The whole death of retail is only about 10% of the story. The entire debt problem that forced Davids into bankruptcy has the same source as ToyRUs - too much debt that was taken on by a capital investment group that overvalued the company. They paid themselves huge mangement fees by siphoning off money from the…

I don’t think there is anything going on but she has a contract and they have to fulfill it. That was always going to be the case. They could claim she violated a morality clause but they knew she was racist when they hired her.

“The fact that men, myself included, are determining how women may choose to manage their reproductive health is a sad irony not lost on the Court...”

I love that NBC has to pay so much to clean up their fuck up but at the same time I hate that she will be getting anything. Other than scorn and derision, that’s all she deserves.

I honestly do not understand how this type of job earns that kind of money. The skill set is entry level. Or, to be accurate, her skill set is entry level. NHL doesn't make anywhere near that cash, and they actually have to know how to play. 

Obviously I don’t think she should get a penny because I don’t think she should have been hired, in the first place. But it was inevitable she’d get the full amount.

Just me? The folks who call themselves conservatives but like to call others “bleeding hearts” and “snowflakes” are - literally without exception in my personal experience - the easiest to trigger. Almost too easy, but way too fun to resist. I really find it difficult to resist. I would love go to Hobby Lobby - for…

Because the people who write the laws are the same people getting rich from them.

David’s Bridal is bullshit because they sell your info to local MLMers.  Mary Kay, Lipsense, etc.  

How is this allowed to happen then? How can one company offload debt onto another?

Right?! For someone who screams about football players “disrespecting the troops!” he does an awful lot of disrespecting of them himself.

Ancillary, but my family owned a small boutique wedding/prom/quince store. And I hated that place! I hated working there...a real nightmare. When I got married my mother asked me if I wanted a gown from the store and I said “ No, I hope the place burns.” (Because of some atrocious behavior by my mother, because I…

Oh my god, is THAT what’s happening? I’ve never properly understood this private equity shit, despite devoted NPR listening during the financial crisis. That actually makes sense to me now! And is super fucking infuriating!!

Love how the first daughter did nothing wrong, but the Trump wants to use his office to prosecute his political enemies.

Ants and crickets are genuinely fine - mostly flavourless (some ants can be a bit spicy), they’re just crunchy and taste like whatever seasoning you put on them. Other bugs take more work (spider in particular, imo). I suppose an actual apocalypse will make us all a lot less fussy.

I wish I was still active duty so I can grab one of my fellow shipmates who support this orange fuck and rub their faces across the deck as I ask them how they fucking square their support with this fucker’s behavior.

Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi has requested that there be no audience or media presence at her debate with Democratic runoff challenger Mike Espy.

The last paragraph says it all: private equity. These corporate vultures purposely load an acquisition with a heavy amount of debt these companies didn’t originally generate with the absolute expectation of an eventual bankruptcy—thus destroying the company, but also wiping out the debt. Just imagine if you could…

I may be a filthy millennial, but all these stories about the faltering of traditional capitalist markets is starting to make me think that it’s not all because of the avocados.

When I was in my 20s/early 30s I was like a real life 27 dresses. Everyone talks smack about David bridal but as a short and sometimes plus size woman I like that they actually carried dresses in various sizes in the store so I wasn’t guessing based on measurements how some bridesmaid dress was going to fit. I had…