Benzino: No Neck And No Good Days! 🙁😖😞🤮

Dog gone it!

Can we please spare this homie a dime?

Or perhaps a neck!

BENZINO: NO NECK AND NO GOOD DAYS!

Raymond Scott, formerly known as Benzino is damn near 60 years old and still running around like he's a damn 20 something year old. I mean this former entertainer needs to get his shit together. I mean he's literally dragging his daughter down with him.

Scott is the father of rapper/model Coi LeRay. She is embarrassed by his constant ignorant behavior.

Scott is still fixated on the neverending feud with Eminem.

The former entertainer has another infamous police video release. It was almost like a Christmas present to people like TheEvolve, Steve Knight and NoLifeShaq.

The winners and losers of 2024.

50 Cent got a hold of the infamous video where Scott tried to unalive himself. Remember Wack 100 warned Scott to stop talking nonsense about him and those associated with him. The video was released two weeks ago and it got the attention of the controversial media mogul.

50 posted a video of what appeared to be Benzino threatening to commit suicide, which Benzino’s girlfriend, Ashley Bell, apparently filmed.

“Benzino caught on video, by his girlfriend Ashley Bell threatening to unalive himself with a knife because she called the cops for him allegedly beating her,” Fif captioned the clip on Instagram.

Scott is seen sobbing on the floor as a woman talks to him. “Just stop, stop. Give me the knife,” she says.

When he responds, “Call the police,” she says, “No I’m not. Give me the knife.” She repeatedly yells “No!” adding, “I’ll call them back,” seemingly referring to the police.

Benzino told fans he was “okay” and was rehearsing a role for a Tubi movie.

“First and foremost, I just want to let everybody know that I’m okay, all right?” he explained. “Second of all, I want to let everybody know that that was a rehearsal for a Tubi movie, all right? My girl was helping me out, we was doing script reading, and that was a rehearsal for a Tubi movie.”

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He added, “I would never ever put my hands on any woman—I’ve never done that in my life. That’s for cowards and I surely wouldn’t do anything to hurt myself. So shout out to all the people who were concerned, I’m okay.”

He then spoke directly to 50 Cent: “I also wanted to let Curtis know good-looking. Thanks, Curtis for promoting me. Keep on posting me, that’s dope.”

Benzino then showed off his abs and physique. “If you wanna post something, post this,” he said. “I’m in that gym heavy, benching 315 [pounds]. What you doing, Curtis?”

Benzino and 50 Cent started beefing in the early 2000s when Benzino started criticizing Eminem in The Source. As a Shady/Aftermath Records signee, Fif inherited their bad blood as tensions escalated.

Back in April, Benzino said he could take on 50 Cent in a boxing match. “50’s been shot in the face before so that counts. He had to get reconstructive surgery; he’s not gonna be able to take any old punch in his face," Zino said.

Raymond Scott wish he could have Eminem's record sales and crowd sizes.

He added, “If we were to box in a boxing match and I were to train for a couple months, hell yeah I could box 50. I’m gonna pick me every time.”

Tubi has become quite popular. In September, the streamer announced that it had eclipsed 74 million monthly active users and logged nearly 4 billion streaming hours for the first half of 2024.

“Tubi is now watched as much as a top 5 cable network, as audiences continue to embrace our digital-first, 100 percent free streaming experience,” Anjali Sud, CEO of Tubi, recently said in a statement.

Then another bodycamera footage of Scott being evicted and soon arrested again for physically assualting a woman at his local gym in Cobb County, Georgia.

Scott has also defended Sean "Puffy" Combs (aka Diddy), Bill Cosby, Shawn Corey Carter (Jay-Z), R. Kelly and other controversial figures who are accused of sexually predatory behavior.

And yes, he still talking shit about Em.

Endless chaos.

I feel sorry for Coi LeRay. Her legacy is tarnished because of her father's constant need to be in the spotlight. Scott is no longer a rapper or even a reality television star. He is a washed up celebrity who ruined his career feuding with Eminem. Anything he does is in the words of Eminem, "speaking from the grave."

Shout out to The Evolve, Wack 100, Crypt, Cliff Beats, NoLifeShaq, Aayan X, N.O.R.E., DJ EFN, The Danza Project, 50 Cent and all the podcasters on YouTube. These podcasters are the reasons to why I address the crisis with Scott. It has put a real dent in Coi Leray.

Fun facts about Raymond "Benzino" Scott. This is a copy and paste I've put together. So for anyone who never heard of this dude, here's some fun facts about him.

1. He is the former co-owner of The Source Magazine and Hip-Hop Weekly.
2. He is born Raymond [Edward] Leon Scott on July 18, 1965 but it is actually 1963.
3. He is best known for being on Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta for two seasons.
4. He is a former reality television star.
5. He is a former rapper. 
6. He is a Boston-native entertainer.
7. He is the reason why The Source Magazine nearly went bankrupt.
8. He is the father of rapper/socialite Coi LeRay.
9. He is standing at 5'3" tall.
10. He is bipolar.
11. He is a one-hit wonder. His biggest single "Rock The Party" was hot in 2002.
12. He is the guy who took on Eminem and it left his rap career ruined.
13. He faced a handful of devastating disses from Eminem. The "Nail in the Coffin", "The Sauce", "Bully", "Big Weenie", "Killshot", "Doomsday Pt. 2" and "Go 2 Sleep" were the most brutal singles going at Scott.
14. He has responded to Eminem with singles like "Don't Wanna", "Pull Ya Skirt Up", "Die Another Day", "Look Into My Eyes", "Zino vs. The Planet", "Rap Elvis" and "Vulturius."
15. He is the one who told staffers to give Eminem's albums poor ratings.
16. He has used ghostwriters for most of his music.
17. He is the one who threatened to kill Eminem's daughter, social media influencer Hailie Mathers in a rap verse.
18. He has threaten men who dated the mothers of his children. He was arrested for damaging a man's truck after he caught Althea Easton walking with him and their son, Zino.
19. He is a known hot head.
20. He is extremely sexist, homophobic and racist.
21. He is not known much outside of mainstream. Even the people who engage with him don't know he is a celebrity. In fact, he is a D-list celebrity at best.
22. He used cocaine, ecstasy, and steroids. It has contributed to his reckless behavior.
23. He is the father of five [or six] children.
24. He has appeared on Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta and Marriage Boot Camp.
25. He was a member of The Almighty RSO which is known as Made Men.
26. He was caught at the end of his Bootee Remix music video taking a nasty fall.
27. He has got into feuds with YouTube personalities NoLifeShaq, The Danza Project, Stevie Knight, Knox Hill, Crypt, JayBlac, Cliff Beats and The Evolve.
28. He has feuded with Eminem, 50 Cent, Wack 100, Aayan X, Funkmaster Flex, DJ Khaled, Angie Martinez, Angela Yee, Joyner Lucas, Charleston White, Joe Budden, Lil Nas X, Royce Da 5'9", Merkules, Obie Trice and D12.
29. He was shot in Massachusetts after getting into a confrontation at his mom's funeral. His nephew was criminally charged.
30. He has admitted to attacking former NBA star Paul Pierce.
31. He owes child support to former reality television star Althea Easton.
32. He steals carts from Publix and Kroger. His landlord at his previous apartment told law enforcement about his failures to pay rent and his tendencies to steal property from grocery stores.
33. He was evicted from another apartment after he was arrested for assualt on a woman.
34. He has berated an Uber/Lyft driver because he was upset over masks.
35. He was caught in a one bedroom motel room with another man. He and Cavario Don Diva were in a Red Roof in Brookhaven, Georgia. They were trespassed after Scott got upset at the manager. That hotel was known for cruising and prostitution.
36. He continues to drive a vehicle without a valid license. It's a reason to his multiple arrests. He had his vehicle impounded and despite his multiple pullovers, he still drives. He owes child support, court costs and traffic citations. Those contributing factors to why he is banned from driving. He was arrested numerous times for not appearing in court for traffic violations and misdemeanors.
37. He was on camera using racial slurs against an Asian-American Brookhaven, Georgia cop.
38. He is a subject of Real World Police videos. His antics expose the turmoils of entertainers struggling after fading from fame. Those videos with him have more views than his own music videos.
39. He has done things to make people believe he could be a pedophile.
40. He is an internet troll. He often responds to Eminem fans or critics with sexist, racist, homophobic and parental digs.
41. He is sabotaging Coi LeRay's rap career on purpose because of jealousy. Nicki Minaj nearly cancelled her verse on Coi LeRay's album thanks to him running his mouth.
42. He was threatening Coi LeRay for sharing her experiences being his daughter. Coi said that her dad is broke and after The Source fallout, he literally struggled and she claimed he needed her to appear on reality TV to at least generate a buck.
43. He was allegedly grooming his half-sister.
44. He was allegedly sleeping with his niece. That may have led to his nephew shooting him at his mother's funeral.
45. He is screaming Black Lives Matter whenever he has a Karen moment.
46. He is temporarily banned on Clubhouse for making racial, homophobic and death threats toward a gay podcast host.
47. He has attempted to fight Stevie Knight on a live debate where the podcast host stated his failures in life can't be blamed on Eminem.
48. He appeared on Drink Champs and practically embarrassed himself over Eminem.
49. He openly brags about doing low budget movies on Tubi.
50. He has openly brags about having an OnlyFans account and sharing nudity for a buck.
51. He has a sex tape on XVideo of him eating a woman's ass. Not safe for work.
52. He has a fetish where he allows women and transwomen perform sex acts on him.
53. He is caught on social media talking to a transgender model/activist. He begged for forgiveness towards Shauna Brooks because he had a relationship with her.
54. He owes millions in back taxes, took advantage of concert promoters, squatted in people's homes and broke promises to his old allies.
55. He admitted he used a dildo on himself. The allegations go back about 10 years ago.
56. He has already sabotaged his son Yung Chavo's career by dragging on the Eminem feud. Chavo previously known as Ray Ray appeared in Scott's rap video.
57. He was relentless trolled on social for his D'Angelo-themed "The Bigger Picture" video.
58. He has many videos on YouTube and none of them cracked over 500,000 views.
59. He had a few struggling restaurants called Benzino's Crab Trap. The locations in Atlanta and Chicago are permanently closed. The new owner successfully sued him and Stevie J for breach of contract.
60. He had nightclub, a seafood restaurant, a sports bar, a clothing line and a music label. All of those projects have failed because of his poor mismanagement.
61. He does a celebrity boxing match to make a little change cause his rap career is pretty much over.
62. He has no boxing skills or certification.
63. He has been a failure most of his adult life.
64. He has an Instagram account after losing several of them due to violations of terms.
65. He was told by his late mother Mary Scott that his violent temper will always keep him in trouble. She said that if he continues to do this, he will be left with no one.
66. He was sued by former business partner Dave Mays.
67. He has a X (formerly Twitter) account. He violated all the terms.
68. He has attempted to commit suicide after a woman told him about the risks of contacting a sexually transmitted infection from his acts.
69. He has been physically and mentally abusive towards women and tramswomen.
70. He has filmed his ghostwritten single "Rap Elvis" in Mom's Spaghetti.
71. He has filmed himself vandalizing property at Mom's Spaghetti.
72. He has cried alot whenever he has a nervous breakdown.
73. He was mocked in a YouTube podcaster's animation clip.
74. He has filmed his "Rap Elvis" music video and it was premiered on a pro Eminem YouTube page.
75. He has tried to charge people upwards to $10,000 for interviews.
76. He has snitched on himself whenever he is drunk, high or telling his neverending stories about being in the streets.
77. He has tried to unalive himself after he got into a physical assualt with his ex-girlfriend.
78. He has type-2 diabetes.
79. He has defended Bill Cosby, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Jay-Z, R. Kelly, Kobe Bryant and accused sexual predators in Black entertainment.
80. He has this obsession with saying "You know what I'm sayin'" when he tells his neverending stories about Eminem, his upbringing and being in the streets.
81. He has literally proven to Eminem, he is a "Stan."
82. He has snitched on himself and others.
83. He is considered the worst rapper in modern history.
84. He has no neck.
85. He has no fame.

It is part of an ongoing feud that has been going on for over 20 years. It is the only thing memorable about him. Besides the reality series, "Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta", Scott was the former co-owner of The Source Magazine and Hip-Hop Weekly.

He started a feud with Em to promote his album in 2002. Scott accused Em of being a "culture vulture" and a "Rap Elvis." Eminem is white and probably the most successful rappers because of his rhyming skills, not his race. Em released two devastating disses at Scott and ruined his rap career.

Scott in turn, used The Source Magazine as a weapon to trash Em. He tried to brand Em a racist after he made a demo tape dissing a Black woman. The song was blocked by Em and Scott ignored the injunction and released the single in full. Em sued the magazine and its founder Dave Mays, a white business executive and Scott's rap manager at the time. The Source ended up wasting all its money and going into bankruptcy. The magazine executives fired Mays and Scott after the feud. Mays ended up doing other ventures and Scott ended up going broke. Mays helped Scott get on reality television with Stevie J. He ended up ruining that and as of today, Scott has struggled. 

Just to make this clear, Scott has tendencies to be bipolar, suicidal, violent and mentally unstable when he is under the influence of drugs and alcohol. So here the number for people dealing with mental illness and has suicidal tendencies.

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

You can get help if you, a loved one or friend are dealing with drug abuse.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

I am certain that Scott will be talking about this feud for months. To this day, Scott blames Em, 50 Cent, Jimmy Iovine, Angie Martinez, Funkmaster Flex, Julia Beverly, Kim Osorio, Mr. Gzuz, Coi Leray,  Real World Police, Althea Hart, Stevie J, Joseline Hernández, Mona Scott, NoLifeShaq, The Evolve, Crypt, Knox Hill, Stevie Knight, JayBlac, DJ Vlad, Busta Rhymes, Russell Simmons, Quincy Jones III, DJ Mister Cee, Star, Angela Yee, Wendy Williams and even his old friend Dave Mays for his fucked up situations.

What would be the best nickname for Raymond "Benzino" Scott?

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The Rotisserie Chicken At Walmart

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Scott said that no one in the hood plays Eminem's music. He said Em's music is trailer trash and his fans voted for Donald J. Trump. He said thinks Em rhymes "masturbater in the elevator" whenever he's on the mic.

Tell me: 

Has anyone in the hood ever heard of a Benzino song (other than the most recent disses)? 

Or perhaps has anyone ever played any of Benzino's music?

Let me make this clear. If you believe your street credibility leads to you being arrested, financially struggling, estranged from your family, constantly angry at people, always trying win favor for unruly behavior; it's not the streets, it's you.

Raymond Scott, please get some mental health treatment. Try to repair the broken relationship with Coi and Zino. Stop capping. Act your fucking age. Stop obsessing with Eminem. 

Your behavior is a totally a prediction of being a stan.

Texas Grows!

Saddle up, folks are moving to Texas.

Folks are moving to Texas.

No I am not moving to Texas, but at lot of Americans are. The state is becoming one of the fastest growing second to California.

Texas, Florida and California saw population growth and are expected to continue to put pressure on the electric grid. It will continue pressuring the weather because of climate change. More continued strains on resources, possible eradication of protected species, continue denials of medical, home, flood, hurricane and vehicle insurance. Oh by the way, more stupidity.

The 10 largest cities in Texas include:

Houston 2.4 million

San Antonio 1.4 million

Dallas 1.3 million

Fort Worth 1.04 million

Austin 1.03 million.

El Paso 689,000

Arlington 405,000

Corpus Christi 324,000

Lubbock 270,000

Crime, gun violence, hurricanes, tornodoes and endless electrical grid outages are the biggest threats to Texans. However, the far right would love to scapegoat immigrants, gays, liberals and Black shoplifters as their threats.

The Canadian Texan. Ted Cruz is actually smart but pretends to be the dumbest member of the senate.

The Texas Tribune reports that Texas’ population surpassed 31 million people within the last year as the state added more residents than any other place in the country, estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show.

However, the number of people who moved from other parts of the country slowed.

Texas added 562,941 residents between July 2023 and July 2024, census estimates show — ahead of Florida and California. That growth brought the state’s total population to 31,290,831.

The state didn’t add residents as quickly as it did the previous year, but the rate of its population growth — 1.8% — was still the third-highest in the country behind Florida and the District of Columbia.

Greg Gumbel Passed Away!

A legendary sportscaster and brother of Bryant Gumbel has passed away from cancer. Greg Gumbel, the face of NCAA College Basketball on CBS has passed away..

Greg Gumbel is usually the face of NCAA March Maddness on CBS, TNT, TruTV and TBS. You know it was time for the best of college basketball when he showed up.

Gumbel, a longtime CBS sportscaster who broke barriers during his career calling some of the biggest sporting events, has died from cancer, according to a statement from family released by the network on Friday. He was 78.

“He leaves behind a legacy of love, inspiration and dedication to over 50 extraordinary years in the sports broadcast industry; and his iconic voice will never be forgotten,” his wife Marcy Gumbel and daughter Michelle Gumbel said in a statement.

In March, Gumbel missed his first NCAA Tournament since 1997 due to what he said at the time were family health issues.

Gumbel was the studio host for CBS since returning to the network from NBC in 1998. Gumbel signed an extension with CBS last year that allowed him to continue hosting college basketball while stepping back from NFL announcing duties.

In 2001, he announced Super Bowl 35 for CBS, becoming the first Black announcer in the U.S. to call play-by-play of a major sports championship.

David Berson, president and CEO of CBS Sports, described Gumbel as someone who broke barriers and set standards for others during his years as a voice for fans in sports, including in the NFL and March Madness.

“A tremendous broadcaster and gifted storyteller, Greg led one of the most remarkable and groundbreaking sports broadcasting careers of all time,” said Berson.

Gumbel had two stints at CBS, leaving the network for NBC when it lost football in 1994 and returning when it regained the contract in 1998.

Greg Gumbel with Bryant Gumbel as he celebrates an Emmy Award.

He hosted CBS’ coverage of the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics and called Major League Baseball games during its four-year run broadcasting the national pastime. In 1995, he hosted the World Figure Skating Championships and the following year hosted NBC’s daytime coverage of the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta.

But it was football and basketball where he was best known and made his biggest impact. Gumbel hosted CBS’ NFL studio show, “The NFL Today” from 1990 to 1993 and again in 2004-05.

Earlier this year, Gumbel recalled replacing Brent Musburger as host of “The NFL Today” in 1990, describing it as intimidating and daunting.

“The fact that I got to sit in the same chair and do the same thing or try to do the same thing that he did was an incredible honor,” he said.

Gumbel also called NFL games as the network’s lead play-by-play announcer from 1998 to 2003, including Super Bowl 35 and 38. He returned to the NFL booth in 2005, leaving that role after the 2022 season.

“Like all who knew and loved him, I too am saddened by his death, yet also so very grateful to have known him in my life,” Clark Kellogg, a CBS Sports college basketball game and studio analyst, said in a statement. “What a gift to be touched by such a good man and partner.”

Gumbel was the older brother of Bryant Gumbel, the host of NBC’s “Today” show and “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” on HBO. Bryant Gumbel received a lifetime achievement award at the Sports Emmys in 2003.

Greg Gumbel grew up in Chicago and graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1967 with a degree in English. He had plans to become an English teacher, but after his brother got into sportscasting, he auditioned at WMAQ-TV, an NBC affiliate in Chicago in 1973, according to the book “You Are Looking Live!: How The NFL Today Revolutionized Sports Broadcasting.” He was soon offered a position as weekend sports anchor.

“I’m kind of surprised I got the job. I certainly wasn’t anyone who was polished,” he said in the book. “By my own reckoning, it took me a good year to start to feel comfortable in front of a camera.”

Gumbel also worked for ESPN and the Madison Square Garden network.

James Brown, who currently hosts “The NFL Today,” described Gumbel on Friday as “Mr. Versatility and also very telegenic.”

“It was my pleasure to call him a friend and one who could do anything that was given to him in the wake of an assignment,” he added.

Thank you Greg.

Gumbel won local Emmy Awards during his long career and was the recipient of the 2007 Pat Summerall Award for excellence in sports broadcasting.

Outside of his career as a sportscaster, he was affiliated with the March of Dimes for three decades, including as a member of its board of trustees. He also was a member of the Sports Council for St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for 16 years.

Conservative Outrage Over Biden Giving Pardons To More People Of Color!

Thank you Carlos Latuff for making political cartoons that make a lot of sense.

As President Joe Biden finishes up his term, he is pardoning and commuting hundreds of Americans in the federal time out. Some convicted of drug offenses like marijuana trafficking.

Many American states have legalized marijuana.

Here in Ohio, we passed a referendum that legalized marijuana. Republicans have tried to pass legislation to make it more difficult and expensive to purchase marijuana.

Many conservatives and far right agitators are pissed Biden commuted and reduced penalties for convicted murderers. It's not like he is going to allow them to be free. 

At this point, he does not care what you think of him. Y'all elected Donald J. Trump as the president. There are no standards.

Biden announced Monday that he is commuting the death sentences of 37 inmates, leaving only three people on death row in federal prisons.

The commuted sentences will be reclassified to life sentences without the possibility of parole, according to the White House.

"These commutations are consistent with the moratorium my Administration has imposed on federal executions, in cases other than terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder," Biden said in a statement. "Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss.

“But guided by my conscience and my experience as a public defender, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice President, and now President, I am more convinced than ever that we must stop the use of the death penalty at the federal level,” Biden added in his statement. “In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted.”

The three men who remain on federal death row are Robert Bowers, who killed 11 people in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018; Dylann Roof, who killed nine people in a shooting at a historically Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015; and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013.

As a presidential candidate, Biden argued in 2019 that "we must eliminate the death penalty."

I mean he just gave them a LIFE without graduation. Seriously, he did not let them free.

In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium on federal executions. No federal inmates have been executed during Biden's presidency.

Zero fucks. He will leave with people pissed at him regardless of what he does.

However, the Justice Department said this year that it would seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in a shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022.

Beyond federal death sentences, about half of states allow the death penalty. More than two dozen people have been executed this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Around 2,200 people are on death row across the country.

One of the inmates whose sentences Biden will commute, Billie Allen, has maintained his innocence.

"I want to believe that he's going to do the right thing," Allen said about Biden in an interview last month, adding, "As someone who's innocent, he should do the right thing sooner instead of later."

Allen also said he felt his hope was "cut off" when Donald Trump won the presidential election last month. Hours after the news of the commutations broke, Allen told NBC News that he had been preparing to be executed under the incoming administration.

“I prepared my last will and testament and sent it off to my sister,” he said.

Allen was sentenced to death in 1998 over a bank robbery in which a security guard was shot and killed. Allen has asked the government to look at DNA evidence that he says will exonerate him.

“I am grateful, and I will say, on behalf of most of the people here, they are grateful as well,” he said. “Most of the people in here when they heard the news, is, ‘this is a second chance for me to be better.’”

Around the time of Trump's election, some of the correctional staff members taunted inmates at the prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, according to a death row inmate and two federal defenders. Execution rehearsals have also increased at the prison, where almost all federal death row inmates are incarcerated, in the lead-up to Trump's inauguration, according to the same sources.

A Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson declined to comment on the allegations about correctional staff members out of "privacy concerns."

"However, we can share that the Federal Bureau of Prisons is committed to ensuring the safety and security of all individuals in our population, our employees, and the public," said the spokesperson, Emery Nelson. "Humane treatment of the men and women in our custody is a top priority. Allegations of misconduct are thoroughly investigated, and appropriate action is taken if such allegations are proven true."

Trump said on the campaign trail that he would push for the Justice Department to seek the death penalty for drug dealers.

"We’re going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts," Trump said when he launched his 2024 campaign.

He has also called for the death penalty for "any migrant who kills an American citizen or a law enforcement officer."

Thirteen federal prisoners were put to death during Trump's first term — all in the last six months he was in office. Before that, the most recent federal execution was in 2003.

Kelley Henry is a federal defender for Rejon Taylor, one of the inmates being taken off of death row by Biden's action. Henry previously represented Lisa Montgomery, who was executed in the final days of the first Trump administration. She said the rapid pace of federal executions at the end of the Trump administration was "brutal."

"It was like the legal system was suspended, is the best way I can put it," she said in an interview last month.

Reached for comment about use of the death penalty during the end of Trump's last term and his plans for his next term, Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said he will stick with his campaign vows.

"President Trump meant what he said on the campaign trail: he will enforce the death penalty for drug dealers who knowingly sell deadly poison to their fellow Americans, and illegal immigrant criminals who kill innocent American citizens," she said in a statement. "He will deliver on these promises."

Another Trump transition spokesperson, Steven Cheung, also condemned Biden's action.

“These are among the worst killers in the world and this abhorrent decision by Joe Biden is a slap in the face to the victims, their families, and their loved ones,” Cheung said, adding that Trump "stands for the rule of law."

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., used similar language to criticize the commutations in a post on X, calling the move "a slap in the face to the families who have suffered immeasurably at the hands of these animals.”

Trump would need congressional support to expand the types of crimes for which prosecutors could seek the death penalty, and any changes would be likely to face legal challenges.

Trump would need congressional support to expand the types of crimes for which prosecutors could seek the death penalty, and any changes would be likely to face legal challenges.

Biden this month commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 nonviolent offenders and pardoned an additional 39 people, saying in a statement that "America was built on the promise of possibility and second chances."

Biden also pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was set to be sentenced on a federal gun charges conviction, as well as a separate case in which he pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges. The president had said he would not pardon his son.

NBC News has reported that Biden is considering issuing pre-emptive pardons for people whom he thinks Trump might legally target during his second administration.

The Cash Fever!

Mega Millions got $1 billion reasons. Also in April prices go up to $5.

In April, Mega Millions will increase the price of tickets to $5 dollars.

It really must be bad for the casino and gaming industry. I am not talking much about it. Ohio has seven racinos and four casinos. I used to work for two of them.

Since being let go, I stopped gambling and also tightened my wallet. I work at a non union company that doesn't pay enough and I feel like it is starting to affect my health. I am experiencing carpal tunnel syndrome and I fear that health insurance will not cover any medical expenses. 

I haven't taken an actual vacation since 2016.

Still, if I decide to pay the lottery and win.... siranora.

Mega Millions for Friday has a jackpot of $1.15 billion.

The Cash Fever, a series of honest takes on how to be a smart jackpot winner. And take my word for it, it comes in handy when you enter a new tax bracket. 

So once again, if you are willing to risk a few dollars, maybe you could become a billionaire.

With these polarizing times, maybe if you do win, you could leave the United States and find a tax haven in a green notice country or territory.

Things to get out the way.....

In about 23 states, you can remain anonymous. But if you are willing to show yourself to the public, here we go.....

Do want to you want to be a millionaire or billionaire?

In my state of Ohio, sports betting is legal. You can legally bet on sporting events for chance of earning a huge payout. The state has issued licenses to the four casinos and seven racinos. 

Sports betting is also available at many bars, clubs and convenience stores that have legal betting stations.

I am wondering, are you willing to pony up at least $2 to play a multi-state lottery game for a chance at winning over $1 billion?

Played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories, Powerball is a coordinated by the State Lottery Association (MUSL), a nonprofit organization formed by an agreement with lobbyists and U.S. corporations. From its inaugural drawing on April 19, 1992, until August 21, 2021, Powerball drawings were held twice a week (Wednesday and Saturday); a third weekly drawing (held Mondays) was added on August 23, 2021. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evening at 10:59 p.m. Eastern Time, at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee.

Mega Millions is drawn at 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday and Friday evenings, including holidays. Mega Millions is administered by a consortium of its 12 original lotteries; the drawings are held at the studios of WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, supervised by the Georgia Lottery. Played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands with Puerto Rico being added in the near future, Mega Millions is independent from MUSL but does have an agreement with the consortium of states that operated the similar Mega Millions lottery, which allowed MUSL members to sell Mega Millions tickets and consortium members to sell Powerball tickets. 

Many who are often playing are not rich. 

If you win tonight's $760,000,000 lottery jackpot (8th largest in history) here are 7 things to do ASAP:

1) Don't sign the ticket (first set up a trust to stay anonymous & protect your assets)

2) Don't tell anyone. Don't be a victim of robbery or death.

3) Hire 6 experts ASAP:

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4. Make copies of your ticket (both digital and print copies, on both sides)

Keep digital copies of the ticket in encrypted cloud storage and an external hard drive.

Then hide the ticket somewhere safe in case you lose the original.

— Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com (@FluentInFinance) December 25, 2024

6. Create a trust to protect your assets and accept your money anonymously.

The trust will protect your assets from lawsuits, creditors, and scammers.

20 states will allow you to remain anonymous:

• Ohio
• Texas
• Illinois
• Florida
• Kansas
• Arizona
• Georgia
•…

— Andrew Lokenauth | TheFinanceNewsletter.com (@FluentInFinance) December 25, 2024

Here are the 5 most common winning lotto numbers:

278 times: #8

265 times: #27

259 times: #32

255 times: #41

251 times: #23

What are your lucky numbers?

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Good luck on winning the lottery! When you win, what you doing with the money?

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Most who often play are either a family member, co-worker or friend who has a gambling addiction.

So here's the public service announcement.

Most lotteries and casinos offer help for problem gambling. I want to acknowledge this.

The National Council on Problem Gambling operates the National Problem Gambling Helpline Network (1-800-522-4700). The network is a single national access point to local resources for those seeking help for a gambling problem. 

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

You can get help if you, a loved one or friend is dealing with drug abuse.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

It is a difficult thing to tell a family member, friend, co-worker or a player of a gambling venue. But if see something, say something. It may save a life.

The signs of problem gambling include:

• The person constantly borrowing money from friends, family, loan facilities or banks.
• The person is always taking more out to chase the jackpot (or clout).
• The person loses track of time or misses appointments due to gambling.
• The person is running late on paying bills or dues.
• The person feels like "playing it back" is the only way to win.
• The person is getting agitated over wins and losses.
• The person is using alcohol or drugs to ease stress. 
• The person damages property at casinos or lottery retailers.
• The person deliberately asks others to claim prizes to avoid paying child support, spousal support or owed taxes.
• The person uses false ID, false social security numbers or gives wrong information to avoid taxes or has known status as a banned guest or voluntarily excluded player (self-prevention/restricted gambler).
• The person is restless and feel the only way to relax is to gamble.
• The person is jeopardizing relationships, their jobs and their social life in order to gamble.
• The person repeatedly lies about wins and loses.
• The person is trying to curb problem gambling but never achieves the goal.
• The person has trouble adjusting to increases in lottery prices and rule changes.
• The person usually holds up lines in businesses due to inconsistent demands or repetitive calls of plays and bets.
• The person often uses phone apps to purchase lottery tickets and sports bets without consideration of funds.
• The person is upset when family members, friends or frequent winners win jackpots or prizes.

These are the hard truths about problem gambling. You know someone or have a problem. That's why it's important to know your limits when you gamble. 

Folks, the multi-state Powerball will now have three active drawings. The original jackpot drawings were on Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59pm. Now the drawings will be on Monday nights as well.

It will try to increase the opportunity for players who avoided playing during the pandemic.

Rules on how to play lottery. Note: Many lottery venues are no longer taking verbal requests due to the coronavirus and the possibility of eliminating long wait times due to excessive ticket requests.

• Make sure you have money on hand. The operator is required to take money before issuing a ticket. Make sure you have your numbers placed on either a betting card, your lottery app or a previous ticket. Most operators will help you plug numbers in through the terminal or place an automatic bet for you. However in the case of long lines or possible errors, it would be best to be prepared for the transaction. Some states do offer debit and credit transactions. Make sure you get your information from your local lottery commission. You cannot cancel Powerball or Mega Millions tickets. They are property of your state (or territory's) lottery commission. Any alteration, distortion or underage playing will void the games.
• In most states, the required age to play the lottery is 18 years or older. Do not let anyone under the playing age purchase a ticket or lottery game. The operator could lose their license or you will forfeit your prize if the regional lottery operator determined that an underage player was the winner.
• If you purchase Powerball and Mega Millions from another state (or territory) and you won, understand that it is not a winner in your home state. You must return to the state (or territory) where you purchased the ticket. The Mega Millions is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Powerball is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. If you're a traveler and won the lottery in the state of purchase, you have to return to the state to claim your prize. Every state has their own rules and regulations so don't think "it's all the same." It's not. It's a licensed property of the state gaming commission. 
• Whenever a lottery retailer handles a jackpot ticket, ask the cashier to make sure you hear the "winner" sound. Most machines will make a noise if you're a winner. There are also ticket verifying stations located near a lottery terminal. Make sure before you hand a ticket to a cashier, you are sure you won a jackpot. Ask for a claims form and/or a validation claim voucher. If you are claiming jackpots that are under $500 or less at a licensed lottery operator, check your tickets at a lottery scanner first before handing the ticket off to the clerk. Make sure the cashier confirms the ticket. Tickets over $500 or more may have to go to a local lottery office in a regional jurisdiction. Lottery operators have vendor licenses and tickets are printed by a large set of numbers. If any allegations of fraud or cheating do occur, the lottery can subpoena the operator for the records of purchase and video surveillance of the person who purchased the ticket.
• Mega Millions and Powerball minimum jackpots start at $20 million. Each ticket is valued at $2 per unit until 2025. Some states have multiplier options to their games which could make your ticket $3 or $4 per unit. That will soon end and it will be a direct price of $5 per unit.
• You can view the results of Mega Millions and Powerball on your local television station at 10:59pm. Mega Millions is drawn on Tuesday and Friday. Powerball is drawn on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. You can also get your state's lottery results on websites, the lottery commission apps on the Apple Store and Google Play. You can view results on social media. 
• You can self-validate tickets under $500 through your phone so it can make it "touchless" contact. You can also get winnings under $500 installed in your bank account or through a credit card. Some fees do apply for distribution of cards and bank deposits.
• You have at least 90 days to a year to claim a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot. Some states have a period of time to claim your prize. If you fail to claim the prize upon its final claim day, it will go back to the state. The lottery operator will collect a reward for selling the winning ticket. Do not wait till the last minute to claim a jackpot prize. The lottery commission does have the right to forfeit or cancel any prizes presented.
• Do not quit your job until you're certain you won the lottery. At the end of the day, some people get bored with their lives and may want to return to the workforce. Don't burn bridges with your employer. You may have to return back to the employer one day.
• Inflation and the coronavirus have changed the world. Many companies have risen prices on food, supplies, rent and utilities. Lottery paper has become very scarce in some retailers. Please understand that it is not a retailer's fault they are out of lottery paper or the machine is down. Please have patience and an understanding of a lottery retailer's resources.
• Do not believe the news reports about a winner coming forward immediately after the announcement of a winning ticket being sold. If the winner was smart, they would wait until the media moves on to the latest controversy. When you see a person appear in public 24 hours after a win, it is a publicity stunt or a grift. Many winners do not appear until they are in the presence of lottery officials, security and lawyers.

You know I've often posted about what I would do if I won the lottery. It is not legal advise so you don't have to take my word for it. I am just expressing what I am going to do if I win the lottery.

I will first write my name on the lottery ticket. If I choose to not write my name on the ticket, I will prepare a trust fund. I will always make sure that if I ever lose that ticket, my name is on it and it cannot be claimed by someone who is the person who wrote on the back of it.

I will also make sure I take a picture of the ticket. It will be a good thing to take a picture if you want to prove to your state's lottery commission that you were the one who purchased the ticket. I mean it would be smart to take pictures of your lottery tickets. Say if you have a group purchase of lottery tickets and you purchase one for yourself or your family member. You won't have to obligate to the group pool's tickets if you show that you bought one for yourself. Because it will be a legal matter if you purchase the group tickets but failed to disclose you purchased one for yourself. Even though you won on your own separate ticket, it's best to let the group know that you purchased a solo ticket to prevent them from believing you've stolen money or violated the group's contract.

If I do win the lottery, I will immediately pay off all my debts. The car loans, child support, spousal support, medical bills, phone bills, mortgage, court fees and bank loans will be paid in full. Before I even collect my lottery winnings, I want to be caught up on everything. Many states will offset lottery winnings due to a person owning state debt, child support, spousal support and court fees. If you know that you owe, pay it off.

I will immediately close my social media and change my phone number. If you're a winner of the lottery, the junk food media, your family, your friends, your acquaintances, your co-workers, your former lovers, your community, charity groups, scammers and the state will know you. I am going to cancel my Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and social dating apps. I am very clear about my movements and I chose to not be public about it. When I was younger and naive, I would have shown my face to the public. But alas, I've gotten older and I am not the same as I was when I was younger. People are willing to rob and sometimes kill if you reveal yourself as a lottery winner.

I will also get a trust fund prepared, a will and a trusted member of family to hold my winnings. Yeah, it would be nice to establish a trust fund for family members if you do die. I mean life is full of uncertainty. Winning the lottery has higher odds than catching the coronavirus or being struck . On point, 1 out of 15 people are infected with the coronavirus and people have died from it. You win the lottery one day and the next day you caught the coronavirus. You got to remind yourself, you can't take it when you're gone. So it's best to establish a will to distribute your lottery winning to either family, charity and those who you feel deserve it. It will be written and notarized by an attorney or a bank. If you do establish a trust fund you could hire a financial advisor or a family member to oversee your earnings. Make sure that financial advisor is licensed and trusted by the Better Business Bureau. It also must be routine to study on how lottery winners adapt to money. Cause you're going into a bigger tax bracket and taxes vary in many states.

Now that I have my lottery winnings, I will now take the opportunity to buy things that are rational. I would purchase a vehicle, get a home, put some in an investment and prepare for a vacation. Of course, vacations are no longer the norm in the age of COVID-19. So I would be smart to be prepared to be tested or vaccinated for the coronavirus before I take a vacation. Many countries have banned Americans entry to their countries out of fear we're carrying the coronavirus or not vaccinated. With the various strains and Washed Up 45's failure to take control of the matter, world leaders don't trust the American leadership in handling a global pandemic. Expensive vehicles include more insurance rates. More homes require use of electricity or water resources. Overseas vacations are nice but you must check with the State Department if you travel to countries that could pose danger to you as an American. Think rational about your winnings. Because at the end of the day, you can blow millions in a matter of five years.

You might also want to make sure you're not playing lottery on company work time if you work at gas stations, restaurants, casinos, bars and pool halls. You might also want to make sure that you don't scratch the tickets first then pay for them last. I used to work at a gas station and a former co-worker often took lottery tickets, scratch them off and then pay for them after they were scratched.

Taking lottery tickets is not only theft but a felony in some states if the vendor decides to press charges. 

Not only the lottery vendor could lose their license (if they look the other way), they lose the bonus from the sold winning ticket and they could be audited by the lottery commission. The worker will be forbidden from playing lottery if convicted. And yes, family members or friends who try to buy on behalf of a banned player could be criminally charged.

Be humble about winning the lottery. You will not live a normal life. You could hopefully use the lottery winnings for a long time of success or squander it away within five years and end up miserable. Do not worry about the have-nots! Enjoy the winnings with pride and caution. Your success shouldn't be a punishment. If you do take the opportunity to win the lottery make yourself aware of the surroundings. 

This is not a joke.

This my opinion and I stand by what I say!

Tennessee man tried to bury a winning lottery ticket in the trash. Turns out cameras and the Tennessee State Lottery investigators found the man stole a winner's $1 million ticket.

Now onto the greed of things. 

A Tennessee gas station clerk is facing charges after being accused of stealing a $1 million lottery ticket from a customer and trying to collect the prize money.

The 23-year-old, who worked at a Shell gas station in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was identified as Meer Patel. He was arrested and charged with theft over $250,000, a Class A felony, according to a news release from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office obtained by USA TODAY. He is being housed at Rutherford County Adult Detention Center.

The customer, who was not identified, purchased two $20 scratch-off tickets from the store on Saturday, July 13, WTVF reported.

After scratching off the barcodes, the customer reportedly returned them to Patel to confirm if he had won. The outlet reported that the man won $40 for one ticket and $1 million for the other.

However, "during the transaction, the [customer] gave the tickets to Patel, who paid him for the lesser amount and allegedly placed the $1 million ticket in the trash," the sheriff's office said.

Detectives alleged that Patel went to the Tennessee Lottery to attempt to claim the prize, but the officials were suspicious. When lottery officials reviewed the store's security footage, it showed the clerk taking the ticket out of the trash and putting it in his pocket, according to the sheriff's office.

"Mr. Patel is then seen later in the video celebrating in the store after scratching off the front of the ticket and learning it was a $1 million winner," Detective Dennis Ward said.

During the investigation, law enforcement used the store footage to track down the customer, locating him in less than 24 hours. The customer was "surprised" to learn about the winning ticket.

"The feel-good side of this story is the [customer] never knew he was the winner until we made contact with him,"   Detective Lt. Steve Craig said. "That is life-changing money. He was very thankful."

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Ainsley Earhardt Got A Softball For Christmas!

Ainsley Earhardt is engaged to the most annoying media personality in the world.

I hope she can tolerate that annoying media personality as a husband.

Ainsley Earhardt left her husband for a softball. Actually she and the softball had an affair and they never were punished for it. But alas, Fox is the network of white privilege and utter bullshit.

Sean "Softball" Hannity proposed to Earhardt on Christmas. The softball celebrates his birthday on Dec. 30. So its a two-fer. Also his other love, Donald J. Trump returns to power in four weeks.

The annoying media personality who joined Fox since its beginnings was previously married to Jill Rhodes. Softball Hannity has a known history of adultery and sexual predatory behavior.

He has two children.

Earhardt was previously married to Will Proctor, a former Clemson University football star. Her first marriage was to Kevin McKinney. She has a child with Proctor.

Earhardt joined the network in 2007 and has served as co-host of "FOX & Friends" since 2016. The popular 3-hour morning show has been No. 1 for more than 20 consecutive years. Author of four New York Times bestsellers, including three No. 1 children’s books, Earhardt also hosts Ainsley’s Bible Study on FOX Nation. Earlier this year, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from the University of South Carolina for her professional achievements in broadcast news and as an author.

The softball is 63 years old. Ainsley is 47 years old. 

The softball proposed to Ainsley over Christmas at their home church, solidifying their long-term commitment to each other. The newly engaged couple had the blessing and support from their children, who "couldn’t be happier," according to the couple. 

"We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support during this wonderful time in our lives," Earhardt and the softball said.

Earhardt and the softball originally bonded over their deep faith, and the two have placed God first in their relationship, thus rendering the proposal at their home church as the "perfect place" to pop the question, according to the couple. They met with their minister after the engagement. 

While the two prefer to keep their private lives out of the spotlight, they have made their long-distance relationship work with weekend trips between New York, where Earhardt is based, and Florida, where Hannity resides. With a mutual respect for each other’s careers, both Hannity and Earhardt have long-term deals to remain at FOX News Media, where Earhardt will continue to co-host "FOX & Friends" from New York while the primetime star will continue to host his eponymous show "Hannity" from West Palm Beach, Florida.

His luxury home is less than two miles from Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.

Both Earhardt and Hannity were previously married and "still get along well" with their ex-spouses and "everyone is supportive of each other," according to the couple. 

"We actually made them aware this was happening ahead of time," they said. 

Earhardt and her former husband have an amicable shared relationship in raising their daughter that "works seamlessly." 

I hope the best for her and the worst for him. 

Can we make a prediction on how long this relationship will last?

Five years.

Softball, softball, softball Hannity....

The country's most annoying media personality in the world.

Israeli Man Spits On Ethiopian Boy And Called Him A N......!

The U.S. backs this type of disgusting behavior.

It is disgusting and disrespectful. If someone spat on a person, it is battery.

Sometimes some folks get a taste of knuckle style chili if they decided to spit on a person.

Somehow in Israel, this is a tradition. This is unacceptable.

The United States wants to continue supporting Israel. I am so fucking tired of it.

White nationalism and Jewish supremacy is why Israel fucking exist. The apartheid ethnostate of Israel must fall and it cannot exist any longer as this entity.

A white Israeli spits on a 7-year old Israeli Black boy. The boy was an immigrant from Ethiopia but has Israeli citizenship because he is Jewish.

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The video was posted on TikTok and Instagram. It went viral. The suspect was soon arrested after outcry but of course, some of the protesters were physically assaulted by the Israeli forces too.

The Israeli government doesn't look at spitting on Christians and Black people as a criminal act. So I guess we're antisemitic if we decide to physically assault an orthodox Jewish person who spat on us. 

But that person who spat on that person can get away with it....

Got it.

Chipotle Customer Attacks Workers Over UberEats Order!

Women goes behind the preparing area and fights workers at a Washington, DC Chipotle.

Y'all voted for this.

There was a viral video of a Black woman attacking a Chipotle worker after trespassing and stealing food. The woman claimed that she got an order wrong from UberEats. She returns to location where it was prepared. The workers told her that she has to take it with the driver and UberEats.

The woman visibly angry goes behind the counter and prepares food.

Workers try to stop her.

She ends up throwing the food and slapping the worker.

Washington, DC.

Video goes viral and folks are calling for the customer to be arrested.

Customer actually defends her actions.

I call it a Luigi Mangione moment. But since it is a Black woman, expect the far right and media to scapegoat the actions as unruly, ghetto and the reasons for a white privilege man like Donald J. Trump to become president again.

The video with over 7 million views that captured a heated altercation at a Northeast, D.C. Chipotle is sparking outrage online. The video shows a visibly upset customer walked behind the counter and began making her own burrito bowl. The incident escalated further when she got physical with an employee. But the woman in the video said employees got physical with her first.

Yeah, we all had messed up orders at grocery stores and fast food restaurants. We had bad customer service from cashiers, servers, managers and customer service. We all been frustrated with the service industry.

But for intentional and unintentional food contamination, it is very rare.

1. Restaurants, gas stations and grocery stores are forbidden from having chemicals near food. The federal and state authorities have strict guidelines to contamination.

2. Insect spray, rat poisons, unauthorized cleaning chemicals and glue traps are not used in restaurants, gas stations, bars and retailers.

3. All businesses use contactless pest control devices which involves no poison.

4. Any biohazard like blood, mucus, fecal matter, vomit, semen, vaginal fluid, saliva and hair, animal droppings, skin, tears, sweat and breast milk in food must be destroyed. 

5. If customers come into the preparing area, workers must destroy all the food products. It is criminal trespassing when a person interferes with food preparers.

Roberto Hernandez, the Chipotle employee in the video, says the encounter left him shaken and traumatized, calling the video "triggering" to watch. Speaking to WUSA9, Hernandez described how the situation unfolded on Saturday during his shift at the Brentwood neighborhood Chipotle on Washington Place. 

Hernandez said he he was working his normal shift when a customer walked in and said she had ordered a burrito bowl on UberEats. She claimed her order was wrong and demanded a refund. He and his manager tried to explain that all refunds had to be issued by Uber. That’s when Hernandez told WUSA9 things escalated. 

The woman proceeded to walk behind the counter and make herself several bowls, saying she wanted the order remade with double meat and other items. Hernandez said he looked at the receipt and it didn’t say she had ordered double of anything. 

“I was mad, upset. But I’m a man you know I can’t hit a female," Hernandez said. "So I walked away.” 

He did the right thing. Why lose your job because of an irate customer?

The woman in the video told WUSA9 that she went behind the counter to remake her order when employees refused to remake her bowl or give her a refund. That's when she says employees hit her. She claims the viral video didn't capture the full incident.

"Before I threw the bowl on him or anything, all of them put their hands on me first," she told WUSA9. " ... I wasn't aggressive toward them until I got assaulted. The video was cut short."

Hernandez told WUSA9 he’s been a loyal employee for over two years, but said he's upset that he has yet to hear from corporate. He added that he'd like to see security inside the store. 

The employee also said the woman who attacked him has been threatening him online since the incident. 

“Yesterday, she was saying 'I’m going to come back and stab them and take their life,'" Hernandez relayed. "I was scared. She was scaring my co-workers too." 

In a statement to WUSA9, Chipotle said:

“At Chipotle, the health and safety of our employees is our greatest priority. We are grateful for their hard work every day and do not condone guests who mistreat our team members. We are working cooperatively with local law enforcement and hope justice will be served for the individual who did not treat our employees with the respect that they deserve.”

DC police said no police report has been filed. A spokesperson for Chipotle told  WUSA9 they are planning on filing a police report. WUSA9 also reached out to UberEats for comment, but has not heard back. 

Lesley Stahl Interviews A Mossad Terrorist!

Zionism is a cancer. Lesley Stahl interviews Mossad agents who admitted to committing the electronic terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.

Time to put CBS News on notice.

Lesley Stahl, you old ghoul. I hope you fail too.

Like a damn cheerleader, this old reporter interviewed a "former" Mossad terrorist who openly admitted Israel conducted the September 2024 terrorist attacks in Beirut. The attacks involved planting explosives inside electronic devices like pagers and radios.

This was a deadly attack which killed 200 people and injured 4,000.

Israel claimed it targeted Hezbollah but in reality, it was an unlawful attack on civilians. 

On Sept. 17, after Israel and Hezbollah had been in an escalating war for nearly a year, the controversial Israeli spy agency Mossad launched one of the most dangerous deceptions in the history of counterintelligence: the pager plot, a modern take on the Trojan horse. Mossad created a bomb in a pocket – and plotted a terrorist attack on not only Hezbollah fighters but civilians into unwittingly wearing these devices on their bodies. 

The thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously in two separate events across Lebanon and Syria in an Israeli attack. The attack killed at least 200 people, including at least 12 civilians, and injured at least 4,000 civilians, according to the Lebanese government. Victims had injuries including losing one or both eyes, shrapnel in their brains and amputated fingers and hands. The incident was described as Hezbollah's biggest security breach since the start of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict in October 2023. It has also been popularly referred to as Operation Grim Beeper.

The first wave of explosions targeted pagers, and occurred on September 17th around 3:30pm, killing at least 12 people, including two Hezbollah members and two children, and wounding more than 2,750, including Iran's ambassador to Lebanon. The second wave targeted Icom walkie-talkies and occurred on September 18th, killing at least 30 people and injuring over 750. The explosions occurred mostly in Lebanon, as well as in several locations in Syria. The 150 hospitals across Lebanon that received victims of the explosions experienced chaotic scenes.

In February 2024, Hezbollah's secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah instructed the group's members to use pagers instead of cell phones, claiming Israel had infiltrated their cell phone network. Hezbollah then purchased Gold Apollo AR-924 pagers about five months before the explosions. The Israeli intelligence agency (Mossad) had secretly manufactured the devices, integrated the explosive PETN into the devices, and sold them to Hezbollah through a shell company. International officials and scholars of the law of war have debated the legality of the attacks, with critics suggesting they might constitute war crimes or acts of terrorism.

Responding to the attacks, Nasrallah described the explosions as a "major blow" and labeled them an act of war, possibly a declaration of war by Israel. Initially Israel denied involvement, but in November 2024 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Israeli responsibility, and also authorized a couple of its intelligence agents to be interviewed to the press about the operation. Following the explosions, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a "new phase" of the war in northern Israel and Lebanon had begun. Hezbollah vowed retaliation, launching a rocket attack on northern Israel a few days later that struck cities such as Nazareth and Kiryat Bialik, injuring several civilians. Ten days later, Israel assassinated Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut.

🎅✌🌎☃️🌨🎁🦌👨‍👩‍👧‍👦: 🆓️🇵🇸🍉!

We will never fall. Palestinians will rise and Israel will fall.

Nah, there is no peace on earth.

As long as the United States support for Israel and Ukraine continue, there will be no longer peace. Men, women, children and pets pay the price for war. The fight over political, cultural, religious, economic and social standings continue to divide us.

Me saying this only angers me more.

The uneducated and greedy elected a convicted felon who was impeached twice while serving the first time. A sexual predator who continues to plague women.

A man who is very definition of white privilege returns in four weeks.

He will be impeached again, guaranteed.

As we closeout 2024, I have decided to move forward. I want to be here to watch Donald J. Trump fail once again. I want to be here to watch President Joe Biden's legacy come tumbling down for allowing his religious beliefs drive his decision to allow unfettered support for the apartheid ethnostate of Israel.

I want to be here to see Vice President Kamala Harris become the villain of MAGAland. Because I want to see the anger of a Black woman unleashed through activism, protesting, boycotting and effective election victories.

If Trump lost in 2020 and won in 2024, I have a feeling it's not over for Madam Vice President. My hopes is Harris rebounding quickly and winning in 2028.

The KHive is still alive and they're buzzing.

I want to see Israel, Republicans, John Fetterman, Sean "Softball" Hannity, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ted Cruz, Rupert Murdoch, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Clarence Thomas, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Elise Stefanik, Ron DeSantis, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kevin Stitt, Ron Johnson, J.D. Vance, John Thune, Chuck Schumer, Mike Johnson, Jesse Watters, Laura Ingraham, Byron Donalds, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Jim Jordan, Tulsi Gabbard, Issac Herzog, Vladimir Putin, Antony Blinkin, Linda Thomas Greenfield, Ritchie Torres, Laura Loomer, Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Lindi Li, Van Jones, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Lindsey Graham, Tim Scott, Wesley Hunt, Daniel Penny, Mark Levin, Kyle Rittenhouse, Mike Bruan, Greg Abbott, Bill O'Reilly, Chris Cuomo and of course the far right trolls to fail.

In the spirit of Christmas, I say fuck em all.

Many of you are hopefully spending time with your families. Others are still working to keep the country moving even on this holiday.

Given 2/3 of the United States had a monster blizzard and record cold temperatures, more people are working to keep lights on and lives saved.

Gun violence never takes a break. I will say that somewhere in the country, there will be a shooting. The United States had over 700 mass shooting this year.

I would say thank you to the essential workers and open service workers. You are truly the people who run the world.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are still active despite being on Christmas vacation. They are required to know the mood and the world events in their press briefings and engagements.

Those who work constantly include:

1. The President of the United States
2. The Vice President of the United States
3. Prime Minster of Canada
4. U.S. Military 
5. Police Officers
6. First Responders (Firefighters/EMT)
7. Border Agents
8. Hospitals
9. News Reporters And Meteorologists
10. Electric Grid Workers
11. Cable, Internet And Telephone Workers
12. Gas Station Clerks
13. Toll Booth Operators
14. Barge And Cruise Ship Operators
15. Casino Workers
16. Hotel Workers
17. Sit In Restaurant Workers
18. Bus Drivers
19. Taxi/Lyft/Uber Drivers
20. Tow Truck Operators
21. Train Operators
22. Truck Drivers
23. Security Officers
24. Snow Removal Operators
25. Volunteer Helpers For The Homeless
26. Suicide Hotline Operators
27. Radio DJ (Local Operators)
28. Prison Guards
29. Mental Health Counselors
30. Water And Sanitation Operators
31. Storm Clean Up And Spotters
32. Criminals

7-Eleven/Speedway, Sheetz, Buc-ee's, Circle K, Wawa, Casey's General Stores, Waffle House, Ihop, Red Lobster, Walgreens, CVS, Golden Corral, Ponderosa, Perkins, Bob Evans, Domino’s and a few Save A Lot stores are open. 

Check local times. 

McDonald's, Burger King, Hardees/Carl's Jr. at some locations are open. Usually on major tollways and franchised owned.

Again, we must acknowledge that many aren’t getting an opportunity to spend time with their families. Many may never see their loved ones ever again thanks to gun violence and the coronavirus.

 

By the end of the month, we will have more Americans dead from gun violence. It's unfortunate that we have an ineffective Congress and a junk food media that refuses to stay focus on the real issues.

Also, we must take into account the plight of the Palestinians. The Israeli government is literally doing a genocide under the guise of "defending itself."

I mean every year is frustrating as like many others in the past. I thought we would get through this together. Alas, we are still fighting culture wars. 

Full disclosure: I an working one job to make ends meet. I am making ends meet but I am not happy about the job and feel like I am exhausted. 

When I get older, I will say to my grandchildren, I survived the global pandemic. We had a president who allowed a genocide to happen and is actually caving to a foreign country. We elected a convicted felon and sexual predator again as president.

Biden let me down. Trump let me down. 

Despite the results on the economy, Biden's critics are often pivoting because they know some of his policies are effective. 

Biden, Trump, Congress and the junk food media are stuck on stupid.

I miss seeing my son. Holidays don't suck but it would be nice to have a Christmas without the strings attached.

My son is biracial. I found out he existed on Dec. 7, 2016. He was born in August. I still deal with the PTSD from missing out my first child’s birth. There’s nothing worse than to find out you had a “surprise child” from a blind date.

It happens to the best and the worst of us.

I will move forward because I value everything. I won't let setbacks stop me. 

My time will come and successes are looking bright next year.

Art Evans Passed Away!

Art Evans, a pioneering Black actor passed away from diabetes.

Art Evans was perhaps best known in my childhood TV days as Santa Claus disguised as a homeless man named Ben on Family Matters who patched up a feud between Eddie and Laura over his reckless decision to throw out a doll she cherished. 

Art had passed away at the age of 82. He passed away from complications of diabetes. He leaves behind wife Bebe and son, Ogadae.

Evans' acting career, spanning almost 40 years, started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in The Amen Corner which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance in film was Claudine in 1974. His first credited role was in Chico and the Man as Bubba in the episode "Too Many Crooks" which aired in 1976, and his talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in the movie Leadbelly (1976).

One of Evans's early roles was the first victim in the John Carpenter film Christine, based on the novel by Stephen King; Evans played a Detroit auto worker found dead on the assembly line after daring to flick cigar ash on Christine's upholstery. In 1984, Evans co-starred in the all-star African-American drama A Soldier's Story as the memorable brown-nosing character Wilkie. He is probably best known for his role as Leslie Barnes in the action film Die Hard 2 (1990) in which he played the chief engineer at Dulles International Airport that helps LAPD detective John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, stop terrorists from crashing planes. His other film credits include Big Time (1977), Youngblood (1978), The Cracker Factory (1979), National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982), Into the Night (1985), Fright Night (1985), Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Native Son (1986), White of the Eye (1987), School Daze (1988), The Mighty Quinn (1989), Downtown (1990), Trespass (1992), CB4 (1993), Bitter Harvest (1993), Tales from the Hood (1995) and Metro (1997). He has also made many appearances in a variety of television shows such as M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Monk, The X-Files, and Family Matters on which he played a man claiming to be Santa Claus. His most recognizable television role was on A Different World, portraying Mr. Johnson, father of Ron Johnson (portrayed by Darryl M. Bell).

Evans also starred in the music video for Stevie Wonder's "Go Home".

In 2010, Evans was seen in Anderson's Cross playing the grandfather of the lead character Nick Anderson. In 2011, Art had a guest appearance on the sitcom Last Man Standing in the episode titled "Grandparents Day".

Big Will Hospitalized!

Bill Clinton had a medical emergency.

The 42nd President of the United States is hospitalized for a fever. The former president has been placed on observation.

Bill Clinton was a president that made me feel good about the 1990s. He was a flawed man. A possible sexual predator, but a damn good president who managed through two terms with centrist policies and a staunchly conservative Congress.

Clinton was impeached because he lied under oath when he hid an affair with Monica Lewinsky. It also exposed Republicans who also had affairs and sexual predatory behavior.

Republicans continue to demonize him and wife, former first lady Hillary Clinton. 

Hillary Clinton was the former first lady, former U.S. senator, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee. She along with Kamala Harris lost to Donald J. Trump, a misogynist sexual predator. Also Trump is the first president who is a sexual predator, a convicted felon, twice impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, as well as a insurrectionist. Trump is the very definition of white privilege.

He demonized Hillary and Bill.

Donald and Bill are allegedly clients of Jeffrey Epstein.

Clinton, 78, "has been admitted to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital for testing and observation after developing a fever," said Angel Ureña, Clinton's deputy chief of staff.

"He is in good spirits and grateful for the care he is receiving," Ureña said.

A source close to Clinton, the 42nd president, said the situation is "not urgent."

"The former president will be fine," the source said. "He developed a fever and wanted to be checked out. He is awake and alert."

Clinton has faced a number of health scares since he left office in 2001.

He underwent a quadruple bypass operation at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in 2004 and returned to the same hospital for another heart procedure in 2010, when two stents were inserted into a coronary artery.

He was also hospitalized for six days in California in 2021 with a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream.

Clinton campaigned vigorously for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris this year and recently released a memoir about his post-presidential life.

Clinton has spoken at every Democratic National Convention since 1976, including this August.

“I want to say this from the bottom of my heart,” he said in that address. “I have no idea how many more of these I’ll be able to come to.”