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NEWS PLUNGE: BLOG

Monday
Jul292024

THE PRESIDENT HAS NO CLOTHES

In the famous story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen - The Emperor Has No Clothes - when the Emperor danced naked through the streets - an Emperor obsessed with fancy clothes and adoring crowds -  the crowds remained silent - despite the obvious truth displayed and thus, being denied.

When President Biden crashed and burned at the Trump vs. Biden debate in July - the inner Democratic political circle surrounding the sovereigncy that had remained silent years into Biden's presidency - was shamed in the public glare of an elderly politician - in his eighties - that was unable to remember dates, times, names, events.... mumbling incoherently.

No one had told the Emperor that he had no clothes on - and no one amid the Democratic political elite had told President Biden that he was incapable of running the country, that his aged-related decline was evident and that he would lose the election due to his evident cognitive inabilities.  Then the Democratic bloodbath started - California Senator Nancy Pelosi, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, California Rep. Mark Takano, Minnesota Rep. Congresswoman Betty McCollum, New Mexico Rep. Gabe Vasquez, Florida Congresswoman Kathy Castor...../ on and on.... unitl finally, the former President of the United States, Barack Obama was able to convince President Joe Biden that his candidancy would end in ruins for the Democratic Party.

Where were all these people for the last 3-1/2 years???  How selfish of all these politicos and Jill Biden to ignore her husband's failing mental state in order to hold onto power of the office of President. It became clear that it would streamline the power grab for President Biden to release his delegates and empower Vice President Harris to become the Democratic nominee for president.

When the President had no clothes on it could not be denied..... while it was televised .......while the Democrats Hung On to Power.

 

 

Saturday
Jun292024

BYE-BYE GRANDPA ....BYE-BYE BIDEN

THE DEBATE IS OVER..... THE GERIACTRIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE HAS SHOWN  THE ELDERLY ILLUSION IS UNSUSTAINABLE.... WANDERING EYES, WANDERING THOUGHTS, STUTTERING WORDS

 

(SING-A-LONG TUNE GREAT ANN-MARGARET CLASSIC:  BYE-BYE BIDEN)

 

Bye bye Biden
We're not gonna miss you so
Bye bye Biden
It is time for you to have to go
(Bye bye)

No more sunshine (no sunshine)
It's followed you away (you away)
We won't cry Biden
Take inflation home to stay with you

Bye bye Biden
It's awful hard to bear your mess
Bye bye Biden
Guess no one cares
Guess no one ca-a-a-a-are
Guess we just done't carrrrrrrre

BYE-BYE GRANDPA..... BYE-BYE BIDEN

Monday
Apr292024

KILLING OF THE DOG - CRICKET... NO GOING BACK

Finally, the internet serves the greater good - with an open admission by South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem on X (formally known as Twitter) that she had no respect for the sanctity of life - sharing her COLD decision to kill an 18 MONTH OLD PUPPY - instead of responsibly rehousing the puppy with any animal boarding venue - that would understand that the young dog needed time to mature - and that not every puppy is destined to be a farm working dog.

Thank you for broadcasting your shameless behavior on X (formerly known as Twitter)  that shows YOU ARE NOT ASTUTE OR MATURE ENOUGH to be anywhere near the Oval Office - where life and death decisions are a component of political life in the White House. That animal owners, pet owners - value the life of their dogs or cats - and disrepect anyone who would kill an 18 month old puppy, not respecting the sanctity of life so brandished about on the right side of politics.

Thank you Governor Kristi Noem for sharing your blatant stupidity - making you No Going Back VP.

There is no way that Donald Trump can pick Kristi Noem as his Vice Presidential candidate now - not with the polls this tight and the Trump courtroom drama unraveling in the news everyday.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem wrote her own Vice Presidential candidate obituary when she shared in her new book that she shot dead her own dog Cricket - creating a backlash with her lapse of judgment regarding the general populace and their relationship to their pets. 

I can understand why some people are upset about a 20 year old story of Cricket,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. “The book is filled with many honest stories of my life, good and bad days, challenges, painful decisions, and lessons learned,” wrote Noem. 

Noem stated that under South Dakota law, dogs who attack and kill livestock can be put down. “Given that Cricket had shown aggressive behavior toward people by biting them, I decided what I did. Whether running the ranch or in politics, I have never passed on my responsibilities to anyone else to handle. Even if it’s hard and painful. I followed the law and was being a responsible parent, dog owner, and neighbor.

She could have decided that Cricket had shown aggressive behavior and needed to be retrained as NON-FARM WORKING DOW - since CRICKET WAS 18 MONTHS OLD AND NOT 18 YEARS OLD.

Thank goodness, Noem will not be near any opportunity to decide the fate of human lives.  The candidacy of Kristi Noem ended with the publication of the Cricket story.  There is No Going Back.

Monday
Apr152024

CASE FOR THE THIRD PARTY CANDIDATE

When the two presidential candidates of the mainstream Democratic and Republican political parties cannot muster enough votes to guarantee a substantial or even comfortable lead in the nationwide polls - political desperation creates chants of begging the third paty candidate to drop out. 

Blaming the independent third party candidate for ruining the chances of the weak, uninspiring, poorly performing Octegenrian candidates - one who is facing numerous criminal trials for misrepresentation of his real estate wealth - while the other over-aged candidate continues to verbally missteps speech after speech, noting the wrong "20th century" in his latest gaffe.

IT IS NOT the responsibility of the Third Party Candidate to save the political future - of the Democratic or Republican candidate for President. 

IT IS THE responsibility of the Third Party Candidate to offer an alternative to the over-aged political candidates and change the political discourse in the political landscape to include the vast divide between the wealthy class and the working-class in America - the haves and the have nots - the divide is impossible to ignore.  Inflation continues to destroy the dreams of the working class, destroying the wallets of the working class - who may never be able to home ownership anymore - a baseline rock of the American Dream.

 Robert Kennedy Jr. sites, "We can restore the American middle class by reversing the missteps of the last 50 years. A massive military machine has nearly bankrupted this country. Rampant corruption in Washington has put corporations in charge, enriching the wealthiest as working people have dropped out of the middle class. Official unemployment is low — but most of the new jobs are in the low-pay service sector. Wealth inequality in the country is at a 100-year high. More than 60% of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck, with no savings for an emergency. Take-home pay after inflation and taxes has fallen 9% since Biden took office."

Kennedy posted on X Formerly Twitter this week arguing that he is not an “ultra-left radical” by saying that he’s “soooo liberal that [Trump’s] emissaries asked me to be his VP.” Kennedy also claimed that he “respectfully declined the offer,” ... ”I am against President Trump, and President Biden can’t win.”

“Judging by his new website, it looks like President Trump knows who actually can beat him,” Kennedy wrote.

THAT IS THE IDEA OF being a Third Party Candidate - Creating a candidate that can actually win by promoting economic policies that will enable the current and future generations to live better economic lives than their parents, to buy homes, to live beyond paycheck to paycheck - and halt the insanities promoted by the Now Ultra Right Presidential Candidate Donald Trump - Former Studio 54 NightLife Party Goer.  Trump candidacy is based on the premise that the last election was stolen, that the Capitol Riot on Jan. 6 attendees are now "hostages" in the arms of the laws and The Unite the Right white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 - was not instigating anti-blackvand anti-semitic violence.

 IT IS time to take the candidacy of Robert Kennedy, Jr.  very seriously - this country needs the next generation to lead the country away from the out of control extroardinary military expenditures overseas....   "The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya already cost us over $8 trillion."  These military expenditures that can bankrupt the future of our country.
IT IS TIME to take hold of the future by embracing the viability of the next generation of political leaders, when the Democratic and Republican parties refuse to ... endorsing Octogenarian candidates.... it is time for a Third Party Candidate - to take on the political establishment and support the younger generations who will live with the consequences of the actions of the 47th President of the United States.  

 

 

 

Wednesday
Mar132024

TRADER JOE'S NOT UNITED - YADA, YADA, YADA

Trader Joe's likes to promote their offbeat grocery chain as an enlightened alternative to traditional grocery store market chains - serving the illusion that they care about people.

Yet, prosecutors at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) say "Trader Joe’s illegally interrogated workers and threatened to take away their pay raises when they were trying to form a union last year."

The alleged threats were revealed during the January 2023 election at the Louisville, Kentucky  store - when workers voted in favor of joining a new union, Trader Joe’s United. The company challenged the election results by claiming the union illegally influenced the vote.

According to the NLRB complaint filed this past week, prosecutors stated that it was Trader Joe’s that committed “unfair labor practices” meant to sway workers against unionizing.

The complaint states that an assistant store manager threatened workers with the loss of their raises as well as “a loss of flexibility with taking days off and scheduling work” if they voted for the union. It also alleges the company forced workers to “participate in one-on-one conversations” meant to hurt the union’s support.

The NLRB will hold a trial on the allegations if officials can’t reach a settlement with Trader Joe’s. Trader Joe’s has not issued a company response nor comment.

Connor Hovey, a worker whom Trader Joe’s accused of illegally pressuring co-workers to vote for the union, said he was happy to see the complaint issued. Over the last year, Trader Joe’s has taken every opportunity to throw me under the bus and to make false claims in federal hearings that I violated federal labor law,” Hovey told HuffPost. “Today it’s vindicating to see that the company was just projecting their behavior onto me, and the government recognized that.

This isn’t the first time labor board officials have accused Trader Joe’s of breaking the law in an effort to beat back the union organizing campaign. NLRB also alleged that Trader Joe’s illegally fired a union supporter at a Massachusetts store and withheld retirement benefits from workers who unionized.

Workers at a store in Hadley, Massachusetts, created Trader Joe’s United in 2022 and became the chain’s first to form a union that year. They were soon followed by workers at stores in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Oakland, California; and Louisville.

The company claimed union supporters at the Louisville store had intimidated other workers and interfered in a “free and fair election,” but a regional director for the labor board rejected all of Trader Joe’s arguments after a hearing. The company has appealed the case to the NLRB’s board in Washington for review.

Seth Goldstein, an attorney for the union, previously told HuffPost that Trader Joe’s was trying to overturn the will of voters  - “They like democracy until they lose,” Goldstein said. “When they win, they win. When they lose, they still want to think they win.”

Trader Joe's Not United - Yada, Yada, Yada