the new york times has been running some articles of late concerning the rising cost of newsprint, brought on by der furhair's trade war that has engendered counter tariffs from canada which is, seemingly, the world's prime source for newsprint as they clear-cut forests to keep the pressed rolling...
despite skyrocketing costs the times today has sent me a sunday paper that weighs in at more then two and a half pounds ( eventually this sort of thing has to impact my subscription rates...there may be a parting of the ways soon enough )...not a record...wait til the holiday season for the true whoppers...
almost half of the paper's weight ( one pound three and one eighth ounces ) was provided by this fashionista extravaganza...the fall "women's fashion" issue of "t magazine"...advertising rates have gone up a few thousand dollars a page since i last explored this howler...the price one pays to keep the public informed of important new fashion trends...two hundred and twenty-four pages packed with glossy ads and glib articles informing me of what should be worn...smeared on the face...accessorized with...sat on...slept on...eaten off of while being seated at what sort of table...where to vacation...how to get there..and slyly disguised pointers on how i should experience and describe my wonderful things and experiences to others..what would we do without these people?
"poor cat" is a misnomer...nothing in this magazine is cheap...that peace symbol pendant can cost up to nine hundred bucks depending on what material it is made from...the sun,moon, and star is three hundred and ninety..the cheap clover is one sixty but can cost up to almost two grand in gold with a diamond...the personalized tags and padlocks are unpriced...you have to text , email, or call for "a personal shopping experience"...if you have to ask you cannot afford it..and that is just one page of this encyclopedia of style...you could bankrupt someone by purchasing everything in this sartorial tome...
i am not here to disparage any of these fine products or their producers...or to discourage anyone from decking themselves out in , say, this stylistic splendor form page one hundred and seventy-six ( be honest...would you actually wear this in public? just asking )...pursue your life ans style as you see fit and consume what you like...the system depends on your continued cooperation in this..what i am here to say is that the new york times has been, is, and will continue to be the unflinching mouthpiece for an east coast elite despite its shrill protestations to the opposite...they loathe trump and with good cause...unfortunately that infers a loathing for a good part of the greater public as well...like all elite media outlets they are profoundly frightened by overt manifestations of the political will of the people..because they are frightened of the populist rejection of the elite...that disaffected elements off the population have fixated on a member of the elite as some sort of panacea for their troubles is inexplicable to me...duped into trying to "stick it to the man" through the agency of a kleptocrat whose cadre is taking anything not nailed down...with the collusion of congress no less..the times understands subverting the political will of the polity and endorses it...the just don't like the current leadership..the system isn't their issue....addendum...in all this i forgot to mention that at $109215 for a color page ( all the ads are full page ) and $74890 for black and white the magazine brought $13,711,160 in revenue to the n y times....the real reason for it.
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