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 and I continue our work dedicated to drawing back the curtain on the Bentonvile Behemoth’s corporate disinformation and other flackery.

THE WALMART PUNCH LINE… Americans love deals. They brag about deals. They lie about deals. They make up deals that no sane merchant – trust me, Crazy Eddie was very sane – would ever offer. But TNSTAAFL* always applies and if it looks too good to be true, it most likely is. Keep reading…

HEATHER ELLIS: NOT THAT INNOCENT… I chose to pass over the story of Heather Ellis and her interaction with Walmart because the story just didn”t smell right. I”m not saying she”s wrong. I”m no saying she”s right. I”m just saying. My friend and blogger Jimi Izrael has weighed in and offered his take.
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EIGHT DAYS AND COUNTING… Here”s a writer”s rule of thumb. When you read an assurance that “the following story is fictional and does not dipict any actual person or event,” you can bet the mortgage that, while license is taken, that the writer(s) are working from a news story.
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LEE SCOTT SELLS 1/3 OF HIS WALMART STOCK… There”s no clue what he wanted $13 million for and, quite frankly, it”s none of my business, but when the former CEO of Walmart decides to cash in 244,414 shares of his company stock at $53.31 each (those are some odd numbers), it does make me go hmmm. Keep reading…

FROM BRAZIL TO ASIA TO S. AMERICA TO GONE… Vicente Trius had all the markings of a rising managemet star at Walmart, but after only five months at the head of Walmart”s South American division, Trius is departing. The newsrelease is unclear, but it looks like the departure is immediate. Keep reading…

I WANT TO GIVE THIS WOMAN A BIG KISS… The world needs more active, engaged and passionate women like Chicago Alderwoman Freddrenna Lyle. The battle for the expansion of Walmart”s presence continues but Lyle isn”t giving an inch, citing the real need to expand the middle class. Keep reading…

MEET BETH… SHE WORKS FOR WALMART… I don”t know how long this has existed, but this morning I stumbled upon Walmart”s YouTube channel. In typical Walmart fashion, embeding is turned off, (I figured it out) but you can go watch what I think is probably a Walmart feel-good commercial. Keep reading…

AT THE WALLY PLEX… There are sound stages on Hollywood”s back lots smaller than Bentonvile”s behemoths, so it”s no surprise that budding video talent has been sneaking cameras in at odd hours. And now for the midnight show at the Wally Plex featuring accskbff. Keep reading…

HEATHER ELLIS COPS A PLEA… After testifying in court that she was innocent of all charges Heather Ellis and her lawyers watched the jury file out and decided to not throw the dice. This is probably good for Ellis but it is bad for the justice system. We will never know what transpired. Keep reading…

A STRANGER IN AN EVEN STRANGER WALMART… Blogger Catherine Bodry lives in Seward, Alaska (do you miss your governor, Catherine?) and makes her living as a travel writer. On a recent trip to China she hit a piece of home: the Walmart. What followed is a something of a down-the-rabbit-hole ride. Keep reading…

A WALMART OMNIBUS… Over recent weeks I”ve been busy in other parts of my life and missed quiet a few Walmart stories that have developed and since disappeared. In the interest of at least noting their passing, I offer this omnibus collection of headlines for your consideration. Keep reading…

IT”S ALL ABOUT HIM… Like the Sarah Palin crowd that turned ugly the other night people are passionate about Walmart until they”re not. Now Darren has every right in the world, and more reasons than I can count, to not shop at Walmart, but he”s going to walk away from the store… Keep reading…

SMILEY BACK IN COURT… AGAIN…A Frenchman has the best claim to the worst and truest symbol of the “70s: smiley, but other people still try to own him, knowing that if they succeed, they can rake in millions, possibly billions, in licensing fees from nearly everyone, including Walmart. Keep reading…

HOW MUCH CAN THEY NOT AFFORD TO LOSE…? Last month it was the books, taking food out of Sarah Palin”s children”s mouths and crushing my hopes to ever become obscenely rich and obnoxious as the author of best-selling thrillers that Hollywood directors would fight over to option. Keep reading…

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