Month: April 2023

In 2023, there are few pleasures like watching leftist media platforms suffer from declining revenue, then painful layoffs and, finally, a delightful crescendo of knee-jerk accusations of racism and misogyny. That’s exactly what’s been playing out at NPR. Last week, looking down the barrel of a $30 million budget shortfall, NPR slashed 10% of its … Read more

via NYPOST: The fugitive former aide to Republican ex-Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was shot dead Monday night during a confrontation with federal authorities. Roy McGrath’s death put an end to a three-week manhunt for him that began after he fled before the start of his trial for wire fraud, embezzlement, misconduct in office and improper … Read more

Zimbabwe’s government is using smuggling gangs to sell gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, skirting some of the consequences of tough Western sanctions imposed on the country over human rights abuses, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The smuggling feeds into an enormous money-laundering operation, all facilitated by Fidelity Gold Refinery, a subsidiary of Zimbabwe’s … Read more

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by itsthesquarehole I’ve worked for big tech companies during downturns. One I remember with a chuckle. They said they were charging 5 cents per plastic utensil you use at the company cafe! Yeah, no more free utensils! Not only that, to make a photocopy using the copier machines, you had to pay 5 cents per page, … Read more