Former judge and longtime television host Judy Sheindlin explained why she believes so many people have fled woke cities, which have become dangerous for the average family.Sheindlin was a Manhattan family court judge who starred in the "Judge Judy" television show from 1996-2021, eventually starting her own production for a similar show called "Judy Justice." The judge recently gave an interview to pinpoint the reason for the rapid degradation of some of the United States' biggest cities."Oh I know how we got here," Sheindlin began. "We got here because a small group of people who had very loud voices created a scenario where bad people got rewarded. And the victim got punished by the system," she told Fox News."When society started to make excuses for bad behavior, and react to criminality based upon the excuses, it fell apart," she said.The 81-year-old said that there "is never an excuse for bad behavior," but certain jurisdictions have allowed excuses for society and lessened the punishments for criminal activities.'You had district attorneys who didn't know what their job was. And the cities are ruined, people are leaving.'"You're just as dead if somebody who's 18 kills you or 17, you're just as dead," she continued. The judge remarked that a 17-year-old that is convicted of heinous crimes should not be in the same facility as a 12-year-old simply because they are underage.Sheindlin pointed to big cities like New York as examples of where excuse-making has become law."A very small group of people pushed through, in New York state for example, raising the level of criminal responsibility. That's ridiculous. You have a family, you have a mother who's 65 years old that's walking to a grocery store, and some crazy, for no reason hits her over the head with a steel pipe and kills her, and they're 17; that person should never be allowed to walk the street again.""Society can't take a chance. I wouldn't take a chance putting them living next to me, why would I take a chance putting them next to you?"The judge was born in Brooklyn, New York, and became an attorney at just 23 years old. In 1972, she became a prosecutor in the New York family court system. Biography reported that she prosecuted juvenile crime, domestic violence, and child abuse cases.'We better get smart before we get lost, permanently.'In her recent interview, Sheindlin blamed district attorneys for not doing their job and subsequently ruining cities."When you have district attorneys who are charged, whose job it is to do justice, but to keep the community safe. When you have elected district attorneys who don't know what their job is, they should go find another job.""Fill ice cream cones someplace. But don't ruin cities," she added. "What's happened around New York City, Portland, San Francisco, you had district attorneys who didn't know what their job was. And the cities are ruined, people are leaving.""We better get smart before we get lost, permanently."Sheindlin has provided comment in recent years about high-profile cases and even spoke out against cancel culture in 2021."To have a fear of speaking your opinion, for fear of being put on somebody's list and canceled. ... It's a frightening place for America to be."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Recently, I spoke with Tim Carney, author of "Family Unfriendly," on the ways in which the corporate life and culture of America has made it difficult for families — especially big families — to thrive. This thesis stuck with me, and it changed the way I’ve been thinking about the work-home dichotomy. Following this train of thought, I sought out Regina Bethencourt, founder and CEO of Tenuto Consulting, a company that provides research-based branding solutions for higher education and mission-based organizations. Regina spoke to me about how she's organized her life and company to accommodate big families, and why she believes it is, in fact, possible to be a stay-at-home mom and a working professional — provided you have a little courage and creativity to spare.— Helen Roy“You can’t have it all” has been the common objection to sharing my goals for the personal and professional trajectory of my life. You must choose: Either you limit your number of children (or abandon the idea of being a mother altogether) and pursue a career path, or you settle in for a stay-at-home life usually complete with homeschooling, gingham dresses, and sourdough bread.Both of these paths can be meritorious and deeply fulfilling in their own right, especially for women who feel a specific call to embody the entirety of these two lifestyles. But many women feel that the options are too limited. Those on the career side often lament that they don’t get to spend as much time with their children as they would like, while many women on the stay-at-home side feel a deep desire for a professional or intellectual outlet to expand that side of their person. The job options for these moms in the middle are nearly nonexistent. Often, they will take jobs well below their skill set and pay grade just to find a little flexibility or a boss who won’t hound them for taking a day to stay at home with a kid with an ear infection. Others get caught up in multilevel marketing companies that especially target these moms who then end up exploited rather than supported. It took building my own company, a branding and marketing firm, to find a job with the level of flexibility that would allow me to be as present as I need to be for my children yet still pursue a challenging professional career. As my company gained traction, I realized I could extend this opportunity to other women by inviting them to join my team and experience the same flexibility that I had been able to create for myself. Now, as a team, we have a mission to change the way moms show up to work. Both internally, as we grow our client portfolio and hire more moms in the middle, and externally, as we hope to inspire other CEOs and employers to implement policies that work for moms. Here are a few top tips that break open doors to opportunity for moms:Stop tying compensation to hoursThere is nothing more confining than the prevailing idea that our work has value according to the hours it took to complete it. In our field of branding, sometimes a logo idea comes from a sudden stroke of inspiration and is completed in 10 minutes. Other times, the concept takes longer, the inspiration isn’t there, and the final logo might start taking shape after a week or two of trial and error. Is the second logo worth more than the first? No. When an employee’s compensation is tied to hours worked, it naturally favors the employees who have the most hours available. Moms, because of the demanding physical and logistical challenges of motherhood, naturally have fewer hours available. However, studies show that moms are substantially more productive at work than their counterparts. Which means if we offer moms work that is tied to deliverables instead of hours (for example: 10 social graphics and five flyers per week), moms have the option to be adequately and accurately compensated for their work, while ALSO spending less time working and more time with their kids. Win-win.Full time should not mean Mon-Fri 9-5Connected to the hours culture in the modern-day workplace is also the idea that work needs to be done at a certain time and in a certain place. While certainly some schedule coordination needs to happen to make sure there are times to discuss projects and ideas in person or virtually, the idea that work happens between 9-5 is a leftover from a bygone era. At Tenuto, we require a minimum of only 20% of your availability to fall during traditional work hours and that’s only to allow for client calls or internal team meetings. You manage the rest of your availability according to what works for you and your schedule. Some of our team members only work nights and weekends. Others work long days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but unplug the rest of the week. As long as they hit their deliverables, they are free to set their schedule according to what works for them.Build backups into your team structureA major challenge that moms face in the working world is how to manage when things don’t go to plan, which is a frequent reality with the schedules and health of multiple children at play. Employers have tried to solve this with subsidized backup childcare policies — which help but often aren’t ideal because they require either inviting a stranger into your home or dropping your toddler off at an unfamiliar location and hoping for the best. It’s not ideal, fundamentally, because there is no real equivalent backup for mom. Ask any kindergartner home with a fever. Instead of backups for childcare, teams should have backups for work projects. If something happens to Sara, Catherine jumps in and takes over her deliverables, and vice versa. Everyone needs help from time to time, so we jump in to help others knowing that that same willingness will be there for us when the inevitable stomach bug hits. We’re humans, not production machines, and we treat each other as such.Child friendly should actually mean child friendlyChild-friendly work culture often means that children are accepted as long as they are quiet, well-behaved, and appear with sufficient advance notice so that everyone else can brace themselves. We define child friendly as a work culture where babies are regularly nursed on client calls, the tousled head of a toddler who escaped from the babysitter may pop into the corner of the video screen, or an urgent “I need to call you back in 15 minutes” is a common occurrence. We don’t pretend that moms can work without support. All of our team members use some degree of childcare, whether from a school, a family member, a babysitter, or a daycare program. But we also don’t pretend that moms can or should make their kids disappear in order to be more successful at work. There is always space for a break for a booboo kiss, a lunch picnic, or stories with mom before nap time.

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Strategy games, RPGs, soulslikes, city builders. I love them all, but if I were trapped on a desert island and could only take one genre to keep me busy, it would be FPS games. From Half-Life to Counter-Strike 2, Wolfenstein to Deus Ex, the first-person shooter has defined PC gaming for more than 30 years. Now, some of the best ever are available courtesy of one bargain bundle. Compiled by System Shock Remake developer Nightdive, you can get $154 worth of shooters, including Doom, Turok, and Blood, for a flat $20. Continue reading Get $154 worth of FPS games, including Doom and Turok, for only $20 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best old games, Best FPS games, Best zombie games

Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 is shaping up to be something rather special. With ample scope and spectacle in its battles and multiple ways to play either alone or with friends, the combination third-person shooter and hack-and-slash action game is among the most exciting 40k games on our radar. In a new community update, developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment confirm “there aren’t any microtransactions” or an in-game cash shop in Space Marine 2. Continue reading Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 dev confirms it has no microtransactions MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 release date, Best Warhammer 40k games

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