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1. 11 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   He has run for office at least once

2. 11 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   Rat desires power and is realistic about the consequences. See Lord Acton.

3. 19 days ago on Pearls Before Swine

   I’ve long thought they should take expected mortality at birth and subtract their age to get “years young.” That makes me 37 years young.

4. 26 days ago on FoxTrot

   He’s not complaining

5. about 1 month ago on Peanuts

   I know! I know! My ancestor William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of the English on Christmas Day at Westminster Abbey.

   I’m planning to be there in 2066 for the millenniel anniversary memorial. Anyone else want to join me?

6. about 1 month ago on 9 to 5

   It’s literally the opposite. You can’t tax what is illegal, you tax what is legal to discourage it.

7. about 1 month ago on 9 to 5

   No, the device itself is ad-supported. From Amazon’s website:

   Amazon is able to offer some device models at a subsidized price by including personalized advertising on the device.On Kindle e-reader, ads are displayed as a screensaver when your device is in sleep mode and at the bottom of your device home screen marked as “Sponsored.” On Fire tablet, ads displayed on the lock screen.

8. about 1 month ago on 9 to 5

   In the 90s, so books had order forms for more books, and some had “praise” for another book by the same author.

9. about 1 month ago on 9 to 5

   Some versions of Kindle are ad-supported, though, right?

10. about 1 month ago on 9 to 5

    That’s why books are so expensive and libraries so important