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Man Sues Apple Claiming His iPhone Made Him Gay

A Russian man claims an app he downloaded to his iPhone coerced him into being gay. A Russian man is suing Apple for more than $15,000 because an app he downloaded to his iPhone ‘manipulatively’ coerced him into being gay, according to the Moscow Times. The man, identified in the lawsuit as D. Razumilov, claims in his lawsuit that he became “mired in same-sex relationships” after someone sent him 69 GayCoins (a form of cryptocurrency) via an app he downloaded to his iPhone in 2017. No, it wasn’t Grindr. And it wasn’t Scruff, either. Whatever those are… Included with the cryptocurrency, which would be worth about $1.40, was a message which Razumilov says read, “Don’t judge without trying.” “I thought, indeed, how can I judge something without trying?” wrote in his complaint. So, Razmuliov says he “decided to try same-sex relationships.” Next thing you know, he says he’s hooked on the gay. “I can say after the passage of two months that I’m mired in intimacy with a member of my own sex and can’t get out,” reads Razumiolov’s complaint. “I have a steady boyfriend and I don’t know how to explain it to my parents.” “After receiving the aforementioned message, my life has changed for the worse and will never be normal again,” he adds. The lawsuit, registered in Moscow’s Presnensky District Court last Wednesday, blames Apple for “manipulatively pushing me toward homosexuality.” The result of his same-sex relationship is “moral suffering and harm to mental health” for which he is asking 1 million rubles (approximately $15,331 with today’s exchange rate). Razumilov is scheduled to appear in court on October 17. (source: Moscow Times – image via Depositphotos)

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FOX News’ Neil Cavuto shuts down Michele Bachmann on GOP House lawsuit against President Obama

Interviewing Michele Bachmann on Wednesday, FOX News’ Neil Cavuto referred to John Boehner and House Republicans’ lawsuit against President Obama for using executive power on issues that they have blocked in Congress as a “waste of time.”

The clip below begins with Bachmann saying “Very clearly the American people are absolutely outraged…”  What she doesn’t seem to grasp is that the American people are outraged at a do-nothing Congress.  And if it takes President Obama using executive orders (which are within his legal bounds) to get SOMETHING done for the American people, better that than nothing at all.

I should note that Barack Obama issued 182 executive orders between 2009 and 2014. President George W. Bush issued 291 executive orders between 2001 and 2009.  So, clearly Obama is not doing anything unusual here.

Cavuto became more impatient with Bachmann as the discussion went on:

“Where was your rage when Democrats were going after President Bush on the same use of executive orders, because I think you knew then that that was a waste of time, and I think you know in your heart of hearts this is a waste of time now.”

“Crazy-eyes” Bachmann just continued on with her pre-printed talking points as if it all made sense. 

Cavuto finally cuts unexpectedly to a commercial break.

(via ThinkProgress)

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Duke Energy CEO quits first day – eligible for $44 million payout

Hours after new Duke Energy CEO Bill Johnson assumed his new position following the Duke/Progress Energy merger this week, he resigned his post. But Johnson can still qualify for up to $44.4 million for his time and effort:

Despite his short-lived tenure, Mr. Johnson will receive exit payments worth as much as $44.4 million, according to Duke. That includes $7.4 million in severance, a nearly $1.4 million cash bonus, a special lump-sum payment worth up to $1.5 million and accelerated vesting of his stock awards, according to a Duke regulatory filing Tuesday night. Mr. Johnson gets the lump-sum payment as long as he cooperates with Duke and doesn’t disparage his former employer, the filing said.
Under his exit package, Mr. Johnson also will receive approximately $30,000 to reimburse him for relocation expenses.

The Duke board voted for Johnson’s resignation, and since Johnson was eligible for severance if he quit for “good reason,” he is able to collect his $44 million. Grist calculates that Johnson’s pay package comes out to $5.5 million per hour, if he actually put in a full 8-hour day.

Johnson’s golden parachute after his one day of work is emblematic of the disconnect between worker pay and CEO pay that has occurred over the last few decades. Average CEO pay is now 380 times the pay of the average worker, and CEO pay has grown 127 times faster than worker pay over the last 30 years.

I have no problem with folks earning a lot of money, however I don’t understand why middle class income has risen so little compared to that of CEOs and other high level execs.  Why can’t the whole team enjoy the success of these companies?

Via ThinkProgress