A Heathen's Day :: The Life and Thoughts of a Modern Day America. Cauldron Born: Asatru, Heathenry, and the Old Ways. Flame in Bloom. Heathen Ranter. Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor. The television clip of women brawling in a shopping mall on Thanksgiving Day is a commentary of this year’s winter holiday season. More than a few retailers opened their doors on Thanksgiving Day to get a few dollars more. Goggle-eyed shoppers hurried to get the early bargains, sacrificing the sanctity of the day in hopes of scoring a big discount. Already, the shopping malls and department stores are mobbed. Their parking lots are impassable as hordes of holiday shoppers descend like a pack of lemmings. Advertisements on television, newspapers and mailbox-choking flyers proclaim sales in hopes of separating customers from their dollars.
Whatever happened to a time when Thanksgiving was strictly a family holiday? Who decided it was a good time to get out to the store and shop? And for what? It’s not just these holidays, either. The other day, my wife gave her opinion on greeting cards. There are cards for every occasion, all lined up in special racks with their color-coordinated envelopes. Swain Wodening’s Blog. Howl From The North. SubRosa. The Northern Path.
Vinland’s Völva – Daily Mystic Musings. Asatru Update. MacRaven - Dave Haxton's Weblog. 19 Feb 2013 It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk Anybody who wonders where the next financial crisis is coming from need look no further: $100,000 of student loan debt with a salary of $37,000 per year is a recipe for absolute economic catastrophe. Student loan debt is effectively eternal - you must pay it off or die trying, as you can't even bankrupt out of it. It literally follows you until you die, and your Social Security or other pensions. Any asset is open season for student loan debt. How did this happen? Eventually the chickens will come home to roost - exactly what form this will take is hard to say.
The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: the new minimum requirement, albeit an expensive one, for getting even the lowest-level job. (link) [New York Times] 22:33 /Politics | 1 comment | permanent link 18 Feb 2013 Ind. bill would make undercover video at farms illegal Not sure how to feel about this one. (link) [USA Today] Monsanto's Supreme Court Seed Fight.