“But here’s the larger point: Even if Mike Jeffries decides that his company should make larger-sized…”
“But here’s the larger point: Even if Mike Jeffries decides that his company should make larger-sized products, you still shouldn’t shop at his shitty stores. Your hard-won right to purchase overpriced size-18 dark wash skinny jeans from Mike Jeffries means you’ll be buying a product that was probably made by underpaid sweatshop labor in some godforsaken third world death trap factory. No, literally. In 2010, 28 workers making A&F clothes were killed in a Bangladeshi sweatshop fire. The company was inducted into the International Labor Rights Forum Hall of Shame before that incident. Granted, being burned up in a fire while trying to earn a living isn’t at hurtful as some dickbag CEO besmirching the coolness of Chicago moms, but maybe we should think about demanding that companies selling $90 blue jeans provides decent pay and workplace safety for their employees before we fret about whether stores are making American consumers feel “hurt” while at the mall.”
– Via “The Only Thing Worse Than Abercrombie & Fitch is this anti-Abercrombie & Fitch Movement” on Wonkette
I didn’t care about Amanda Knox then, I don’t care about her now. The Mainstream Media…
I didn’t care about Amanda Knox then, I don’t care about her now. The Mainstream Media should never have covered that case on that scale, they should never have done that coverage in the way they did, and they sure as hell shouldn’t have been passing judgement.
Now we have to have even more valuable air time wasted as they try to make up for being assholes by covering what assholes they were, ALL WITHOUT TAKING ANY BLAME ON THEMSELVES.
Take Nancy Grace and put her into some local access channel. Ban cameras from court rooms. Open up libel cases on any reporter who strongly implies that someone is guilty before they are actually found guilty.
Seriously, screw these assholes who have made a name off of accusing random people on air, calling for their heads, and facing no real punishment when they are found innocent.
Bad news for fans of The War Room with Jennifer Granholm, The Young Turks, and Joy Behar…Good news for fans of Al-Jazeera English
thepoliticalfreakshow:
Al-Jazeera has acquired Current TV, Al Gore confirmed Wednesday – @AP
Update: Time Warner, the 2nd biggest US cable company, to drop Current TV following acquisition by al-Jazeera – @BBCNews
Al Jazeera plans to shut do…
unknowneditors: If you’re a part of any major social network…
unknowneditors:
If you’re a part of any major social network you’ve undoubtedly come across a selfie; an arm’s length self-portrait that has become ubiquitous in the smart phone era (much like its predecessor, the mirror shot self-portrait)….