Black Friday death counts? There’s a site for that, and I have now officially seen everything in my lifetime. At the time of this post (a reblogged from American Power), there are currently four deaths on Black Friday and 75 injured. Yes, this is how far we’ve ‘evolved’ as a country. Here’s a screenshot of the death count and an injury total of 67 from about an hour ago.
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Frankly, it’s the American way. Stores open earlier in a retail arms race. Shoppers flood the malls looking for bargains. If there’s a backlash against it, it’s only on the radical left. Shoot, the media eats this stuff up themselves. They need drama on an otherwise slow news weekend to boost corporate ad sales. What can you do?