Workers at an Alabama Amazon distribution center voted against unionization. The vote wasn’t even close. From NPR: The vast majority of votes cast by Amazon’s workers in Bessemer, Ala., were against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union in a stinging defeat of the union drive. The final tally showed 1,798 votes against unionizing...
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God bless the great state of Texas and its people
Even though I like to joke about Texas, I truly feel no ill will towards the state or its people. Not really. As a native Californian, I almost feel an obligation to make fun of Texas and Florida. The truth is I once even wanted to move to Texas. Shortly after I got out of...
Read MoreQuartz Hill High School will drop the ‘Rebels’ mascot
Quartz Hill High School located in the Antelope Valley, 60 miles north-east from Los Angeles, announced it is dropping its mascot. The Quartz Hill Rebels are no more. Instead, the Rebels will get called… something else. A small yet vocal group of people decided the name and mascot were racially insensitive. For years the mascot...
Read MoreTrump promises to deploy the U.S. military to end riots
Maybe you’ve heard about all the peaceful protests/riots that have been taking place in various American cities. Depending on where you live, you may have smelled the smoke. The protests are in response to the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. Even though Floyd’s killer was arrested and charged with murder, these peaceful...
Read MoreKen Osmond 1943 – 2020
Ken Osmond, the man who played Eddie Haskell on “Leave it to Beaver” died yesterday. He was a television legend. From the New York Times: Ken Osmond, who played the duplicitous teenager Eddie Haskell on the long-running sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” one moment a smarmy young man when talking to parents, the next moment...
Read MoreThe coronavirus has made landfall in the United States
As of this morning, there are now 12 confirmed cases of people infected with the coronavirus in the United States. The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. With hundreds of U.S. citizens being evacuated from Wuhan back to the United States, that number will almost certainly go up. All it takes is one...
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