Amazonians Advance

Ya know the world’s gone all haywire mad (more than uszh!) when I feel it’s incumbent on me to defend and support a ginormous corporation from the spectacularly disingenuous, rabid frogs and baldfaced lies that spew forth from 45’s gob.

Yup, this is about Amazon. For eons, I’ve been urging folks to shop at bricks and mortar bookstores and, where that’s not possible, order online from independently owned booksellers. Most have an Internet presence now. There’s Portland Oregon’s famed City of Books, Powell’s. Boston has Brookline Booksmith. Chicago has The Armadillo’s Pillow. All three sell new and used. In Houston there’s Kaboom and in Cambridge there’s Rodneys for used as well as discounted new titles.

Looking for an independent shop in your aea? Check out this nifty site – Indie Bookstore Finder. Plug in your town or zip and how far you're able/willing to travel and *POOF* up pop selections. Cool, no?

Trump’s latest hysterics, as always, are riddled with flat-out lies, outdated, muddied half-truths and more damnable deceits. You know he’s really stepped into Idiocy Ocean, gone out a few leagues too far, when Spanky’s very own news source, Fox, disagrees and elucidates with actual REAL, not alt, facts! Shep Smith points out that:

"The Postal Service's own numbers show it makes money by delivering packages for Amazon and other companies. As for taxpayers, the post office's own website points out, and I quote, 'the Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses.' None," Smith said.
And that reference to $1.47 that the president came up with there, a Citigroup study showed last year on average the Postal Service was charging $1.46 below market rates for package delivery. But our researchers point out if that discount exists, it’s not just for amazon — it’s a bulk rate discount.” (source)

Fox correspondent John Roberts goes on to note that:

“This can be boiled into very simple terms,” …“This is personal, and it’s between the president and Jeff Bezos, the guy who created Amazon who also now owns The Washington Post.” (source

I will continue to frequent my local tome dispensaries but what about everything else Amazon sells? Eh. All my tangible needs are within a short drive. I totes KNOW that not everyone has this luxury.

Hells’ bells, my beloved Jim Wright of Stonekettle Station lives in an isolated, slimly populated exurban pocket of northern Florida. There ain’t no mega malls with Targets, Macy’s, Barnes and Nobles and Forever 21s just around the corner. So yeah, he shops Amazon.

Makes an abundance of sense.

Question – does Cheeto Thug do ANY of the tasks which go a long with his job title anymore? Is he doing ANY presidenting? As that seems vastly unlikely (Twitter Tantrums, Executive TV time and naps are time consuming, don’cha know), who is running the country? Dense Pence? The Zombie Eyed Granny Starver? Corrupt-O-Turtle McConnell? Ivanka?