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    Negotiating at Wal-Mart

    APRIL 1, 2013 12:10PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: boycott walmart, union busting tactics, walmart consultants, barbara ehrenreich, walmart, planned obsolescence, politics, economy, business

    • 5 Ratings
    • 410 Views
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    Is Wal-Mart driving planned obsolescence?

    MARCH 22, 2013 11:29AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: industrial conspiracies, clarence darrow, big-box swindle, stacy mitchell, conspiracy, slotting fees, oligarchies, planned obsolescence, walmart, politics, for sale, environment, economy, business

    • 4 Ratings
    • 509 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Partial reversal of Planned obsolescence is long overdue!!

    FEBRUARY 1, 2013 10:13AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: climate change, planned obsolescence, clarence darrow, industrial conspiracies, sherman anti-trust act, politics, environment, economy, business

    • 4 Ratings
    • 723 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Walmart Watch

    JANUARY 25, 2013 10:51AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: by clarence darrow, industrial conspiracies, wal-mart workers discrimination suit, wal-mart worker protests, wal-mart mexican bribery case, bangladesh garment manufacturing fire, sweatshops, planned obsolescence, wal-mart, politics, news, economy, business

    • 1 Ratings
    • 751 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Count down to Annual Black Friday Riots!

    NOVEMBER 14, 2012 1:01PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, health, politics, education, planned obsolescence, pepper spray, channel one, roy fox, harvesting minds, susan linn, consuming kids, campaign for a commercial free childhood, black friday riots, black friday, nike, sneaker violence, $315 lebrons, air jordans, juliet schor, born to buy, nag factor, cheryl idell, propaganda, alex molnar, media violence

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    • 1106 Views
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    Elizabeth Warren is NOT a “consumer advocate!!”

    AUGUST 13, 2012 1:41PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, news, television, politics, alternative media, jill stein, propaganda, barack obama, occupy wall street, elizabeth warren, the two income trap, consumer advocate, conspiracy, the over-consumption myth, planned obsolescence, charter schools, juliet schor, born to buy, citibank, hillary clinton, tom pendergast, harry truman, scott brown, susan linn, marisa defranco

    • 0 Ratings
    • 944 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    “Just shoplift them next time; we’ll let you.”

    JULY 11, 2012 12:46PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, politics, planned obsolescence, advertising, price fixing, trade secret, monopolies, oligarchies, shoplifting

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1081 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Seven Ways Apple Is Fleecing The American Sheeple

    MAY 6, 2012 4:32AM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: apple, apple inc., iphone, ipad, ipod, imac, iproducts, iflock, mac, planned obsolescence, corporate greed, sheeple, fascism, fascists, occupy wall street, ows, vvv pr

    • 4 Ratings
    • 646 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Semi-Secret Fundamentals of Democracy

    APRIL 10, 2012 1:53PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: jill stein, project vote smart, george w bush, bill clinton, election reform, un-commercials, adbusters, occupy wall street, the jesus machine, dan gilgoff, james dobson, victoria reggie kennedy, hitler's pope, john cornwell, the mormon church, brigham young, ann eliza young, truth and education commission, cia, history is a weapon, peoples history of the united states, howard zinn, false advertising, planned obsolescence, price fixing, proprietary information, barack obama, mitt romney, rick santorum, health care, mika brzezinski, copyright, intellectual property, communist manifesto, elizabeth warren, harvesting minds, roy fox, channel one, charter schools, ballot questions, instant runoff elections, proportionate representation, white house diaries, jimmy carter, supreme court, free speech zones, citizens united, buckley v. valeo, free speech, propaganda, fundamentals of democracy, television, politics, health, environment, economy, business

    • 3 Ratings
    • 964 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    World War Web Advisory #6: NSA Big Brother Utah Data Center

    MARCH 19, 2012 8:45PM

    By Watching Frogs Boil


    Topics: nsa utah data center, nsa udc, national security agency, nsa, big brother, udc, utah data center, anonymous, hacktivists, lulz security, sabu, hector xavier monsegur, fbi, h.r. 347, obama, kim kardashian, george clooney, kony 2012, uganda, sudan, usa patriot act, aumf 2001, citizens united v. fec, national defense authorization act of 2012, ndaa 2012, ndaa, h.r. 658, apple, ipad, ipad 3, planned obsolescence, apple zombies, slavery, slave labor, corporate fascism, fascists, occupy wall street, ows, world war web, vvv pr

    • 5 Ratings
    • 977 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Elizabeth Warren is NOT as sincere as she appears!!

    FEBRUARY 21, 2012 11:52AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: conspiracy, rush limbaugh, campaign finance reform, iran, propaganda, planned obsolescence, sweatshop labor, copyright, pipa, sopa, health care, barack obama, scott brown, wall street, elizabeth warren, politics, news, environment, education, economy, business

    • 6 Ratings
    • 991 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    It's Half Time at Occupy Wall Street

    FEBRUARY 10, 2012 1:35PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: susan linn, consuming kids, roy fox, harvesting minds, naomi klein, no logo, education, business, economy, news, politics, occupy america, occupy wall street, wall street, price fixing, slotting fees, planned obsolescence, occupywallst.org, mass media, ows, occupy movement, jimmy carter, supreme court, adbusters, uncommercials, half time at occupy wall street, mitt romney, barack obama, rick santorum

    • 32 Ratings
    • 1722 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    40 years as a Toyota fan... here's why

    FEBRUARY 2, 2012 11:37AM

    By tr ig


    Topics: why the big three nearly failed?, planned obsolescence, toyota

    • 6 Ratings
    • 938 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Spare the Child for Christmas

    DECEMBER 20, 2011 11:28AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, environment, economy, health, politics, television, freedom from religion foundation, philip greven, spare the child, james dobson, alice miller, for your own good murray straus, beating the devil out of them, barbara coloroso, kids are worth it, nativity scene, newt gingrich, mitt romney, bain capital, barack obama, harvesting minds, roy fox, occupy america, occupy wall street, price fixing, planned obsolescence, occupywallst.org, mass media, ows, occupy movement, occupy xmas, sweat shops, child labor, christmas

    • 3 Ratings
    • 843 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Loud complaint brings quick free replacements

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 12:05PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, politics, occupy wall street, occupy america, ows, cash register protests, planned obsolescence, naomi klein, no logo, sweat shop labor, slotting fees, price fixing, monopolies, oligarchies, child abuse, alice's restaurant, arlo guthrie

    • 3 Ratings
    • 836 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Fox’s “Nightmare on Wall Street” and police crackdown

    NOVEMBER 17, 2011 11:36AM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: planned obsolescence, wall street, mass media, downsizing, first amendment, occupywallst.org, zuccotti park, occupy movement, ows, price fixing, occupy wall street, occupy america, politics, news, economy, business, fox news, elizabeth warren, storm troopers, super committee report, social security, television

    • 1 Ratings
    • 1167 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Roy Fox Harvesting Minds, Channel One Indoctrination of Kids

    NOVEMBER 9, 2011 12:02PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: economy, business, advertising, news, mass media, television, health, science, politics, education, propaganda, planned obsolescence, susan linn, lamar alexander, nike, teletubbies, jack abramoff, commercial alert, ows, occupy wall street, ad busters, chris whittle, channel one, harvesting minds, roy fox

    • 1 Ratings
    • 762 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Missteps with Rangel, Lewis or Mass Media misrepresentation?

    OCTOBER 14, 2011 12:36PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: business, economy, news, politics, occupy wall street, occupy america, wall street, occupywallst.org, first amendment, mass media, barack obama, charlie rangel, john lewis, geraldo rivera, fox news, cnn, proprietary information, planned obsolescence, bernie sanders, ows, occupy movement, zuccotti park

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1321 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Occupy Wall Street and Cash Register Protests

    SEPTEMBER 26, 2011 1:30PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: slotting fees, planned obsolescence, wall street, this is probably, fiction, but on the other hand maybe not!, barbara ehrenreich, nickel and dimed, mark whitacre, mass media, downsizing, first amendment, occupywallst.org, zuccotti park, occupy movement, ows, price fixing, cash register protests, occupy wall street, occupy america, politics, news, economy, business

    • 5 Ratings
    • 687 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Semi-Secret Fundamentals of Economics

    AUGUST 18, 2011 2:23PM

    By zacherydtaylor


    Topics: planned obsolescence, the economics of happiness, environmental deficit, media, mass media, communist manifesto, franklin delano roosevelt, robert f kennedy, dwight eisenhower, budget talks, fundamentals of economics, economy, politics, news, health, environment, business

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