Citing pandemic, Starbucks asks landlords for year's worth of rent breaks | Just The News

Citing pandemic, Starbucks asks landlords for year's worth of rent breaks | Just The News
"Multinational coffee roasting company Starbucks is asking landlords for a year's worth of rent concessions in order to help shore up its finances during the economic crisis wrought by the coronavirus, according to a company letter that leaked this week. 

...The company cited what it called the "staggering economic crisis" of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Chief Operating Officer Roz Brewer in the letter referred to the economic calamity as "the worst recession since the Great Depression and far more devastating than the global financial crisis" of 2008...

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Insanity!

Mother dies during childbirth from treatable condition that went undiagnosed due to COVID-19 restrictions - TheBlaze

Mother dies during childbirth from treatable condition that went undiagnosed due to COVID-19 restrictions - TheBlaze:

A New York woman died during childbirth last month, and her husband said she tried to get treatment for the condition that killed her, but couldn't because of coronavirus restrictions in hospitals, according to People magazine.
Amber Rose Isaac, 26, died on April 21 when her heart stopped shortly after giving birth to her son, Elias. The child's father, Bruce McIntyre, called the death "100% preventable" if she had been able to get an in-person appointment in the months leading up to her death.

Propagandists, not journalists.---Associated Press: Balance Not Needed In Some Climate Stories – Michigan Capitol Confidential

Associated Press: Balance Not Needed In Some Climate Stories – Michigan Capitol Confidential

• AP releases updated guidelines for media organizations to follow

The Associated Press asserts in recently updated style guidelines that it is “acceptable” to use the terms “climate crisis” and “climate emergency” in stories when referring to climate change.

...Also, the AP said it was not necessary to balance certain stories with comments from the “other side.”
“Avoid false balance – giving a platform to unqualified claims or sources in the guise of balancing a story by including all views,” the AP wrote. 
...The AP Stylebook is followed by the vast majority of mainstream news sources in the U.S."
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AM Fruitcake

History for May 15

History for May 15 - On-This-Day.com
Lyman Frank Baum 1856 - Author of children's books ("The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"), Pierre Curie 1859 - Physicist, Katherine Anne Porter 1890 - Journalist, essayist, short story writer


James Mason (James Neville Mason) 1909 - Actor, Trini Lopez (Trinidad López III) 1937 - Singer, guitarist, Madeleine Albright 1937 - First woman to become a U.S. Secretary of State



1948 - Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon only hours after declaring its independence.


1972 - Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed by the shot.

Beloved music store owner has a message for Gov. Whitmer after being forced to close up shop for good - TheBlaze

Beloved music store owner has a message for Gov. Whitmer after being forced to close up shop for good - TheBlaze:

The owner of a "beloved" music store in Hastings, Michigan, had an emotional message for Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after he was forced to permanently close his shop as a result of coronavirus-related lockdowns in the state.
In an interview with WXMI-TV last week, Steve Walker said that the governor's stay-at-home order, which was put into effect on March 24, was the move that sunk his business. While other surrounding businesses were allowed to continue operating, Walker Music & Textile Company was deemed "non-essential" and forced to shut down.

The way we were-----Farm Family American - ca. 1953

Boob-tube-----Woody Allen on "What's My Line?"

How And Why America's Food System Is Cracking

How And Why America's Food System Is Cracking:

• Before government shut the nation down, Americans ate half their meals outside home. 
• The farmers who served restaurants and cafeterias are dumping meat, veggies, and milk. 
• And it's going to get worse.

"America’s food system is cracking.

People are still eating, farmers are still farming, and grocery stores are still open, but in areas around the country, shoppers looking for meat, milk, and other products find empty shelves and limits on what they can purchase — all while farmers from coast to coast are forced to dump milk, plow up vegetables, and euthanize livestock. 

So what’s happening, and why?...

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A Tale of Two Sets of Rules

A Tale of Two Sets of Rules
"With each passing day, it becomes clearer that the United States has two sets of rules:

• one for the elites in the Democratic Party, the media and the entertainment industry, 
• and a different one for Republicans and us poor slobs in flyover country.

Take the COVID-19 lockdown.
While our economy goes into free fall, we're told by politicians that businesses must stay closed, and everyone must stay home and engage in social distancing.
Illinois, for example, is on lockdown until the end of this month, per Democratic Gov. Jay Pritzger's orders.

• Meanwhile, Pritzger's wife jets off to Florida. 
• And Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (also a Democrat) gets to go to the salon to have her hair done. 
• The press exaggerates and misstates President Donald Trump's every utterance but ignores House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's absurd invitation to go visit Chinatown in San Francisco at the outset of the global pandemic, 
• and forgives New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's earlier order requiring nursing homes -- which have suffered the highest death rates from the virus -- to take in coronavirus patients.
• The double standard is even more egregious when it comes to the media's treatment of Tara Reade's accusations of sexual assault against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden..."

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‘My Mistake Was Relying On The Word Of The FBI’: Trey Gowdy Explains What He Did Wrong In Russia Probe | The Daily Caller

‘My Mistake Was Relying On The Word Of The FBI’: Trey Gowdy Explains What He Did Wrong In Russia Probe | The Daily Caller:

Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy admitted Monday that he made one big mistake at the outset of the Russia probe.
Gowdy told Fox News host and Daily Caller cofounder Tucker Carlson that his mistake was in taking the word of the FBI leadership rather than demanding to see the documents — a mistake he said he corrected within the first three weeks.

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Lunch video-----Tucker: Inside the Democrats' $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill

Noon-toon

Seattle Cop Placed On Administrative Leave After Bill Of Rights Video Goes Viral | The Daily Caller

Seattle Cop Placed On Administrative Leave After Bill Of Rights Video Goes Viral | The Daily Caller:

Anderson posted the video May 5, addressing his concerns with police officers across the country enforcing quarantine orders administered by state and local governments.
“I’ve seen officers nationwide enforcing tyrannical orders against the people and I’m hoping it’s the minority of officers, but I’m not sure anymore,” said Anderson in the video that now has over 600,000 views on his Instagram account.

Nationwide, Feds find cozy connections between China & university professors

Nationwide, Feds find cozy connections between China & university professors

• In the last year, multiple university professors and researchers have been charged over their connections to China.
• Now, U.S. college campuses are under increased scrutiny for any connections they may have to the communist regime as the country deals with the fallout from the pandemic.
• Specifically, colleges are being pressured by all sides to shut down their Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes.
• The Chinese Virus began infiltrating the United States in early 2020, but the communist country already had a foot in the door well before then.

Maybe they can wish it away?

House Bill Is a $3 Trillion Left-Wing Bonanza | Power Line

House Bill Is a $3 Trillion Left-Wing Bonanza | Power Line
"Nancy Pelosi has unveiled an 1,800 page bill that provides for more than $3 trillion in new spending, ostensibly linked to the coronavirus. 
In fact, it is mostly a liberal shopping list. 
This is, in summary form, some of what the bill contains:

* Nearly $1 trillion for state and local governments, ostensibly to make up for anticipated budget shortfalls due to the virus...

* $100 billion for “stimulus funding” for education. This has no apparent relationship to the coronavirus.

* Forgiveness of federal and state student loans, up to $10,000 per person. Again, no relationship to the disease.

* $75 billion in “assistance for homeowners.” I take it this is to make up for missed mortgage payments. Also, $100 billion “to help low-income renters avoid evictions.” So taxpayers will be paying other people’s rent as well as mortgages.

* State transit authorities would get $15 billion. I am not sure why. So more mass transit can help the next disease to spread faster?

* $75 billion for the U.S. Postal Service. Just because.

The House will pass Pelosi’s monstrosity on Friday–without having read it, of course. 
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