Friday, December 12, 2025

Sometimes, re-branding ain't what it's cracked up to be...

Sometimes - like in the case of what that knucklehead at Cracker Barrel tried to pull of - rebranding is a bad idea all the way around. ObamaCare - known officially as the 'Affordable Care Act - is in desperate need of rebranding itself. It's name implies something that it has been anything but. It's a perfect example of what happens all the time when you leave shit up to the government instead of the private sectors.
 With the best of intentions, this bill has decimated health care in our country. Maybe some of you guys can come up with a better name for it, cause I can't...
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Almost looks like a painting, doesn't it?
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A group of fired FBI agents is going after their own former agency, alleging that their constitutional rights were violated when they were illegally fired  after kneeling during a racial justice protest in 2020.
The government is allowed to “restrict employees’ speech while performing official duties during work hours without violating the First Amendment.” 
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It's not on the turnpike it's on Route 1 and 9 but that's beside the point.
 Is something wrong in BudLand? After the tranny fiasco of a while back, Bud and it's sister brands have taken quite a beating in sales, so the parent company - Anheuser et al, is shuttering three of it's largest breweries in the US - this one, and one each in California and New Hampshire. The company says it's because they want to 'modernize their facilities', but we call bullshit on that. Watch and see...
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Buy yourself a little Christmas present...

Click on the description for more information.
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You really don't need to read anything from that article - the reasons are obvious. The reason I'm showing it is because someone in this house has called me a 'nit-picky fucktard' on more than one ocassion. This time, it's because I said the headline, although grammatically correct, is none-the-less fucked up. A good editor would have changed it to read ' Why everything at Dollar Tree isn't a dollar'. 
Now - you tell me - is that nit picky? Me thinks not, but herself does...
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Another career built on hatred and ignorance...
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Jupiter 'shepherds' the asteroid belt, preventing the asteroids from falling into the sun or accreting into a new planet. It takes Jupiter 11 of 'our' years to rotate around the sun. 
Remember, it's the earth's rotation around the sun that is the basis of all of our time and measurement systems - all of which are contrived and arbitrary. How old did you say you are? What time is it?

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Here's a great idea for 
a nice little Christmas gift...
 
Click on the picture for more information on this lovely bracelet
It's only $ 28.00 - and it comes to you with free shipping!
  You still have time to order from her.
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Back in school in the late 50's and 60's we all did this. We started our day - every day - with the Pledge of Allegiance. Most of us knew it word for word, but only a very few of us knew what it meant.
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Speaking of rebranding, 7-Eleven has been a wildly successful brand known for its Slurpees, Big Gulps, and its extensive coffee service, but the chain has been evolving. That has meant making some pretty big changes.
“It may come as a surprise that 7-Eleven closed 444 underperforming stores throughout the United States, as it simultaneously announced plans to open 600 new stores by 2027. In the final fiscal quarter of 2024, more stores closed than opened: 207 vs. 25. By the end of 2025, even more store closures are planned, bringing the total number of shuttered locations to well over 500 since 2024.”
So, basically, they're rebranding themselves without changing. Well played.
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When you buy anything on Amazon going from a link
on this blog, I get credit for whatever you buy. 
Granted, it's only pennies, but every penny helps, right?
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Sometimes, re-branding ain't what it's cracked up to be...

Sometimes - like in the case of what that knucklehead at Cracker Barrel tried to pull of - rebranding is a bad idea all the way around. Obam...