Critical Thinking

If it's the New York times, I smell Bull --it “ ” Let's do some critical thinking.  I may not arrive at a correct conclusion with this cursory examination, but my reasoning, as far as it goes, will not be faulted.  First, this is a New York Times story.  It has a credibility quotient of 48.7, because the Times famously misreports economic news to suit it's leftist agenda. On top of that, the newspaper suffered another drop in ad revenue reported this March, down 7.5 percent.  What's up with that?  The US economy is booming.  Who suffers when people shop the internet?  Storefronts.  Who buys New York Times advertising?  Storefronts. So, naturally, the Times wants internet sales to tank the same way I want to win the Powerball. We may have wishful thinking wagging the dog here. Then there's this. Any bad economic news while a Republican occupies the White House is good news in Manhattan, and must be trumpeted..  If nothing worse comes along, look for Hillary, with the Times behind her, to base her "worst economy in 100 years" charge next year on this pissant news. And, sales tax. Last year when, for the first time, I was charged Maryland sales tax on an internet purchase, I was very, very pissed.  As small a gesture as it may seem, I am exhilarated every time I am able to keep my home state from earning even a penny off my back..  I see it as "starving a cold," or starving  ratbastard liberal taxaholic gummint in this instance.   As soon as that happened I predicted a downturn in internet sales growth.  Maybe this is it. Or, maybe the Times has the story right?  Even a blind man will hit a curve ball, given enough swings.  The important thing is I thought about what was behind this story, and am damned critical of it.