Commercials and advertising. - MLB version....

 Lets talk about this.... Major league baseball Commercials and advertising. 

in 2024 MLB made $12.4 billion dollars up from about $10 billion in 2023....  

Per the CBA = every team is required to contribute 48% of their revenue from  "baseball-related income," including ticket sales (gate receipts), local television agreements (RSNs), ballpark concessions, parking, stadium advertising, and luxury suite rentals.

• That total is then diveded equally and given back to each team - all recive the same .,  High-earning, large-market franchises (like the New York Yankees or Los Angeles Dodgers) pay significantly more into the pot than they get back, while low-revenue, small-market franchises (like the Miami Marlins or Kansas City Royals) receive a net financial windfall
• . For context, the high-earning Los Angeles Dodgers contribute an estimated $430 million annually to the pool, while a small-market team like the Miami Marlins contributes around $72 million.

Here's the rant - if you have been to a major league stadium recently - you can see that every Square inch that could be sold to a sponsor  - is SOLD to a Sponsor.. 

here is Yankee Stadium - the entire outfield - except for the batters eye - the Outfield wall ,, the space inbetween decks 1 , 2 & 3,  the DELTA sign is as big or bigger than the Yankees sign .... but are we done there - oh hell no,,,, the back stop = and with the help of Modern graphics that can change (virtually)  on your TV screen without it physically changing....   and are we done - no sir-ee....   WE now have virtual graphics on the pitcher's mound, the Foul territories,   and patches on the uniforms of one sponsor or another - and yup they are spart enough to have those patches on the correct sleeve so that it faces the pitcher- and of course the TV camera. and then on the Batting helmets  - STRAUSS - a german manufacturing / Clothing company pays MLB $12 - $15 million for that logo on all the batting helmets....    Are done - not yet.........

Then we have the TV commercials between innings.... and OMG - the one that I despise the most - now = when there is a Conference on the mound - or even between battters they do a GD split screen to show even more and more and more commercials....  I blame NASCAR for this .... it is the first place that I saw it and they have the chutzpah to make it seem like perk that you get to see the race while they show you more and more and more commercials.... 

and add on to all this that you need subscriptions to a half dozen different networks to see every game your team plays,,   including - Amazon prime,  Disney/Hulu , etc etc...   how long before the playoffs  and world series are a Pay per view event - and years from now - when they wondeer Why they have no fans left - well we can tell then ENOUGH IS ENOUGH with all the ADVERTISEMENTS

What am I missing ???

 What am I missing ....... Diesel fuel - 

Ok - he called it "massive amounts of OIL  coming into our country - and its Diesel" 

forget the fact that Oil is not Diesel or Gasoline until refined....  but forget that mis-speak....

300,000 metric tons , then 500,000 metric tons,... so i'm curious ....  cause my Gas/Diesel station sells it by the gallon ,, not the  metric ton - how much Diesel is that ??? 

300,000 Metric tons is : 94 million US gallons for the month of October.  

The United States uses approximately 3 Billion, 813 Million gallons per month  (123 million to 160 million gallons of diesel fuel per day)   

so the 94 million gallons represents approx 2% of the months usage -  About 15 hours of usage. 

let's assume we are getting the Diesel for FREE - then  it would drop the price directly by that 2% - the national average is $6.20 per gallon - so it will fall to $6.07 == now - I think truckers and others that use Diesel will take ANY reduction in price - I  would not call that MASSIVE....

and remember this fact,,,,  What country is the leading EXPORTER of Diesel fuel ?? you guessed it ! The United States.....  not the Country of course - MAJOR OIL companies - Valero, Exxon, and Phillips leading the way..............

Production & Consumption: U.S. refineries produce roughly 4.8 million to 5.3 million barrels of distillate/diesel fuel per day, while domestic consumption sits around 3.6 million to 4.1 million barrels daily.   This daily surplus makes the U.S. the world's leading exporter of diesel, supplying about 20% of the  barrels traded  globally every day ...


Why have we not bought Russian oil until now???
the  United States has not bought Russian diesel until now because of strict economic sanctions and a policy ban imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, combined with recent Russian export restrictions. The primary reasons include:
Ukraine War Sanctions: Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies slapped aggressive sanctions and import bans on Russian oil, gas, and petroleum products to cut off Moscow's war funding. 
Russian Export Bans: Ukrainian drone and missile strikes damaged several major Russian oil refineries, reducing Russia's diesel output by about 30% and prompting Moscow to ban diesel exports to protect its own domestic market. 
The Recent Policy Shift: The U.S. position changed when the Trump administration temporarily lifted sanctions—issuing a general license valid until April 2027—following a phone call with Vladimir Putin. This reversal is driven by urgent political pressure to lower record-high domestic fuel prices ahead of the midterm elections, intensified by a global supply crunch linked to the U.S. conflict with Iran.

ITEOTWAWKI

  NEXT - I have listened to and watched other people's ideas on the upcoming Mid term elections.  - the latest is that Ossoff and Warner are not legit Senators due to election fraud, it is only the latest in totally unsubstantiated claims  - You can say that this is doom saying - or  whatever.....   But here is what I this is tottaly possible / probable -  and we are less than a month away... Mid Terms are on November 3rd. 

Prior to the election - ICE and FBI, and maybe worse are deployed to Voting districts/areas that the Potus thinks they will lose , and they attempt to intimidate voters in those places to not vote....

- Election day - may be dotted with violence in places that the GOP believes they will lose.

- When the VOtes are counted - and I do not think there will be such a huge Blue wave that others think - however - the Democrats will win enough Hose seats to take the Majority.   The Senate ???  It will be close , im not sue that the Dems will win the Senate - but it will be close....

it is projected that the Democrats have won the House of Representatives- and now will have the Majority .....  that means a Democratic Speaker - and the Chairmanships of all the House committees  will be Democrats.    IMHO - the GOP . Speake Johnson, and Fat Nixon will never let this happen - they know what this means,,,,,,  actual oversight into the dealing of the Whitehouse - and probable impeachment of the POTUS and if they win the senate they just might take him out.... 

Now the End of the Democracy begins. - 

The White House claims widespread voter fraud  is what lead to the Democrats winning...  with ZERO proof of anything....  

The FBI/DOJ and maybe even the Military Seize the Voting records, and machines in those places that the GOP lost. thereby stopping any recount of the Votes that would verify a Democratic win..

We go thru a period of un substantiated fraud claims , while th GOP in conjunction the the DOJ and FBI - manipulate the Voting record that they now possess... 

We get to the Point that the Current Speaker has to swear in the newly elected Representatives. That date is January 3rd....    Mike Johnson - acting on orders from teh POTUS refuses to do it...  Remember he delayed Grijalva swearing in for 50 days.... because she was to be the 218th signature on the Epstein file release...  SO johnson refuses - they delay as long as needed to either say there will be a new election in those districts -  OR they out and out swear in the GOP candidates that LOST the elections. / or they swear in GOP reps that are friendly to the administration,... ....  think this can't happen - think again !

somewhere along hthis trajectory there are massive protests in the streets against the government - because of the BS with the Elections and the Swearing in of Reps that lost their elections... the POTUS deploys military into the cities to quall the protests,,, and might just declare Martial law .......   The House is called back into session - while protests continue -  but the Government goes on  - I think voilence is probable as we watch the end of the Democracy - the house will quickly vote to hand more and more power to executive branch,,and the  bought and paid for Supreeme count will go along....   

And that Ladies and Gentlemen is the END OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,,,, The end of DEMOCRACY in this country.   

  

we have only just begun

 Each day seems like a heavy burden to drag along.............  More and more lies from the man that is spose to be the president,...  and backed up by his lickspittles..  Fat nixon allies himself with Putin, and Un, ,.. he is made a fool of by Xi even though he rolls out the carpet for him... He travels around the US makng statements that are 100% false,.. no one can keep up with all the lies..   Building factories in Iowa ?? saying that the constrution has already begun....  when the local and national news checks it out - you guessed it = not only has there been no construction of any kind started - no permits have been filed to do any work, no plans approved or even submitte dot the places he claims the factorys are going,,,, but we slide on by this as if it's normal.... that the POTUS just lies and that is the way it is....   last night he made statements about Iran bombing LA and San Diego .....  and it barely gets a note...    on one hand tells us affordability is democratic Hoax , and on the next speech says that it's a small price to pay to keep Iran away from Nukes - oh that they don;t have - and had agreed not to have them, and passed every inspection by a multinational task force that did the inspections..... but he tore up that agreement becasue it was an Obama deal and that Netanyahu asked his to bomb Iran ....   There is no way to keep up with all the BS. 

and Before we get to the Mid-Term elections lets talk about Fox news doing an IN MEMORIAM to Dennis Hasert = His career was later tarnished by a bank fraud conviction linked to his efforts to quash the story of a former student who accused him of sexual abuse during his time as a high school wrestling coach. He was sentenced to 15 months in prison in 2016. Hastert pleaded guilty in the case to attempting to pay $3.5 million to an unnamed individual to keep the alleged sexual abuse a secret. Before he sentenced Hastert, Judge Thomas M. Durkin described the then-74-year-old Illinois Republican as a "serial child molester," and that "accusing Individual A of extorting you was unconscionable."

Are we Great yet ?!?!?

 OK - so now we are going to get a $5000 check IF - the republicans win both the House and senate in the Midterm elections....     And I guess I will deposit that $5k into the Same account that the DOGE check ,,, and the Refund on the Tariffs  check.... What ? You didn't get those checks???  WOW  - seriously ?? 

 Is this a Bribe ??? NO ??  Oh really....   -Let's look.....  

18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and

Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

..... then let me make a couple of more questions... 

Where the heck is that money coming from ???

and exactly how much is that --- the $5k per each adult citizen,,,

There are - 269.7 Million Adult citizens in the US...  

let's say 270 million for easy math - 

270,000,000 x $5000 = $1,350,000,000,000. you can read that as One Trillion, 350 Billion Dollars... just less than 15% of the entire budget of the USA... 

That is more than the Medicare budget.... of $1.2 trillion

a little more than Social Security pays out....  $1.5 Trillion,,, but that's our money anyway.. 

It's more than the Entire Defense budget... 

Lastly - IF - IF the Republicans do NOT win the House and Senate - where will that $1.350 Trillion dollars go ?!?!!?!?! 

so - we are getting a check from DOGE ...    and a Check from all the Tariffs that are bringing in Billions,, 

So - IF you are all in the MAGA mode - I will sign over my  $5000 check for just $100-   first to send me the $100 in Cash - I will document and endorse over to you -  without fail - that $5000 check,,,,, 

November election to January 3rd...

 While I am not the smartest person -   however I listen - or try to - and watch = what is happening,.....  

The House of Representatives is again working on a second  Discharge petition  dealing with the Epstein files - that would require a vote in the House = you remember the first one got the 218 signatures neeeed and then passed ... however the DOJ - essentially refused court orders to turn over the files , making them public,, what we have seen has been scrubbed by the DOJ and FBI so that Trumps name does not appear in the files - even though it is a FACT- that he is mentioned thousands of times.  In addition Todd Blanch - now the attorney general - met with Ghislaine Maxwell - Epstein's partner isn the rape and molestation of young girls , he secured her silence in exchange for a move from a max security prison to a country club setting just days after his meeting - a Quid pro Quo arrangement.

The Speaker of the House - you read that right - the Speaker of the House of Representatives,  announced that just a few weeks after Congress came back to work after a 5 week vacation that he is sending them back home - on September 17th - so that no vote can be taken by the House on the 2nd Epstein Petition - and once agin protecting the President from having them files released and his name exposed a child rapist.  you can read more here - https://www.axios.com/2026/09/03/mike-johnson-recess-sexual-misconduct-reform.

Let's Fast forward to  post the November election -  even though the DOJ, FBI, President and his lickspittles, and bootlickers, will do EVERYTHING in their power to keep people from voting - DO NOT put anything past them in this reguard - Nothing is off the table - BUT - I still think that the GOP will lose control of the House - the Democrats will win enought seats to take the Majority.    but - hang on a minute....   once the election is over and we will all see that that has happened - that same man - the Speaker of the House will NOT swear in the newly elected Representatives - he will hold out forever - to protect his Orange Jesus -he - Johnson - has already stated that the Loss of the House to the Democrats wil effectively end Dumpy Trumpy's Presidency.   Johnson will personally be out as Speaker - the Democrats will gain Chairmanships of all the House committees - Moscow Mike does not care what actions he need to do to complete this task of staying in power....  you just need to look back when  U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva unwillingly set a record with her 36-day wait to be sworn in to represent the state’s 7th Congressional District.   WHY - because she would have been and ended up as the 218th signature on the original Epstein petition  .  Johnson and White house will claim they have evidence of Election abnormalities - yea - there will be none - but Lying is just part of their game.... 

 The period between the November election and January 3rd will be the most Dangerous to the Nation - to the United States of America,,,, Per the Constitution - you know the US CONSTITUTION  - the newly elected members  of  Congress from the November 2026 election are to be sworn in on January 3, 2027 (120th Congress) — per the 20th Amendment. -( it's a Sunday so can get moved to the 4th.....)    when that does not happen,,, when the Speaker delays that swearing in - when they try to keep the current Representatives or swear in others - the losers in the November election = that , Ladies and Gentlemen - could lead us to the END of the Democracy, suspension of the Constitution -   The Death Knell of the United States of America as we know it today....        Think that is not possible - ???