RANT: Yet Another “Unfair Labor” practice?

Saturday, May 27, 2023

https://ritholtz.com/2023/05/tip-demands-inflation-higher/

POS Tip Demands Are Driving Inflation Higher
May 22, 2023 10:00am by Barry Ritholtz 

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 If you leave a few singles in a jar by the register, you assume the recipients are the staff who work there. We have no idea where the Square POS tips go. Recall Doordash and other weasels pocketing driver tips during the pandemic (we should make sure that’s not happening here). All POS tip demands should be mandated to show a disclosure as to where the money goes — and both Square and the retailer should be on hook if it does not go where advertised.

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I remember first seeing this at Olive Garden when they first mandated that all Users paying by credit card use their POS (point of sale which happened to be a Piece of <synonym for excrement>) device.  It automagically “suggested” 18% “tip”.   I had no idea but a sneaky suspicion that this was not on the all up and up.  So I always tipped in cash  — and not 18%.  After all I was now doing some of the work and we used to get thin mints with the receipt.

It would seem that “tipping” needs to be disclosed.  Who gets it and how much does the server have to “tip out” to others.  I’m most concerned that this is nothing more than a “DoorDash” price increase.  

Argh!

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RANT: A Leftist college professor demonstrates how to be “stupid”!

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/05/22/nyc-hunter-college-professor-cursed-out-anti-abortion-students-tabling-at-school/

 NYC college professor cursed out anti-abortion students tabling at school
By Allie Griffin  —   May 22, 2023 11:39pm

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A Manhattan college (NB: not manhattan.edu) professor flipped out on a group of students who set up an information table opposing abortion inside the school building — cursing and tossing their pamphlets, video of the interaction shows.

Shellyne Rodriguez, an adjunct professor, told the pro-life students they were “triggering” her students by tabling inside Hunter College in Manhattan earlier this month.

The footage was posted to Twitter by Students for Life of America.

“You’re not educating s–t. This is f–king propaganda,” the art professor told the students tabling on May 2. “What are you going to do like anti-trans next?”

A male student behind the table calmly told her, “I mean no, we’re talking about abortion” and said he was sorry about “triggering” her students.

Rodriguez claimed their demonstration was “violent” and yelled at the male student behind the table that he wasn’t sorry “because you can’t even have a f–king baby,” the video shows.

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This is secular “higher” education.  

How can you reason when the Leftists refuse to keep the peace?

Disgraceful and un-American.

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RANT: DEFUND the NIH

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

NIH has reinstated the Eco-Health Alliance grant to resume controversial bat research

The following is an excerpt from Nature. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reinstated a grant to a highly scrutinized research organization that studies bat coronaviruses — but the agency has placed several stipulations on the scope of the research and on the organization’s accounting practices. The move caps a years-long saga that has thrust

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Are you kidding me?  Have these people no shame?

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RANT: Why can’t “we” stop wrong way drivers?

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12048451/Two-boys-aged-14-die-drunk-driver-drove-wrong-way-Long-Island-freeway-crashed.html

Two boys, both 14, killed after Dodge Ram smashed into their car on Long Island highway as ‘drunk driver’ told police he thought he was in New Jersey

  •     Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz died near Jericho late Wednesday 
  •     Amandeep Singh was the driver; he faces vehicular homicide charge 
  •     Two other boys aged 16 and 17 who were in the car suffered internal injuries 

By Stephen Lepore For Dailymail.Com
Published: 17:07 EDT, 4 May 2023 | Updated: 19:36 EDT, 4 May 2023

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Two 14-year-old boys died after their Alfa Romeo car was struck by a suspected drunk driver who was traveling the wrong-way on a Long Island expressway. 

Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz died near Jericho late Wednesday night after Amandeep Singh, 34, crashed his Dodge Ram into them, the New York Post reported.

They were pronounced dead at the scene, while two other boys, aged 16 and 17, who were in the car suffered internal injuries. They were in a stable condition in hospital. 

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I really don’t understand how parking lot owners can stop wrong way drivers (i.e., tire shredders), but Gooferment highway “engineers” can’t.

It seems real simple to me.

I bet the tire makers would applaud the new business.  I’m sure all the victims of these killers would as well.

Argh!

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RANT: “Share the road”?

Friday, May 5, 2023

FROM REDDIT

AAA: Helpful safety tips for bikers and drivers for May

5/1/2023, 10:16:03 AM · by BraveMan · 13 replies

CNY Central ^ | Mon, May 1st 2023, 6:04 AM CDT | Christopher Malone

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and AAA Western and Central New York is reminding drivers and bikers of safety tips as biking season is upon us — as soon as the weather permits. The latest data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that fatal motorcycle crashes are on the rise: 5,932 motorcyclists were killed in crashes in 2021, the highest number since 1975 Motorcycle fatalities increased 9 percent in 2021 compared to 2020 (5,579 fatalities in 2020) Fatal motorcycle crashes accounted for 14 percent of all crashes in 2021 According to the Insurance Institute for Highway…

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Reflecting back to my recent travels where I saw a motorcycle, I saw speeding, weaving, riding the line passing MOVING TRAFFIC, and other “bad behaviors”.  Let me know when motorcyclist with “share the road” with me.

Argh!

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RANT: Shouldn’t someone be demanding mandatory autopsies for all sudden surprise deaths?

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-12041989/Tori-Bowie-track-field-athlete-dies-aged-32.html

US track and field star Tori Bowie – who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and two world titles in her sprinting career – dies aged 32

  •     According to her management company, sprinter Tori Bowie has died 
  •     Bowie had won multiple world titles and Olympic gold in the 4X100m relay
  •     DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news

By Jake Fenner and Kate Mcgreavy For Dailymail.Com
Published: 08:33 EDT, 3 May 2023 | Updated: 09:58 EDT, 3 May 2023

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American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie has died at the age of 32.

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Doesn’t anyone think that all these sudden deaths of people is some way related to the Covid “vaccinations”?

I can not EVER remember more than one or two in ALL my decades on this earth.  Len from Maryland was the only one that stands out and he was found to have a congenital heart defect.

It can be a coincidence.  And, some politicians, bureaucrats, and Big Pharma execs should be on trial for murder!

Argh!

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RANT: Norfolk Southern should be ashamed if not penalized for this inexcusible behavior

Sunday, April 30, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12018269/Shocking-video-shows-kids-crawling-Norfolk-Southern-freight-train-starts-moving.html

Shocking video shows kids crawling under a Norfolk Southern freight train as carriages continually block their route to school – and start moving WITHOUT warning

  •     Norfolk Southern trains have frequently blocked crossings in Hammond, Indiana, for hours 
  •     Schoolchildren are often late to class and have to crawl over and under stopped trains to get to school 
  •     Indiana is in the top five states with the most complaints about blocked rail crossing. Texas tops the list, followed by Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee 

By Alyssa Guzman For Dailymail.Com
Published: 22:30 EDT, 26 April 2023 | Updated: 07:28 EDT, 27 April 2023 

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Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen.  And, if I was on the jury, I’d make sure that an “eye watering” judgement would get everyone’s attention.

I read recently in Japan that the Railway Company there put “turtle conduits” under their tracks so that turtles could migrate safely.  I bet Norfolk Southern would not survive in Japan with their careless lack of regard for human life. 

I can’t believe that the political parasite class can’t get this “fixed”!  Why else do we tolerate them?

I’m going to put on my citizen journalist hat on and ask Norfolk Southern for comment.  Any wager about response time?

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RANT: People see a show; I see wasted resources

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11981489/The-Household-Cavalry-rehearsals-King-Charles-coronation-month.html

Preparing for Charles’s big day: The Household Cavalry make their way down procession route outside Buckingham Palace as they take part in rehearsals for the King’s historic coronation next month

  •     Members of the Household Cavalry seen rehearsing outside Buckingham Palace
  •     READ: Buckingham Palace have unveiled plans for the King’s procession route 

By Elly Blake
Published: 09:44 EDT, 17 April 2023 | Updated: 09:52 EDT, 17 April 2023

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Preparations are well and truly under way for King Charles’s coronation as rehearsals took place outside Buckingham Palace today.

Members of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, who carry out ceremonial duties for the two most senior regiments in the Army, paraded down The Mall ahead of the historic ceremony on May 6.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central London for the King’s coronation, the first since the late Queen Elizabeth II’s seven decades ago.

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Some see pageantry and history.  I see stolen money conspicuously wasted.  The cast of bureaucrats on horses is Taxpayer money parasitically taken from the middle calls, poor, and the fixed income serfs.

Argh!

At least they’ll get to see a “free” show.  And, I bet not one person thinks of the resources wasted.

Sigh!

Sadly.

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RANT: Leave wild animals in peace; lest they make pieces out of you

Saturday, April 8, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11938131/Montana-locals-warn-belligerent-men-taunting-moose-away-charges-them.html

Moment two men are charged by huge MOOSE in Montana after taunting the beast and ignoring warnings: Local brands them ‘the dumbest people I’ve ever met in my life’

  •     A moose in Big Sky, Montana, finally responded after being taunted by tourists
  •     Two men provocatively edge closer to a moose despite a warning from a local 

By Neirin Gray Desai For Dailymail.Com
Published: 12:21 EDT, 4 April 2023 | Updated: 17:52 EDT, 4 April 2023 

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The article doesn’t report if the fools were hurt.  I’d give them no sympathy if they were.  I hope the moose will forgive all the other humans who wouldn’t think of bothering them for no apparent reason.  Argh!

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RANT: Can’t the FDIC clawback all such “bonuses”?

Monday, March 27, 2023

https://palexander.substack.com/p/did-you-just-say-the-svb-owners-silicon?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=579356&post_id=109517456&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email

Did you just say SVB owners, Silicon Valley Bank owners took bonuses just immediate before the banks were taken over by FDIC? These crooks ‘deserve to be in jail’; crooked criminal thieving bitch*s!

Dr. Paul Alexander

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I don’t understand.  It would seem to me that all transactions for the year prior to the collapse would be examined under a microscope.  Stock sales, bonus, and expenses would be fair game for the IRS, FDIC, SEC, and DOJ to clawback everything that isn’t justified.

Argh!

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