It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees, Robert Feinman and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.

OOPS…! SORRY…! (WELL KIND OF…) The New York Times drops the other shoe this morning on Walmart”s faux mea culpa in the death of Jdimytai Damour – a $1.9 million dollar gift and a promise to improve safety at its New York stores during the post-Thanksgiving sale periods. Keep reading…

WALMART, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND UNIONS… I pay my monthly bills, put food on my table and gas in my car as an educator. And I”m not a member of any teacher”s union. I hear (and occasionally see) the same examples of educational malpractice that charter school advocates trot out whenever they can. Keep reading…

RULE NO. 12… DON”T NAME YOUR VERMIN… [Update -- 0704, 13 May: Lowering The Bar offers further hilarity, including nutria recipes.] [Update -- 1214: Dave Barry likes the story as well.] Readers of James Lee Burke”s Dave Robicheaux novels know what a nutria is. Among other valuable traits, the little bayou rodents make great fish bait. They are cute in an aquatic rat kind of way, but are not known as great pets. Keep reading…

THIS JUST IN FROM FAUX NEWS… Media Matters For America has the full analysis, but Worrierking”s comment made my day: They”d better hold off until after the 2010 elections. I”ll be damned if I”ll let anyone ram affordable health care down my throat. Hear, hear! Keep reading…

LIVING ON PLANET PALIN… I really, really wanted to respond to Ed Morrissey”s pronouncements concerning Walmart, Unions and the Employee Free Choice Act but the blogger formerly known as Captain Ed has restricted comments to his loyal fans. That”s really too bad. Keep reading…

THE STORY OF STUFF… I first posted this animation just before Christmas of 2007. Nearly 18 months later, the story, according to the New York Times, is gaining traction in American classrooms as we see the connections between the materials economy and our present economic crisis.Keep reading…

FROM THE 5 & 10 TO THE DOLLAR STORE… About two years ago, a dollar store opened down the street from me in a building that formerly housed a typewriter repair business. The store is right across the street from the independent local grocery where I do the bulk of my shopping. Keep reading…

MAKING BILLIONS… TWO CENTS AT A TIME… Back on tax day I posted the blogger at Durango Texas” lament that Walmart was purposefully stealing his two cents. Now another blogger has commented on his initial post with a detailed account of how the process works, like the house in any casino… Keep reading…

VOCATION VS. AVOCATION… Most of us have jobs and hobbies, and except for the fortunate few, the two never meet. For a corporation there can be no such thing as an avocation. It must, by design, always keep a tight focus on that which benefits shareholder value. It really is that simple. Keep reading…

YET ANOTHER REASON TO VOTE FOR THE EFCA… Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh are wrestling for the shriveled soul of the Republican Party. This week the former vice president jumped into the Employee Free Choice Act debate on Faux News where he rolled out the ultimate boogieman. Keep reading…

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