“Doing this only excuses the messaging that we have been seeing everywhere we look … that crypto is an ‘investment’, or the future of money, or the democratized version of finance that will finally give the average person a fair shake.”
“Doing this only excuses the messaging that we have been seeing everywhere we look … that crypto is an ‘investment’, or the future of money, or the democratized version of finance that will finally give the average person a fair shake.”
“Worse, the ‘dog-pushers’ — the lowest-level scammers who initiate conversations with victims — are often workers from around the region, tricked into indentured servitude, held captive in dormitories and offices, and beaten by the managers and bosses.”
“To most consumers, Prime looks like a lovely convenience offering free shipping, and it’s hard to find better prices elsewhere. But the reason you can’t find better prices isn’t because Amazon sells stuff cheap, but because it forces everyone else to sell stuff at higher prices.”
“[T]he price of escaping the November crisis, and simply moving past Trump’s criminality by allowing him to ease off to Mar-a-Lago, is simply too high for our country to bear.”
“Glantz and Mauro made several propositions over the coming days, including one in which they’d sign the union’s contract with the stipulation that it never be enforced, and another that offered $10,000 to buy the union’s cooperation. It was all rejected. Local 338 wanted union bakers inside the Bagel Boys shop, and nothing less.”