Certain factions have been trying to rehab Franken from the start.
To hell with that. I don’t care where someone sits on the political spectrum, if they pull that kind of shit, they don’t deserve to retain their positions of power or influence.
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Gotta work, yo. Make that money. Sure, Newscorp is run by scumbags, but that’s endemic, whether an organization is hard scumbag or just generically corporate scumbag.
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You think corporate scumbaggery is compatible with morality and decency?
Ima cogitate on this. Probably not to your favor.
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“We understand that our colleagues and the public at large are grappling with what constitutes sexually offensive behavior in the workplace and what consequences are appropriate,” Mr. Baquet added.
Emphasis mine.
Sounds like they’re likening it to catching greased pigs, when it’s really like snatching a piece of sandpaper.
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corporations are people, my friend.
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Actually Murdoch is willing to exploit majorities for profit, which is why he’s so successful.
Not really. It reflects the fact that something is worth more to someone else than it is to you, and that enables trade to take place. If, say, I was a blacksmith and at the end of shoeing a horse I had exactly the same assets as when I started, why bother? The person who wanted the shoeing benefits (they now have a working horse) but the blacksmith does not.
This was the problem the Soviet Union faced. Without profit as a way of assessing value, it was impossible to assign importance to things. The result was poor quality products at anything beyond primary producer level, and compulsion being necessary to get work done. You can’t plan to meet end user needs and wants when they have no way of indicating to you how they value things.
I’m in favour of worker co-operatives but, so long as there is a market and competition, I see no reason they should not make a profit. That way good ones can grow and bad ones will have to think about their business model.
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Incidentally, Damien Green is out in the UK. Mark Steel is good as usual (and note the link text which is snarky itself)
At least over here the party of “family values” finds itself between a rock and a hard place when its politicians turn out to have done nothing actually illegal, but still very embarrassing.
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I mean, it’s no surprise… just surprising for them to actually admit it.
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Breitbart. Not the smartest lot.
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Another case of “why the hell did it take so long, didn’t you people see his gross as hell American Apparel ads”?
This is only slightly less surprising than Gene Simmons.
Also, a chaser in case you need it after the other story:
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Somehow I doubt her accusations and this are unrelated.
Another reason why women stay silent. Repercussions are often devastating.
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It’s a reasuring feeling to know that Alabama is standing up for god-fearing, American family-friendly traditions.
Traditions like firebombing.
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Edit: didn’t one box so:
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In other news, a religion founded by someone who disapproved of churches and paid clergy, has megachurches with highly paid clergy.
You’d almost think Jesus had a clue about human psychology and narcissism, even though he fell prey to it himself.
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It. Gets. Worse.
The audacity of these hypocrites.
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Yeah I’ve been following this whole thing. Then after that the pastor picks up a stone and tries to place this guy as the woman at the Mount of Olives. Which is like, using a story against misogynistic spiritual leaders to… defend a misogynistic spiritual leader??
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