The DC Shorts: California Right-Wing Store Triggers Liberals

 

[VIDEO] This is funny and I admire this guy's spirit. He has a right-wing store in California and we see the reaction of those people who don't like it.

It starts off with someone looking for a Biden flag and it ends with the owner showing a Fcuk Biden flag. 🤣🤣🤣

You know what how many people display signs or flags with Fcuk Bush or Fcuk Trump. One creative one I had seen once-upon-a-time was Buck Fush....

Anyway if you like what you see support this man at Beachin Seal Beach before some unhinged California leftist actually does shut him down.

Supermarkets face second Covid wave with lessons learned

 

[VIDEO] Not a lot of pontification with this video here as per usual. It seems we're in the midst of a second wave of coronavirus and panic buying is becoming a thing again. So hopefully there are some lessons learned this time around.

As Ive said we understand this illness more now than we did back in March when we started shutting down. I'm glad that we've finally got a vaccine and we can start to get back to some semblance of normal. Thanks to "Operation Warp Speed".

This clip is from CNBC's Shepherd Smith's program. You hear his voice narrating.

Business Insider: We shopped at Costco and Sam's Club to see which is better

Why am I posting this? Well I've been thinking about this and this article stirred my thinking on this. What would make it worth my while to pay a membership fee to buy in bulk for everyday items that I could use the most? And of course to check out their electronics selection.

I want to note that it's been over a decade since I ever stepped foot in a Sam's Club - I've never set foot in a Costco although there are several in the Chicago area. I bought me a small box of Dentyne ice chewing gum and a bulk box of cereal. At the time my mother had a guest membership however she never saw the point and chose not to join.

She couldn't justify it because she really doesn't have a huge family to worry about. The prices might be great, however, he might be looking at all the bulk and knowing her should couldn't justify buying so much. Though I don't have a family perhaps I have similar reasons on the other hand it's important to weigh all the options.

I don't really care about eating as I shop. What I could get at a regular grocery store well some of those items don't last as long and how long would a bulk box of cereal last. Perhaps there are some items that I couldnt live without that I would use every day like soap - bulk soap would be a good purchase.

Electronics, perhaps I don't want an expensive TV though I do remember a few years ago I could buy a whole PC with monitor at a Sam's Club. That probably would cost less than say going to Best Buy or Dell. I wonder what I could find today at Sam's Club.

You know this me an idea for another post for later on down the road. That also means I need to find my way to a Costco also!

The abandoned Lincoln Mall

[VIDEO] I don't remember the last time being at this Matteson, IL mall before it's closing. Perhaps it was within the last decade and it look largely vacant at the time. In 2015 it was closed and Matteson is charged with finding a new use for the property.

In the meanwhile, this recent video shows us the inside of the mall. The video has an eerie soundtrack to it. The still pics you see at the end makes this abandoned place look even more creepy. I thought they were in there at almost dawn and that would make it more creepy.

Either way seems like a shame this mall lost business to the point where it is now closed.

Black Friday sales down

In light of what happened in Ferguson, Missouri recently I've seen a lot of people on Facebook or Twitter or Instagram talking about boycotting the most hallowed day of these holidays - the day where people wait to shop for the latest deals. The deals that will result in Christmas presents to be opened only on that most hallowed holiday near the end of the year.

Whatever happened it apparently worked. People haven't been happy about the unrest of Ferguson. Although let's be honest here I understood that consumers boycotted Black Friday because they didn't agree with the idea that many retail workers had to not be with their families on Thanksgiving.

Besides, the earlier stores opened on Thanksgiving the less time these workers spend with their families. I had a job that I worked on the holidays it wasn't my idea but I got paid. Although as time goes on and you know people at work there is a way to get the day off if you need it.

Regardless, did you all choose to shop on Black Friday. Why or why not?

Racked: The Second Coming of Niketown Chicago

I dropped by last week after seeing the scaffolding taken down. It was open on Friday afternoon and just decided to look around. Not a whole lot difference than when they closed the store this past spring. The products are about the same although there is a floor devoted to football. I took several pics of this aspect posted to my instagram.

So this website Racked also took a look at the newly re-opened Niketown store on Michigan Avenue. It especially mentions the football theme on the second floor that I automatically picked up on. Thanks to the fact that Nike has an agreement with the NFL unlike when Nike first opened the store on the Magnificient Mile years ago.

The original Niketown seemed loosely based on a stadium. This seems more like a regular store and not a lot of corners to get lost in. Certainly a place to find the right apparel for whatever activity you choose to involve yourself in.

Retailers tap into iPad, hoping device will help you buy

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Talk about the future being now. It used to be old style tubes for TVs on storefront displays now it's an iPad being considered for use in storefronts:

Since Apple Inc. unveiled the iPad in April, a spate of retailers including Burberry, Puma, Things Remembered, Converse and Nordstrom, to name just a few, have rolled out tests of tablet computers at select stores around the country. The move is all part of retailers' response to how consumers are shopping everywhere — online, on their smart phones and in the stores.

Retailers are using iPads as mobile catalogs so sales clerks and shoppers can browse inventory not available on store shelves. They are fastening the tablets to counters so shoppers can design their own products. They are arming sales associates with the electronic clipboards to gathering customer data. And they are testing the device's potential as a portable cash register.

"It is taking retail outside the four walls to where the customers are," said Sandeep Bhanote, CEO of Global Bay Mobile Technologies, a South Plainfield, N.J.-based mobile retail software firm. "You're talking about changing the way you do business. That's what this is all about."

Make Up For Ever, a unit of French luxury conglomerate LVMH, was among the first retailers to give the technology a try. The cosmetic company set up iPad stations in October at its boutiques inside Sephora stores in New York's Soho neighborhood, Costa Mesa, Calif., and Las Vegas.

The iPad is fixed to a gondola and allows shoppers to update their Facebook pages, tweet about their shopping experience and access face charts for browsing makeup combinations. Eventually customers will be able to upload a digital photo of their own faces for a virtual makeover.

Now if Border's had begun using the iPad or at the very least had an online presence to really utilize the iPad or similar tablet devices. Who knows they may be in better shape instead of having to close 30% their stores amidst bankruptcy.

All the same this underscored the conclusion I have about the iPad. It's a luxury item and is being treated as such. A cool device at home that could also have commercial or academic uses in the real world. It's very cool that one could fork up a lot of cash to be able to use such a device at home.

Check out these wallets

This first wallet is from the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Gift Shop:

The Mighty Wallet is printed with the licensed graphics of the CTA and is not only functional for quick transfer info on the go but it also adds a level of stealth that safeguards your valuables from theft. Mighty Wallets have actually evaded theft in real life situations through their uncommon stealthy design.

Made from Tyvek (think express mail envelopes), the Mighty Wallet resists tearing because of thousands of interlocking plastic fibers spun in random patterns giving the wallet incredible strength.

This might be very cool. Such a wallet can foil theft attempts, especially if a potential pickpocket thinks that this is merely a CTA Map.

Also check out this second wallet:

A dot-matrix wallet from ThinkGeek. The description doesn't mention foiling thieves, but it does mention that it's made of a similar material to the CTA Mighty Wallet. The fact that it's a dot-matrix wallet should ring a bell to old-time computer geeks.

Some of the other wallets you might find at ThinkGeek may have some added features that may foil criminals. Although the hazard isn't necessarily to think of actual pickpockets or theft as opposed to a theft of a different type.