A financially minded FrontBurnervian points us to the news that Citigroup fired Ben Stein from a corporate gig for making jokes in Dallas that were allegedly and supposedly disparaging of women. Two things I’d like to see in the comments: 1) a report from someone who was present at the private-equity gig whereat Stein made these jokes and 2) some really offensive jokes that disparage men, just to balance things out.
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