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MICKnuggets

Each day Bill records a MICKnugget, a one-minute take on some issue that got his attention that morning. Below are the scripts for last week’s NUGGETS. 

CLICK HERE if you’d like to hear them. Here are the scripts:

10.17.22- Priorities

 

Inflation and the economy overall are impacting Americans. We react to them in different ways.

 

Priorities will vary by demographic groups.

 

For example, nearly half of us have cut back on eating out and even what we spend at the grocery store. Families do that kind of thing.

 

Generation Z, the crowd whose feelings are hurt by thumbs-up emojis, is still spending about 20% of its income on streaming services. Only 18% of Americans have cut back on those expenses.

 

Christmas is around the corner and we’ll spend about the same as last year on the holiday. That means we’ll buy and travel less and spend less on entertainment.

 

Costs are going up and something has to give.

 

For me, streaming will go before groceries or eating out. The grandkids will have Christmas regardless of anything else going on.

 

It’s all about…priorities.

10.18.22- Crowd Control

 

The SEC has fined the University of Tennessee $100,000 because its fans stormed the field after the Volunteers’ win over Alabama last weekend.

 

A dramatic last minute field goal lifted the Vols over the Crimson Tide in Tennessee’s biggest win in decades.

 

The crowd, naturally, stormed the field. goal posts were torn down and eventually thrown in a Knoxville river.

 

Fans are prohibited from entering the field by SEC rule. How does the university control 100,000 exuberant fans? The simple answer is it can’t!

 

There is not enough security available to stop the rampage. The SEC’s fine is symbolic and Volunteer fans will gladly chip in to help pay it, if the university only asks.

 

It was suggested the conference invalidate the win because of the fans’ action.

 

That’s hardly fair to the athletes who accomplished the feat. They could not have stopped the mob either.

 

I don’t like the fan behavior, but maybe this penalty is just as bad.

10.19.22- The Starbucks Scale

 

Could Starbucks be an indicator of where government is well run or not? It could very well be.

 

A Starbucks in Indianapolis is closing. They say the safety of their employees and customers is paramount.

 

Neighboring businesses seem surprised as does the Indianapolis Police Department who says it’s only had one call at this location in 2022.

 

But, Starbucks could very well be on to something. They live in that business district every day. While some incidents may not be criminal, they may be detrimental to business or dangerous for staff.

 

They may be a coffee house, but Starbucks knows how to read the tea leaves. If blight’s coming, they get out while the getting is good.

 

Caller Mike said a mentor told him, if you’re looking for a good location, choose one where Starbucks is successful.

 

It sounds like good advice.

10.20.22- Attack of the Killer Bees

 

Mention Killer Bees and Saturday Night Live’s John Belushi comes to mind.

 

That’s not the case for deputies in Springfield, MA. No, these bees could have been killers and they were used that way.

 

Deputies were evicting someone from a property and protesters were present. Among them was Rorie Woods, a beekeeper.

 

Wearing her beekeeper suit, Woods unleashed bees from the hives she was transporting in a trailer. 

 

Officers retreated from the swarm and several of the officers were stung.

 

Deputies arrested Woods who said as they placed her in custody, “You’re allergic? Good.”

 

Woods was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and released with no bond.

 

Even John Belushi as a Samurai Beekeeper would have been better!

10.21.22- Protest Planning & Participation

 

If you’re going to launch a protest, a little preplanning could go a long way.

 

The thought didn’t occur to some German protesters at a Volkswagen event. The result was, let just say, uncomfortable.

 

The climate Nazis glued one hand to the floor of the event. They were stuck. Then it struck them that they may need to use the bathroom.

 

The geniuses asked VW, the company whose event they were protesting, to provide bowls for them to use as a potty. VW refused!

 

The protesters then complained that VW turned out the lights, turned off the heat and had security patrolling through the area at random times.

 

The idea that VW would help them as they conducted their protest is laughable.

 

That they didn’t think through their actions is even more so. 

 

Next time take a porta-potty or a diaper…and maybe a pacifier for the whine!


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