Why Johnny Can’t Read?
Many American kids fail to learn to read! But in the poorest state, scores shot up.
They call it the Mississippi Miracle. How is that possible? John Stossel gives us the reason why.
Call Me Stormy
Finding righteous currents in turbulent times
Archive for the category “Consumer Chatter”
Has Google Stolen Christmas?
Has Google destroyed Christmas for children all over the world?
We talk about keeping kids innocent in the age of AI, talk about our own past Christmas experiences and then we talk about an AI infused teddy bear that was having NSFW conversations with youngsters.
Yikes! Happy holidays, everyone…? Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
Zombie Soup?
A vice president with Campbell’s Soup charged the company is using bioengineered, 3D-printed chicken in soup.
But Campbell’s said that’s a bunch of bull. The company says the vice president has been suspended after coming to work after ingesting marijuana edibles. The rant about zombie soup came at that time.
Here’s more from The Salty Cracker.
Will Target Ever Recover?
Target, one of the companies pushing the woke agenda, is discovering there’s a huge price to pay for that madness. The company’s stock has dropped in half with few signs that the collapse has ended.
“Wokeness” is cited as one of the primary reasons for the decline in profitability and the rising instability that now surrounds Target. It was founded in 1962, although it’s an outgrowth of a dry goods company going back to 1902. Here’s more from The Quartering.
Wedding Bells And Beeps
A Japanese woman, Ms. Kano, marries an AI-generated partner named Klaus, created for her by ChatGPT.
Is the 32-year-old woman from the southern Japanese city of Okayama happy for life? Or is she suffering a serious psychosis? Here’s more from I24News.
The Billion Dollar Pickup Line
Have you ever used a pickup line that worked? Or has a pickup line ever worked on you?
A billionaire went viral over the weekend for sharing his favorite pickup line with young people and it’s either charming or creepy, you decide.
Also the battle of the sexes had a new term “mankeeping”. Here’s more from Bridget Phetasy in a new edition of Dumpster Fire.
Whites Don’t Dare Eat Asian
A half-Asian girl tried to shame white people at an Asian grocery store. She posted a video to TikTok, and it backfired immediately.
Let’s watch and react. Here’s more from Amanda Ekpunobi.
Adobe Hits A Rough Patch
Adobe’s stock has lost more than a third of its value this year after the company announced some really unpopular decisions and found itself in legal hot water over the inability for customers to cancel without penalty.
Add in some stiff competition from Affinity and Canva, and Adobe is no longer the undisputed titan in creative software. So what’s the future look like? Here’s more from Clownfish TV.
The Fatty Genoc1de
Fat activists are calling GLP-1 weight-loss drugs like Ozempic “genocide” against fat people. Tess Holliday says plus-size models aren’t getting work, and Olivia Juiana’s Twitter account is serving cake with a side of cope.
We break down the claims, the cope, the industry fallout, and the absolute salt mine that followed. Are Ozempic/Mounjaro just a shortcut—or a cultural reset? Grab a fork – LET’S GO!! Here’s more from Bearing.
Last Penny Rolls Off The Line
The U.S. mint in Philadelphia struck its last penny this week, ending 232 years of history for the copper coin. U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach struck the nation’s final penny.
The Treasury says halting the one-cent coin will save money. In other words, a penny not struck is a penny earned…Here’s more from the New York Post.
