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3/22/2023 6:08:19 AM
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Given the doom and gloom that hangs over this country and also this website, I will post just one article today that is negative, and try to find stories that are more upbeat. Amazon Bans Another Book for the Crime of Opposing the Left I share this because it is a continuation of policies that started back when we were at some other blog.
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vxbush
3/22/2023 6:20:15 AM
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In #1 vxbush said: I will post just one article today that is negative, and try to find stories that are more upbeat. Of course, a little thing called work keeps intruding.....
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 7:26:27 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 1:
"Remember bookstores? There used to be many in any good-sized city, and if one declined to carry a certain book, which was a rare thing in itself, you could likely find it in another. But now there is mostly just Amazon ... which, ironically, in more recent years, has been building... bookstores.
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vxbush
3/22/2023 7:33:28 AM
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In #3 Occasional Reader said: ... which, ironically, in more recent years, has been building... bookstores. Yes, I've heard about that, although where I live our town is too small to merit an Amazon bookstore. I can't speak to others, but I know when my sister and I are together, we often like to go browsing at bookstores as an activity. Books are hugely important to us, so it merits its own time. Perhaps Amazon realized they were missing out on that physical experience and the chance to upsell goods like food and drink and create a space that people *want* to go to.
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 7:54:25 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 4:
In the affluent "Woodmont Triangle" area of Bethesda, MD, the Amazon bookstore was opened only a block or so where the big Barnes & Noble used to be (that space is now a clothing store); almost like it was deliberate irony.
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JCM
3/22/2023 8:01:48 AM
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2 shootings overnight.... one cop injured. And rocks being thrown from an overpass onto the freeway hitting cars. Just another night in West Coast Chicago.
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vxbush
3/22/2023 8:32:51 AM
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In #5 Occasional Reader said: In the affluent "Woodmont Triangle" area of Bethesda, MD, the Amazon bookstore was opened only a block or so where the big Barnes & Noble used to be (that space is now a clothing store); almost like it was deliberate irony. That would not surprise me at all.
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 8:39:59 AM
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Reply to JCM in 6:
The culprits are gun violence, and rock violence, respectively. The answer is: More gun control laws, and also rock control laws, and defunding the police, and decriminalizing crime. Next question?
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 9:55:45 AM
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It’s always a good day when the dermatologist says, no, that thing on your skin is nothing, we can just freeze it off with liquid nitrogen and you are done.
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buzzsawmonkey
3/22/2023 11:02:31 AM
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Ramadan starts tomorrow!
It's the most bloodthirsty time of the year! While devout Muslims fast they'll send bombers to blast any infidels near It's the most bloodthirsty time of the year!
Every year at a different time it befalls With a calendar that's lunar which they know the kuffar won't follow at all Each year at a different time it befalls
They'll all fast through the daytime But at nightfall the gay time Starts with feasting that lasts through the night And if they should choose to fix Up some jihadi tricks The Koran tells them that it's all right
It's the most bloodthirsty time of the year Flying limbs and beheadings infidels are dreading And the jihadis savor that fear It's the most bloodthirsty time of the year
They'll all fast through the daytime But at nightfall the gay time Starts with feasting that lasts through the night And if they should choose to fix Up some jihadi tricks The Koran tells them that it's all right
It's the most bloodthirsty time of the year Flying limbs and beheadings infidels are dreading And the jihadis savor that fear It's the most bloodthirsty time Yes, the most bloodthirsty time Oh, the most bloodthirsty time Of the year!
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CyberSimian
3/22/2023 11:44:01 AM
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In #1 vxbush said: Amazon Bans Another Book for the Crime of Opposing the Left But they will shriek to high Heaven if you try to pull сhіld рοrnοgrарhу out of elementary school libraries.
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CyberSimian
3/22/2023 11:44:45 AM
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In #5 Occasional Reader said: In the affluent "Woodmont Triangle" area of Bethesda, MD, the Amazon bookstore was opened only a block or so where the big Barnes & Noble used to be (that space is now a clothing store); almost like it was deliberate irony. Almost like it was a mosque being opened on the site of a victorious jihad...
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CyberSimian
3/22/2023 11:48:57 AM
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In #10 vxbush said: omething to aspire to when you retire. Hey, I was impressed. You mean IF we retire. My 401K is dwindling to nothing and we can’t assume Social Security will be worth anything. In #11 vxbush said: Fabulous earrings, darling. But I imagine they were pretty heavy to wear. At that size, they’ll be supported by the shoulders.
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CyberSimian
3/22/2023 11:54:48 AM
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 11:55:38 AM
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Reply to CyberSimian in 18:
HOW DARE YOU!!!
That mosque also has a swimming pool in it! And more! Much more! It’s a wonderland of enchantment!
/a blogger we used to know
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CyberSimian
3/22/2023 12:30:26 PM
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In #21 Occasional Reader said: That mosque also has a swimming pool in it! And more! Much more! It’s a wonderland of enchantment! Unicorns! And rainbows!
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 12:55:38 PM
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One way to make the time pass on a long Teams call, one in which you don't have to say much; practice draw/chamber/aim on your carry pistol, using snap caps.
/just be damn sure your camera is off
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 1:29:03 PM
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In #24 vxbush said: Artwork Found in Shed Covered in Bird Droppings Turns Out to be Early Van Dyck Now at Auction for $3 Million
So, it was from, like, his Mary Poppins days?
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vxbush
3/22/2023 1:54:47 PM
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In #25 Occasional Reader said: So, it was from, like, his Mary Poppins days?
Well, that makes it more accessible to modern viewers. /
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Occasional Reader
3/22/2023 2:19:19 PM
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My favorite Putinista/Code Pink "Conservative" comment at Insty today, on the subject of the war in Ukraine:
"“The US got Ukraine embroiled in this idiotic war for its own idiotic purposes.”"
So, the US got Ukraine embroiled in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Okey doke.
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JCM
3/22/2023 3:59:12 PM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 29: Sure Trump and Putin are buddy buddy... I'm they have peeing hookers in common. Trump had Putin invade to make Brandon look bad.
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Kosh's Shadow
3/22/2023 4:39:33 PM
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In #30 JCM said: peeing hookers I thought of that when the Russian jet dumped fuel on our drone.
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Kosh's Shadow
3/22/2023 4:59:19 PM
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OR, if you are intersted in the novel, I set up a link in the Frontier. You would be the third person to read it (other than me); no one else has gotten through it.
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buzzsawmonkey
3/22/2023 5:44:25 PM
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In #32 Kosh's Shadow said: the novel If you have not yet registered it with the Copyright Office, do so immediately.
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Kosh's Shadow
3/22/2023 5:53:18 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 33: I registered it years ago. You told me to; thanks!
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Kosh's Shadow
3/22/2023 6:07:14 PM
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So Google doodle today is about Marcel Marceau, and it does acknowledge that he saved Jewish children from the Nazis.
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