Author: The Chief
The Ballad of a Jerk
April 2, 2019The Chief takes another scalp in this real-life story of how a jerk reacted to not getting his fries piping hot at a local Red Robin Gourmet Burgers in Elk Grove. The jerk was unhappy about not getting his fries piping hot as described above, so how does he react? Well like any other irrational […]
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Kraft Heinz Co is Melting Down
March 29, 2019Kraft Heinz Co reported earnings February 21st and the results were well, not great, Sales were up, but they literally cooked the books as far as compliance goes, slashed the dividend, and wrote down the value of their products. Before I break down that long sentence I’ll give a little background. Heinz was bought out […]
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The Chief is Really Right Again!
March 22, 2019Earlier this week brought great news (as predicted in this space) regarding Bob Kraft–the Patriots owner who “allegedly” solicited a prostitute at a Florida massage parlor. Headlines announced that Kraft would get off. Link: How Patriots owner Robert Kraft could get off in prostitution case Horrible pun there but anyway, the prosecutors are offering him […]
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Robert Kraft is Unfairly Targeted
March 4, 2019News broke Friday morning (02/22/19) that New England Patriots owner and essentially a villain to all football fans Robert Kraft was arrested for soliciting prostitution at an Orchids of Asian massage bar in Jupiter, Florida. There was a large press conference, and the police department made it seem as if years of detective work finally […]
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Carma-geddon or Car-mageddon?
February 20, 2019William, the Blog Father, and I met for lunch a couple years ago and both us had our “tin foil hats on” according to the cheerleaders of this disaster of an economy. A ton of issues were discussed but one item I brought up could reign supreme very soon, the topic of the car loan […]
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Financial Literacy is at an All Time Low
February 14, 2019While conversing with an old college friend the topic of money and debts came up, my degree being in finance I offered to lend a hand. My friend also graduated with a degree in finance from the same college I did. My friend told me she was barely making ends meet. She is single and […]
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Oh No! Another PG&E Fire
February 7, 2019Today we had a tragedy in San Francisco, no the land was not sold to the Chinese as has been rumored. A large explosion took place…pandemonium ensued. Was this an attack by the Russians ordered by President Trump? Was Leland Yee or “Shrimp Boy” Chow involved? Was this truly the “big one”? Did the toxic […]
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What The Government Shutdown Should Teach About Personal Finance
February 3, 2019The infamous government shutdown has come and gone and in a rare blog, I’m not going to get or be political at all. I want to focus on personal finance and how close most Americans are to financial ruin. Hopefully you will learn something, if not go study Socialism 101 and hopefully Alexandria Ocasio Cortez […]
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My SOTU Prediction
January 30, 2019I was asked to make my predictions for the upcoming State of the Union address by President Trump, and here is what you can expect to hear: The speech will heavily feature the border wall The bully pulpit will be used heavily The shutdown will be a central issue If you think Trump caved on […]
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If Howard Schultz is the Answer, What is the Question?
January 29, 2019Since former Starbucks Corp founder Howard Schultz gave a 60 Minutes interview that he was exploring running for president as a centrist independent, the left has been buzzing. Quite a few of my liberal friends agree as they feel this gives their nominee a better chance to defeat tyrannical dictator Donald Trump in 2020. They […]
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