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Trader Joe’s signs a fair food agreement with Florida tomato workers.
Trader Joe’s signs a fair food agreement with Florida tomato workers.
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The Obama administration is quick to point the finger at foreign regimes that persecute truth-telling journalists, but slow to own up to its own repressive policies. From David Carr: Last Wednesday in the White House briefing room, the administration’s press secretary, Jay Carney, opened on a somber note, citing the deaths of Marie Colvin and Anthony Shadid, two reporters who had died “in order to bring truth” while reporting in Syria. Jake Tapper, the White House correspondent for ABC News, [...]
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From CounterPunch: What happened recently at the Hershey candy factory, in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, has to be considered one of the weirdest and most outrageous labor stories of the new year. First the outrageous part. According to a story in the New York Times (February 21), Exel, the logistics company hired by Hershey to oversee its Palmyra operation, was found guilty by OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) of intentionally failing to report 42 serious injuries in the plant over a [...]
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Does this mean the United States will have enough armed private contractors in place when uniformed Americans withdraw? Or is it simply time to declare victory and get out while we still can? Bookmark It
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Andrew Breitbart, 43. Since this is Andrew Breitbart and a fake news announcement is something we can’t rule out, we’re waiting for confirmation from other sources. Which kind of sums up his legacy. UPDATE: FOx, CNN, TPM, other sources now confirm. Bookmark It
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Robert Reich started a recent column by looking on the bright side: “Economic cheerleaders on Wall Street and in the White House are taking heart. The US has had three straight months of faster job growth…” He then inched his way down to the real lede of his piece: “The negative wealth effect of home values, combined with declining wages, makes it highly unlikely the US will enjoy a robust recovery any time soon.” Bookmark It
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Now, this looks like fun. This is a link to March Photo A Day Challenge. It has a calendar with a daily word for inspiration for a photo. Today’s is “Up.” One doesn’t need a fancy camera, in fact, many just use the camera on their phones. Upload the shots onto your favorite social media. I’ve gotten together with some virtual “social media” friends to share our photographs. It will be nice to share our creativity. Bookmark It
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11:38 am
Still, there is something strange about the food in Trader Joe’s. I just can’t bring myself to shop there anymore.
I will stick with the giant DeKalb Farmer’s Market and the Whole Foods (Whole Paycheck!)
Yes, we do have those in ‘lanta, Jawja.
8:36 pm
TJ’s often over-spices its food, which makes me suspect that they are trying to mask the taste of inferior ingredients.
I’m annoyed that they sometimes discontinue some of their better products, like cracked wheat sourdough rolls. (Most of their other breadstuffs are not very good.)
But I generally like the place and its grad-student philosphy regarding prices and interesting products, & have been shopping there for about 45 years. Their prior attitude regarding the farmworkers was very disappointing, to say the least.