Smartphone app reveals the politics in your shopping cart

LA Times ^ | 8/25/2014 | Rebecca Bratek

[Publius]

Tomatoes, cucumbers and onions have politics? Is my lettuce Democratic or Republican?

[anymouse]

Looks like it is only on itunes, so they are trying to skew use to liberals. ;)

[kempster]

If you are not a liberal but you have I-Tunes are you supposed to erase it?

[Still Thinking]

It’s a vegetable, so probably Dem.

[Still Thinking]

And green!

[Publius]

But because the Republicans are the Daddy Party and the Democrats are the Mommy Party, wouldn’t a phallic shaped veggie, like a cucumber, be Republican? After all, aren’t zucchini Republican?

[ifinnegan]

Only crazy lefties and libs where politics is their religion will pay attention to this sort of thing.

Thus, companies would give money to so that the app would skew them liberal in the app, no matter what the company’s actual politics - which is what I think is a goal or the former congressional aide who came up with it. It’s a kind of extortion.

Or, the better solution is companies stop giving money to politicians or political groups.

[Raycpa]

Reading amazon reviews is not confusing enough, we have to add politics to the matrix?

[Excellence]

Campbell’s Soup goes halal with approval from Hamas-linked ISNA

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/10/campbells-soup-goes-halal-with-approval-from-hamas-linked-isna

[Still Thinking]

LOL, no doubt.

[onedoug]

Too anal.

[a fool in paradise]

But because the Republicans are the Daddy Party and the Democrats are the Mommy Party, wouldn’t a phallic shaped veggie, like a cucumber, be Republican? After all, aren’t zucchini Republican?

[Paladin2]

Red is for Commies.

[KC_Lion]

I don't know, but it will show that I recently bought your book over Amazon. :P

When the Stasi come that is going to be hard to hide

[DUMBGRUNT]

The company averages are computed from the donation histories of the chief executive, board of directors, affiliated political action committees and employees,

Where does it list the employees union?

How do they figure for the union 'volunteers'?

Lets not forget the bribe for the union officials.

[Veto!]

Ridiculous. My shopping basket is 100% liberal, according to these “standards,” but it will be a cold day in hell when I vote for those jerks.

I guess the “cold day in hell” is a tipoff to my inner liberal climate changer. LOL

[Veto!]

Is my lettuce Democratic or Republican?

Head lettuce is Republican, loose leaf is Dem.

[Publius]

What about bagged lettuce?

[Veto!]

I think you are better off with an intact head:) And fresh ideas.

The truth about bagged lettuce:
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/07/is-bagged-lettuce-good-for-you-green