The GOP in Asheville, NC objected to a rainbow flag hung at city hall (voted on unanimously by Asheville City Council), and the GOP hung a Nazi swastika flag alongside it as a protest.
This is how we know them, right?
Senator Chris Coons reminds us that Ebola is not a major US issue (and really, folks, you have a great probability of being shot by a cop or a toddler than getting Ebola — let’s freak out about the damn guns, already):
Stop Freaking Out About America's Single Ebola Death, and Start Worrying About West Africa http://t.co/fdkYeaPSpu via @CitizenCohn and @tnr
— Senator Chris Coons (@ChrisCoons) October 12, 2014
And the response he got? The usual ugly American crap. Bet every last one of those responding think that they are good Christians too.
The UK Parliament voted to recognize Palestine as a state yesterday.
The WTF of the Day — if you are looking for employment at Jimmy Johns, you have to sign a non-compete agreement. Even if you are just making sandwiches or deliveries:
A Jimmy John’s employment agreement provided to The Huffington Post includes a “non-competition” clause that’s surprising in its breadth. Noncompete agreements are typically reserved for managers or employees who could clearly exploit a business’s inside information by jumping to a competitor. But at Jimmy John’s, the agreement apparently applies to low-wage sandwich makers and delivery drivers, too.
By signing the covenant, the worker agrees not to work at one of the sandwich chain’s competitors for a period of two years following employment at Jimmy John’s. But the company’s definition of a “competitor” goes far beyond the Subways and Potbellys of the world. It encompasses any business that’s near a Jimmy John’s location and that derives a mere 10 percent of its revenue from sandwiches.
Amazing. People with no knowledge of the kind of competitive info that might actually be useful in the sandwich shop down the block, the minimum wage staff, the staff who are already accusing Jimmy Johns of ripping them off are being asked to restrict their own prospects. Seriously, stop eating at these places.