Painful, invasive and undue burdens placed on a woman for the sake of the state budget? Agreed upon in secret and without disclosing the bill’s controversial parts to the public? That’s democracy in action…right?
On Monday, Salon posted an article assailing the phenomenon called white rage, wherein–according to the author–whites across the board possess “an unwillingness or inability to see African-Americans as fully realized human beings”, and that the all-white Zimmerman trial attorneys (in spite of the fact that Mark O’Mara has fought tooth and nail for all of his clients, many of which have been black) failed to rid themselves of the appallingly ubiquitous “three-fifths” ideology in which White America is entrenched. The statements were sweeping, and of course, so too was the manifest fury of latte-sipping whites on Twitter. Some of the best, most visceral 140-characters-or-less ripostes below:
The Article: McDonalds’ suggested budget for employees shows just how impossible it is to get by on minimum wage by Robyn Pennacchia in Death and Taxes.
The Text: McDonald’s has partnered with Visa to make a website dedicated to showing its employees how to properly budget their meager peasant salaries. However, what it actually does is illustrate the fact that it is nearly impossible to get by on minimum wage, as shown in this “example” budget chart:
Yeah– now, when I first saw that, I assumed that the top line was for a part-time McDonald’s employee. Then I got out my calculator– that is actually what you would make if you were working full-time at McDonald’s. 1,105 dollars a month.
I haven’t seen two white guys this angry since Fear Factor went off the air.
The Russian president might very well be little more than a thug in a designer trapper’s hat, but Rusky corrupter or not, the man sure knows how to take an amazingly absurd photo. Without further ado, here are some high-quality snapshots of the world’s first viral dictator:
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