. It’s not funny."

The video comes after a series of attacks levied against Davidson and a court decision to declare Kardashian legally single.

Kardashian filed paperwork with the court last month citing Ye's social media with causing "emotional distress" and asked the court to approve her request to bifurcate their marriage. Ye objected to the bifurcation last month.

“Kanye has been putting a lot of misinformation regarding our private family matters and co-parenting on social media which has created emotional distress," Kardashian's filing said. "I believe that the court terminating our marital status will help Kanye to accept that our marital relationship is over and to move forward on a better path which will assist us in peacefully co-parenting our children.”

The single hot but the radio stations may drop it.

Ye's attorney disputed Kardashian’s criticism of his social media posts. “The statement that ‘Kanye has been putting a lot of misinformation...on social media’ is double hearsay,” Ye’s attorney wrote in an objection that was obtained by E! News. “Kim claims she read something online allegedly by Kanye and characterizes the posts in her declaration as misinformation.”

In a since-deleted Instagram post, Ye posted screenshots apparently from Kardashian expressing concern over his social media posts creating a “dangerous and scary environment” for Davidson. He apologized for sharing screenshots of their communications and acknowledged that it “came off as harassing Kim.”

A judge approved Kardashian's request to be legally single on Wednesday, the same day the "Eazy" video was posted.

A representative for Kardashian did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.

Love Sucks🤮!

Karen resigns from Congress after he admits to an affair.

A Karen admits to having an affair with a woman who once pledged an alliance to the Islamic State. It isn't a big deal but for the Republican Party and their tone deaf views of the world, it's everything.

So he is not only admitting he cheated on his wife, but he did with a British woman who was inspired by the bullshit rhetoric of extremists. 

Rep. Karen Taylor (R-TX) has decided to no longer seek the primary nomination for the 3rd Congressional District. The lawmaker's abruptly dropped his bid for re-election Wednesday after admitting he had an affair with a woman who was an ex-jihadist "ISIS" bride.

He cheated on his wife with the widow of an extremist.

"Today I am announcing I will not continue my campaign to seek reelection to Congress," said Taylor in an email sent to the Dallas Morning News.

"About a year ago, I made a horrible mistake that has caused deep hurt and pain among those I love most in this world. I had an affair, it was wrong, and it was the greatest failure of my life."

Taylor added, "I want to apologize for the pain I have caused with my indiscretion, most of all my wife Anne and our three daughters."

A conservative website decided to reveal his discretions. National File revealed that Taylor had an affair with British woman Tania Joya -- the widow of John Georgelas, the American who joined the Islamic State in 2013.

Joya, 38 and Taylor, a Marine veteran were "very close" after meeting through her work helping reprogram extremists. She started this after her brief stay in the war torn Syria.

Joya and Taylor were texting sexual favors and emojis of love. 
British woman who married an American who left to join the Islamic State admits to affair with Texas lawmaker.

Towards the end of their affair, Joya asked Taylor for help paying off some bill sand she claimed he agreed and gave her $5,000, but only if she kept her mouth shut. The alleged hush money was first revealed with Breitbart, the notorious white nationalist and fake news website.

"I need help. I was like, just help me out because the least -- the very least he could do," she told Breitbart. "For him, it was like, 'OK, on the condition you don't tell anyone' ... I didn't want to tell anybody anything," said Joya.

He was heading into a run off with a far-right extremist Karen Self. By him dropping out, Self will become the nominee and likely the next Rep-elect.

The lawmaker supported Washed Up 45 throughout his term. On top of that, the lawmaker was one of the many who opposed the certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. He supported the commission to investigate Jan. 6. The far-right was waiting on this one. They wanted to sabotage candidates who are considered not supportive of the former president.

Joya knows the fallout but continues to stand strong.

The former president inspired thousands of extremists to attack the U.S. Capitol.

What gets me, why does Taylor have to resign? 

Washed Up 45 has cheated on his three wives and is alleged sexual predator. He basically got away with causing chaos and discourse throughout his one term. I mean he never apologized nor accepted fault for his actions. I thought Republicans were on board with no longer political correctness or apologizing for behavior.

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