Top Posts - Week of 12/22
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Saturday, December 28, 2019
Beware: This Man Is Hateful -- And Malicious!
Michael Moore: “Anytime you see three white guys walking at you, down the street towards you, two of them voted for Trump."— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) December 28, 2019
"You need to move over to the other sidewalk because these are not good people that are walking toward you. You should be afraid of them." pic.twitter.com/hDu50CE7W1
Well, This Is One Of The Trends We Highlighted!
RT: realDonaldTrump: RT Tombx7M: Don’t you agree— Mike R (@ramirez4trump) December 27, 2019
Pray for this President #FoxAndFriends #MorningJoe #MondayMotivation#mondaythoughts #Tcot #KAG2020 #Trump2020 #WWG1WGA #Cult45
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Trends To Watch For In 2020: A Baker's Dozen
As a new year and a new decade approach, new ideas will push new trends and emerging developments. In no particular order, here are 13 trends to watch for in 2020.
1) Used clothing.
Clothing is increasingly being recycled, and we're not talking Goodwill here. We're talking nearly new clothing that's sold in finer stores and shops, even in places like Macy's and Nordstrom. This is a growing trend and it plays to both thrift and environmental consciousness. This will include both fashion and accessories and is bound to not only gain increasing acceptance but continue to grow.
2) Streaming services compression.
Video streaming services have been burgeoning but the growth cannot be sustained. There will be consolidation and compression in the year ahead. Look for a big squeeze as some go belly-up and others are merged to create something similar to the shake out that occurred among wireless providers.
3) Sports betting boom.
Legalized sports betting grew exponentially in 2019 but it's still in its infancy. There's plenty of rom for continued expansion especially as gaming is now so easily available and accessible from so many different devices. Look for phenomenal growth in 2020.
4) Broadway for everybody.
As Times Square has taken on more and more of a family theme park environment, Broadway has shifted as well. Easy ticket access, targeted promotions, discounts and special events such as Kids Night on Broadway have made Broadway a place for everybody. Look for a wide variety of offerings from jukebox musicals to family-friendly shows to updated revivals to star vehicles and concerts along with more serious adult offerings. Broadway has learned how to meet the needs of a more demographically diverse audience and new earnings records are being set.
5) Minorities for Trump.
It's true. Black and hispanic support for Trump has never been higher. Truth is, if Trump even peels off a few percentage points of the normally Democrat minority vote he's on his way to victory. And don't rule out growing gay support for Trump. In fact, the Walk Away (from the Democrat Party) campaign was started by a former Democrat who happens to be gay. Check out all the black, hispanic and gay groups on facebook for Trump. This is a major story and one that big media have completely missed, or simply ignored.
6) Football on the ropes.
Pro football is not yet past its era of controversy. In fact, look for more pressure on the NFL to clean up its act both in terms of a safer game and a more fan-friendly experience with fewer controversies such as the Kaepernick imbroglio. People want to enjoy the game without a lot of divergent noise that has nothing to do with the sport itself. Also, players want a level of comfort and a sense of added protection against injuries and the devastating effects of multiple concussions. It's a messy situation.
7) Jersey shifts south.
The emergence of a strong Republican Party in South Jersey starting in the bay, shore and rural counties and moving upward is one of the hottest developments in the Garden State. Upcoming stars like Senator Mike Testa are charting the future of a movement that is also fueled by active Young Republican groups and the populist energy of the Trump phenomenon. Even in Camden County, there's a growing sense that the Norcross machine is increasingly jeopardized as the boss himself and his financial and real estate dealings come under the microscope. Nothing lasts forever.
8) Brick and mortar online stores.
There's been a lot of talk about the death of traditional, physical retail stores and the emergence of online commerce. But now online is beginning to generate real, live retail stores where customers go to pick up merchandise they've ordered online and where they may check out similar or related merchandise they may also want. Order it today, pick it up today. One of the first of these operations will soon open at the Moorestown Mall.
9) White male reassertion.
We're talking Mike Rowe type males here and their allies. It's no secret that high school educated white males fueled the Trump revolution. These are the heretofore forgotten ones and Trump sensed their alienation and gave voice to their legitimate concerns. Look at the growing draw of people like Fox News' Dan Bongino and Pete Hegseth. Testosterone will not cower.
10) The end of FroYo.
Just like Blockbuster Video, frozen yogurt shops will continue to disappear and may eventually become extinct. The novelty of making your own soft serve, almost-ice-cream sundae seems to have worn off. And what good are the benefits of FroYo if you smother it with lots of sugary stuff anyway? Furthermore, you can buy real, creamy yogurt or low fat and low carb ice cream in practically any supermarket.
11) Democrats at the precipice.
The Democrat Party has now shifted so far left that its' like a deranged jackass ready to jump off a cliff. It happened in 1968 with George McGovern and it can happen again in 2020 with Bernie Sanders, fueled by a hot-headed squad that carves publicity. But even if someone like Biden becomes the nominee, it will be hard to put the party back together. Calamitous is the only word we can think of to describe the situation.
12) Pushback against PC lingua/grammar.
Libs know that if they can control the language they're well on their way toward tyrannical rule. That's why they've invented terms like food insecurity and climate change and taglines like #metoo. Now they're pushing us to accept an absurd "non-binary" gender and so-called neutral pronoun identifiers like "they." These onerous moves will not go unresisted in 2020. In fact, you can expect loud and vocal pushback in the year ahead as tensions and passions heat up.
13) Two words: Michelle Obama.
Some First Ladies (like Laura Bush) simply fade away. Others (like Hillary Clinton) have to be done in. Either way, they become largely irrelevant. Not Michelle Obama. This high-living doyenne refuses to cede the spotlight and she's got zillionaire friends who enable an indulgent celebrity which hides behind a faux modesty. Consequently, she continues to be heralded on magazine covers and throughout pop culture as if she's still First Lady and the Michelle presidential talk is unabated. In 2019 she became increasingly prominent simply by doing nothing. Will she still be formidable in 2020 and beyond? Stay tuned!
Friday, December 27, 2019
A Diamond Jubilee With Great Fun For All!
- A DJ and dancing
Since 1945, PPRA has engaged with our city's decision makers, advocated on issues impacting our profession, and celebrated the influencers and ideas that make our region great. We look forward to continuing this legacy and staying true to our roots while embracing this ever-changing industry.Special guests to be announced and more fun details coming soon!
Broadway To Dim Its Lights For Remarkable Legend
The Broadway community mourns the loss of legendary composer, lyricist, writer, and musician Jerry Herman, who passed away on December 26, 2019 at age 88. To commemorate his life and work, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of Broadway theatres in New York for one minute on Tuesday, January 7th at exactly 6:45pm.
“To be a Broadway fan is to be a fan of the great Jerry Herman. And each of us who had a chance to know both him and his remarkable catalog of songs feels a great loss today. We celebrate his range from the deceptively simple tunes to the anthems for which he is justly famous. And most of all we celebrate the man who cared deeply about Broadway from his remarkably early success to his enduring legacy,” said Thomas Schumacher, Chairman of The Broadway League.
On Broadway Mr. Herman’s credits include: Hello, Dolly! (2017 Revival); La Cage aux Folles (2010 Revival); La Cage aux Folles (2004 Revival); Barbara Cook's Broadway! (2004); An Evening with Jerry Herman (1998); Hello, Dolly! (1995 Revival); Jerry's Girls (1985); La Cage aux Folles (1983); Mame (1983 Revival); A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (1980); The Grand Tour (1979); Hello, Dolly! (1978 Revival); Hello, Dolly! (1975 Revival); Mack & Mabel (1974); Dear World (1969); Mame (1966); Ben Franklin in Paris (1964); Hello, Dolly! (1964); Milk and Honey (1961); From A to Z (1960).
In 2009, Mr. Herman received a Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He won Tony Awards for Best Original Score for La Cage aux Folles (1984), and for Best Composer and Lyricist and Best Musical for Hello, Dolly! (1964). He also received Tony Award nominations for The Grand Tour (1979), Mame (1966), and Milk and Honey (1962).
Mr. Herman’s work frequently appeared on television and in films and he received a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination in 1997 for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “Mrs. Santa Claus.” He also won Grammy Awards for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album for Mame (1967) and for Song of the Year for Hello, Dolly! (1965). Mr. Herman received many more tributes during his decades-long career on Broadway, including the naming of the Jerry Herman Awards—the Los Angeles region's National High School Musical Theatre Awards® program—in his honor.
His full Broadway biography can be found on the Internet Broadway Database.
“To be a Broadway fan is to be a fan of the great Jerry Herman. And each of us who had a chance to know both him and his remarkable catalog of songs feels a great loss today. We celebrate his range from the deceptively simple tunes to the anthems for which he is justly famous. And most of all we celebrate the man who cared deeply about Broadway from his remarkably early success to his enduring legacy,” said Thomas Schumacher, Chairman of The Broadway League.
On Broadway Mr. Herman’s credits include: Hello, Dolly! (2017 Revival); La Cage aux Folles (2010 Revival); La Cage aux Folles (2004 Revival); Barbara Cook's Broadway! (2004); An Evening with Jerry Herman (1998); Hello, Dolly! (1995 Revival); Jerry's Girls (1985); La Cage aux Folles (1983); Mame (1983 Revival); A Day in Hollywood / A Night in the Ukraine (1980); The Grand Tour (1979); Hello, Dolly! (1978 Revival); Hello, Dolly! (1975 Revival); Mack & Mabel (1974); Dear World (1969); Mame (1966); Ben Franklin in Paris (1964); Hello, Dolly! (1964); Milk and Honey (1961); From A to Z (1960).
In 2009, Mr. Herman received a Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He won Tony Awards for Best Original Score for La Cage aux Folles (1984), and for Best Composer and Lyricist and Best Musical for Hello, Dolly! (1964). He also received Tony Award nominations for The Grand Tour (1979), Mame (1966), and Milk and Honey (1962).
Mr. Herman’s work frequently appeared on television and in films and he received a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination in 1997 for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “Mrs. Santa Claus.” He also won Grammy Awards for Best Score from an Original Cast Show Album for Mame (1967) and for Song of the Year for Hello, Dolly! (1965). Mr. Herman received many more tributes during his decades-long career on Broadway, including the naming of the Jerry Herman Awards—the Los Angeles region's National High School Musical Theatre Awards® program—in his honor.
His full Broadway biography can be found on the Internet Broadway Database.
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Today Is 'Boxing Day' -- But What Does That Mean?
The day after Christmas is customarily observed as a legal holiday.
No, the Brits do not all run out to boxing matches.
But they do enjoy soccer games today and they do lots of shopping today as well. The Queen and her entourage (such as they are) engage in fox hunting.
Where did the day get its name?
No one quite knows.
Many think it comes from the idea of boxing up Christmas stuff and/or sorting through your Christmas boxes (your gifts). But history says this is also the day when servants would get their Christmas gifts (cash and/or boxed treats) from their masters -- a sort of littler, humbler Christmas. Here's how it worked: Since they would have to wait on their masters on Christmas Day, the servants of the wealthy were allowed the next day to visit their families. The employers would give each servant a box to take home containing gifts and bonuses, and sometimes leftover food.
It was also a custom for tradesmen to collect "Christmas boxes" of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year. In England Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday, much like the day after Thanksgiving in the United States. It is a time where shops have sales, often with dramatic price reductions. For many merchants, Boxing Day has become the day of the year with the greatest amount of returns. In the UK in 2009 it was estimated that up to 12 million shoppers appeared at the sales, a rise of almost 20% compared to 2008.
So, in the spirit of the day -- box, shop, spend, eat, dink and enjoy!
Hardly Anybody Considers Trump Removal Likely
Even Democrats consider it highly unlikely that the Republican-run U.S. Senate will remove President Trump from office now that he has been impeached by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 24% of all Likely U.S. Voters think the upcoming trial in the Senate will result in Trump’s removal from office, and that includes only 12% who say it’s Very Likely. Three-out-of-four voters (73%) say Trump is unlikely to be forced out of the presidency, with 47% who feel it’s Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Sixty percent (60%) of Democrats see Trump’s removal from office as unlikely, although that compares to 81% of Republicans and 78% of voters not affiliated with either major political party.
Predictably, 69% of Democrats say the bigger problem for pro-impeachment senators is Republican party loyalty, while a nearly identical number (67%) of GOP voters think the bigger roadblock is a lack of convincing evidence against Trump. Unaffiliateds are evenly divided.
Among all voters, 48% say Republican party loyalty is the bigger problem for senators championing impeachment, while 45% say it’s a lack of convincing evidence against the president.
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The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted December 22-23, 2019 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans agree with Trump’s statement that the party line vote by House Democrats to impeach him is “an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat lawmakers.” But 74% of Democrats agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that “the president has engaged in abuse of power, undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections.”
Those under 40 are far more optimistic than their elders that Trump will be removed from the presidency. Younger voters are also the most likely to see Republican party loyalty as the sticking point.
Nearly half (47%) of blacks think Trump’s removal from office is likely, compared to only 17% of whites and 33% of other minority voters.
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of liberals and 52% of moderates consider GOP party loyalty as the bigger problem for pro-impeachment senators. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of conservatives think a lack of convincing evidence against Trump is the bigger problem for senators who want to oust the president.
Even among voters who Strongly Disapprove of the job Trump is doing, just 28% think he is likely to be removed from office.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of all voters favor Trump's impeachment by the House of Representatives. Nearly as many (46%) are opposed.
But 81% understand that it is necessary for his opponents to produce evidence of criminal wrongdoing before proceeding with an impeachment. Only 12% incorrectly believe that a president can be impeached because his political opponents disagree with him.
Most Democrats believe House Republicans didn't support the president's impeachment because of GOP party loyalty, but most Republicans believe the impeachment was driven not by broken laws but by Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 24% of all Likely U.S. Voters think the upcoming trial in the Senate will result in Trump’s removal from office, and that includes only 12% who say it’s Very Likely. Three-out-of-four voters (73%) say Trump is unlikely to be forced out of the presidency, with 47% who feel it’s Not At All Likely. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Sixty percent (60%) of Democrats see Trump’s removal from office as unlikely, although that compares to 81% of Republicans and 78% of voters not affiliated with either major political party.
Predictably, 69% of Democrats say the bigger problem for pro-impeachment senators is Republican party loyalty, while a nearly identical number (67%) of GOP voters think the bigger roadblock is a lack of convincing evidence against Trump. Unaffiliateds are evenly divided.
Among all voters, 48% say Republican party loyalty is the bigger problem for senators championing impeachment, while 45% say it’s a lack of convincing evidence against the president.
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in Rasmussen polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted December 22-23, 2019 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Seventy-three percent (73%) of Republicans agree with Trump’s statement that the party line vote by House Democrats to impeach him is “an unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power by Democrat lawmakers.” But 74% of Democrats agree with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that “the president has engaged in abuse of power, undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections.”
Those under 40 are far more optimistic than their elders that Trump will be removed from the presidency. Younger voters are also the most likely to see Republican party loyalty as the sticking point.
Nearly half (47%) of blacks think Trump’s removal from office is likely, compared to only 17% of whites and 33% of other minority voters.
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of liberals and 52% of moderates consider GOP party loyalty as the bigger problem for pro-impeachment senators. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of conservatives think a lack of convincing evidence against Trump is the bigger problem for senators who want to oust the president.
Even among voters who Strongly Disapprove of the job Trump is doing, just 28% think he is likely to be removed from office.
Forty-eight percent (48%) of all voters favor Trump's impeachment by the House of Representatives. Nearly as many (46%) are opposed.
But 81% understand that it is necessary for his opponents to produce evidence of criminal wrongdoing before proceeding with an impeachment. Only 12% incorrectly believe that a president can be impeached because his political opponents disagree with him.
Most Democrats believe House Republicans didn't support the president's impeachment because of GOP party loyalty, but most Republicans believe the impeachment was driven not by broken laws but by Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to Platinum Members only.
Please sign up for the Rasmussen Reports daily e-mail update (it's free) or follow us on Facebook. Let us keep you up to date with the latest public opinion news.
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
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