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Tidbits from the wonderful world of Amazon
From Harper’s Weekly Review: In Robbinsville, New Jersey, a robot at an Amazon factory accidentally punctured a can of bear repellent, which sent two dozen workers to the emergency room; a nearly identical incident had occurred at a Haslet, Texas, … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, The War On Workers
Tagged Amazon, Amazon factories, bear repellent, Harper's, Harper's Weekly Review
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Scalia Speaks! From the grave. I respond. From New York
Don’t know if you, like me, are all salivating in anticipation of a new book by Antonin Scalia called Scalia Speaks. But wait, I hear you murmuring. Isn’t Scalia, uh, like, um deceased? Late? Demised? (I’m trying to remember all … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life
Tagged Amazon, Antonin Scalia, Chris Wallace, Christopher Scalia, Fox News, Judge Richard Posner, publishing companies, SCOTUS, Twitter
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Why I won’t buy anything from Amazon
From today’s Publisher’s Marketplace comes an item that could be entitled “Which treasured neighborhood bookstores has the mighty war machine known as Amazon targeted for destruction?” Real estate magazine the Real Deal reports that, according to anonymous sources, Amazon will … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer boycott, The Facts of Life
Tagged Amazon
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