Author: Jacob Louis

Boycott Walmart This Black Friday

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“Walmart made $17 billion dollars last year. They can well afford to pay us over the poverty line.”
– Givens Thomas1

Boycott Walmart and other corporate giants.  They are planning to open on Thanksgiving Day this year including Kmart, Target, Macy’s, JcPenny’s, Sears, Kohl’s, Staples, Whole Foods, and Best Buy1.  Many of them for the first time ever.

It’s astonishing the amount of greed and lack of family values these companies have.  They don’t seem to care about their workers’ low wages.  It’s all about keeping their stocks up. Walmart full-time employees are pushing for a minimum of $25,000 a year which is just above the poverty line1.  Walmart is actually having a food drive to feed its under paid employees1.  All they care about is making as much money as possible.  People are outraged, and it’s all over twitter:

 

The 6 Walton heirs own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of Americans2.   Of course they could afford to pay their employees a little more.  If you work full-time then you shouldn’t be living in poverty.  We need to raise the minimum wage in this country.  Walmart even takes out insurance on their own employees to make money off their deaths.  Walmart buys merchandise super cheap from China and puts local Americans out of business with their low prices and slave wages4.

Every dollar we spend is a vote for the kind of world we want to live in, and many people are tired of living in a world controlled by corporate greed.  It’s time to start putting our money where it counts, because without consumers these companies are worthless.  Stay informed about where your money is going, and buy local whenever possible.

Time and time again, when Walmart workers have come together to call on the company to address low wages, erratic schedules, paltry benefits, and unacceptable working conditions, the company has attempted to silence or outright fire them. In fact, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently announced it’s pursuing a rare national complaint against Walmart for retaliating against and threatening more than 100 workers.

As Black Friday approaches, chinks in the company’s armor are starting to mount. We need to stand together and make our voices heard so that Walmart obeys the law and does right by its employees. Will you join me in demanding that Walmart comply with federal law and stop intimidating workers?5

“It’s like Scrooge posing as Mother Teresa.”
– Robert Reich (U.C. Berkeley Professor3)

 

Sources:

  1. Thanksgiving Shopping Boycotts: Blowback Against Walmark, Target, Kmart, Macy’s for Earlier Black Friday Deals | International Business Times
  2. Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans | Politifact
  3. Nationwide Walmart Boycott to Start Black Friday | KTVU
  4. Walmart: The High Cost of Low Prices
  5. Walmart Is Not Above the Law

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21 Inspirational Wayne Dyer Quotes

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Dr. Wayne Dyer has been a huge inspiration for me in my life.  Here are 21 Wayne Dyer quotes to motivate you to be your best self.

 

  1. “Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  2. “I think and that is all that I am.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  3. “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  4. “Only the insecure strive for security.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  5. “I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  6. “It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  7. “If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  8. “How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  9. “There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  10. “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  11. “Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  12. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  13. “You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  14. “A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.”
  15. “Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.”

    – Wayne Dyer
  16. “Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  17. “When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  18. “People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  19. “Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  20. “Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.”
    – Wayne Dyer
  21. “You’ll see it when you believe it.”
    – Wayne Dyer

GoldieBlox Creates Non-stereotypical Games for Girls

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“At GoldieBlox, our goal is to get girls building. We’re here to help level the playing field in every sense of the phrase.”

– www.goldieblox.com

A Stanford Engineer, Debbie Sterling, seems to have discovered a big part of the reason why there aren’t as many female engineers, programmers, etc.  Most of the toys designed for girls are pink and stereotypical.  Boys get to play with Legos, trains, and construction toys while girls are stuck with pink princess stuff and Barbies.

Debbie started designing toys to build more spatial awareness among other skills required in today’s workplace.  It seems her ideas break the mould of what society tells us it means to be a woman, and offers young women tools to build a new mental makeup, and become the engineers of the future.

“Broadening children’s interests doesn’t mean girls shouldn’t aspire to be feminine. GoldieBlox, which makes interactive games, uses a cute blonde as its logo. But her blonde isn’t a Barbie who sits around and waits for Ken. It’s a blonde who is building cool things.”

– Business Insider

GoldieBlox even made a video that’s gone viral which is a parody of the Beastie Boys’ song, Girls.

Watch the music video:

The Lyrics:

Girls.
You think you know what we want, girls.
Pink and pretty it’s girls.
Just like the 50’s it’s girls.

You like to buy us pink toys
and everything else is for boys
and you can always get us dolls
and we’ll grow up like them… false.

It’s time to change.
We deserve to see a range.
‘Cause all our toys look just the same
and we would like to use our brains.

We are all more than princess maids.

Girls to build the spaceship,
Girls to code the new app,
Girls to grow up knowing
they can engineer that.

Girls.
That’s all we really need is Girls.
To bring us up to speed it’s Girls.
Our opportunity is Girls.
Don’t underestimate Girls.

 

TODAY is the BEST day ever!

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Today truly is the best day ever, because it’s the only day we get to experience in the now. Everything else is just a memory or a fantasy.  Why not start each day affirming it to get in the proper attitude?  You just might find that you intention to have the best day ever actually improves the quality of your day overall.

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21 Affirmations to Increase Motivation

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We could all use a little extra motivation sometimes.  I don’t like it when the alarm goes off in the morning, the sun isn’t even up, the house is cold, and I just really don’t want to go to work.  I just have to remember that I’m not alone.

These affirmations are designed to give you the strength to get out of bed when you really don’t want to.  They work by instilling positive thoughts that lead to the self-discovery of your own core purpose, because dangling the carrot doesn’t always do the trick.

 

  1. My motivating thoughts are causing me to take action.
  2. I am becoming more interested in everything around me.
  3. Motivation comes naturally to me.
  4. I enjoy being strengthened by those who challenge me.
  5. My core purpose is becoming stronger.
  6. I feel inspired by all that I encounter.
  7. I enjoy creating beauty in the world.
  8. I choose to live up to my highest potential.
  9. With each and every breath, I am becoming more motivated.
  10. I’m fueled by my feelings of success.
  11. The more I focus on being my best, the more opportunities I have.
  12. I am continually seeking out new ways to be of service.
  13. Today, I give thanks for my strong will.
  14. I am determined to find blessings.
  15. More now than ever, I am consciously motivating myself.
  16. I have a strong desire to work towards achieving my goals.
  17. In each moment, I am doing my very best.
  18. I go through life embodying qualities in others that inspire me.
  19. I’m consistently finding new causes to get passionate about.
  20. My involvement in the community makes a positive impact.
  21. I am discovering the hidden power of my beliefs.

 

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