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California’s $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers backfired

California’s $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers backfired

| April 7, 2026 | 5 Comments

California’s Governor Gavin Newson signed a bill raising the minimum wage from $16.00 to $20.00. Newsom previously stated that this increase would help workers earn more given the increasing costs that people faced. However, A Berkeley Research Group’s study discovered that the outcome turned out in a way that many commenters here suspected. Instead of […]

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Australian SAS Victoria Cross recipient arrested for war crimes

Australian SAS Victoria Cross recipient arrested for war crimes

| April 7, 2026 | 4 Comments

It’s been a few years since we last talked about the scandal involving the Australian Special Air Service (SAS) and their antics in Afghanistan. Here’s one from 2020, and here’s one from 2022. We apparently never got an update on the disposition of that latter case, which ended in 2023. From Wikipedia, “In that case […]

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Mamdani rolls out ‘racial equity plan’ favoring minorities over Whites

Mamdani rolls out ‘racial equity plan’ favoring minorities over Whites

| April 7, 2026 | 13 Comments

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor, provided a preliminary report regarding inequities in New York City. These “disparities” existed in income, education, housing, and in other areas. During a press release, Mamdani said that Blacks and Latinos received the brunt of the impacts of these disparities. His plan called for reversing these disparities via dismantling systemic […]

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Tuesday with the Libs of Tik Tok

Tuesday with the Libs of Tik Tok

| April 7, 2026 | 8 Comments

White man embarrassed by achievements of white men Sky News Reporter says that the Apollo missions to the Moon didn’t represent humanity because “Apollo was all white men…”pic.twitter.com/xuvLEeWFOu — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 2, 2026 I know why I wonder why you skipped over Biden ? pic.twitter.com/9iqbpX6EBM — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 2, […]

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The Right to Repair

The Right to Repair

| April 7, 2026 | 10 Comments

  Anyone follow the recent John Deere controversy, in which Big Green/Yellow is supposed to allow folks to fix their own equipment? Buy a Deere, have a problem – and find out it is a factory-only repair, regardless of whether you could make said repair blindfolded and suspended upside down.  This one seems to be […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| April 7, 2026 | 3 Comments

Remington 870 Tac-14 Chicago: Homeowner Shoots and Kills Alleged Intruder AWR Hawkins A homeowner shot and killed a man early Monday morning in Chicago’s South Deering neighborhood after the man allegedly entered a residence and charged at the homeowner. ABC 7 reported that the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. Chicago 32 noted that police responded […]

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Hardware Monday

Hardware Monday

| April 6, 2026 | 15 Comments

The A-10 just keeps getting better than ever. Seems they are testing refueling A-10s with aerial refueling probes (as opposed to the traditional high-altitude booms.)   (First off – there are those of you who really know this topic – and I don’t – so if I make a stupid error, call me on it. My […]

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Daily FGS

Daily FGS

| April 6, 2026 | 9 Comments

Franchi SPAS-12 A Florida car dealer tried to ship a stolen $460,000 Rolls-Royce overseas. It did not go well for him Story by Rebecca Payne Tampa Bay, Florida car dealer and wholesaler Mohamad Jihad Fakih, 27, is facing prison time after being found guilty in a scheme involving fraudulent loans, straw purchasers, bogus insurance claims […]

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