Jump for joy!
Sorry…halting the elation mid-air for a sickening dose of reality.
Major US ports will stay shut until pay demands are met, so says Harold Daggett, head of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA).
Stop the presses. Last night, the International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to suspend a strike that closed down major ports on the East and Gulf Coasts. The move followed an improved wage offer from port employers.
I do just want to take a moment of your time to let you know that the timing of the dock workers strike was not a coincidence.
I just read about the union’s leader. Get this!
He is a major Trump supporter!!
Background..,While Harold Daggett’s net worth isn’t public information, the strike has brought the ILA leader’s salary and colorful past under scrutiny.
The 78-year-old union boss who has worked at the ILA for 57 years and took over as president in 2011 raked in $728,000 in compensation last year from the union.
Daggett drives a Bentley and recently sold a 76-foot yacht, according to the New York Times. He also twice won cases against the U.S. Justice Department over alleged Mafia ties.
The strike also put his connection to presidential candidate Donald Trump in the spotlight.
Late last year, Daggett met with former President Trump in Mar-a-Lago, calling it a wonderful and productive meeting.
Though the ILA has not endorsed a presidential candidate this year, Daggett has signaled a favorable view of Trump.
“President Trump promised to support the ILA in its opposition to automated terminals in the U.S.”
Interesting timing and dirty MAGA politics.
Alright. Time for some joy and frivolity.
What a fun evening.
Just saw The Big Gay Jamboree in the east village.
Enthusiastic, exuberant audience.
Margo Robbie of Barbie fame is producing so there are plenty of bucks to back a live orchestra, great sets and flamboyant costumes.
The premise is the main character, Stacey, has fallen into a musical and she can’t get out.
Allegedly, last night, she achieved blackout drunk status. Morning dawns and she wakes up in some insane, frenetic Music Man world where everybody keeps bursting into song and dance and where gay still just means happy.
Let the story unfold, the band strike up and the singing and dancing commence.
The musical is written by and starring, Marla Mindelle, who also created and starred in the smash hit Titanique, the Celine Dion jukebox parity, playing Off-Broadway since 2022.
The Big Gay Jamboree has all the markings of a cult hit.
Running Time is approximately one hour and 40 minutes, without intermission at the Orpheum Theater. Tickets are reasonably priced. It is a small theatre with no bad seats.
In these tense times go see, The Big Gay Jamboree and laugh your ass off.
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