A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

I applaud the site’s creators. I wonder if they’re looking for web help. (The site could be stepped up a bit.)
From Fox News:
QUEENS, N.Y. —  In just a month since its official launch, a new Web site MadeInUSA has signed up more than 350,000 U.S.-based companies looking to encourage consumers to “be American and buy American.”Creators of [...]

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When Consumers Cut Back: An Object Lesson From Japan
As recession-wary Americans adapt to a new frugality, Japan offers a peek at how thrift can take lasting hold of a consumer society, to disastrous effect.
The economic malaise that plagued Japan from the 1990s until the early 2000s brought stunted wages and depressed stock prices, turning free-spending [...]

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Much to my surprise, it looks near impossible to buy Act II Caramel Popcorn online. I found one source for Orville Redenbacher’s Caramel Popcorn via Amazon.com, but it’s too expensive. I’m just going to have to watch the sales at Kroger and stock up on Orville.
Wal-Mart was the only seller of Act II Caramel Popcorn [...]

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Active Reactor Watch from Tokyoflash Japan:
(All the lights represent different units of time, so it’s possible to tell hour and minutes from the configuration. The only thing it doesn’t seem to do is indicate a.m. or p.m. — although I suppose it would be hard to get those mixed up unless you had a long [...]

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