Despite store closings in Pocatello, Idaho, a new store is opening just in time for Halloween.
Big Lots! Pocatello, Idaho.
Big Lots! is located where the Rite Aid used to be, on 1000 Pocatello Creek Road, in the Foothill Plaza Shopping Center, right next to the WINCO grocery store.
When the scandals of arbitrary home foreclosures were revealed, it was reported by some news sources to involve only people who missed payments (money.cnn.com). Lies!
I have seen several reports where homes were foreclosed with no payments missed. In one example, a man paid cash for his home, no payments to make, and Bank of […] Continue Reading…
Beware of political promises, especially when it comes to the economy. History shows politicians have a bad track record when it comes to ‘saving’ the economy. Sometimes they get it right in the short term, but when it comes to long term planning, forget it. Long term should be considered 20 years plus, not […] Continue Reading…
A recent story in the Idaho State Journal showed that a random shooting, that took place at the end of September, may be linked to the state of Idaho ending health care coverage for people with certain mental disorders.
On September 27th, a man was shot outside a Pocatello, Idaho, coffee shop. He nearly died […] Continue Reading…
When going to the store, even if it is just to purchase a few items, you are often faced at the end of your shopping trip with a long, very long receipt. Gone are the days of simple receipts with a barcode at the bottom, company logo at the top, and you items purchased […] Continue Reading…
“…Americans will not stand for privatization of the nation’s most successful programs.” This is what a critic of President Bush Jr. said back in 2007, regarding the privatization of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. I think the critic is uninformed because many states have already privatized some or most of their Medicaid programs. And […] Continue Reading…
The first thing Verizon Wireless touts, is it’s contiguous 700 MHz spectrum across the continental U.S. and Hawaii, which will carry Verizon’s new LTE (Long Term Evolution) 4G network. Verizon plans on deploying 4G to 38 markets by the end of 2010, however, does not currently have a 4G enabled phone, but is expecting […] Continue Reading…
Who are these “experts” who keep getting monthly job numbers wrong? Once again the “experts” have been surprised by job creation data that didn’t go the way they thought it would. According to reports our “experts” expected to see a net increase in September’s job numbers. Somewhere around 24,000 jobs created. But oh no, […] Continue Reading…
On October 2nd, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned the world’s countries not to start a currency war. Such action could end any economic recovery. The problem is that it appears that the world is already in a currency war.
Today, October 6th, an RT (I think it stands for Russia Today) […] Continue Reading…
Elections are coming up. Local, state and national. Which elections affect you the most? Local of course! Those City and County buffoo… officials affect your day to day life directly. Your State Legislature also has a direct impact on your life.
The Federal Congressional gang does impact us, but indirectly, by coming up with Federal […] Continue Reading…