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Green Stamps& Pieces of Eight
Grit Magazine These paper coupons or stamps were given at the end of sales as loyalty rewards for shopping with a particular merchant. Keep shopping there, collect enough stamps, and one could choose from a whole catalog of "gifts." The idea began back as early as … |
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Food stamps: Dependency's sinkholeTribune-ReviewThe ever enlarging federal food stamp program squandered $2.4 billion in 2014, typically in overpayments, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's inspector general. Naturally the apologists for this massive entitlement point out that the … More: continued here
EPL Monday: Kissing Cameras, Selfies, Stamps … Anything for DramaThe Big LeadIt went even more pear-shaped in the closing minutes for Chelsea when Ramires picked up a straight red card for a cowardly stamp on Karim El Ahmadi. There's a dumb cliché in England, “he's not that type of player” to justify red cards/bone-breaking …and…
Linn’s Stamp News There's a new holiday-themed computer-vended forever stampLinn’s Stamp NewsA new computer-vended postage stamp for the holiday season has arrived at many United States post offices. The full-color forever stamp reuses the design of one of the Holiday Windows forever stamps issued Oct. 6 in New York City. The design by … More:…
BROCKTON A Brockton resident has won this year’s annual art competitions for Archery and Primitive Firearms Stamps sponsored by MassWildlife Field Headquarters. Barry Julius was selected winner of both this year. His designs will appear on the 2009 stamps, which go on sale in early December at hunting and fishing license outlets throughout the state….
Weston's Spellman Museum hosts author of Fenway Park bookTaunton Daily GazetteRichard Johnson, curator of the Boston Sports Museum, will discuss his new book on Fenway Park Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the Spellman Museum of Stamps& Postal History in Weston. Starting at 7 p.m., Johnson will discuss "Field of Our Fathers: An …and more » More: continued…
Legislation proposes to cut food stamps in NMLiberationThis isn't the first time food stamps have been cut as a way of redistributing wealth away from the workers and back to corporations and politicians. New Mexico's SNAP supplement was implemented following the 2008 economic recession as a safety net for … More: continued here