Ballot counting continues and the New York Times has five ways we can deal with the stress.

That great jobs market looks like it finally might begin to be imploding.

And let’s talk sports.

 

Just Some News

Just a little FYI about the elections from Tuesday:

• Joe Biden took a B-12 shot and decided to do a speech. He was giddy.
  • As I said, he was going to see this as a resounding victory.
  • He called for unity while still saying ultra, super-duper, mega MAGAs are still evil and soul-less.
  • When asked what he’s going to change with his policies, he said nothing.
  • Then he answered questions from pre-selected reporters.
• The red trickle may turn out to be a red high tide if the planets align.
  • With 44 seats still in doubt, Republicans are only 10 seats from the majority. Though they will lose most of those seats, they will make it.
  • Rafael Warnock and Hershel Walker are only half a point from each other and neither reached 50%. There will be a runoff on December 6th.
  • There’s still a chance we may take both houses.
• In a huge bit of news about this election. It looks like Republicans will win the popular vote. That’s the first time I have heard that in my memory.

The New York Times released some advice for all the snow flakes who may become very stressed out if there was a red wave on Tuesday. Needless to say, they got mocked online. I don’t want to mock the Times. They just know their readers.

The advice was sent as a tweet and gave five exercises snow flakes can do before the tears start streaming.

• Try five-finger breathing. Trace the outside of your hand with your pointer finger. When you trace up, breathe in, and when you trace down, breathe out.
• Cool down. Plunge your face into a bowl with ice water for 15 to 30 seconds.
• Move. Even a walk around the block can offer some relief for an uneasy mind.
• Breathe like a baby. Focus on expanding your belly as you breathe, which can send more oxygen to the brain.
• Limit your scrolling. Consider plotting out specific times when you will look for election updates.

My God, help us. Things didn’t go well for me yesterday but I never even considered that I would get so stressed out that I would need to soak my head in ice water.

If someone gets that stressed out over losing an election, they probably shouldn’t be voting. But this is the fear the Democrats have been peddling.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-new-york-times-gets-brutally-mocked-after-releasing-guide-on-how-to-cope-with-election-results

 

This Is Going to Happen Everywhere

Joe Biden keeps talking about how great the unemployment rate is but it is only a matter of time before it comes down to earth. The tech sector is the first to start laying people off.

According to Daily Wire:

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed 13% of his company’s workforce on Wednesday as revenues lag and costs increase.

The social media firm’s performance has worsened significantly over the past year as executives began pouring resources into developing the metaverse, an immersive virtual reality that Zuckerberg believes will serve as the next phase of digital communication. Beyond excessive funds devoted toward the project, analysts had criticized Zuckerberg for more than tripling payrolls from 25,000 people to 85,000 people over the past four years.

This is a problem throughout tech. Alphabet, which own Google, has also said they are losing money and may need to layoff soon. Twitter just laid off half their workforce because of the money they’re losing. Here’s something I just thought of: why don’t these guys stop buying foosball tables and cappuccino machines and make these people put in some real work.

Amazon has also shown a decrease in income. I separate them because they have never been known to coddle employees. But people are buying a lot less. Why? Let’s see, could it be, maybe inflation, recession, high gas prices leaving less money, high energy problems and supply chain problems?

The article continues:

In a letter to employees, Zuckerberg announced that he would lay off more than 11,000 staff members and extend the company’s hiring freeze. “In this new environment, we need to become more capital efficient,” he remarked. “We’ve cut costs across our business, including scaling back budgets, reducing perks, and shrinking our real estate footprint. We’re restructuring teams to increase our efficiency. But these measures alone won’t bring our expenses in line with our revenue growth, so I’ve also made the hard decision to let people go.”

Employees will receive 16 weeks of base pay, as well as two additional weeks for each year of service without limit and healthcare coverage for the next six months.

OK, let’s be straight. The tech industry has always rather loose with expenses. Their ideas are expensive and risky. This whole Meta thing Facebook is pushing is running into major problems. But, in a good economy, some these issues are not as pronounced. We don’t have a good economy and the companies, like Facebook and Alphabet, depend on people to spend money on their products and services, which tend to be expensive.

Unlike what Biden has been saying, inflation is real and we are in a recession. I have always said low unemployment is not an indicator of a recession. High unemployment is a result of a recession.

Thank you Thomas Sowell in his book Basic Economics who discusses this.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/heads-roll-at-meta-as-zuckerberg-announces-massive-layoffs

 

Interesting Sports Stories

So big news in sports.

• Brittany Griner, the WNBA star who I think might be a man, has been transferred to a “Russian penal colony”.
  • Another name for “Russian penal colony” is forced labor camp or gulag.
  • Her lawyers have no idea where she is. This was a complete surprise.
  • Joe Biden was asked about it and he hopes to come up with a prisoner exchange now that the election is finished.
  • Of course, one of the prisoners Russia wants is a known arms dealer and terrorist. Not sure I have this right but I’m pretty sure a WNBA star, who hates America, is not worth a Russian arms dealer and terrorist.
  • She’s in a country she loves and she doesn’t have to stand for the Nation Anthem. Even LeBron James says she probably doesn’t want to come back. So, she should enjoy.

British tennis has finally handled a huge controversy by doing the right thing.

According to the New York Post:

Wimbledon’s controversial all-white rules are set to be changed after multiple stars flaunted the directives at this year’s Grand Slam.

Players are required to wear clothing that is almost entirely white from the time they enter the arena to the time they leave, but Aussie Nick Kyrgios defied the rules on his way to the final.

My God, who came up with that rule. The horror!

The article continues:

Now, the strict dress code is set to be reconsidered and altered to be more considerate for female players.

Under the current guidelines, the room for movement is minimal with it stating:

“Undergarments that either are or can be visible during play (including due to perspiration) must also be completely white except for a single trim of color no wider than one centimeter.”

I have a couple of questions here. Who exactly is the one who measures the strip of color to verify it is one centimeter wide? Has anyone been kicked out of a tournament for wearing colored underwear?

Being the journalist that I claim to be, I had to do some hard, in depth research. The answer is, sort of.

In 2007, a woman named Tatiana Golovin, from France, wore red underwear. She was told to change. She said, “No” and the judges let her play on. But why would they let her wear red underwear?

Let’s read the article:

Female tennis stars spoke out this year over the need for change to the dress code with many skipping menstruating over fears of leaking and staining their white clothing.

Oh. Well, shit. Makes sense. So we will call this another victory for feminism and a slap at the patriarchy.

Bet you thought when I said we were going to talk sports I was going to talk about real sports that people actually watch. Yeah, this isn’t that sophisticated a show.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-brittney-griner-sent-to-russian-forced-labor-camp
https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/wimbledon-is-finally-changing-its-despised-underwear-rule/

 

Not So Bright

I do love true crime. Sometimes there’s a story you just have to analyze.

Like this one. According to Fox 10 in Arizona:

Two suspects have been arrested in connection with the death of an 80-year-old Air Force veteran whose decomposing body was found dismembered in his Phoenix home, according to authorities.

Phoenix police said Thomas Wallace, 58, was being held on $1 million cash bond on suspicion of second-degree murder, concealing a dead body, theft of means of transportation and trafficking in stolen property while Ramona Gonzalez remains jailed on suspicion of fraud and theft.

Sounds like a terrible story. There’s got to be a twist, right? Well there is.

• They found the victim a month later. You can imagine the wonderful bouquets that were wafting from that apartment.
• They found him dead with blood everywhere.
• A woman named Ramona Gonzalez moved in with the victim. She was a drug user.
• She ended up moving out and moving in with a guy named Thomas Wallace.
• Both were caught on video at the room of the victim and they were arrested.

So what is the twist?

The murder weapon was a chainsaw. The two stole tools from the man and pawned them. Including the chainsaw. The chainsaw that wasn’t cleaned. The cops collected the items and they smelled like, you know, rotting body.

I don’t know what’s weirder. These guys sell a chainsaw used in a murder and didn’t bother to clean it or the pawn shop owner who bought a chainsaw filled with blood and flesh but never bother to call the police.

Drugs are a hell of a thing.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-man-suspected-of-murder-pawns-chainsaw-containing-human-remains
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-man-not-seen-or-heard-from-found-dead-inside-home-police

 

This Is Bad But Drag Story Time?

I don’t know what the big deal is about this but here we go.

According to the New York Post:

This kid’s birthday was anything but a bust. 

Parents of a 5-year-old are at the eye of a social media shade storm after taking their tot to Hooters on his big day. 

And while the giddy little boy — in a viral TikTok video with over 6.9 million views — is seen smiling ear to ear while flanked by a band of vivacious waitresses singing “happy birthday,” digital detractors in the post’s comments section angrily fired off jeers at his mother and father for “forcing sexualized stuff” on him. 

I asked Josie what she thought and, surprisingly, she thinks Hooters is actually a family-friendly sports bar. The waitresses don’t wear anything different than they do at other sports bars like Buffalo Wild Wings or The Draft. The difference is Hooters markets their waitresses and their tiny outfits, which aren’t that tiny.

I wouldn’t be upset that she took her five-year-old to Hooters because the waitresses are wearing shorts and tank tops. I would be upset because the food at Hooters sucks.

By the way, these same people that are ripping this parent for taking her kid to a sports bar are probably the same people who have no issues with their kids being read to by a guy in drag.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/mom-blasted-for-taking-her-son-to-hooters-for-his-5th-birthday/

 

Dogs Are Not People

This is a funny story but it really isn’t. These types of attitudes are happening here too. Let’s go through the story.

From the New York Post:

She thinks employers need to throw pet parents a bone.

Mary Rose Madigan, 28, from Sydney, Australia, claims pet owners don’t get enough respect in the workplace, writing in a personal essay that she’s “jealous” of working mothers because of their flexible working schedules.

“Do you need to pick your kids up from day care? Same, my son goes to doggie day care,” Madigan wrote in a first-person essay for News.com.au. “It is also very unaffordable, $42 a day, and it costs extra if I’m late! So, I must go.”

According to Madigan, flexible working hours should be introduced for people with fur babies, and they should be awarded “the same flexibility and understanding as mothers of human children.”

This story bothers me.

Pets are not as important as dogs. Not even close.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/09/why-i-think-dog-moms-deserve-the-same-rights-as-parents/