The Big POS (Pile of Stuff) Files 2-08-2024

A student asks his teacher about JK Rowling's suggested transphobic tweet. This teacher dissects the claim and challenges it by asking questions teaching not what to think but how to think. It's called critical thinking! Teacher of the year right here. Watch until the end. You see the epiphany in real-time.

Is Donnie T bailing out Bud Light? At minimum he's throwing them a life jacket. Trump took to Truth Social and praised Anheuser-Busch, saying the company spends $700 million annually “with our GREAT Farmers” while employing 65,000 Americans, of which 1,500 are military veterans, and raising millions in scholarship money. “Anheuser-Busch is a Great American Brand that perhaps deserves a Second Chance?” he wrote. “What do you think? Perhaps, instead, we should be going after those companies that are looking to DESTROY AMERICA! Microsoft: Here's how we're working with journalists to create the newsrooms of the future with AI. These projects build on Microsoft's existing commitment to sustainable journalism and pledges to reduce risk, restore trust, and rebuild capacity in news ecosystems through the Democracy Forward program. Are you laughing yet? It's not funny. It's scary. This is nothing more than the 100 percent control of information.

The South Carolina Palmetto Project "I Voted" sticker is no more. New election reform laws make the stickers illegal as county election offices can no longer accept gifts or donations from outside organizations. Don't worry though, your tax dollars are buying them now. About $39,500 worth since the Fall of 2023. Isn't government grand!

Wyoming state legislature Rep. Sarah Penn is proposing a bill that would require all blood donated from someone who has received a COVID-19 vaccine to be labeled so blood recipients could then reject it if they want in non-emergency situations. “​​For various reasons, many people have purposefully strived to keep the mRNA therapies out of their bodies, even to the point that some lost their livelihoods,” Penn told Cowboy State Daily. “Their concerns are warranted.” I say aye! 

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is stepping down after the South Carolina Republican Primary days after Trump hinted she should resign. Here's Vivek Ramaswamy calling the Republicans a party of losers since McDaniel took the chair. I concur. Good riddance. 

NASCAR is back... Kind of... like a desperate ex-girlfriend seeking attention... Bubba Wallace immediately leaves after being intentionally wrecked on the final lap in L.A. Denny Hamlin gives the bird to a booing crowd, because haven't you heard? The bird is a word. A heated exchange in NASCAR hauler between Joey Logano and Ty Gibbs. Female racer Natalie Decker gives an update on her Fans Only adult content page. When did NASCAR become the WWE? Zach Dean at Outkick has the details.

WWII vet Zan White of West Virginia ate McDonald’s breakfast nearly every day for last 36 years turns 100! “I’ve seen Zan every morning pretty much for the 24 years I’ve been working; it’s a joy to see him every morning, it’s one of the highlights of my day,” the restaurant’s area supervisor Mark Godwin... I'm not sure what's more impressive, working at McDonalds for 24 years or eating breakfast there every day for 36 years. I couldn't do it. 

In a trial by European carrier Finnair at its Helsinki Airport hub, volunteer passengers are being weighed at the departure gate in order to allow the airline to refine weight estimates for planes before takeoff. Weight is an important safety variation in aviation. 

And now for the 30 best sandwiches in America! The Italian Beef from Al's #1 Italian Beef in Chicago on Taylor Streer in Little Italy is the best thing you can ever put in your mouth! Order it hot and baptized! It's worth the risk of getting mugged. Trust me on this one... Al Ferreri started selling these in 1938 and legend has it, it was a front for an illegal bookie operation, but I don't know nuthin' about dat.