GameStop saga: For day traders, it s the moment they ve dreamed about
30 Jan, 2021 09:24 PM
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By: Paul Wiseman and Joseph Pisani
They ve endured a financial crisis. Two deep recessions. Mounds of student debt. Stagnant pay. Costly health care. Dim job prospects.
They ve seen the uber-rich grow richer while a pandemic threw tens of millions of people out of work and left many more isolated and vulnerable at home.
Now, they feel, it s payback time.
Nearly a decade after the Occupy protest movement left Wall Street more or less unscathed, the citadel of financial elitism faces a new assault.
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Growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta, a city often dubbed America’s Black Mecca, one of my most vivid memories is revisiting a mall in a once white, thriving suburb. When I was a child, I had first met Santa at this mall. But when I returned years later, the mall was far more diverse and far less prosperous. As Chris Rock famously put it, this was now a mall “white people
Whereas the mall once boasted major anchor tenants like Neiman-Marcus or Rich’s (just before Macy’s acquired it), now the occupancy rate for the mall was below 60 percent and those stores that weren’t shuttered were practically unknown.
Verified Hate: Black Superpowers Edition
Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, December 21, 2020
For the first time in 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn are in alignment, forming what’s called the “Great Conjunction,” or the Christmas Star.
Also, for some reason, this means blacks get superpowers.
In the article in The Root, the author tells fellow blacks, “No revenge,” even though it would be “easy to use your X-ray vision to go searching for the cops who killed Breonna Taylor.” The “innocent” Miss Taylor is like “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot;” she was heavily involved in her sometime-boyfriend’s drug operation, and he shot at police first.
Photo illustration; sources: Rouzes/Getty Images, DC Comics, Marvel Comics
As with most things in 2020, comics got weird this year. The industry nearly became another casualty of the pandemic, with most series beset by months-long shipping delays. The world of sequential art faced its own #MeToo reckoning this summer as multiple prominent men were accused of sexual misconduct. All the while, creatives and publishers alike tried to more accurately reflect the diverse consumers the big companies have always said theyâre trying to reach. Yet, despite the many obstacles, there have been some truly remarkable achievements worth celebrating. As the resident comics heads at
Michael Vick was trending on Twitter recently – and not because of the notable philanthropy he currently does. Instead, fans on social media were defending the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback from those who continually hang his past over his head every time he appears on Fox Sports or gets recognition for his stellar football career.
On Saturday, Dec. 5, Vick announced he would be interviewing Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray about his career and charity work on the network. It didn’t take long for the usual crucifixion of Vick’s character to begin.
CARSON, CA – OCTOBER 13: Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick stands on the field before a game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Los Angeles Chargers at Dignity Health Sports Park October 13, 2019 in Carson, California. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images)