Social Media Meltdown over KFC ad showing only black people eating chicken without utensils!

VIBE (on Yahoo): Black Twitter Calls Out KFC’s Latest Campaign As “Racially Tone Deaf”.

Black Twitter has deemed Kentucky Fried Chicken’s latest campaign “racially tone deaf.”

On Thursday (Aug. 24), KFC Canada’s Director of Marketing, Azim Akhtar, revealed their ad on X/Twitter. He uploaded three pictures of the new advertisement featuring an all-Black cast of people licking their fingers.

“Sorry Utensils, It’s Finger Lickin’ Good,” Akhtar typed. “Latest campaign, I couldn’t be more proud!!” Black Twitter caught wind of the promotion and labeled the billboards racist. Some people questioned the intention behind casting all-Black actors for the ad, when everyone enjoys fried chicken.

“1. So [white] people don’t lick their fingers? 2. We still not eating this (in this country),” one social media user xweeted. “3. I just know it’s a Black person on the creative team like, ‘I knew this wasn’t a good idea, but they don’t listen to me, so I just clock in…do my work…[and] go home.'”
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KFC Canada’s creative director responded to the backlash on Friday (Aug. 25), apologizing for “not being more thoughtful.” “My earlier post didn’t capture the full diversity of our latest campaign, and I personally apologize for not being more thoughtful in my excitement to share the campaign and only sharing certain photos,” he xweeted. “Here is the 60-second spot that is more representative of Canada’s diversity and our creative.”

However, that apology wasn’t enough for some. “You being the Director of Marketing,” another person expressed. “Sharing multiple gigantic billboards with black folks eating fried chicken licking their fingers is simply not it. No matter how diverse you feel this ad is.”

WATTPoulty: Sorry, utensils: KFC Canada’s chicken doesn’t need you.

Set to the instantly recognizable Air Supply’s “All Out of Love,” the campaign showcases people eating some of the brand’s most popular food by hand and issues a heartfelt apology to the abandoned spoons and forks.
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“You can’t help but go all in and dig in, no utensils needed, with food so good you can’t help but lick your fingers.”

ERRRMMAAAGAAWWWWD! People in an ad who are black eating chicken without using utensils? When do the International Criminal Court Trials start at The Hague?

One: I don't know what Black Twitter is. I'm guessing Twitter accounts written by black people or people who identify as black. 

Two: You've already lost me as a potential consumer on whatever your message is if you're using Air Supply's "All Out of Love." Were the musical rights to "Seasons In The Sun" unavailable? I never liked "All Out of Love". It's a lame song for cucks or incels. Fucking Air Supply. 🤣 

Here's the LINK, (I'll never run any Air Supply song on this blog) to the "All Out of Love" apology ad, with a vibrant mix and diversity of people eating chiggun but not using utensils. The Horror! The Obscenity of it All. 

Tuesday's Friday Morning Music Video

(Audio Only).

"Candy-O" by The Cars, from 1979's Candy-O.

 

Fun Fact: Album cover art by Vargas.

India goes to the Moon!

Daily Mail: Watch the first EVER touchdown on the Moon's South Pole: Incredible video reveals the moment India's Chandrayaan-3 Rover rolled out onto the lunar surface.

India's NASA

 

Shortly after landing there was a 2-car race on the moon surface (Fact Check: True ✅): 

 

 ^ Actual Photo ^ Fact Check: True ✅

Driven by these guys (Fact Check: True ✅): 

Soon, threatening, evil space invaders appeared out of nowhere: 

But the drivers and everyone else high-tailed it, escaping the aliens.

A Happy Ending for All!

Saturday Night Random.

A cavalcade of Random; Electronics, nostalgia, games, outdoors, camping, retro and stuff.

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ALICE, don't cuck out like Santana!

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Resist The Mainstream: Rocker Alice Cooper Doesn’t Mince His Words Against ‘Woke’ Culture, Gender Ideology: ‘Who’s Making the Rules?’

“I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” he said. “I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants to play, and you’re confusing him telling him, ‘Yeah, you’re a boy, but you could be a girl if you want to be.’”

He then warned that the movement is dangerous not only for young children but for teenagers as well.

“I think that’s so confusing to a kid. It’s even confusing to a teenager,” he said. “You’re still trying to find your identity, and yet here’s this thing going on, saying, ‘Yeah, but you can be anything you want. You can be a cat if you want to be.’ I mean, if you identify as a tree… And I’m going, ‘Come on! What are we in, a Kurt Vonnegut novel?’ It’s so absurd, that it’s gone now to the point of absurdity.”

This prompted him to consider the phenomenon of “woke” ideology itself, wondering if it is top-down.

“The whole woke thing… Nobody can answer this question. Maybe you can. Who’s making the rules?” He asked. “Is there a building somewhere in New York where people sit down every day and say, ‘Okay, we can’t say ‘mother’ now. We have to say ‘birthing person.’ Get that out on the wire right now’? Who is this person that’s making these rules? I don’t get it. I’m not being old school about it. I’m being logical about it.”

Cooper noted that he doesn’t know anyone who “agrees with the woke thing” and described his own opinion on the issue.

“I respect people and who they are, but I’m not going to tell a seven-year-old boy, ‘Go put a dress on because maybe you’re a girl,’ and he’s going, ‘No, I’m not. I’m a boy,’” he said. “I say let somebody at least become sexually aware of who they are before they start thinking about if they’re a boy or a girl.”

Cooper added that “a lot of times,” he views this issue “the logical way” in that “If you have these genitals, you’re a boy. If you have those genitals, you’re a girl.” However, he did argue, “Now, the difference is you want to be a female. Okay, that’s something you can do later on if you want to. But you’re not a male born a female.”

After the interviewer pushed back and expressed hope that parents “listen to their kids and find pediatricians that provide appropriate care,” Cooper stood his ground and warned that radical gender ideology may have unforeseen consequences.

“I can see somebody really taking advantage of this, though. A guy can walk into a woman’s bathroom at any time and just say, ‘I just feel like I’m a woman today’ and have the time of his life in there,” he said, warning, “Somebody’s going to get raped, and the guy’s going to say, ‘Well, I felt like a girl that day, and then I felt like a guy.’ Where do you draw this line?”

"Who's making the rules?" Indeed. Who is writing this script and why?

Carlos Santana CUCKS!

USA Today: Carlos Santana apologizes for 'insensitive' anti-trans remarks during recent show. 

CBS: Carlos Santana apologizes for anti-trans comments at New Jersey show.

The Wrap (Yahoo): Carlos Santana Apologizes for ‘Insensitive’ Anti-Trans Comments.

ALICE loses Cosmetic Deal.

Metro Weekly: Alice Cooper Loses Cosmetics Deal After Anti-Trans Comments.

An American cosmetics brand, Vampyre Cosmetics, has decided to sever its ties with renowned rock musician Alice Cooper after he made derogatory comments directed towards the transgender community. The anticipated collaboration between Cooper and the company, which involved a makeup collection named after the rock artist, has been called off due to the controversial statements he recently made during an interview.

A cosmetic company dropped their collaboration with Alice. BFD. Alice has FY money.

What is so "derogatory and controversial" about speaking out about mutilating the genitals of children and pumping puberty blockers into them?

Nothing Alice said is trans-phobic. It's LOGICAL and CRITICAL thinking.

Never back-down or cuck out to those who push this sick agenda. Never.

Alice is right. Alice is a Servant of Jesus Christ, he is a Christian. 

God Bless Alice Cooper! 

 

Stay strong Alice. Don't backtrack or cuck out. His take on these issues is what we should ALL be saying and doing.

Saturday Night Cars 'n Trucks.

How's the garaging going, you aks? Thinking of hiring the neighbor's kid to help out and finish the project. She's a hard worker. You'd recognize her. 

I'm not up to date on blog news, if anything big has happened, please drop a comment. Thank you.

Saturday Night Cars, Trucks 'n Stuff spanning decades. Found many of them on a "classics" site. The captions on the images are "as is" so if some are mislabeled, hey, not my fualt. 

Some images, to me anyway, are best viewed by clicking on the image; others better as is on the main page. I don't know why, I don't resize them. 

Have Fun. Drive Safe! 

The cartoonist must know Phil. 

 

I was asked not to say anything, but...this is Zack's "weekend car," as he calls it. 😎

 

I suspect Irish and a few others on the Blog Roll can identify with this.

Cederq after 2 pots of coffee.

Much more, hit the page break. 

Friday Morning Music Video

"The Girl With the Curious Hand" by Digney Fignus, from 1985's Digney Fignus.

Thursday's Friday Morning Music Video

"Thou Shall Not Fear" by Lazarus A.D., from 2007's The Onslaught.

As you wait for justice and charges to be brought against anyone in the Biden Administration or his family to happen...

...keep on waiting.

And after that...

And after that...

 

Wednesday's Friday Morning Music Video

"Until You Find Out" by Ned's Atomic Dust Bin, from 1991's God Fodder.

Elon's a Freemason?

Saw the below of Elon's rebranding Twitter's symbol to an X, ditching the Blue Bird, but don't have Twit so can't dig deeper there. Can't find much searching other than wild conspiracy theories (and readers know I don't go there) floating around that Elon is/isn't a Freemason.

Tuesday's Friday Morning Music Video

(Audio only). "We Will Kill Them All" by Rotersand, from 2009's Random Is Resistance.

Listeria outbreak in WA kills 3, sickens 2 prompting Mayo recall.

WSJ: Listeria Outbreak in Washington State Kills Three, Sickens Two.

All five victims, in their 60s and 70s, had weakened immune systems, officials said.

MSN: Urgent recall issued on mayonnaise over risk of listeria infection: 'Do not consume'.

Potts Partnership Ltd has issued a product recall for their Potts' Truffle Mayonnaise due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, a harmful bacteria, found in the product.

The Sun: Urgent ‘do not eat’ warning over mayo sold at Lidl amid fears it may be laced with deadly bug.

A BATCH of mayo has been slapped with a “do not eat” warning because it may be laced with a deadly bacteria.

The food safety watchdog announced Potts Partnership has urgently recalled a Potts’ Truffle Mayonnaise batch sold at Lidl.

Not in any way am I minimizing or mocking three deaths or anyone ill from this. The point, if you don't yet get it, is occurances and recalls like this happen, mostly with food products, on a weekly basis. Yet, young, healthy people who've taken the covid mystery shot and boosters develop myocarditis and other short and long-term health problems and the mystery shot is still on the market with a huge push for even more jabs. The mystery shot is the first and only medicine developed that has absolutely NO side effects. 

Interesting that the WSJ story notes, "all five victms had weakened immune systems." But were they vaxxed? We'll never know, they will never tell us.

It's like obituaries now state: "Cause of death was not disclosed and the family has asked for privacy." Oh...so...it was the mystery shot? No? Yes? "You're not allowed to ask this question or know the answer. Shut up, roll up your sleeve and take Booster #8!" Or is it Booster #9? I've lost count.

Monday's Friday Morning Music Video

"State of Confusion" by The Kinks, from 1983's State of Confusion.

The HunterBurger! Meth is the secret condiment!

News 19: Man arrested after meth found in hamburger.

The Lauderdale County [Alabama] Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) says a man was arrested Saturday after a traffic stop led to deputies making an interesting discovery….methamphetamine inside the man’s hamburger.
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According to the sheriff’s office, the deputies determined that Timothy Nolen, the driver of the vehicle, had a revoked license and the vehicle was impounded per regular policy.
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During the inventory of the vehicle, LCSO said that Nolen said he was hungry and just wanted to eat his hamburger. According to a statement by the sheriff’s office, however, when deputies checked the burger they found more than an all-beef patty on the toasted bun.

“Unfortunately, the burger contained more than lettuce and pickles,” LCSO said on social media. “Deputies retrieved a small bag of Methamphetamine.”

The sheriff’s office said after the find Nolen was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, driving while revoked, and having a switched tag.

"I'm getting pulled over. The one place to hide my meth the cops won't search is my burger."  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Saturday Night Dashboards 2.

In February I did some Dashboards. People seemed to enjoy it. So here are more random dashboards from varying years, makes and models.

CLICK FOR MORE AT THE PAGE BREAK. 👇

Fearporn and TRIPLE-DEMIC season is starting early this year!

NBC News: Ready for another 'tripledemic'? CDC prepares for a winter of '3 bugs out there'.

“We’re going to have three bugs out there, three viruses: Covid, of course, flu and RSV,” [Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] said in an interview. “We need to make sure the American people understand all three and what they can do to protect themselves.”

Spread of all three respiratory viruses is currently low, but the CDC has begun to detect slight increases in positive Covid tests and Covid-related emergency department visits. And the decline in Covid hospitalizations has stalled.

Omicron XBB subvariants remain the most prevalent forms of Covid, though on Wednesday, the World Health Organization identified a new XBB version, the EG.5, as rising in prevalence around the world and in the U.S.
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This means that many Americans will be urged to get three different vaccinations this fall: Covid, RSV and the annual flu shot.
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“We’re going to have to learn how to deliver those vaccines in a way that’s effective in actually reaching the population at a time when there’s already vaccine fatigue,” [said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert and professor of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center].

Some may be wary of getting three shots at once, a concern Schaffner echoed. Combining flu and Covid vaccines doesn’t appear to reduce the effectiveness of either shot, but Schaffner said that there is limited data suggesting that adding the RSV shot to the mix lessens the response.

“I think most of us are going to recommend it’s OK to get flu and Covid vaccines together, but wait a bit until you get the RSV” shot, he said.

"What they can do to protect themselves." Pretty much ignore all of the fearporn and do the opposite of what government agencies and NGOs suggest. 

These people - all of them - are suffering from a severe, incurable mental illness.

We were PROMISED MURDER HORNETS! Still waiting...

ATF Gets Roasted on Twitter for Posting Range Photo with Agent Breaking Gun Safety Rules.

Breitbart: ATF Gets Roasted on Twitter for Posting Range Photo with Agent Breaking Gun Safety Rules.

...the Houston office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives tweeted a photo of ATF Austin agents at the gun range that appears to show an agent on the wrong side of the loading table with at least one gun pointed at him.

The Twitter-sphere lit up with Twitter users mocking the photo.

Hit the link for the full story.

Friday Morning Music Video

"Nazis auf Speed" by Die Krupps, from 2013's The Machinists of Joy.

Lyrics in English

Well...I think it's funny!

If you don't ...

Tuesday's Friday Morning Music Video

 
Alice Cooper - "Eleanor Rigby": The Art of Paul McCartney

Who has "Mysterious Disease from a North African Country" on their July BINGO Card?

RT: ‘Mysterious disease’ prompts checks on flights from North African country.

Russia has introduced stricter health checks for travelers arriving from Egypt, the Russian health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, announced on Monday. The traditionally popular tourist destination for Russians reported an outbreak of a yet-to-be identified disease over the weekend.

Some 250 cases of the illness were registered in Qena governorate, Upper Egypt, the country’s Ministry of Health and Population said. All patients suffered from mild to moderate symptoms, with none of them requiring hospitalization.

Ahram Online: Russia tightens health protocols on flights from Egypt after reports of unidentified disease.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has reported 67 cases of a mysterious disease causing fever and fatigue in Qena, it said on Sunday.

"In light of the current situation, Rospotrebnadzor has tightened sanitary and quarantine controls with respect to flights from Egypt, including using the Perimeter automated information system," it said in a statement reported by the Russian news agency TASS on Monday.
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Symptoms include body aches, fever, and, in some cases, vomiting and nausea, according to Assistant Minister of Health for Preventive Medicine Affairs Amr Qandil.
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The Russian watchdog said symptoms of the disease resemble those of dengue fever, adding that it is in contact with the Egyptian side and international organizations to learn more about the disease.

Monday's Friday Morning Music Video

I ran this video a little over a year ago. What I didn't know about it then, I just recently read in RS.

Rolling Stone (September 30, 2021): AC/DC Take Trip Through Museum of Their History in ‘Through the Mists of Time’ Video.

AC/DC take a trip down memory lane in their new video for “Through the Mists of Time.” The song appears on the group’s 17th studio album Power Up, which arrived last fall.

The concept for the novel new clip was conceived by Angus Young. Director Najeeb Tarazi and creative director Josh Cheuse spliced together footage of each of the five bandmates filmed separately in different parts of the world, weaving it alongside photos and shots from performances through the years. Set in a museum — which features classic paintings along with new ones of the band as well as posters and other memorabilia — it also includes a virtual performance.

They were never physically together for any of the video. Crazy! Creative and impressive. How many miles of cable laid down over the past 50+ years for their concerts and videos? That alone blows my mind.

"Through The Mists Of Time" by AC/DC from 2020's Pwr Up. 

Stevie Young stepping up and into the rhythm guitarist void left by his Uncle Malcolm is a perfect fit. 

RIP Bon and Malcolm.

19 DC Cops Investigated For Questionable Firearms Seizures.

DC Cops think someone might be carrying so...hey, let's turn off the body-cams and violate 4th Amendment rights.What could go wrong?

Check it out; 4 1/2 minute video.

The GBBL: 19 DC Cops Investigated For Questionable Firearms Seizures.

Yellen says funding the Ukraine War is great boost to global economy. Benedict Pence says Ukraine war in the best interest of the U.S.

Breitbart: Yellen Says Funding Ukraine’s War Effort Is the Best Boost for Global Economy.

Redoubling financial backing for Ukraine in its war with Russia is the “single best” way to aid the global economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday.
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    Defending Ukraine is in the best interest of the U.S., even though it is not "our war," former Vice President @Mike_Pence said. https://t.co/VKB48HmmsF

    — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) July 9, 2023

The Post Millennial: Pence says failing US cities are 'not his concern' as Tucker grills him on Ukraine.

“You are stressed that the Ukrainians don't have enough American tanks,” Carlson said to Pence during the interview. “Every city in the United States has become much worse over the past three years. Drive around. There's not one city that's gotten better in the United States, and it's visible. Our economy has degraded the suicide rate has jumped public filth. And disorder and crime have exponentially increased. And yet, your concern is that the Ukrainians a country, most people can't find out a map who've received 10s of billions of US tax dollars don't have enough tanks. I think it's a fair question to ask like, where's the concern for the United States? In that?”

Pence promptly replied, “It's not my concern,” adding, “I've heard that routine from you before, but that's not my concern.”

The world these people live in isn't the same world the rest of are living in.

When is the premiere of the Biden version of Julius Caesar?

Breibart: New York Theater Behind Trump Assassination Staging of ‘Julius Caesar’ Laying Off 19 Percent of Staff. 

Considering how frail, senile and aging Biden is, the actors can replace Pugiones and instead use sporks. 

I missed it because...

...I'm still measuring. 

July 14: National Tape Measure Day.

Today is National Give Something Away, Day.

Stop by my garage. You won't have to aks. You'll have to physically stop me from loading stuff into/onto your car and trailer.

James Spader's The Blacklist ends 10 season run.

** Story & Links contains Spoilers. ** 

If you haven't yet viewed Thursday's Final 2 Episodes Finale which concluded the ten year run of "The Blacklist," SKIP reading this post. 

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Ten seasons,  we never missed a live, broadcast episode; except I did miss one episode the first season which was the only season I recall having some reruns. So I caught the rerun prior to the next new episode. 

Thursday night's Finale? For me it was expected, but not. Fitting and in keeping with the Reddington character, yet, not really. But definitely par for "The Blacklist" course. Is Red dead? Maybe. Maybe not. 

Entertainment is subjective. For me, The Blacklist ranks right up there with The Sopranos (best series ever), Weeds, Black Mirror, The Prisoner (original series) The Rockford Files and ZNation.

Cinema Blend: James Spader Reveals How He Feels About The Blacklist’s Ending.

Hard to believe 3-4 other actors were considered to play Reddington before Spader, among them Keifer Sutherland who turned it down. Now that it is, it's impossible to imagine any other actor portraying Red than Spader.

The Ending. Bail now if you don't want a SPOILER. 

The initial hook of The Blacklist, for me, was Spader, the story arc of The Global Cabal and the Fulcrum, and anytime Spader as Reddington shot or killed somebody. 

The supporting cast and re-occurring characters are fantastic. Few long-running series manage to continue excellent standards of writing over multiple seasons. The Sopranos and The Blacklist are shining examples. 

It was a fitting ending. It worked.

*Published post then had to revert to Draft to fix the video, then repost. FIXT!

In the meantime...

... Will be closing shop here again (go private a bit longer) and working on the garage project. It is getting organized. 

But then...there's - - - - - arrrrrggggghhhhhhhh - - - - a basement room that's next. I figure I'll be back publishing on a regular basis sometime around the 2028 election.

I can't (yes, I can) believe all the stuff we (many of us) accumulate over the years. Why didn't someone warn me when I was younger not to do this? Dad?!?!?!?!!!! Dad was a chucker, not a saver so I must take after my Mom. Mom!?!?!?!?!!! 

It's not a hoarding thing, it's, "why are we saving something we haven't used in over 10-30 years?" The universal answer to this is, "within a week from throwing it out you'll find you or someone else need it or some part of it." Fact Check: True. ✅

In the meantime, please check out THIS SITE; This Is Temporary.

Happy Independence Day / July 4!

Getting this posted just under the wire. Apologies for the delay. 

 

A Happy and Safe Independence Day / 4th of July to All.

And let us never forget the significance of this day.  Military.com:

On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States.
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In a June 7 session in the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall), Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution with the famous words: "Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."

And to those who served or currently serve in any branch of the U.S. Military, who served to protect our freedoms and who put their lives on the line for our freedoms, this day would not exist if not for you. God Bless you.

Remember those who, for whatever reasons, cannot be with those they love today (and every day).