Maybe you’ve glossed over the wild news coming out of the U.K. recently, but it’s actually important stuff, especially as it concerns the country’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, whose backstory has deep and surprising American ties. I’ll get to that good stuff on Sunak in a second, but first a word about the bond between America and England. France or Israel might believe they have a special relationship with the U.S.—but they’re fighting for second place. We’ve had ties with… Source link
Read More »Immortal Redneck, a surprisingly fun FPS about a yahoo on vacation in Egypt, is free right now
Immortal Redneck is really not a great title for a game—in fact, I would argue it’s actively bad. The game itself is not, though, and it’s also free on GOG (opens in new tab) for the next few days, which means that if you don’t want to take my word for it, you’ve got absolutely nothing to lose but 7 GB of storage space by trying it out for yourself. The setup is silly: A local yokel takes a vacation to Egypt, then crashes his dune buggy (which he brought with him, of course) and wakes up… Source link
Read More »Apple’s iPhone 13 is great, but I’m surprisingly more excited by Google’s Pixel 6
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Read More »Why McDonald’s minimum wage hike is surprisingly good news for the stock
Long-time minimum wage fan McDonald’s is hiking hourly wages and it may not be such bad news for investors, even though their initial reactions suggest otherwise. The land of 550-calorie Big Macs said Thursday it will raise hourly wages “by an average of 10%” for more than 36,500 employees at more than 660 company-operated U.S. restaurants. That will take the entry-level range for crew to at least $11 – $17 an hour. Starting wages for shift managers will go to at least $15 to $20 an… Source link
Read More »Who has student loan debt for Biden to cancel? Surprisingly, millions of boomers
Who has student loan debt for Biden to cancel? Surprisingly, millions of boomers It’s not just Americans in their 20s, 30s and 40s who are looking for relief from student loan debt. An estimated 8.4 million people in their pre-retirement years are burdened with school debt, too — from their own time in college decades earlier or from loans taken out for children or grandchildren. Student loan debt held by borrowers in their 50s and 60s is growing rapidly and threatening retirement security,… Source link
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