TL;DR: a beloved grocery chain in the Northeast had a CEO that actually knew its employees, remembered their names and their lives, and ran the business well, but his greedy cunt of a family fired him so they can raise prices and probably let a larger corporation buy them out. The board is headed by the guy's sister who dismissed everyone who disagreed with her and replaced them with sycophants. The business was not suffering or anything, or losing money, or losing valuation. It's straight greed ruining a good thing.
This reinforces my stance that Big Corporate America sees clients and customers as little more than a revenue stream
. It's sad to see a company that earned a reputation for treating its customer base like human beings has done a 180 and is now embracing corporate greed. In a way, I can't blame them because of all the other companies doing it. However, they're in for a rude awakening if and when their policies alienate the current customer base. (
Cf. Cracker Barrel et al.)
Local mainstream media refused to report on the story, which undermines the neoliberal narrative that illegal aliens are put-upon angels who work diligently at the Jobs Americans Won’t Do to provide for their families.
It's also amusing when the articles attempting to portray illegal aliens in a good light end up giving reason to want them gone. This syndicated article from
Reuters (
IA;
archive.ph and Ghostarchive not working) talks about someone who has been in the country for 25 years who fears deportation so much she now attends her Methodist church's service via live stream and substitutes crackers and orange juice for communion. Read more and learn that not only does she "[lack] legal status," and have a "standing deportation order," her husband actually followed the process to become naturalized so she can't claim ignorance of how to become a citizen legally. How can anyone have sympathy for a person who believes rules don't and shouldn't apply to them? (/semi-rhetorical)
I'm not a psychologist or political expert, so this is just from a clown's observations: A loved one dying is easily an impetus for an extreme shift in behavior.
From my experience, widows and widowers tend to say they miss the companionship the most. It wouldn't surprise me if Massie's lack of a consort has somehow embittered him or shifted his attitudes especially if he doesn't have much of a social netowrk outside his fellow politicians.
Rep. Ilhan Omar is happy Charlie Kirk was kiIIed: "He downplayed George Floyd. He opposed Juneteenth."
Before it became a national holiday, I wonder how many people outside of Texas either knew the holiday existed or thought it was the oddest name for a holiday. "Juneteenth" is what I'd expect a little kid to say the date was if they hadn't yet learned to count numbers greater than 12.
I have right wing friends and left wing acquaintances. Yesterday the acquaintances were jubilant. "Think he regrets pushing so hard for guns now?".
I'm pretty sure everyone has that one friend or relative from either side who just can't stop poltisperging on social media. I observed "that person" sharing a post celebrating the death, As much as it was nice to see some of their mutuals rigthfully pointing out violence on either side should be equally unacceptable, it was disgusting to see the few comments interspersed having the recurring theme of "Good riddance."
(Edited for spelling and clarity.)
