Tariffs Wipe Out Board Games?
Cards Against Humanity is releasing a new limited edition that slams Trump, his administration and his tariffs for $25. Is this trolling or some hardcore TDS? You decide. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the category “Consumer Chatter”
How To Boycott BlackRock
Want to boycott Vanguard and BlackRock, the mega-corporations that own almost all of the companies that manufacture goods sold in groceries? There’s a new app coming out in the next few weeks that will allow you to boycott these conglomerates and buy as much as possible from true family-operated businesses.
Here, Ian Carroll offers a heads-up on what’s in store with the new app — The Buy’r. There’s a free version as well as a more in-depth paid version planned.
What Happened To Gen Z?
Bridget talks about why Gen Z should be drinking more and then in a 180 discusses her own sobriety. Here’s a new Dumpster Fire.
Utah Shaking Down The Skies
Utah now operates the world’s largest remote-controlled cloud seeding operation. Is this just a matter of squeezing a few more drops of rain out of the sky, or is something more nefarious happening? Here’s more from Riss Flex.
Bye Bye Doggie In The Window
Want a dog? Politicians make it harder to get one!
In eight states, pet stores aren’t allowed to sell puppies or kittens. These are all leftist ratholes like Oregon and New York, Washington and Vermont. More bans are coming.
But how often does banning something solve more problems that it causes.
Pet scams surged 350% after California enacted its ban. Here’s more from John Stossel.
Games, Comics Going Down?
Kickstarter employees went on strike this week because they want a 4-day, 32-hour work week and something like $80,000 a year.
Their bosses said no. Or something.
So let’s talk about this, and whether or not it’s justified given how important Kickstarter is to comics and games. This is especially so now that the Diamond comic distribution network went bankrupt. Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
The Indian Hustle
Indian-Americans, along with Pakistani natives, absolutely dominate the convenience store sector.
Nationwide, they own close to HALF of these stores. And in some regions it’s higher. Why? Here’s more from Ken LaCorte: Elephants In Rooms.
Apu gets robbed in The Simpsons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2q5n–XMTU
A Gen Z American Hero
A strapping young American lad strides out into the toxic woke wasteland and encounters a major obstacle. His solution? He GOES AROUND IT. If only the Attorney General had such a clear vision of what America is all about.
Here’s a new edition of The Right Angle led by Scott Ott, flanked by Bill Whittle and Steve Green.
A Tragedy, Not A Lynching
Trey Reed was a young black man who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi whose death was ruled a suicide.
That hasn’t stopped his story from going viral on TikTok with claims of lynching and racial violence. Now, former NFL player Colin Kaepernick has offered to pay for a second autopsy. Let’s talk about it. Here’s more from Amala Ekpunobi.
Addiction To Smart Phones
“If your kids went through puberty on a smartphone with social media, they came out different than human beings before” says Jonathan Haidt, author of the bestseller The Anxious Generation.
Kids are addicted to smartphones. Childhood is now phone-based instead of play-based, resulting in anxious and depressed kids.
“They know that life would be better if they didn’t spend five or six hours a day on social media. They know that, but they can’t help it” says Haidt.
Not all researcher agree. I challenge Haidt with the criticism.
Haidt responds in our full interview, and lays out his best advice to protect kids from smartphones. Here’s more from John Stossel.
