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In this episode, I welcome Montgomery Toms, a 20-year-old man from England who has counted the cost to go to the public and proclaim the truth. You’ll hear about what drives him, his persecution and his overcoming in order to warn the people of his country of what is being done to them and calling …

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“In 14 years they are decomposable…” Ah, Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup.” Is there a better song out there about drinking in a plastic cup that does a mediocre job at keeping your beverage cold? Nope. The tune released on this 2011 record, Clancy’s Tavern, is one of the cheeky and lighthearted tunes from Toby Keith’s catalog. When “Red Solo Cup” was released, some fans flocked to the catchy song, while others thought it was dumb. However, they were not the only ones to have that initial thought. When Keith first heard the tune, he also felt the lyrics were “stupid.” “It is the stupidest song I ever heard in my life, but it’s so stupid, it’s good. It’s like nursery rhyme stupid.” I remember my father having the same reaction when I became hyper-fixated on this tune, and he would beg me to turn it off after I played it for the 10th consecutive time. Can you blame a girl? However, despite feeling like the song was stupid, Toby Keith also had a feeling it would be a hit and recorded it before any other artists could. The “stupidest song” he’d ever heard was in fact a hit, with the single going triple platinum. I bet Business Insider is kicking itself now for including “Red Solo Cup” on its list of worst songs of the decade. Fourteen years since the song’s release, it’s still a lake day and party classic with red Solo cup holders raising their drinks up high during the chorus. “Red Solo cup (uh-huh)I fill you upLet’s have a partyLet’s have a partyI love you, red Solo cupI lift you upProceed to partyProceed to party…” However, there is one line in “Red Solo Cup” that makes a significant milestone in the song’s history. According to Toby Keith’s lyrics, red Solo cups are decomposable in 14 years. Thanks to a TikTok user, tristanflores73, he reminded country music fans that his year is the 14th anniversary of the song. Even more specifically, the music video for Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup” was released on October 10, 2011, which means that all of the cups in the video should be decomposed this October, per the lyrics. @tristanflores73 “In Fourteen years they are decomposable” #fypシ #tobykeith #redsolocup #14years #countrymusic #country #rip @Toby Keith #decompose ♬ original sound – Tristan Toby Keith got a lot of things right in his lyrics like taking time to enjoy the little things in “My List,” the pride associated with loving our nation on “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American),” and the fear of growing old and leaving your loved ones behind with “Don’t Let The Old Man In.” But Toby Keith got his facts about red Solo cups very wrong. After a quick Google search, Toby Keith was only 436 years off on how long it takes for a red Solo cup to decompose. According to the United Nations, the 450 years that Google suggests isn’t entirely accurate either. Due to the materials used to make Solo cups, they never truly break down. “Plastic waste can take anywhere from 20 to 500 years to decompose, and even then, it never fully disappears; it just gets smaller and smaller.” But the silver lining in all of this is that this means there are hundreds of red Solo cups still on this Earth (perhaps in a landfill somewhere) that Toby Keith sipped from. His legacy remains strong on Earth. Everyone, fill up your red Solo cups and sing this song loudly in honor of the Big Dog Daddy. Rest in peace, Toby Keith. The post According To Toby Keith’s “Red Solo Cup,” The Cups Used In His Legendary Music Video Should Decompose This Year… But That’s Not Entirely True first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

The United States added 147,000 jobs in June, a number that came in stronger than expected. Hiring in the government sector at state and local levels spurred the positive figures, with 73,000 new jobs mostly in the education sector leading the report.  The health care sector also added 39,000 jobs. All together, payrolls exceeded the 115,000 number predicted by economists. The nation’s unemployment rate fell from 4.2 percent to 4.1 percent.  Hiring in the private sector lagged with only 74,000 new jobs, marking an 8-month low.  The average duration of unemployment rose from 21.8 weeks to 23 weeks. Manufacturing struggled, posting a decline for the second month in a row. The sector lost 7,000 jobs in June.  The post June Jobs Report Surprisingly Buoyant appeared first on The American Conservative.