Archive for 2016

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BUT IT’S OKAY BECAUSE SHE EMPOWERS WOMEN: Beyoncé’s activewear made in Sri Lankan sweatshop: report. “Multi-millionaire singer Beyoncé reportedly contracts with overseas clothing companies that use sweatshop labor to manufacture her sportswear line. Britain’s The Sun on Sunday said its investigation found that the star’s Ivy Park label, featured in Topshop stores, is made by Sri Lankan seamstresses paid only $6.17 a day.”

EUROPE’S IMMIGRATION CRISIS: Two Out of Three Germans Want Merkel Replaced.

So far, the political repercussions of the European immigration crisis seem to have hit everyone except Angela Merkel. The Austrian government has fallen, extremist parties have overtaken mainstream ones—but the woman whom many regard as the primary author of Europe’s unpopular policies has so far sat relatively unchallenged. (Germany’s far-right party, the AfD, is “up,” but only in German terms; other nations wish their far-right parties were only polling at about 15 percent.) However, this long period of political dominance may now be drawing to a close.

Three sudden developments in the last few days suggest that the Chancellor is in greater jeopardy than any time since the beginning of the crisis. . . .

There’s still nobody out there who can take on Merkel directly—yet. But the chances of such a thing happening soon are now higher than they’ve been in some time; a political storm seems to be gathering in the most powerful nation in Europe.

She’s weaker than she looks. Or than she realizes.

WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH those TV women and wine? Judging by the non-TV women I know, it’s not just a TV thing.