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An Obsidian Potency PSA: CFLs

jcabana — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:02:00 GMT

"This is a public service announcement brought to you in part...by Obsidian Potency."I'm not talking about that horrendously-weak football league up north. Rather, I'm referring to the light bulbs that can save you both time a

The incident that led to Obsidian Potency.

jcabana — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:23:00 GMT

Is CVS racist? It seems like a silly question on the surface. But according to Snopes and some local news teams, the answer seems to be yes. The incidents occurred in two South Carolina CVS stores, and several stores in Kansas City, Miss

Ganging Up on Wal-Mart?

jcabana — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:00:00 GMT

This is interesting: apparently, the Maryland legislature is in the process of creating a law that basically forces Wal-Mart into spending a lot more on health benefits programs for employees. The law is written in such a way that Wal-Marl is c

That's what I get

jcabana — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 12:30:00 GMT

I was trying to be nice this time, I swear. In my last post, I was trying to give both Wal-Mart and the media props -- the media for exposing Wal-Mart, and Wal-Mart for at least starting to care about what people are saying and making a minimal eff

Wal-Mart's War Room

jcabana — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 12:34:00 GMT

As many of you know, I have an entire category dedicat3d to Wal-Mart. Why? Simply because their corporate practices are being exposed as increasingly onerous and, well, despicable. It's always fun to rant about corporate greed, at least for me.

No Unions

jcabana — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:15:00 GMT

If you're wondering why both my sites have a Wal-Mart category, it's because of stories like this: recently, Wal-Mart decided to close a store in Canada because the employees threatened to unionize. Sadly, stories like this are par for the course fo

Wal-Mart As A Category

jcabana — Thu, 22 Jan 2004 03:34:00 GMT

TITLE: Wal-Mart as a categorySTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: Wal-MartCATEGORY: Wal-MartDATE: 01/20/2004 11:04:06 AM-----BODY:I'm not usually an "activist" per se, but I've

Just how evil is Wal-Mart?

jcabana — Tue, 13 Jan 2004 03:42:00 GMT

TITLE: Just how evil is Wal-Mart?STATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: NewsCATEGORY: NewsDATE: 01/12/2004 09:54:13 AM-----BODY:If you didn't think Wal-Mart was the devil before, perhaps &

More Wal-Mart Controversy

jcabana — Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:00:00 GMT

TITLE: More Wal-Mart ControversySTATUS: PublishALLOW COMMENTS: 1CONVERT BREAKS: 1ALLOW PINGS: 1PRIMARY CATEGORY: NewsCATEGORY: NewsDATE: 11/11/2003 02:18:29 PM-----BODY:Speak of the devil: