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Have a short look here as well:

http://www.peoplesworld.org/ar...

US news and world report is hardly part of the "conservative blogosphere"

http://www.usnews.com/news/art...

And here's an essay from Betchall, the chairman of CPUSA:

http://www.peoplesworld.org/ar...

DiscoverTheNetworks is NOT a blog. They use public databases of political filings, financial disclosures, and names on boards of directors to illuminate the networks of the political Left. Stern is most definitely a communist. But hey, you are too, so who cares, right? But go ahead and keep rejecting anything any blog ever says - heaven forbid anyone ever compile all the information on a topic on a webpage for your convenient rejection.

"about organizing workers in a revolution against the controllers of industry so that workers get a fare shake."

yeah, that's what has happened [eyeroll]... which explains every organized crime movie, ever.

Fascism [...] mandates worker syndicates to offset the power of industrialists and other "owners" of production.

If this is so, then why

on May 2nd, 1933, the day after Labor day, Nazi groups occupied union halls and labor leaders were arrested. Trade Unions were outlawed by Adolf Hitler, while collective bargaining and the right to strike was abolished (further reading).

The monument is overtly Christian - note the book illustrated top-left: http://peoplesworld.org/ten-commandments-monument-spurs-controversy-in-oklahoma/

Also note the voting record and recorded religion of the guy whose family funded it and who introduced the bill permitting it in the first place: http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/106671/mike-ritze#.UqZHmZGELK4

So the intent seems to be overtly Christian, even if the Ten Commandments are shared by many religions.

Yep. Everyone should read:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html

Or look up the history of what happened to the Etch-a-Sketch:

http://www.peoplesworld.org/etch-a-sketch-and-the-wal-mart-phenomenon/

William

You missed nearly bankrupting Vlassic as well

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/77/walmart.html

The TL;DR version of all these articles is basically that Walmart demands suppliers hit a price point ("We'll pay you $x for each one"). Great if you can hit it, but if you can't, you have to do special "walmart production runs" which use lower quality materials in order to hit that price point - different accessory kits, cheaper lower end materials, maybe even a whole walmart-specific product line.

If you're not careful, this can easily lead to a tarnishing of your brand

Another tactic is the consolidation route - you get the shelf space, but walmart only pays you when someone buys it - so if it doesn't sell, it's up to you to either move it or retrieve the product.

It makes for a more interesting time shopping at walmart though. You can tell which items are high-margin because walmart offers some really good deals (e.g., toys 40-50% off regular). Which items are built to a price (e.g., tools) and which items warlmart has no pricing control over (e.g., electronics - games/dvds/etc - you'll find walmart's price is cheapest, but only by 16 cents or so).

And you can also tell what suppliers cut in order to meet the price - perhaps a smaller amount of consumables, or lower value per dollar (e.g., less pickles per jar). Or even note down part and model numbers and see which are "walmart specials".

Yep. Everyone should read:

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html

Or look up the history of what happened to the Etch-a-Sketch:

http://www.peoplesworld.org/etch-a-sketch-and-the-wal-mart-phenomenon/

William

I don't even know what most of these people stand for, or even want.

Well that's clearly a failure of your own research, isn't it? The UC Davis demonstrations were a protest against both the ~80% tuition increases they are facing, and the brutality used by the UCPD in suppressing other demonstrations.

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Oh, and here's the UC Davis faculty association page

This information exists, and is readily acquired, but you have failed to even look for it. Instead you have enthusiastically swallowed a series of unsupportable right-wing talking points and then dutifully repeated them, thereby proving to the world that you are an outrageous tool.

Everything else you wrote is a similar display of lies and misinformation. You have not provided enough substance to be worthy of a complete response. Please try harder.

Israel has never threatened to destroy Iran

You sure about that?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133899,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7440472.stm

http://peoplesworld.org/coincidence-israeli-palestinian-talks-to-open-israel-threatens-iran-attack/

And of course the US has made similar threats against Iran:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/06/05/hunter-giuliani-on-using-nukes-against-iran/

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/10/ftn/main2908476.shtml

But IMO, actions speak louder than words. Israel has invaded several countries within the last 50 years, when was the last time Iran invaded anyone? More than 100 years ago? With that said, I don't believe Iran should have nuclear weapons, but I believe it's hypocritical of Isreal and the US to keep a large stockpile of long range nuclear missiles while beating the war drums about how "dangerous" Iran is and that we need to invade them, and expect them to not try to defend themselves.

Halliburton was responsible for cementing the deepwater drill hole that evidently failed, triggering the explosion that toppled the huge offshore rig and unleashed the gusher.
from Gulf disaster spurs questions on drilling, Halliburton

also this more detailed article from the L.A. Times:

Investigators delving into the possible cause of the massive gulf oil spill are focusing on the role of Houston-based Halliburton Co., the giant energy services company, which was responsible for cementing the drill into place below the water. The company acknowledged Friday that it had completed the final cementing of the oil well and pipe just 20 hours before the blowout last week.

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Cementing a deep-water drilling operation is a process fraught with danger. A 2007 study by the U.S. Minerals Management Service found that cementing was the single most important factor in 18 of 39 well blowouts in the Gulf of Mexico over a 14-year period -- more than equipment malfunction. Halliburton has been accused of a poor cement job in the case of a major blowout in the Timor Sea off Australia last August. An investigation is underway.

According to experts cited in Friday's Wall St. Journal, the timing of last week's cement job in relation to the explosion -- only 20 hours beforehand, and the history of cement problems in other blowouts "point to it as a possible culprit." Robert MacKenzie, managing director of energy and natural resources at FBR Capital Markets and a former cementing engineer, told the Journal, "The initial likely cause of gas coming to the surface had something to do with the cement."
from Gulf oil spill: The Halliburton connection

So it does seem premature to lay this at the feet of British Petroleum. From what I've been reading, BP has done quite a bit of late to reduce their accident rates and otherwise improve their business model.