Instead of Going After Her Clients, Court Quietly Reduces Ghislaine Maxwell's Sentence -
After what is still arguably quite questionable trial proceedings, while all eyes are turned into the latest distraction America’s justice system continues to allow the most vile of predators to get off easy.
Wait the pedos are letting the pedos off easy 🤯
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Sri Lanka’s PM resigns after weeks of protests over economic crisis | Sri Lanka | The Guardian
Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has resigned after months of protests over the country’s deepening economic crisis, as once-peaceful protests turned violent and at least five people were killed in clashes.
Turmoil began to engulf the country on Monday following violence at a major protest site in Colombo, where pro-government supporters attacked demonstrators and police responded with teargas and water cannon.
Anti-government protestors, who had been largely peaceful, began retaliating across the country. Houses and vehicles of several pro-Rajapaksa politicians and the residence of Mahinda Rajapaksa were set on fire. A nationwide curfew was imposed but five were killed and almost 200 injured. …
… Mahinda Rajapaksa had been asked to resign by his brother, the president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, at a special meeting on Friday, in an attempt to appease demonstrators who have been taking to the streets in their thousands since March.
Protesters have been calling for both members of Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa political dynasty to be removed from office for mishandling the economy and plunging the country into the worst financial crisis since independence.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was president for a decade between 2005 and 2015, had reportedly been resistant to stepping down, but on Monday submitted his letter of resignation to the president.
“Multiple stakeholders have indicated the best solution to the present crisis is the formation of an interim all-party government. Therefore, I have tendered my resignation so the next steps can be taken in accordance with the Constitution,” he wrote. …
“Stakeholders”?! Sri Lanka is a country, not some business!
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‘No reward or recognition’: why women should say no to ‘office housework’ -
Accepting too many necessary yet thankless tasks is holding all women back, say the authors of The No Club
Many of us have a never-ending list of tasks that are work-related, but not quite work: writing up minutes from meetings, assembling entries for awards, serving on committees, selecting interns, organising holiday parties, shopping for leaving gifts.
Many, if not most, working women accept it as just part of the job. But taking one for the team could be holding all women back.
A new book argues that “non-promotable work” – the kind that is important to organisational functioning, but unlikely to be rewarded or even recognised – is the invisible hurdle to gender equality in the workplace, with women’s time and energy being disproportionately expended on thankless tasks. …
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