Aug212020

Episode 207 – Finally, It’s Done!

Bannon was Trouble
Dust off your thumb cause Lyft’s gone.
DNC is done.

 

Couldn’t Have Happened to a Better Guy…Allegedly

Steve Bannon is in big trouble. The former

Prosecutors say Bannon and the others used the nonprofit and a shell company to hide the payments to Kolfage “by using fake invoices and sham ‘vendor’ arrangements” as well as other means of keeping the payments quiet. The indictment stated that in order to raise funds, Kolfage and Bannon “repeatedly and falsely” told the public that Kolfage would “not take a penny” in compensation.

According to prosecutors, Kolfage instructed payments to be made out to his spouse, and this was reflected in a 1099 form the nonprofit issued, saying the payment was for “media.”

 

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-reacts-bannon-arrest-we-build-the-wall-project

 

 

I Told You So

In a story that keeps going topsy turvy, which is should, Lyft has fired the first shot in allowing California to make the lives of the citizens worse, ruin companies and destroy jobs. But, I digress. I like when I’m right and get excited when I can point it out.

Here is what happened:

  • Earlier this year, California passed a law that eliminated the status of independent contractor. This meant that people who would for gig jobs like Lyft, Uber, Doordash and Uber Eats could no longer be considered contractors but employees. This would force these companies to give their contractors benefits.
  • On Thursday, Lyft said it would cease operations in California at midnight Friday.
  • An appeals court put a stay on the law, stating it might be unconstitutional.
  • I have not seen whether Lyft is still running.

 

This is a problem with Leftist governments. The things they are trying to do to help the workers is actually costing them. It costs them in jobs and services. Minimum wage is an example.

 

 

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/lyft-suspends-operations-in-california

 

 

Democratic National Convention – What a Mess

I watched the convention and Biden’s speech through the coverage on Louder with Crowder of which I am a member. Let’s go over what we learned.

Donald Trump is a bad orange man. That’s it.

  • This was a completely scripted event. No one said something off teleprompter. This was an eight hour infomercial. It was horribly boring.
  • Pho patriotism.
  • I don’t understand their fixation with celebrities:
    • They brought out several celebs including Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. They were terrible.
    • Billie Eilish sang a nice song but, when giving her message about the environment, looked stoned and depressed. Her green and black hair made her look like a parakeet.
    • Billie Porter and Stephan Sills did a bazaar rendition of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.”
  • There were no policies. No platforms.
  • They blamed Trump for everything including COVID deaths and the economy but no one said how they would have done anything differently.
  • There was no mention of the riots or the defunding of the police.
  • They used children:
    • They interviewed children about the environment.
    • They showed speeches by the radical children of Stoneman Douglas high school.
    • Billie Ellish made a speech about Trump ignoring climate change.

 

There were a ton of speeches. Most were boring but some stood out:

  • Andrew Cuomo
  • Hilary Clinton
  • Barrack Obama
  • Kamala Harris
  • Joe Biden

 

Ben Shapiro summed up Biden’s speech in a Tweet: