April 2016

CPR: State policy makers on Monday inched closer to a state-run retirement system for workers who don’t have access to employer-run accounts. Secure Choice, if implemented, would require employers of [Read More]

Ask your fellow commenters who Scott Sterling is if you don’t know.  

AT: The gap between how the administration sold the Iran nuclear deal to Congress last summer and the reality of how the deal is being interpreted today

CPR: As Governor Jerry Brown signs the new minimum wage increase law this morning, many in the business community are studying the proposed temporary pause mechanism built into the bill that [Read More]

DM Two Afghan asylum seekers have been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy at a public swimming pool in Germany. The incident reportedly took place at an indoor [Read More]

WaTimes: Sen. Charles E. Grassley will meet with Judge Merrick Garland, but only to tell him why he won’t get a full hearing before the Judiciary Committee nor have his Supreme [Read More]

AT: […] On Saturday at a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, one of the people selected for podium behind Hillary’s speech expressed perfectly the spirit of her campaign,

AT:  There’s a reason why old clichés tend to hang around for decades. The reason is they’re based on fact. Example: “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” When someone [Read More]

Some dumb site posted that Sarah Palin said that black people willingly accepted slavery. TruthRevolt- Rapper/Singer Azealia Banks publicly wished that Sarah Palin would be gang-raped by a group of black men. [Read More]

Who dat?

No, I’m not getting a kickback on this product. It’s just that it’s something that used to be discussed all the time back in the day – “one day they’ll [Read More]

Barney Frank: Support for Sanders reflects a ‘lack of information’ The Hill: Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders are unrealistic about what the independent Vermont senator can achieve if [Read More]

I just heard about him. Sean Young (yes, the actress) just said in an interview that he’s a candidate she is interested in, and I think I’m on the Basiago [Read More]

This is similar to an ad that ran in France 5 years ago. In that version the son is on the phone with his boyfriend while his father is getting the food. [Read More]