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January 2024

The K-Mart Snake

In the days of yore back before Facebook and various other off-shoots of misinformation continuously reposted on the internet

People relied on rumors and half-truths to keep their friends engaged and upset

People used to swear by these rumors and keep them afloat even though they were all fake

An example of the ridiculous claims that hung around for years is that of the K-Mart snake

It seems that some unidentified person bought an area throw rug from the local K-Mart. When he unrolled it, a snake hidden in the rolls bit him and the man died

This was true because the story-teller knew a lady whose third cousin had a friend whose uncle knew a relative of the victim on his mother’s side

Misinformation has always provided a fascination to the ignorant and bored

Everyone loves a good rumor. The gossip seems harmless or so they say but scream it loud enough and that gossip becomes a matter of record

With the addition of the internet rumors, gossip, and other forms of slander can travel at light speed to the uniformed believer

Jumping on a juicy story, the rumor takes on a life of its own as it travels through the airwaves when originally conceived by a lying unhappy keyboard deceiver

The spread of misinformation today is easy. One little scare can set off a panicked herd mentality

Remember when a Chinese diner eating bat soup became sickened and wound up a fatality

Within weeks self-appointed experts had all locked down, everyone social distancing, and wearing masks

“Don’t question science,” stated the experts. “We’ll condemn anyone who asks

“The border is under control. “ So stated the White House as 8 million migrants streamed through

“Everything is under control,” stated all the media newscasts while the caravan of videotaped illegals passed in review

Misinformation is dished out daily to the citizens knowing full well the American public will ignore the crisis until a third world person is the front yard barbecuing their dog

Russian Collusion was real. Dateline August 22, 2020, the collusion did help Trump win in 2016 according to Think a NBC news blog

This was touted as gospel until the slow moving Mueller Report was released calling the accusations fabricated

Printed, run, accused, proclaimed, touted as true was a lie made up by the opposition that was never validated

Misinformation today is spread by sniveling little cowards masquerading as journalists, newscasters, and press secretaries, with headlines printed in partisan sass

So without further proof just assume everything is a lie until proven otherwise. Now one does doesn’t have to wait for the K-Mart snake to bite them on their ass

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The President’s Migrant Army

The applesauce was still dribbling off his chin when with shaking hands he put down his spoon

“I’ve giving them 24 hours to remove the razor wire and its almost noon”

“Now all those redneck flyover states have joined in a show of support for that goober Governor Abbott”

“He’s sending migrants to all my sanctuary cities, talking big, and popping up in the media like a bad habit”

“But I’ve figured out a way to squelch the independence notion and put those damn Texans back in their place”

“We can’t let the real Army start shooting up the Guard and those ragtag militias as that would cause us to lose face”

“Remember all the negative publicity concerning Kent State when the Ohio Guard shot those students that were unarmed”

“The government took a beating on that, but take a minute to think it was only four that were harmed”

“But this large group rallying around the border is spoiling for a fight. They’re not going to run like an unarmed seventeen-year old kid”

“But here’s a plan that will work, and we need to come to agreement in a hurry because it’s late morning and time for me to call a lid”

“My proposal is we start a double secret army of migrants and offer them full asylum until citizenship is granted and give them a gun”

“This way we can blame the cartels for the violence, wipe out some republicans and gain future voters. I call this a home run”

“Once we send those NRA militants packing, we bulldoze the razor wire”

“That allows the migrant surge to continue while I look like I negotiated a ceasefire”

“So it looks like a win for Team Blue as I look like a strong decisive leader while complying with the Big O’s vision for a new nation”

“So lets get this thing done because its time for my nap and medication”

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WEF

The conference was over signaled by the number of private jets thundering overhead

Giving the multitude of exhausted sex workers a chance to recuperate for two or three days in their own bed

The forum was chaired again by Klaus Schwab founder and forever embedded in that role

Thinly disguised as improving worldwide citizenship when the main goal is protecting power and riches of his elitist members and to stamp out coal

Concerned with trading carbons with the have-nots while hiding the fact the countries in power need to exploit the poor

We need your earthen deposits for our green technology to build more wind turbines on mountain vistas and in the path of fish migration offshore

“Your rare minerals have to be harvested under conditions we deplore”

“But its for the good of man the destitute and children are dying, so we can continue to ignore”

The EVs need those minerals to produce a short-lived battery to further pollute the earth

Dooming the wretchedly poor to work those mines assigned by geopolitical location at birth

Engaging in serious conversation while wiping the steak juice from their mouths on how to control those making a living working the land

Farm expansion, crops, and livestock need to be repressed and in some areas outright banned

Control of food sources is necessary to regulate the masses

“Keep em hungry” with limited access to food, oil and gasses

Much of the forum centered on how to monetize AI to further their dominance

Casting sideways glances at other countries while trying to figure a way to use this technology to advance their own prominence

But in the end all shared the usual optimism about ideas parroted at this discussion

When all knew at least half the members would cut each other’s throat to hatch a sweet deal with the presiding Russian

So before heading back to their opulent lifestyle with picturesque fountains, servants and gold- plated electrical sockets

They all took on last group photo standing on the backs of some impoverished indigents with their hands in each others pockets

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Wokeness At 40,000 Feet

Another week another company headquartered in Atlanta issued a DEI memo advising the terms Black and Brown should be capitalized but white should be lower case

Delta Airlines defended its position by stating their grammar is correct as Black and Brown specify a race

It is a true reach to pull grammar out of the bag if race is the only issue being discussed

This red herring ploy is hiding the fact that many white pilots are flying migrants from Phoenix to their next stop instead of being bussed

Delta is just one of the airlines involved in migrant trafficking and rolling in the dough from the federal government as all the planes are packed

Paying customers have to wait in line at the ticket and security counters while the migrants have their own lines with no ticket needed just a seat assignment as their flight is Biden backed

So while Delta is spitting in the face of all its loyal customers, who for years made Delta their choice

The airline issued a nonsense missive advising how to capitalize black and brown supposedly giving people of color a reason to rejoice

This will all be for naught in the very near future as the FAA has issued new guidelines about hiring people with the following capabilities

The NEW diversity push includes a focus on hiring that include people with “severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities”

So as you settle into your seat for a relaxing flight surrounded by unvetted and diseased people, you taxi to the runway as ordered by the traffic controller who just in the last few minutes was talking to his dog that passed on seven years ago

While listening to a rash covered baby screaming and coughing in pain across the aisle but in the same row

And the pilots seemed angry as they brushed past because with 20 years seniority they had been taken off the regular flight to St Tropez and assigned to O’Hare in February

Questioning the assignment cannot be considered as their pensions are waved in their face. But Chicago weather in February three years ago just wasn’t necessary

This administration is happy however. Their Secretary of Transportation is okay with the airline industry as a whole.

Just ignore doors falling off in mid-flight, massive numbers of flights being cancelled, the ongoing migrant shuffle, and suspect diversity hires. Mr Buttigieg assures us everything is under control

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Nickel and Dimeing Your TV Viewing to the Poorhouse

Back in the day television was a simple thing. Three channels of black and white delivered to you by a glorified lightning rod or rabbit ears with tin foil bowties

Then color TV happened with a phrase of “brought to you in living color” with the image of peacock plumage, a true feast for the eyes

One day Ted Turner decided there was more to life than billboard advertising and bought a small UHF station and bounced the signal off satellite and television viewing was never the same

One could forego Bonanza or Lucy and watch roller derby, wrestling, old movies, or a Braves game

So the network owners invested in large satellite dishes and doled out the sudden influx of available programs and channels through their own cable organization

Soon the antennae the viewer used was outdated and that viewer was pressured to purchase cable “packages” that included uncut first run movies and non-stop sports plus all the trumped-up local charges added that usually offered no explanation

Crystal clear viewing touted by the cable companies (if the weather wasn’t storming) came with a price

The basic $32.99 package usually came with your local network affiliates, a couple of home shopping networks, a Christian station, and could be used only with a single device

You want the Movies? Add an extra $4.99. A sports package showing the major sports? Another $6.99. First run original shows? Again another $4.99. Or you can bundle them all for $16.99. And with this bundle you can now view the shows in two different rooms

The network executives fueled by their own greed quickly realized the more bait that’s dangled the more the viewer consumes

But cable and the satellite networks both had their problems. Cable required miles of wire and a fleet of service people. The satellite networks required service and careful placement of the dish. And still a summer thunderstorm could knock out both

Many times the beer was cold, the friends were there, it was game time, when a crack of lightning turned the TV screen off accompanied by choruses of a four letter oath

And then came the streaming services. Eureka, now the greed mongers could send their signal through the consumers’ own equipment and charge the suckers for their programming only without the fleet of service employees

And different programming can be selected by viewers and those selections can be funneled to advertisers in those cities

And much like cable, different levels of programming can still apply. Only now for different networks they can have their own upcharges. What’s another $2.95 per channel for uninterrupted viewing

It won’t be long before the monthly bill with all the fine print shows up for $175 with all the charges you’ve been accruing

And the golden goose of sports honks loudest of all. You want Thursday night NFL? Invest in a Prime Membership. NFL in Europe? Another upcharge. College game on ESPN 3? Invest you turkey. Wildcard game on Peacock? Give till it hurts

And when they’re lowering your casket into that cold ground as the family stands by in silence wondering where their next meal will come from. Just remember they’ll be thinking of the small fortune squandered to a group of greedy broadcasting perverts

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How Many Political Figures Would Survive Black Monday?

In the NFL the Monday following the last game of the season coaches not cutting the mustard are handed the rubber key

Judged by the team’s performance, it’s only the won-loss record that counts in the eyes of the powers that be

It matters not that owners’ egos, front office incompetents, and disgruntled players might have helped the coaches out the door

Injuries, bad calls, and missed field goals don’t matter at the end of the year, all that matters is the final score

It’s really too bad that political figures aren’t held to the same standard as the coaches

If a yearly grade determines that person’s right to stay in power, maybe something would be accomplished as zero hour approaches. In Congress no term limits instead of yearly judgement have kept these wooden totems in place far too long

Living large off the public feeding trough and continuously reminding Americans they were around when America was strong

Pick a Biden any Biden, and not one of them would have survived the first dismal season

Hunter (the coach’s yes-man) should be staring out from between bars, Jill (head cheerleader) accomplishes nothing and dresses like she’s looking for a hook up in third rate honky tonk and Joe (Head Coach) should be tried for treason

Gavin Newsom (VP of game plans) has single handily destroyed California. Running businesses out, raised taxes on top of taxes and offering migrants free healthcare

Alejandro Myorkas (Head Defensive Coach) A hand-picked defensive coordinator has left a huge gap in the defensive line that looks impossible to repair

Mitch McConnell (Head of Restaurant Operations) Mitch arrived at the other side of the hill years ago. He is now regarded a just a figurehead

His sole job is to make sure the feeding trough stays full and all the Rinos are well-fed

Lloyd Austin (Head Offensive Coordinator) has missed some meetings and disappeared into the hospital. He will now remain out of sight until a carefully written press release explains his how his elective surgery will somehow benefit the administrations game plan

And that release will be delivered with a straight face by the media relations secretary hoping her story will smooth things over before the real shit hits the fan

So many more names all feeling unapproachable by the American public. Maybe the NFL has it right. Base employment for another season on how they finish the year

And do not allow America to limp through another year with a losing campaign and flushed down the drain by well funded boosters and a demented angry racketeer

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But They Didn’t Dumb Down The Jobs

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about diversity, equity, and inclusion

The fact that employers should participate in this hiring practice has led to confusion

The DEI mantra applies nicely to government jobs where forms are handed out and clock watching reigns

However, in real world situations enthusiasm for this policy wanes

The person administering your anesthesia, sitting in the pilot’s seat, or wiring your home should be the best person qualified

Factors included in DEI shouldn’t be at the forefront to keep government officials mollified

Can you do the job? Have you been trained for the task?

Are the questions the employer needs to ask

One only needs to start with the current state of public education to understand the big picture

Currently the public education untold policy is to make students equally dumb and the teachers union richer

This all began in 2002 with the Bush administration’s brain child of the No Child Left Behind Act

A true government fiasco penalizing underachieving schools and had teachers geared to only instructing to the achievement tests so the tax sucking administrators wouldn’t be sacked

Then realizing disadvantaged students still weren’t achieving, they added a different version in 2015 written with exponential word salad

In government speak when a bad law is written with many whereasses and here-to-fors it somehow becomes valid

Since 2015 this is the law of public education and if graded A-F, it is still failing

Leaving higher achieving students bewildered, lesser students absent, and their place in the worldwide workplace dramatically trailing

Taking the cowards way out, some school systems have started giving disadvantaged students and those of color a break

Saying that students are not required to comprehend basic subject matter such as reading, math, or grammar. A feel good pass when in reality these kids’ future is at stake

Molly coddling these students has sent a ripple of awareness through the world of business

Lack of work ethic, job comprehension, and team work have been replaced by robots that never were instructed by this sickness

Robots invented by students that escaped this current state of education, applied themselves and replaced these unmotivated workers with a machine

Now it’s only a matter of time before the government will decide these machines need to come from a third world factory and will intervene

The workforce of America is now a product of the accepted policies from America’s school systems

Fast food kiosks, on line shopping, and blatant plagiarism enhance the ideals of public education and make America’s citizens the victims

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Big Pharma’s New Money Grab

The group had gathered on the street corner as it was time for the delivery van to appear

Anxiously waiting for the musical tune playing from the rooftop speakers they were all straining to hear

Paper sacks holding their morning fast food biscuits and eight dollar high calorie coffee drinks, they all had their $1000 bills clutched in their greasy hands

They washed down their regular morning fare with their caramel macchiatos and shivered off the cold knowing this is the solution to why their waist continually expands

The van served as a dispensary for the new fad of weight loss hiding under the guise of diabetes drugs

They had constantly complained to the doctor about their BMI. So rather than the standard lecture about better diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes, he sighs, writes the script and just shrugs

Fueled by the relentless barrage of TV commercials emphasizing the “some weight loss might occur,” they all knew this was the answer to their triple X jeans

Big Pharma had another winner on its hands. These drugs were this year’s money grab like the previous years with the covid vaccines

The commercial of the happy chubby girl dancing on the concrete retaining wall had grabbed their attention

The fact she has the same issues of tight airline seats, obvious muffin tops and constricting seat belts were all beyond their comprehension

With this drug they could now indulge in their favorite foods and still lose weight

Chocolate, pizza, and all fast food no longer needed a second of thought because it doesn’t matter what they ate

The cash register was ringing loudly in Big Pharma’s bean counters office and there was celebration in the board room

Why be concerned with America’s health and well-being when there is no limit to the drugs they’ve been programmed to consume

So this weight challenged group were already making allowances for the grand a month added to the household expense

Savings for retirement, home renovations, and rainy day funds used to make commonsense

Now the new line of thought is lose weight the easy way with an injection a week

And to find a physician who will write a script from a Canadian pharmacy for the drug at a reduced rate is the goal they seek

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