Top posts at Crazy Eddie's Motie News for July 2018

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The minumum page view goal for July 2018 was 1720 per day and 53,320 for the month. The blog reached it on July 24, 2018. It ended the month with 57,167 page views and 70 comments, yielding averages of 1844.1 page views and 2.26 comments per day.

1. Business Insider on stores closing in the Retail Apocalypse
June 13, 2018, 18 comments (14 during July for most commented because of spammers. It now has 20 comments for the most commented on entry of 2018.)
3133
(2497 page views in first 24 hours after being shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page. Maxed out at 3325 default and 3361 raw page views on July 12, 2018.)

2. Business Insider on dead malls in the Retail Apocalypse with assistance from Dan Bell and Radiohead
June 12, 2018
2835
(2356 page views in first 24 hours after being shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page. Maxed out at 3054 default and 3104 raw page views on July 11, 2018.)

3 (1). Radio Shack, a tale of the retail apocalypse from Company Man and Retail Archeology
July 6, 2018, 9 comments (most commented on for entry actually posted during July; its former customers were passionate about the chain! Also among most active on Twitter with 2 retweets and 2 likes.)
2192 (2261)

4 (2). 'Last Week Tonight' on the now-dead Sinclair-Tribune merger and long-dead Warren G. Harding, a double Emmy nominee
July 22, 2018
2027 (2027)
(Among most active on Twitter with 1 retweet, 2 likes, and 1 response thread.)

5 (3). Drink to Puerto Rican Statehood on National Pina Colada Day 2018
July 10, 2018
2022 (2086)
(Among most active on Twitter with 1 retweet, 2 likes, and 1 response thread.)

6. Life expectancy down for a second consecutive year in the U.S.
June 16, 2018
1892
(1726 page views in first 24 hours after being shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page. Maxed out at 2035 default and 2135 raw page views on July 15, 2018.)

7 (4). Vox debates 'The Star Spangled Banner'
July 5, 2018
1717 (1819)

8 (5). A happy drum corps Canada Day 2018 on the second Souther
July 1, 2018
1621 (1715)
(Only entry in either top ten not earning its page views by being shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page, instead being shared at the drum corps groups and communities on Facebook and Google+.)

9 (6). Record heat scorches southern California and the rest of the Northern Hemisphere
July 9, 2018
1516 (1623)
(Among most active on Twitter with 1 retweet and 3 likes.)

10. Falling U.S. birth and fertility rates for Father's Day
June 17, 2018
1243
(~1000 page views in first 24 hours after being shared at the Join the Coffee Party USA Facebook page. Maxed out at 1326 default and 1437 raw page views on July 16, 2018.)

"11" (7). 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' on the Border Patrol, an Emmy-nominated episode
July 23, 2018
1140 (1149)

(8). Update on gas and oil prices plus a double driving update for July 2018
July 21, 2018
1122 (1131)
(Also among most active on Twitter with 2 retweets and 2 likes.)

(9). Payless Shoes, a tale of the Retail Apocalypse
July 18, 2018
1054 (1110)

(10). Cuba trade restrictions drive one to drink on National Daiquiri Day 2018
July 19, 2018
1013 (1070)

Honorable Mention

"12T." Liberty vs. Security on Bastille Day
July 14, 2015
1127

"12T." Vox on Spygate updates 'Trump's...vulnerability for conspiracy theories,' a top post for the seventh year of Crazy Eddie's Motie News
June 14, 2018
1127
(Maxed out at 1205 default and 1254 raw page views on July 14, 2018.)

Most active on Twitter

Part 2 of Toys R Us in the Retail Apocalypse - Company Man
June 25, 2018
(Among most active on Twitter with 2 retweets and 2 likes.)

Most saved on Pinterest

'Star Wars' alignment charts from was the most active with 4 saves.
Infidel 753 and I talk fossils, Star Wars Drinks for Star Wars Day, and Shark Week drink and drinking games tied for second with 3 saves.
Drink to a drum corps Bastille Day 2018 with the Santa Clara Vanguard was the only pin from this month saved by another user.

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Vox explains the state of U.S. men's soccer plus how TV created the modern soccer ball
July 7, 2018
(1060)

Vox explains why seeking asylum in the U.S. is so difficult
July 12, 2018
966 (1050)

Mythology, horror and fantasy among show themes for the 2018 drum corps season
June 22, 2018
888 (974)

NASA committed to return to the Moon for National Moon Day 2018
July 20, 2018
880 (951)

Drink to America Sings for July 4th
July 4, 2018
503 (733)

Company Man explains Amazon's growth on Prime Day, a tale of the Retail Apocalypse
July 16, 2018
686 (714)

The history of U.S.-Cuba relations drives one to drink on National Mojito Day 2018
July 11, 2018
(650)

A belated World Population Day 2018
July 17, 2018
584 (631)

Anthony Bourdain's and Kate Spade's deaths call attention to rising suicide rates in the U.S.
June 9, 2018
795
(Shared at the Join the Coffee Party Movement Facebook page. Maxed out at 861 default and 934 raw page views on June 8, 2018. Fell out July 10, 2018.)

Drink to France in the World Cup on National Ice Cream Day 2018
July 15, 2018
(707)

Part 3 of Toys R Us in the Retail Apocalypse - Retail Archeology
June 26, 2018
513 (688)

4th of July science from Space.com and Discovery News
July 6, 2013
470

Part 1B of Toys R Us, a tale of the Retail Apocalypse - Bright Sun Films
June 23, 2018
397 (799)