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Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTravis Kalanick, chief executive officer of Uber Technologies Inc., in London in October. New York City has temporarily banned some of Uber’s bases there, but it shouldn’t affect service, the company says. Five of the six bases run by the taxi service were suspended by the city’s taxi and limousine tribunal…
It has not been a banner year for our armed public servants from the City of New York. When we last left them, they were executing a two-pronged strategy to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s alleged anti-cop rhetoric, first hijacking the funeral of two murdered cops, then refusing to do their jobs. What did the horrible…
Gunmen attack the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo killing 12 people and wounding seven in an apparent Islamist attack. People had been “murdered in a cowardly manner”, President Hollande told reporters at the scene. “We are threatened because we are a country of liberty,” he added, appealing for national unity. BBC News…
Kay Hagan just wanted to swim. It was late 2008, and the Democrat was newly arrived on Capitol Hill as North Carolina’s junior senator-elect. But Hagan was told that the Senate pool was males-only. Why? Because some of the male senators liked to swim naked. /.shifty-wrapper It took an intervention by Senator Chuck Schumer, head…
Tor Ekeland was a burned-out alcoholic. His first client was hacktivist, Jew-hating weev. Here’s how he beat the Feds. The Troll’s Lawyer — Backchannel — Medium.
Previously, from the same author. When my employer called me into his office and granted me paternity leave on the birth of my first child, I had no idea what I was in for. Most of my male coworkers had already left the office at this point, having impregnated willing strangers in order to take…
When young college graduates decide where to move, they are not just looking at the usual suspects, like New York, Washington and San Francisco. Other cities are increasing their share of these valuable residents at an even higher rate and have reached a high overall percentage, led by Denver, San Diego, Nashville, Salt Lake City…
Photo Credit Mikey Burton close shareTools The day when people are no longer forced to pay for dozens of cable channels they never watch seems to be coming nearer. But subscribers may want to be careful what they wish for. On Monday, the Dish Network unveiled a new web streaming service with a handful of…
Every year, the American Time Use Survey asks thousands of Americans to record a minute-by-minute account of one single day. For many “prime-age” adults, those between the ages of 25 and 54, a significant chunk of time on weekdays is taken up by work. But for the almost 30 million prime-age Americans who don’t work,…
Following the news in 2014 is a bit like flying a kite in flat country during tornado season. Every so often, a whirlwind of outrage touches down, sowing destruction and chaos before disappearing into the sky. These conditions are hardly new. Over the past decade or so, outrage has become the default mode for politicians,…