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How Much Higher Should the Minimum Wage Be? (Much Higher)

By: Hamilton Nolan

Last week, voters in SeaTac, Washington voted to raise the minimum wage for airport workers to $15 an hour. California recently approved a statewide minimum wage of $10. As low wage workers increasingly voice their frustration with their shitty lot in life, it's time to raise the minimum wage— everywhere. The federal minimum wage is $7.25. If one were to work full time for 50 weeks a year at that wage, one would make $14,500, which is below the poverty line for a household of two. Add to that the fact that most minimum wage workers cannot get full time hours, and the fact that many of them are supporting families (only 12% of workers earning under $10 an hour are teenagers, contrary to popular stereotypes), and the self-evidently ludicrous nature of our national standard becomes clear.

The common argument against raising the minimum wage is that it would cause employers to cut back on hiring. Not so. The economist Arindrajit Dube wrote this weekend about the latest research into this topic, which finds that fears of job loss have been greatly overstated:

In my work with T. William Lester and Michael Reich, we use nearly two decades' worth of data and compare all bordering areas in the United States to show that while higher minimum wages raise earnings of low-wage workers, they do not have a detectable impact on employment. Our estimates — published in 2010 in the Review of Economics and Statistics — suggest that a hypothetical 10 percent increase in the minimum wage affects employment in the restaurant or retail industries, by much less than 1 percent; the change is in fact statistically indistinguishable from zero.

Dube estimates that a 10% rise in the minimum wage would reduce overall poverty by 2%. That's nice. It's also evidence that we need the minimum wage to rise by much more than 10% (which would only bring it up to about $8 an hour). A $10 minimum wage would offer a full time worker a salary of $20,000 a year—a shitty salary, but enough to raise a household of three over the official poverty line, at least. A $15 minimum wage would mean a $30,000 annual salary. Of course, the vagaries of hourly work and ever-shifting schedules would mean that annual take-home pay would probably fall well under those figures.

Later this week, fast food workers across the nation will stage a one day walkout as part of their ongoing quest to shame employers into raising their wages. Shame will not work, except as a tool for motivating political will. If low wage workers in dead end jobs are ever to gain some small measure of economic security, their wages will have to be raised by law. Ten dollars an hour is a good starting point. But that should be seen as a stopgap humanitarian measure meant to be temporary, until support can be gathered for another raise, or at least for a law indexing minimum wage to inflation.

Minimum wage earners are sometimes dismissed as people too lazy to find a better job. But a land of opportunity in which there is a higher-paying job available for everyone who works hard is a childish fantasy. With a different shuffle of the deck of fate, any one of us could be earning minimum wage. The question is not "How much do those people deserve?" The question is: How much would you accept to do that job?

 

[Young_Chitlin]

OK Cupid Racist POS: I Try to Go Out With a Black Girl on Black Friday

 

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Average Student Debt Is Close to $30K

By: Hamilton Nolan

Student debt in America has been a runaway train to hell for some time now. No wonder young people are so terrified of it. It's getting worse.

Much worse! You'd think after all of the complaining about it, student debt might have started to, if not decline, at least level off. Not at all! Here, friends, is the latest annual estimate of student debt loads in America, and let's go right to the big number:

Seven in 10 college seniors who graduated in 2012 had student loan debt, with an average of $29,400 for those with loans. The national share of seniors graduating with loans rose in recent years, from 68 percent in 2008 to 71 percent in 2012, while their debt at graduation increased by an average of six percent per year.

That average debt load is almost 10% higher than last year.

Debt by state ranges from more than $33K at the high end (Delaware) to less than $18K at the low end (New Mexico). There's quite a bit more detail in the full report, for masochists.

http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/classof2012.pdf

 

[MzKB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWx1nK2mgA8&feature=youtube_gdata

Extraordinary catfight between bride and new husband's pregnant mistress at wedding reception.

why is the side piece in a wedding dress too?

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders

By: Taylor Berman

For the crime of being difficult to shoot, a Manhattan grand jury has charged an unarmed, mentally unstable man with assault after police officers opened fire at him, missed, and wounded two bystanders as the man was blocking traffic last September in Times Square. On September 14, Glenn Broadnax walked into the crowded streets of Times Square and jumped in front of several oncoming cars, apparently in an attempt to get run over. NYPD officers tried to take the 250-lb Broadnax into custody, but he resisted and, according to police, reached into his pocket.

Two NYPD officers thought he might be reaching for a gun, and, in order to protect the thousands of innocent bystanders in Times Square, fired their service weapons at Broadnax. But the officers missed and wounded two innocent bystanders instead. Broadnax was eventually subdued with a Taser. At first, police charged Broadnax with menacing, drug possession, and resisting arrest, but the Manhattan District Attorney pushed for assault charges because Broadnax "recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death." "The defendant is the one that created the situation that injured innocent bystanders," assistant district attorney, Shannon Lucey, told the New York Times. That's one way to look at it. Here's another, from Mariann Wang, the lawyer representing one of the woman shot by the NYPD.

"It's an incredibly unfortunate use of prosecutorial discretion to be prosecuting a man who didn't even injure my client," Wang said. "It's the police who injured my client." Broadnax, who, at the time of the incident, believed he was talking to dead relatives, according to the statement he gave police, is being held on $100,000 bail and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years.

"Mr. Broadnax never imagined his behavior would ever cause the police to shoot at him," Rigodis Appling, his attorney, said, adding that a disoriented Broadnax was reaching for his wallet, not a gun, when the officers opened fire. "The only thing the individual had on his person was a wallet which was recovered from his right rear pocket," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters after the shooting. The two officers have been placed on administrative leave pending separate investigations from the NYPD and the District Attorney.

 

[MzKB]

Bathroom 2,000 above Siberian cliff? nah

Hell nah!!

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Girlfriend 'Playfully' Shoots, Kills Boyfriend

By: Neetzan Zimmerman

A Florida woman inadvertently killed her boyfriend when she "playfully" shot him with a gun she wasn't aware had been loaded.

Justin Holt, 22, and his girlfriend Erin Steele, 20, were visiting a friend this past Sunday when another friend arrived with a pistol that was passed around the group.

Authorities in Boca Raton say the four had spent the day "dry firing" the empty gun at each other before moving on to other things.

At some point, the gun's owner, Joshua Henry, loaded the gun and set it on a counter.

Steele, unaware the gun had been loaded by Henry, picked it up and resumed the "game" by pointing the weapon at Holt's chest and firing it.

Holt was rushed to the Delray Medical Center around 11 p.m., but was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

Holt's family, who knew Steele well, called the incident and accident and said they did not harbor ill-will towards her.

"We have a lot of compassion for her because she's got to live with that, no matter what she does, for the rest of her life," Holt's grandfather told the Sun-Sentinel.

Police have yet to charge anyone with a crime, but their investigation continues.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

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[MzKB]

pink to reddish

they forgot about us woman on our period

 

[Young_Chitlin]

pink to reddish

they forgot about us woman on our period

@MzKB

http://jezebel.com/an-awesome-periodic-table-of-your-period-1476604969

 

[LEMZIMUS_RAMSEY]

Proud to be part of the NMNL movement.

 

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[Young_Chitlin]

Company's Public Shaming of Ranting Customer Results in Flood of Orders

By: Neetzan Zimmerman
http://gawker.com/companys-public-shaming-of-ranting-customer-results-in-1482987443

 

[Young_Chitlin]

Woman Sets Up Booby Traps in Ex-Boyfriend's Home After He Kicks Her Out

By: Neetzan Zimmerman

An Illinois woman was arrested last week after she secretly returned to the home of her ex-boyfriend and allegedly set up a series of deadly booby traps around the house.

Police in Pekin say Amanda Pollard, 28, was seeking revenge after being kicked out of the house by Joshua Brewster, 33.

The two had been living together at 311 Catherine St. until December 1st, when Brewster phoned 911 and asked for help evicting Pollard.

Pollard agreed to leave, but when she returned the next day, with Brewster's permission, to pick up her belongings, she reportedly threatened to set fire to the house with Brewster inside.

The following day, Brewster sensed Pollard may be up to something, and asked a friend to stop by his residence.

Sure enough, Pollard was inside, laying her traps.

Pollard confessed to putting rat poison in Brewster's coffee, but court documents show she also put rat poison in his cereal, urinated in his mouthwash, and attempted to electrify his bed by cutting an electric blanked cord and placing it under his mattress.

"Payback's a bitch," Pollard reportedly told Brewster's friend.

Pollard was subsequently arrested and booked on charges of felony unlawful tampering of food, misdemeanor trespassing, and misdemeanor damage to property.

She remains behind bars in lieu of a $50,000 bond. Her court date has been set for December 26th.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

School Rehires Teacher Who Soaked Autistic Boy's Crayons in Hot Sauce
http://gawker.com/school-rehires-teacher-who-soaked-autistic-boys-crayon-1482618775

A school district in Florida is being forced to rehire an elementary school teacher who was fired last year after she allegedly force-fed hot-sauce-soaked crayons to a special needs student.

Lillian Gomez denied feeding the crayons to students, but confessed to soaking the crayons in hot sauce for several days before placing them in a bag labeled with an autistic boy's name.

She claimed it was in an effort to deter the child from eating the crayons.

Following her termination from Sunrise Elementary School in Kissimmee, Gomez appealed the decision before an administrative law judge, who ruled in her favor.

The Osceola County School District refused to rehire Gomez, so she took her case to the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and won again.

The judge ruled that Gomez's actions were "not so egregious" [pdf] that her "effectiveness" as a teacher could be decided in a court of law.

"We lost the appeal, so by law we have to comply by the courts," a school district spokeswoman told ABC News. "We don't want to come out and say anything bad about the teacher or say anything to worry parents."

It remains unclear when Gomez will be rehired or where she will work.

Though she will not be returning to Sunshine, the district's spokeswoman said she will be placed in an elementary school environment to provide "support" to other teachers, including teachers of special needs children.

"She proved already that she's a danger inside a classroom," Jose Holguin, the father of Gomez's autistic victim, told WFTV. "What else can she do to prove to the system that she doesn't have it?"

 

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Florida Man Shoots Up Other Employee's Car After They Win Worker of The Month

By: MAX RIVLIN-NADLER

A Florida Wal-Mart worker shot up another employee's car after the other worker won employee of the month, investigators believe.

The employee of the month at the Deerfield Beach Wal-Mart store had her car shot up after Willie Mitchell became incensed that she won the award.

"She was announced as the employee of the month which you would think that would be something good, people would be happy for her," the Broward Sheriff's Office spokesman said. "But there was one employee who wasn't happy."

Apparently, Mitchell told the Employee of the Month that "I'm gonna show you." A short time later, he did just that.

"Perhaps (Mitchell) wanted to be employee of the month but clearly these actions that we saw in response to this, I think we see why he wasn't chosen as employee of the month," the Sheriff's office said.

 

[Young_Chitlin]

SantaCon brawl NYC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1i9-jEm2hIw

 

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Former Spring Branch ISD teacher who had sex with 15-year-old student pleads guilty

by KHOU.com staff

HOUSTON—The former Memorial Middle School teacher who had sex with a 15-year-old student has pleaded guilty to the charges against her. Kathryn Camille Murray pleaded guilty to one count of improper relations with a student and one count of sexual assault of a child. Two other counts against Murray were dropped. Murray was charged in February 2012 after investigators learned of her relationship with a teen she was supposed to be tutoring. She had multiple sexual encounters with the boy.

Investigators said Murray, who was 29 years old, had sex with the boy at his home on February 11, 2012, while his parents were away. She also had sex with him at a hotel on the night of a school dance and in her classroom on two separate occasions. The former eighth grade teacher, who attended both Memorial Middle and Memorial High School growing up, taught at Memorial Middle for three years as a Language Arts teacher. She was removed from the classroom and let go from her position immediately after the investigation began. “Campus and District administration took immediate and appropriate action after an initial report was made by a faculty member to the school principal on Feb. 13. Mrs. Murray was removed from the classroom and the campus on the same day,” the district said in a released statement.

But after the allegations surfaced and Murray lost her job, she still continued to have contact with the boy after a judge strictly forbade it, landing herself in more trouble. In January 2013, Murray was charged with harboring a runaway when police found the boy with her at her father’s home. They caught the boy, who was 16 at the time, trying to leave out the back door. The boy’s mother said her son, who was the victim in all of this, was suffering. The teen said that he was in love with Ms. Murray. ”We are not good, we are very hurt. My son is really confused, hurt. We working with him very closely but he’s not good, not good at all,” she said.

The school district wanted Murray to be punished for her crime.

”We feel that Ms. Murray’s behavior is despicable, and encourage the district attorney to prosecute Ms. Murray to the fullest extent of the law,” a Spring Branch ISD statement read. Murray’s bond was revoked and she was placed back in jail after they were caught together. Now she will learn her fate. Sentencing is set for January 31, 2014.

 

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Ohio teacher sentenced for having sex with student

CINCINNATI -- As a teacher, Julie Hautzenroeder should have been a role model.

Instead, she's a social pariah who has stained all professions – especially teachers – by having sex with a 16-year-old student, a judge said Wednesday, sending her to prison for two years.

"She is in a position of authority and trust, which was violated," Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Norbert Nadel said. "Parents do not send their kids to school to engage in this type of behavior with the teachers."

Hautzenroeder, 37, of Loveland was a Colerain High science teacher for 10 years. That ended this year, though, when she admitted to exchanging inappropriate texts with a teen. But a police investigation revealed that she had one of her friends drive two 16-year-old Colerain sophomore boys to her home. The teens testified she gave them alcohol and marijuana and had sex with them.

A jury last month convicted Hautzenroeder of one count of sexual battery but ruled she was not guilty on the other. She faced a maximum prison sentence of five years.

"You were stupid and irresponsible," the judge told her.

Hautzenroeder, a single parent, agreed, but begged the judge not to send her to prison because it would hurt her 8-year-old daughter.

"I ask you, not for me but for my daughter who I have been the only parent to for her entire life, please please ... I can't stand her not to be able to have the Christmas she's relied on her entire life."

Nadel imposed the two-year prison sentence but allowed her to wait until Jan. 13 to start serving it.

Assistant Prosecutor Josh Berkowitz, who won the conviction, noted her daughter was in the next room when Hautzenroeder was having sex with the boy.

Berkowitz said he hopes Hautzenroeder never gets to teach again because of the lessons she taught students through her actions.

"She taught them smoking pot is OK," Berkowitz said. "She taught them underage drinking is OK. ... It's OK to lie to your parents.

"The message that she sent to the students at Colerain High School is if it feels good, do it, and if you get caught, lie, lie, lie."

Berkowitz said Hautzenroeder never accepted responsibility for having sex with a student 20 years younger than her.

"She is the only person responsible for this mess," he said. "This is all of her own making."

Hautzenroeder will also have to register every 90 days as a sex offender.

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[Young_Chitlin]

Choir teacher, 31, arrested for having sex with student 'at least five times' but insists affair happened after he graduated

By: Ashley Collman

A 31-year-old former choir teacher at a high school in South Carolina was arrested this week after admitting to having sex with a student 'at least five times'.

The principal of Greer High School confronted 31-year-old teacher Jessica Bollinger last November, following allegations that she had sex with a former student.

Bollinger told the principal that she had sex with the student, now 18, 'at least five times' but that their relationship started after he graduated.

Bollinger was officially put on suspension pending an investigation into the allegations on November 20, and she resigned two days later.

Now law enforcement officials are charging Bollinger with sexual battery, saying she had sex with the student months before he graduated - when he was still 17.

They say the relationship started on October 1, 2012 and lasted until the following June 5, 2013.

Though 17 is the age of consent, in South Carolina it is still illegal for a teacher to have sex with a student.

Bollinger had been a teacher at Greer High School since August 2004.

Following Bollinger's arrest, the school made a statement which read: 'Ms Jessica Bollinger, former choral teacher at Greer High School, resigned Friday afternoon, Nov 22, during the course of the district's investigation of the allegations.

'She had been placed on administrative leave on Nov 20 pending investigation by the school district and law enforcement. District officials will report their findings to the State Department of Education to take action regarding her teaching certificate.'

Bollinger was arrested last Thursday and charged with sexual battery with a student 16 or 17 years of age, with no aggravated force or coercion. She was released on 8,000 bail.