Bee-otch of the Day: January 2021

Thursday, January 28, 2021

1.28.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Marjorie Taylor-Greene

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Name: Marjorie Taylor-Greene
Age: 46
Occupation: US representative
Last Seen: Georgia
Bee-otched for: wearing a tinfoil hat
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Earlier today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proclaimed that "the enemy is within the House of Representatives."

The reason for that statement is a sad one indeed. True, We the People shitcanned Drumpf and put a real leader in charge of America. However, we still have some of Drumpf's cronies in charge despite the fact that he left the White House in shame over the Capital riots.

Enter Marjorie Taylor-Greene, a 46-year-old cunt from Rome, Georgia. Recently, she was elected to serve as representative for the heavily-rural 14th District of Georgia, which is the northwestern corner of the state and not far from Atlanta. Greene is a notorious QAnon supporter and supports unproven conspiracy theories. One of those theories is that Drumpf won the 2016 election.

Today, it was revealed that Greene was busy removing posts from her social media from the late 10s because of those theories. Some of them included calling for the death of Pelosi and former President Obama. Today, it was revealed that several years ago, she harassed one of the victims of the Parkland shooting massacre David Hogg on tape. She asked him warped questions in regard to the false accusations surrounding the mass shooting. In that video, she claimed that Hogg is getting paid by George Soros and that the shooting was deliberate.

To add to the problems, she's been placed on an education committee in Congress, which is a definite insult to the 17 victims of the Parkland tragedy's families. Like many QAnon supporters, she has long claimed that the real victims were all "crisis actors" to get Second Amendment rights supporters like herself to lose her guns.

Now, there's a resolution in Congress to have her expelled over her QAnon theories. And from the looks of things, she don't want 'dem libruls around asking her questions.

A few nights ago, a news crew at Chattanooga NBC affiliate WRCB was threatened with arrest only because a reporter for the station was about to ask Greene a question. She only said a few words before Greene bitched that it was a meeting for the constituents and not for the media to ask questions.

Funny how Greene bitches about "cancel culture" since screenwriter Randi Mayem Singer - best know for writing the 1993 classic "Mrs. Doubtfire" said it best on Twitter: "If Al Franken and Katie Hill are forced to resign but Marjorie Taylor Greene gets to keep her job, we are one fucked up country." Of course, Hill stepped down in 2019 when it was revealed that she had an affair with a staffer while Franken quit because of a racy photo of him pretending to grab a woman's boobs. The sad thing is that believing in fake shit is simply a lot more frightening than just being pervy.

I totally agree that Greene simply got in only because she had an (R) after her name and she represents a part of Georgia where it's 85% white. With the disgusting amount of BS surrounding the Repukes, I totally agree that it's time to not just impeach Drumpf, but it's time to get that loser logic out of the Capitol. The shit that spews out of Marjorie Taylor-Greene's fingers and mouth is filthy and disrespectful.

Sadly, when those terrorists stormed the Capitol, not all of them were kicked out. One was elected in.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

1.27.21 Bee-otch of the Day: terrestrial radio

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Name: terrestrial radio
Age: 101
Occupation: supposed entertainers and informers of the general public
Last Seen: everywhere
Bee-otched for: ratings? What ratings?
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It didn't seem all that long ago that WSNX was one of the top radio stations in Grand Rapids.

The CHR was well-programmed and served as a near-de facto urban station. Most of the jocks were local, too, with only their midday jock being cyberjocked from Detroit.

Today, WSNX, an iHeartRadio station, is a whole different ballgame, and the ratings prove it.

Mornings are now handled by a syndicated show from Detroit whose aging host just had heart surgery. Their afternoon jock records his shift from Los Angeles. Their night jock's based out of Boston. Their popular Sunday night mix show has been replaced with a must-carry-per-corporate syndicated show. They still have a mix show Friday and Saturday night, but it's also a syndicated program. Today, only their midday shift is local.

And now, it's having a negative effect on the once-beloved CHR.

The Grand Rapids Nielsen ratings came out recently, and the perennial top five favorite is suffering from its worst ratings at least since I started following radio ratings some twenty years ago: #9 with a 3.7.

The only good news for WSNX is that they're still the #1 hit music station in GR since Cumulus' 105.3 Hot FM is #12 with a 2.6. Then again, Hot FM is a soccer mom station in comparison to WSNX.

For those curious, the top five in GR consists of WOOD-AM/FM (election year), B93, the child molester station, WGRD and a big shocker: WVGR 104.1 at #5.

The biggest embarrassment in the ratings is definitely The Ticket 1340/106.1. Led by has-been "Huge" Bill Simonson, the station is stuck with a painfully embarrassing .1. Meanwhile, iHeart's ESPN 96.1 has 13 times the ratings The Ticket has.

Meanwhile at my old stomping grounds of northern Michigan, the reality is that we only got to see how Black Diamond's stations are doing.

Since WTCM abandoned their 93.5 signal in Boyne City to new sister WKLT, Big Country 102.9 has improved to a 6.4. Since adding Smitty for mornings, classic rocker The Bear has been on a wild uptick, moving from a 2.1 Spring 2019 to a 3.7 today.

Sadly, The Bear's improvements comes at the expense of Rock 105/95-5. They're down from a 5.7 Spring '19 to a 4.0 today.

Granted, I want Rock 105/95-5 to kick KLT's ass in the ratings, especially after the infamous fiasco several years ago when two now-former employees tried to derail Smitty's career. But, with owner Midwestern Broadcasting deciding to not subscribe to the book this time around - along with, once again, MacDonald Garber as well - it's hard to tell who's really winning the rock war in northern Michigan between KLT, Rock 105, The Bear and Q100 and their morning man Finster, formerly of KLT.

There's no doubt in my mind that Black Diamond is the lesser of all the evils in northern Michigan. Their bosses are industry professionals and are quite nice from what I've heard. The fact that they actually subscribe to the Nielsens show that they care about their listeners and their advertisers. If I owned a business up north, I'd probably advertise with them over the rest of the owners up north.

Now, I've always liked Midwestern's head, Ross Biederman. He's given a ton of money to local charities and he's had employees who have worked there since his father, Les, was running the show. However, Midwestern and WTCM NewsTalk 580 have that problem of airing talk shows that brainwash people. Of course, everything will change hopefully when Rush Limbaugh dies soon.

Tragically, Trish MacDonald-Garber is the worst of the "big three" evils up north. Her father was a union buster, her stations have a revolving door and most of all, she hasn't subscribed to Nielsen in ages. I've even heard it from a former jock that KHQ hasn't been doing all that well since they hired in two Detroit AC radio rejects, Robby and Rochelle to handle mornings and programming. I look at KHQ's playlist and it's bland as hell with way too many gold and recurrents, plus the fact that they've been playing an unfortunate deal of Hot AC stiffs as well. Meanwhile, Z93 seems to be more of a real CHR these days. Not only that, my jaw dropped - in a good way - a few nights ago when I saw that they played "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine.

I know, I'm a Grand Rapids boy now - and have been for almost 20 years now - but I know my roots. A part of me is happy that northern Michiganders now have a kickass active rock station (Rock 105/95-5 is a helluva lot better than GRD, IMHO) plus like the rest of the world, plenty of satellite and streaming to choose from. Hell, I'm happy Stern made the move to Sirius so EVERYBODY doesn't have to beg and plead soulless local stations to carry the show (though I'm not happy about how Marci Turk has wrecked many aspects of the program).

However, the fact that the fucking Gokey family ran down all their non-KLT stations - especially 106.7 The Peak - still irks me. Because of their actions, they ended up having to shutter their company. And don't get me started on the drama regarding 101.9 WLDR. As it is, the trial's been moved to March.

Radio is just like owning a restaurant. You serve what the people want and the people will come back. If not, the people will disappear. WSNX is dying because of a lack of localness, plus the fact that it's a station geared towards an audience that doesn't care two shits about terrestrial radio. Plus, like too many CHRs, it passed on Cardi B. and Megan Thee Stallion's #1 smash "WAP", though Harry Styles' "Watermelon Sugar" is virtually about the same thing.

After the COVID shit is done, I wonder how radio will survive. Yes, there will be concerts and stations will be out promoting the shit out of their product. Maybe what's going on is simply a down trend and when we're done inoculating everybody, the world will improve again. But in the meantime, the world of terrestrial radio has a lot to do to win back listeners.

But when a CHR goes from Rage Against the Machine into Billie Eilish, it's a start.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

1.26.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Kellyanne Conway

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Name: Kellyanne Conway
Age: 53
Occupation: ex-Drumpf asslicker
Last Seen: Alpine, NJ
Bee-otched for: kiddie porn
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It's funny when people call the Republican Party the family values party.

It's also sad that so many Rethugs call themselves "anti-porn" and they do worse things than what you'd see in Hustler.

Former right-hand woman to Drumpf, Kellyanne Conway is in deep, deep trouble after it was revealed that her Twitter account showed off a topless photo of her daughter, Claudia. The pic was shown as a Fleet, which is similar to Facebook's story feature and Snapchat.

Problem is, Claudia is just 16.

Kellyanne could not be reached for comment, though Twitter has announced that they are investigating the incident. In a video posted on her TikTok account, Claudia claims that her mother might have reposted the pictures by accident. However, there is a possibility that somebody might have hacked into Kellyanne's account.

Claudia claims that the relationship between her and her mother is quite rocky. Last August, Kellyanne announced that she was leaving her White House post to focus on being closer to her family. However, Claudia was seeking emancipation from her and her father, claiming that Kellyanne was abusive towards her, verbally and physically.

In one of her TikTok videos, Claudia said, "nobody would ever have any photo like that, ever. So, Kellyanne, you’re going to fucking jail."

Claudia is known for posting arguments between her and her mother. She's also claiming that Kellyanne lied about not having COVID-19, in which she claims she did test positive for.

Under federal law, possession of child pornography is a federal crime. If Conway is found to have posted that topless photo of Claudia, she could face years in federal prison.

Granted, I, like many adults, don't mind looking at images of female nudity. But, there's a time and a place. I agree that when you're 16, you don't necessarily make the right decisions. Hell, bad decisions are a part of life. God knows how many bad decisions I've made online myself. Some of them almost got me sued.

I know, Claudia - and other 16-year-old girls out there - should never pose nude until they've reached adulthood and are allowed to make adult decisions. Her parents should have taught her that, but considering that her mother is Kellyanne Conway, that talk probably never happened.

Soon, Kellyanne Conway will probably be wearing orange instead of that outfit that is probably making Walter Lantz spin in his grave.

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Monday, January 25, 2021

1.25.21 Bee-otches of the Day: Ron Clous and Rob Hentschel

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Names: Ron Clous and Rob Hentschel
Ages: 67, 42
Occupations: homebuilder, convenience store owner
Last Seen: Traverse City, MI
Bee-otched for: proving that northern Michigan needs to stop voting in Repukes
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Sometimes, I feel upset that I'm originally from northern Michigan.

It seems that in order to be somebody, you gotta be rich, white and Republican. Well, I'm white, and that's all.

Sadly, the people of northern Michigan love to elect the worst people to represent their communities. Grand Traverse County is definitely one of them.

During a virtual County commission meeting last week, Keli McIntosh was talking to commissioners about denouncing the Proud Boys, the infamous pro-militia group. During her comment, commissioner Ron Clous decided to disappear off screen. When he came back, he proudly showed off his Sig Sauer rifle with a shit-eating grin on his face. As this was going on, county chairman Rob Hentschel was laughing his ass off.

McIntosh told local NBC affiliate WPBN-TV that she felt threatened. As a result, she is now calling for the removal of both Clous and Hentschel.

Since the incident happened last week, hundreds of residents are now calling for their resignation, including Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers. The story has even gone national, since the Washington Post has even covered it.

Clous and his brother Bill co-own Eastwood Custom Homes, which builds houses. Hentschel is one of the owners of Roy's General Store, which sells groceries, hardware and BP gasoline. Known for their oft-humorous messages on their exterior letterboard, Roy's did create some controversy when just days after the Sandy Hook shooting, it read "get your M-16 rifle here before it is outlawed". They were referring to cigarette lighters shaped like the machine gun. Roy's, which does not sell guns, is just down the street from Cherry Knoll Elementary School.

Sadly, both Clous and Hentschel are both Rethuglicans who embrace guns, the 2nd Amendment and the Proud Boys. Hentschel even cried that he met some of the PBs and they were actually nice people. Not only that, they're regulars at county meetings.

Folks, I hate people who move up to northern Michigan because - their words, not mine - they want to be "far away from the niggers". They end up trading in gangbangers for small-dick ammosexuals who are just as dangerous - or worse - than those who wear a do-rag and wear a blue flag on the left side of their pants.

Look, I don't mind gun ownership, as long as it's for hunting and not wanting to go out on a shooting spree. However, there's too many unstable folks who are exposed to guns, especially in their own homes. Tragically, it's people like Ron Clous and Rob Hentschel who allow these losers free reign with their perverted views regarding the Second Amendment.

This is why I, like so many others, am careful where I spend my money. If I lived in Traverse City, I would never shop at Roy's and I'd never buy a home from Ron Clous. Also, I would do my patriotic duty and vote those two cocksuckers out of their positions.

It's tragic knowing that part of the reason why I'm here in Grand Rapids is because of those assholes. They make my local commissioners look sane.

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

1.21.21 Hero of the Day: Joe Biden

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A SPECIAL HERO OF THE DAY!

Name: Joe Biden
Age: 78
Occupation: The President of the United States of America
Last Seen: The White House
Awarded for: out-presidenting the last guy
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It's official: Joe Biden has done more good not even two days than Drumpf in four years.

Not long after he took the oath of office, Biden signed some incredibly important executive orders, especially ones focused on the environment.

Probably and most importantly, he reversed Drumpf's decision to leave the Paris Accord. When he was the de facto president, Drumpf did hid best not to be allies with the nations on Earth who actually do good. As we all know, the words "Drumpf" and "science" go together like oil and water. Climate change is an incredibly serious issue. Case in point, it's almost the end of January in Grand Rapids and there's hardly any snow on the ground.

President Biden also halted production of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The Drumpfets are all crying that "HE'Z KILLIN' JERBS!" So? The fucking pipeline would go through Native American waterways! Apparently, Drumpf took a page from the pRick Snyder handbook and put the needs of big corporations over brown-skinned people. Bear in mind that the Tough Turd is now facing two misdemeanors over the poisoning of Flint's citizens with the water crisis.

Among the other orders that Biden has signed included pausing funding and building Drumpf's disastrous Border Wall, banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, requiring mask-wearing in the work force and for the next 100 days and pausing student loans until September 30.

Just today alone, Biden admitted that America has been soft in terms of combatting COVID-19 and that rollout of vaccines have been too slow. Over 16 million Americans have been vaccinated so far and 36 million vaccines are out. But just today, some 2,700 Americans have died from COVID and 123,000 more have been infected with the disease. By next month, 500,000 Americans will have died from the disease.

Under Biden's plan, all adults should be vaccinated by Spring of next year, which is up from Summer of that year. Biden also admitted that the Drumpf administration had no real plan on how vaccines would be distributed.

But, it's not just the only thing that need a shot in the arm, so to speak.

Before he took office, Biden proposed a stimulus package that would give Americans more money, plus something that hasn't happened since 2009: raising the minimum wage.

Thanks to groups like the Tea Party and other Repukes who don't believe in giving hard-earning American wage increases, the minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since 2009. Obviously, the price of just about everything has gone up, especially rent.

The other day, I was talking with a woman who moved from Traverse City, not far from where I grew up to Grand Rapids. Why? Because rent up north is more-expensive there than here, plus wages are lower. Growing up, there was an old saying: "a view of the bay is half the pay". It couldn't be more true. It's one giant reason why I moved to Grand Rapids 19 years ago: the lack of good-paying jobs for the training I got growing up.

Look at Traverse City now: During the Drumpf years, the area became overloaded with new retail while older stores were chased out of town. Right now across from the Grand Traverse Resort, there's two abandoned buildings - a Kmart and a former Tom's Food Market - that sit abandoned and may be that way for years to come. Cherryland Mall was thriving until Grand Traverse Mall was built in 1992. It was redeveloped into an outdoor strip in 1999. Over twenty years later, it's in even worse shape with the loss of Sears, Kmart and Younkers. The plaza sits nearly abandoned with very few stores.

Even Grand Traverse Mall - which was nearly full of stores 20 years ago - has seen better days. In recent years, they've lost many stores due to bankruptcy and store reductions, including Payless Shoe Source, Charlotte Russe, PacSun, MasterCuts, Regis, Express, Journey's, Rue21, Hollister and Zale's. Just last week, it was announced that the mall was losing Christopher and Banks as part of their Chapter 11 bankruptcy and H&M, which announced that they were closing 530 locations worldwide.

In fairness, Grand Traverse Mall did gain a few new stores this past year, namely a giant Shoe Dept. store in the formerly-nearly-abandoned Target wing and two ethnic-themed restaurants in their food court: Taste of India and Food Arabia. Otherwise, the mall remains a local passthrough for chains like Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, Hot Topic, TJ Maxx and department stores JCPenney and Macy's.

The sad truth is that when companies keep building expensive housing projects, it creates gentrification for those who work hard and don't get paid as much. My mother is a prime example; she lived in Phoenix in a small, one-bedroom apartment. A few years ago, her complex was sold and her rent was jacked up so high that she had no choice but to move out. So, she moved to Grand Rapids. Today, her rent is only a little more than what she was paying in Phoenix, but then again, she has a spare bedroom now. However, her pay is a little lower than what it was in Phoenix.

(And for you mall nerds, at least the mall close to us, Woodland, is a far-better shape than her old local mall, Paradise Valley, which has already lost Sears, Dillard's and Macy's.)

Folks, We The People need a raise! Hell, I'm pushing 40 and still live in a postage stamp-sized apartment. Hell, I've looked at what I can afford house-wise in Grand Rapids and all I can afford are trailers. No thanks. Same with those who live in cities were the pay sucks. I don't want to hear "oh, it's gonna kill small business!" and "most people on minimum wage are unskilled!" The sad reality is that many people who work in fast food came out of high schools and colleges. Sadly, some of those folks do have families and mortgages. Not only that, many fast food places are understaffed because of the sad reality that they pay their workers shitty wages. It's not a career for most people.

Now, I know. Biden has done some shady shit in the past, such supporting bills to keep blacks in prison and wanting to kill Social Security. But, I think he's evolved. Case in point? Look inside his Oval Office. There's a giant painting of the man who should be his spirit animal: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. While campaigning, Biden visited FDR's "Little White House" in Warm Springs, GA, It was there that he used the power of one of the town's natural springs to help ease his pain from polio. FDR's progressivism helped to cure America from the Great Depression. It was why he was the longest-serving President of this great country.

As somebody who has had to deal with 24 long years of Repukes ruining America, I hope to God that Biden will continue to wanting to know the needs and wants of the people. And guess what? He's off to a ravishing start.

True, as much as I wanted Bernie Sanders to be in the White House right now, at least he's got some comfy mittens. I just hope that Joe doesn't fuck things up to give up his boxing gloves.

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

1.20.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: failed president
Last Seen: Mar-A-Lago
Bee-otched for: failure
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It was 19 years ago that I took the biggest plunge in my life.

It was one year since I graduated from tech school and was still stuck working a shit job in northern Michigan. However, just a week after my 21st birthday, I was hired in to work at a book publisher in Grand Rapids.

It was a sigh of relief. The two year-round jobs I had up north sucked and kept seeing my hours dwindle all in the name of the fact that my bosses simply made bad decisions that cost them their businesses, and for one of them, his house.

My new company was going through an ownership change. The founder retired and his business partner bought him out. A year and a half after I was hired in, I did get a 50-cent raise.

It was the only raise I got for 10 years.

During that decade, I saw too many people come and go. Some left for other companies for more pay and others were fired and replaced with losers who only cared about quantity over quality. But, that's what my boss wanted.

Ten years ago, I moved to first shift kicking and screaming. I lost my shift premium and everyday was hell. My boss hired new helpers and they were paid more than I was. I felt humiliated.

The good news was that in December that year, my boss had announced that he was retiring. On New Years Eve, he left without even saying goodbye. It was more like good riddance.

When my ex-boss left, our company was on the verge of bankruptcy. Morale was rock bottom and even worse, I was constantly having panic attacks, possibly due to the fact that I was ass deep in debt due to constant car troubles and a lack of pay.

Eight months after my new boss took over, I finally asked him for a raise. Ten years later, I'm now paid twice what I started with. Our company is healthy and so is my finances.

As I mentioned earlier, my ex-boss walked out without saying goodbye. He walked out of a company that was in the red all because he was a bully. He rewarded failure while hard workers like me kept looking for other jobs.

Sound familiar?

Today, like December 31st, 2011, history repeated itself. Drumpf walked out of the White House along with his precious Malaria, jumped on Air Force One and flew to his Fuhrerbunker, Mar-A-Lago without a whimper. He still feels defeated knowing that he's only the second president in 40 years to be a one-and-doner.

Drumpf inherited a country that was running well because of Obama's policies. Our country had recovered from the travesty of Dubya. But, leave it to several wrenches being thrown into the cogwheels of progress that forced Drumpf into the White House.

Obviously, the culprit has long been the Electoral College. It got both Dubya and Drumpf in. Then again, both Al Gore and Hillary Clinton made their myriad of mistakes. Gore chose a First Amendment-hating Douchebag to be his running mate. Hillary is a conservative in sheep's clothing. At the end of the day, Drumpf won over the fact that true, red-blooded progressives were told to choose between a conservative or a Nazi. By default, the Nazi won.

Drumpf worked feverishly to throw away the progress Obama made in his eight years in office. He hired billionaires and climate change deniers into his cabinet. He failed to listen to science, and because of this, we ended up being the worst nation on Earth dealing with COVID-19.

While Dubya ran the country, 3,000 people died on 9/11 and many have died since and continue to die from diseases caused by the rubble. Over 4,500 have died in all the wars he started over oil and many more suffer with PTSD. Since the pandemic began, 24 million Americans have been infected and 402,000 have died. That's more than twice than the cases the second place country, India, has.

Thanks to Drumpf, we live in a sea of brainwashed assholes who believe in misinformation. Because of this, we had to live through the terrorists who all looked like they were a love child of The Village People and Ted Nugent. Simply put, years of ultra-conservative, pro-terrorist talk radio, fake, low-budget TV news networks and other Propaganda-enlaced media has created a horrific outcome.

But, just before noon today, the sun came out in Washington, DC.

In front of virtual emptiness due to the pandemic, Lady Gaga sang the Star-Spangled Banner, J-Lo sang "This Land is Our Land" and most-importantly, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. placed his hand on the Bible and took the oath of office. It was the end of an error and the beginning of a brighter future.

True, Biden ain't perfect, but at least he's evolved. The fact that he wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour is a giant step. With a Democratic-led Congrees and Senate now by his side, it might as well happen. With rent and CEO salaries sky-high, it needs to happen.

But, what will happen in the years to come will be interesting to see. But, only one will hope that it will be the end of the wrath of the angry old white man and the beginning of a better life for the people who need it the most. And we're talking about people who get off their asses on a daily basis and work instead of people like the DeVoses who have never worked before in their lives. I'll betcha that by this time next year, the economy will be stronger than ever and COVID-19 will be dead and gone.

And Drumpf? He'll be at Mar-A-Lago, still sitting in a corner, crying tears into his Diet Coke.

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

1.19.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Mike Lindell

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Name: Mike Lindell
Age: 57
Occupation: snake oil salesman
Last Seen: Minnesota
Bee-otched for: bloodbath and beyond
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Looks like fans of the right's favorite pillow will have to order them online.

Several retailers, including Kohl's and Bed, Bath and Beyond and Wayfair have all discontinued selling the MyPillow, whose inventor, Mike Lindell is an ardent supporter of outgoing president Drumpf.

The reason for the retailers' decisions to drop MyPillow is because of Lindell's comments regarding the 2020 election, claiming it was rigged. It was also noted that Lindell also supported the melee on Capitol Hill on 1.6.

Lindell is also being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for his outrageous claims. He's made untrue claims on his personal Twitter accounts to link them to fake websites, claiming that they're linked to China and other countries. Twitter, of course, responded with "This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence".

Lindell is known for spending millions on far-right-winged causes. As mentioned in the past, he spent a million bucks of his own money producing a movie smearing Planned Parenthood called "Unplanned". Also, he helped to free mass murderer Kyle Rittenhouse by posting his bail. Several years ago, when sponsors bailed on Fox "News" commentator Laura Ingraham, he used his own money to buy up all the aborted spots.

Now that his butt buddy is leaving the White House and Fox "News" has sunk behind CNN and MSNBC in the ratings, Lindell's ideologies are not all that popular, period. He's simply another asshole who uses his false religious views to alienate customers. Bear in mind that before he created MyPillow, Lindell was a crackhead bar owner in Minnesota. Since MyPillow is a private company, lord only knows how well they're doing, though Lindell is a reported $300 million.

Not selling MyPillow will not be a huge loss for any retailer, especially Bed, Bath and Beyond. I purchased a pillow from there not long ago and they sell many different brands. Brookstone is probably the best of the pillows I own. Not only that, MyPillow has been sued multiple times for the outrageous claims of their advertising. My mother's boyfriend bought one some time ago and did it improve his sleep? Nope! It only made it worse.

But, that's what happens when you buy a pillow that was invented during a crack binge.

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Monday, January 18, 2021

1.18.21 Bee-otch of the Day: The Republican Party

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Name: The Republican Party
Age: 167
Occupation: right-winged fakes
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched for: everything wrong in politics
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Once upon a time, the world of broadcasting was simpler.

Individuals could only own one TV station, one FM station and one AM station. If they owned a newspaper in the same city as one of their stations, they had to have a waiver.

There was the Fairness Doctrine, passed in the late 1940s, which ordered broadcasters to present two viewpoints to every situation. If a TV station presented a commentary, the FCC ordered that same station to allow free air time to someone who opposed it, free of charge. After all, the FCC ruled that We the People owned the airwaves.

Over the 20th century, there were many reasons for the FCC to revoke TV and radio licenses. One radio station in Washington, DC had its license taken away in the 1970s because they aired a preacher who hid the results for a numbers game in scripture. RKO General had their licenses revoked in the 1980s over corporate misconduct. As a matter of fact, WBZ-TV was the sole "big three" TV station in Boston to never lose its license.

However, the Fairness Doctrine did cost a few stations their license, most notably WLBT-TV in Jackson, MS. Their owners, Lamar Life Insurance was under fire by several community groups for doing nothing for the African American community, which made up a third of their viewing area. In 1971, those groups got their wish and Lamar was forced to give up their license to a non-profit organization.

Being founded by the great Franklin Roosevelt, the FCC was supposed to put Americans first in terms of broadcasting. They made sure that if a radio station was broadcasting with too much power, they were fined. If a newscast was too opinionated, ditto. However, one thing that the FCC was against it seems was the First Amendment. And it was all because of a little drive through New York City.

At about two in the afternoon, a man named John Douglas was driving with his 15-year-old son, Dean when he heard the George Carlin routine "Filthy Words" at WBAI, a Pacifica radio station. A member of the ultra-right-winged Morality in Media, he wrote to the FCC and WBAI was handed a notice of apparent liability. The case was challenged in several courts until the FCC themselves challenged the case to the Supreme Court in 1978. At the time, five out of the nine justices were conservative and some were Nixon appointees. Well, the FCC got their wish. The high court ruled in favor of the FCC and broadcasters now had a definite list of words you couldn't use on radio or TV.

Since then, things have only gotten worse. MUCH worse.

In 1987, the Reagan-led FCC ruled that the Fairness Doctrine was outdated, so they eliminated it. Just a year later, an overweight loudmouth from Cape Girardeau, MO named Rush Limbaugh started syndicating his daily talk show. With the Fairness Doctrine dead and gone, it allowed radio stations to go full-blown conservative talk 24/7. And it's been downhill since.

In 1996, we had the Telecommunications Act. One individual could own two AM, seven FM and in some markets, two TV stations. There was no longer a cap on how many stations one individual could own. Things only got worse in 2004 when Janet Jackson had her accidental wardrobe malfunction at the Super Bowl. Obviously, religious groups like the Parents' Television Council and the FCC pushed to jack up fines for so-called indecency. Today, it's $325,000.

In 1934, the motion picture industry enacted the Hays Code, which basically made movies virtually squeaky clean for all to see. Part of the reason was fear that the US government would censor movies themselves. However, in 1952, the Supreme Court ruled that movies were protected under the First Amendment. But, in the case of broadcasters, it's about making sure that young ears don't listen to the original version of "WAP" by Cardi B. and Megan Thee Stallion or the last minute of "Killing In The Name" by Rage Against the Machine.

Sadly, the Republican-led FCC has been beyond lax when it comes to making the media better for people. Instead, it's about what's best for the iHeartMedias, the Cumuluses and Entercoms of the world. It's pathetic knowing that Rush has 600 affiliates and can be heard in virtually every town here in Michigan. However, the #1 liberal talker in America, Thom Hartmann only has one real affiliate here in the Wolverine State: a tiny, low-power FM in Detroit. Obviously, he had a ton more affiliates, but iHeartMedia threw him onto several low-rated AMs and watched him rot.

The tragic truth is that right-winged talk radio and TV is filled to the brim with lies and brainwashes people. Remember the news story from 2013 where a man abducted a young boy and hid him in a bunker? It turned out that the abductor, Jimmy Lee Dykes was a huge fan of right-winged talk radio and feared that he needed the boy to bring new life onto Earth. Dykes had plenty of bombs in his bunker and believed in many of the conspiracy theories that was rambled on the shitty shows he listened to.

Sadly, it's not just right-winged talk radio anymore. Since Drumpf became president, too many Americans have passed fake news as real. NBC, CBS, ABC and CNN = bad, Fox News, OANN, Infowars and The Blaze = good. And because of this, we end up with the melee in Washington 12 days ago.

Folks, I'm originally from northern Michigan. Since I moved to Grand Rapids 19 years ago, the media up north has gotten much worse. Their "big four" TV stations are now owned by two companies. One of them just happens to be Sinclair, who has reduced their newscasts to cookie cutter operations with right-leaning horseshit per Sinclair brass. Two of the "big three" radio station owners - Midwestern and MacDonald-Garber - own conservative talk radio outlets with Rush. Plus, there's many silent radio stations, all run into the ground by poor management.

Even worse, there's good 'ol "Trucker Randy" Bishop, who has the daily Your Defending Fathers radio show, heard on tiny WCHY 97.7 in Cheboygan. As I've mentioned on past BOTDs, he's a convicted felon and should not own a radio station, or even worse, a gun. As a matter of fact, his wife, Victoria, is the de facto owner of WCHY. Plus, WCHY's "main studio" per FCC documents is at his home in Antrim County, way out of WCHY's listening area. Sadly, I've read Randy's Twitter feed and he's attacked Republicans who want Drumpf impeached. Not only that, he even went to the Michigan State Capitol and bitched about how the 2020 election was "stolen".

Under old FCC rules, WCHY would have had to have a studio in Cheboygan. Plus, the fact that Victoria is not a convicted felon while Randy is for not paying his taxes scares me.

You know, this is what happens when Republicans run the world. They don't want much government and as a result, we end up with a douchebag dressed like a buffalo standing at Nancy Pelosi's lectern. Drumpf spread lies and Fox News, OANN and AM talk radio amplified it. The average American citizen knows better and because of this, we only have one more day of this shit.

Sadly, I doubt that Biden will overturn the FCC. But then again, there's some sort of hope. He is, after all, planning on boosting the minimum wage to $15 per hour, a huge request from pure progressives like Bernie Sanders and AOC. Plus, more stimulus checks to help Americans, especially those hurt by COVID-19.

It's a shame that I'll be 40 in May and we've only had 16 years of Democratic leadership, eight of those by Clinton, who was really a conservative. He wasn't perfect, but Obama was the better of the two. Now, it's up to Biden to fix this sick, crazy world.

We need real leadership to run America, not The Village People.

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

1.14.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Tommy Vext

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Name: Tommy Vext
Age: 38
Occupation: former lead singer, Bad Wolves
Last Seen: Los Angeles
Bee-otched for: making rock stupid again

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The fallout from last week's melee at the Capitol has had its effect on the entertainment industry, especially in the world of rock.

On Saturday, it was announced that popular band Bad Wolves - best-known for their 2018 cover of The Cranberries' "Zombie" - had parted ways with lead singer Tommy Vext (nee Cummings). There's no official word on whether or not Vext left on his own accord or if he was let go.

Bad Wolves rose to fame with their "Zombie" cover, in which Cranberries lead singer Delores O'Riordan was supposed to appear on as a duet. However, on the morning when the song was supposed to be recorded, O'Riordan drowned in her hotel bathtub. She was just 46. The band decided to record the song anyway and donated the proceeds to Delores' children. Because of their deed, they would become one of Rock's most-respected groups.

The 'Wolves have scored six top ten smash hits on the Mainstream Rock charts. Some of the songs are personal, like "Remember When", a song Vext wrote about his identical twin brother. While Tommy chose a successful life of sobriety and music, his brother chose drugs. He's now serving a 17-year jail sentence for trying to kill Tommy while under the influence.

Other hits include "Sober" - a song about alcoholism - and their current hit on rock radio, "Learn To Walk Again".

There's no word as to why Vext is no longer with the band. But, word had it that it all had to do with good 'ol politics. Last year, Vext announced that he was supporting Drumpf. Not only that, but Vext also announced that he believed that Black Lives Matter was "manufactured" by George Soros and that he - a light-skinned black man - never experienced racism in his life.

Vext has also had his run-ins with the law. In 2008, while he was in the group Divine Heresy, he punched bandmate Dino Cazares, also the guitarist of industrial metal legends Fear Factory and his wife at the Metal Mayhem Festival in southern California. Because of this, he was ousted from the band.

Vext's most-recent allegations come from his ex-girlfriend, fitness model Whitney Johns. She claimed that last year, Vext got vexed and dragged her into a bathroom and choked her. As a result, she has a restraining order, forbidding Vext from being 100 yards from her. Vext's response? "Fake AF news" and that it was all "cancel culture" from the liberal media.

Now, Vext has launched a GoFundMe page to launch a solo career, which has raised $90,000 out of his targeted $100,000. He says that his first album will be a "double covers" LP. No word on if "Smack My Bitch Up" will be on there.

You know, rock 'n roll is about freedom and expression. When I was a teen, most of my rock heroes had the balls to tell the world that they were leftists. Bands like Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Nine Inch Nails, Green Day and so on. To this day, I think most rockers are leftists. However, I totally agree that most bands out there today try to keep politics out of their music. But, there's some who do, and do it wrong.

For example, Five Finger Death Punch, who ironically, Vext was a temporary lead singer for when frontman Ivan Moody was in rehab a few years ago. Plus, guitarist Zoltan Bathory is Bad Wolves' manager. The video for their latest single, "Living The Dream", pokes fun at mask wearers and politicians (*cough*Nancy Pelosi*cough*) who think they're exempt. In Avenged Sevenfold's 2016 video for the title track of "The Stage", a puppet of Hillary Clinton is with puppets of Angela Merkel, Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin treating a crowd like puppets themselves. However, the camera pans up and those politicians are controlled by none other than the Grim Reaper. Oddly enough, "The Stage" was A7X's last album to date.

Even legendary rockers have shown their distain for Biden and/or their love for Drumpf. Sully Erna of Godsmack was quoted on his internet radio show "I don’t care if Drumpf stays or goes, do not let him control this country" and "he’s not really controlling (the country) – it’s all the people pulling his puppet strings that are gonna control it." Bear in mind that Godsmack's 1998 hit "Bad Religion" is an anti-abortion anthem.

And yes, don't get me started on people like Morrissey, Kid Rock, John Lydon, Gene Simmons, Meat Loaf, Dave Mustaine, Sammy Hagar, Alice Cooper and yes, Ted Nugent.

Both Jon Cooper of the Christian rock band Skillet and Phil Labonte of All That Remains have expressed their distain for Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for censoring Drumpf. Newsflash: DRUMPF'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE NOT TAKEN AWAY! PERIOD! END OF GODDAMNED STORY! What he did was the equivalent of somebody yelling "FIRE!" in a theater when there's no fire. When people run to the exits and trample all over each other, they get injured or worse, killed in the process. The asshole who yelled "FIRE!" is now liable for murder and should spend the rest of their lives behind bars. Drumpf's foolish tweets killed several Washington police officers and even some of his own followers. He's been impeached twice, and deservingly so.

Look, I don't blame Bad Wolves for firing Tommy Vext, **IF** he was fired. The reality is that people like Vext are in the minority. In the past 30 years, only one Republican president WON the popular vote, and it was Dubya's second term. Drumpf only won because of the Electoral College, which misleads the county into thinking that land can vote. It's nothing more than affirmative action for rural America. True, there was the flap regarding the Democratic National Convention screwing over Bernie Sanders for Hillary, and that was good news for Drumpf's campaign.

If Tommy Vext never experienced racism, good for him. Then again, he's light-skinned. At least one of his ex-bandmates from Bad Wolves, guitarist Doc Coyle - also a light-skinned man of color - gets it and condemned Vext for his idiotic statements. People like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, Jacob Blake, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and countless others would proudly condemn Vext's idiotic statements. They would all want to see him face the shit they've all faced by the hands of racists. Maybe they would love to see him walk in their shoes, being hung from a tree, dragged behind a truck, being whipped by a sharecropper or kneeled on their neck by a cop. It's sad that many viewed him since Bad Wolves broke out three years ago as one of rock's good guys. But now, he's another Uncle Tom.

Funny that one of Bad Wolves' most-popular songs was a tune called "Hear Me Now". Now, Tommy Vext needs to STFU.

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

1.13.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: loser
Last Seen: Washington DC
Bee-otched for: #2, baby!

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America is #1... for #2.

It's official: Drumpf has become the first president in American history to get impeached twice. The first time was for collusion in the Russia investigation. Now, it's for fueling the melee at the Capitol one week ago today.

The Senate won't meet to continue on with Drumpf's impeachment hearings until January 19th, a day before Joe Biden's inaugural. Granted, some are viewing this as a waste, but bear in mind that Drumpf can run again for a second term in 2024.

Meanwhile, New York City is axing their contracts with Drumpf. Mayor Bill de Blasio told NBC News this afternoon that the contracts state that if they and their leadership ingage in illegal activities, that it is null and void. Erich Drumpf says that the Drumpf Organization will fight the City.

With his double impeachment and just about everybody and their mother avoiding him like the Bubonic Plague, Drumpf should feel lucky that his snake oil pitch to the goobers of America worked to get him in as POTUS. However, most of us sank to new lows because of it. Even worse, many who still love him are still on that MAGA high like one who huffs jenkem.

Thankfully, it will be all over soon, I hope. I just hope that the Democrats won't make the mistake of getting of bullshitting a true leftist like Bernie Sanders to put the establishment in. Fuck, I cringed seeing Debbie Wasserman Schultz announcing that she would be voting for Drumpf's impeachment. After all, she helped get him elected. Yes, Biden's lucky he got elected because Drumpf was the worst president ever. But bear in mind that at the end of his presidency (and maybe Kamala's), healthcare in America will still be too damn expensive, college debt will still be astronomical and billionaires will still hardly pay any taxes. Just sayin'.

But hey, Drumpf will be gone, one way or another.

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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

1.12.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Rick Snyder

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Name: Rick Snyder
Age: 62
Occupation: failed governor
Last Seen: Ann Arbor, MI
Bee-otched for: prepping for a life of bread and water

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After almost a decade, closure might be coming to the long-poisoned city of Flint.

The State of Michigan has filed charges against former Michigan governor pRick Snyder over causing the mostly-African American city to drink dirty, lead-tainted water. When he was governor, Snyder appointed emergency managers in several black majority cities in the state including Flint, Benton Harbor and Pontiac. Basically put, these appointed managers were put in place of elected officials, including the mayor.

In Flint's case, they were paying the City of Detroit to pump water from Lake Huron to them. Well, Snyder decided that Flint should have its own water supply. Too bad that he chose the tainted Flint River as the source. In 2014, Snyder switched the water supply and immediately, people got sick. People died from Legionnaire's Disease and over 10,000 Flint children are now brain damaged from the lead-tainted water. As a matter of fact, GM complained that the water rusted their parts, so the City of Flint switched back to the old system just for them.

Today, most of the lines corroded by the switchover have been replaced, though some 500 lines still need to be inspected. Victims of the Flint Water Crisis have been awarded over $600 million, but that's not enough for some people. Since the crisis began, only one person, state epidemiologist Corinne Miller was convicted for not reporting the Legionnaire's Disease to the public. Her sentence? One year's probation, 300 hours' community service and a $1,000 fine.

One probable reason for Flint switching over to river water was because Snyder allowed Nestle to pump water out of Lake Erie for a mere $200 per year and plop it on store shelves under their "PureLife" label. After all, their CEO even proclaimed that water wasn't even a human right, which I call bullshit on.

Since leaving the governorship in 2019, Snyder has kept a low profile, though he did endorse Joe Biden for president. But, that might not keep him out of jail.

Tragically, pRick Snyder was another failed businessman who threw Gateway under the bus and fucked over American workers. His business strategies did not help Michigan, especially when he fucked over the unions as governor.

Today, our state is governed by Gretchen Whitmer, who just might be the best governor this state's had. I'm happy that we're going in the right direction in terms of COVID-19 and now, sending Snyder to prison where he belongs. It's people like Snyder, Drumpf and others that make me proud that I'll never vote Republican. Sorry, but I like clean water, not having somebody with COVID breathe all over me and good paying jobs, all things that would never happen if Brian Calley was governor.

Snyder won't be just one tough turd, but, his fellow inmates will enjoy watching him take a shit in his cell.

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Monday, January 11, 2021

1.11.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: failure
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched for: getting banned

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In just nine days, the worst nightmare in America's history since the Great Depression will start crawling to an end.

Drumpf will have no choice but to bequeath the presidency to Joe Biden, albeit kicking and screaming or simply sitting in a corner pouting. He won't be at the inaugural, making him the first president to do so since Andrew Jackson.

Meanwhile, social media platforms Twitter and Facebook have banned him. Many have told him to move to conservative-friendly Parler, whose app is being taken down on Apple and Google. Some have even cried that Facebook and Twitter are taking away Drumpf's First Amendment rights. In reality, they are not.

Let me tell you a story from my childhood. When I was young, I wanted a Game Boy. My parents wanted to teach me the precious lesson of saving, so I saved every nickel and penny I could. I saved $90 and bought my Game Boy with my own money. My parents were so proud that they bought me a case for my Game Boy, which also fit a few games and cables.

Well, right around the same time, my father had some severe back issues and couldn't work. So, he looked in the paper and saw that there was a family going through a divorce and needed a babysitter for their son, who was autistic. So, he got the job and one of the first things the kid did was run straight to my room. Needless to say, his hands were in his mouth all the time. He would touch EVERYTHING he wanted to. Being a germaphobe, I kept telling him to wash his hands and, well, he didn't.

Over time, he managed to ignore my orders and I got pissed. He threw tantrums and damn near broke my Super Nintendo by pulling a cartridge out without pushing the eject button. His final nail on the coffin came when he took my Game Boy case and threw it across the room. Thankfully, my Game Boy was not in the case, but the case itself unattached itself from its hinges. Because of this, I had convinced my parents enough that he was no longer welcome in my bedroom, or even our house.

You see, Drumpf did the same thing with Twitter. He used it to spread lies and hate. He riled up his supporters to a rally at the Capitol and we all know the rest. Virtually all social media sites want nothing to do with him. Yes, there's Parler, but even that's gone now. Companies have pulled all support for him and even a few Republicans have said that they would even vote for his impeachment.

One congressman who has said that he would vote for Drumpf's impeachment is the one representing my district, Peter Meijer. Funny, since he replaced Justin Amash, who was one of the first Republicans to called for impeachment. With this district being very conservative, love for Amash from the right faltered while he registered as an independent. Amash chose not to run again, paving the way for a battle between Meijer - an heir to the mega retailer - and Democrat Hillary Scholten. Obviously, Meijer won. It wouldn't shock me if his family pressured him to call for impeachment given that a non-impeachment vote would help hurt the family business.

The painful reality for Drumpf is how weak and powerless he's become all the sudden. He's lost Congress, the Senate and now, his corporate pals. He promised to "Make America Great Again", but it was already at its best in years under Obama. I, and too many others will be so happy when Drumpf is out and our country can heal.

Yes, we have First Amendment rights. But, when people use it to kill others, it's like calling "FIRE!" in a movie theater.

Thursday, January 7, 2021

1.7.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Donald Trump

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Name: Donald Trump
Age: 74
Occupation: failure
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched for: everything

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Every. Fucking. Republican. President. Since. Nixon. Was. Fucking. Horrible.

When I was in elementary school, my PE teachers all taught me something called "sportsmanship".

When you were a kid, you too, should have been taught sportsmanship. If you lose, congratulate the other team. If you lose too much, find something else you're good at.

Sportsmanship applies to not just sports, but life itself. Sometimes, I catch myself reading small town newspapers online. In some of those papers, there's pages of ads congratulating a new business opening in the community. One ad i recently saw was a full page congratulation to a new supermarket that opened up in Benzonia, Michigan in the 1970s, the Crystal Plaza Thriftway. Many area businesses put in small ads congratulating the store and its owners. One of those businesses was Benzonia's other grocery store at the time, an old-timey downtowner called Maddock's. Even though 1) the Maddock family probably knew that they were going to be mauled by the new Thriftway and 2) they had the same supplier, Viking Foods, it was nice for them to greet the new (big) store in town. However, Maddock's closed a few years later and its building has long been demolished. However, Crystal Plaza Thriftway is still in business as SpartanNash-supplied Shop-n-Save.

Granted, it was probably a sad day when the Maddock family had to shutter their grocery store. But, the Thriftway's owner, John Riegler was a risk-taker. He owned several other grocery stores in northern Michigan, some more-successful than others. He built the new Thriftway to replace his much-smaller store a mile away in Beulah. When the new store was built, it caused other grocers in the area to shutter. For years, what's now Shop-N-Save was the sole grocer serving Beulah and Benzonia - combined population: 850 - though a Save-A-Lot opened just down the street a few years ago. Beulah's last full-service grocer, an IGA, closed over 20 years ago and is now split between an A. Papano's Pizzeria and a salon.

Sometimes, you need to pass the baton to a new guy and realize that they have more and better to offer. It's too bad that the asshole who was president of the United States for the past four years could not realize this. The people have spoken, and it's time for him to leave.

We know what happened yesterday. When the Senate was securing the votes to elect Joe Biden as President, Drumpf's supporters overstepped security and rioted through the Capitol. Items were stolen, personal belongings were ransacked and, well, we've seen the images. Rome burned while Nero - sitting in the White House - played the fiddle.

The good news is that after some order was restored to the Capitol, the Senate continued on while many who announced that they wouldn't allow Biden's votes changed their minds. In the wee hours of the morning, hell froze over and Drumpf conceded. In a video, Drumpf told the rioters that they will pay LONG AFTER he called them "good people" while those who kneel for the National Anthem are called "sons of bitches".

It's too bad that a lot had to happen to Drumpf to FINALLY get him to do so. The massacre at the Capitol was brought on by his LIES regarding the so-called "red wave" that took over the country. As a result, four people were killed and 50 police officers were injured in the melee.

Thankfully, action is being taken. Both Facebook and Twitter have suspended Drumpf's accounts and Sen. Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are calling for vice president Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment, removing Drumpf from the White House. If that's not the case, Drumpf will be impeached again. In said video, Drumpf has said that he has no plans of leaving the White House.

Drumpf is also losing his longtime staff. Transportation secretary Elaine Chao has quit and as a big shocker, Betsy Devos has also resigned as education head.

The sad truth is that there's a reason Drumpf in in the White House, and it's because of the establishment who put Hillary Clinton on a pedestal while Bernie Sanders got fucked over in 2016. There's more liberals in America than conservatives and Hillary, plain and simple is a conservative. If you were a true liberal in 2016, you: A) voted for Hillary because Drumpf's worse, B) voted for Jill Stein or C) didn't vote at all. And sadly, we knew what the end result was.

True, I'm not Joe Biden's biggest cheerleader. But judging by his speech today, better him than Drumpf. Thirteen days is simply too much at this point. We can only hope that what happened yesterday at the Nation's Capitol will be the worst that happens beforehand.

At this point, I think Drumpf and Malaria are going to die in a Führerbunker.

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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

1.5.21 Bee-otch of the Day: Mitch McConnell

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Name: Mitch McConnell
Age: 78
Occupation: senator
Last Seen: Washington, DC
Bee-otched for: losing it

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Holy crap, Drumpf actually has a brain sometimes!

The de facto president for 15 days more has pushed Congress and the Senate to increase stimulus payments to $2000, something that he and Democrats can actually agree on. But, there's a turtle in the way.

Many Republicans, especially senate majority leader Mitch McConnell are against giving Americans that extra $1,400. Mitch's excuse? There's a lot of people who make six figures who haven't lost their jobs since the pandemic began. Oh, horseshit.

With millions of Americans unemployed and having children to feed, this money is important. Mitchy-poo is simply trying to protect the pockets of the wealthy. Other nations around the world have given their citizens $2,000 per month. And Mitchell the Turtle is crying about those who make six figures?

Meanwhile, GOD BLESS BERNIE SANDERS for his recent filibuster attacking the Repukes for giving too much money to the wealthy as-is. The more I think about it, the more I wish Bernie was our president today. Bernie is a fighter while Drumpf is out golfing.

As I'm typing this, The results of Georgia's senate race is deadlocked and almost even. However, the majority of the votes to be counted is in one of the state's most-liberal counties. If Warnock and Ossoff win tonight, the Turtle will be demoted to minority leader. True, I'm not the world's biggest fan of Chuck Schumer, but better him over Mitch the Bitch any day.

If all three branches go blue, our country can start healing again and by Christmas, I hope COVID-19 will be long gone and we can go back to living normal lives. It's a shame that the people of Kentucky reelected Mitch, but Georgia can tell him that he and his party are very weak and very powerless.

Time for the Turtle to crawl back into his shell.

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Monday, January 4, 2021

1.4.21 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: being a crybaby

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And we start the new year with something that proves that everything old is still new again and again.

With 16 days until Joe Biden is officially sworn in as the 46th POTUS, it's insanity knowing that Drumpf spent the weekend begging Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the state's election results, which favored Biden.

In the call, Drumpf begged Raffensperger to "find" the 11,780 votes needed for him to achieve victory in Georgia. Meanwhile, Georgians will return to the polls Tuesday to vote in the senatorial runoff election between David Perdue (R) and Jon Ossoff (D) and Kelly Loeffler (R) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D). The Republicans are the incumbents. If the Dems are elected, it will give the Senate a 50/50 split between them and the Repukes, though technically, it will be 50 (R)s, 48 (D)s and two independents: Maine's Angus King and Vermont's Bernie Sanders. Both King and Sanders, however, usually vote with the Democrats. When Biden is elected president on January 20th, Vice President Kamala Harris will be the President of the Senate, giving it a Democratic majority IF Georgia votes in Democrats on Tuesday.

To me, Drumpf begging Georgia's SOS to "find the votes" AFTER they've recounted three times is like somebody who pretends to be your friend who begs you to give them $500, even though you don't have it. Biden won Georgia fair and square and he won the popular vote by over five million votes. However, many reps and senators are on Drumpf's side and will not officially accept the results of the election, all on the basis of absolutely nothing. I know, the voting machines in Antrim County were the same as many other places in America. But guess what? As somebody who once lived in Antrim County, I know that a lot of people who live there are idiots and probably can't handle technology too well.

Even more embarrassing to Drumpf is his ignorance towards COVID-19. He didn't listen to scientists, he ignored the warning signs, held superspreader events and now, we're fucked. Even worse is the new strain of the virus, which has hit America might not be easily vaccinated if more and more cases are made. To make matters worse, Drumpf threw a party at Mar-a-Lago New Years Eve where he was absent and thousands of people weren't wearing masks while listening to Vanilla Ice, a Beach Boys band led by Mike Love and 80s popsters Berlin and Taylor Dayne. Many have attacked the performers for showing up at the event, especially Berlin (whose sole original member is lead singer Terri Nunn) and Dayne, who are both icons to the LGBTQ+ community.

The sad truth is that Drumpf is not a man. He's a whiny bitch and so is his minions. Look at the assclown who blew up his RV in downtown Nashville. He believed in fake conspiracy theories and that 5G phone speeds were all gonna kill us. This was why he parked his RV in front of the AT&T Tower in hopes of blowing it up. Same thing with Drumpf's supporters. They all believe that he won the 2020 election and that their ballots were eaten up by Dominion's machines, which I cry bullshit on.

The good news is that the rhetoric of the right wing in America is dying. I just read that Rush Limbaugh's affiliate in Mt. Pleasant, WMMI is dropping him and all other talkers on its schedule (Hannity, Dave Ramsey and Joe Pags to name a few) and flipping to a music-based format. The fact is that 1) Limbaugh should be dead soon and 2) the cost of carrying conservative shit talkers is rising while listenership is dying off.

Drumpf needs to be told over and over and over again: IT'S OVER. STICK A FORK IN IT BECAUSE YOU'RE DONE, ASSHOLE. He's been voted out and every intelligent American just got tired of his rhetoric. If you believe that Drumpf won, you're what's wrong in this country. Then again, a lot of the brainwashing in America started when Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine over 30 years ago, allowing the media to LIE to us all. Instead of a truly fair-and-balanced media, we've allowed Limbaugh, Fox "News", Infowars and OANN to spread flawed information that has put us all in danger.

After four years of Drumpf bullshit, I hope this will end the Repukes in the White House as long as I'm alive. Also, I hope that as president, Biden will reverse all the bullshit Drumpf started. It's time to truly make America great again and not let it fall under again.

Time to replace the high chair with one that's more authoritative.

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