Bee-otch of the Day: September 2020

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

9.30.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: moron
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: not shutting up

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Over 20 years ago, the executive producer of The Jerry Springer Show decided to spice things up.

Richard "Satchmo" Dominick brought in a soundboard to put at his desk at the side of the stage of the show. Every time a fight between trash-er, guests occurred, he'd ring the bell and the fight would begin.

Boy, would he be a great producer of last night's debate (and I wonder what happened to him, anyway?). I would love to see Biden beat the shit out of Drumpf, long and hard.

Last night proved one thing and one thing only: Drumpf is a rude-ass mofo. Every time Biden stated his peace, he interrupted, spewing out untrue shit. Things got so heated between Drumpf and Biden that Biden finally proclaimed "shut up, man!" because Drumpf loves to hear himself talk.

The debate's reaction has been mixed because of the two's on-stage arguing. There's even talk about major changes in store for the next debate, which might include shutting off one's mic. I would imagine that if worse comes to worse, they might as well take Drumpf and tie him up to a chair. One of my Facebook friends, Southpaws host Darren Gibson even proclaimed that at the next debate, they should put both Drumpf and Biden in isolation booths like the 1970s Alex Trebek game show Double Dare.

Speaking of Facebook, one of my cousins wrote, "If one of my kids acted like Trump is acting in this debate they’d be sent to their room. The leader of the free world is nothing more than a big orange petulant 4 year old." Another one of my cousins wrote, "Tonight’s winner: Chris Wallace

Tonight’s loser: America." But leave it up to his mother, my aunt, to hand out the best quote: "I want Bernie."

Yes, I still want Bernie. But once again, he got screwed over by the establishment. If he and Drumpf were on that same stage in Cleveland, Bernie would have owned Drumpf's ass vs. trying to kiss it some of the time. Hell, Biden proclaimed that he liked Amy Cunty. WHAT?!? He must be that senile, then.

In all, it's an embarrassment that we're in a pandemic and this is what we get. Yes, I'm not Biden's biggest fan, but he's our only hope. At least he'll listen and even change.

Drumpf: someone who thinks he's important, even when he's wrong.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

9.29.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Bill Maher

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Name: Bill Maher
Age: 64
Occupation: comedian
Last Seen: Los Angeles, CA
Bee-otched For: playing the blame game

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Hey, everybody! I have HBO!

I'll admit, I don't watch EVERYTHING they have to offer. but on Fridays at 10 p.m., I do watch Real Time With Bill Maher. Yes, he's funny and he has plenty of insightful guests. Hell, he even had Bernie Sanders on this past Friday night!

The main highlight of his show is without a doubt, New Rules where he proclaims that things have gotta change. It usually starts with some short jokes and it ends with a rambling commentary. Some of his commentaries are wonderful. Sadly, however, he missed the mark BIG TIME on Friday.

In his commentary regarding Drumpf picking out a Ruth Bader Ginsberg's replacement on the Supreme Court, Maher decided to bitch at the people whom he claimed helped to get Drumpf into the White House. And those people were none other than those who didn't vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Now, I've said it a trillion times before. Hillary Clinton WON the 2016 election, but Drumpf got in thanks to an antiquated system called the Electoral College. Here in Michigan, she lost by just 10,000 votes. Why? Because she ignored our state while campaigning while Drumpf was pledging to auto workers that he'll keep things running. Hell, he even campaigned in northern Michigan! Drumpf visiting Cadillac was probably the biggest day in the city's history since the infamous day when KISS performed in the city of 10,000 in 1975.

We all know. The Democratic National Committee fucked over Bernie and Hillary was given carte blanche. Hardcore Dems were pissed and some decided not to vote while others went for third party candidates like Jill Stein. We all know the end result: Drumpf won by default and we paid the price.

But, is it fair for Maher to shame those who didn't vote for Hillary for what happened?

Look, there's a big reason for Drumpf winning the 2016 election and it's because his fanbase was more rabid. He told his puppets that he would do something while president. Hillary, however, simply ran campaign ads attacking Drumpf showcasing his attacks on women and people with disabilities. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HILLARY WERE THOSE WHO DIDN'T WANT DRUMPF FOR PRESIDENT, END OF STORY.

I know, if Hillary WAS president, she would definitely handle shit better. We wouldn't have 200,000 Americans dying from COVID-19. She would make wearing masks and closing down businesses a FEDERAL mandate. Look at Florida: nearly 2,000 new cases of COVID-19 daily and that state's lifting restrictions. Thanks to Drumpf, we're the laughingstock of the world. But sadly, she got the Democratic party nominee ON LIES. America wanted Bernie to amplify what Obama did to the next level. But sadly, the DNC is all about what their donors want and not their supporters.

The reality that Maher needs to understand is that we can't go back into the past and change anything. All we can do is make the future better. Biden was chosen simply because it wasn't safe to vote in person and he had already outpaced Bernie with delegates. Right now, Biden is ahead of Drumpf in most polls. The Dems need to work on improving healthcare, education, jobs, the environment and too much more. At least Biden and Kamala Harris are good listeners instead of Drumpf, who pretty much listens to everything fake televangelists say.

Bill Maher needs to know that he, too, can't fix his past. In reality, he's not a real liberal, he's a Libertarian. He's anti-vaxxing and he foolishly called himself the n-word on his show. Remember? Yet, he's forgivable because there's not many leftists who tell it like it is on TV. If you're further left than Maher is, you're toast. Just ask the likes of Ed Schultz and Darren Gibson.

For someone who calls his show "Real Time", Bill Maher needs to learn about "Real Life".

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Monday, September 28, 2020

9.28.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: hopefully-soon-to-be-jailbird
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: being morally bankrupt

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When a new pope is selected by the Vatican, we all know what happens. Per tradition, white smoke comes out of a smokestack.

Well, at 5 p.m. Saturday at the White House, an imaginary dancing inflatable air man - like the ones you see at used car lots - seemed to perpetuate in our minds.

The Orange Cheeto walked out to the White House lawn with his nominee for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat in the Supreme Court, 48-year-old Amy Coney Barrett and her family. Granted, Drumpf should be lauded for choosing a woman to replace RBG. But sadly, ACB is a true KAREN.

Barrett is a native of New Orleans but lives in South Bend, IN where she got her JD from Notre Dame. She currently serves on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, whose service area is Indiana, plus Wisconsin and Illinois.

It's known that Barrett is extremely far to the right in her beliefs, especially since she is Catholic. Many fear that Drumpf appointed Barrett because she has seven children of her own. Two of them were Haitian refugees and one has Down Syndrome. She could use the fact that she adopted to try to eliminate Roe V. Wade. In her mind, she thinks that if a woman doesn't want a child, she could simply give it up for adoption. Of course, that means nine months of misery, having to care for a child she doesn't want growing in her tummy.

Folks, I've had to deal with a plethora of people who shouldn't have been born. Some of these people ended up adopted. One person I grew up with harassed me all throughout school and never really grew up. Guess what happened to him? He died in prison from taking the wrong medication for schizophrenia. Growing up in northern Michigan, I dealt with a many kids who were white trash, living in unsightly junkyards in the boonies. After my parents' divorce, my father hung out with several woman who had multiple children with multiple fathers. One of them was known for making bad decisions; as a matter of fact, she made headlines in northern Michigan not long ago for burning down her boyfriend's house and might end up spending the rest of her life in prison.

The truth is that if Barrett and Drumpf get their way, kiss legal abortion in America goodbye. Since he's pals with evil dictators, Drumpf has put America on the fast track to being an evil empire. But then again, since we've had just 16 years of Democratic leadership in 40 years, well, there you go. The fact that the senate in 2016 wouldn't allow Obama to replace Antonin Scalia with Merrick Garland shows that Repukelicans are bullies. They want to reduce the middle class from being prosperous to being unable to function. If Amy Cunty Barrett is put on the high court, she could be on there for decades. The Dems' next hopes would be to replace Samuel Alito (70) and Clarence Thomas (72).

The scariest thought is if indeed Drumpf is reelected. Stephen Breyer - a Clinton appointee - is 82. If Cunty is appointed and Breyer dies or retires, the only two sane minds on the high court would be Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. And I would be praying that nothing bad would happen to them.

My heart goes out to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's family. She was a true champion for woman's rights and leftists everywhere. If Cunty gets elected into the high court, RBG will definitely be spinning in her grave. Cunty is EVERYTHING RBG was against and getting her in would be an insult to her legacy.

If elected before Drumpf leaves office in January, the fact that the Supreme Court would have a 6-3 majority would help his plans on eliminating Obamacare. Just what we need during the pandemic: people losing EVERYTHING because we have a billionaire as president.

To add more to this shit comes word that Drumpf ain't paying his taxes. The New York Times reported Sunday night that they've found two decades of his returns and he ain't paying them. Part of the problem, of course is that his business empire ain't doing so well. There's many write-offs and other things that Drumpf refused to report on. One year, Drumpf himself only paid $750 in taxes. According to the Times, Drumpf may actually owe the IRS over $100 million.

And when asked about it, Drumpf gave out his totally original response, "totally fake news".

Under Drumpf and his fucking over of the middle class, I have paid a HELL OF A LOT MORE in taxes than years before. I live from paycheck to paycheck while this orange fake has never had a day in his life where he had to worry about whether or not he can eat. A decade ago, I was so broke that I had to resort to donating plasma. Because the job market grew under Obama, I started getting raises. Today, I haven't had a raise in two years.

Seriously, I have no love for tax dodgers. To me, a person who cheats on their taxes doesn't care about those who have helped them be rich in the first place. Maybe it's one reason why Drumpf pardoned white collar criminals while people who went to prison for taking one toke off a joint 50 years ago are still imprisoned. I hope once Biden is elected, we will do an investigation on Drumpf and he will rot in prison for tax evasion.

All I will say is this: On Friday, I got my absentee ballot. On Saturday before Drumpf introduced Cunty to the world, I proudly filled out my ballot straight ticket Democrat, got in my car and drove to the clerk's office where they have a drop box for absentee ballots. BOOM. DONE. I've used my voice to shitcan Chester Cheetah, and now, it's your turn.

On January 20, 2021, it will be fun seeing Drumpf learn the true meaning behind the classic phrase, "it ain't easy being cheesy".

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

9.24.20 Bee-otch of the Day: the justice system

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Name: the justice system
Age: ageless
Occupation: the supposed enforcers of the law
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: just not being fair

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Yesterday was another sad day to be an African American.

The police officers who murdered Breonna Taylor were all found innocent of their crime. One officer was charged when his bullets flew into a neighboring apartment of Taylor's. But, that was it. The only crime Taylor committed was being in an apartment that a judge claimed was being a mailing address for drugs.

Needless to say, the war between the African American and the justice system has always been on shaky ground. After all, America was founded on the ideal that the black man should be in the field picking cotton while their white owners reap all the profits. When Lincoln abolished most slavery, many - and thankfully not all - have tried to find ways to send people of color back to prison. Just watch "13th" some time.

After all, this is a nation where thanks to Drumpf, people convicted of white collar crimes were freed. And yet, black folks caught smoking a joint 50 years ago are still locked up. If a white man goes to a store with counterfeit cash, the cuffs are slapped on him and he's sent to jail. If he's black, a cop will dig his knee into the man's neck until he passes away.

Like I've mentioned before, the war between the police and the African American community is not new at all. Just look at the Rodney King incident. When it occurred in 1991, many - but not all - Americans had a camcorder. George Holliday was lucky to have one when King was assaulted by Los Angeles Police officers outside his apartment. His Sony Video8 Handycam was one of the best home-use cameras one could buy 30 years ago. It was small and shot on 8mm videotape that could be converted to VCR use with a special cartridge. Of course, the video was far from broadcast quality and it wasn't cheap. Now, many Americans like myself carry around the latest and greatest smartphones with cameras that shoot in 4K and 60fps. We have a secret weapon in our pockets that should put the most-corrupt cops in jail if we bear witness to a black person getting beaten senselessly by the po-pos.

I think most of us love the police in at least some faction. My great grandfather was a policeman in Detroit in the 1950s. He died of a massive heart attack shortly before my mother was born. According to my mother, even back then did Detroit start having major crime issues. One of her family friend's father was a Phoenix cop for decades and was a stand-up guy.

However, the negativity that some cops bestow - especially towards people of color - has simply made all police officers look like, well, bastards. Hence, we have "ACAB", or, "All Cops Are Bastards". I do cringe when I hear about a cop who breaks the law himself and is allowed back on the force. Look at my birthplace of Traverse City. Nearly a decade ago, a 16-year-old girl named Carly Lewis was murdered by the son of a Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Deputy. Did the Sheriff's Department fire him? No. Instead, he got to stay on the force for several more years before he retired. Now, he spends his free time cleaning gravestones of Civil War vets at a cemetery during his free time. It's nice to honor those who ACTUALLY won the Civil War. BUT, it won't bring Lewis back.

You see, we have a long-assed ways to go to fix our system. Yesterday, Louisville mayor Greg Fisher hit the nail on the head by saying that we need to work on narrowing the gap between the rich and poor in this country. HE'S RIGHT! Look, Taylor and her boyfriend lived in an apartment where drug use was probably rampant. It wouldn't shock me that with what they were making, it was all they could afford. When I was her age, I was starting out, too. People often asked me why the hell I was at a place where I lived. Guess what? When you vote for assholes like Reagan who was against unions and the minimum wage, there you go. When I moved in to my first apartment, my neighbor across the hall was a drug dealer and assholes knocked on his door at all hours of the day. One idiot was nice enough to park his bicycle IN FRONT OF MY DOOR. Yes, I tripped and fell. Thankfully, the drug dealer moved away.

Since I started my job, the housing market has been a joke. Because of this, I still rent. I'd like to own my own place someday, but not with the disproportionate cards life has handed me. I agree that if the rich were taxed more, wages will go up and the way of life will improve not just for the middle class, but African Americans as well. I think most blacks want to work and earn an honest living. But, they need the right tools to do so.

And most importantly, they don't need a white cop pulling him over just because he was "speeding" by going two miles over the speed limit.

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

9.23.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: orange
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: more idiocracy

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Effective last night, we didn't have just one reason to vote out Drumpf this fall.

Now, we have over 200,000.

Sad, but true. It's a number we were hoping we would have never achieved in terms of those we've lost to the coronavirus. But, it's a painful reality. We all know by now that Drumpf lied to our nation that he had everything under control. In reality, he downplayed it instead.

Tonight, the death toll from COVID-19 is now 206,558. For roughly every five coronavirus deaths from around the world, one is from here in America. And even with this tragic milestone, our buttmunch of a president struts like the peacock he thinks he is and cries that virtually no kid has died from COVID-19. Yet, too many schools in America have had to close because of students and faculty getting the disease.

If Drumpf should be proud of anything tonight, it's that as of this writing, there's been no rioting or looting in Louisville after the Breonna Taylor murder verdict. He's lucky that city is not up in flames. And guess what? That town's mayor is a Democrat! So much for "liberal cities" burning down. I even caught a speech earlier today where he proclaimed that we all need to work on narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor. Something Drumpf would never say ever. Too bad their attorney general - a black Rethug - was blasting Oprah for putting up billboards honoring Taylor. He bitched that "they never lived in Kentucky". Gotta love Uncle Toms.

Anywho, it's a known fact that the pandemic is far from over. Even China - where the virus began at that wet market - still got ten new cases of it yesterday, but no deaths. Right now, it only has 168 cases out of 1.4 billion people. Sadly, Drumpf decided that dealing with COVID-19 is a state issue and not a national one. As a result, I cringe when I see cars from red states here in Michigan and the morons who drive them probably could care less about COVID-19. Here in this state alone, we got 902 new cases yesterday and over 34,000 who are currently fighting the disease. Now, over 7,000 people - about the population of Marshall by Battle Creek - have died from COVID here in Michigan alone. The amount of cases of COVID, however, are just over 131,000. It's only slightly more than our fourth-largest city, Sterling Heights.

All things considered, Gretchen Whitmer is doing a helluva lot better job than many other governors fighting the virus. Hell, Missouri's Repuke governor, Mike Parson joins Ohio's governor - Ralphie from "A Christmas Story" - to have the disease. And Parson is AGAINST wearing masks.

Folks, WEAR A FUCKING MASK IN PUBLIC. PERIOD. Just because the "president" is lax on the issue doesn't mean shit. Wear a mask or you'll get sick, end of story.

All I can say now is that November can't get here soon enough. I hope America will get this prick out of office and put intelligence back into the White House. I don't care if Biden has dementia; at least Kamala Harris has a brain and can lead this nation back to where it was before Drumpf came in to destroy it, piece by piece.

But until then, MASK IT OR CASKET.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

9.22.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Ellen DeGeneres

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Name: Ellen DeGeneres
Age: 62
Occupation: humorless cunt
Last Seen: Los Angeles
Bee-otched For: crocodile tears

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Yesterday at dinner, my mother told me a sad story about a co-worker of hers.

At work, this young woman was in a room when she had a severe panic attack. Mom took her into another room, where she helped her settle down. She was hyperventilating and my mom retrained her to breathe normally. When she finally settled down, she told my mom about her suicide attempt last year. She even told my mom that her mother told her that she wished she was dead. Tragically, the hurt that she felt from wanting to end her life is fresh in her head.

My mother gave this poor woman some sage advice: you can't change the past. All you can do is work on your future.

It's tragic to think about the people in our lives who have all entertained us through the years who are no longer with us because of suicide. I think about people like Kurt Cobain, Anthony Bourdain, Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington. All these people had money, families and fame. Yet, there was still something missing from their lives. I know in the case of Kurt Cobain, he didn't have a happy childhood. Chester Bennington admitted that he was constantly being sexually molested as a young boy by somebody he thought was a friend as a kid. And yet, being famous couldn't heal the wounds of the past.

I understand. My childhood wasn't happy, either. I lived in northern Michigan while my cousins had happier lives downstate. Because of this, I started blogging. I felt that people up north were simply looking at my generation like thugs. Since then, I've used this blog to attack those who need to be attacked.

Sadly, one of my pet peeves are toxic workplaces. Trust me, I've worked for an ultra-conservative Jebus freak who was worth millions while I was barely making it for ten years. Before that, I worked for a drunk Arab who sold my workplace to a bunch of hilljacks who gave a lot of my hours away to a heroin addict. Before that, I was a minor who worked alongside a retarded child molester who performed oral sex on a six-year-old boy. Not only that, my boss's son was in his mid-20s and dating a 14-year-old girl at my school. By the time I was at my company for ten years, I too, was having panic attacks. I'm now on Citalopram as a result.

As a kid growing up, I wanted to be a radio personality. Thank God I never became one, especially with the toxic work environments I've heard and read about over the years. One person that comes to mind never paid his employees, threw computer monitors at people and at the end, ended up with five silent radio stations since word got out and all of his advertisers were alienated. When it was announced earlier this week that his stations all got their licenses renewed, it showed the world how purely fucked-up the FCC has become over the past 40 years.

When I read Good Morning America meteorologist Ginger Zee's post about the fact that she tried to attempt suicide while working at WEYI NBC 25 in Saginaw, I shook my head. Most TV experts in Michigan know that WEYI was a bit of a shoestring operation, especially when it was owned by Barrington Broadcasting (it's sadly a Sinclair station now). But thankfully, she's long moved on to GMA, happily married and has two kids.

Now, as a long-time fan of Howard Stern's, it does piss me off when he steps up to defend Ellen DeGeneres. Years ago, he played a clip from her show where she's in tears because she had to give up a rescue dog. Often, he used the clip as a bumper on his show. Now, he's buds with her because he feels bad about her being shamed for being a lesbian. Sadly, he even appeared on her show when she was getting backlash for the fact that she attended a football game in Dubya's skybox.

Over the summer, Ellen was getting even more backlash when it was revealed that she created a toxic work environment for her show. There were stories about producers screaming at her fans not to look at her. One instance was when a woman played a game on the show and was briefed by the producer "not to be smarter than Ellen" and ended up getting doused with cold water. She ended up waiting 45 minutes for a clean change of clothes while she was soaking wet and cold.

Former employees claimed that the show was a breeding ground for racism, sexual misconduct and intimidation. The show's parent, WarnerMedia (owned by AT&T) launched an investigation and fired several of the show's producers.

On her show's season premiere Monday, DeGeneres apologized to both her fans and employees, though many - including several of her former employees - didn't buy it. Critics even panned her apology because they felt it wasn't sincere enough. One employee told Buzzfeed “There’s nothing wrong with being the 'be kind' lady if you’re actually true to your word.”

When Howard Stern tells his fans that he defends Ellen because she was alienated for coming out, I shake my head. Whites shouldn't get treated differently from blacks and vice versa. Same with the LGBTQ+ community. Trust me. It's like a show with drag queens: it's not my thing. Should I be shamed for not embracing the gay community because of this? NO! Same with country music: I hate it to death, and when I was in high school, I had a passenger in my car who forced Garth Brooks upon me. Shortly thereafter, he was banned from riding in my car. Plus, as I've mentioned in the past, this asshole exposed himself to me and tried to force me into having sex with him.

Look, we shouldn't love Ellen because she's a lesbian. We should hate her for being a self-centered cunt. Same with Bill Cosby: yes, he's black, but he also raped and drugged women. OOOOOOHHH! Ellen just gave a poor family a $10,000 gift card from Walmart! So? Jimmy Savile raised millions for children's charities in England and he raped nearly 600 people, many of them children.

When bad outweighs good, it's up to the viewer to decide whether or not we should accept people like Ellen into our homes. Honestly, I could care less, since I've never been a fan of hers. Only time will tell if this scandal will kill her career or not. She's to the LGBTQ+ community as Stepin Fetchit was to African Americans.

For somebody who tells us to "be kind", it's up to us whether or not if we should do the same to her.

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Monday, September 21, 2020

9.21.20 Hero of the Day: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Age: was 87
Occupation: Supreme Court justice
Last Seen: in the Great Beyond
Awarded For: being the greatest rockstar in Supreme Court history

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There's a commercial that runs here in Grand Rapids for Papa Murphy's, a take-n-bake pizza shop. In the ad, it says, "Fridays are for PJs, not DJs."

Since I'm pushing 40, that's how I feel. I wake up during the week. This past Friday, I was up at 4:30 a.m., I get to work at 6, out of work at 2 p.m., go to Costco, grab some Jet's for dinner and by 6 p.m., I'm plopped down on the couch. Normally, I watch the news, but golf was on instead. So, I was off to Dream Land.

However, at just before 8 p.m. Friday night, I was rudely awakened by the loud horns at the beginning of John Williams' iconic fourth movement of "The Mission", aka the theme to NBC News Special Reports and Meet the Press. For obvious reasons, my heart was racing for being startled. What was to come next could have given me a heart attack.

Lester Holt announced to the world that Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the biggest rockstar on the Supreme Court had just passed away from pancreatic cancer at 87.

The oldest and most-liberal Supreme Court justice, The Notorious RBG was well-loved for being quite possibly the most-down-to-Earth of all the justices on the high court. Born in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrants, Joan Ruth Bader was highly intelligent and earned her law degree at Columbia in 1959. However, she had problems finding a job since the world of law was a man's world in the 1950s and 60s. She served as a law professor at Rutgers, getting paid less than her fellow male teachers. She held the same position at Columbia, her ala mater, where she wrote a case textbook on sex discrimination. In 1972, she co-founded the Women's Rights Project at ACLU, which helped allow her to participate in several discrimination cases in front of the Supreme Court.

In 1980, President Carter nominated her to sit on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Thirteen years later, President Clinton nominated Ginsburg as an associate justice to the Supreme Court. She was only the second woman in US history to have a seat in the Supreme Court, next to Sandra Day O'Connor. In her years on the bench, RBG voted on vital cases, such as gender discrimination suits, abortion rights, gay rights, immigrant rights and so on. She didn't fight for just women and liberals, she fought for everyone.

However, RBG had several bouts with cancer and died of pancreatic cancer on Friday. Many had hoped that she could at least survive until January 20, 2021. At least when he was given the news on Friday, Drumpf was in shock. RBG's passing was one of the few times in his presidency that he did show good sportsmanship, especially toward a leftie.

But now, the $1 billion question is, is that will Drumpf honor RBG's wishes to not have him replace her on the bench, or will he go ahead and choose her replacement? Sadly, chances are that the answer is yes. This is what the Republicans want: to put more of their assholes in charge for decades to come so every time a Democrat passes a law that favors the wants and needs of the American people, they get fucked. Look at Merrick Garland. When Antonin Scalia died in 2016, it was President Obama's prerogative to get Garland into the Supreme Court. Instead, the Rethugs dragged their feet and made Drumpf choose the next candidate, which was Neil Gorsuch. Sadly, Drumpf has already given us two Repuke justices and we sure as hell don't need a third from him. He's already mentioned that he wants to nominate a woman candidate to replace Ginsburg, but it will likely be a Karen.

Thankfully, Nancy Pelosi and Congress have vowed to block Drumpf's nomination, which he promises to reveal by this weekend. I hope the Democrats will plant many roadblocks since this country cannot afford more Repukes in the high Court.

Folks, this is why we need to vote Democrat this November. If Drumpf is given a second term, he will turn America into Nazi Germany. He will take the Constitution and turn it into toilet paper. Folks, my grandparents would have HATED Drumpf. My Grandmother taught special ed, my Grandfather was a mailman and my other Grandfather fought in World War Two. With the way he has treated educators, the Postal Service and the Military alike, I hope all that will get him out of office.

I know, I've blasted Biden for being too centralist. But, at least he's not a fucking Hitler wannabe like Drumpf. Yes, he's old. If he dies, Kamala Harris will be veep, and she's a trillion times better than our current veep. You know, the asshole who pretty much segregated his home state of Indiana among the LGBTQ+ community? With COVID-19 out of control and brutality among non-whites also out of control, it's time for change.

And it's change that would truly honor RBG's memory.

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

9.17.20 Bee-otches of the Day: people criticizing "WAP"

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: various
Age: various
Occupation: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: not embracing "WAP"

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It's the song of the Summer.

This week, rapper Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, aka Cardi B scored her third #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "WAP". Her previous #1s were "Bodak Yellow" and "I Like It".

Not too shabby for a tune that terrestrial radio is avoiding like the plague.

By now, we all know that "WAP" stands for "Wet Ass Pussy" (the radio edit utilizes the more-FCC-friendly "wet and gushy"). While many are commanding Cardi - who just filed for divorce from Migos member Offset - for being frank with her sexuality, others are attacking her for being raunchy.

I'll admit that the first time I've heard about the song was from good 'ol Fox "News" Channel assclown Fucker Carlson. He used it to criticize Joe Biden for interviewing her for the Democratic National Convention. And just this past week, a rock music "legend" decided to attack Ms. B, claiming that "WAP" should have been DOA.

Michael Sweet, singer and guitarist for the 1980s Christian metal band Stryper took to Facebook, bitching, "call me old fashioned but when I think of my grandkids listening to this and singing along to this piece of 💩 I get a little heated. Why do we work so hard for equal rights and respect (especially for woman as we should!) yet we make a pile like this #1 and step backwards instead of forward?"

He continued, "Am I being harsh?? Am I the only one who feels this way???"

Of course, B has sold way more albums than Sweet. Stryper was a 1980s one-hit wonder with "Honestly", which peaked at #23. Sweet was also the first lead singer of Boston after original front man Brad Delp took his life in 2007. Maybe people would rather support somebody talking about her wet ass pussy over a guy who sells out God to make a few bucks.

Look, Cardi B is NOT the first woman to sing about her sexual freedom. Hell, if it makes Sweet happy, Cardi B is also a devout Catholic. I know that in the age of the #MeToo movement, we should still not have to tell women what's acceptable and what isn't. If a woman wants to sing the praises of her wet ass pussy, let her. If she wants to sing G-rated Radio Disney fare, let her and so on.

Finally, the fact that top 40 radio is skiddish on wanting to play "WAP" doesn't surprise me. Honestly, it's pitiful that most CHRs aren't true top 40 stations anymore. Back in the day, stations used to be programmed by playing the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 (hence the name). Now, it's what the consultants throw at them. It's not about the listeners, it's about beancounters want to please themselves and the advertisers. It explains why CHR radio is loaded with crap. Look at the the song "Bang!" by AJR. It's at #23 on the Nielsen's CHR radio chart, but only #51 on the Hot 100. Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar" is #1 on the pop chart, but #7 on the Hot 100.

I know. Top 40 radio has had a long, miserable history of not wanting to play songs because they're controversial or they're "too black" for their station. Trust me. When I was a kid c. 1992, my local CHRs laid off of "Baby Got Back" and "Jump Around". Hell, one of them even started sprinkling in country shit like Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" and Tim McGraw's "Don't Take the Girl", both instant dial-turners.

The point is that top 40 ain't really top 40! It's a fake list, plain and simple. And heaven forbid that any CHR play "WAP" because of the untrue stigma that the only people who should listen to CHRs are mommies and their 10-year-old soccer superstar daughters. This is why people are avoiding radio altogether and going with digital. Hell, I'm really enjoying the "Pandora Now" channel on SiriusXM. If CHRs were programmed just like that channel, it would be a ratings hit.

The moral of the story (and the Ashe song peaked at #71 while it's blaring out on CHR radio everywhere) is that when a consultant tells people what to listen to vs. what people want, the listener won't get "Wet Ass Pussy", they'll get bland, dry programming instead.

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

9.16.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Kid Rock

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: Kid Rock
Age: 49
Occupation: washed-up rock singer
Last Seen: Detroit
Bee-otched For: still kissing Drumpf's ass

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Just the other day, my old-timey clock radio woke me up at 4:30 a.m. I had the dial set on 97.9 WGRD, which was blaring out Kid Rock's 1998 hit, "Bawitaba".

My foggy mind said to myself, "what the fuck happened to him?" I shut off the radio and started my day.

"Devil Without A Cause" was Rock's breakthrough album and hits like the aforementioned "Bawitaba" along with "I Am the Bullgod", "Cowboy" and the ballad "Only God Knows Why" became rock standards. But sadly, Rock became a sellout.

In 2012, Rock announced that he was endorsing Mitt Romney for president to the anger of his longtime fans. He also decided to abandon his rap-rock roots and made the switch to country. The Kid had officially jumped the shark.

It's no secret that Rock is buddies with Drumpf. Last weekend, he and Drumpf, Jr. held a rally in Harrison Twp at a marina just outside Detroit. Thousands of spectators - many of whom maskless and with nary in the way of social distancing - went and saw the country-fried rocker and the de facto president's son rally for votes for the Hitler wannabe. Rock even performed four songs, including his "kiss of death" song, "All Summer Long". He performed despite severe neck pain. He also told the crowd that he's now planning his final tour.

I'm very proud of Michigan's musical heritage. Our state spawned legends like Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Madonna, Bob Seger, MC5, Iggy Pop and Eminem, just to name a few. This state also has current rock greats like Pop Evil, I Prevail and Jack White. Sadly, people like Kid Rock and even worse, Ted Nugent are the bad apples in Michigan's otherwise bountiful tree of music greats.

Michigan has always been proud of its manufacturing history as well. Sadly, Kid Rock doesn't give two fucks about poor people. Tragic, since once upon a time, he was a goofy white kid in the 'burbs whose life revolved around the mix shows WJLB made famous. He would go to black parties with a Sears turntable acting like a poseur. But once he started scratching, the partygoers would proclaim that the kid could rock. Now, he's a redneck jackass who beats a totally different drum. And when his hero loses this fall, the Bullgod will be reduced to bullshit.

And we can all sing "Happy Trails" to that Cowboy.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2020

9.15.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Rupert Murdoch

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: Rupert Murdoch
Age: 89
Occupation: Fox's owner
Last Seen: New York City
Bee-otched For: being a man of poor Judge-ment

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Some of the greatest films of all time didn't start out big.

When "It's A Wonderful Life" was released in 1946, it tanked with both critics and audiences. By the 1970s, the rights of the movie changed hands and its copyright lapsed. However, because it was now in the public domain, TV stations could show it at anytime. Because of its big star, Jimmy Stewart and the fact that it was now free to air, "It's A Wonderful Life" was now a hit, some 30 years after it was produced.

Other films took years to achieve cult status, too, like "A Christmas Story", which was only a modest hit when it was released in 1983. But thanks to TBS and TNT's holiday marathons with the film, millions of people around the world shoot their eyes out with little Ralphie every Christmas.

Well, we can go on and on. Just because a film bombs at the box office doesn't mean that it's the end of the world. Just ask Mike Judge. When "Office Space" was released in 1999, it was a massive flop, only making $12 million. But, it did well on home video and cable showings.

Seven years after "Office Space", Judge wanted to hit the big screen again. So, he crafted the sci-fi comedy "Idiocracy". In the movie, Luke Wilson plays an Army librarian who goes into the future with a prostitute, played by Maya Rudolph. They discover that in 2505, the world isn't necessarily a better place. As a matter of fact, most people lack a real intellect.

For an example, people in 2505 are so dumb that they'll believe anything. Not only that, but people are named after name brands (the president, played by Terry Crews, has the middle name of "Mountain Dew").

Now, sadly, I never got the chance to see the movie when it was released. Neither did most people. It only made $495,000 on a $4 million budget. I did see the tail end of it on Comedy Central once, but that was it. It turned into one of those films I would see someday in full.

Well, I finally saw it on demand on Saturday. Talk about well before its time.

What made "Idiocracy" special was that it was 100% on the mark on so much. It speaks the truth regarding why stupid people keep breeding while poor souls like me are screwed over. I think the message that the movie tells is that people with low IQs run the world and will listen to anything. Kinda like Drumpf and his sheep.

So, why did "Idiocracy" flop? Good question. Of course, Mike Judge made tons of money for 20th Century Fox thanks to King of the Hill and "Office Space". Apparently, when Fox executives saw "Idiocracy" for the first time, they were scared shitless. You see, the movie is loaded with not-so-nice uses of big name companies, like Starbucks, Pepsi and Fuddrucker's, which was renamed "Buttfucker's" for the film. Apparently, prostitution is everywhere and you can get a hand job at Starbucks.

So, what did Fox do? Simple: they buried the film. They did EXTREMELY little promotion for "Idiocracy". They did virtually no advertising and no trailers for the film. It wasn't even screened for critics, which is a traditional death knell for any movie.

However, it did find its audience. Like "Office Space", it did get shown on Comedy Central and it did get a following. Eventually, rentals helped cover the film's box office bust. Thanks to the fact that the film is now a cult classic, it should be seen.

Of course, the Murdochs sold Twentieth Century Fox to Disney not long ago for $71.3 billion. They kept the Fox name for their broadcasting division while Disney renamed the 85-year-old company Twentieth Century Studios. In other words, King of the Hill, "Office Space" and "Idiocracy" are now in the Mouse's hands, along with his 2009 flop, "Extract" which he made for their now-spun-off Miramax division.

By now, we all know that Judge is hard at work producing a new Beavis and Butt-head series for Comedy Central. Bear in mind, too that his short-lived The Goode Family - whose main character was a rip-off of David VanDreesen from B&B - aired for one season on ABC. I don't think he'll be doing anything for Mickey anytime soon.

"Idiocracy" speaks the sad truth that corporate America is simply dumbing us down. Their goal is to rid the world of intelligence to make their shit sell easier. Look at MyPillow: its creator, Mike Lindell, has made millions from claiming that he's a sleep expert, which he is not. My mother's boyfriend even bought one of his shitty pillows and it only made his sleep worse. And what has Lindell used the money he scammed people on? FAR-RIGHT-WINGED CAUSES! He spent a million dollars on a movie that spread lies on Planned Parenthood and he also is one of Fox News Channel's biggest advertisers. I would imagine if MyPillow was around in 2006, it would be namedropped in the movie as a Fleshlight-like device.

So if you get the chance, please see "Idiocracy"! It will be stupid if you didn't.

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Monday, September 14, 2020

9.14.20 Bee-otches of the Day: The Detroit Lions

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: Detroit Lions
Age: 90
Occupation: shitty football team
Last Seen: Detroit, MI
Bee-otched For: going from a roar to a squeak

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Meet the new boss, same as the new boss.

When a failing sports team gets a new owner, we only hope for the best for new management. After all, as I've mentioned recently, I gave major props to Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz for undoing his late father, Bill's shortcomings as an NHL team owner. At the end of the day, it equated to the 'Hawks winning their first Stanley Cup in 49 years a decade ago.

But, this is Detroit we're talking about here. In the past twenty years, all four major sports teams got shiny new stadiums. But, those teams also had the misfortune of having aging owners who have all since passed on. In the case of the Detroit Pistons, they were sold to an entirely new owner in 2011, Tom Gores. Under previous owner Bill Davidson, the Pistons won three NBA championships. Gores' ownership of the team has been mixed with some seasons better than others. However in 2019, they barely made the playoffs with a .500 record.

Same with the Ilitch family and their Tigers and Red Wings. Mike Ilitch was one of the NHL's best owners with the Red Wings. Only when the NHL went on strike did he ever truly invest in his baseball team, the Tigers. They made the World Series in 2006 and 2012. He died in 2017, leaving his teams to his son, Christopher. Today, the Red Wings are a mess while the Tigers are currently at a ho-hum 20-25.

And now, the Lions.

When William Clay Ford died in 2014, yes, it was a sad day for some since he was a decent guy from what I've heard. But damn, was he a shitty owner. In his 53 years of team ownership, the Lions only won ONE playoff game. The Lions have not won an NFL Championship title since 1957, four years before Ford bought a minority stake in the team.

When Ford's widow, Martha took over the team, she was lauded for being a sharp owner. She proved to the NFL and the rest of Detroit that she was hands-on and didn't take no for an answer. In 2015, the team fired GM Martin Mayhew and president Tom Lewand and replaced them with family friend Rod Wood and former Patriots scout Bob Quinn after starting with a horrid 1-7 record. They ended up winning the rest of the season, ending with a 7-9 record.

However, in 2017, the Lions decided to fire head coach Jim Caldwell despite ending the season with a 9-7 record, which in Lions terms, is pretty good.

So what did the Lions do? Simple: get a Patriots guy to coach. Ever watch a movie or TV show where they proclaim that it's from the producers of a hit movie or TV show? Well, they got the defensive coordinator of the Super Bowl-winning Pats. And, surprise! He should have stayed there.

In his three seasons as coach, Patricia Matthew has only won nine games, the same amount of wins Caldwell got canned for. To the ire of long-suffering Lion fans, they retained Patty for at least one more year.

If there was any good news for Lions fans, it's that they *did* get a new owner... sorta. Now 94, Martha Ford handed over the keys to the team to her daughter, Sheila Ford Hamp, 69. As a matter of fact, the matriarch was simply prepping her daughter to take over day-to-day operations of the team. Not only that, the decision to can Mayhew and Lewand was Sheila's.

One controversial decision the Lions made was acquiring running back Adrian Peterson from the Washington Redsk-er, Football Team. Granted, he is a talented player, but, he beats his children. After all, he was almost banned from the NFL for his abuse.

Tragically, Peterson is still playing while a better role model sits on the sidelines: Colin Kaepernick. It's kinda like radio: when Natalie Maines of The (Dixie) Chicks blasted George W. Bush, country stations pulled their music. But yet, classic rock stations are still blaring music from pedophiles like Ted Nugent and Gary Glitter. Do something bad, and all's well. Take a stand and speak out, and it's all over.

Look, I want what's best for the Lions. I want them to be a championship team. But, it ain't happening. As long as Patty is running the team and they have a child abuser on the squad, I hope this will be another loser of a season for the Lions. As-is, if they break .500, I'll shit my pants.

The Detroit Lions: where every year is a rebuilding year.

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

9.10.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: liar
Last Seen: Freeland, MI
Bee-otched For: lying

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I cannot believe that tomorrow was the 19th anniversary of what used to be the worst day in American history. I almost remember it like it was yesterday.

Over time, we knew it all along. Dubya lied to the nation because he wanted fake wars over oil. Democrats were duped because at the time, war was the answer. We wanted Osama's ass. But, we had to go through Saddam first.

Yes, we captured Saddam and he was hanged. But while the Chaldeans were happy that we got rid of their vicious dictator, we couldn't solve the problems at home. For many, 2008 was the beginning of the end. Thankfully, it was an election year.

When Barack Hussein Obama was elected as the 44th President of the United States, we had all hoped that Dubya would be the last Republican president forever. We thought the worst was over. Boy, were we wrong.

The Democrats are a party with a long, horrible history of not knowing what their people want. The reality is that most Dems want a true liberal in charge and not somebody who's middle of the road. But when Bernie Sanders got screwed over in 2016 for Hillary Clinton despite winning the most real delegates, many hardcore Dems like myself felt duped. On Election Day, 2016, we all learned a painful lesson: you can win the election and still lose.

Hillary Clinton simply strut around like a peacock and pretended that her shit didn't stink. Drumpf proved to be the smart man by bashing her regarding her support for the Iraq War and the fact that while he campaigned in Michigan pimping his snake oil, she turned her back on the Great Lakes State altogether.

When Drumpf was inaugurated, I knew that by the end of his first term, he'd fuck it all up. And well, I was right.

Tonight, over 196,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Of all the countries in the world, America is the only nation with a current active case count in the millions. In terms of new cases, only India and Brazil are beating us.

And yet, Drumpf downplayed the pandemic.

If you've been watching the news, you know that tapes have surfaced of him being interviewed by Bob Woodward downplaying the pandemic. He bitched that he didn't want to put America in panic mode, though he knew about COVID-19's effects.

Bush lied, people died. Now, Drumpf lied and even more people died.

Bush's ignorance killed nearly 3,000 innocent souls on 9/11. Many more have died from the toxic dust from the remains of the World Trade Towers. Over 4,500 died from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Every day, some of those soldiers commit suicide from the travesty caused by those wars. Simply put, we thought that it couldn't get worse than Bush. Well, Drumpf found a way.

Drumpf told America a lie that he was going to Make America Great Again. Instead, he did virtually nothing to stop COVID-19. Other nations - even China, where the virus originated - has done a helluva lot better job than America, and it's not even funny.

But yesterday, I was listening to the sage words of a true American patriot in an interview. This person has already put her support behind Joe Biden, claiming that yes, he's a moderate. But, it's easier to change his mind over Drumpf's.

And that patriot? None other than Jane Fonda.

Say whatever you will about Fonda, like "Hanoi Jane" or whatever. But, she's right. Democrats are more open-minded than Drumpf, who only cares about his sheep. America is broken once again and we gotta fix it. Voting for Joe in November will be a good start.

Tonight, 19 years ago, the families affected by 9/11 had their final meals together. Let's make January 19, 2021 Drumpf's last meal of Mickey D's and Diet Coke in the White House.

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

9.9.20 Bee-otch of the Day: terrestrial radio

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: terrestrial radio
Age: 100
Occupation: failed informers and entertainers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched For: having No Doubt that they're dying

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Three weeks from Friday will mark a milestone in broadcasting.

KDKA Radio signed on the air by the Westinghouse Corporation on November 2, 1920. It was the very first commercially-licensed radio broadcast in American history.

Over the years, radio has changed and evolved. It used to be that big corporations owned stations in major cities while smaller town's stations were owned by individuals or even the town newspaper. AM stations were run like TV stations today with network sitcoms and dramas. Thanks to television, AM radio now relied on music formats, especially the birth of the top 40 format in the 1950s. FM radio was slowly starting to appear and by the 1970s, top 40 radio started to migrate to the FM full-time.

Today, we still have good 'ol AM and FM, though AM now goes past 1600 and upward to 1700. Terrestrial-wise, CHR is still big, along with country, classic rock, classic hits and AC.

However, in the past several years, rock music has been heavily-bastardized and thrown into the dark ages, thanks to corporate morons like iHeartMedia, Entercom and in Grand Rapids' case, Townsquare not knowing the hole from their asses. At last check, the biggest radio market in the US that had a rock station that was heavy on currents was Dallas. That station, KEGL (yes, the same KEGL whose previous owner, Nationwide Insurance yanked Howard Stern from the station for his rants regarding slain Latino pop singer Selina) does play rock currents, but they also play a fair share of butt rock that needs to stay on your father's classic rock station.

Well, last week, there was a beam of hope coming out of Chicago. After several years of shitty ratings, iHeartMedia aborted country station Big 95.5 and it started stunting. At 5 p.m. that day, Rock 95.5 was born with Metallica's "Enter Sandman". It's a good start for a rock station. At least it was until it segued into a song that should NEVER be played on an active rock station: "Separate Ways" by one of the most-overrated bands of all time, Journey.

The funny story is that the north side of The Windy City does have access to a decent station in WIIL 95.1 out of Kenosha, WI. Their owners, Digity also owns Q-Rock out of Joliet. Hell, WIIL does better in the ratings than what used to be WLUP/97.9 The Loop, now K-Love! At one point, WIIL did better than WLS-AM 890. I'll betcha when Boycalf, er, Mancow moved from The Loop to WLS, it made a ratings difference.

It's a sad lie in the world of radio that rock is dead. Bands like Metallica, Foo Fighters, Five Finger Death Punch, Tool and others do well in regard to record and pre-COVID-19 concert sales. But the fact that major cities like New York and Los Angeles - which once gave us the legendary KNAC - can't fucking support a real rock station should be laughable.

I know. Many people have left terrestrial radio for digital media. Thanks to services like Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM and others, you can be in the middle of nowhere and listen to the most-gangsta rap station known to mankind. After all, over 20 years ago when I started blogging about how horrid northern Michigan radio was, people told me that I was nucking futs. Today, the only real good thing about northern Michigan radio is Rock 105 and 95-5. The two CHRs are boring and lack real rhythmic content. Plus, there's a ton of now-silenced spots on the radio dial thanks to either poor management or failed companies that don't know shit about treating their audience.

The funny thing is that iHeart and other radio companies think that a guy like me pushing 40 wants to hear Journey next to Metallica, White Zombie into Kansas, and in the case of Rock 95.5 in Chicago last night at about 8 p.m. Grand Rapids time, Ozzy into No Doubt's "Don't Speak". REALLY?!?! Sorry, a tune that 13-year-old girls sang along with 25 years ago ain't rock, period. What's next, the Spice Girls?

Sadly, iHeartMedia has no fucking clue on how to run a successful rock station. I'll betcha that if Rock 95.5 breaks a two share, they'll be lucky. But, in the case of stations like Detroit's WLLZ, WIOT in Toledo and ESPECIALLY 101.3 The Brew here in Grand Rapids, well, there you go.

And speaking of WLLZ, I'm still shaking my head as to why the successful Jerry Tarrants and WRIF/WCSX Detroit parted ways. Those stations are riding a wave of success and yet, he's now doing mornings at WRKR 107.7 in Kalamazoo. I feel bad for real rock fans in Kalamazoo; both WRKR and WZUU/92.5 The Zoo (they're still around?) play an obscene amount of butt rock.

You see, this is why I chose not to get into radio. You do well and you'll get canned. Just ask Howard Stern. Here in Grand Rapids, he was dropped for failed local morning show after another. Eventually, KLQ got a clue and ceased to exist. Radio is a business. If you play shit that's a turn-off, you don't deserve advertisers, period. If I own a business and your station's salesman comes in wanting me to buy airtime, you better have the latest ratings book. If not, I'm calling the cops.

Failure is just as annoying as people who don't wear masks.

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Tuesday, September 8, 2020

9.8.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: cheeto
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: THREE-FER!

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For decades, people thought that the Chicago Cubs would never win a World Series. In 2016, their 108-year drought ended.

Chicago's Blackhawks hockey franchise had a similar problem. For decades, the team was plagued with owner "Dollar Bill" Wirtz's piss-poor decisions that angered long-time fans. Wirtz died in 2007 and his son, Rocky took over the team. Knowing that hardcore Blackhawk fans were on bad terms with his father, Rocky worked hard to reverse his dad's edicts. As a result, they won their first Stanley Cup in 49 years in 2010, the second-longest drought in NHL history.

Yes, the world is loaded with "hell freezes over" moments. Maybe someday, the Detroit Lions will win the Super Bowl. Or, maybe someday, we'll get a president who will allow a single-payer healthcare system to exist here in America. Maybe someday, I might date a supermodel who will like me for who I am. I'm doubtful for everything, but for the sake of mankind, we should never give up.

Well, last weekend, one of my favorite podcasters announced something I thought I would never ever hear again.

At the end of last weekend's Southpaws, host Darren Gibson announced that as much as he hates Joe Biden, he's voting for him in November. His co-host that week, Katy Steele-Barone agreed and so did his normal co-host, Jack Prince, who is off the show temporarily for family-related issues.

After how the Democrats treated Bernie Sanders in 2016, Gibson announced that he would not support Hillary Clinton for president. Instead, he supported Green Party nominee Jill Stein. Because of his outburst, Gibson lost his job at WPRR 1680 here in Grand Rapids, the town's left-leaning talk station. Now, Southpaws is syndicated on Pacifica Radio and airs on several of its stations.

Originally, Gibson had planned on not voting at all this election because Biden is a centralist at best, and so is Kamala Harris. But, the sad, painful truth is the fact that, well, this county is in a lot of pain.

Last week, Drumpf should have talked with the family of Jacob Blake. Instead, he posed in front of burned-out buildings. But, Biden fixed that wrong. He went to a community meeting and spoke with Blake's family. The fact that Drumpf is destroying the Post Office and called our military personnel "suckers" and "losers" would definitely make both my grandfathers - one a mailman and the other being a World War Two vet - want to spin in their graves. Thankfully for Drumpf, they were cremated. The fact that Drumpf is eliminating the Stars and Stripes newspaper is also heart wrenching for our heroes.

I gotta give Joe Biden a lot of credit that he doesn't want to make the same mistakes Hillary Clinton did. He went to Wisconsin last week and he's coming to Michigan on Wednesday. Clinton avoided much of the Midwest during her campaign while Drumpf was pleading to automakers in 2016 for votes. In 2016, Clinton lost Michigan - a traditionally-blue state - by a mere 10,000 votes. Even though she won the popular vote by nearly three million votes. Drumpf won the Electoral College.

Look, Biden ain't gonna introduce universal healthcare. He ain't going to make college cheaper and he ain't gonna buy you a house. I know, the last several Democratic presidential nominees were far from perfect. People like Gore and Hillary Clinton were the types that people only voted for because the Republicans were even worse. In Hillary's case, we know her record on healthcare. Just watch Michael Moore's "Sicko" for a shining example.

I know. We've all had to make tough decisions where making a bad decision is the best decision. Look at me many years ago: I had just gotten out of tech school and nobody was hiring. I had to go back to my old job washing dishes. When they cut my hours by handing them over to a much-older person and my mom and her asshole ex-husband were pushing to get my own place, I had no choice but to work at a small convenience store for less pay, but it was more hours and it was closer. But after the store got new owners and they were giving my hours away to a heroin addict loser, I had to get a way out. Until then, I was picky about who to work for. It was almost a year since I graduated and I hated my life. Thankfully, there was a shop here in Grand Rapids that was hiring. At that point, I didn't care. I packed my bags and left the depressing shithole in northern Michigan behind.

For ten and a half years, I had to deal with virtually no raises, no other job opportunities and shame for being constantly broke. People shamed me for living in a small apartment. But, they only added to the problem by voting for Reagan before I was born. But, had I continued to live up north, I would be confined to working shittier, lower-paying jobs. Plus, I would have probably had to drive 25 miles one way between home and work, blowing my paycheck on gas, plus wear and tear. Of course, Traverse City is long-known for not attracting good, high-paying jobs. Hell, they're planning to demolish the old Schelde's Restaurant and a gas station on Munson Ave. for... a bigger gas station! Wow! That's what Traverse City needs: more $10/hr. jobs in a town where the the average person can't even live in a tiny studio apartment.

Now, we're in the same boat: vote for Drumpf and, well, remember Dubya's second term? It will get worse. If Drumpf is reelected, it will be 1929 all over again. True, Biden ain't perfect. Yes, we can hear about him being borderline senile and groping women. But at the end of the day, he's the lesser of the two evils between him and you-know-who. I hope he'll be a helluva lot more presidential than the Orange Cheeto. If not, there's always the 2024 primaries and by then, AOC will be old enough to run for president.

At this time, even Darren's cat, Buster can run the country better than Drumpf.

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

9.3.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: cheeto
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: TWO-FER!

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How about a Two-fer this week?

This time around, it involves a SHOCKING endorsement from somebody whom one would NEVER imagine would NOT be supporting Drumpf!

That's right! There's a former politician who just announced that he's supporting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden because in his words, "we need to heal the country".

And guess who this person is? FORMER MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER!

In an op-ed piece for USA Today, Snyder claimed that Drumpf is a "bully" and lacks a moral compass. Snyder told the Associated Press, "Donald Trump has actually been leading the charge on incivility. The divisiveness in our nation has not been worse in our lifetimes."

Meanwhile, Snyder said that Biden is "a good, decent man; you can tell he’s a person of character that cares. We need to heal our country."

Snyder also raised eyebrows in 2018 when he didn't endorse former state AG Bill Schuette, the Republican candidate for governor. His lieutenant, Brian Calley, lost in the primary election.

Strangely enough, this is the same asshole who recently cost Michigan taxpayers over $600 million to Flint residents over the fucked-up water crisis he started. "Oooooh! We can save a ton of money by switching from fresh, clean, out-of-town water to a local river that the automakers have been dumping into for a century!"

Meanwhile, Biden himself went to troubled Kenosha, WI where he spoke at a community meeting at a local church. There, he announced that he met with Jacob Blake's family and talked with Blake himself over the phone. To me, Biden proved the world that he can be a better president than you-know-who.

So, what is Drumpf's scare tactic now? He's telling voters in South Carolina to vote TWICE! He said to first vote by mail and then vote in person on Election Day, which is a felony in SC. As it is, when you vote by mail, your name is crossed off automatically at the polls.

You know, it's something when the loony tune running the country is hated by his fellow Rethugs, let alone a moron who, like Drumpf, bankrupted companies. If Drumpf is reelected, it will be a helluva lot worse than Dubya's second term, trust me. This country WILL nosedive into a depression while Drumpf's buddies are playing with money they didn't earn. The only good thing about Drumpf winning in November is that in 2024, AOC will be old enough to run for president. As long as the establishment and Nancy "Blow-out" Pelosi doesn't fuck up her chances, she could be the next FDR.

IF we're still alive.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

9.2.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

Bee-otch of the Day honors are awarded Monday through Thursday; Bee-otch of the Week is awarded Sunday morning on Chuck69.com.

Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: cheeto
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched For: not being a stroke of genius

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If I was living in Kenosha, Wisconsin yesterday, I would have wanted to leave town ASAP.

As we all know by now, Drumpf came to the embattled town to survey the damage, but not talk to the family of Jacob Blake. It comes to show that time after time again, the Cheeto in Charge puts money and rich people in front when it comes to priorities. Meanwhile, his presidential opponent, Joe Biden is planning to go to Kenosha tomorrow to do a helluva lot more than Drumpf did. Not only does Biden plan to attend a community meeting, but he's also planning to meet the meet the Blake family as well.

Granted, the elections are only two months away and Biden is acting more like a president than Drumpf is. Not to mention that he seems to be in better health than Drumpf, who is denying rumors that he had a stroke not too long ago. Drumpf was seen in front of Walter Reed Medical Center on an unannounced visit. More recently, it was seen that he also was dragging his right foot.

And yet, he calls Biden "senile"?

I know, Biden ain't perfect and neither are his fellow Democrats, especially the fact that Nancy Pelosi had to get her hair did in a closed hair salon during the pandemic. It's true that even though Biden's in the lead nationally, it's simply because most Americans with an IQ over room temperature hate Drumpf. Right now, his approval rating is at a meh 42% while in the polls, he's losing to Biden 51 to 42%.

These next two months are a time for Biden to shine. Showing solidarity with the Blake family will definitely help this nation heal. In one of his newer campaign ads, he used images of FDR and Obama to compare his proposed recovery effort. Question is, will he be as progressive as FDR? Probably not. But at this point, for God's sake, we gotta get Mr. Strokey out of the White House.

He needs to go before we all get strokes.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

9.1.20 Bee-otch of the Day: Tucker Carlson

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Name: Tucker Carlson
Age: 50
Occupation: fake talker
Last Seen: New York City
Bee-otched For: being a racist asshole

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It's a shame that there's people out there who believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Great Pumpkin.

And yes, there's millions of people who are brainwashed daily who believe that Fox "News" Channel is real.

When Faux News parted ways with Bill O'Reilly because of his sexual harassment shit, I was hoping it was the end of that propaganda shitshow. Well, Tucker Carlson - who didn't last at either CNN or MSNBC - is now in O'Liely's old slot and man, oh, man, is he just as bad of an asshole.

Last week, many started calling for Fucker's exit from the channel because of his continuous respect and defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old cocksucker who gunned down two people in Kenosha, WI and injured one more. On last night's show, Fucker interviewed Rittenhouse's lawyer, John Pierce. He proclaimed that he was simply protecting businesses and was standing their ground for the owners. The people he shot at and killed were simply trying to loot them. Oh, BULLSHIT! Don't those businesses have INSURANCE?!?!

Look, this is why businesses SHOULD have insurance. They get robbed. They get looted. They burn down. Look at the popular Dublin General Store in Wellston: it burned to the ground earlier this year for the third time in its 85-year history. Allegedly, it was arson. Guess what? THEY'RE REBUILDING BIGGER AND BETTER! I would also imagine that their insurance company is also paying them to pay their employees while they rebuild.

BTW, Pierce was also a lawyer for Rudy Guiliani.

What's laughable is that Carlson has no real advertisers. On last night's show, I saw commercials for the National Prayer March with Franklin Graham, PC Matic internet security ($50 per year when Kapersky is free), Real Talk USA (whose towers are with AT&T... boo; they advertised twice), a campaign ad from Drumpf (they brag that he killed all of the world's terrorists, and yet we still have Kim Jung-Un and Vladimir Putin), Visiting Angels (a service that provides home care for seniors), WaxRX (an earwax removal kit; ever hear of a Q-Tip?), John Deere, Pray.com, General Steel, Relief Factor (which I hear is a hoax, and Pat Boone's in the ad!), Readers.com, SoClean (with William Shatner), Guardian Legal Network (who are planning a lawsuit against Zantac), Butcher Box, NewDayUSA.com, Weather Tech, IdealAgent.com, Navage Nasal Care, Earvana (another earwax cleaner), CoventryDirect (which buys life insurance policies) and OH YES! MYPILLOW! Good 'ol crackhead Mike Lindell advertised during Fucker's show FOUR TIMES!!!

What's scary is that Carlson is the type who cries about liberals wanting to destroy cities and that people who do such a thing all support Biden. OK, 1) brutality between African Americans and the police has been going on forever. When Rodney King was getting beaten up, it was being captured on an old school VHS camcorder that probably cost several hundred dollars in 1992. It was probably heavy and bulky, too. I wanted a video camera when I was a kid, but my parents said no. My inner Bob Saget remained bottled up. Anyway, we all now have video cameras in our pockets thanks to smartphones that make those heavy VHS cameras dinosaurs. And since we now have more proof of police brutality, people like Fucker think that all this is brand new. It's not. Maybe he oughta see the Netflix documentary "13th" for a lesson regarding how blacks have been treated in America since the days of slavery.

2) NOT ALL LIBERALS ARE BIDEN SUPPORTERS! In fact, Biden has some Drumpf-esque qualities. I wouldn't be too surprised if some of the rioters won't vote for Biden; some might vote for the Green Party's Howie Hawkins or not vote for president at all.

Not long after I shut off Fucker's hate-fest last night, for shits and giggles, I flipped on OAN's 9 p.m. show, hosted by one Liz Wheeler. She's a devout Catholic who also can't read a goddamned teleprompter to save her life. She, like Fucktard, bashed the protesters in Kenosha. Of course, OAN is well-known for passing conspiracy theories as truth, just like their much-higher-ranked rivals at Fox "News".

The tragedy is that Fucker doesn't know what it's like to be unprivileged. He had wealthy parents and went to boarding schools growing up. As a matter of fact, his stepmother was an heiress to the Swanson TV dinner family. He doesn't understand that just because a black man wears a do-rag doesn't mean that he's in a gang. Yes, there's African Americans who are total assholes because they sit on their ass and watch Judge Mamalookaboobooday all day. Trust me, I had to unfriend a guy who was like that and wanted to gank $500 from me. But guess what? WHITES HAVE FUCKED ME OVER, TOO! The last woman who lived with me was white. The fat bitch who dragged me away from my Nintendo as a kid to live with her was white. My ex-stepdad - a far-right-winged nutjob - is white. I can go on.

The point is, I've mentioned some of Fuckjob's sponsors. DON'T BUY FROM THEM, PERIOD. Besides, I bought pillows from the now-defunct Brookstone at Woodland Mall here in Grand Rapids a few years ago and they are still quite comfortable. If you spend your life watching fake news TV, you're only adding to the problem.

Good thing Fucker switched from wearing bowties to straight ones. Somebody can suffocate him easier.

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