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The horrors of Trump's tax bill: Wage increases, bonuses and college tuition assistance

Matt Vespa
Townhall
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 20:34 UTC

It's terrible. The Trump tax bill continues to inflict harm on American workers-and by harm, I mean $1,000+ bonuses and wage increases. For Walgreens, the North Korean-style torture from this legislation led to $100 million in wage increases. Mark that under "didn't happen under Obama" (via Chicago Tribune):

Walgreens will boost its hourly workers' wages by $100 million a year after similar moves by competitors, company leaders announced Wednesday.

The Deerfield-based drugstore chain will begin offering the higher pay this year, Alex Gourlay, co-chief operating officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance, said in an earnings call Wednesday. Walgreens spokesman Michael Polzin said he couldn't provide specific figures on exactly how much the move might change employees' pay.

A number of other retailers also have announced bigger paychecks for workers in recent months.

Walmart announced in January that it would increase starting pay to $11 an hour for hourly employees at a cost of $300 million. Target also raised its minimum starting pay to $11 an hour late last year and said it would increase that figure to $15 an hour by 2020.

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11yo survivor of Kemerovo mall fire tragically learns his entire family perished

RT
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:28 UTC

Funeral of a victim of a shopping mall fire, Kemerovo, March 28, 2018

© Maxim Lisov / Reuters
11yo survivor of Kemerovo mall fire tragically learns his whole family died
Funeral of a victim of a shopping mall fire, Kemerovo, March 28, 2018

An 11-year-old boy who only survived the Kemerovo mall blaze because father pushed him out of a window has learned that his entire family perished in the fire. Doctors say the devastated boy has found the strength to carry on.

The boy's parents and his sister died in the massive Sunday fire in the Siberian city of Kemerovo. The blaze, which engulfed the Winter Cherry shopping mall when dozens of children were playing and visiting the cinema, proved to be one of Russia's most deadly fires in the past decade.

Comment: Heartbreaking: 11yo boy survived by jumping out of window of burning mall, his entire family perishes

Syrian Army discovers large underground hospital, medicine warehouses in E Ghouta

Muraselon
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 19:20 UTC

The Syrian Arab Army soldiers (SAA) continue their mop-up operations in the recent regained territories of the eastern Ghouta region.

While sweeping out the liberated "Saqba" city, the Army troops managed to discover a large field hospital used by rebel groups to succor their wounded, according to video published by SANA agency.

Meanwhile in Harasta city, the Syrian security forces were capable to uncover largest medicine storage along with tunnel network beneath civilians building blocs in northeast Damascus.

Comment: So did how did these medical supplies from the UN end up in the terrorists' hands? Was it conveniently 'lost' and then 'found'?

Religious insanity: Catholic theology professor argues Jesus was pro-pedophilia, 'crossdressing', gender-fluid 'drag king'

Chris Reeves
Townhall
Thu, 29 Mar 2018 18:15 UTC

A Catholic theology professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts is stirring up controversy on campus after a student journalist exposed some of his past writings arguing that Jesus was a "crossdressing," gender-fluid "drag king" who supported gay pedophilia.

Senior student Elinor Reilly first wrote about Dr. Tat-siong Benny Liew, who serves as the college's Chair of New Testament Studies, in the college's independent student journal The Fenwick Review. As she explains, Liew has some slightly "unconventional" views about the Gospels.

First, and perhaps most concerning, is a 2004 article titled "Mistaken Identities but Model Faith: Rereading the Centurion, the Chap, and the Christ in Matthew 8:5-13." In the piece, Liew and co-author Theodore Jennings claim that the titular Bible passage, which is about a Roman centurion asking Jesus to help heal his servant, actually shows Jesus supporting a pederastic sexual relationship between the soldier and his servant boy. As Reilly explains:

Matthew's account, runs the argument, does not concern a centurion and his servant, but a centurion and his lover/slave. "The centurion's rhetoric about not being 'worthy' of a house visit by Jesus (8:8) may be the centurion's way of avoiding an anticipated 'usurpation' of his current boylove on the part of his new patron [Jesus]," they assert. Furthermore, "The way Matthew's Jesus seems to affirm the centurion's pederastic relationship with his pais [Author's Note: Greek for "child" or "boy"], we contend, may also be consistent with Matthew's affirmation of many sexual dissidents in her Gospel."

Comment: Great example of how far liberal educators can take it. And they're just getting started. Such is the state of 'higher education' today.

It takes a catastrophe to reduce wealth and income inequality

Daniel Carter
IWB
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:48 UTC

Ever since the Great Recession of 08-09, we have been inundated with news about the growing gap between the rich and the poor. These narratives have been amplified in recent years by the growing influence of socialism in the Western world. Bernie Sanders - the most popular socialist in the US - has galvanized his supporters by talking about the evil doings (real or imagined) of the top 1%. Unfortunately for his impressionable supporters, Bernie's understanding of wealth and income inequality is extremely limited.

With all this talk of wealth and income inequality in the past few years, I became increasingly interested in the problem myself. To gain a better understanding of the subject, I read a book called The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel. In this book, Scheidel takes the reader through a long history of inequality from the stone age to the modern era. He starts by examining inequality in groups of primates to show that hierarchy is deeply engrained within our genetic code.

Then Scheidel moves on to hunter-gatherer cultures to show that inequality was not very pronounced in the early days of our evolution but still present. Once human beings formed into civilizations about 20,000 years ago, inequality became rampant, and it has stayed that way up until this moment in time.

'Mars One' project possible scam reveals new investigations

Chris Mahon
Outer Places
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 18:50 UTC

When Mars One was founded by Bas Lansdorp and Arno Wielders in 2011, its stated goal was to establish a human settlement on Mars by using as much existing technology as possible. "As with the Apollo Moon landings, a human mission to Mars will inspire generations to believe that all things are possible, anything can be achieved," the company said. However, a new investigation from Inverse shows that Mars One's lofty ambitions may be hiding a titanic mess-or a straight-up scam.

Outer Places has been keeping an eye on Mars One for a while now, and every year seems to bring new embarrassments: independent scientists have come forward calling the company's plans unfeasible, accusations have appeared from participants that the project is a scheme to sell merch, and their infamous public debate with MIT students neatly eviscerated the company's top executive officers in front of a mass audience.

That hasn't stopped Mars One from announcing plans to build floating cities on Venus or one of Jupiter's moons, partly because a lot of people still want to believe in the company and its mission. That may change soon-Inverse has dug up new information on Mars One that may become the final nail in its coffin.

Why France will implode: Baker fined 3000 euros for working 7 days a week during tourist season

The Connexion
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 17:52 UTC

A baker in Aube is fighting a fine of €3,000 for working too much, after his shop opened seven days a week in the summer of 2017.

Cédric Vaivre - who owns a boulangerie in the commune of Lusigny-sur-Barse, which is popular with summer tourists - was fined after officials discovered his shop had been open every day during the tourist season.

Mr Vaivre said that he needed to stay open during the summer, in order to keep up with demand and to help turn a profit to shore up the quieter winter months.

But boulangeries are not allowed to open seven days a week due to two decrees (one from 1994 and another from 2000), if no exemption has been granted.

Mr Vaivre was granted such an exemption in 2016, but this was not renewed in 2017, prompting the fine.

Now, the boulanger is fighting the decision, with support from the village mayor.

Mayor Christian Branle says that despite the decree, local shops should be able to adapt to local needs.

Comment: There's almost nothing worse than an obsessive-compulsive bureaucrat with zero common sense. And France is full of them. What kind of country penalizes industriousness? We suppose that's just the French idea of 'liberte'.

Russian MoD: 143k civilians and rebels left E. Ghouta amid humanitarian ceasefire

RT
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 20:16 UTC

© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
Rebel fighters pray before they are evacuated outside Harasta in eastern Ghouta, March 23, 2018

Over 143,000 people, including tens of thousands of rebels and their families, have left Syria's eastern Ghouta amid a ceasefire which also helped some 40,000 residents return to their homes, the Russian military said.

"143,194 people in total, including 105,857 civilians as well as 13,793 militants and 23,544 members of their families have left eastern Ghouta during humanitarian pauses," Sergey Rudskoy, Deputy Chief of Russian General Staff, said at a news briefing on Friday.

The evacuation is being monitored by the UN and other aid agencies, and a live broadcast of escape routes is available on the Russian Defense Ministry's website, it said. Russia's Reconciliation Center is negotiating another evacuation from the town of Douma, one of the last remaining strongholds controlled by militants.

Gaza: Palestinians killed and injured as Israel declares a 'closed military zone' and employs live sniper fire

RT
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:57 UTC

Israel has enforced a closed military zone in the area around the Gaza Strip amid protests on Friday. At least ten people were killed when the IDF employed live fire against the crowd, according to Palestinian sources.

"The IDF has enforced a closed military zone in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip in accordance with situation assessments," the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced through social media.

Early on Friday, Israel boosted its military presence along the security fence surrounding the enclave, by deploying additional infantry battalions. Earlier, it had also announced that over 100 snipers authorized to use live ammo would be deployed to the volatile border area. More police officers were also sent to southern Israel as backup in case the army fails to prevalent [sic prevent] the Palestinian protestors from crossing into Israeli territory. Israeli citizens were also forbidden from approaching the border without special permission from the IDF.

Comment: If you throw a rock, you are at fault for throwing a rock and punished with death. If you point a rifle at a person in a crowd and pull the trigger...you are absolved of responsibility for kills and casualties. It is considered target practice.

See also: Israeli army uses live fire, rubber bullets, tear gas against Palestinian protesters; 12 dead, 1,000 hurt

Minnesota cop who killed Australian bride-to-be charged with murder and manslaughter

Natalie O'Neill
New York Post
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:59 UTC

The Minnesota cop who shot and killed an Australian bride-to-be was charged with murder and manslaughter, according to a report Tuesday.

Officer Mohamed Noor, 31 - who allegedly killed 40-year-old Justine Damond of Minneapolis in July - was booked into Hennepin County jail at 11:16 a.m., according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Noor was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. His bail was set at $500,000, the paper reported.

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Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

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Society's Child

The horrors of Trump's tax bill: Wage increases, bonuses and college tuition assistance

11yo survivor of Kemerovo mall fire tragically learns his entire family perished

Syrian Army discovers large underground hospital, medicine warehouses in E Ghouta

Religious insanity: Catholic theology professor argues Jesus was pro-pedophilia, 'crossdressing', gender-fluid 'drag king'

It takes a catastrophe to reduce wealth and income inequality

'Mars One' project possible scam reveals new investigations

Why France will implode: Baker fined 3000 euros for working 7 days a week during tourist season

Russian MoD: 143k civilians and rebels left E. Ghouta amid humanitarian ceasefire

Gaza: Palestinians killed and injured as Israel declares a 'closed military zone' and employs live sniper fire

Minnesota cop who killed Australian bride-to-be charged with murder and manslaughter

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