OK, in my other life I was really into Soviet history,
June 22, 1941 is the Soviet equivalent of Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Duh.
And this evening the President is going to say something about our ongoing war in Afghanistan.
But today there was a good Op-Ed in the New York Times by Nelson Lichtenstein, all about the Monday Supreme court decision and how poorly they understand Wal Mart corporate culture.
Things will continue to get worse, at least some in Washington are beginning to contemplate Keynesian economic intervention.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
New Coffee Maker
The most interesting thing I did this month was a trip to Target to buy a new coffee maker.
I wanted one an automatic one hour shutoff, so if I wander off in a computer gaming fog, the coffee will still be sort of drinkable. OK, mission accomplished, plug it in and start it, wander off to play Civilization, back for coffee (er, it had shut off), and why is the pot only half full and there is a bog puddle of water on the counter?
Oh- there is a hole in the back of the water resevoir, and a matching one in the back of the box the machine came in. Dumb, back to Target who were happy to exchange it, no questions asked. This time I inspected the box carefully....
So make that two trips. Target is just so different from Wal Mart Number one it might as well be a foreign coutry. I didn't hear any shoppers speaking Spanish in the aisles, and a total absence of large pick up trucks in the parking lot. Much nicer cars in general in the parking lot too.
I wanted one an automatic one hour shutoff, so if I wander off in a computer gaming fog, the coffee will still be sort of drinkable. OK, mission accomplished, plug it in and start it, wander off to play Civilization, back for coffee (er, it had shut off), and why is the pot only half full and there is a bog puddle of water on the counter?
Oh- there is a hole in the back of the water resevoir, and a matching one in the back of the box the machine came in. Dumb, back to Target who were happy to exchange it, no questions asked. This time I inspected the box carefully....
So make that two trips. Target is just so different from Wal Mart Number one it might as well be a foreign coutry. I didn't hear any shoppers speaking Spanish in the aisles, and a total absence of large pick up trucks in the parking lot. Much nicer cars in general in the parking lot too.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Wal Mart Annual Meeting
Was today; I'm sure there will be a fawning story in the local paper about it tomorrow, already one story about how they are going to see better (domestic) sales real soon now, it is all about the merchandise mix.
No, it isn't. Wal Mart are up against the effect of shipping their customers jobs to China.
They (Wal Mart) can continue to look for new fields to conquer, but until the working class in American has good factory jobs again, Wal Mart same store sales will continue to lag.
Well, things are almost certainly going to get worse with all the Republicans in congress, see Krugman's column today about "Rule by Rentiers", even if it was edged off of the top of the most emailed list by the story about the Great French Hamster. Honest.
No, it isn't. Wal Mart are up against the effect of shipping their customers jobs to China.
They (Wal Mart) can continue to look for new fields to conquer, but until the working class in American has good factory jobs again, Wal Mart same store sales will continue to lag.
Well, things are almost certainly going to get worse with all the Republicans in congress, see Krugman's column today about "Rule by Rentiers", even if it was edged off of the top of the most emailed list by the story about the Great French Hamster. Honest.
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