Post New Article

I Haven’t Used Amazon For
Almost 3 Months And
I Don’t Miss It One Bit

Original Article

Posted By: Judy W., 3/7/2021 9:02:06 AM

My husband and I have been Amazon users for about 15 years. (Snip) We became Prime members in July 2017 and delighted in two- and even one-day shipping of everything from diapers to canned goods to dry erase markers to work boots, eliminating the annoyance of running to the store over one or two items. It seemed fun, easy, and exciting. And then it wasn’t fun, easy, and exciting any more, because Amazon became evil—and I learned how evil they had really been all along. Using it to indulge my own greed and materialism was one problem. Amazon’s use of its market power is another. Both are a big deal.

Comments:

I've been buying a lot less on Amazon, but I still feel dependent on it for some things. And I've been going to Walmart's site for some things instead, which isn't much better.

Post Reply

Reply 1 - Posted by: reefdiver 3/7/2021 9:16:57 AM (No. 717174)
Cancel culture can work both ways.
26 people like this.

Reply 2 - Posted by: bad-hair 3/7/2021 9:23:22 AM (No. 717179)
I know this. When I can get a $1,50 part for an obscure aquarium pump dropped on my doorstep the next morning it's free. It would cost more in gas for me to drive around town to find it. PS Amazon's buddy Slow Joe just doubled their fuel costs in a month. They made out like bandits for a while but the Democrat bandits are coming for them.
13 people like this.

Reply 3 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 3/7/2021 9:23:54 AM (No. 717180)
Same here! When they deplatformed Parler, I canceled my membership. So far we are still surviving...kind of like we did before we had ever heard of Amazon! :D
31 people like this.

Reply 4 - Posted by: red1066 3/7/2021 9:34:05 AM (No. 717194)
I avoid using Amazon at all costs. The prices aren't cheaper, and as I found out after my son ordered an expensive computer product, they don't refund the full price. Only after contacting them three times and being assured each time that the refund would take just a couple of days did the refund come through and then it was a full $250 less than what my son paid for the product. Needless to say I already knew I never want to do business with Amazon again, but now my son wants nothing to do with them either.
27 people like this.

Reply 5 - Posted by: AlpineLace 3/7/2021 9:34:25 AM (No. 717195)
I have a rather intrusive question for the writer of the article: what size city do you live in?
11 people like this.

Reply 6 - Posted by: erobot 3/7/2021 9:40:29 AM (No. 717209)
I have been using Amazon almost from day one. We are now old timers living in a small mostly retirement town on the east coast of Florida. I can have any and everything I want at my front door in 24 hours. Why should I care what the politics of the situation are? Now when Bezos leaves at the end of the year, the party will be over because the unions will take over and goodbye good service. It was fun and convenient while it lasted.
16 people like this.

Reply 7 - Posted by: mizzmac 3/7/2021 9:50:18 AM (No. 717221)
Inspiring. I'm in.
10 people like this.

Reply 8 - Posted by: LadyHen 3/7/2021 9:52:11 AM (No. 717223)
We have been avoiding Amazon now for a while, most especially for big ticket items (tech items and backyard furniture etc) and monthly subs like cat food/litter, grocery items, and cleaning/laundry supplies and our family is fine. All that junk really adds up. We went from probably spending $$600 a month on all sorts of household items, vitamins and otc meds, and random stuff down to less than $100 on usually small stuff that is just hard to find or 3xs more expensive anywhere else. I know our efforts are a drop in the ocean but my mom and sisters have done the same. Dh is happy seeing less $ being spent too. Amazon made collecting "stuff" way too easy. Now we have to think more with every purchase and do research. No more easy button. So it's a win win for us.
17 people like this.

Reply 9 - Posted by: thekidsmom66 3/7/2021 9:54:32 AM (No. 717229)
#6, I didn't care about their politics either, until they decided to shut down a whole platform (Parler), simply because Parler disagreed with their (Amazon's) politics. At that point, yes, their politics matter more than my convenience.
44 people like this.

Reply 10 - Posted by: udanja99 3/7/2021 10:01:18 AM (No. 717240)
I also quit over the Parler attack. I do use Amazon as a shopping search engine - I find what I need on that site and then go directly to the vendor’s site to make my purchase, leaving Amazon out of the deal completely.
45 people like this.

Reply 11 - Posted by: Golfer24 3/7/2021 10:06:23 AM (No. 717249)
We have been using IHerb for all of our vitamin and supplement purchases. They are the same price or cheaper than Amazon and we usually receive the product in several days. In one case it was half price. I can wait an extra day to avoid Amazon.
18 people like this.

Reply 12 - Posted by: Cindiana 3/7/2021 10:14:48 AM (No. 717258)
I've never been a big shopper there, but I do owe them a tremendous thank-you for the role they played early on in the lockdown. They were the ONLY place where I could put together a grocery order for my mom who was in an independent-living facility at that time. Admittedly, I'd have to spend literally hours (much of it in the middle of the night) to secure an elusive delivery slot, but they came through. Deliveries always arrived within the promised window time, and I could see exactly what was in the completed order. The site allowed me to keep a Cart so I could adjust as needed and respond to availability in real time. Produce and dairy were fresh and carefully-packed. It was a tremendous relief to know my mother had stock of everything she needed and I give Amazon kudos for making it possible.
7 people like this.

Reply 13 - Posted by: columba 3/7/2021 10:20:10 AM (No. 717267)
I tried to use Amazon yesterday. It didn't work. I don't need it. Incidentally, it also sells pornography.
9 people like this.

Reply 14 - Posted by: mindsport 3/7/2021 10:27:10 AM (No. 717283)
We have curtailed most of our Amazon buying, and I deactivated Facebook, and cancelled Twitter. We have cut our tv news watching in half. Still listen to the radio, but sure miss Rush. The addition of Larry Kudlows' show is a blessing.
23 people like this.

Reply 15 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/7/2021 10:32:41 AM (No. 717293)
Almost anything can be found on Amazon, and they have the best search, and the best delivery in the business. The quality of some 3rd party sellers can be an issue sometimes. There are some small items that I could never find in a store, if they have it, that I order from Amazon. Business has become woke. I use them to the extent it meets my goals, nothing further. I mean nothing to them, and they no longer mean anything to me. We are not friendly. It's strictly business.
6 people like this.

Reply 16 - Posted by: marbles 3/7/2021 10:52:16 AM (No. 717315)
You may not care about their politics but they certainly care about yours. Conservative books/thought, have no home there. Use Amazon to read reviews of products you're considering then buy it elsewhere.
27 people like this.

Reply 17 - Posted by: GoodDeal 3/7/2021 11:10:09 AM (No. 717337)
My monthly subscription payment for Prime stopped two days ago. Not going back. They are getting extremely wealthy due to the big shutdown. Not going to support them.
17 people like this.

Reply 18 - Posted by: ramona 3/7/2021 11:15:39 AM (No. 717339)
I too will search the big engines like Amazon and then look for better prices at the vendor and even at Ebay. I have had more purchases recently due to some home repairs/remodeling. Must say that with only 1 exception the delivery of these items has been nearly always within 2 days even though I always select the least expensive option for shipping. So the advantage of Prime is no longer such a bargain. Unfortunately Ebay, Wayfair and other sites are getting into the cancel culture too. But I will do what I can to give my business where I am not supporting those cowards. Ramona (the Pest)
17 people like this.

Reply 19 - Posted by: DVC 3/7/2021 11:23:53 AM (No. 717350)
Amazon is evil.
14 people like this.

Reply 20 - Posted by: justavoter 3/7/2021 11:34:09 AM (No. 717359)
Never used Amazon and never will.
10 people like this.

Reply 21 - Posted by: DVC 3/7/2021 11:40:33 AM (No. 717366)
Funding your own destruction and not caring, #6. Like the Communists have always said, the Americans will sell you the rope to hang them with.
12 people like this.

Reply 22 - Posted by: SALady 3/7/2021 11:50:18 AM (No. 717375)
Sadly, with the end of Fry's Electronics, Amazon is about the only source for the parts and equipment my husband needs for a side business he runs. He tried to find things locally, and looked for other sources, but could find very little locally, and the cost of doing business with other vendors was astronomical (especially shipping fees). Amazon knows they have us by the "short hairs" (as my husband says)...
4 people like this.

Reply 23 - Posted by: callmecrazy 3/7/2021 12:42:29 PM (No. 717418)
I used to give Amazon all of my business. It was convenient, affordable and fast. We live in the boonies and it's rare we go into the nearest town. We literally spent thousands a year getting everything from toilet paper, dog food, seeds, electronics, tools, etc. Additionally, we paid extra for books and music. We've been members since 1999. I recently canceled the music, books and auto-ship subscriptions. I just looked to see what we had spent in 2020 and it was over $15K. I'm about to let Prime expire. I hope someone notices THAT.
10 people like this.

Reply 24 - Posted by: JL80863 3/7/2021 12:50:58 PM (No. 717427)
Lots and lots of virtue signaling but not a great deal of proof of action. Bezos and his Ex developed a business model that won't quit and have provided my wife and I a critical essential service when the COVID crisis showed up. Who else could have done it? For all of you that quit; as far as Amazon is concerned you made no difference at all. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
3 people like this.

Reply 25 - Posted by: JHHolliday 3/7/2021 12:54:25 PM (No. 717431)
This convinces me to dump Amazon.
6 people like this.

Reply 26 - Posted by: smokincol 3/7/2021 12:55:08 PM (No. 717432)
won't ever use Amazon, don't have to. go right to the manufacturer
4 people like this.

Reply 27 - Posted by: bad-hair 3/7/2021 1:07:26 PM (No. 717442)
Politics and living usually do not mix too well. My piano teacher (at age 70 I have one) Is a somewhat "progressive" Democrat. He is also one of the best piano teachers in Houston. We have much better things to talk about than Biden.
0 people like this.

Reply 28 - Posted by: anniebc 3/7/2021 1:27:55 PM (No. 717465)
I'm weening myself from both Amazon and Walmart. It's hard to identify and avoid all the CCP made products though; sometimes the brand names are not a dead giveaway.
9 people like this.

Reply 29 - Posted by: coyote 3/7/2021 2:04:39 PM (No. 717485)
I did the same thing, Judy, when they started censoring books, i quite Amazon. Never will i order there.
5 people like this.

Reply 30 - Posted by: coldoc 3/7/2021 2:07:58 PM (No. 717488)
We used to make 20-25 purchases a month on amazon. Once they got going on their censorship nonsense, we quickly moved to zero for the past 6 months. We also got tired of their punitive shipping delays with fedex. (we never paid the prime extortion). Package would arrive in phoenix, then sit there for almost a week. Bezos can take his politics and shove it.
5 people like this.

Reply 31 - Posted by: OhioNick 3/7/2021 2:33:59 PM (No. 717505)
I just checked Walmart.com to see if they were selling the book that Amazon axed, "When Harry Became Sally." It wasn't available. But here's what's odd -- while the site also didn't carry "Mein Kampf," there was a crapload of Louis Farrakhan's hate books.
2 people like this.

Reply 32 - Posted by: OhioNick 3/7/2021 2:38:46 PM (No. 717508)
Sorry for the second post. In the past I only bought things on Amazon that I couldn't buy elsewhere. I never spent more than $500 in a single year. Now I use the site to read the reviews of products that I buy elsewhere. It's been about a year since I purchased a product on the site.
3 people like this.

Reply 33 - Posted by: Sanddollar 3/7/2021 4:03:50 PM (No. 717546)
I stopped using Amazon due to quality problems. The comments about a product cannot be trusted.
3 people like this.

Reply 34 - Posted by: jeffG 3/7/2021 4:05:54 PM (No. 717549)
Hard to believe NO mention of Walmart/Sam's Club Except for food, a huge percentage of products are made in China. Another company Costco, great number of items, especially furniture and some appliances from China. I have seen they are also adding Vietnam (production moved from China to Vietnam), Cambodia, Jordan, etc., but still when they sell a Bible printed in China, a country that persecutes Christians and Moslems, it is a little hypocritical of a left leaning company! I just shopped in Target, again many products from China. It is never ending!
3 people like this.

Reply 35 - Posted by: SALady 3/7/2021 5:15:20 PM (No. 717576)
Why does everyone seemed so shocked that so many products on the shelves of pretty much every store are made in China? In this country, we have unions, and companies have to pay a reasonable wage -- and it often gets very unreasonable when unions get involved. When you have to pay union employees $35 - $50 an hour (plus tons of benefits) to work on the assembly line, that cost has to go in the final price of the product. China, on the other hand, can pay pennies on the dollar for labor. You do what the government says you can do. So an employee in China may get $2 a day to work on the exact same type of assembly line. And he doesn't have any choice or say in the matter. So, of course, their products are substantially cheaper. Economics is the bottom line for most people. They may not like buying things with the "made in China" logo on the package, but they also don't want to pay 10 times as much to buy that same product made here in the USA. And as long as the unions have so much unreasonable power over labor in this country, nothing is ever going to change!!!
2 people like this.

Reply 36 - Posted by: beancounter 3/7/2021 5:23:18 PM (No. 717581)
I canceled my Amazon account after the Parler incident.
3 people like this.

Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Judy W."
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Most Recent Articles posted by Judy W."
What’s Causing America’s Baby Bust? 2 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/11/2021 7:05:34 AM Post Reply
When the COVID-19 pandemic started and lockdowns became part of our daily lives, some romantic souls were predicting that this would produce a baby boom. Now, as the data shows up, we see exactly the opposite. CBS obtained data from health departments in over two dozen states that shows “a 7% drop in births in December—nine months after the first lockdowns began.” Research from the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., predicts that births may well be down 300,000 to 500,000 in 2021. The prediction is based on a negative correlation between birth rates and the unemployment rate. Higher unemployment means fewer babies.
Trump’s Middle East peace initiatives
continue to bear fruit
4 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/9/2021 7:17:58 AM Post Reply
Had Trump remained president, his legacy would have included making true peace in the Middle East. This would have encompassed Sunni Arab nations laying down arms as to Israel, while Iran would have been rendered inconsequential – and, perhaps, the beleaguered Iranian people might have been able to eject the mullahs. With Biden, though, Obama pulls the strings, which means wooing the mullahs, being hostile to Israel, and denigrating the Saudis. Nevertheless, some amazing Saudi outreach to Israel means Trump’s Middle East peace plans still matter. Trump’s genius in terms of the Middle East was to ignore the Palestinians into oblivion.
Kristi Noem for President? Not So Fast. 22 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/8/2021 4:41:28 AM Post Reply
Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem made headlines in 2020 for keeping her state open during the COVID-19 outbreak and opposing Faucian dictates about masks, stay-at-home orders, and church closures. To this, conservatives applauded — and rightly so. But does holding the line during a pandemic in a state with less than 900 thousand people — about the size of Charlotte, North Carolina — now warrant the frenetic swell of support for Noem among conservatives to be the next vice president or even president? Absolutely not — especially at time when the fight for constitutional conservative values is more important than ever.
I Haven’t Used Amazon For
Almost 3 Months And
I Don’t Miss It One Bit
36 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/7/2021 9:02:06 AM Post Reply
My husband and I have been Amazon users for about 15 years. (Snip) We became Prime members in July 2017 and delighted in two- and even one-day shipping of everything from diapers to canned goods to dry erase markers to work boots, eliminating the annoyance of running to the store over one or two items. It seemed fun, easy, and exciting. And then it wasn’t fun, easy, and exciting any more, because Amazon became evil—and I learned how evil they had really been all along. Using it to indulge my own greed and materialism was one problem. Amazon’s use of its market power is another. Both are a big deal.
The Rise and Fall of Andrew Cuomo 21 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/7/2021 7:35:10 AM Post Reply
In ancient Greece, they warned that excessive pride and arrogance will without fail lead to punishment. In ancient Rome, slaves rode behind conquerors whispering in their ears “memento mori” -- you are mortal -- meaning that both fame and you die. (Snip) Just consider the rise and fall of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. In this case we can see why he rose to such fame. Why he’s being attacked right now has several explanations. As I detail, I think it’s because others with the same greed for power and fame in his own ranks are vying for the same unearned glory he once held.
She’s My Mother—She’s My Father 13 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/6/2021 7:44:19 AM Post Reply
If you’ve seen the 1974 movie “Chinatown,” you may recall that great scene, where the detective, Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson), confronts Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) about the identity of the woman he believes is Evelyn’s father’s mistress. (Snip) Fast forward to today, to real life, not a Hollywood film or make believe, with the very confusing news story of a transwoman physician, Dr. Jesnoor Dayara, in Gujarat, India who has frozen his sperm so that when he undergoes sex-reassignment surgery sometime later this year, the child he hopes to give birth to as a woman will be biologically his. It can be confusing to unpack this story too!
America’s elites are waging class
war on workers and small biz
5 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/5/2021 1:27:38 PM Post Reply
In America, class warfare is often disguised as culture war, and culture war is often cloaked by talk of race. But underneath it all, the class warfare is still there. Whether accidentally or intentionally, America’s upper classes seem to wind up harming the working class and small businesses, always in the name of some high-minded cause. On immigration, for example, the go-to move is to call people who object to open borders racists and nativists. But what’s behind it? As Biden economic adviser Jared Bernstein commented: “A tight job market pressures employers to boost wage offers . . . One equally surefire way to short-circuit this useful dynamic
EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: New Information —
FBI Took Possession of Suspicious Ballots in
Georgia in Early January and Ordered
Them Destroyed With a Shredder
26 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/4/2021 8:48:49 PM Post Reply
The Gateway Pundit reported on January 9th that the FBI in Georgia stepped in and shut down the forensic analysis of shredded ballots, took the ballots away from the forensic team, and brought them back to the shredder to destroy the evidence. Today we have more on this incident from two sources. (Snip) This group of individuals who were connected to the investigation to uncover the 2020 election fraud immediately began sifting through what was not yet fully destroyed. They reportedly found shipment transit receipts linked to China, ballots, and other sensitive information related to the 2020 election.
The GOP’s New Strategy Document Shows
Party Leaders Still Don’t Get It
18 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/4/2021 8:22:14 PM Post Reply
The Republican Party’s leaders still don’t get it. That’s the big takeaway from a newly-released strategy document from the largest Super PAC backing Republican House candidates. The Congressional Leadership Fund spent $140 million in the 2020 cycle, and could very well spend even more in 2022. It will hold enormous sway over what candidates are recruited in next year’s House races, and what their message is. Republicans substantially outperformed expectations in 2020’s House elections. (Snip) But according to CLF head Dan Conston in a newly-released memo, the victory came down to one thing: Putting a new, more “diverse” gloss on the tired pre-2016 Republican Party.
Why Deadnaming Matters 14 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/3/2021 5:09:17 PM Post Reply
Richard Levine was born in 1957 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, an affluent suburb 20 minutes north of Boston. He went to Hebrew school and had a bar mitzvah before heading to the very tony (very expensive) all-boys Belmont Hill School, where he played as a linebacker on the football team. (Snip) Eight years after his move to Pennsylvania, the doctor began to see a therapist. Another eight years after that, he publicly announced his decision to transition to presenting as a woman. Now, a full decade after that announcement, Richard—now Rachel—stands as Joe Biden’s nominee for the United States’ Assistant Secretary for Health.
Gay poly throuple makes
history, lists 3 dads
on a birth certificate
34 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/2/2021 7:01:56 AM Post Reply
Three isn’t a crowd for these dads. A gay, polyamorous California throuple made history in 2017 when they became the first family in the state to list three parents on a birth certificate. Their reproductive journey and legal battle to become fathers to Piper, now 3, is detailed in “Three Dads and a Baby” (out March 9, Cleis Press), written by one of her dads, Dr. Ian Jenkins. Jenkins and his partners, Jeremy Hodges and Dr. Alan Mayfield, don’t see their family — which now also includes their son, Parker, 1 — as unusual.
A Trojan Horse for Woke Education 7 replies
Posted by Judy W. 3/1/2021 5:54:24 PM Post Reply
A massive new national project called “Educating for American Democracy” will be launched on Tuesday with the explicit aim of “redefining” and then “harmonizing” American civic education nationwide. From the days of Thomas Jefferson, Noah Webster, Horace Mann, and the McGuffey readers to Ronald Reagan’s farewell address and the controversy over national history standards, citizenship education (broadly understood) has always been a vital function of American schools for the perpetuation of the American way of life. That’s about to change for the worse.
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
William Peace women's basketball
team forfeits championship in solidarity
with teammate after claims of racism
36 replies
Posted by NorthernDog 3/10/2021 9:09:55 AM Post Reply
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Disturbing claims of racism on the court led to the William Peace University Women's Basketball Team walking out on their shot at the conference title. The team did it in an act of solidarity with Lauryn Cross -- a star point guard. It started back in January when, during a heated matchup against Mary Baldwin University, she says a white player insulted her. (Snip) Meredith College Head Basketball Coach LaQuanda Quick issued the following statement: "The Meredith College basketball team and the College's athletics program take accusations of racism, on the court or off, very seriously. This summer, our
Trump Requests Mail-In Ballot In Florida 35 replies
Posted by Black Conservative Voice 3/10/2021 4:03:53 AM Post Reply
Former President Donald Trump requested a mail-in ballot ahead of a local municipal election in Florida, according to Palm Beach County records, despite his frequent attacks on voting by mail. The records from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections website show the ballot was mailed on Friday to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, which he made his permanent residence in 2019.
Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview leads
to media blowup and official threats over
charges she’s lying about suicide attempt
32 replies
Posted by Magnante 3/10/2021 7:12:07 AM Post Reply
One of the most famous and popular TV personalities in Britain walked off the set of his TV show and resigned after getting flak over his charges that Meghan was just drama queening to Oprah when she claimed to have considered suicide. So great is Piers Morgan’s media clout that the show business bible Variety wrote, “Morgan’s shock departure from “Good Morning Britain” is sure to be a blow for ITV,” rather than a risky gambit for the broadcaster. (snip) Morgan may be in for official trouble, according to NBC News: The United Kingdom’s Office of Communications announced it was investigating the show’s Monday episode under its “harm and offence rules.”
Stop Standard Time Madness:
We Should Be Saving
Daylight All Year Long
28 replies
Posted by Mauigirl 3/10/2021 6:31:12 PM Post Reply
It’s almost our favorite day of the year: the beginning of Daylight Savings Time, when we can fast-forward our clocks, stop the winter darkness that descends by mid-afternoon, and crawl out of our stuffy homes after dinner into the evening light. Amid Biden’s “dark winter” of COVID hell, the act of “springing forward” out of Standard Time is especially welcomed this year. That’s why a glorious piece of legislation popping up in the Senate is a bright spot this week — not only because it’s bipartisan, but also because it would literally grant daylight to weary Americans.
Sheila Jackson Lee: Texans Who Go Maskless
Face ‘Destiny of Death’
25 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 3/10/2021 10:45:12 PM Post Reply
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) on Wednesday declared Texans who do not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic face “a destiny of death.” “Do not have a ‘remove mask’ party tonight, because you will be walking into a destiny of death,” Jackson Lee said during a speech on House of Representative floor.Jackson Lee’s warning coincides with Texas lifting its mandatory mask restriction across the state. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced around a week ago that he would be lifting the order, saying, “Texans have mastered the daily habits to avoid getting COVID [Chinese coronavirus].”
Whistleblower: Biden’s FAA Forcing Air Traffic
Controllers to Wear Masks While Speaking to
Pilots, Causing Serious Read-Back Errors
25 replies
Posted by ladydawgfan 3/10/2021 11:30:50 AM Post Reply
An Air traffic controller is ringing alarm bells about the Biden administration’s mask mandates, warning that the face coverings are creating a serious safety hazard. Investigative journalist Alex Berenson reported on Twitter that he received an “urgent warning” from an air traffic controller who works at a major Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The whistleblower told Berenson that the FAA issued a guidance about a month ago requiring controllers to “wear masks at all times” while at work and in position, and warned that the directive could have devastating consequences for airline passengers and pilots.
Day 49: Half the nation worried Biden not
‘physically and mentally up to the job’
22 replies
Posted by Dreadnought 3/10/2021 10:02:14 PM Post Reply
It doesn’t take much for the nation’s voters to become concerned that President Biden, the oldest new chief executive at 78 years old, might not be up for the job. The latest proof: His resistance to holding a full-blown press conference now 49 days into his presidency has half the country worried. In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters, 50% said they are not confident that “Joe Biden is physically and mentally up to the job of being president of the United States.” Another 48% have confidence in Biden, though only 34% were “very confident” that he was up to the job.
Senate confirms Merrick Garland as attorney general 21 replies
Posted by tech_test_test202123 3/10/2021 4:24:24 PM Post Reply
The Senate voted to confirm attorney general nominee Merrick Garland on Wednesday, sending the appellate judge on his mission to uphold the integrity of the Justice Department after its actions over the past years threatened to undermine it. Garland was confirmed in a 70-30 vote.
Masks Are Just Part of
the Socialists' Uniform
21 replies
Posted by Imright 3/10/2021 5:12:55 AM Post Reply
The Centers for Disease Control released another study showing no statistically significant decrease in "daily case" or "death growth" rates from COVID-19 in areas with mask mandates. This comes after a similar CDC study in October indicated that mask mandates do not appear to have slowed or stopped the spread of the coronavirus at all. Still, the CDC continues to recommend that all Americans wear masks, except in certain private settings when individuals are fully vaccinated, unless the goalpost-shifting Dr. Fauci gets his way.This whole "masks don't seem to be having much effect, but wear them anyway" bureaucratic calculus may seem like a frivolous controversy to Americans
Gov. Cuomo allegedly reached under
aide’s blouse and groped her: report
19 replies
Posted by Imright 3/10/2021 8:25:58 PM Post Reply
Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly reached under a female aide’s blouse and groped her inside the Executive Mansion in Albany, according to a report Wednesday.The incident allegedly unfolded after the much-younger woman was summoned to help the 63-year-old governor fix a problem with his cellphone, the Albany Times Union said.(Photo) The woman told him to stop, the newspaper reported.The allegations are the most serious yet made against Cuomo, who’s previously been accused of sexual harassment and other inappropriate behavior by five other women, four of whom were his aides at the time.The latest accuser says that the incident took place on the second floor of the Executive Mansion in Albany
So Much For Bringing Dogs Back
To The White House
18 replies
Posted by Imright 3/10/2021 10:45:34 AM Post Reply
When I covered the White House for The Washington Times during the George W. Bush administration, I used to play a game with then-Press Secretary Dana Perino, now a Fox News host.The game was simple: One of us would send the other an email that said, “Can you imagine if W. had ___.” You could fill in the blank with anything that the Democrats were currently getting away with in the milquetoast U.S. media.The game, of course, can still be played today, just with different players. Take former President Donald Trump.
Russia And China Partner Up To
Build Research Station On Moon
17 replies
Posted by Imright 3/10/2021 7:11:28 PM Post Reply
Russia and China have confirmed their plans to partner together and construct a lunar research station.On Tuesday, top officials of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Roscosmos, Russia’s government space agency, “signed a memorandum of understanding” in order to build a moon outpost named the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). The China National Space Administration released a statement, saying: The ILRS is a comprehensive scientific experiment base with the capability of long-term autonomous operation, built on the lunar surface and/or on the lunar orbit that will carry out multi-disciplinary and multi-objective
Post New Article