March 2021

JEFF BEZOS’ BLUE ORIGIN rocket company is buying 70 more acres to add to its 90 acre campus on Merritt Island, FL to help Bezos

WHO DESTROYS 100 ACRES OF FARMLAND in a single bite? Amazon will lease a 1.1 M sf warehouse near Nashville, TN. to hold large bulky

THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION “serves as a tax shelter in which the Walton family stashes its financial largesse to avoid paying Uncle Sam.” The Waltons

UNION BALLOTS GET COUNTED starting today at AMZN warehouse in AL: “wages & benefits” not the main issues. “Productivity requirements & workplace safety” are the

THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD for smaller firms. The # of small biz in Wash. state has fallen by 28% since Jan.2020. Profiles of

HOME DEPOT SECURITY GUARD in Chicago critically wounded, shoplifting suspect killed. “We’ve lost empathy for each other.” https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/security-guard-shot-outside-home-depot-remains-in-critical-condition-following-thursday-shooting/ Read more on Facebook

3 INJURED in early AM stabbing/road rage incident at Ohio Walmart—the most dangerous place in America to shop. https://nbc24.com/news/local/napoleon-police-investigating-road-rage-that-left-3-injured-outside-walmart Read more on Facebook

I PUBLISHED A BOOK IN 2018 called “Ravings” with Kindle Direct publishing, owned by Amazon. You won’t find a digital copy of my book in

ALL THE STATE HAD TO DO is use the Medicare rules for “Homebound” to get this vaccine out to people who can’t easily get to

HOME DEPOT APPEALED its property tax assessment in Riley County, KS, which valued HD at $6.44 M. HD wanted a 40% reduction to $4.07 M,

EUROPEAN OWNER of Stop & Shop, Giant, Food Lion, Hannafords uses idea of “local & trust” to build a ‘connected customer:’Buy from local farmers, support

LOOKING FOR A MATZO BALL recipe for Passover? Here’s one blessed by a Mayor: https://www.recorder.com/Look-Who-s-Cooking-A-Passover-dish-with-ancient-symbolism-16184042 Read more on Facebook

MASS. FINALLY starts a vaccine program for the “homebound“ to serve 25,000 people, who “must need a 2 person assist, be unable to leave their

SEN. KLOBUCHAR SAYS Congress has “once in a century” chance to overhaul antitrust law. But can she find 10 Republicans to vote for it? In

NLRB SAYS AMAZON illegally threatened a lead organizer of worker walkouts in 2020 at a Queens, NY warehouse over lack of Covid-19 safety. NY AG

WALMART OVER-BUILT IN AMERICA: 3 x more stores than Target. Focusing now on remodeling stores, offering online order pick ups & home delivery—but not new

“WE WILL NOT THREATEN YOU with the loss of your job…We will not interrogate you.” But: “You vote for a union, every one of you

110,000 AMERICAN RESTAURANTS have closed in the past year. Pres. Biden’s rescue law includes $28.6 B for a Restaurant Revitalization Fund for those with no

WILL YOUR EMPLOYER SIGN ONTO ‘AMAZON CARE’? AMZN is expanding its medical care, after ending an alliance last year that didn’t attract companies. https://www.henryherald.com/features/health/amazon-looks-to-expand-its-telehealth-footprint/article_42daec8e-b43f-585f-a40a-fa77a1e8d195.html Read

HOME SHOTS: If elders/disabled can’t get to vaccine shots—we must get the vaccines to them! It’s already being done in Boston, NYC, Fla, IL. ,

SBA unveils $16 B grant program for “shuttered venue” arts & culture biz — with grants up to $10 M starting 4/8. The show must

I WILL NEVER SAY Home Depot has more crime than Walmart—but their parking lot shoot-outs keep coming! 2 men trade gunfire in West Palm Beach.

WALMART COPIES AMZN, opens up its online marketplace to Chinese sellers. “We have strong relationships with many reputable companies around the world…” So much for

UBER IN U.K. will give its 70,000 drivers min. wage, holiday pay & pensions per court order—but drivers will get paid only while with a

WHAT AMZN WON’T TELL YOU “is what those jobs are really like…long shifts of grueling work at a “superfast” pace with constant monitoring.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.al.com/business/2021/03/bessemer-amazon-worker-testifies-before-senate-committee-they-can-afford-to-do-much-better-for-the-workers.html%3foutputType=amp Read

STARTING 2022, Amazon Prime will be exclusive sponsor of “Thursday Night Football.”That’s $5 B less they have to “tackle” the problem of paying their low

BEZOS NO SHOW FOR BERNIE: “You are worth $182 billion… You’re the wealthiest person in the world. Why are you doing everything in your power

NEW BIDEN SMALL BIZ LOANS allow those with no employees & independent contractors, sole proprietors to get extra funding by using gross income to calculate

WALMART LIVE-STREAMS beauty products on Tik Tok to give “users the chance to shop live for items…directly in the app…to help us reach important customers,”

9 PEOPLE WHO MUST be shipped to Mars because of their enormous carbon footprint: includes Jeff Bezos, the Waltons, Bill Gates, and Elon Musk. “The

ELDERLY MAN IN HAWLEY,MA NEEDS RIDE TOMORROW (SAT) TO MAKE 10:30 am appt. in Deerfield to get his 1st covid vaccine. For details, call 413-834-4284.

6 WALMARTS CLOSING in Canada: 3 in Ontario, 2 in Alberta, 1 in Newfoundland, 1 in Labrador. WMT overbuilt stores, now has to thin-out under-performing

HOME DEPOT WAFFLES: says they’re not for or against bills filed in Georgia that would restrict voting rights, esp. of Black voters. “If the companies

AMZN WAREHOUSE WORKERS: “they’re watched & quantified every second. They’re monitored visually, listening, geopositioning…every second they’re not on task is measured, & if they have

5 YEARS AGO Fresh Market grocery chain was taken over by a private equity fund. Now ex-stockholders reach a $27.5 M deal to settle a

JUST A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO, as the Corona virus was metastasizing, here is the dangerous misinformation being spread by the White House: Read

NORDSTROM has gone to court to get its insurance co. to cover $25 M in damages to its stores last May in the aftermath of

FOR 30 YEARS WMT has boasted of its commitment to buying American products. “WMT will spend an additional $350 B on items made, grown or

WEALTH TAX POLL: 68% OF AMERICANS overall surveyed strongly support/somewhat support a wealth tax, as do 81% of Democrats, 57% of Republicans, & 66% independents.

DRIVING FOR UBER EATS sound liberating? This Montreal driver hunts at night for jobs delivering ice cream, grosses $20/hr—minus cost of gas, car ins.,repair bills,

AMAZON WAREHOUSE SHUT DOWN by Canadian govt. due to covid outbreak: “the rate inside this facility has been increasing significantly.” This is one reason why

IT ONLY TOOK 1 DAY of bad publicity for AMZN to announce it will NOT pave over a 49 acre wetland near Toronto for a

MAYOR IN small Ohio town urges Walmart to tell GE not to move its lightbulb plant to China. If WMT really wants to support “Made

ONTARIO PREMIER overrides Provincial zoning, orders local Authority to permit a developer to pave over 49 acre wetland for an Amazon warehouse. Another developer 1/2

ADD YOUR NAME to support Amazon’s warehouse workers in Bessemer. AL. who are voting until the end of March to create the first unionized AMZN

85% OF GIG DRIVERS in Canada say they can’t keep driving without a flexible schedule—so Uber is asking all the Provinces to adopt its “Flexible

BABY FOOD sellers, including Walmart, are facing 40 lawsuits for selling baby foods with high levels of toxic heavy metals. FDA is working on a

WHOLE FOOD workers want a break—a rest break. As of Feb 8th, AMZN began cutting rest breaks by 33%, from 15 min to 10. Some

IT MAKES ME so sad to think of young minds tuning into the new Walmart Tik Tok channel tonight to buy “beauty products” at WMT’s

1. BLACK WOMAN, Harvard MBA & policy advisor to Sen. Cory Booker, files lawsuit against AMZN for racial discrimination, “vile & aggressive” sexual harassment. She