This post is directed to all current and former members of the John Birch Society. Damn! Who would have known? You guys were on to something after all. Great God Almighty, I’ve got to listen to some music to quiet my mind.

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Capitalist icon Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, now has its first communist party branch.

The party branch, a Communist Youth League branch and a trade union were set up earlier this month at the outlet in the northeastern rust belt city of Shenyang, a staffer in the store’s communications department said, confirming Chinese media reports.