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A small business owner has come under fire for the furious note he left on his shop window asking specifically for 'baby boomer' employees. 'I apologise for us closing again,' the note read. 'My two new cashiers quit because I said their boyfriends couldn't stand here for their entire shift.' 'Don't hire Gen Z's - they don't know what work actually means. Now hiring! Baby boomers only.' The post has thousands of likes and comments, with many engaging in a heated debate regarding the legitimacy of the owner's frustration. 'That's a pretty awful and ageist sign,' said one commenter. 'I'm...

One of my earlier songs, remixed as jazzhop.

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a Kentucky law that effectively eliminated abortions in the commonwealth, where the only two clinics said they couldn't meet its requirements. The decision by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings was a victory for abortion rights advocates and a setback for the Republican-led legislature, which passed the law in March. Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, had vetoed the measure, but the legislature overrode him last week to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and require women to be examined by a doctor before receiving abortion pills. Both of Kentucky's clinics said that...

A tenured economics professor in Canada was fired for saying Black Lives Matter destroyed her university to such an extent she 'doesn't recognize it anymore'. Frances Widdowson, who also taught justice and policy studies, was sacked from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada last year. The academic is now calling for an open arbitration hearing with the school to have it out with the institution next January - but bosses are yet to agree. Widdowson was fired in December for saying BLM had destroyed the college to such an extent she 'doesn't recognize it anymore'. Activists rounded on her and...

A small plane crashed in a parking lot near an industrial plant east of Atlanta on Thursday evening, sending a plume of black smoke overhead, authorities and local news reports said. Police said it appeared no one aboard the plane survived - but federal authorities said they couldn't immediately identify the plane and had no information about its occupant or occupants. There were no immediate reports of any injuries to anyone on the ground at the plant, which produces General Mills cereals. Covington police told local reporters the aircraft crashed in an isolated parking lot near an industrial plant just...

The business community’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a dramatic example of stakeholder capitalism in action. Their decisive withdrawal from Russia isn’t just a response to price signals or market pressures. It’s the institutional expression of moral outrage. It’s also a recognition that every company is a community of people–and that to thrive the company must reflect in its actions the values of the people who create and sustain it. The SEC’s recent proposals on disclosure regarding cybersecurity and environmental risks are also powerful indicators that the push for business to integrate stakeholder values on environmental, social,...

New police bodycam footage has been released of the moment three Syracuse police officers apprehended an eight-year-old black boy and force him into the back of a police car. Earlier this week, video shot by a bystander captured the moment an officer dragged the crying boy, who was accused of stealing a bag of chips, and placed him into the rear of a cruiser. It appeared to onlookers that the response by police was a complete overreaction - but now new video has emerged from the Syracuse Police Department which shows the young boy being driven back to his parents'...

Lbs Of Fat A Week Safely! Intel Officials Who Claimed Hunter’s Laptop Was Russian Disinformation Now Say Big Tech Must Be Able to Censor to Protect from Russian Disinformation By Joe Hoft Published April 21, 2022 at 5:05pm 280 Comments Share Tweet Gab Share Telegram Telegram Gettr Gettr Intel Officials who claimed Hunter’s laptop was Russian disinformation now say anti-trust legislation targeting tech companies would promote Russian disinformation. The Daily Caller reports: ormer national security officials who claimed the reported contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 presidential election appeared to be “Russian disinformation” announced opposition Monday to legislation...

Claire McCarthy's African Grey parrot Ruby picked up the famous yodel from pizza chain Domino's ad much to the delight of her owner and Domino's who offered McCarthy a discount on her next order.This pizza-loving parrot has learned to mimic the yodel from the Domino's TV advert - with her pitch-perfect performance earning her proud owner a discount on her next order. Claire McCarthy filmed 'mouthy' African Grey Ruby calling out 'Domino-hoo-hoo' from the ads that show customers yodelling to each other to signal that they want to order from the pizza chain. After sharing Ruby's new talent on social...

These sweet images show Logan Mwangi as he should be remembered – a sweet and loving schoolboy with an infectious smile and a "wicked laugh". The five-year-old was described as a "happy, caring, loving, and intelligent child" who was a "total joy" to staff at the school he attended. Logan was found dead on July 31 last year in a river near his home in Bridgend. Logan’s mother Williamson, 31, of Lower Llansantffraid, Sarn, Bridgend, and stepdad John Cole, 40, of Maesglas, Ynysawdre, Bridgend, should have been the people he could trust more than anyone else in the world. Instead...

Rachel Maddow leaked a private phone call on her show on Thursday night of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy with Trump-hating lunatic Liz Cheney on January 10, 2021. On January 10, 2021, Kevin McCarthy spoke with several GOP House leaders including Liz Cheney who was third-in-line in the House Republican Caucus at that time. During the call, McCarthy told Liz Cheney that he would counsel President Trump Trump to resign. From the call: Kevin McCarthy: “I think [impeachment resolutions] will pass, and it would be my recommendation you (President Trump) should resign… What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend...

The man accused of stabbing Queens mom Orsolya Gaal nearly 60 times, stuffing her body into a hockey duffel bag and then dragging it more than a half-mile was remanded to Department of Corrections custody and placed on suicide watch by a judge after his first court appearance in New York City late Thursday night. David Bonola, 44, is charged with murder, criminal tampering and criminal possession of a weapon. His defense did not enter a plea, but requested medical attention and that he be placed on suicide watch, which the judge granted. Judge Anthony Battisti ruled that because of...

Three summers ago, and prior to the COVID pandemic, I wrote about the decay of Seattle, and I warned that Toronto could be next.The day has come, and the warm weather hasn’t yet begun. Crime is already rampant.On Easter weekend in Toronto, a woman was pushed onto the Bloor-Yonge subway tracks by another female (since arrested) and a teen forced out of her car at gunpoint in what has traditionally been a quiet north Toronto neighbourhood.There was also a $28.5-million bust of crystal meth and coke in a condo directly beside the Novotel hotel, where more than 220 homeless men...

pic.twitter.com/nOEjfz2X3z— Orwell & Goode (@OrwellNGoode) April 21, 2022 The sign reads: “I apologize for closing again. My two new cashiers quit because I said their boyfriends couldn’t stand here for their entire shift. Don’t hire Gen Z. They don’t know what work actually means. Now Hiring Baby Boomers only!” Comedy | Millennial job interviewCLICK ABOVE ARTICLE LINK FOR THE VIDEO...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has proposed a new “global security initiative” to challenge the US’s alliance network – the bedrock of Australia’s defence policy – just days after securing a new strategic compact with Solomon Islands. As Western allies scrambled to assess the fallout from Beijing’s security pact with Honiara, China’s leader positioned his country as a champion of the developing world and himself as a visionary leader prepared to deal unflinchingly with the world’s challenges. Embracing one of Vladimir Putin’s signature foreign policy ideas as his own, Mr Xi called for a new “indivisible security”.

Former Russian spy and sleeper agent Mikhail Vasenkov has died at the age of 79, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) announced Wednesday. Vasenkov was one of 10 undercover agents arrested in the United States in 2010, after being accused of working for an underground network of spies dubbed the “illegals” — a story that became the basis for hit U.S. television series “The Americans.” Vasenkov and his fellow agents posed as ordinary Americans for more than a decade, building contacts with academics, industrialists and policymakers to gain intelligence. The network, which included self-styled New York socialite Anna Chapman, was eventually...

Swimming legend Dawn Fraser has dived into the transgender sporting debate, becoming Australia’s third high-profile female swimmer to speak up on what has turned into a controversial issue amid the 2022 federal election campaign.Her comment comes after Australia’s most decorated Olympian Emma McKeon and Olympic gold medallist Emily Seebohm this week aired their concerns about the “unfair” advantages of transgender athletes if they are allowed to compete with female athletes.Fraser, who is a four-time Olympic gold medalist, told the Daily Telegraph on Thursday: “I don’t think it’s fair to have transgender men competing against women.”“Why don’t transgender people compete against...

Elon Musk’s tunnel boring operation has moved its headquarters from the Los Angeles area to Texas and is pursuing several new tunnel projects in the Lone Star State. The Boring Company, formerly in Hawthorne, Calif., is now based in Pflugerville, a suburb near Austin, Texas. The Boring Company (TBC) is an American infrastructure and tunnel construction services company founded by Elon Musk. Its ongoing and proposed projects are designed for intra-city ("loop") transit systems. TBC has completed two tunnels in Las Vegas for loop travel. It has also completed one tunnel for testing loop travel in Los Angeles County. Other...

Tennessee's governor on Thursday called off what was to have been the state's first execution since the start of the pandemic, granting a temporary reprieve to the oldest inmate on death row for what was called an "oversight" in preparations for the lethal injection. Republican Gov. Bill Lee didn't elaborate on what issue forced the surprise 11th-hour stop to the planned execution of 72-year-old Oscar Smith. The inmate was to have received a three-drug injection only a short while later in the evening at a Nashville maximum security prison. "Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection, the scheduled...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Apollo 8's Christmas Eve Message Thus saith God the Lord, He that created the heavens, and stretched them out; He that spread forth the earth, and that...