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Information & registration at bloominthedesert.com<br />

<strong>March</strong><br />

DDG.GAY<br />

PALM SPRINGS<br />

& COACHELLA VALLEY<br />

DOCUMENTING LOCAL GAY HISTORY SINCE 1994<br />

12 th Annual Spring Fling Cabaret & Silent Auction<br />

Friday, <strong>March</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong><br />

6:30 pm to 8:15 pm on Facebook Live<br />

Featuring<br />

Musical Theatre University<br />

Local Community Singers<br />

A Virtual Gala<br />

Benefiting<br />

KEISHA D<br />

7th Annual Community Justice<br />

Award Honoree


12 th Annual Spring Fling Cabaret & Silent Auction<br />

Friday, <strong>March</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong><br />

6:30 pm to 8:15 pm on Facebook Live<br />

Featuring<br />

Musical Theatre University<br />

Local Community Singers<br />

A Virtual Gala<br />

Benefiting the Vitality<br />

and Mission of<br />

KEISHA D<br />

7th Annual Community Justice<br />

Award Honoree<br />

Information & registration at bloominthedesert.com<br />

Please register to participate.


SPRING FLING 12 - “Blooming Together”<br />

YOU ARE INVITED!<br />

Please come join us on FRIDAY MARCH 5, <strong>2021</strong> from 6:30 to 8:15 pm<br />

For Bloom’s 12th Annual Spring Fling, when we will be<br />

“BLOOMING TOGETHER”<br />

There will be entertainment by Musical Theater University; an online, real<br />

time Silent Auction for unique, multi-themed “Easter Baskets”; and a raffle<br />

for $500 in Amazon gift cards.<br />

Bloom will also be presenting the 7th Annual Community<br />

Justice Award to Keisha D, and also the 3rd Annual Compassion<br />

Appreciation Award<br />

Schedule:<br />

6:30pm “Mocktail Hour” - Sign On, Silent Auction Bidding, and Raffle<br />

Ticket Purchase. Info and Pre-event Music 7- 8:15pm Program: Musical<br />

Theater University, Presentation of Awards, and raffle drawing.<br />

!!! REGISTER bloominthedesert.org starting FRIDAY FEB 19 at 5pm!!!<br />

A link will be provided to the registration site<br />

You must be registered to enjoy all the fun and benefits of attending the<br />

event.<br />

You may then preview the auction items once registered, and bidding<br />

starts MARCH 1st at Noon.


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DID YOU KNOW?<br />

Financial donations are what<br />

keep “food on the table.” We<br />

exist because of individual donors<br />

like yourself. No donation is too<br />

small, nor too big. Our yearly<br />

budget of $450,000.00 provides<br />

food and services to thousands<br />

of people. Churches, individuals<br />

and Foundations are what make<br />

ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project<br />

212-549-2500<br />

Adult Protective Services<br />

Hotline<br />

800 491-7123<br />

The (FCC) reserved the 211 dialing<br />

code for community information<br />

and services.<br />

Gay Men’s Health Crisis Hotline<br />

800 243-7692<br />

American Association of Poison<br />

Control Center (800) 222-1222<br />

Rape, Sexual Assault, Abuse, and<br />

Incest National Network (RAINN)<br />

(800) 656-HOPE<br />

See More in our Business Directory<br />

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BUSINESS Directory<br />

FEATURED<br />

BAR/DINING<br />

Pinocchio In the<br />

Desert<br />

Palm Springs<br />

breakfast and<br />

lunch bistro<br />

restaurant with<br />

a warm and<br />

welcoming, lively<br />

fun European<br />

Atmosphere.<br />

134 East Tahquitz<br />

Canyon Way. PS<br />

Rio Azul -<br />

Mexican Style<br />

Rest. & Bar<br />

Best authentic<br />

Mexican style<br />

restaurant in<br />

the valley.<br />

With patio and<br />

Bar. Home of<br />

an original<br />

and distinct<br />

interpretation of<br />

Mexican food &<br />

Longest running<br />

Sunday Drag<br />

Brunch.(760) 992-<br />

5641 350 South<br />

Indian Cyn. PS<br />

Runway<br />

Restaurant & Bar<br />

The valleys<br />

premier arts and<br />

entertainment.<br />

Featuring<br />

American<br />

Casual Dining<br />

Drinks & Drag<br />

at CCBC Resort<br />

Hotel.68300 Gay<br />

Resort Drive. CC<br />

Sunshine Cafe<br />

Nearly as perfect<br />

as it gets! Known<br />

as a local hole<br />

in the wall with a<br />

funky vibe and<br />

fantastic food,<br />

frequented<br />

by celebrities,<br />

politicians, word<br />

of mouth visitors<br />

from around<br />

the world. 36815<br />

Cathedral<br />

Canyon Dr. CC<br />

Eagle 501 Bar<br />

LEVI/LEATHER<br />

bar in the heart<br />

of Arenas, Palm<br />

Springs<br />

301 E Arenas Rd.<br />

PS<br />

The Barracks<br />

LEVI/LEATHER<br />

No matter your<br />

fetish, if you’re<br />

in the mood<br />

for some great<br />

cruising or just<br />

listening to some<br />

sexy music while<br />

you have a cigar<br />

largest patio bar<br />

in the desert.<br />

67625 E. Palm<br />

Canyon Dr. CC<br />

Tool Shed<br />

LEVI/LEATHER In<br />

the Warm Sands<br />

District in central<br />

Palm Springs.<br />

600 E Sunny<br />

Dunes Rd , PS<br />

Tryst Bar and<br />

Lounge<br />

Eclectic mix of<br />

straight and<br />

gays Everyone is<br />

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Welcome at Tryst<br />

21+ 188 S Indian<br />

Canyon Dr. PS<br />

MORE GAY &<br />

GAY FRIENDLY<br />

Cathedral City<br />

The Barracks<br />

Runway<br />

Sunshine Cafe<br />

AJ Sports<br />

Roost<br />

Trunks<br />

Studio One 11<br />

Desert Hot<br />

Springs<br />

Playoffs Sports<br />

Bar<br />

Palm Springs<br />

Eagle 501 Bar<br />

Rio Azul<br />

Tool Shed<br />

Toucan’s<br />

Streetbar<br />

Oscar’s<br />

Chill bar<br />

Hunters<br />

Stacy’s<br />

BlackBook<br />

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Next Mass weekly Zoom Mass every Saturday at 430.<br />

Call or 442-282-8333 or visit stgilesaltadena.org for more details.<br />

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cover<br />

03 SPRING FLING 12<br />

politics<br />

15 Equality Act<br />

10 How Big business cheats<br />

entertainment<br />

17 Wildflower festival<br />

16 Palm Springs leather PRIDE<br />

33 F**Ked Up Funny<br />

24 Forever Marilyn<br />

30 iNaturalist app<br />

25 That;s Drag!<br />

business<br />

06 Business Directory/Bar/Dining<br />

18 Massage<br />

16 Jobs<br />

art<br />

22 AdamsArtExpose’<br />

12 th Annual Spring Fling Cabaret & Silent Auction<br />

Friday, <strong>March</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong><br />

6:30 pm to 8:15 pm on Facebook Live<br />

Featuring<br />

Musical Theatre University<br />

Local Community Singers<br />

KEISHA D<br />

7th Annual Community Justice<br />

Award Honoree<br />

A Virtual Gala<br />

Benefiting the Vitality<br />

and Mission of<br />

Information & registration at bloominthedesert.com<br />

Please register to participate.<br />

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EDITOR NOTES<br />

Currently online only <strong>March</strong><br />

I can’t wait until we go back to weekly. For us, it’s the<br />

best way to communicate our main mission to provide an<br />

updated safe LGBT travel guide to locals, weekenders, and<br />

vacationers alike.<br />

We consider our reader’s<br />

ability to pick up and read<br />

us where they shop eat and<br />

drink is our asset. We must be<br />

about building our community<br />

not addicted to their<br />

overhead. Thanks to them, we<br />

have been doing this since<br />

1994!<br />

US House of Representatives<br />

passes the Equality Act<br />

offering protections to<br />

LGBTQ 224-206 to pass the<br />

Equality Act, which aims to<br />

expand civil rights for LGBTQ<br />

Americans. Republican<br />

responded by displaying<br />

typical homophobia.<br />

The CDC also reports on<br />

continued on page 21<br />

DDG Media Group/<br />

Team DDG<br />

Art: Adams’s Art<br />

Desert Daily Guide<br />

adamsart@desertdailyguide. Opinions expressed in the DDG<br />

EDITOR: Will Paige<br />

com<br />

columns do not necessarily<br />

will@desertdailyguide.com<br />

reflect the opinion of the DDG,<br />

its staff, or its advertisers. DDG is<br />

EDITOR IN CHIEF: A, A, Advertising<br />

not responsible for claims made<br />

AA@desertdailyguide.com<br />

Digital or printed media packs available by its advertisers, or the products<br />

on request.<br />

or services they offer. Listings,<br />

Contributing Photographers: SALES: Will Paige<br />

pictures, or advertisements in<br />

Marko Russell, David Stanfield will@desertdailyguide.com<br />

the DDG should not be construed<br />

National Ad Representatives<br />

to represent or reflect the sexual<br />

Distribution<br />

Rivendell Media<br />

orientation of any business, its<br />

Magazine is delivered every week owners, or its staff. All events<br />

(212) 242-6863<br />

to select locations. Updated weekly , are subject to change without<br />

Contributing Writers<br />

Currently on lime only and free during notice. Any omissions of events<br />

COVID.<br />

are not intentional. © 2020<br />

Vic Gerami<br />

DDG Media Group , All Rights<br />

TheBluntPostWithVic.com<br />

Reserved.<br />

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PALM SPRINGS LEATHER PRIDE <strong>2021</strong><br />

IMMEDIATE ANNOUNCEMENT<br />

Palm Springs Leather Order of The Desert is proceeding with planning to present<br />

Palm Springs Leather Pride <strong>2021</strong> during the period of October 28-31, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Since COVID-19 continues to be a concern, it is necessary to delay a final decision<br />

about whether to present the event until July/August <strong>2021</strong> at which time we will send<br />

an update and post the decision on our websites and Facebook pages.<br />

We are planning to bring back all your favorite events - pool parties, formal dinner<br />

and Mr. Palm Springs Leather contest.<br />

palmspringsleatherpride.org. info@pslod.org<br />

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BUSINESS Directory<br />

QUADZ<br />

RetroRoom<br />

Lounge<br />

Jobs<br />

CCBC is hiring<br />

fantastic people<br />

for our Front<br />

Desk & Housekeeping<br />

Dept.<br />

See Indeed.com<br />

for details or<br />

click LINK<br />

FEATURED<br />

RESORTS<br />

downtown Palm<br />

Springs, Our 3.5<br />

acre fantasy<br />

playground<br />

is perfect for<br />

weekend getaways<br />

and<br />

extended stays.<br />

ccbcresorthotel.<br />

com<br />

TRIANGLE INN<br />

760-322-7993<br />

555 E. San<br />

Lorenzo Rd<br />

92264 Palm<br />

Springs CA<br />

Romantic and<br />

relaxing or fun<br />

and frisky. At<br />

the Triangle Inn<br />

Palm Springs, the<br />

choice is yours.<br />

Historic Palm<br />

Springs Resort<br />

is a feast for<br />

all your senses,<br />

with a special<br />

flair for Southern<br />

(California)<br />

hospitality.<br />

triangle-inn.com<br />

Personal Service<br />

NOTE: Some<br />

business may<br />

be restricted<br />

or unavailable.<br />

Depending on<br />

COVID Please<br />

call first.<br />

Massage<br />

MALE KNEADS<br />

Exceptional,<br />

Sensual,<br />

Soothing, body<br />

work for men<br />

of all ages.<br />

Outcalls only.<br />

Call Adam for<br />

an extraordinary<br />

experience<br />

in innovative<br />

erotic relaxation.<br />

760-835-0727<br />

CCBC Resort 760<br />

324-1350 See<br />

page 2<br />

68-300 Gay<br />

Resort Drive<br />

Hey guys...take<br />

CCBC is the<br />

a break from<br />

largest clothing<br />

life and come<br />

optional Gay<br />

relax with a<br />

men’s resort<br />

great massage<br />

in Southern<br />

by trained<br />

California.<br />

hands. I am<br />

Located just a<br />

a Professional<br />

few 18 Desert minutes Daily from Guide always on line and Massage soon in print (ASAP)<br />

Therapist<br />

here offering<br />

something<br />

therapeutic,<br />

restorative and<br />

sensually tailored<br />

to your needs. I<br />

am well trained<br />

and provide a<br />

session that is<br />

unparalleled.Say<br />

hi and tell me<br />

how I can make<br />

your body feel<br />

awesome! The<br />

massage is done<br />

on a table. I see<br />

people at my<br />

location. I am<br />

off Ramon by<br />

Sunrise.<br />

845-866-0498<br />

Mark<br />

GENERAL<br />

SERVICES<br />

Patriot Services<br />

LIC General<br />

contractor<br />

Handyman<br />

ELECTRICAL<br />

760-327-9619<br />

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BUSINESS Directory<br />

Painter<br />

Hauling<br />

Red’s Hauling.<br />

We remove trash<br />

and unwanted<br />

items. Garage<br />

clean outs.<br />

Call Red at<br />

760-288-6956<br />

ATTRACTIONS<br />

Cabot’s Pueblo<br />

Museum<br />

760-329-7610<br />

McCallum<br />

Adobe 760-323-<br />

8297<br />

Indian Canyons<br />

760-323-6018<br />

Palm Springs<br />

Aerial Tram<br />

760-325-1449<br />

Palm Springs Air<br />

Museum<br />

760-778-6262<br />

Palm Springs Art<br />

Museum<br />

760-325-7186<br />

Sunnylands<br />

760-328-2829<br />

Patton Memorial<br />

Museum<br />

760-227-3483<br />

Joshua Tree<br />

National park<br />

760-367-5500<br />

ATTORNEYS<br />

Joseph Rhea<br />

legal criminal<br />

law human rights<br />

760 322-3001<br />

SHOPPING<br />

Gear Leather<br />

and Fetish<br />

760-322-3363<br />

We carry only<br />

the finest quality<br />

leather and<br />

fetish goods,<br />

gym wear, toys<br />

and furnishings,<br />

all designed<br />

to get you off<br />

and make you<br />

look good while<br />

you’re doing it.<br />

gearleather.com<br />

650 E. Sunny<br />

Dunes<br />

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Off Ramp<br />

Leathers<br />

760-778-2798<br />

offrampleathers.<br />

com New and<br />

used leather<br />

and fetish/BSDM<br />

gear.<br />

Alterations<br />

and repairs<br />

handmade item<br />

by Paul. Great<br />

selection of<br />

consignment<br />

items.<br />

650 E. Sunny<br />

Dunes Rd., Unit 3,<br />

Palm Springs, CA<br />

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Disparities in Risk<br />

Factors for<br />

Adverse COVID-19–<br />

Related Outcomes,<br />

by Race/Ethnicity —<br />

Behavioral Risk Factor<br />

Surveillance System,<br />

United States, 2017–2019<br />

and a response from the<br />

HRC<br />

Summary<br />

Risks for COVID-19 acquisition and<br />

severe associated illness vary by<br />

characteristics, including race/<br />

ethnicity, age, and urban/rural<br />

residence. U.S. COVID-19 surveillance<br />

systems lack information on sexual<br />

orientation, hampering examination<br />

of COVID-19–associated disparities<br />

among sexual minority adults.<br />

What is added by this report?<br />

Sexual minority persons in the United<br />

States have higher self-reported<br />

prevalences of several underlying<br />

health conditions associated with<br />

severe outcomes from COVID-19 than<br />

do heterosexual persons, both in the<br />

overall population and among racial/<br />

ethnic minority groups.<br />

What are the implications for public<br />

health practice?<br />

Inclusion of sexual orientation and<br />

gender identity data in COVID-19<br />

surveillance and other data collections<br />

could improve knowledge about<br />

disparities in infections and adverse<br />

outcomes among sexual and gender<br />

minority populations, overall and by<br />

race/ethnicity.<br />

Citation: Heslin KC, Hall JE. Sexual<br />

Orientation Disparities in Risk Factors for<br />

Adverse COVID-19–Related Outcomes,<br />

by Race/Ethnicity — Behavioral Risk<br />

Factor Surveillance System, United<br />

States, 2017–2019. MMWR Morb<br />

Mortal Wkly Rep <strong>2021</strong>;70:149–154. DOI:<br />

http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.<br />

mm7005a1external icon<br />

HRC issued the following statement:<br />

This report affirms what LGBTQ<br />

advocates and organizations have<br />

known all along: that our community is<br />

at greater risk and disproportionately<br />

affected by the COVID-19 health<br />

crisis. It is critical that health disparities<br />

in marginalized communities are<br />

fully captured by government data<br />

collection so they can be swiftly<br />

addressed. The Trump administration<br />

failed to acknowledge the<br />

disproportionate impact of COVID-19<br />

on LGBTQ people; it is most welcome<br />

that the Biden administration is not<br />

politicizing our community’s health and<br />

instead is addressing the realities we<br />

are facing.<br />

This study is only the first step.<br />

Alphonso David, President,<br />

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ADAMSARTEXPOSE’<br />

THE EXOTIC AND EROTIC ART DEPICTING LOVE INSPIRED BY THE<br />

THE VERNAL EQUINOX<br />

REPORTER: Adam EMAIL: adamart@desertdailyguide.com Web: coming soon<br />

Spring is commonly associated with<br />

the phenomenon of renewal. In a climate<br />

where deciduous trees have been dormant,<br />

hibernating from life, leafless and ominous in<br />

their bare dark branches resembling crooked<br />

witch’s fingers twisting in the wind. With the<br />

first rays of warm spring sunshine, the juices of<br />

these trees begin to flow through the trunk and<br />

into the branches producing emerging yellowgreen<br />

buds which will become the green leaves<br />

of summer<br />

The emergence of the Vernal Equinox<br />

bringing on spring also has profound effects<br />

on the human species creating similar erotic<br />

arousal as those in the natural world. In Japan<br />

the Shunga translated to “spring pictures”,<br />

has a history, beginning prior to the 1600s,<br />

with paintings on handscrolls and books<br />

representing erotic visuals of the enjoyment<br />

of sex showing female, male, and same-sex<br />

encounters of blooming sexuality that is<br />

stimulated during the spring season.<br />

Dried bulbs that have been buried in the<br />

soil five months earlier are sprouting from their<br />

frozen graves to show new colorful life as tulips,<br />

lilies, and daffodils. along with the wildflowers<br />

blooming on the hillsides to create a burst of<br />

color throughout the landscape. Artists coming<br />

after and influenced by the impressionist period<br />

identified as the Fauves, attempted to create<br />

the vision of spring using wild sporadic colors<br />

such as the painting by Matisse of the colorful<br />

landscape shown in this article.<br />

Domestic farm animals are calving,<br />

lambing, pigging, and hatching. Franc Marc<br />

another Fauves artist illustrates a young boy<br />

saving a lamb from a flood.<br />

Love the most profound human emotion<br />

is visualized in graphic color and letters by<br />

Robert Indiana’s paintings of LOVE which<br />

has been done in a variety of forms and<br />

translated to three-dimensional sculpture. Love<br />

depicted by artists in the LBGTQ community<br />

legitimatizes love between same-sex couples<br />

providing a visual format to a physical passion<br />

such as a new emerging young artist from<br />

Sweden, Cajsa von Zeipel who works with poly<br />

plastic materials and body casting to form her<br />

female - androgynous gender figures in active<br />

erotic poses. Jordan Mejias a young gay artist<br />

who has gained recognition in the past 2 years<br />

with his watercolor paintings of nude males<br />

and male couples in romantic sexual situations<br />

brings a new creative visualization to gay love.<br />

marc boy with lamb<br />

robert indiana love<br />

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Love and the association with spring<br />

has been used as a primary topic for artists<br />

throughout human history. We have all<br />

experienced enough visuals on violence and<br />

division over the past decade. Perhaps as<br />

spring approaches, artists can help us redirect<br />

our gaze more into love and acceptance as<br />

we move toward a renewed philosophy of a<br />

positive future.<br />

matise landsape<br />

shunga male to male<br />

CAJSA VON ZEIPEL<br />

mejias erotica<br />

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Will April Showers follow Forever Marilyn?<br />

Yes our “Forever Marilyn” statue returns to Palm Springs on April 18<br />

after more than 6 years since her departure in 2014.<br />

As we the nation tears down its past reminders of racism and disparities<br />

Palm Springs doubles down.<br />

But not without critics The director of the museum is reported to sate.<br />

“When you exit the museum, you are going to see the exposed backside<br />

of a 26-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe, including her underwear,” he explained<br />

by phone this week. “That’s not the message we want to give to<br />

our community.”<br />

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Desert Rose Productions Presents Tommi Rose and the Playgirls in<br />

THAT’S DRAG!<br />

Coming Soon to Vimeo On Demand on Mar 2, <strong>2021</strong>, 6:00 PM ET!<br />

Produced by Desert Rose Productions Inc and presented on the New<br />

Desert Rose Playhouse Stage in Palm Springs, California.<br />

The Iconic Tommi Rose brings you his new series, “That’s Drag!”<br />

Featuring some of the country’s most talented and successful female<br />

impersonators in the business today!<br />

“That’s Drag!” takes you on a visual journey of Gaiety, Glitz, and<br />

Glamour!<br />

Produced as a Covid Relief Fundraising Event for Desert Rose<br />

Productions!<br />

All Proceeds Go Towards the Survival of Desert Rose Productions and<br />

the Desert Rose Playhouse!<br />

*Some Mature Language* Thank You For Your Support!<br />

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BUSINESS Directory<br />

GROUPS/ORG/HELP<br />

LGBT<br />

COMMUNITY<br />

CENTER 760-416-<br />

7790 thecenterps.org<br />

AMERICAN CANCER<br />

SOCIETY 800-227-2345<br />

AMVETS:<br />

Veterans club<br />

760-324-5670<br />

Coachella Valley Sexual<br />

Assault Services Rape<br />

Crisis Center<br />

(760) 568-9071<br />

DESERT LEGAL AID:<br />

760-832-9770<br />

DESERT<br />

STONEWALL DEMOCRATS:<br />

desert-stonewall.org<br />

DESERT WINDS freedom<br />

Band<br />

760 776-2700<br />

GAY ARTISTS -<br />

760 835-0727<br />

Gay Book Club of PS—<br />

write to<br />

bookclubofps@yahoo.<br />

com<br />

Transgender community<br />

transcc.org<br />

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BIG BUSINESS LOSES<br />

Big businesses! If they are people, they are<br />

very entitled spoiled people. Without much<br />

care about the community they exist in<br />

share in new markets. Small businesses<br />

are usually at a competitive disadvantage<br />

because they do not have comparable<br />

resources.<br />

They dominate their respective markets<br />

and industries. Common characteristics of<br />

big businesses include a global presence,<br />

thousands of employees, diversified<br />

products and a complex organisational<br />

structure. Examples include Wal-Mart<br />

in the retail industry, Apple in computer<br />

technology and Toyota in automobile<br />

manufacturing. Successful small businesses<br />

evolve to become medium and then big<br />

businesses. If they make break parts or<br />

propane and propane accessories they<br />

seem to evolve normally. But if you want<br />

to enjoy all America has to offer you might<br />

just find yourself out of luck if you’re not<br />

content to have a doormat that says “Let it<br />

snow”, in the middle of the desert.<br />

Big businesses can also hurt us.<br />

Big businesses can deploy more marketing<br />

professionals and product designers to gain<br />

Big businesses also have the financial<br />

resources to engage consultants and<br />

lobbyists to advocate on their behalf. This<br />

could give large corporations an unfair<br />

advantage in public policy making.<br />

This means meaningful change requires<br />

turning out and voting for the candidates<br />

that support building small business<br />

support.<br />

If the best way to bring about change is to<br />

occupy voting booths, not public parks.<br />

We need to learn how to vet a candidate. to<br />

By asking questions about the policies for<br />

supporting the small business community.<br />

If the answer sounds like achievable goals<br />

wilt a path to get there and measure its<br />

success and do equality and opportunities<br />

not bribes for silence exist.<br />

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SMALL BUSINESS WINS!<br />

The lack of oversight is evident when<br />

you have a local politician in court with a<br />

developer and not regulating but common<br />

thievery.<br />

This can happen on both sides of the aisle<br />

so often it may be the only valid reason<br />

we need a two-party system. This is not<br />

to minimize the Trump-supported coup<br />

attempt. Republicans have long used small<br />

town politics and big businesses to crush<br />

our small businesses market. Now that<br />

they have joined forces with racists and<br />

hate mongers, it got worse. Especially since<br />

Trump’s lies and corruption have been<br />

forgiven by his party.<br />

The DDG and other local media drive most<br />

of our ad-revenues from the small business<br />

market, if not all of it. For DDG, the core of<br />

our business is dedicated to the small under<br />

served LGBT business community. We<br />

have helped more small businesses grown<br />

than we can count.<br />

WE CAN WIN!<br />

As consumers, I wonder if are we aware<br />

how big businesses use our desires and<br />

stretch our dollar to destroy our local small<br />

business competition. They also often use<br />

those profits to manipulate state laws and<br />

regulations.<br />

For example, research at Dartmouth’s Tuck<br />

School of Business found that Wal-Mart’s<br />

entry into a market significantly affects<br />

sales of small and medium-sized retailers,<br />

according to an April 2009 “Inc.” article.<br />

Professor Kusum Ailawadi, who led the<br />

research, suggests that common strategies<br />

-- such as price discounting or changing<br />

the product mix -- do not work because it<br />

is difficult to compete with a big company<br />

on price. She suggests that a small business<br />

should focus instead on fine-tuning its<br />

product mix, such as selling high-end<br />

products that Wal-Mart may not carry.<br />

Small businesses have a big tool to fight<br />

back as they are more maneuverable and<br />

that allows more innovation because<br />

the decision-making process happens<br />

on the spot. Innovation is easier when<br />

key decisions are not centralized like big<br />

businesses that must to go through several<br />

management layers, lengthening the<br />

approval process.<br />

In a <strong>March</strong> 2004 Harvard Business<br />

School Working Knowledge paper, MIT<br />

professor Thomas W. Malone wrote that<br />

innovation is the key to succeeding in<br />

the modern knowledge economy. By<br />

fostering flexibility, agility, and individual<br />

creativity, a decentralized business nurtures<br />

innovation.<br />

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Fucked UP Funny<br />

OUR DISREGARDED<br />

FORMER PRESIDENT.<br />

Attendees at this weekend’s Coke fueled<br />

Conservative Political Action Conference<br />

are still wearing “Make America Great<br />

Again” hats. While packing the mini bar,<br />

they will hoist Trump on weak shoulders<br />

and parade him around the room. But<br />

the annual racist hate fest will ignore the<br />

fact that the GOP has unraveled, incited<br />

an attacked on the capitol by toy soldiers<br />

and a handful of Trump’s hateful couch<br />

potatoes.<br />

But with KKK styled hate panels with<br />

required coded white supremest words,<br />

Actual tiles and speakers<br />

10:15 AM Tolerance Reimagined: The<br />

Angry Mob and Violence in our Streets<br />

10:50 AM Bill of Rights, Liberty, and<br />

Cancel Culture by Sen. Ted Cruz (TX)<br />

11:15 AM Protecting Elections Part 2:<br />

Other Culprits: How Judges & Media<br />

Refused to Look at the Evidence<br />

01:15 PM Lizard People: How the left<br />

exposed their true self<br />

10:50 AM bleach injection systems: Why<br />

they work without producing evidence.<br />

12:55 PM QAnon Q&A<br />

Sen. Tom Cotton (AR)<br />

1:40 PM Disappearing ink and a kids<br />

magic kit. How ballots can seem to<br />

disappears just as a court is convened.<br />

2:40 PM COVID-19 hoax was created in<br />

a lab in China and distributed by not so<br />

innocent Girl Scouts. Sen. Ted Cruz (TX)<br />

3:40 PM The left is a group of Satanworshiping<br />

elites who run a child sex ring<br />

are trying to control our politics and media<br />

Surprise Guest.<br />

8:40 PM Why Republicans were more<br />

likely than Democrats to believe<br />

misinformation. Canceled<br />

So Trump closed the American hate fest<br />

with amazing swag including Trump<br />

12:55 PM Keeping America Safe<br />

Insurrection flags, a leading pillow<br />

Sen. Tom Cotton (AR)<br />

manufacturer and rare discontinued items<br />

like Mr. Potato Head, Aunt Jemima, Uncle<br />

1:40 PM The Left’s Assault on a Free Ben’s, and Cream of Wheat. Back again<br />

People: How Government, Big Tech, and on sale Cleveland Indians hats and 14<br />

Media Are Colluding to Deprive Us of Our Other sports teams the left forced them<br />

Humanity<br />

to dumped racist names and mascots. But<br />

if we are lucky this will be the last time<br />

We found some break out sessions not CPAC and Trump will ever happen again.<br />

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