Mr T. says, “Get some nuts”

A recent Snickers commercial has been banned because critics are claiming that it’s anti-homosexual.
Anti-gay? I don’t think so.
Anti-speedwalker? Yes.
Pro-funny? Definitely.
Decide for youself:

Inferring that all... [Read this entry]

Activist to Bono: Retire!

A fella from Chicago is demanding that Bono retire:

“Bono’s philanthropy efforts are self-righteous, ineffective, & counter-productive;… The grassroots leaders of the global fight against AIDS didn’t ask for Bono... [Read this entry]

Can Creative Capitalism Save the World?

Bill Gates thinks so.
Gates in the pages of Time magazine:
As I see it, there are two great forces of human nature: self-interest and caring for others. Capitalism harnesses... [Read this entry]

Your goals are making me feel inadequate

Author Stephenie Meyer was interviewed in yesterday’s USA Today. Currently she is dominating the bestseller lists (3 of the 4 top spots on the USA Today’s top 100). ... [Read this entry]

Big Buck Boneheads

I’m always amazed when companies or individuals with deep-as-the-ocean pockets do things that, to the ordinary Joe and Jane 2nd Mortgage, are so obviously stupid.
Obama is in Germany speaking... [Read this entry]

UNITE to NYC garment factory: You underpaid workers about $5 million

The garment industry in the U.S. started in the north-east, followed cheaper labor overseas, and eventually, for the most part, jumped our borders. I know that LA is still... [Read this entry]

Nightmare on Sesame Street

K’Nex, makers of Lincoln Logs, are in the cross heirs of the National Labor Committee for the poor conditions under which a Sesame Street play set is produced. The... [Read this entry]

Ohio companies selling sweatshop wares to state

It’s not everyday underwear workers in Bangladesh make the news in Ohio, but there are exceptions:
This story in the Hudson Times
Of all of the Anti-sweatshop movements, I think... [Read this entry]

Budweiser: Belgium for beer

I’ve probably drunk less than half-a-case of Budweiser in my life. I know, I know that’s very un-American of me and very, very un-Midwestern American of me. But... [Read this entry]

Patagonia makes factory list public

Way to go Patagonia. If only I could afford more of your products.