{"id":5285,"date":"2021-06-07T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2021-06-07T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T15:58:59","slug":"amazon-and-007-together-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/2021\/06\/07\/amazon-and-007-together-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon and 007:  Together at Last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;19px||23px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243; global_module=&#8221;2637&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.7&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GPB-Bank-Local-Banner.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;GPB-Bank-Local-Banner&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.goldenpacificbank.com\/&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; min_height=&#8221;114px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;17px||2px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;off&#8221; categories=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.2&#8243; meta_font=&#8221;|700|on||||||&#8221; meta_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#ff0000&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Georgia|700||on|||||&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;31px&#8221; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;Georgia|300|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;21px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-5px||0px||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A match made in LBO Heaven<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Author&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243; header_4_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_6_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||2px|||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h6>By Ed Goldman<\/h6>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.1&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span class='et-dropcap'>T<\/span>he setting: A lushly appointed office secreted behind a mini-mart\/petrol station on the ground floor of a London skyscraper. (Note to IRS: The Goldman State will be writing off this completely necessary research trip as a business expense or lengthy overseas convalescence, depending on which story you buy.)<\/p>\n<p>B: Good morning, 007.<\/p>\n<p>007: Good morning, M.<\/p>\n<p>B: B.<\/p>\n<p>007: B?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Male-Bond-ing.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Edgy Cartoon&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Male-Bond-ing&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;93%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;95%&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; max_width=&#8221;95%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-16px||||false|false&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Male Bond-ing<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: B for Bezos, Bond. Bezos. Jeff Bezos. Me. My company has just purchased the MGM library of movies\u2014including all of the Bond films. You now work for me. I\u2019m sorry I happen to look like slightly pleasanter version of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, but there you have it.<\/p>\n<p><em>(The meeting is interrupted by B\u2019s assistant)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>B: Yes, Miss ManyPennies?<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: I\u2019m sorry, sir. Another double-length\/double-wide truck just pulled up downstairs.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Adsense Horizontal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; width=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;90%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;90%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px|false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; global_module=&#8221;1433&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;]<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- gs_horizontal_new --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     style=&#8221;display:block&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-client=&#8221;ca-pub-8489921453224987&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-slot=&#8221;5069548950&#8243;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-ad-format=&#8221;auto&#8221;<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     data-full-width-responsive=&#8221;true&#8221;><\/ins><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/script>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: Containing?<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: Cash. Billions of pounds. I\u2019d have said \u201cbillions of dollars\u201d but I don\u2019t want to shatter the columnist\u2019s conceit that this is all taking place in London.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>B: Columnist? What columnist?<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: The twit in the corner there writing down what we say.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: Oh, I thought it was a Jeff Koons sculpture. Though not as realistic.<\/p>\n<p>007: \u201cManyPennies\u201d?! You were always known as Moneypenny in my <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3yUbbzZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books and movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: I know, James. But that was an equally silly name, don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n<p>007: It never occurred to me that\u2014<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;I have the Vaccine horizonatal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|2px|15px|2px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;4957&#8243;]<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1736644&#038;u=1383997&#038;m=105296&#038;urllink=&#038;afftrack=\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/105296\/ihtv-728x90.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I've Been Vaccinated Wristband\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 728px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 728\/90;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/105296\/ihtv-728x90.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"I've Been Vaccinated Wristband\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>MissManyPennies: Not as silly as Octopussy or Pussy Galore, I\u2019ll grant you. Still.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>007: What was so silly about\u2014?<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: Or how about Plenty O\u2019Toole? Really, James.<\/p>\n<p>B: Bond! ManyPennies! Stay focused. This meeting is about 007\u2019s next assignment.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: Yes, sir. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>007: And what would that assignment be, B?<\/p>\n<p>B: Not Bibi. Just B.<\/p>\n<p>007: I apologize. Let me rephrase: What do you want me to do, B?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code admin_label=&#8221;Bebe Banner &#8211; Seasonal&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;5061&#8243;]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqzyfj.com\/click-100009253-14372460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-100009253-14372460\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: Doobie? Is that all you can think of at nine a.m., Bond?! Besides, you\u2019re a vodka martini man, not a stoner.<\/p>\n<p>007 (<em>Getting attractively annoyed, which, let\u2019s face it, is his forte<\/em>):\u00a0\u00a0Sir, what exactly is the assignment?<\/p>\n<p>B: Her majesty the queen has asked that we round up all the anti-vaxxers in England, where today\u2019s column is being set.<\/p>\n<p>007: Yes, I drove here on the right side of the road, called the elevator a lift and a truck a lorry, and stopped in the loo before our meeting.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: That\u2019s the spirit, Double-O-Seven! Be sure to also hold out your pinkie when you shoot somebody with your Walther PPK, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ifM6d3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now available<\/a> at Amazon. And when you order there, be sure to examine the other deadly weapons in which you may be interested.<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: Sir, a query?<\/p>\n<p>B: Oh, I didn\u2019t see him with you when you came in. (<em>To 007<\/em>) Who says we can\u2019t bring back homophobic humor from the 1960s? (<em>To ManyPennies<\/em>) Yes?<\/p>\n<p>Miss ManyPennies: Why do we want to round up the anti-vaxxers? Didn\u2019t we usually confine our efforts to defeating villains bent on world domination?<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/amazon_stella_chewy.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;amazon_stella_chewy&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Rxc0xs&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Stella &#038; Chewy Dried Dog Food&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;2px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; global_module=&#8221;5119&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: Changing times. Now we\u2019re after people who threaten global immunity.<\/p>\n<p>007 (<em>To Miss ManyPennies<\/em>): Let me explain this in my usual condescending,\u00a0\u00a0charmingly cocked-eyebrow way, Miss ManyPennies. People who refuse to get vaccinated are like employees in a company who don\u2019t join their labor union but take all the benefits.<\/p>\n<p>B: Excellent, Bond! Let\u2019s have a song!<\/p>\n<p>007 and Miss ManyPennies: Don\u2019t you mean, \u201cLet\u2019s have a drink?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;endingG&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>B: Now while I\u2019m in charge. (<em>He produces a small pitchpipe from his suit pocket and hums a middle C<\/em>) All together now.<\/p>\n<p>All:\u00a0\ud83c\udfb5\u201cAmazon graaaace, how sweet the sound\/It saved my company\/To buy James Bond, and plow new ground\/And gain more solvency\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Amazon_Fathers_Day_Banner_1000.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Looking for a Great Gift?&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Looking for a Great Gift?&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/amzn.to\/3bL0SEv&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Amazon Banner &#8211; Limited Time&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221; global_module=&#8221;2981&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.2&#8243; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto||0px|false|false&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_color_top=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; global_module=&#8221;1122&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;About Ed&#8221; module_class=&#8221;AuthorBioBox&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Georgia||on||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#444&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||10px||true|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/goldmanstate.com\/about-ed\/\">Ed Goldman&#8217;s<\/a> column appears almost every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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