Showing posts with label Jeff Bezos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Bezos. Show all posts

Friday, January 17, 2025

Trump suck-ups coming out of the woodwork


It all started with Trump's cabinet selections circling the wagons, preparing their 'resumes' in readiness to pounce on their idol, none other than the dictator-to-be, Donald Trump. If sufficient adoration doesn't accompany these groveling applications, the person would be out on the street. Apparently this group of unqualified, incompetent bumblers have passed the Trump test, after which most had to have a nose job. If any of these bootlickers veers away from the ritual of Donald Trump, they could find themselves waiting tables at Trump Tower.

Here they are, collected in Yahoo!News, in all their glory...
Kristi Noem, the infamous puppy-executing governor of South Dakota with early expectations for Vice President, had to settle for Homeland Security Secretary.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) was among the most outspoken critics of the Secret Service in the aftermath of the first attempt on Trump’s life in July. Now, he’s been chosen to be Trump’s National Security Adviser.
Among the most polarizing appointments by Trump has been his choice of Tom Homan to be his so-called “border czar.” Homan has promised to “run the biggest deportation force this country has ever seen. They ain’t seen s--t yet. Wait until 2025.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was also considered for V.P., has said, “President Trump will bring back moral leadership to the White House, condemning antisemitism and standing strong with Israel and the Jewish people." Stefanik is also, perhaps, one of the most radical in the new cabinet.
The infamous White Nationalist sympathizer Stephen Miller—who the Southern Poverty Law Center labels an “extremist”---will be Deputy Chief of Staff For Policy. In my opinion. Miller is probably the scariest member of Trump's selections.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), again, once a V.P candidate, will be Trump's secretary of state. Used to hate each other, now they love each other. I don't feel Rubio has the balls to be sec. of state.

Zuckerberg, bezos, Trump

Not mentioned in the Yahoo article but among the biggest suck-ups with their noses aimed at Mar-a-Lago, and reported by Robert Reich's Substack, are Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon's Jeff Bezos...

"Zuckerberg has turned to fawning. During the campaign, he had several private phone calls with Trump. After the assassination attempt, Zuckerberg told Trump he was “praying” for him and told an interviewer Trump looked like a “badass” after pumping his fist to the crowd."
Amazon’s founder and chief, Jeff Bezos, who owns The Washington Post, had a rocky relationship with Trump during the first Trump administration. Bezos apparently learned his lesson. After Trump was shot at a campaign event, Bezos called him, and on social media he praised Trump’s “grace and courage under literal fire.” Bezos didn’t allow the Post’s editorial board to endorse Kamala Harris for president.

There is much more in Robert Reich's Substack that is well worth the read. 

The one thing that is the most startling to me is the fact that so many outside politics have done a complete turnaround from Trump's first administration and even into the last couple of years. This, of course, makes Trump's new trip to the White House much more complex. The pressure is on January 20, for the entire world.

Friday, March 9, 2018

Is boycotting NRA companies working



We quit buying from Amazon over 10 days ago after placing at least one order per week over the past year or so. We have actually found equitable quality and discounts elsewhere but not always free shipping as with Prime. Bloomberg says Jeff Bezos cares more about "free speech principles" in the fight to sever Amazon's relationship with the National Rifle Assn., than he does about what his customers think about the fact the NRA is responsible for so many childrens' deaths. Some would call that commendable. I call it cowardice because he is afraid of the NRA.

The Bloomberg article says to turn our attention away from boycotting companies like Amazon and concentrate on the people who make guns. Companies like Sturm Ruger, Remington Outdoor, Smith & Wesson, Glock, Big Sauer, O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Savage, Springfield Armory and others. These are the people who make the guns that the NRA works so hard to put thousands of on the street. Large chains like Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart, LL Bean and REI taking a stand against guns is helping convince the public that firearms in general are bad for this country.

Sales of guns are down under Trump, probably because of the unknowns involved, and maybe even due to the possibility that a lot more people are coming to their senses, realizing that guns do kill. It won't bring back the hundreds of children that have lost their lives, and thousands of adults due to violence. But it could sure paint a much more optimistic picture for the future if we did start getting rid of guns. The time is now!

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Amazon still holding out on NRA-Hold your orders from Amazon



Hold your orders from Amazon until they come to their senses and drop the support of the NRA!

Yep, Jeff Bezos of Amazon continues to support the National Rifle Assn. at Amazon, but the boycott continues and so far these are the major companies who have severed ties with the NRA, companies you should do business with, if the need arises:
Enterprise
Alamo
NationalPro
FNBOmaha
Symantec
LifeLock
SimpliSafe
MetLife
Chubb
Hertz
Avis
Alliedvl
NorthAmericanVL
TrueCar
Delta
You can see the latest update on change.org and sign the petition if you haven't already.

By the way, we haven't purchased from Amazon since the boycott started and have found numerous sites in the meantime with similar pricing and free shipping. We may not even need Amazon anymore. You just have to look around.

The momentum is building against the NRA and for sensible gun control and we cannot let it waver for even a moment!

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