Category: Top Stories

McDonald’s CEO Says the Company Pays ‘Fair’ Wages

May 23, 2014 - Top Stories

McDonald’s CEO Says the Company Pays ‘Fair’ Wages

But only if you’re the CEO.

McDonald’s CEO Says the Company Pays ‘Fair’ Wages“We continue to believe that we pay fair and competitive wages,” stated Don Thompson, McDonald’s CEO, in an annual meeting with shareholders at corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois on Thursday. While Thompson reported that shareholders received $4.9 billion in returns in 2013, over 2,000 low-wage McDonald’s workers protested outside for a $15 minimum wage and the right to unionize, resulting in over 100 arrests. “We provide job opportunities and training for those entering the workforce,” Thompson added, bringing up McDonald’s Chief Operating Officer Tim Fenton as an example, who started as a crew member in 1973 and is […]

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Tenn. brings back electric chair

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Tenn. brings back electric chair

How about bringing back Christianity instead?

Tenn. brings back electric chairTennessee has decided how it will respond to a nationwide scarcity of lethal injection drugs for death-row inmates: with the electric chair. Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law Thursday allowing the state to electrocute death row inmates in the event prisons are unable to obtain the drugs, which have become more and more scarce following a European-led boycott of drug sales for executions. Tennessee lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the electric chair legislation in April, with the Senate voting 23-3 and the House 68-13 in favor of the bill. Tennessee is the first state […]

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Ghosts Of Millions Of Aborted Children Will Haunt Obama’s Presidential Library

May 22, 2014 - Reading List, Top Stories

Michael Bresciani Says The 'Ghosts Of Millions Of Aborted Children' Will Haunt Obama's Presidential Library

Cool! Now there’s going to be a reason to visit his library.

Michael Bresciani Says The 'Ghosts Of Millions Of Aborted Children' Will Haunt Obama's Presidential LibraryChristian Post blogger Michael Bresciani believes President Obama, much like Vlad the Impaler and Adolf Hitler, will be remembered as one of the world’s most evil men. In a blog post yesterday, Bresciani writes that no one will visit his presidential library besides “a few democrats [sic] and liberals and those of the LGBT persuasion,” for it will be “haunted by the ghosts of millions of aborted children.” Bresciani also warns that the gay rights movement will turn the United States into a North Korean-style police state even though “most of the people in this nation still view homosexuality […]

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Today’s Florida Cop Story

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

A former Florida cop won’t face sexual assault charges in connection with a wild, sexually charged party attended in March by other officers — including one who killed himself rather than be taken into custody.

Florida cop won’t be charged with sexual assault of ‘dirty Jenga’ party hostess (via Raw Story )

A former Florida cop won’t face sexual assault charges in connection with a wild, sexually charged party attended in March by other officers — including one who killed himself rather than be taken into custody. The state attorney’s office declined…

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Google: Ads Coming to the Internet of Things

May 22, 2014 - The News From Around The World, Top Stories

Google’s bottom line depends on advertisements, and its all-consuming quest for revenue might one day drive it to serve up ads on everything from car dashboards to thermostats, according to a letter the company submitted last year to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

 

Google: Ads Coming to the Internet of Things (via Dice News in Tech)

Google’s bottom line depends on advertisements, and its all-consuming quest for revenue might one day drive it to serve up ads on everything from car dashboards to thermostats, according to a letter the company submitted last year to the Securities…

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