My hometown has a serious drug problem, and 17 teenagers and young adults were arrested in a conspiracy to move a kilo of heroin. Heroin is a terrifying drug, and close friends have had serious troubles with battling heroin addictions. I wish the families the absolute best. More on this on the …
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President Obama announced today that he hopes to propose a plan to Congress to provide for two free years of community college education to every citizen. In a speech delivered to an audience at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, TN, the President noted that ” the single most important way to get ahead is …
Continue reading Obama to Propose Free Community CollegeTensions remain between the Mayor and the Police of New York, as law enforcement officers once again turn their backs on Mayor De Blasio, this time at the funeral of fallen NYPD Officer, Wenjian Liu. You will recall that NYPD turned their backs on the Mayor out of protest over his comments about the nature of police brutality …
Continue reading NYPD Officers Turn Backs on Mayor, AgainThe New York Times ran an article today about the death of mall retail establishments, and what it means in terms of economic shifts in the the way we purchase our goods. It’s a fantastic read, and I encourage you to check it out, as well as one of my favorite websites, Deadmalls.com. …
Continue reading Dead Malls: Real Estate DisastersHappy New Year, America. And all you other countries, too. This posting introduces a new format for this column; please do excuse the length and plow on though to the end. Firstly, my apologies. That greeting was quite rude to all you other countries (even the phrasing, “all you other countries” is pejorative and …
Continue reading Knolan’s Knonsense: A New EnergyOne of my favorite guys to troll on the internet, Cain Train “Shucky Ducky” Herman Cain, wrote on his blog a few weeks ago that the Supreme Court declining to hear 7 States’ appeals challenging the overturning of their gay marriage ban was “not that big a deal.” Wrong again, Herman! Turns out, …
Continue reading Holder – Gay Couples Get Federal Benefits in 7 More StatesEbola is here! Obama brought it here! We all must be scared! This is the rhetoric coming from the right, and more importantly, candidates running for the midterms in a few weeks. It works well with the rhetoric that the Federal government lies to all of us, is hellbent on the destruction of our …
Continue reading Ebola! Hide Your Kids!Demand for oil grew has recently grown at the slowest rate since 2009, to 92.7m bbl/day, half of the increase projected. Oil prices per barrel fall to four year low of $83.37 at the London MEX, and a two year low of $80.01 at the New York MEX. Things have gotten weird. OPEC upped …
Continue reading Knolan’s Knonsense – The Art of Oil WarToday, one of Amazon’s staffing agencies, Integrity Staffing Solutions, went before the Supreme Court to argue that they should not be liable to employees for time spent waiting in line for the end-of-shift security check. This case matters a great deal to all retailers, because shrinkage is a thing, and it’s embarrassing to explain to …
Continue reading Knolan’s Knonsense – Integrity Staffing v. BuskToday was the second Senate Debate at the Georgia Fair. The first debate was sponsored by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, a conservative think tank and lobbying organization. This time around it was just a raucous political rally for both sides. I attended this debate and the Governor Debate which was held immediately after, …
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