Hawk Tuah / Spit on that thang (youtube.com)
I can think of no better barometer of the tenor of our times than the literal overnight sensation of Hailey Welch, aka the 'Hawk Tuah' girl. She is on her way to making more money in the next few weeks than the majority of people in this country will make in their entire lifetimes, and all based on her spouting one line about spitting on some dick. Andy Warhol's famous 1968 quote “In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” has now come to fruition. The old days of actresses surfing casting couches for fame and fortune seems like a quaint and time-consuming Puritan work ethic approach from another time for the generations coming up raised on soundbites and instant AI gratification. Save your money and don't waste it on those Greyhound Bus tickets to Hollywood, gals. If one ever questions how we are in the position of having the likes of a Trump vs. Biden presidential election this year, look no further than this video. This is the electorate.
I sold real estate in the city with the largest concentration of Arabs in the USA. Many of the old-time agents would not work with them. Arabs drove a hard bargain. I was forced to, as I was a newcomer to the city and had no 'sphere of influence', as they like to say in real estate. I actually melded great with their style of business, made many connections, and did very well courting them. They had money, were smart, and came to the party ready to deal. I also had many conversations with them about the never-ending conflicts in the Middle East. There was a reason they were now living in Detroit. The major lesson I came away with was there was no clear cut right and wrong in the Middle East. I see the FB posts all day taking partisan sides as usual, from the safety of a padded office chair sitting in front of a computer. The usual mass media suspects are also lining up with their patented brands of distorted, one-sided propaganda of either 'Jew bad/Arab good' or '
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