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I don’t have much to add to Elle’s brilliant post here, except to say that the manufacturing plant down the way — one of the largest employers in the area — is laying off 800 workers right before the Christmas holiday.
That’s a lot of families for a so-called imaginary crisis.
“Dirty Driving”
Published December 1st, 2008 in Business, Class, Entertainment, Film, Indiana and Movies. 0 Comments[cross-posted at Feministe]
HBO usually has a variety of great documentaries every month, and this month the one that caught my eye just happened to take place in Anderson, Indiana, a very blue collar area within an hour of my home. Anderson, like many manufacturing towns in the Midwest, is steadily heading towards the likes [...]
For The Racist’s Wishlist
Published December 1st, 2007 in Assholes, Business, Movies and Racism. 3 CommentsDisney decided to get in on the couture noose racket with The Noose Necklace:
But despite all the race-related, noose-related threats on North American soil in recent months, it’s related to Pirates of the Caribbean so it’s no big deal. Also be on the lookout for the sterling silver SS belt buckle from The Sound [...]
A Lesson in Content and Distribution
Published August 29th, 2007 in Advertising, Business, Consume, Entertainment, Indiana, Sports and Technology. 3 CommentsThe Big Ten Network debuts tomorrow, piquing the interest of many a Midwestern college sports fan. The Big Ten Network is a subsidiary of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who is decidedly evil and way too rich for his own good, in partnership with the Big Ten universities. The network plans to carry all [...]
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