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Monday, October 8. 2007

Columbus Day Morning Links

China evacuates 1.4 million in face of typhoon. I think they have a more compliant population than New Orleans.

Father Desbois studies the fate of the 1.5 million Ukrainian Jews shot by the Germans. "The holocaust of bullets."

Quoted from Viking:

Hooverville, it's not - Suitably Flip: "It's Official: Bush Economy Achieves Longest Period Of Job Creation On Record" I blame the tax cuts. (HT: Astute Bloggers)

Purpose of appendix found, maybe. It's a bacteria-container.

Al Gore understands the need for the US to be in Iraq. Anchoress

Anti-semitism at the University of California? Stillwell

Image:  Chris Columbus, noted Italian-American racist, imperialist tool, Capitalist, and killer of brown people. He was also the founder of Columbia University and Columbus, Ohio.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 07:33 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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The piece on Father Desbois--shattering, disturbing though it is--is a breath of air in the vacuum in which the Nazis left European Catholics and Jews.
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-10-08 12:20 (Reply)
Re: Hooverville its not...

Follow the below link to see how the US ranks in the G-7 in terms of employment. We are kicking ass...

Follow the link, then click unemployment rates, then unempoyment rates in G-7 countries. So much for the European socialist utopia...

http://www.iza.org/index_html?lang=en&mainframe=http%3A//www.iza.org/en/webcontent/charts&topSelect=politics&subSelect=charts
#2 Scott Wiggins on 2007-10-08 12:38 (Reply)
Do you know of any group that is organized to demand that some jobs be returned to the US? For example: I have for many years purchased my down comforters (European Down) from a place called The Company Store. It is an online service, and before that it was just a catalogue service. Recently, they have taken to substituting Chinese down, and feathers, for European. That material is not nearly so clean, or hypoallergic. However, the company still does use "Hungarian down" . I was devasted to find that I do have Hungarian goose down, but it is in wrapped in fabric shell made in China.

So, my question is this: is there a group that could approach The Company Store and whatever sheet manufacturers we have still operating in the south, and say to both parties. I would like you to put together a product that does not have Chinese covers? Is anybody acting as a liason between small companies to help restore jobs to the US?

S--- now, before I can use my new comforter I have to have it dry cleaned first! That really helps to ruin the down. DAMN
#3 apple pie on 2007-10-08 14:38 (Reply)
"Down with Down!" ?
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2007-10-08 15:13 (Reply)
Check out:

http://www.comforthouse.com/boxwhitgoosd.html
#3.2 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-10-08 16:41 (Reply)
Perhaps, my message sounded too much like a rant, altough I admit to being in that frame of mind at the time. What I am curious to know is this: is there any group of consumers working to develop a focus on rebuilding jobs in the USA?

Thanks for the link Skookumchuk.
#4 apple pie on 2007-10-08 20:22 (Reply)
Don't know about groups of consumers forming a lobby, but there are several "made in USA" websites that publicize products claiming to be produced here.
#4.1 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-10-08 21:00 (Reply)
skook is a master of search
#5 buddy larsen on 2007-10-09 11:20 (Reply)

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