Archive for 2020

QUESTION ASKED: Is Warren Buffett the Wallet Behind Black Lives Matter? The Tides Network is a powerful instrument leveraged by billionaires working to change America, while shielding their philanthropic dollars from public scrutiny. Here’s how it works.

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Denver City Council approves delivery fee cap.

Denver City Council voted unanimously Monday night to cap delivery fees that restaurants pay to third party services like Door Dash and Uber Eats.

The cap is 15 percent. The ordinance aims to help struggling restaurants in the midst of a pandemic.

The ordinance, which would apply for four months, would also require that 100 percent of tips go to the delivery driver, and that driver pay not be reduced in an effort to make up for the commission cap. Restaurants would also have to opt in to appear on the third-party ordering websites.

Pro Tip: Always tip your drivers cash.

As for the rest, reduced delivery options for the very people the Denver City Council is trying to help will be met with plenty of unexpectedlies.

SHOULD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AIDES HAVE MANDATORY COVID TESTING? Don’t miss the poll, no mail-in ballots accepted because this is honest voting. A mere 123 aides and contractors have tested positive or are presumed to be positive. But who knows how accurate that number is?

WELL, THAT’S THE APPROVED METHOD OF PROTEST IN BLUE CITIES NOW, RIGHT? NYC Orthodox community holds large protest over new coronavirus restrictions.

The protests swarmed in numbers later in the night, with demonstrators shutting down 13th Avenue to vehicular traffic.

Things also turned unruly when the crowd lit a rubbish fire after midnight at the intersection of 46th Street and 13th Avenue and chased away two city sheriff’s deputies who responded.

The defiant crowd chanted “Jewish lives matter” as they held their ground.

The next step is to go mob the Mayor’s residence, arson optional.

Protesters to Democratic Mayors: “We learned it from watching YOU!”

ANALYSIS: TRUE. Hyper-political Hollywood gives us little reason to return to theaters.

Twitter isn’t real life, but chances are the cacophony of vile, divisive messages coming from Celebrity Nation seeped into the national consciousness.

It’s one thing to swallow hard and watch a new Samuel L. Jackson film at home. It’s another to snag a sitter and/or fork over $30-plus for a Jackson movie knowing he just insulted anyone voting Trump on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

Think that sentiment isn’t a factor in the anemic box office receipts we’re seeing these days?

Stars got hyper-political, and nasty, at the worst possible time. The theatrical model is on life support thanks to COVID, and media outlets which have scared us silly by downplaying hopeful news and exaggerating terrifying tidbits.

Will anyone be itching to pay $15 for an overhyped sequel coming Spring time, knowing they can watch it on their big-screen TV in a few weeks?

Christian Toto, so read the whole thing.