#HMB 246 - Casita Creep, Trump in Tampa & Tinder Trollops
Tamp's Trump Suporters aren't a big fan of CNN's Jim Acosta.
Ah, yes, we're only a few years into the Trump Era and he's been campaigning for 2020 since he was sworn in. The Trump Tour hit the Tampa Fairgrounds last Tuesday. I headed over there to talk to some of these folks and was pretty disappointed by how normal everyone was for the most part. The Young Turks showed up and managed to find some lunatics and even they weren't that bad but they must have had to do a lot of digging because I didn't have that experience. The best part of the rally was the lady flipping of CNN's Jim Acosta and heckling the network reps during the rally. CNN and the President have been bumping heads since before the election. Jim went on after the Tampa Rally to ask Press Secretary Sarah Sanders if she would publicly say that the Press isn't the enemy of the People:
CNN stinks, and everyone knows it. It's the FOX News of the Left and they spend most of it's 24 hour news cycle shitting on Trump while FOX slurps on Trump's balls. It's so easy to find other sources for news in the age of the internet so don't be lazy and seek out some other sources because if you're on board with a network you're either an unhinged ideologue or a fool. They're just filling the market void for what ideologue's and idiots want to consume though so I can't hold it against them.
Anyway, this week on the pod we learn about some creep filming ladies in the bathroom at a popular restaurant in St. Pete, Tampa ICE protesters for from U-Locks around their necks to handcuffs after being arrested earlier last week and their tent city taken down. By the way, what do you do at a protest if you're locked to other people and you have to go to the bathroom? Do you just poo your pants? Also, we get into those interview from people I talked to at the Trump Rally and I learn what a "Sugar Baby" is from a woman I matched with on Bumble and it mostly hurts my feelings. Check out the pod here:
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#HMB 236 - Take a Knee, I've Got Some News for You with Tampa News Force (@TampaNewsForce)
John Jacobs and Josh Santos from TampaNewsForce.com stop by The #HMB on 05/25/2018.
Hang on a minute, take a knee. It was kind of a back-burner issue at this point but the players who opted to take a knee during the National Anthem at NFL games are back in the news. Earlier last week the NFL announced a policy to fine teams whose players opt to take a knee during the ceremony. So, everyone is freaking out again. For the vast majority, it's another tribal issue and you feels a certain way about it based on whether you have a D or an R next to your name on your Voter ID Card. If you're a D, Trump is an A-Wipe and all of a sudden you're worried about rights again and if you have an R next to your name you like the move because these players are disrespecting the country and military and those things rule. Again, however, this is another thing where it's not black & white, nuance exists. I thought a lot about it this week because I see both sides of the argument. I believe that people should have the right to protest peacefully but I also agree that you shouldn't necessarily have the right do it at your place of business. From what I can tell, the kneeling thing started as a statement against a perceived injustice of police brutality against black Americans. Now agree or disagree with the sentiment, it has nothing to do with military or America but that compartmentalized issue. You can't blame the other side for believing it's about bashing America though seeing as the protest takes place during the time when the anthem is played. It's a timing thing. When else would the players have the time during a game to make that statement during a game? They wouldn't, it's kind of the only time. Should they? I mean, look, the bottom line for me is these guys are at work and if the boss says "not on my time" then fair enough. If they're activists outside of the game then there's little the NFL and owners can do about it; so players, save it for interviews and social media and just stand during the anthem. It's apparently part of the job.
Well, now that issue is solved, get up and let's get to the goods. Tampa News Force is in the building. It's a fascinating concept trying to make the news entertaining and funny. It's not the Daily Show it's more hitting the streets and just asking people involved, "what's going on here"? It's weird, to be frank but oddly engaging. It's brought criticism from major news outlets like the Tampa Bay Times' Tony Marrero and Howard Altman who thought it was in poor taste and after a brief Twitter spat, John went to confront them and ask why they were upset with what he was doing...as journalists do:
It's just a different spin on news but it's not fake. Tampa News Force is just asking what's going on and trying to also bring some comedic flare to it. I know that most journalists see themselves us some moral gate-keeper but people are sick of it. Go cry on your blog and just tell us what's happening in the world, A-wipes...
I know many are over-worked and underpaid and just miserable people in general. I work in radio, I get it but lighten up would ya? Anyway, Tampa News Force is bringing comedy and journalism together in one evening at the Tampa Improv on May 31st. You can get free tickets if you enter code "TNF" at checkout. Listen to the podcast with the fellas here:
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