Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Quick Hits: Volume CCLXXV

 - With the national average of gas prices at an all time high, left wing elitists are answering Americans' objections with a Marie Antoinette vibe. 




 



Of course, the Biden administration and his media accomplices continue their gaslighting campaign of how fuel prices are only on the rise due to the Russia invasion of Ukraine. 


 


 



And because he's so terrified of upsetting the prog base, President Biden is now groveling to the likes of Venezuela in an effort to import more oil as opposed to utilizing vast American resources


Sleep tight. 



- The new head of programming at CNN, if a rumored report is true, is going to make a radical change that may yet save his floundering network. 


Incoming CNN boss Chris Licht plans to nix the network's left-leaning commentary when he assumes the role of president this May, insiders say, and has already engaged in talks with rival Fox News about halting its aggressive coverage of them.

Former CBS exec Licht, 50, who headed Stephen Colbert's Late Show for six years until it was announced he was replacing ousted boss Jeff Zucker last month, has already begun closed door conversations with key figures close to the conservative news network, two sources close to the matter told The Daily Beast Tuesday.

Licht reportedly told certain Fox reporters and agents to breathe a little easier because he is working towards a ceasefire after his network's unrelenting negative coverage of the competing news station.

Translation: Brian Stelter and Oliver Darcy better have their résumés updated.


- Mr. Rodgers opts to not move on from his longtime neighborhood. 

The beautiful mystery tour will continue. Aaron Rodgers is not done with the Green Bay Packers just yet, and now there really is a chance the four-time NFL MVP will finish his career in the same place it started.

Rodgers has decided he will return to the Packers for the 2022 season, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

The sides are working on a new contract that would lower his salary-cap figure for the 2022 season while giving Rodgers, 38, contractual clarity well into his 40s.

Pat McAfee and NFL Network were first to report news of Rodgers' return to Green Bay.

NFL Insider Ian Rapoport has reported that Rodgers' new deal is 4 years, $200 million, with an astounding $153M guaranteed. The vital part from the Packers' standpoint is it gets them out of salary cap hell in 2022, thus allowing them to retain, at minimum, Rodgers most productive offensive weapon in WR Davante Adams. 

A lot of my fellow Vikings fans were hoping Rodgers would move on so as to allow our favorite squad a more realistic chance to seize the NFC North. However, I'm a firm believer that the Vikes should take a year or two to re-tool so that they're in a position to go far beyond a division title come 2024. So in a way, Rodgers re-upping with the Pack for at least another season should make the decision easy for the Vikings' new brass since they're, as of today, a borderline playoff team at best. 

And now for the rest of the NFL dominoes to start tumbling.

UPDATE: There's the next domino.




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