Friends It was a pretty quiet trading day with mixed results. Nasdaq keeps pushing towards previous highs led by the likes of Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Netflix and Facebook, but many other areas of the market are struggling. The Dow traded down a couple of hundred points at the open, but recovered by midday, only to drift lower by the […]
On June 12, 1987, United States President Ronald Reagan delivered a speech in West Berlin. He was less than 100 yards from the Berlin Wall. Reagan called for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, to open the Berlin Wall, which had separated West and East Berlin since 1961. …
You’re returning to work. Your appetite is naturally increasing. We’re here to help. Our supply chain, unlike Wendy’s, never runs short. We’re here to serve. Nuggets follow. Jailed Dallas hair salon owner Shelley Luther is free at last. One day after a judge sentenced her to 7 days in jail and 7k out of her …
Meet Shelley Luther. She very politely refused to apologize for reopening her North Dallas hair salon. The judge sentenced her to seven days in jail and a $7,000 fine. Technically she didn’t break a law. She refused to obey an executive order. Then she opted for jail rather than apologize. This is where we …
Yesterday CNN ran a story that we feel has not gotten near enough attention. For our sake, we hope it isn’t as Donald Trump labels it, “fake news.” We quote CNN. “373 employees and contract workers at Triumph Foods in Buchanan County, Missouri, have tested positive for coronavirus. All of them were asymptomatic, according …
As society wonders about what it’s future will look like, we decided to serve you ten nuggets as we wander around in life as we know it today. They’re scattered about your plate randomly, but give us a break. They’re tasty as always. We don’t upcharge for home delivery. And, most restaurants are still closed. …
It’s Friday. Another week of sheltering in place, whatever that means these days, has nearly passed. It means another week of no sports has nearly passed too. We miss sports. We miss sports characters too. With the help of a valued reader, we dug up some colorful quotes from some colorful sports characters. A baker’s …
The BBR staff is offsite today enjoying a rigorous, but fun, team-building exercise. We decided as a group that these difficult times no longer need to be so difficult. Today we reacquaint ourselves. Tomorrow we come together at work in our good old sanitized world headquarters office. Together. Not apart. Therefore, today’s pearls of wisdom …
You’ve heard of Tara Reade by now, haven’t you? Reade has leveled serious sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden. She was a former Congressional staff member of his and claims that he assaulted her back in 1993. In recent weeks her willingness to amplify the claim has gained some steam as a video of her …
America, have you heard? We got a brand new dance and it’s called the herd(back in the day it was called the bird.) The herd is a bit different. It’s easy to learn. It’s one step forward and two steps back. Then it’s two steps forward and one step back. And, it’s all done …
