Nobody Cares: PRS

[Free]

Explicit collector culture? Makes it sound like they're trading naughty beanie babies.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Oops, gubmint out to get honest businessman again!

US Department of Labor sues Georgia auto repair shop owner who paid former worker final wages in oily pennies | U.S. Department of Labor

 

[Innula Zenovka]

‘They want to remove us and take the rock’, say Zimbabweans living near Chinese-owned mines

As companies extract wealth, villagers say they see little benefit and are instead exploited in quarries, live in homes damaged by blasts and are unable to farm polluted land

www.theguardian.com

Evernote link

Sounds familiar?

The Buja people who live here say that as mining companies extract wealth from the mountain, they leave behind a trail of damaged roads and bridges, hazardous pollutants and dirty air. Cracks can be seen on houses and blast debris is everywhere.

Now 50 families in the village have been told by a Chinese mining company that they will have to leave their homes and land. People in four other villages in the district fear they will also lose their ancestral lands.

Mineworkers speak of poor working conditions. At another mine in Mutoko, workers give accounts of beatings and poor pay.

“Imagine going to work every day for over 12 hours and getting $50 at the end of it all. When I get home I am tired. My home knows no peace,” one worker tells the Guardian.

“My friend was beaten with a steel rod and another 17-year-old boy had his arm broken after coming to work late. He was given $250 as compensation after villagers complained.”

 

[Free]

Good news? Bad news? Whosa caresa?

 

[Essence Lumin]

Three white men sentenced to life in prison for Ahmaud Arbery’s murder

Judge rules William ‘Roddie’ Bryan can seek parole after 30 years while Travis and Gregory McMichael cannot

www.theguardian.com

 

[danielravennest]

Oops, gubmint out to get honest businessman again!

US Department of Labor sues Georgia auto repair shop owner who paid former worker final wages in oily pennies | U.S. Department of Labor

This was a big local story, because it happened only a couple of towns over from where I live. Word was going around on the local social media to not use that shop. There are plenty of other auto shops.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Worth reading Dawn Butler's article.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Nicola Sturgeon urged to scrap census asking teenagers about anal sex

Chief of Scottish parents’ organisation says health and wellbeing survey ‘not fit for purpose’

www.theguardian.com

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Scotland’s largest parents’ organisation is calling for the SNP government to withdraw its schools’ health and wellbeing census, which has attracted opprobrium for asking 14-year-olds about their experience of anal sex.

The controversial poll has united rightwing pro-family campaigners and progressive children’s rights advocates, with both groups fearing it may end up causing harm to the young people it intends to help.

I have to say the privacy concerns would worry me a lot, too.

 

[Romana]

Worth reading Dawn Butler's article.

They should do the same to Jesse Watters as they did to the guy who sent her those messages.
But they won't.
Fauci calls on Fox News to fire host who urged 'kill shot' in 'ambush' interviews

I very much doubt if Fox will fire him.
They'll probably give him a raise.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

This was a big local story, because it happened only a couple of towns over from where I live. Word was going around on the local social media to not use that shop. There are plenty of other auto shops.

And that's been true like everywhere that I've lived, at least. You don't always have choices about everything, but in the US at least you can definitely be picky about your auto shop.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

They should do the same to Jesse Watters as they did to the guy who sent her those messages.
But they won't.
Fauci calls on Fox News to fire host who urged 'kill shot' in 'ambush' interviews

I very much doubt if Fox will fire him.
They'll probably give him a raise.

Jesse Watters enjoys, of course, the protection of the First and Second Amendments, while we don't. He's looking at a short prison sentence, I think -- a few months -- and he won't get his gun back.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Millennials Didn’t Kill the Economy. The Economy Killed Millennials.

The American system has thrown them into debt, depressed their wages, kept them from buying homes—and then blamed them for everything.

amp.theatlantic.com

 

[Romana]

Jesse Watters enjoys, of course, the protection of the First and Second Amendments, while we don't. He's looking at a short prison sentence, I think -- a few months -- and he won't get his gun back.

If someone acts on his words, though....
He's not TFG. There's no "let Watters be Watters", except maybe at Fox.
If someone shoots Fauci or tries to, the legal system may or may not do what it should. But there would be one hell if a civil suit.
I think Fauci should sue him anyway.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Essence Lumin]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I was going to post this in the CRT thread, but that no longer seems the appropriate place.

How a Texas charter school got swept up in the critical race theory backlash

Texas claimed that simply quoting Ibram X. Kendi violated the law.

www.chalkbeat.org

 

[Arkady Arkright]

I was going to post this in the CRT thread, but that no longer seems the appropriate place.

How a Texas charter school got swept up in the critical race theory backlash

Texas claimed that simply quoting Ibram X. Kendi violated the law.

www.chalkbeat.org

The KKK lives on, in the Texas GOP...

 

[Free]

Hehehe.

North Carolina voters dispute Cawthorn candidacy over Jan. 6

A group of North Carolina voters want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate.

apnews.com

A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday they want U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing his involvement in last January’s rally in Washington questioning the presidential election outcome before a Capitol riot later that day.

Cawthorn’s office quickly condemned the candidacy challenge of the Republican, which was filed on behalf of 11 voters with the State Board of Elections, which oversees a process by which a candidate’s qualifications are scrutinized. The voters contend that Cawthorn, who formally filed as a candidate for the 13th District seat last month, can’t run because he fails to comply with an amendment in the U.S. Constitution ratified shortly after the Civil War.

The 1868 amendment says no one can serve in Congress “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.”

 

[bubblesort]

You ever see an article and bookmark it because it's basically a get out of jail free card? For me, this is one of those articles. The most obnoxious Fox News citing relatives I have are devout, conservative Catholics. Fox News published this article full of pure heresy, questioning the authority of the pope, on multiple issues. I love this article, because from now on, every time the crazy people cite Fox News, I can just say that I don't associate with heretics and end the conversation right there. Either that or watch them get mad and storm off, which is way more fun than actually talking about politics or social issues with them.

Maybe this is a way to 'own the conservatives', like 'owning the libs'? I guess? I feel dirty just typing that.

Whatever... I don't care if it's trolling. It's a way to make spending time with my obnoxious family easier.

Pope Francis should let Catholics pray like Catholics

A growing share of Americans—three in 10—identify as "none." Or, none of the above when asked about their religious affiliation. Houses of worship are emptying, and those still left in the pews probably expect their spiritual shepherds to welcome more prayer, not less.

www.foxnews.com