Last year, according to a new analysis from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), the CEOs of America’s top 25 restaurant corporations, including McDonald’s, Burger King, the Cheesecake Factory, Chipotle, and Jack in the Box, took home an average of 721 times the money minimum-wage workers did, and 194 times the take-home pay of the typical American worker in a production …
Ghomert Urges Texas To Declare War On Migrant Children
During a speech on the House floor Friday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) compared the surge of unaccompanied migrant children to soldiers invading France during World War II. Criticizing President Obama’s request for Congress to provide $3.7 billion in emergency funds to process the deportation proceedings of more than 52,000 children, mostly fleeing violence in Central America, Gohmert asked Gov. Rick …
Money Blown On F-35 Could Buy All Homeless A Mansion – News By The Numbers
Just days before its international debut at an airshow in the United Kingdom, the entire fleet of the Pentagon’s next generation fighter plane — known as the F-35 II Lightning, or the Joint Strike Fighter — has been grounded, highlighting just what a boondoggle the project has been. With the vast amounts spent so far on the aircraft, the United …
Fancy Japanese Grapes Sell For $5,400
A wedding hall operator in Japan forked over $5,400 for a bunch of 30 Ruby Roman grapes, which are apparently the most expensive grapes in the world. These grapes, the wedding hall says, will be served to couples who have their weddings at the venue in Kanazawa. It is unclear if couples would be allowed to eat the grapes of …
Man Arrested For Trying To Hire Porn Stars At County Fair
A 34-year-old California man has been arrested for dressing up as a county fair employee and trying to recruit teenage girls for his porn business, “Big Pimpin’ Inc.” A 16-year-old girl named Justice told reporters that the would-be porn producer, Aaron Gimbert, handed her a card at the Alameda County (Calif.) Fair and told her she’d make a great porn …
Get Paid CASH To Watch Netflix All Day!
Attention, devoted couch potatoes who couch potato with the commitment of a true artist: Netflix is currently hiring a “tagger” for its London office. Basically, they’ll pay you to watch TV all day, every day. If you’ve always dreamed of being the person who assigned The Vicar of Dibley to “TV Shows Featuring a Strong Female Lead,” today is your …
Make A 1 3 5 List For Productivity Now!
Struggling with a sprawling to-do list is no fun. The folks at WorkAwesome suggest tweaking your to-do list into a “1-3-5 list,” or one big thing you need to do, three medium-priority things you’d like to do, and five smaller “nice to haves.” Write it all down, and you have a simple, prioritized list to tackle. We’ve discussed how to …