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“the NationStates mods are literally such losers. they allowed a proposal from a region called “Nazi Europa” that explicitly called homosexuals a “danger to children” and then immediately...

apersnicketylemon:

lily-orchard:

pissvortex:

pissvortex:

the NationStates mods are literally such losers. they allowed a proposal from a region called “Nazi Europa” that explicitly called homosexuals a “danger to children” and then immediately pull this shit

I reported a post that said “Heil Reich!” and this was their response

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NationStates just showed their hands with the line “we do not endorse political correctness.”

They’re Nazis. Stop using their service.

They “don’t endorse political correctness” and “can’t guarantee you won’t be offended” but making your slogan and currency anti Nazi is offensive enough and politically incorrect enough to be removed and threaten you with a ban.

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npr:
“ The pitches to the health insurance brokers are tantalizing.
“Set sail for Bermuda,” says insurance giant Cigna, offering top-selling brokers five days at one of the island’s luxury resorts.
Health Net of California’s pitch is not subtle: A...

npr:

The pitches to the health insurance brokers are tantalizing.

“Set sail for Bermuda,” says insurance giant Cigna, offering top-selling brokers five days at one of the island’s luxury resorts.

Health Net of California’s pitch is not subtle: A smiling woman in a business suit rides a giant $100 bill like it’s a surfboard. “Sell more, enroll more, get paid more!” In some cases, its ad says, a broker can “power up” the bonus to $150,000 per employer group.

Not to be outdone, New York’s EmblemHealth promises top-selling brokers “the chance of a lifetime:” going to bat against the retired legendary New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera. In another offer, the company, which bills itself as the state’s largest nonprofit plan, focuses on cash: “The more subscribers you enroll … the bigger the payout.” Bonuses, it says, top out at $100,000 per group, and “there’s no limit to the number of bonuses you can earn.”

Such incentives sound like typical business tactics, until you understand who ends up paying for them: the employers who sign up with the insurers — and, of course, their employees.

Insurers Hand Out Cash and Gifts To Sway Brokers Who Sell Employer Health Plans

Illustration: Katherine Streeter for NPR

(Source: NPR, via npr)

Trump restaurants received 'critical' health code violations, including live mice -

merelygifted:

Want your meal with a side of mouse tracks? That’ s just about the only condition in which you’ll want to venture into one of Trump’s New York City restaurants. As reported by the New York Daily News, the NYC locations received some serious health code violations after inspectors visited and found evidence of unclean surfaces, poor worker practices, and, yes—the dreaded mice.

Health inspectors found and reported on these numerous violations back in 2018. They visited multiple eateries owned by the Trump Organization. For example, in July 2018, inspectors reported conditions that were “conducive to attracting vermin” and “allowing vermin to exist,” as well as “evidence of mice or live mice” at the Trump Grill in Trump Tower. They also determined that surfaces that come in contact with food weren’t properly maintained. Surfaces that do not come into contact with food had issues too, in that they couldn’t be properly cleaned. …

“Man is always separated from what he is by all the breadth of the being which he is not. He makes himself known to himself from the other side of the world and he looks from the horizon toward himself to recover his inner being.” — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (via philosophybits)

(via philosophybits)

The Wall Street Journal argues Trump may have committed too many crimes to be investigated

historicaltimes:
“ Bison skulls, ca. 1870s.
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historicaltimes:

Bison skulls, ca. 1870s.

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mediamattersforamerica:
“ Remembering the words of James Baldwin: “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
The fight for racial justice is made all the more difficult when outlets...

mediamattersforamerica:

Remembering the words of James Baldwin: “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”

The fight for racial justice is made all the more difficult when outlets fail to confront the lies and misinformation peddled by those in power.

Trump Threatens To Cancel California's $929 Million High Speed Rail Grant -

(Source: NPR, via npr)

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