If J. Levine Books & Judaica cannot survive the retail revolution, what can? The Manhattan shop, founded in 1890 in Vilkomir, Lithuania, moved to New York City in 1905. The store sold more than books, though books are a lot more than just chopped liver. Like similar stores wherever Jews have [...]
Archive for March, 2020
March 6th, 2020 - 6:20 pm § in Donald Trump
Amid crisis, Trump fires his chief of staff
Reince Preibus. John Kelly. Mick Mulvaney. And now Mark Meadows. They’re like boxcars on a passing train. The White House Chief of Staff “typically oversees the actions of the White House staff, manages the president’s schedule, and decides who is[...]
Workers of the World Unite: Screw the Americans!
I wonder if the age of imperialistic capitalism is over? The industrial revolution but it was based on raw materials imported from poor colonies and turned into manufactured goods at relatively high wages for workers in the imperialist countries. Mills in England and New England would not have be[...]
March 4th, 2020 - 5:40 pm § in Politics
How GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz fights coronavirus
After the House approved $8 billion for coronavirus response, he complained about deficit spending. P.S., check out them shoes! By the way, if he was really worried about germs, why wasn’t he wearing plastic gloves? Are all the D.C. stores sold out? Photo: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on the House[...]
March 4th, 2020 - 8:20 am § in Politics
“SLEEPY JOE” ROARS ON SUPER TUESDAY
Joe Biden, derisively called “Sleepy Joe” by Trump, and written off as politically dead by pundits just a few days ago, leaped ahead of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic nomination race on Super Tuesday by sweeping the South and winning the home states of two other erstwhile candidates (K[...]
March 4th, 2020 - 1:02 am § in Misc.
Jeff Bezos Moves Commercial Service Into Space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will launch a geostationary satellite for Eutelsat Communications, sometime in 2021 or 2022 .. Let Space Commerce Commence! (abstracted from Space.com) The rocket is named “New Glenn ” after the first American to orbit Earth. Blue Origin has unveiled plans f[...]
March 3rd, 2020 - 12:29 pm § in Misc.
Going postal
Police arrested a UPS worker Sunday after receiving a tip that he was planning a mass shooting at the facility where he worked. When they searched his home, this is what they found — weapons, ammo, body armor, tactical backpacks. Read story here.[...]
Where did the renaissance come from?
Answer. There was no renaissance. The sparks that enlightened Europe came from the Muslim world.[...]
March 1st, 2020 - 3:51 pm § in Politics
Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Bloomberg drop out, endorse Biden
“Mayor Pete” Buttigieg dropped out of the Democratic nomination race Sunday afternoon, after meeting with former President Jimmy Carter, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar quickly followed suit on Monday, a day before her state votes in Super Tuesday primaries. Michael Bloomberg dropped ou[...]