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Big Shot CEO literally kicks a puppy.
Follow the money on all the mortgage backed securities lawsuit settlements and you'll see that the litigants aren't paid very much. Indeed, most of the money goes to Fannie/Freddie and the FHA.
FT-Alphaville checks the numbers on the long-term unemployed. It looks like this recession is not really different after all.
First, about 10 per cent of men who are laid off en masse are never employed again. Intriguingly, the overall health of the economy at the time of getting laid off does not seem to play much of a role, although age does
Second, the long-term employment effect of being laid off is remarkably constant across the four recessions for which we have data
An optimist would see that chart as a demonstration that the labour market performed about as well as it always has given the magnitude of the downturn. The pessimistic interpretation is that many of the people who lost their jobs during the crisis and remain “non-employed” will never work again for almost no fault of their own.Teen jobs don't pay well. We kind of knew that already but we didn't know that Teen jobs pay poorly on a historical basis too. That and they have to compete with all those underemployed English majors taking the good part time work.
Ode to a f*cked generation. Whiny and accurate! It's oaky millenials, we're just going to euthanize the old people in about 20 years.
Most STEM majors don't go into STEM jobs, although healthcare is not counted as STEM and it's the biggest employment sector receiving "life sciences" graduates.
Re-cap of the summer from hell. It sure seems like every summer is worse than the last. Let's not forget the largely fun World Cup!
America's most important freedom costs taxpayers $500 million a year. Not to mention all those brave people who sacrifice themselves for the second amendment and the ammosexuals.
Republicans made a little video game where you guide an 8-bit elephant through Mario-like levels to aid the GOP in taking the Senate this November. Unfortunately the game doesn't work. In fact, it seems like a scam to get access to people's contact information so they can send you email.
Fw: Fw: Fw: YOU WONT BELEIVE WHAT OBOZO IS UP TO NOW!!! Obama takes guns from infants and gives them to homeless Kenyan anti-colonialists he's importing across the border. Plus, hot investment tips from convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy!Okay I made that email up, but you get the idea.
As an Oligarch American, I feel constantly threatened by the increasing number of violent poors inhabiting my city's streets. Thank goodness BMW makes Security Edition vehicles:
Also, I found Houston's next car project: Security Wagon.
There's something deeply rotten in video game culture. The article is a run-through of the harassment of Zoe Quinn that's forced her to leave the industry entirely.
Meanwhile Feminist Frequency's Sarkeesian has been driven from her home by violent threats. She's been forced to contact the police and go hide with friends for an indefinite period of time.
The DailyDot profiles several redditors who are asking for more help in policing their communities for trolls and harassers.
75% of the images in the IKEA catalogue are CGI. I'd never have guessed.
You may remember the the UKGS made an accurate map of Britain in Minecraft a few months back. Well, they've returned with a more up-to date version which includes the underlying geology! The map is available for download but they're planning to continue making updates, so maybe hold off until they add more.
Here's a bunch of photos that somebody said were unbelievable and put into a list. The good news is, they're not in a slideshow.
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