The Washington Post Reports That It has Been Sold to Amazon’s Founder, Jeff Bezos! Bezos, is buying the Post and its affiliated publications for $250 million in cash. Amazon will have no role in the purchase. Bezos, all of a sudden, is gong to become a voice competitive with Rupert Murdock! Th[...]
Posts Tagged ‘corporations’
Michael Jordan: Always been part of the problem and never cared about the solution.
Michael Jordan could do no wrong in my eyes growing up. I remember wanting a pair of his coveted shoes growing up but my family was more concerned with feeding my 3 siblings and Ik properly, rather than making sure we had the most expensive pair of shoes like m. Most families in the [&h[...]
Commentary by Norm: Is Free Trade Good For Us? Pt. 3.
Continuing the thread about free trade Auto workers in Japan and Germany have been paid more than UAW workers in this country have for more than three decades. Your suspicions are flat out wrong. The problem with the cost of building US cars is primarily, tho not exclusively, the cost of worker [...]
NAFTA Is NOT The End of the World!
Norm., with all due respect, your post opposing free trade is way over the top. Free trade agreements SHOULD be a liberal cause. NAFTA, by every measure I have seen, has benefited all three countries. Workers in Canada..or Mexico are people too. Protectionism benefits only those wealthy enough to [...]
Commentary by Norm: How much do you know about the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
The end of life as we know it? If you DO know about TPP, you may not be so sure that line is much exaggerated. And the TPP has a sequel brewing, the TAFTA. MoveOn is starting up a group to battle against this “NAFTA on Steroids” or “Corporate Coup”, as many are calling it[...]
Commentary by Anthony: The Term “Student-Athlete” Is A Joke.
As a former “Student-Athlete” at the University of Washington I always thought this term was a joke. Coming into the University of Washington from Garfield High School, my GPA was unacceptable by Udubs academic standards. I had a 2.3 and my SAT score was an 890. Frankly, this was wa[...]
May 5th, 2013 - 9:39 am § in Misc.
After the failed second coming of the Sonics, what can Mr. Balmer do to feed his sports niche?
The Seattle Derby? After the failure to get the NBA to move a basketball team from Sacramento to Seattle, how is Steve Balmer to rescue his zillionaire claim to the ultimate perk .. his own sports team? As we celebrate the Kentucky Derby, I have an idea. The trick for anyone wanting to buy a [&helli[...]
January 29th, 2013 - 6:43 am § in Misc.
The Price of Trying of Red Lobster’s Obamacare Threats
In cutting its forecast for the year earlier on Dec. 4, Darden (Red Loster’s woner) … said that it was hit by a publicity backlash from tests intended to gauge how it could limit costs for workers’ health care. Starting in 2014, big employers such as Darden will be required to pr[...]
January 19th, 2013 - 11:20 am § in Misc.
Anybody Want to Bet Zuckerberg Will Not Pay Taxes on His $2,300,000,000?
Zuckerberg to sell $2.3bn in shares Lets see … that would come to about 500,000,ooo![...]
As UW Funding Dwindles Boeing Moves Engineering Out of State
According to the Seattle Times, Boeing is committed to moving its crown jewels , high tech engineering jobs from Washington state The UW keeps trying to explain to Olympia that huge tech jobs will not stay here if we do not invest in higher ed. Booing sees the light …. Mike Delaney, head of [...]