Author Archive: Stephen Green

#RESIST: Maine parents reject race-focused reading list. “Students in the elective course were asked to think about how they would define ‘social justice and racial reckoning,’ ‘antiracism and structural racism’ and ‘white privilege and authority,’ before reading their chosen book.”

VODKAPUNDIT PRESENTS YOUR DAILY INSANITY WRAP: Oregon Learning Lockdown as Lawmakers Say ‘You Don’t Need No Education.’
Plus:

  • How to make an adult diaper with a Big Mac
  • Colorado mayor bans Pledge of Allegiance at board meetings; members recite it anyway
  • Trump GPS is the classiest, most luxurious, easiest-to-follow GPS

So much more at the link, you’d have to be crazy to miss it.

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEF: Progressives Are Having a Rough Time and It’s Glorious. “Because the Democrats have convinced themselves that their smoke and mirrors bare majority means that they have a mandate, they’re a bit upset. Strap in for some loud shrieks of ‘RAAAAAAACISM’ issuing forth from the usual suspects for the next several weeks.”

HMM: Seven Russian Warships Are Doing Something Weird Near Hawaii. “A large Russian Navy task force, including the flagship of Moscow’s Pacific Fleet, is cruising pretty far from home: just south of Hawaii. The U.S. government, meanwhile, appears to be preparing for a major missile defense test. It sure seems like the two incidents are related.”

With the guided-missile cruiser (and flagship of the Russian Pacific Fleet) Varyag in command, those seven ships represent the majority of Russia’s surface seapower in the Pacific.

LET’S GET SUSHI AND NOT PAY: Restaurants Are Now Adding ‘Equity’ Charges to Customers’ Checks to Fight Oppression.

On its website, Broders’ has a notice to customers notifying them of a new 15 percent “benefits and equity” charge they’ve instituted. They justify the charge, first, by explaining that “many states have allowed reduced minimum wages for service staff in the form of a tip credit.” (More on this in a minute.)

The restaurant’s second justification is that many tippers are racist and sexist, according to uncited research.

“Studies have also shown that there is inequity and built-in bias in the way consumers give tips,” the statement reads. “In general, Black or Brown servers receive less tips than Caucasian servers. There is gender bias as well.”

The final part of the statement says the new policy stems from wider racial injustice and is not a substitute for gratuity.

Telling your customers that they’re awful people and then charging them extra for it seems like a lousy way to encourage repeat business.