Anyone who works anywhere in a supply chain knows how essential inventory management is — it protects your product, ensures everything is where it’s supposed to be when it’s supposed to be there, and allows you to accurately order new and replacement items when they are needed. When properly applied, inventory management can also be a tool to eliminate internal theft in … [Read more...] about Here’s How Inventory Management Can Prevent Theft
International call for Japan to halt Antarctic whaling
The European Union and 12 other nations condemned Japan's Antarctic whaling programme Monday, rejecting Tokyo's argument that the annual slaughter is for scientific research. Japan's whaling fleet left for the Southern Ocean last month, planning to kill 333 minke whales over a four-month period. Its fisheries agency says the hunt is needed to study whale behaviour… … [Read more...] about International call for Japan to halt Antarctic whaling
Trump’s Russia Scandal Go-Free Card: What Is True Is False & What Is False Is True
If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell. ~ CARL SANDBURG Even with compelling evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin hiding in plain sight, it was inevitable that the congressional investigations into the Russia scandal … [Read more...] about Trump’s Russia Scandal Go-Free Card: What Is True Is False & What Is False Is True
The tax bill is worse than bad. It’s corrupt.
WASHINGTON -- The tax bill the GOP is trying to foist on the country is not only an unfair and deficit-bloating hodgepodge written on the fly. It is also deeply corrupt. Every Republican who votes for this bill will be joining a festival of venality. Corruption is not a word to be used lightly, so let's be disciplined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary's definitions: … [Read more...] about The tax bill is worse than bad. It’s corrupt.
Clap hands, here comes Ramon
by Fred Wehner Fifty feet to walk is too far. It’s Big Shopping Season and there are customers who’ll motor all over the parking lot in search of a space closer to the store entrance than that. They’ll waste ten minutes, expend half a gallon of gas and countless amps of nervous energy to save themselves perhaps a couple dozen extra steps. The same hogs pounce on those … [Read more...] about Clap hands, here comes Ramon
The American Experiment comes to an ugly end
Read 'em and weep: The Winners and Losers in the Tax Bill By JESSE DRUCKER and ALAN RAPPEPORT New York Times DEC. 16, 2017 President Trump has called the $1.5 trillion tax cut that Republican lawmakers are on the verge of passing a Christmas present for the entire nation. But the fine print reveals that some will get a much nicer gift than others, the benefits will … [Read more...] about The American Experiment comes to an ugly end
‘Fetus’, ‘transgender’ banned in CDC budget by Trump administration
Women's rights groups, LGBTQ activists, scientists and other individuals decried the administration of US President Donald Trump after reports emerged that officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been banned from using a list of words, including "transgender" and "fetus" in the agency's official budget. According to the Washington Post, CDC … [Read more...] about ‘Fetus’, ‘transgender’ banned in CDC budget by Trump administration
Single Payer Healthcare
This is a follow-up to Kate Harveston’s excellent article on single payer health plans. This is a subject near and dear to my heart. In my Prudential days I ran 31 HMO’s covering 1.7 million people and created the DMO for dental from scratch which covered 6.9 million people in the U.S. In addition, I lived in several countries which had single payer healthcare and experienced … [Read more...] about Single Payer Healthcare
Seventy years after the Partition Resolution, is Zionism a success?
About the Nazi Holocaust, one Christian historian has written: “The fact that it could take place in the heart of Europe, in the middle of the 20th Century, carried out in the name of what had seemed to be and in many ways was the most developed of nations, called into question every notion of Christendom, of European civilization, of enlightenment, of progress.” November 29 … [Read more...] about Seventy years after the Partition Resolution, is Zionism a success?
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Roy Moore Finally Concedes
OF RELATED INTEREST: --Roy Moore: 'Battle Is Not Over' in Senate Race --Roy Moore emails supporters, alleging voter fraud took place in Special Election --Democrats should not get their hopes up after Roy Moore's defeat – Trump still holds power over the electorate Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Roy Moore Finally Concedes
Conservative columnist: How the 2018 midterms could end the nightmare of Trump
By Jennifer Rubin It is slowly dawning on Republicans and the right-wing media echo chamber that President Donald Trump's assault on democratic norms and the rule of law, his betrayal of his own populist campaign themes (with tax cuts for the rich and Medicaid spending cuts, for example), his misogynist and xenophobic rhetoric, his mean-spirited vendetta… … [Read more...] about Conservative columnist: How the 2018 midterms could end the nightmare of Trump
Trump is the most unpopular first year President in history of Presidential polling
There are many ways that Donald Trump will go down in history. For instance, the news that he is the most unpopular first year President in the history of Presidential polling: Donald Trump’s plunging approval rating has officially made him the most unpopular first-year president in the history of presidential polling, according to the latest figures from the Associated … [Read more...] about Trump is the most unpopular first year President in history of Presidential polling
Would Single-Payer Healthcare Work in the U.S.?
No matter where you live, what you do or where you find yourself on the political spectrum, you probably keep up with the healthcare debate to some extent and have an opinion on it. It is easy to get lost when politicians, pundits and reporters talk about healthcare. To simplify the debate a little bit, there is an ongoing argument about whether or not the U.S. should have a … [Read more...] about Would Single-Payer Healthcare Work in the U.S.?
Key Republicans could personally benefit $$$$ from provision snuck into tax bill
As Congress races to finalize a landmark $1.4 trillion tax bill, key Republicans legislators directly overseeing the initiative could reap a personal windfall from provisions designed to reduce levies on so-called “pass-through” income, according to federal records reviewed by International Business Times. Those lawmakers — including U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan — together have … [Read more...] about Key Republicans could personally benefit $$$$ from provision snuck into tax bill
Paris pledges ban on wild animals in circuses
The city of Paris on Wednesday pledged to ban the use of wild animals in circuses, in a move welcomed as a "small step forward" by animal welfare experts. Criticism has grown in France of the inclusion of exotic animals in some circus shows, and 65 municipalities have already banned them. City lawmakers voted Wednesday to… … [Read more...] about Paris pledges ban on wild animals in circuses
Moore’s loss proves America has a bigger following than Trump
WASHINGTON -- Who's afraid of Trumpism-Bannonism? The noxious stew of nativism, xenophobia, misogyny, manufactured grievance and barely disguised white supremacy that put Donald Trump in the White House now appears less an all-conquering juggernaut than a paper tiger -- one that Alabamians, bless their hearts, balled up and threw in the trash. Incredibly, Trump managed to … [Read more...] about Moore’s loss proves America has a bigger following than Trump
Of Courage, Dignity, Love and Tears
In the wake of the December 12 Alabama election, the words “decency” and “respect” have been evoked as tenets that perhaps are finally beginning to return to our national scene. However, individuals all over the world have been displaying, living, those articles of faith for as long as humans have been on earth. Take the 15-year-old girl who – while riding home on a … [Read more...] about Of Courage, Dignity, Love and Tears
FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules, a milestone for Republican deregulation push
TMV Editor's Note: READ THIS FOR BACKGROUND on the breaking news below: WASHINGTON — Federal regulators voted on Thursday to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules for internet traffic — a major victory for telecommunications companies and another milestone for the Republican deregulation push under President Donald Trump. The 3-2 party-line vote by the Federal Communications … [Read more...] about FCC votes to repeal net neutrality rules, a milestone for Republican deregulation push
GOP Hypocrisy on FBI/Justice Department
Jonathan Chait details the screaming Republican hypocrisy on the FBI and Justice Department handling of tbe Trump-Russia investigation in New York Magazine. Tuesday night, officials from the Department of Justice invited reporters to see something scandalous: text messages by FBI agents sent during the presidential campaign expressing … opinions about the political campaign. … [Read more...] about GOP Hypocrisy on FBI/Justice Department
St. Anti-Christ, Patron Saint of Washington
By Fred Wehner A dying mother throws her baby from a blazing building, desperately hoping someone will catch the infant; you’re there but what do you care. Not your problem. Besides, mom should have saved her own skin instead of forfeiting her life for the child’s. There’s no fire department because nobody wanted to pay the taxes to fund it . At the funeral, churchgoers … [Read more...] about St. Anti-Christ, Patron Saint of Washington