THE BREAKFAST COMPANION
Print Edition (Broadcasts heard or seen on 1000 AM, Companion TV (3), and Companion.nv)
EST. 1915 :: KNOWN TO SOME, KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL
5 KNOWNS BEFORE BREAKING
BREK'N KNOW :- COMPENSATORY ALMSKEEPING
Nieveland's single congressional body (the Almshouse) has retired for Christmas recess until 3 January, and the annual Democratic Revival remains hazy on the horizon at 4 months away. Still, Almskeeper Aelis Pherson and thousands of other Socialist Republic comrades remain engaged in public service despite the "stand-down" typical of her decades-spanning predecessor. Indeed, Pherson used somehow perpetually activated Almsforces to crush the Snowdrivers Union strike on Christmas Eve by pressing soldiers into trucks, and suspending the Union's status as recognized by the Socialist Republic until the mostly elderly and already pensioned seasonal drivers capitulated.
Meanwhile, the Landscapers Union (likewise containing seasonally working pensioners) is taking both notes and aim at the freshman Almskeeper who faces her first incumbent test this spring. "Lady Aelis can spin she saved Christmas, but what ken when the red roses don't bloom for the Resurrection & Revival?" Union Rep. Don Harlee asked in a lengthy Twatter diatribe against the Almskeeper. "Seasoned thumbs do keep these lands bonnie, not yer' fetched boots nor cross threats!"
High from the Almskeeper's pulpit, Pherson fired back online asking the Senior Servants: "Won't you recollect your second-calling as servants to the next before reaching out to steal from the same?", a controversial sentiment with which Pherson rose to prominence in 2020. An appeal to freeze alms increases from traditional interests such as Senior Servants, who collect wages on top of a pension, by instead investing in Infant Reinforcement (childbirth incentive) and Social Connectedness programs (mobile and online capability) that lagged in the past two decades under Almskeeper Millar.
Pherson rode into Caitekurke upon the youth vote and quiet retirements from Millar mainstays, however, the backlash of seniors and Millarian holdouts promise a challenge this spring. A costly solution would be granting secondary pensions, the so-called double-dip, for opponents to disappear. But if this Christmas Crackdown from Almsforces is any indication of Pherson's path: the Almskeeper seems willing to fight where others gave in during decades past.
Print Edition (Broadcasts heard or seen on 1000 AM, Companion TV (3), and Companion.nv)
EST. 1915 :: KNOWN TO SOME, KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL
5 KNOWNS BEFORE BREAKING
- Red Scare: Central Planning Network back online after Christmas night blackout
- Niomonnach (Ginger) Squirrel pop. marked endangered as alien Westernesse (Grey) Squirrel pushes east
- Reminder - natural Christmas trees must by law be recycled back to Church or State depots by 7 January
- V. Outward-Communicator Halleck bashed for lumping Pan-Pelasgians into Orthodox faith
- Niomonnach Wrestling Union considers online broadcasts to reach international audience
BREK'N KNOW :- COMPENSATORY ALMSKEEPING
Nieveland's single congressional body (the Almshouse) has retired for Christmas recess until 3 January, and the annual Democratic Revival remains hazy on the horizon at 4 months away. Still, Almskeeper Aelis Pherson and thousands of other Socialist Republic comrades remain engaged in public service despite the "stand-down" typical of her decades-spanning predecessor. Indeed, Pherson used somehow perpetually activated Almsforces to crush the Snowdrivers Union strike on Christmas Eve by pressing soldiers into trucks, and suspending the Union's status as recognized by the Socialist Republic until the mostly elderly and already pensioned seasonal drivers capitulated.
Meanwhile, the Landscapers Union (likewise containing seasonally working pensioners) is taking both notes and aim at the freshman Almskeeper who faces her first incumbent test this spring. "Lady Aelis can spin she saved Christmas, but what ken when the red roses don't bloom for the Resurrection & Revival?" Union Rep. Don Harlee asked in a lengthy Twatter diatribe against the Almskeeper. "Seasoned thumbs do keep these lands bonnie, not yer' fetched boots nor cross threats!"
High from the Almskeeper's pulpit, Pherson fired back online asking the Senior Servants: "Won't you recollect your second-calling as servants to the next before reaching out to steal from the same?", a controversial sentiment with which Pherson rose to prominence in 2020. An appeal to freeze alms increases from traditional interests such as Senior Servants, who collect wages on top of a pension, by instead investing in Infant Reinforcement (childbirth incentive) and Social Connectedness programs (mobile and online capability) that lagged in the past two decades under Almskeeper Millar.
Pherson rode into Caitekurke upon the youth vote and quiet retirements from Millar mainstays, however, the backlash of seniors and Millarian holdouts promise a challenge this spring. A costly solution would be granting secondary pensions, the so-called double-dip, for opponents to disappear. But if this Christmas Crackdown from Almsforces is any indication of Pherson's path: the Almskeeper seems willing to fight where others gave in during decades past.
Last edited: