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Sat, 29/04/2023 - 00:30
Day after day Shake that man’s hand. I continue to be amazed that, Pulitzers or not, Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Mike Luckovich hasn’t been run out of his swing state. Georgia is not that purple. From Wednesday: From Thursday (O-U-C-H!): Damn. Has Luckovich got a security detail? Here’s another classic:
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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 23:40

Jessica always wanted to work in academia. The journey there hasn’t come without its challenges. She worked in restaurants and retail to support herself financially throughout her master’s degree, spending eight years on various insecure contracts in the university sector. For the past two years, she’s been on a permanent contract—a job she loves and […]

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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 23:00
Two red-state abortion bans fail The conservative rush to turn post-Roe v. Wade United States into Gilead hit a couple of speed bumps on Thursday. The civil war against women halted first in South Carolina (of all places) and again in Nebraska hours later. Washington Post: In lengthy and often impassioned speeches on the South Carolina Senate floor, the state’s five female senators — three Republicans and two Democrats — decried what would have been a near-total ban on abortion. One, Sen. Sandy Senn (R), likened the implications to the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” in which women are treated as property of the state. Senn seems almost peeved about that. She said abortion laws “have always been, each and every one of them, about control — plain and simple. And in the Senate, the males have all the control.” South Carolina and Nebraska currently allow abortions for up to about 22 weeks.
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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 22:00

“A Texas state agency told its employees this month that they must dress in a manner that is ‘consistent with their biological gender,’ a directive that seemed to be a thinly veiled attack on transgender employees.” — The Guardian, 4/25/23

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In order to keep our workplace running efficiently, we strive to create a professional environment. One in which every employee takes pride in their work and appearance, and also openly makes it clear if they have a pee-pee or a hoo-ha.

Acceptable workplace attire for men:

  • Slacks, khakis, or corduroys with the zipper “accidentally” undone
  • Dress shirts tucked into the pants, firmly lifting your balls like an athletic cup
  • Any formal shoe made of reflective material for routine urinal inspections

Acceptable workplace attire for women:

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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 21:47

Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers are hosing down hopes of any serious action on cost of living, health or aged care in the upcoming budget.

The post Editorial: Labor finds billions for war but won’t fund JobSeeker and health—we need a fightback appeared first on Solidarity Online.

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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 21:21

Spontaneous protests exploded in cities across France in April after its constitutional court, stuffed with elite political and state figures, declared that President Emmanuel Macron’s pension attacks had been passed legally.

The post Resistance in France can still undo Macron’s pensions assault appeared first on Solidarity Online.

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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 18:00
Mahmoud Fatouh Small banks tend to have more specialised business models, likely focusing on commercial and retail banking activities, and show limited interconnectedness to other financial institutions. Hence, they are likely to show less intense cyclical patterns compared to large banks. This post investigates whether large and small banks in the UK and US differ … Continue reading The pro-cyclicality of capital ratios and credit supply, a tale of two sizes
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Fri, 28/04/2023 - 17:00
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