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Of Puritans and Labor Relations
With Thanksgiving just a couple days away, it’s a tough business to realize that here in Southern California we’re gonna have a hard time finding a decent turkey with all the grocery peeps out on strike. So if you didn’t need a reminder, the days of “unions = bad” have very much come to an end. Walmart, has of course, moved in to fill the void.
We’re leaving town, so don’t bother sending us meat products.
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