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Man Installed "Kill Switch" So That If He Was Ever Fired, All Hell Would Break Loose [ [link removed] ]
That’s the American dream right there. Any good stories out there of companies getting some comeuppance after some poor personnel decisions?
TikTokers Convinced Travelers To Show Up 15 Minutes Before Flights—Now Airlines Are Giving Away Their Seats [ [link removed] ]
Who could have predicted that would have ended badly?
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BELEAGUERED STAFFERS W/ KEITH CONRAD, LAURA FINCH & SEAN MAGERS
Working in Congress may sound like a glamorous job—policy debates, historic votes, and rubbing elbows with power players. But the reality is often far less glamorous, most of the time you’re taking calls from crazy constituents, or worse, people like Keith Conrad
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
In a historic battle for the middleweight championship, Alix 1340—more than just a machine—must decide if he is a symbol of revolution or something far greater when the fate of both man and machine hangs on a single word.
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