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May 26, 2004
I'm going to stay out of this one
I watched The In-Laws on HBO today and couldn't help think about our own wedding. But whose dad is the foot doctor with a fanny pack and whose dad is the secret agent?
Posted by sam at 06:32 PM | Comments (1)
Wal-Mart News Again
WSJ.com: Big Retailers Face Overtime Suits As Bosses Do More 'Hourly' Work [sub req'd]:
Some of the nation's biggest and most cost-sensitive retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., RadioShack Corp. and Dollar General Corp., are battling a raft of lawsuits accusing them of using low-level managers to do the work of regular employees, in order to avoid paying overtime.
Wal-Mart, a retailing giant with about 3,500 stores and 1.2 million workers in the U.S., and a well-known focus on lean margins, already faces 30 overtime-related suits on behalf of hourly workers in 28 states. Assistant managers who filed suit in Michigan and California, seeking back pay and damages say they spend much of their days on the same tasks assigned to hourly employees entitled to overtime.
It's obvious at this point that Wal-Mart has a corporate culture devoted to low costs no matter the... costs.
Posted by sam at 11:41 AM | Comments (0)
US intelligence fears Iran duped hawks into Iraq war
US intelligence fears Iran duped hawks into Iraq war [from bubblegeneration]:
Larry Johnson, a former senior counter-terrorist official at the state department, said: "When the story ultimately comes out we'll see that Iran has run one of the most masterful intelligence operations in history. They persuaded the US and Britain to dispose of its greatest enemy."
Posted by sam at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)
I live in the City of Evil
I just found out that Ithaca is the "City of Evil." In retrospect it's obvious, of course.
Posted by sam at 09:35 AM | Comments (1)