Not Fendi, Maybe Coke?

Ideas and Issues Personal Writings WalMart

New Orleans        Wal-Mart recently settled a suit brought by Fendi, the fancy couture and fashionable handbag outfit, because Fendi caught Wal-Mart selling counterfeit, bogus bags at Sam’s.  Of course there was a huge discount involved, Sam’s being Sam’s, and counterfeit not being real.  The settlement seems to have been fairly minimal, all things considered, …

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Out to Get ACORN

ACORN Ideas and Issues

Washington        John Atlas had a piece in TomPaine.com yesterday that is so on the mark of what we have discussed recently in this space that I’m going to give him free rein today to talk about the impact of people coming after us!  His piece follows: John Atlas is co-author of Saving Affordable Housing, …

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Noogies

Ideas and Issues Personal Writings

New Orleans        My query to the White House communication office yesterday was rejected categorically as having “no basis in fact.”  Nonetheless, I believe the response in more accurately filed as “not at this time,” because given the huge unpopularity of President Bush in the United States and around most of the world, it is …

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