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The Logical Conclusion About Gambling & Corruption

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Throughout my exploration of gambling’s complex landscape, I have critically examined numerous perspectives surrounding its societal implications. While my previous writings have unequivocally demonstrated my stance against gambling, this particular analysis focuses narrowly on its profound impact on governmental structures and fiscal policies.

The pervasive nature of gambling’s influence is evident through a systematic pattern of suppression and tacit acceptance. Political figures who might challenge its prevalence either remain silent or quickly find themselves marginalized. Those rare individuals who vocally oppose gambling often experience swift political consequences, effectively neutralizing potential resistance. Even passionate private citizens who attempt to combat gambling’s spread typically abandon their efforts after encountering significant obstacles. The entrenched system seems designed to discourage meaningful opposition, creating an environment where challenging gambling’s expansion becomes increasingly difficult and personally risky.

In the wake of recent gambling scandals permeating professional sports, particularly basketball and baseball, a troubling pattern emerges. The initial public outcry and media frenzy will inevitably subside, leaving no substantive legal or regulatory reforms in their wake. As public attention wanes, the gambling industry will continue its unchecked influence, revealing a stark reality: gambling interests wield significant power over both governmental institutions and media narratives.

And they do have help, those who refuse to vote against these gambling interests. Instead, they encourage it by their participation. If everyone refused to take part in it, there would be no need for a vote. There would be no need for a law. It would simply go away.

Typically Democrat

Posted in Advertising, Communism, Deceit, FOC, Lawyers and Representation, Politcal Opinion, President Trump, Reporters, Socialists, TV Advertisements by

I know. I said I was done posting. And I mean it. And I am horrible for making exceptions. Still, every now and then someone will say something so typically Democratic, synonymous with dumb, and it would seem I am the only one in the world who notices just how stupid it is.

I am not sure who said it on one of those liberally controlled Sunday morning shows, but it makes little difference. It is a thought shared by most, if not all, the leadership of the Democrats.

The critique centered on Trump’s leadership style, highlighting his tendency to make unilateral decisions without prior consultation. The source suggested that such unpredictability undermines diplomatic relationships, potentially creating tension with foreign leaders who expect more measured and collaborative approaches to international relations.

First, sometimes the best thing a president can do is be strategic with opponents. Secondly, he is not being particularly deceptive. For the most part, he is doing what he said he would do during his campaign.

I guess they slept through those parts, or at least some of them did. Certainly, I have not seen anything that could be called deception. Then again, I do not keep my fingers in my ears during the campaign.

Please, if there is one person out there who believes that one national leader should be surprised, please send me your comment. However, I would hope you will not use any profanity.

How About Old Fashioned Sunlight

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I keep seeing these commercials where people put domes on their heads with LEDs in them. I understand the logic but, even though I am 77, I still don’t need them. I guess I am fortunate that way.

However, I am really not that vain. Even though I have lost some hair, I am not that concerned. I would not get that upset if I lost it all.

However, I do understand. Some fellas start losing significant amounts of hair before their 40th birthday. Now that’s not fair. It does add years to your appearance. That can be verified with a wig in a few minutes. (with a mirror)

However, even if I was to lose my hair, even if I did want to try to get it back, even if I believed that those LED things worked, I think I would use another method.

You see, you take one of those LED things out in the full sunlight and turn it on and look at it, you probably would not be able to see if it is on or off. The intensity of the sun is so great that you can’t see the little bit of light coming from the LED’s.

So this is my idea. I would pull out all the LEDs, put holes where they were and let the sunlight through. If a little light is good, maybe a whole lot of light would be better.

However, why not go whole hog. Just forget the little dome lid, save some money and just go outside and expose my noggin to the solar system’s greatest source of light. If the little LEDs would work, the sun ought to really work, maybe overnight, or should I say, over day.

A Question of Degree

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The question has been asked why the dems lost if they cheated. They really should rather ask how much more Trump would have won had they not cheated.

If nothing else, Kamala should have claimed all the free campaigning she received from the media, you know, like the so-called comedy shows they put on late at night. You note that in at least one case, they were forced to provide equal time by the FCC. How many such cases were never uncovered though they were frequently as blatant, even in cases of so-called straight news.

Also, there were some cases that the dems were caught and there was retribution. How many such cases were not caught.

Kamala outright paid over a billion for the presidency. It wasn’t enough, even when you include the in-kind contributions. All in in all, it was likely double that, at least. By the way, in-kind contributions are considered illegal, that is to say cheating.

Sometimes, They Get it Right, Sometimes

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Most of time, they are wrong. As mentioned before, I frequently go surfing the web, looking for things I don’t need. I have looked at yachts before, though there is no way I could afford one, even if they gave it to me. Nonetheless, I do occasionally see ads about yacht oriented things; you know, marine oriented equipment. I have done research on Paris years ago. I still see ads for tickets, not only to Paris, but Rome and London too. I don’t even have a passport.

The current thing is those air fryers. I’m still trying to figure that one out. I don’t think I would use an air fryer if I had one. Most of the time, we go out to eat. I am spoiling my wife now. Besides, with just the two of us, if I cook at home, we end up with a lot of waste. Most of what little cooking I do is with a cast iron skillet. It works good and it is very reliable. I cook a couple of hamburger patties in about 3 minutes. Virtually impossible to ruin. If I used an air fryer, it would be difficult to save much time.

Nonetheless, I turn to the left and I see the benefits of air fryers. I turn to the right and I find out I can fry fries without frying them. Pardon me, but doesn’t that mean they aren’t fries. Don’t know what they are called.

The ads don’t bother me, but I do laugh at them. I see the ads when I play Free Cell. At any time of any day, as I go through the channels, I see them advertised on TV. They pop up in bunches in my emails. I just laugh at them. They serve no purpose. If I should decide I need one one day, I think I would go down to Walmart and get one. Thing is, I would not even need to make a special trip. I went right by one yesterday when I went to the bank. Worse thing about those air ovens, they take up space. With a 900 square foot house, I need space more than an air oven.

I thought about making a list of things that they advertise, aimed specially at me, that I have no use for. Then I could write a book about them. That way, I could share the humor.

As a side note, there are some things I’ve seen ads for, I just might find out what they are and what they are used for. Those that read the book might could tell me.

As Seen on TV

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The Broom: the one that mystically sweeps everything without leaving anything behind.

As I have said many times, I don’t pay as little attention to TV and radio ads as possible. I have had over 70 years to train myself and I have gotten good at it. My wife, not so much, and she wanted the broom. I figured the broom we had does pretty good and with a couple of sweeps, it gets it all. However, my job now is to spoil her so I got one for.

Decided to write a critique on it, so you will benefit from my purchase.

Well, I like it sort of. It does work every bit as advertised. It is very good at what it was made for. Even so, there are miles of possible improvements. If you are going to use it a lot, you will likely want to either replace or reinforce the handle. It is very flimsy. I think one needs to be careful not to bend it, which would mean replacing the handle anyway. I really can’t believe they didn’t use either wood or a heavier gauge steel. I mean, steel is not one of our most expensive metals. I think it is about 6 or 7 cents a pound. I don’t think there are 2 ounces in the handle. If the handle was one pound, it would be much stronger.

The second problem might be a little more difficult to resolve and I wish it wasn’t. When it comes to time to sweeping into a dust pan, I have to switch to another broom. The broom is too wide and it simply does not work with my dust pan. Then again, maybe others have wider dust pans and it would work just fine.

One thing I discovered I really like, it really gets the stuff at the floor’s edge. It got some stuff out of there I didn’t know was there. This in itself might make it worth what I paid for it.

There is one good aspect they just might not even know about. The broom handle is in sections. By removing sections, the broom becomes a handy and very effective whisk broom.

So, for whatever good, that is my opinion.

Oh, by the way, the wife likes it. She even suggests a push broom made on the same concept. She actually might have a point there. Maybe even a good lawn rake.

We bought it at the nearby Walmart, but I forgot to get the milk. Maybe I need to go back monyana. Don’t much want to go through the coming storm without milk.

Why Advertise?

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Well, let’s see. Some advertisements make us laugh. Some ads irritate us, especially when they run the ad every station break. Some ads have music, others have something they call music.

In general, people and businesses pay for ads for one thing, to make money. They pay for TV shows so we have “free” TV. I assure you, they are not paying to air that copy of you favorite baseball or football team just because they like sports. Indeed, they would just as soon you stay in your seat during the commercial so you might go to their restaurant or to their bank. They want you to buy their autos or their deodorant.

They pay fortunes to have their name paraded in front of you, just knowing if they don’t they will lose you as customers and they don’t want that at all.

The hitch is that commercials don’t always have the desired affect. You can ask Bud Light about that and they’ll tell you. They experienced first hand when the advertisement assailed the customers and their sales plummeted. Then to make matters worse, they refused to face it and make any corrections. They doubled down and their sales just went down. I don’t think they have recovered yet. I suppose there are some who decided other people make pretty good beer too, and maybe charge less for it. They will never get those customers back.

Then you have MacDonald’s. You know they spend somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 billion a year for advertising. They aren’t trying to entertain you. They want you to come in and buy their food. The problem is that the 2 billion can be quickly negated by slow service and low quality food. The same goes for Wendy’s. I mean, what good are the ads if they ignore those of us that would like to by a couple of singles with fries.

Then you have Chick Fillet. I can’t remember the last time I saw one of their ads. I don’t know if they have them. However, they treat their customers right. Even when they have cars wrapped around their building, I can go in, order and have my food in less than 5 minutes, maybe seven.

I’m beginning to think good service and a good product is better advertising than a spot on the Superbowl.

Maybe some other restaurants and businesses could learn from Chick Fillet. Somehow, I suspect that will not happen in my life time.

Obvious

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The advertisement came on the radio, “School’s back!”

When I heard it, I told my wife, “I didn’t know it went anywhere.”

She was angered with me. She was upset. Not because of what I said but because she couldn’t help but laugh.

Okay. It was a horrible joke. Wait a minute. Really that is not true. It’s not even a joke.

Yet, to me, it was like one of those hanging curveballs to the power hitter. I just couldn’t resist it. Maybe, I swung and missed. However it did get a little laugh from her.

I never did claim to be the smartest on the planet, or in the room. Somehow, I didn’t need anyone to tell me school was back in session. Moreover, the way the guy said it, it seemed to imply that during summer, they put the old schoolhouse on rails and rolled it out of town. Then, of course recently, they rolled it back. Then they made the announcement as with the town crier, “Hear ye! Hear ye! School’s back! Just in case you didn’t figure it out on your own!”

Many years ago, I heard that TV and radio ads are aimed at 6th graders. I guess they are.

1989 Plus or Minus a Year or Two

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Why in the world do I bring up the year? What would be the significance? Most folks weren’t even around then or are aware of what all is going on in the world beyond their own home or school. Approximately at that time, a news announcement that bras would be advertised on TV with models wearing them OVER their clothing.

It wasn’t long after that, I remember seeing one of the commercials. Before that time, they did not model bras on TV. They did advertise them but no one ever wore them on TV. It seems a few weeks later, they lowered the standards and started modeling the bras without the clothing. Indeed, nowadays, they model underwear, both genders, with just the underwear.

However, it is more than that. It is a matter of frequency. It used to be that the underwear ads weren’t all that frequent. Now, it seems that we are treated to undergarment shows at least once every commercial break.

I guess we can thank the TV industry to the fact that all children past the age of 4 knows what a woman looks like in her underwear. I don’t know about others, but I really don’t think that is much of a progress. I mean, as they say, we can turn the TVs off, which I am tempted to do. However, that is not really an answer. Do we really want to deny the entertainment to 4 year-olds just so the world of lingerie can display their wears any time any day, and by the way, without forewarning. No one makes any remark, “The following ad might not be suitable for children.”

The fact of the matter is, none of us can dive for the remote fast enough keep our children from seeing such things.

I guess, there is nothing to be done. We must actually live in a world where modesty is disappearing at lightning speed.

Just one last question. Is this really the sort of thing we want want our children watching? Does this really improve their environment during their formative years? Okay. I know. Two questions. Still, sort of a different way of asking the same thing.

The Problem With Ordering Online

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Whenever, I order pizza online to be delivered, I order through Domino’s. It all works out good. The pizza is hot and the soft drinks are cold. The one delivering the pizza is friendly.

Then, suddenly I have advertisements show up daily on my e-mail. I know the e-mail has a little box to check to turn the ads off, but why.

It may seem strange, but when I want a pizza I know how to do that. I don’t need help. And I do find it annoying to have my computer used for their ads. It just rubs me the wrong way.

I would tell them personally, but I doubt it would help. Companies like that seem to have mindsets, and not just Domino’s. It seems I order a widget and suddenly there is an onslaught of ads for widgets. I just bought the one. I don’t need anymore for a long time. You know, they do last years.

Well, I am getting a little off the intended path, but I suspect I already have a few folks agreeing with me.

But here’s the hitch for Domino’s and the outfits like them. Instead of going to Domino’s to order my next pizza, I am more apt to go to Three guys, Marco’s, or even Subway… who makes a really good personal pizza by the way.

Instead of the ads drawing business in, they just might be driving people away. I consider it the unintended consequences of doing stupid stuff. And here’s the hitch, they think what they are doing is smart.