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No Sweat, Dorothy

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These are my new union-made No Sweat (shops) Mother Jones commemorative sneakers. I like ‘em lots. Got from Dave at Mixed Media in Hamilton. (On Facebook here.)

ERE ARE My new 100% union made, fair trade "No Sweat" sneakers. They are very comfortable and designed to make the American shopper feel good about his consumerism. When Chuck Taylor shoes were made in the USA by union workers they cost $30. Now they are made in china by slave labour [...]

ELIGION Dispatches walk us into the deeper meaning of the shoe incident. Yes: hitting someone with your shoes is a bad thing in any culture. But it’s important to understand what shoes mean in a culture where you take your shoes off at the boundary of holiness.
“If Iraqi people come at you with [...]

ISHOP ALAN Reminds us that God throws his shoe over Edom and that, yes, this is an expression of contempt. I well remember the campy Anglo-Catholic Priest, pardon the tautology, who giggled before Morning Prayer and said, “Over Edom she casts her pump.” THe Bible lives today in Modern Iraq!
If you [...]