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From Prostitute to Sex Worker - The Next Step is Obvious By James Terminiello In many professions - doctor, criminologist, investment advisor - it is often wise to look for patterns and trends to get a better indication of what may be on the horizon. Word patterns can also provide an eye on the future.  You may have noticed that the term illegal alien has been displaced by migrant or dreamer. Less accurate? Of course.  But far more palatable for those whose goal it is to forcefully alter the demographics of this nation for political purposes. In the same way, the word marijuana was too much of a throwback to Cheech and Chongian days when grass was the province of the potheads of the world. To better sell it to the mainstream it now bears the vaguely medicinal moniker of cannabis.  And we now see the full might of mercantile energy being unleased to sell cannabis in every form short of car polish... at least for the moment.  Now for the next word pattern. In news reporting, medical jour

Grab Me a Bag of Chips, a Soda, and, Oh, some CBD Suppositories By James Terminiello I was recently ambling about in one of New Jersey's larger malls when I came upon a bank of vending machines. Nestled between one offering a blood-pressure-raising array of highly-salted chips and another with the latest in a Johnstown Flood of carbonated beverages was one offering CBD products ... and only CBD products. Oils ... salves ... creams ... ointments ... mists ... powders and gummies of all types, colors, and sizes. Each of them waiting for the mere swipe of your credit card to unlock their riches to make your skin shine, your stress to evaporate, your pain to become a memory, your anxiety to flutter away, and those nights without sleep to become nothing more than a fading dream. The only thing I did not see was a packet of CBD suppositories! I thought it particularly ironic that this CBD machine was bracketed by two others offering voluptuously anti-nourishing products of little value a

  The Shrapnel of Inflation Is Still Cutting Deep   By James Terminiello     You are going to hear reports that the inflation demon has finally been exorcised from the possessed soul of our body politic. These reports will come from that portion of the media that seeks to defend and support the economic machinations of our current ruling elites . These reports will be couched in statistics that “prove” that the worst is over. (1)   The great British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once said: “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” His wise words continue to resonate over the years. Should anyone try to convince you that the shrapnel of inflation is no longer digging into our corporate flesh, here are ten things to wheel out in your counterargument. And there are many more. Visit a supermarket with $100 and measure how far it goes. As a side note, pay careful attention to the repackaging (read downsizing) of everything from cookies to yogurt in an attempt to maintain near-buyable pr

  Women of the World Unite! You’re Not Just Menstruaters!   By James Terminiello     “We’re also wanting a period positive, gender inclusive brand.”   These are the barely English words of one Nadya Okamoto, 25, CEO of the August brand of feminine hygiene products. Ms. Okamoto hawks  tampons, but she carefully avoids the word “woman” so as not to offend those in the trans community. Instead, she falls back on her safe word “menstruater ”. (1) Accurate if uncompromisingly cowardly.   Apparently, we can no longer call a spade a spade and as for women, well, in the woketopic world of Okamoto the same applies .     As a man and a friend of women (especially since about the age of 12 when things happened) I am here to say that women are far more than menstruaters. Mother, Wife, Chum, Comforter, Tower of Strength, Keeper of Wisdom, Phantom of Dreams, Provocateur , Definer of Beauty. I could go on and on. That I even have to say these things sheds a blinding spotlight on the tragic realit

  Will The SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision Impact TV Commercials?   By James Terminiello   Those of you who have watched television or videos on your favorite device must have noticed that black actors, interracial couples, and gay performers are overrepresented wildly in commercials when compared to the general population.  (See Notes 1, 2, & 3)    The numbers speak for themselves, and there can be no debate that the percentages do not reflect reality. Not that commercials ever reflected reality to begin with. The only question is: Why? And the follow-up to that inquiry is: Will the SCOTUS decision relating to Affirmative Action have any impact?   Let's first examine why.   Advertisers want to be hip, woke , and cool .   Face it, advertisers just want to sell their latest drug, cereal, cosmetic, or tube of Miracle Goo, and will do anything to accomplish that simple goal. Their research tells them that sympathy for anyone defined as a member of the underclass will make th