If you have any doubt what a......com is and has been and ever will be (alas) up to: check out brainpickers.com. It looks like the product of such as I, an independent, low-budget, writing and playing for the sake of keeping humanity properly nourished -- even to the point of inviting you / me / anyone / everyone to subscribe, to pay for the single newsletter, to donate.
Scroll to the very bottom of the page. If that doesn't sicken please tell me why.
This has been their tactic for many years now. They get away with it because -- well, you figure it out.
I, for one, and I know I am not alone, do not buy A N Y thing from them.
