Merchandise for reality TV show Duck Dynasty is reportedly flying off Walmart shelves all across the country after cable network A&E suspended cast member Phil Robertson for controversial statements on homosexuality in a GQ interview. For its part, Walmart has not
On Friday, the Obama- and Clinton-allied Center for American Progress finally revealed its long-sought corporate donor list after heavy pressure arising from CAP’s quasi-lobbying history. That scrutiny ratcheted up following the announcement that CAP founder John Podesta would be formally
By now, if you have heard about Sarah Palin’s new book, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas, good chances are that you have read it too. Yet, according to Kevin Scholla, Breitbart contributor, who has been
Janet Yellen will be our new Fed chair in 2014, replacing the departing Ben Bernanke. Let me just start by saying that I have never had any dealings with Janet Yellen, nor do I know anyone who has. My conclusions,
Vice.com’s Charles Davis takes a brutal look at the hypocrisy of a left-wing media that privately exploits its own unpaid interns while publicly championing a “living wage” and trashing retailers like Walmart. Even if you don’t agree with Davis that
The push for a nationwide thunderous protest by Walmart employees against their employer on Black Friday turned out to be no more than a tiny drizzle. Walmart estimated the number of its employees protesting nationwide at 20. The activist group
I worked in retail throughout my time in college and am a veteran of multiple Black Fridays. I do not envy those who worked today or had to spend time away from their friends and families yesterday on Thanksgiving. Retail
A woman and a little girl were trampled and injured during a Black Friday frenzy at the local Walmart in New Boston, Ohio, officials say. According to Portsmouth Ambulance crew person Judy Boggs, a little girl was sent to the
All this talk of Wal-Mart not paying its employees a ‘living wage,’ caused me to do that oft-overlooked burdensome task of… a quick Google search. The average salary of a full-time worker at Wal-Mart (and full-time is the what we
As a believer in capitalism and liberty, I understand Walmart’s desire to squeeze as much money out of the Christmas shopping season as possible. But if we don’t want to invite government control, we have to be able to police
“Black Friday” sales began early this year, with many retailers opening on Thanksgiving, and lines forming outside many others. Earlier sales meant earlier brawls, with a fight breaking out at a Rialto, California Wal-Mart at 6:45 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day,
As retail stores try to get a jumpstart on “Black Friday” by opening on Thanksgiving for “Black Thursday,” encouraging Americans to spend time away from their families to rapidly seek deals while forcing employees to work, consumers are lashing out
When former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin went to Wausau, Wisconsin on Thursday, the whole city sold out of her new book, Good Tidings and Great Joy: Protecting the Heart of Christmas. Palin held a book signing at the local Walmart, where a
In yet another waste of taxpayer money, the giant welfare queen known as PBS has renewed “Tavis Smiley” for two more years, through 2015. The announcement was made Thursday by Beth Hoppe, PBS’ chief programming executive and general manager of
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant purchased Playstation 4 consoles for those waiting in line to purchase them at his local Wal-Mart in Dallas during the midnight release of the long-awaited PS4 on Friday morning. They took to Twitter to
In response to Black Thursday: Even More Retailers to Open for Sales on Thanksgiving: I couldn’t agree more. I have always loathed Thanksgiving because there was never anything to do outside of sitting on the couch, stuffing my face, and
Walmart’s President and CEO Bill Simon wrote in an op-ed for Yahoo Finance that U.S. military veterans are having trouble finding work when they return home, and that his company would be happy to help them find jobs at Walmart. “As more than
Over fifty union activists were arrested by outside a new Walmart in Chinatown in Los Angeles on Thursday evening during a protest for higher wages against “the unequal distribution of wealth.” Similar protests have been taking place around the nation–almost
The Labor Department reported the economy created 204,000 jobs in October after adding 163,000 jobs the prior month. This is much better than was expected but still well below what is needed to bring unemployment down to acceptable levels.
The Advocate reports that the Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal’s office will cancel food stamp benefits for anyone who participated in a fraud and shopping spree catalyzed by an EBT malfunction. More than 12,000 people were sent an insufficient funds notice
The day’s top picks in social media and technology for 11/6: CIO at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services resigns; Walmart website glitch accidentally slashes prices; social engineering experiment penetrates govt agency; Twitter’s top retweets: there’s a lot of noise
Walmart bags 18% of all food stamp outlays for an estimated $14 billion in taxpayer dollars, a Wall Street Journal report finds. The Journal says retailers and grocers are nervous that their profits will lag as a temporary food stamp
We are going to punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us. -President Barack Obama, October 2010 The Obama Justice Department has increased Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement
Loss prevention employees at an Antelope Walmart are being credited for helping deputies arrest three suspects and take down a marijuana grow house.
21 year old Chad Henderson has rocketed to fame over the past few days as the only known person to have successfully signed up for Obamacare. The mainstream media has trumpeted his story at every opportunity. As it turns out,
