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From: assimilate on 21 Nov 2009 22:47 On 21-Nov-2009, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > He bargins (read caves to) with our ememies and insults our allies: > > smart diplomacy! > > You're actually suggesting he's doing a worse job at international > relations than Bush and his handlers? You're not serious, are you? totally. -- bill-o
From: assimilate on 21 Nov 2009 22:49 On 21-Nov-2009, William Clark <wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com> wrote: > > and what good is that if it is something you wouldn't want to read? > > None at all to me, but perhaps it is necessary in order to make people > buy that piece of doggerel. Again, If you wouldn't want to read it why pay even 50p for it? I don't check out books I don't want to read just because it's free. Again the theory fails. -- bill-o
From: BAR on 22 Nov 2009 08:23 In article <wclark2-ABE324.14194121112009(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... > > In article <7mo0u5F3iv6qdU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > "William Clark" <clark(a)nospam.matsceng.ohio-state.edu> wrote in message > > news:clark-4BAEB6.08350720112009(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu... > > > In article <7mmpb9F3j26lcU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > > "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: > > > > > > > "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message > > > > news:4b05ee24$0$4967$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com... > > > > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:42:28 -0700, Howard Brazee wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > She's popular. > > > > > > > > > > > > But so is Paris Hilton. > > > > > > > > > > Only not as smart. > > > > > > > > Yeah....she's a dummy. Housewife to city councilman, mayor, governor > > and > > > > yet, in your eyes, she's dumb. > > > > > > You forgot the part about quitting as governor after two years, too. > > > That's something to be proud of. > > > > Ever heard of the term, lame duck? > > How is a first term governor a "'lame duck"? > > Please explain. You can't figure that out yourself. Put on the thinking cap Billy.
From: bknight on 22 Nov 2009 10:20 On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:27 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote: >In article <wclark2-ABE324.14194121112009(a)charm.magnus.acs.ohio- >state.edu>, wclark2(a)colnospamumbus.rr.com says... >> > Ever heard of the term, lame duck? >> >> How is a first term governor a "'lame duck"? >> >> Please explain. > >You can't figure that out yourself. Put on the thinking cap Billy. So a politician who has won a position and doesn't plan to run for a second term is a lame duck on his first day in office? Big stretch and lame thinking BAR. BK
From: golfbum18 on 22 Nov 2009 11:26
On Nov 19, 4:45 pm, "BigSlicer" <a5a6...(a)webnntp.invalid> wrote: > On Nov 19 2009 3:58 PM, golfbum18 wrote: > > > > > Before all the wrong thinking righties get all wet and gooey over the > > falin palin person's entrance into the world of "best seller," here is > > an interesting tidbit showing perhaps why. Oh, the rush-lump called it > > one of the most inspirational books he ever read. Another reason to > > tell kids to stay away from drugs and pills that you get from behind > > gas station rest rooms. > > > Major retailers reportedly selling Palin's Going Rogue below cost > > November 16, 2009 10:21 pm ET > > > Sarah Palin's memoir Going Rogue: An American Life has garnered > > attention in part because of the number of copies sold before > > publication. But the book has been offered at below-cost prices from > > major online retailers, and Newsmax has used the book as a loss leader > > to promote its magazine, potentially inflating the book's sales. > > > Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com in price war over book > > Walmart.com dropped price from list price of $28.99 to $10, then > > to $9 and below as other retailers matched it. On October 15, > > Walmart.com began offering preorders of Going Rogue, along with nine > > other new book releases, for $10. After Amazon.com reportedly matched > > the price, Walmart.com "str[uck] back, slashing its prices to $9" [AOL > > Daily Finance, 10/16/09]. Amazon also dropped its price to $9 > > [Buzzflash.com, 10/19/09]. Target.com joined in the price war, > > prompting Walmart.com to drop its price further [The New Yorker, > > 11/9/09]. By November 5, Walmart.com was selling the book for $8.98, > > Target.com was selling it for $8.99, and Amazon was selling it for $9. > > The respective retailers were still selling the book at those prices > > as of November 16. All three retailers give the book's list price as > > $28.99. > > > Newsmax offering book for $4.97, or free, as promotion for > > magazine > > Newsmax ties book offer to its magazine. As early as October 2, > > according to a Newsmax email sent to its mailing list, the right-wing > > website offered Going Rogue for $8.95 along with four free issues of > > Newsmax magazine, a price later dropped to $4.97. The offer links to a > > page on the Newsmax website explaining that there is a $5.95 shipping > > and handling charge for the book, and if the subscriber fails to > > cancel the magazine after the free subscription runs out, the > > "subscription will renew automatically at the low annual price of > > $39.95 by charging [your] credit card or [your] checking account." > > Newsmax also offered Going Rogue for free with the purchase of a > > $49.95 one-year subscription to Newsmax magazine. Additionally, > > Newsmax has promoted its Going Rogue deal in commercials on Fox News. > > From a Newsmax commercial appearing during the November 5 edition of > > Fox News' The Live Desk: > > > ANNOUNCER: Sarah Palin has electrified America. Her new book, > > Going Rogue, is already a runaway best-seller, and it's not even in > > stores yet. Now, Newsmax.com has an incredible offer for you. You can > > receive Sarah Palin's new book for just $4.97, a savings of $24 off > > the cover price. Plus, you'll get four months of the award-winning > > Newsmax magazine absolutely free. This special offer won't last, so > > call 800-NEWSMAX today. > > > Book reportedly being sold below cost > > Selling below cost is part of "loss-leader" strategy. AOL Daily > > Finance reported that "Publishers ordinarily offer current titles to > > retailers at a discount of between 40% and 50%. A bookstore spends up > > to $12.50 to sell a $25 hardcover, which it buys directly from the > > publisher or through distributors like Ingram or Baker & Taylor" [AOL > > Daily Finance, 11/4/09]. As a result of the current online price war, > > The New Yorker stated, "Amazon and Wal-Mart are surely losing money > > every time they sell one of the discounted titles. The more they sell, > > the less they make." The New Yorker continued: > > > Amazon and Wal-Mart hardly seem reckless, though. So why did they > > go to war? The answer is that they didn't, really. Sure, Wal-Mart is > > making a statement that it's a player in the online world, but the > > real goal of this conflict isn't to lure readers away from Amazon, and > > it isn't to get people to buy one of those ten books. It's to lure > > them online, away from big booksellers and other retailers, and then > > sell them other stuff. Usually, price wars wreak havoc because they > > erode the pricing power of an entire business. But, because this price > > war involves just ten items, its impact on revenue will be small, and > > outweighed by the positive effects of all the publicity. (It has > > garnered publicity because it involves books. A big banana price war > > has been raging in Britain, but you probably haven't heard about it.) > > It's textbook loss-leader economics. [The New Yorker, 11/9/09] > > Golf content? Get a life. The obsession with Palin is sick! > > Remember, this REC SPORT GOLF. Not REC SPORT PALIN. > > ------ > RecGroups : the community-oriented newsreader :www.recgroups.com Go fix your slice hack. |