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Disney Investigates “Handi-Scam”
Disney executives say they are looking into a New York Post report which claims that “wealthy Manhattan moms” are hiring disabled people who pretend to be family members in order to cut into the head of the lines at popular theme park attractions. The “black-market Disney guides” run $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day. “My daughter waited …
Read More »Olympic Wrestling At Grand Central
The New York Times reports: Cheered on by a raucous crowd waving flags and chanting, a team of Iranian wrestlers defeated the United States, 6-1, in an exhibition match staged in New York’s Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday. The match was part of a unified effort by sporting officials from the three nations to save wrestling as an Olympic sport. …
Read More »Breitbart Headline Of The Day
That’s what he gets for backing immigration reform.
Read More »Home-Schoolers Lose US Asylum Bid
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a German home-schooling family who applied for asylum on the grounds of religious persecution. Home-schooling is illegal in Germany and some families have lost custody of their children over the issue. The U.S. grants safe haven to people who have a well-founded fear of persecution, but not necessarily to those under …
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Open Thread Thursday
Are you doing what you went to school to do?
Read More »Obama: IRS Director Has Resigned
Baggage Fees Boost Airline Profits
Billions of dollars in recently imposed baggage fees and charges for reservation changes are the only thing keeping airlines in the black. The nation’s 15 largest carriers collected a combined $3.5 billion in bag fees in 2012, up 3.8% from 2011, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Fees for changing a reservation totaled $2.6 billion, up 7.3%. The airlines …
Read More »The Worst Room
Here’s a Tumblr devoted to the shittiest apartment shares offered in New York City. Above: “East Village, Manhattan. $700.00. Loft Bed Above Closet in Kitchen.” Not even close to the worst ones on the site. Remember, these are shared apartments. Hit the link for others.
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