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, …
Category: Ideas and Issues
Out to Get ACORN
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, …
Noogies
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 …