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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:51 PM Original message |
Sad news - all 399 Borders Book stores to close - 11,000 jobs gone |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another sign of the digital revolution |
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BlueDemKev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course it's Obama's fault.... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So happy you made this about Obama |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Word. n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. For some only Obama and his image matter. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. It was sourchasim bud..... |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. The post appears to be a sarcastic take on what republicans will |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. So sad. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. More green shoots. |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's a bummer |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yep. It's a shame. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Indeed |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sad to see that |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. We barely held on to our big indie bookstore here in Memphis recently. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. Damn it the vulture capitalists win again. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. It's Technology. Not Vulture Capitalists |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. The 12 people who "liquidated" Borders all made six and seven figure bonuses. |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You're right and wrong at the same time... |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. -11,000 jobs for July... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. The superstore pioneer, which put countless of mom-and-pop bookshops out of business |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. They set in motion their own demise when they started up |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
19. Sad for people losing their jobs....but I never did like Border's much. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. wasn't it believed that Borders was neocon-ish? |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. It makes me very sad. I had moved from B&N to Borders and then |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
23. Eventually, there will be no more books, everything will be electronic. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. We're turnin' the corner. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Didn't Borders offer benefit packages to retail workers? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sucks - But They Picked the WRONG business model |
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Spike89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
30. Job loss numbers not that clear cut really |
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