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I think if he's blasted then maybe he will think twice before doing it again

Journalists have ruined this word.

Another pet peeve I have of journalists in general: god-awful referencing. "A report by XYZ organisation shows...."

Gee THANKS, "a report", that'll help me find the source... It's wild there aren't minimum regulations on news referencing in most countries (at least, I'm not aware of any).

Thanks for being my 2¢ receptacle

I dumped them last year cuz the products never got delivered on time. I'll never use the site again

I was able to get a lot of things through Target, and the rest through individual venders that usually have a lower price than Amazon these days.

Grove has become my go-to storefront for general household goods - they have a solid selection of generally reasonably priced jtems, and a strong aversion to plastic. They're by no means perfect but I feel a lot better with them getting a cut of my money than Bezos.

They're not going to have the billions of niche items on Amazon, but they're pretty great for my needs.

I went without Prime for >1 year. I just online shopped directly from manufacturer if I can and paid shipping if free shipping not available. I minimized use of amazon only if I had $35 in my cart for the free shipping.

However, I know I am privileged enough to do so.

I honestly would encourage everyone not to have Prime though. Its like what $150+ now for a year? Save that money and wait until your cart is $35. If you cannot wait, you can pay for shipping (assuming $7) x20+ times before you make up price of that $150 for Prime.

One of the reasons I love my town is there is a great, thriving small business culture. It's relatively easy to shop local for a lot of things.

That said, it can be expensive, and there are certainly things it's not easy to find locally, so sometimes I do, unfortunately, turn to Amazon. But I try to minimize it.

I haven't used Amazon in over 5 years now. Unless you've got some truly critical equipment that is only available through their platform, then it's just a matter of buying from other sources, or in most cases, not at all.

I just think back to the 90s, where I wasn't able to get literally anything I wanted unless I went to a big city. Somehow I survived. I was ever happy sometimes, if you can believe it :p

So we did exactly this when we dropped our Prime membership a few years ago as part of working against Amazon building a massive warehouse in our fully residential borough (we won if anyone was wondering, they chose not to continue fighting it in court). We shop mostly in store at Target and other brick and mortar stores. We will also shop online still, but almost always directly from the manufacturer. This usually means paying shipping, but I figure our UPS driver and mail person need a paycheck too so we are fine with that. We will occasionally use Amazon for things that are just hard to find elsewhere but only order once our cart is in the free shipping price range. It turns out, Amazon is not only a shit company the uses dark patterns to push a mostly superfluous subscription, most things we buy are cheaper elsewhere. Combined with not buying nearly as much random crap, we have saved a butt load since quitting Amazon.

How the fuck is there someone that has to worry about whether they can make Trump more corrupt? Billionaires existing is a sign of a failed society.

This is a distinction without a difference

In my country for administrative cases with short deadlines courts have fast tracks. So in such a case the court probably wouldn't issue any final judgement but could order everyone involved to stop further committing potentially illegal actions.

He was convicted on dozens of counts, and sentencing will occur in late November. A little treat for Thanksgiving.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York

I don't know but Trump is still running for president