Miss Piggy's Grocery Store Checkout Headlines

[Hatedregret]

Air Bicycle like a boss

[Silenka]

What the fuck did I just watch, lol

Such a totally random attack pattern too.

But that dude with the bike who just booted the guy as he walked past had balls lol.

[Kuishen]

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-te...of-4596687.php

This was an episode of Bones. >_>

[Kuya]

SF Strikes Again!

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer...way-video.html

Crazy naked black dude inside...

Spoiler: show

jesus christ i hate the person recording this

[notorious bum]

http://www.billboard.com/biz/article...n-lawsuit-over

Warner Music Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Interns



On Monday, a former Atlantic Records intern named Justin Henry brought a proposed class action lawsuit on behalf of himself and others similarly situated against the Warner Music Group. The complaint filed in New York Supreme Court seeks to recover claimed unpaid minimum wages and overtime wages for a class that's believed to be greater than 100 individuals.

The lawsuit comes less than a week since a federal judge in New York ruled that two interns who worked on Fox Searchlight's Black Swan were classified improperly as unpaid interns and were really "employees" covered by federal labor laws. That New York judge also certified a class action against the Fox Entertainment Group. Since the ruling, there's been a proposed class action filed against Conde Nast publications, and now this new lawsuit -- what the plaintiffs are touting as the first to be filed against the music industry business.

Henry says he worked at WMG subsidiary Atlantic Recording Corp. between October, 2007 and May, 2008. According to the complaint, he typically worked five days each week from 10 a.m. until 5 or 6 p.m., but was sometimes required to stay later.

During his work weeks -- which allegedly ran past the 40 hours per week that might trigger overtime pay obligations -- Henry's duties "primarily consisted of answering the phones, faxing papers, filing papers, and retrieving lunch for paid employees," says the lawsuit.

This case is a tad different from the one brought against Fox and highlights some of the potential dangers on the internship front, particularly for companies based in New York.

Unlike Alex Footman and Eric Glatt, the two interns who sued Fox, Henry isn't alleging any violation of the federal Fair Standards Labor Act. Instead, Henry is now in state court and leading a proposed class action that alleges that New York labor laws were violated.

That's an important distinction because according to one of Henry's attorneys, Maurice Pianco, the statute of limitations over violations of New York labor law is a whopping six years. The specific labor law cited by Henry's attorneys also raise the possibility of recovering costs and attorney's fees. Pianco has been leading an outfit called "Intern Justice" that has been attempting to spearhead unpaid internship cases.

The lawsuit contends that Warner and Atlantic are the "employer" of Henry for purposes of applying New York's minimum wage standards.

Warner Music could not be reached for comment at press time.

[Qalbert]

http://www.avclub.com/articles/paula...-crispy,99208/

Peanut oil tycoon Paula Deen was recently hit in the face with an accusations-of-racism ham, which came lovingly battered in multiple allegations of workplace discrimination by a former employee. Now, after the lawsuit was allowed to marinate in its own juices for a year, the National Enquirer (via Buzzfeed) has slowly turned up the heat by purporting to have obtained video of Deen’s deposition, in which she admits that “Yes, of course” she’s used “the N-word” that isn’t “No more butter, thanks,” and shares her recipe for a wedding where black servants pretend to be slaves—a recipe that can feed up to a family of six, depending on how many slaves you want to add. But as this is a Paula Deen recipe, you know, go nuts.

“Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties. You know, in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around. Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn't it? But we can't do that because the media would be on me about that,” the lawsuit quotes Deen as allegedly saying, rightly predicting that the media might somehow put some of its typical “spin” on this. However, according to Deen’s deposition, her idea for topping her brother Bubba’s marriage with a heaping ladle of old-fashioned country racism had a very logical explanation, seeing as that whole Civil War era was just so darn aesthetically pleasing.

[Deen] explained she got the idea from a restaurant her husband and her had dined at saying, “The whole entire waiter staff was middle-aged black men, and they had on beautiful white jackets with a black bow tie…. “I mean, it was really impressive. That restaurant represented a certain era in America … after the Civil War, during the Civil War, before the Civil War…It was not only black men, it was black women … I would say they were slaves.”

Other things Deen would say are remarks that could be construed as racist jokes, though Deen said they are more accurately described as “just jokes”: “It’s just what they are—they’re jokes…most jokes are about Jewish people, rednecks, black folks… I can’t determine what offends another person,” Deen is quoted as saying, demonstrating a rare misstep for Paula Deen’s otherwise-refined sense of taste. Anyway, these revelations are expected to have deep ramifications for Paula Deen’s many modern, progressive fans, who may now consider looking for more enlightened advice on where to stick butter.

[Howie Roary]

rich fat white lady from the south is racist, this just in

I guarantee this will only improve her profits

[Bregor]

You may or may not like the way you look, I no longer guarantee it.

Men's Wearhouse fires founder George Zimmer

Company abruptly fires its founder on the day it was scheduled to hold its annual shareholder's meeting.

Men's Wearhouse no longer likes the way George Zimmer looks.

Zimmer, the founder, chairman and the public face of the discount apparel chain, has been terminated, according to a brief statement from the company.

Men's Wearhouse gave no reason for Zimmer's departure — which surfaced on Wednesday, just hours before the company postponed its annual shareholders meeting. A company spokesman declined comment but said Zimmer's departure won't affect operations.

Since the mid-1980s, Men's Wearhouse TV ads featured the baritone-voiced Zimmer with his signature slogan: "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."

The former substitute schoolteacher built Men's Wearhouse from a lone Houston store that used a cigar box as a cash register into one of the nation's largest men's specialty retailers, with 1,239 stores under the Men's Wearhouse, Moores, K&G and Tux brands.

In a statement to cable news channel CNBC, Zimmer said in the past several months he had expressed his concerns about the direction of the company to the board of directors and that the board had "chosen to silence my concerns through termination as an executive officer."

Zimmer's ouster comes less than a week after Men's Wearhouse reported a 23% gain in first-quarter earnings on a 5% sales increase. After falling about 16% in 2012, shares were up about 20% so far this year before Wednesday's announcement. Shares slumped nearly 7% in early trading before closing off 1% at $37.04.

Zimmer, 64, served as CEO from 1991 until 2011, when he was named executive chairman. According to the company's latest proxy, he holds a 3.5% stake.

Richard Jaffe, a retail analyst at Stifel & Co., says Zimmer's abrupt departure came as a surprise. Jaffe, who has a buy rating on the company, says Zimmer's transition from hands-on manager to executive chairman may have hastened his ouster.

"We believe that despite Zimmer's planned transition to a smaller role at the company, he had difficulty letting go of the reins and the leadership of the business,'' Jaffe says. "We believe that this led to a conflict with the board and his subsequent termination."

Zimmer earned nearly $2 million last year in pay, bonuses and other compensation. Men's Wearhouse will owe Zimmer $250,000 annually for four years under a licensing deal for his image in advertising and marketing efforts, according to the proxy.

"This was a guy who founded and built the company, who probably thought that things can go on the same way forever, and that's the problem with founders,'' says Robbie Vorhaus, an independent communications strategist.

"You can get a guy with a big ego, and he doesn't want to go away. But management is beholden to customers and shareholders,'' Vorhaus says. "You couldn't do this to a Martha Stewart or an Oprah Winfrey, who are the faces of their brands. But Zimmer was becoming irrelevant."

Gene Grabowski, a branding and crisis-management expert at Levick, says Men's Wearhouse is due for a new brand image.

"Most companies go through a transition period and change the way they present themselves,'' Grabowski says. "(Zimmer) and the slogan were getting a little aged. There is appeal to an older audience. They have to find a way to cater to a younger clientele. I could even see them using a woman to promote the brand."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/...immer/2437493/

[Tajin]

The bastions of manhood dying. I do (not) welcome our metrosexual overlords.

[notorious bum]

Huge win for local and community radio.

In Historic Victory for Community Radio, FCC Puts 1,000 Low-Power FM Frequencies Up For Grabs

In a major victory for the community radio movement after a 15-year campaign, the Federal Communications Commission has announced it will soon begin accepting applications for hundreds of new low-power FM radio stations in October. This means nonprofits, labor unions and community groups have a one-time-only chance this year to own a bit of the broadcast airwaves. It is being heralded as "the largest expansion of community radio in United States history." We’re joined by two guests: Jeff Rousset, the National Organizer of the Prometheus Radio Project, which has led the campaign to challenge corporate control of the media and open up this space on the dial; and by Ramon Ramirez, the president of PCUN, the largest Latino organization in Oregon. In 2006, Prometheus Radio Project helped PCUN establish the low-power FM station "Movement Radio," which has helped inform farm workers about labor rights, as well as the larger Latino community about immigration reform efforts, health issues, and other community-related topics. The FCC’s short application window for new stations will run from October 15 to October 29. "This is a one-shot opportunity," Rousset says. "The work that we do over the next four months will really help shape the course of this country’s media landscape for the next 40 years."

http://www.prometheusradio.org/

[Hatedregret]

Police: Infant died after mother invited pedophile boyfriend to rape child



A Missouri mother has been charged with child abuse and murder after police said she let her boyfriend rape her 4-month-old infant, resulting in the child’s death.

Prosecutors in St. Charles County on Monday released details about how 25-year-old Jessica Lynn Howell sent text messages to her boyfriend, Jordan Lafayette Prince, indicating that she was willing to let him have sex with her daughter even though she knew he had previously been convicted for sexual abuse of a minor.

“In those text messages, she suggested and encouraged some unspeakable things,” St. Charles Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar told KTVI. “It is very, very disturbing.”

Lohmar said that Prince sexually assaulted the infant and then strangled her to death.

“Ashlynn was sexually assaulted causing multiple tears to her anus, a massive laceration to her rectum with massive hematoma in the area of the pelvis,” the probable cause document states. “The injuries to her anus and rectum of Ashlynn were sufficient to eventually cause her death even without the strangulation.”

Howell was being held on $1 million bond and was schedule to be arraigned on Tuesday. Prince remains in jail awaiting trial for first-degree murder charges.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/1...to-rape-child/

What the motherfuck...

[Ksandra]

Holy shit balls....

[bluefan]

[Kerberoz]

Babyfuck is not awwright.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Babyfuck is not awwright.

the internet is fucked up.

so are people. jesus.

[Tajin]

Disturbing and insulting.

[ringthree]

Please tell me I'm not reposting this one.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...?utm_hp_ref=tw

The Virginia governor race this year is a joke, the lunatic fringe is running on the right, and they have a chance to win.

[Odin'sLaw]

needs to be changed to "I Don't Want Anyone Living On This Planet Anymore"

[Nephlite]

Can't even imagine responding to a call like that... Talk about fucked up shit.

[Kerberoz]

Talk about fucked up shit.

Literally.