Air Miles on Stolen Indian Land

Something that has enraged me for years is all the gimmicks that I have to pay for every time I buy food, clothing or almost any other consumer good. When I go to Safeway, I have to produce a loyalty card to avoid paying more for many items, and they pretend that THEY are doing ME a favor by giving me the SPECIAL without having to produce the COUPON! Then I pay for Air Miles, whether I want them or not, as well as some kind of scratch-and-win cards that the cashier pushes into my hand with the change. Besides the direct cost of these things, the time of all of the shoppers is wasted while people fumble for their cards. Save On Foods does the same thing with Save On More Points. Even in Panama, the Rey chain checkout wonders if I want Puntos de Oro. (Que dijo? Putos de Oro? NO, no quiero putos, gracias!)

They do all this to collect information, of course. I have provided them with bountiful data on Jack Meoff from Warsaw and S. Claus from North Pole. I do hope they are grateful.

And, oh yes, the final outrage, all of these stores are located on stolen Indian land in Canada and Panama, land which was the patrimony of aboriginal Americans before the arrival of Europeans. A fact that provides a catchy title that gets the attention of a search engine.