Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Charging the Incorrect Target

PrestoPundit points to Hugh Hewitt’s charge against Target for disallowing Salvation Army bell ringers and their kettles.

Memo to Hugh, you should be attacking the National Labor Relations Board, and unions.

"Generally, an employer that enforces otherwise lawful no-solicitation/no-distribution rules against union solicitation, while permitting other similar kinds of solicitation activities, violates Section 8(a)(1) of the Act. However, an employer may lawfully permit a small number of isolated beneficent acts as exceptions to a valid no-solicitation/no-distribution rule.1 In determining whether certain beneficent acts fall within this exception, the Board evaluates the “quantum of . . . incidents” involved.2 Although the Board has not defined the exact number of incidents necessary to find unlawful discrimination, it has found that three incidents of employer condonation of charitable solicitation was permitted.3 On the other hand, the Board has found discriminatory enforcement of otherwise valid no-solicitation/no-distribution rules where the incidents of charitable solicitation occurred frequently and/or for an extended duration of time.4"

Link to NLRB memo via The Corner.

Posted by John Venlet on 11/23 at 12:36 PM
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Satellite Radio in the Sky

On June 18th, of this year, in a post titled “Just Thinking and Wondering Aloud," I noted a good friend’s purchase of Sirius stock.  On that day the stock was trading at $3.09 a share.

Today, Sirius marked their 800,000th subscriber and the stock is hovering around $6.74, plus or minus, a share.  My friend Pfeif is not doing too bad, so far.

“Sirius Tops 800,000 Subscribers, Stock Up"

Posted by John Venlet on 11/23 at 11:56 AM
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The Bad, The Ugly and The Good

We hear, or read, all the negative stories coming out of Iraq, and Afghanistan, and because of their bad, or ugly, nature, the stories carry far, and are repeated, over and over again, to ears thirsting for failure.  Yet the good stories are mostly lost, like a voice crying loudly in an virtually empty amphitheater, with three or four uninterested observers, who shrug their shoulders, and two or three interested observers, who share the tale they have been told, but are ignored.

“Marine sacrifices his life for others in grenade blast"

There are still heroes in this world.

Via PrestoPundit.

Posted by John Venlet on 11/23 at 11:28 AM
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Why You Shouldn't Have Sex With a Cat

“Cat rapes woman after performing oral sex on her"

That is whacked!

Via Pravda.

Posted by John Venlet on 11/23 at 05:06 AM
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Eyeball on the Free Market

The State would have individuals believe that they are the gatekeepers to a smoothly functioning economy.  That the State knows what is best, and can best provide individuals with cost effectiveness for goods and services via central planning.  An example that chops that idea right off at the knees.

"Laser eye surgery has the highest patient satisfaction ratings of any surgery, it has been performed more than 3 million times in the past decade, it is new, it is high-tech, it has gotten better over time and… laser eye surgery has fallen in price.  In 1998 the average price of laser eye surgery was about $2200 per eye.  Today the average price is $1350, that’s a decline of 38 percent in nominal terms and slightly more than that after taking into account inflation.

Why the price decline in this market and not others?  Could it have something to do with the fact that laser eye surgery is not covered by insurance, not covered by Medicaid or Medicare, and not heavily regulated?  Laser eye surgery is one of the few health procedures sold in a free market with price advertising, competition and consumer driven purchases.  I’m seeing things more clearly already."

Via Alex Tabborak at Marginal Revolution.

Posted by John Venlet on 11/23 at 04:43 AM
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