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-Great Cultural Revolution
Nike store in Portland shuts doors as crime and safety concerns tear through city
[Wash Examiner]
Posted by: Frank G || 09/10/2023 11:41 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Yo mama such a loser she gotta loot Payless Shoes...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/10/2023 12:12 Comments || Top||

#2  in the USA you will only find Payless Shoes in 2nd hand stores

or on line
Posted by: lord garth || 09/10/2023 18:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't you mean failed racist Capitalist profit margin theory, Komrade?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/10/2023 19:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Re #2. Funny, they show 4 brick n mortar locations not far from where I live on an internet search.

Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/10/2023 19:22 Comments || Top||

#5  Looked up NOLA stores earlier (including one on Canal that I never spent a buck in but probably passed on me way to buy cheap American Chucks at Krauss). Listed all over the place, but all "permanently closed."
Posted by: Hupaque Sneash7655 || 09/10/2023 22:43 Comments || Top||

#6  in the USA...
Got one just down the street from the Super Walmart.
Right next to the American Mattress store.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 23:13 Comments || Top||


Employees Upset After Emory Healthcare Nixes Christmas Eve As Paid Holiday, Replaces it with Juneteenth
[Gateway] Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia took away Christmas Eve as a paid holiday and replaced it with Juneteenth instead. Dr. Joon Lee, CEO of Emory, said that "to minimize impact to patient care, we will not be adding another paid holiday to our calendar." So he traded it out instead.

The Post Millennial reported:

Dr. Joon Lee, the CEO of Emory Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia, notified employees that the company would no longer offer holiday pay for Christmas Eve because it was adding Juneteenth to the holiday calendar starting in 2024.

In a statement, Lee said the executive leadership team decided to make Juneteenth an observed holiday, however, he added that "to minimize impact to patient care, we will not be adding another paid holiday to our calendar." Instead, "we will remove Christmas Eve from our holiday calendar and replace it with Juneteenth."

"EHC currently observes nine paid holidays each year, while other Atlanta health systems average six paid holidays," wrote Lee. "For each observed holiday, our clinics and business offices close, which means our patients are unable to make clinic appointments for those days."

Emory, which is the largest healthcare system in Georgia, explained that its leadership came to the decision to add the holiday after listening to employee feedback and allowing employees "more opportunities for celebration, reflection, and education."

Emory Healthcare employees are upset about Dr. Joon Lee’s decision to nix Christmas Eve as a paid holiday.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/10/2023 00:37 || Comments || Link || [26 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I see June 19th as just another way for the Democrat party to cover over their:
100+ years slave owning history.
100+ years of lynching.
100+ years of racist segregation laws.

To cover their past, they play the role of protecting, housing and feeding the Poor Black Community, that they have kept on their voter plantations.

They even have their version of Kapo's aka using now filthy rich Reverends and Race Pimps.

Based on voting, its seems 96% of the Black Community has been sold on the idea, that the Democrat party is their savior.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/10/2023 7:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Hei, hei, hei Christmas is also Chanuka!!!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/10/2023 8:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Many just call off on Juneteenth anyway. More likely management effort to control staff shortages.
Posted by: Xyz || 09/10/2023 9:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Seems like a good place not to get medical care.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 09/10/2023 11:51 Comments || Top||

#5  ^^^^ you can afford healthcare?
Posted by: Chris || 09/10/2023 12:02 Comments || Top||

#6  I gave chickens to trade.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 09/10/2023 12:03 Comments || Top||

#7  Prediction fulfilled. That didn't take long at all.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/10/2023 12:46 Comments || Top||

#8  after listening to employee feedback and allowing employees "more opportunities for celebration, reflection, and education."

What bullshit (yes, Emory is Emory, but I smell bullshit).
Posted by: DooDahMan || 09/10/2023 12:49 Comments || Top||

#9  Another insult to traditional American culture and kow-towing to a recently publicized Black celebration in remembrance of slavery. Gotta keep that meme going at all costs to gouge more money/benefits from the frightened white liberals.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/10/2023 13:34 Comments || Top||

#10  Thought we had MLK day for that demographic? No?
Posted by: Tom || 09/10/2023 16:25 Comments || Top||

#11  What amazes me about all this is we're talking about what was a local celebration of an obscure event in south Texas: the reading of the Emancipation Proclimation at the courthouse square in Galveston TX on June 17th 1865.
Seriously, it was one of the 'optional' holidays here for years. Juneteeth, Texas Independence Day, Fat Tuesday(Mardi Gras, day before Ash Wednesday), and the Friday after Thanksgiving. Pick any Two. You had to use vacation to make up extras.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/10/2023 16:36 Comments || Top||

#12  ^ "Floating Holiday". Schedule ahead of time to maintain coverage. Reasonable
Posted by: Frank G || 09/10/2023 16:52 Comments || Top||

#13  Subsidiary of Emory University, a liberal cesspool.
Posted by: Jeremiah Jomosing7109 || 09/10/2023 17:45 Comments || Top||

#14  What the heck is "Juneteenth"?

I read the term here and there, but I have no clue what it is and why I should care?

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 09/10/2023 17:46 Comments || Top||

#15  See above. It is a celebration of people finding out about the Emancipation Proclamation 30 months after the fact. This is an early example of extreme "CP time."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/10/2023 19:32 Comments || Top||

#16  ^ Thanks for a lovely little alt history daydream...

A compromise, then some delay,
But at last came that glorious day
Of the 19th of June,
Or "some Friday real soon"
On which CPT finally held sway.

And a relaxing and edifying time was had by all... and that has made all the difference.
Posted by: Hupaque Sneash7655 || 09/10/2023 23:21 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Have YOU seen one? The Pentagon reveals what the most commonly reported UFO looks like
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:



#3 
But what would the DC Junta be trying to deflect our attention away from now?

* Hunters indictments?

* Trump poll #'s?,

* Daddy Biden's mental problems?

* Biden Family $$ Millions in kickbacks and bribes?

* K-Harris ready to step-in narrative being floated by the WH and their MSM?
-------------------

BTW: A typical staged UFO stunt only takes a trip to $1.25-Tree, or Party City for a few items. Like Silver Helium Balloons, button battery powered small adhesive LED's strips, some super glue. Aluminum foil strips for Radar detection <$50
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/10/2023 7:35 Comments || Top||

#4  ^The voice of experience?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/10/2023 7:51 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ pleading the 5th

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/10/2023 8:42 Comments || Top||

#6  ^:-)
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/10/2023 9:04 Comments || Top||


Britain
Knight's Armament KS-1 Selected as the UK's New Assault Rifle - L403A1 (video)
[YouTube] The United Kingdom has announced the selection of the Knight's Armament Company KS-1 as the new Alternative Individual Weapon for the new Ranger battalions and the Royal Marines Commandos. The requirement for the new rifle was released back in August 2021. It will enter service as the L403A1.

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Posted by: Besoeker || 09/10/2023 07:23 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Brits to spend $19 million on rifles. Americans to spend $ 22 billion on helmets.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/10/2023 7:56 Comments || Top||

#2  M14 In Ukraine YouTube
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/10/2023 8:13 Comments || Top||

#3  To be known as the Alternative Individual Weapon System, or L403A1, in British service, the weapons will be manufactured in the United States by Knights Armaments, but assembled in the U.K. by Macclesfield, northwest England-based arms company Edgar Brothers.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355 || 09/10/2023 9:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Meanwhile US combat troops are switching to the 6.8mm cartridge.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 09/10/2023 12:03 Comments || Top||

#5  Always inventing policy from the last war.
Who thought 20 yrd engagements would evolve to 200 yrd standoffs? Stupid Fox.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 23:15 Comments || Top||


Economy
50 Factories In The U.S. That Still Make Cigars
[aficiondo] In 1895—when steel magnates, financiers and railroad tycoons ruled America’s Gilded Age—there were around 42,000 cigar factories in the United States, with 300 in Cleveland alone. Even far-flung cities like Davenport, Iowa had a thriving cigar industry. At the time, there were so many people rolling cigars in this country that cigarmakers had their own union. Should you find yourself in the vicinity of one of these factories, we encourage you to stop in, try a smoke and enjoy a piece of modern-day Americana. (Note: The hours of operation for each factory may be limited due to Coronavirus pandemic restrictions.)

Today, it’s quite rare to see a cigar factory in the U.S. And if you live in a flyover state, you probably won’t find any at all. Regardless of this sad fact, we managed to find 50.

After some research, we put together a list of 50 places in the U.S. that are still sourcing tobacco and rolling their own smokes by hand, day in and day out. Some are very small, modest operations with only one or two rollers making a house brand for locals. Others are famous, places like J.C. Newman, El Rey de Los Habanos, Aganorsa Leaf and El Titan de Bronze, responsible for producing nationally distributed brands. A number of the locations on this list even produce handmade cigars that are highly rated by this magazine.

As you might expect, the largest concentration of cigar factories today is in Florida, namely Tampa and Miami—areas where Cuban cigar rollers have been expatriating since Castro’s Revolution.

While 50 U.S. cigar factories is a far cry from 42,000, small operations like these still play a valuable part in keeping cigar culture alive. Should you find yourself in the vicinity of one of these factories, we encourage you to stop in, try a smoke and enjoy a piece of modern-day Americana.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/10/2023 06:18 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Bobalu makes terrific cigars.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 09/10/2023 9:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Some wag said "Sex is like pizza. Even bad pizza is pretty good." This however does not extend to cigars.

Life is too short for bad cigars.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/10/2023 9:32 Comments || Top||

#3  There are way, way, more businesses rolling pre-rolls throughout the fruited plains...

Probably 42,000+
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert || 09/10/2023 10:56 Comments || Top||

#4  I watched a bunch of wizened old Cuban guys at a table rolling cigars in an arcade in the Bronx back in the day. Fascinating.
Posted by: Ululating Platypus || 09/10/2023 18:34 Comments || Top||

#5  ^but they were sweaty virgins, right?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 23:16 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Proud Boys Leader Drops Bombshell – Names Top Biden DOJ Attorneys Who Told Him to Lie on Trump and Sign False Statements
[Gateway] On Thursday The Gateway Pundit’s Cara Castronuovo reported that Biden officials asked him to lie about President Trump in order to indict him!

"They asked me to LIE about President Trump in order to indict him," Enrique Tarrio exclusively told the Gateway Pundit. "I told them to pound sand, and because I refused to lie about President Trump it cost me twenty-two years of my life."

"The truth is, I could have been home," said Tarrio. "I could have been home a long time ago. I could be in my warm ass bed right now, laughing at the world, without a problem...and all I had to do in order to do that WAS LIE ABOUT TRUMP. All I had to do was confirm a lie."

Tarrio opened up to the Gateway Pundit after he was sentenced to decades in prison by the Dishonorable Judge Kelly on Tuesday. He told us that the prosecutors in the Department of Justice attempted to coerce him into signing a false statement that would implicate President Trump by swearing that "through several degrees of separation and connections, Tarrio had communicated with Trump regarding ’plans’ for January 6th."
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/10/2023 02:30 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Will Tarrio be giving (or allowed) to testify for Trump in the DC and Fulton co. trials as to the clear DOJ violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1038 - False information?

So when will the DOJ indict the guilty DOJ Lawyers? IF (insert a name) hasn't already had the sessions video tapes erased already

Or, will Tarrio slip on a bar of soap, while showering. Fracture his neck, arm and legs in many places?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/10/2023 8:15 Comments || Top||

#2  ...Biden officials... Plural. Conspiracy.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355 || 09/10/2023 9:15 Comments || Top||

#3  "You earned an Achievement!": Banana Republic
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/10/2023 10:46 Comments || Top||

#4  ...And he comes up with this after his conviction.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/10/2023 11:16 Comments || Top||

#5  Could be a vengeful lie to try and damage those that put him away far longer than warranted because of their political agenda, or it could be the truth that he shares now because they have done their worst to him. Given the character of the DoJ and the leadership therein and at the White House, I'm strongly inclined to think it is exactly what they would do!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/10/2023 13:40 Comments || Top||

#6  The story does not make sense to me. You don’t meet with a prosecutor without your lawyer. No prosecutor suborns perjury in the presence of counsel. It sounds like a case where the prosecutor might say that we can give you a deal if you give us Trump. That assumes that you give them Trump without lying.
Posted by: Hupoper and Company4762 || 09/10/2023 15:16 Comments || Top||

#7  It was me.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/10/2023 15:27 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Amtrak Joe is set to announce rail and shipping project with Narendra Modi: Corridor Biden helped ink would include include Saudis and United Arab Emirates
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Biden's Silk Road, or Chinese buy-in?
  • White House touting new 'Memorandum of Understanding'

  • Goal is to establish new shipping corridors across regions

  • NSC official said it would lower 'turbulence and insecurity' in Middle East
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:


#2 
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/10/2023 0:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Hey Skidmark: How about Joe Montana bringing suit against San Francisco for fecal mater invasion in his home water supply.
Posted by: Jerens Black9355 || 09/10/2023 9:17 Comments || Top||

#4  Sounds like a set up to buy in to China's BRI.

Joe's gotta pay off those millions some way.
Posted by: AlanC || 09/10/2023 10:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Across Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran? Put down the hash pipe.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 09/10/2023 11:46 Comments || Top||

#6  YJCMTSU!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/10/2023 13:44 Comments || Top||

#7  His speech in Viet Nam was a disaster. Pre-selected press questions that he rambled on and he still quit early to get some sleep.
Posted by: Frank G || 09/10/2023 15:43 Comments || Top||


#9 
Posted by: Frank G || 09/10/2023 16:13 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Selections from the Paris Air Show
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 04:56 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:


These soldiers to assess the Army's new do-it-all device for infantry

Forgetting what the helmet was for.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/10/2023 04:28 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Can you surf the Internet with this? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/10/2023 7:50 Comments || Top||

#2  ...I dunno. This thing sounds like a solution in search of a problem.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 09/10/2023 11:14 Comments || Top||

#3  ^22 billion just for R&D
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/10/2023 11:30 Comments || Top||

#4  I thought the Army dropped this VR project. The processing and display delay was making soldiers disoriented and sick.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 09/10/2023 11:49 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: Cholutle Thrans9751 || 09/10/2023 13:01 Comments || Top||



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