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Archive for 2019
November 5, 2019
I DON’T KNOW IF OUR DIMINISHED AND DIDACTIC HOLLYWOOD HAS IT IN THEM TO DO JUSTICE TO A SOUL LIKE HARRIET’S: ‘Harriet’ Isn’t Equal to the Superlative Subject in Play.
ONLY IF HIS ENABLER BECOMES THE DEM CANDIDATE: The revival of the Juanita Broaddrick rape charges against Bill Clinton: coming soon?
THIS IS MY SHOCKED FACE: ‘SNL’ Goes Full Pravda for ‘President’ Elizabeth Warren. I’m told they were funny at some point, but in my experience in this country they’ve always been left wing partisan hacks. And not particularly stealthy about it.
AND I’M READY FOR ANTIEMETICS: IT’S HAPPENING: Democratic Voters Are Ready for Hillary, Poll Finds.
AND EPSTEIN DIDN’T KILL HIMSELF: Jeffrey Epstein’s Death: The Plot Thickens.
WE REALLY CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER PRESIDENT WHO HATES AMERICA: Omar Rails Against “Western Imperialism”.
WE CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER PRESIDENT WHO HATES US: Elizabeth Warren Condemns US “Genocide”.
THERE ARE STILL BRAVE MEN IN SPORTS: Nats visit White House, Kurt Suzuki wears MAGA hat.
UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY WOULD BE A GOOD NAME FOR HIS BIOGRAPHY: Iowa Sees Unintentional Biden Comedy Weekend.
THEY’LL DESTROY THE REPUBLIC, NOT EVEN FOR $20 AND A PACK OF TWINKIES, BUT FOR THEIR SELF LOVE AND VIRTUE SIGNALING: The Military-Intelligence Complex.
November 4, 2019
PROF. JACOBSON: While you were focused on Impeachment, Trump continued to transform the federal judiciary. “This seismic shift in the composition of the federal judiciary is getting almost no current mainstream media coverage because all the oxygen is being taken up with Democrats’ impeachment efforts.”
DEMOCRATS FORGET WHO OWNS THEM: Wall Street allegedly shutting down Dem donations because of Warren.
WHAT FAILED GOVERNMENTS DO BEFORE THE END: Germany Readies Further Restrictions On Guns And Speech.
CUE LEFTIST TWITTER MELTDOWN: Washington Nat Ryan Zimmerman to Trump: ‘Thank You for…Continuing to Make America the Greatest Country.’
DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN AT CHICK-FIL-A? Man fatally stabbed at Maryland Popeyes after chicken sandwich altercation. If not, why not?
KURT SCHLICHTER: The Coming War Over Kinky Katie Hill’s Congressional Seat. “If you mixed together Cannae, Agincourt, Normandy (yeah, I went there), and Armageddon, then multiplied that battle by 100, you get some idea of the scale of the upcoming death match to be held just a few miles up the road from me in California’s 25th Congressional District. Katie Hill, she of the bizarrely convoluted relationships and questionable hairbrush perch hygiene, got the ole heave-ho by Nancy Pelosi after Redstate reporter Jennifer Van Laar’s exposé of the up ‘n coming Democrat’s multi-faceted relationship choices, choices so icky that they even freaked out the Cali crowd. Now that her former congressional seat, snagged from the sleeping GOP in 2018, is going to be the subject of a special election of surpassing specialness. To get the House back, this swing district is a must win for the Republicans; to keep the House, it’s a must win for the Democrats. Every hack reporter yearning for a trip to LA during the winter is going to be out here reporting on the bellwether to ring all bellwethers.”
Plus: “So, is the GOP ready for this fight? Well, it’s the California GOP, so the presumptive answer is ‘No.'”
WELL, YOU CAN SEE HOW HE AND ADAM SCHIFF WOULD GET ALONG: Retired Army Officer Remembers Lt. Col. Vindman as Partisan Democrat Who Ridiculed America. “He is a political activist in uniform.”
OPEN THREAD: Some say that it’s illegal in 17 States, and that it’s recently begun releasing pop records under the pseudonym of Lady Gaga. All we know, is it’s called the Open Thread!
McDONALD’S IS DOOMED: McDonald’s New CEO Chris Kempczinski Tense Franchise Relationship.
The new chief executive officer of McDonald’s Corp. is a Harvard MBA who played a critical role in the revamp of the fast-food chain that has turned the stock into a Wall Street darling.
But what Chris Kempczinski isn’t is a guy who once flipped burgers — and that doesn’t exactly endear him to owners of McDonald’s franchises. Already upset over bearing the burden of the costs from that makeover, they may be one of his biggest challenges as he takes over from Steve Easterbrook, who was fired as CEO on Sunday for having a consensual relationship with an employee.
The 51-year-old Kempczinski, known as “Chris K” around the office, was hired by Easterbrook in 2015 as an executive vice president of strategy and business development, part of a massive shakeup of management ranks. A little over a year later, he was named to run all U.S. business. He previously worked at Kraft Foods and PepsiCo.
Easterbrook, by contrast, spent most of his career at McDonald’s, joining in 1993 in London. He once worked as a restaurant manager for McDonald’s before being named to head its U.K. division.
McDonald’s shares fell as much as 3.1% in New York Monday, hitting the lowest intraday point since April. The stock had almost doubled since Easterbrook took over in March 2015, more than twice the gain in the S&P 500 Index, giving the company a market capitalization of $147 billion as of Friday.
McDonald’s was further shaken Monday when it announced that its top human resources manager, David Fairhurst, left the company. No reason was given.
As Steve warned in April of 2015, “McDonald’s is almost certainly doomed. Or at the very least, Easterbrook is the wrong guy to head up the burger chain — any burger chain, for that matter. To understand why I’ve come to this conclusion, read the very next line from the story: Easterbrook plans to unveil his plan for turning McDonald’s into a ‘modern, progressive burger company’ on May 4…Would it surprise you to learn that Easterbrook is a Brit? Me, neither. Meet you at Steak ‘n Shake?”