HEH: Vox Media has shifted its hiring toward part-timers and contract workers since its staff unionized. Unexpectedly!

via niemanlab: Many editorial and video employees at Vox Media are, at this hour, finishing up a walkout to protest their employer’s stance on a number of wage and other issues — including guaranteed annual raises, better severance, and revenue sharing on derivative works. (They’re represented by the Vox Media Union, which is an affiliate of Writers Guild … Read more

Why is Mexico’s Growth Slowing?

By Harry Dent Didn’t expect that! Mexico first had a worrying growth hiccup in the second quarter of 2018. Now its slowdown is looking real. Italy fell into an official recession late last year, and Germany’s growth is declining fast. It barely escaped a recession with a minor bounce in the first quarter. Its demographic trends look like … Read more

Bill de Blasio plans expansion of no-bail program for teens suspected of violent crimes

by DCG From NY Post: Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday defended his plan to triple the number of teens who are freed from city jails without bail on violent charges including armed robbery and assault. “We’re ensuring there are real alternatives to incarceration particularly for our young New Yorkers,” the mayor said at an unrelated press … Read more

Study finds physically weak men favor socialism

by Dr. Eowyn A study, led by UK Brunel University London psychologist Dr. Michael Price, found that physically weaker men are more in favor of socialism (“social and economic equality”) than stronger men. The study by Michael Price, Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington (London School of Economics), psychologist James Sidnaius (Harvard U.), and psychologist Nicholas Pound (Brunel U. … Read more

Ruh roh! TDS-infected Robert De Niro pens “strongly worded” letter to Robert Mueller

by DCG From Yahoo: After a half dozen episodes of playing the man on “Saturday Night Live,” Robert De Niro is doing his best to offer professional advice to Robert Mueller. In a New York Times op-ed response to Mueller’s Wednesday morning press conference, the actor pleaded for the Justice Department’s outgoing special counsel to be more active … Read more

How a DemonRat Thinks

by TrailDust Britbart article here: https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/05/29/jeffrey-wright-when-we-get-the-power-everybody-else-fking-duck/ Wright’s meaning is plain to see. The moment the Left regains power in America, there will be purges.  If you ever again vote for a Democrat, you are a fool.