No story segment

Illness precludes a story this Saturday. I will try to post something during the week.

I am surprised with the paucity of comments concerning Amazon's clumsy yet disturbing censorship efforts. Thought that readers here would express more frustration/concern about subordinating their reading tastes to pimply faced nerds and illiterate geeks with clever software.

Censoring what we so furtively enjoy is so politically correct after all. Who is to object?

Keep in mind the famous quote of Martin Niemoller, German clergyman and early backer of Hitler. He was later jailed for not being enthusiastic enough about the Nazi movement...

    First they came for the communists,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

    Then they came for the socialists,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

    Then they came for the trade unionists,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

    Then they came for the Jews,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

    Then they came for the Catholics,
    and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Catholic.

    Then they came for me,
    and there was no one left to speak for me.