At current rates, a study finds, the global gender pay gap will close in 202 years. So there’s progress…but it’s too slow to do you any good.
Labor Shortage! Time for Workers to Screw Their Bosses the Way They’ve Screwed Them for Decades
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Employers report a spike in employee ghosting: workers walking off the job without giving notice. It’s all a result of the labor shortage and low unemployment rate. How else can workers get even with their bosses after years of abuse?
Nancy Pelosi Gets a Speakership By Agreeing to Just Four More Years. How Many Years Does She Have Anyway?
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Nancy Pelosi convinced rebellious progressive Democrats to support her speakership by promising not to serve more than four more years. She’s almost 79 years old. It’s not like much of a give! And it’s not very promising for progressives.
A Vast Left-Wing Democratic Conspiracy is Out to Get Trump in as Complicated a Way as Possible
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Democrats could simply argue that Donald Trump is insane and should be removed under the 25th Amendment. After all, it certainly seems likely. Instead they’re wallowing in convoluted conspiracy theories involving Russia, Ukraine and WikiLeaks that don’t appear to be true, much less understandable. Any idiot can make something simple sound complicated, and that’s what Democrats are doing.
Ted Rall v. Los Angeles Times Lawsuit Update
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Current update of Ted Rall’s defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit against the Los Angeles Times.
If Watergate Happened Now the Press Would Be Too Busy Reporting on Tweets
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There’s something bizarrely inane about so-called news reports whose content consists entirely of stating that someone tweeted something. Tweets aren’t news. They’re tweets. And tweets don’t need to be reported. They are their own micro-reports.
How Kale Took Over the World
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Remember the world before kale? How to believe but there was once a time, very long ago, perhaps a decade or two ago, when no one had ever heard of this leafy green vegetable. Now it’s everywhere, and in everything, and it isn’t even any good. You kind of have to admire the genius marketing behind it.
Americans Call Them “Wimps” But It’s the French Who Burn Cities Over a Gas Tax Hike
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The “yellow vest” street protest movement has provoked the most violent confrontation between the people and government since May 1968. And it started out over a gas tax. Meanwhile Americans put up with all sorts of nonsense but have the nerve to call the French cowards and wimps.
Google Maps is an Enigma Wrapped in a Logic Bomb
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Google Maps is a mindbender. The GPS technology is accurate because it relies on other smartphone users. When it spots a traffic jam, it reroutes you to avoid the delay. But if it tells everyone to switch routes, doesn’t that contradict the whole point?
Just Because George H.W. Bush Is Dead Doesn’t Mean We Should Forget He Was a Monster
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The 41st president is dead and the usual hagiography and crime-scrubbing is upon us. But millions of victims demand justice, or at least remembrance. Bush was a monster and a prick. We should never forget that.
