{"id":31635,"date":"2024-12-22T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=31635"},"modified":"2024-12-21T20:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T01:24:40","slug":"joy-reid-gets-a-haircut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/22\/joy-reid-gets-a-haircut\/","title":{"rendered":"Joy Reid Gets a Haircut"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright the above title is a figure of speech.\u00a0 Obviously, physically, Joy Reid’s hair could not possibly be any shorter.\u00a0 So, what I’m saying is the management at MSNBC, her employer, is telling Joy that if she wants to continue working there, she’s going to have to agree to a lower salary (see first video clip below for details).\u00a0 Now this isn’t just Joy being targeted due to her awfulness.\u00a0 Rachel Maddow, the reigning star of MSNBC had to take a $5 million dollar cut from her present $30 million-dollar annual salary too.\u00a0 Apparently, Comcast is trying to make the soon to be cast off cable station slightly less doomed.\u00a0 So, let\u2019s assume everyone will get the Maddow treatment.\u00a0 Doing the math, Comcast is asking for one sixth of the salary they pay to be relinquished by their \u201cstars.\u201d\u00a0 I’ve seen estimates that say Joy Reid currently makes three million dollars a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/strong>\u00a0 I think they’re being ripped off.\u00a0 But anyway, assuming she is currently receiving that amount under the Maddow reduction model, Joy would be left earning $2.5 million a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/strong>\u00a0 That\u2019s still way too much money to pay a talentless, unlikeable hatemonger like Reid.<\/p>\n

And for that reason, I am advising Comcast to search around in their hearts for a different number.\u00a0 I think the correct number is $660 a week.\u00a0 That\u2019s based on a forty-hour week, so it can be adjusted if she\u2019s taking long lunches.\u00a0 But that represents the minimum wage that will be in effect as of January 1, 2025 in New York City.\u00a0 And that\u2019s a very fair rate for someone providing the level of craftsmanship that can be expected from her.\u00a0 And assuming that she will base her salary on a fifty-two-week year, that $34,320<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/strong>\u00a0 That still seems like too much money to pay a lying sack of crap like Joy.<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, forty hours a week seems excessive.\u00a0 Maybe she could show up on Tuesday for four hours and that way she\u2019ll scare off fewer viewers and the cable channel might have an even chance of surviving a few more months before Comcast or anyone stupid enough to purchase it finally puts it out of its misery.\u00a0 So where am I?\u00a0 Okay so let\u2019s see.\u00a0 $16.50 X 4 X 52 = $3,432 a year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/strong>\u00a0 No, I\u2019m sorry.\u00a0 There\u2019s just no way to justify that large an outlay for something so useless and toxic (see second video clip below for a sample of this dreck).<\/p>\n

But you know what she could do instead?\u00a0 She would make the perfect speech writer for Kamala Harris.\u00a0 Yes, that makes sense.\u00a0 I remember Joy said that Kamala ran a flawless campaign.\u00a0 It\u2019s obvious that Joy would be happiest working hand in glove with the flawlessness that is Kamala.\u00a0 In fact, they could spend most of the time talking about how racism and misogyny were responsible for why neither of them was rewarded by this racist, misogynistic country with the positions they deserve.\u00a0 For it is obvious to both of them that in a fair and just world Kamala would have Trump\u2019s upcoming spot in the White House and Joy would have Rachel Maddow\u2019s office.\u00a0 But, as the poet said, you\u2019re down when you\u2019re riding the train that\u2019s taking the long way.<\/p>\n

Oh well<\/strong>.<\/p>\n