The NY Post reports that in the past eleven years the post office is $65 billion in the red. One reason is that many folks have stopped writing letters in favor of emailing and texting. Another is the staggering costs of the pensions and health care provided to retirees. I doubt there's a solution to the problem. I mean, how much would the price of stamps and shipping have to be raised to close such a gap? It's just the maddening way branches of the government are run. I doubt even someone with the business acumen of President Trump could turn it around.
Kudos to the jury that found NY pol Sheldon Silver guilty of corruption. Let's see if it will be overturned on a technicality, as was his first conviction. Of course, there will be an appeal. What are the chances of his ever doing any time? As Mountain Man says whenever he visits the floating book shop: "Politics is legalized theft."
I couldn't have been luckier today. It was raining while I caught up with some chores in the AM. The only chance I had to open the book shop was an open parking spot near the scaffold. There was one available. since the rain had stopped and the covered area was fairly dry, I took a shot rather than go home and do a crossword puzzle. My thanks to the gentleman who bought an art pictorial in Russian, and to the Latino gentleman who pulled up on his bike and purchased $25 worth of CD's and DVD's, despite the fact that I told him I couldn't vouch for their quality. Having done plenty of business with me in the past, he took the risk. Gracias, amigo.
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