Mark Frauenfelder / 8:09 am Tue
Side-by-side headlines show British tabloids praising Kate and shaming Meghan about the same thing
It's hard to think of any reason other than racism for the way the British press looks for every opportunity to lambaste Meghan Markle. Buzzfeed News compiled a bunch of side-by-side headlines to contrast the way the two princesses are treated.
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Mark Frauenfelder / 9:02 am Thu, Jun 20, 2019
New York's MTA allows sex ads for men's products, but not women
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) seems to be pretty open to sexually related ads, like this one for a mail order Viagra company:
A post shared by Advertisements in NYC (@advertisements_in_nyc) on Jul 19, 2018 at 3:30pm PDT
But the MTA rejected ads for Dame, which makes sex toys for women.
From TNW:
In September 2018, the MTA approved of Dame's tasteful and balanced ad campaigns which featured their products, slogans such as, "Toys, for sex," and testimonials from customers. But by late November, after Dame had reportedly spent $150,000 on the campaign, the MTA had rejected Dame's ads citing it had updated its own guidelines preventing sexually oriented businesses from advertising.
Examples of rejected Dame ads:
Dame's response: "So, we're suing the MTA. NYC's transit agency perpetuates a harmful double standard. They rejected Dame's exciting new subway ad campaign, citing vague and sexist reasons. Their message: There's plenty of space for erectile dysfunction drugs, but none for innovators making sex enjoyable for women. So we're going to court to #DerailSexism!" Read the rest
Cory Doctorow / 9:53 am Fri, Mar 16, 2018
Austin bombings: literal American carnage meets with Trumpian indifference
Remember when Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to make Americans safe, and promised an end to "American carnage" at his inauguration? Yeah, neither does he. Read the rest
american carnage / austin / double standards / gwot / official indifference / race / texas / usausausa
Mark Frauenfelder / 6:51 pm Thu, Dec 1, 2016
UK Members of Parliament exempt themselves from spying law
The UK lumpenproletariat will surely accept, nay, cheer, the fact that their betters are too well-bred to be expected to follow the same rules as the rabble.
From The Independent
Politicians have exempted themselves from Britain's new wide-ranging spying laws.
The Investigatory Powers Act, which has just passed into law, brings some of the most extreme and invasive surveillance powers ever given to spies in a democratic state. But protections against those spying powers have been given to MPs.
Most of the strongest powers in the new law require that those using them must be given a warrant. That applies to people wanting to see someone's full internet browsing history, for instance, which is one of the things that will be collected under the new law.
As J.R. "Bob" Dobbs said, "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to." Read the rest
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