Petition to Remove EA’s Star Wars License Reaches 80K Signatures

Petition to Remove EA’s Star Wars License Reaches 80K Signatures Early last week, a petition surfaced with the intent of requesting that LucasFilm parent company Disney remove the Star Wars license from Electronic Arts. As can be expected, Star Wars fans were frustrated with the studio’s handling of the franchise for Battlefront 2, especially as it pertains to microtransactions and loot boxes. When we first reported on the petition, it was gaining steam and had about 19,000 signatures, but now it has exploded. It’s only a few days later, and now the petition is up to 82,000 signatures and climbing.
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Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads

Rising rents are leading Americans to live in cars and other vehicles
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/02/nomadland-living-in-cars-working-amazon?source=Snapzu

Amazon workers sue, claiming denied overtime pay, rest breaks

Workers at Amazon.com’s California distribution centers, including the recently opened Sacramento fulfillment center at Metro Air Park, have filed a class-action complaint that contends they have been denied rest breaks, overtime pay and appropriate payment of wages. The complaint, filed Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court names Amazon and Golden State FC LLC, a Palm Springs firm identified as the company that runs Amazon facilities in the state, as defendants.
Read more: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article187336243.html?source=Snapzu

Walt Disney Studios Hits $5B Globally for Third Consecutive Year; 'Thor: Ragnarok' Crosses $800M

Yesterday, The Walt Disney Studios crossed the $5B mark in annual global box office for the third year in a row, becoming the first and only studio to have reached this threshold three times. The global total from Jan. 1-Nov. 29, 2017, is $5,003.1M, including $1,763.3M domestically and $3,239.8M internationally.
Read more: http://pro.boxoffice.com/walt-disney-studios-hits-5b-globally-third-consecutive-year-thor-ragnarok-crosses-800m/?source=Snapzu

Vote yes on GOP tax reform, and let the cash start trickling down!

GOP tax reform bill may be voted on this week. By Rex Huppke.
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A secret group of investors bought LA Weekly, then fired most of its writers and editors

On Wednesday, a group called Semanal Media finished its purchase of Los Angeles alt-weekly newspaper LA Weekly — then promptly laid off nine of the 13 members of the editorial staff, including all five editors and all but one staff writer. "We were expecting there to be some pain with the sale," tweeted Mara Shalhoup, who was editor of the publication until Wednesday. "But we weren't expecting the Red Wedding. That's how deep the cuts are." Voice Media Group put LA Weekly, founded in 1978, up for sale in January, saying it was profitable.
Read more: http://theweek.com/speedreads/740482/secret-group-investors-bought-la-weekly-fired-most-writers-editors?source=Snapzu

Police: Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted, Kidnapped Passenger

A Massachusetts Uber driver faced a judge Thursday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a passenger and refused to let the victim leave his car. Kastriot Naksi, 46, of Boston's West Roxbury neighborhood, was ordered to be held without bail by a judge following his arrest Wednesday afternoon on charges of indecent assault and battery and kidnapping.
Read more: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Massachusetts-Uber-Driver-Facing-Kidnapping-Assault-Charges-461013843.html?source=Snapzu