Google Fails to “Not be Evil”
For a company who's motto is "Don't be Evil", they sure aren't putting up much of a fight in their slide towards wretchedness.
I love Google’s technology, don’t get me wrong. But I think Google has turned a page here. They have now enabled a piece of software that is hard to remove and forces users .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Confessions of a Payday Loan Manager
A former payday scum manager comes clean in a video released by The Center for Responsible Lending.
In this 4 minute video, Rebecca tells how payday loans are rarely two-week loans. Most of her customers came in payday after payday to renew the loan—after the first time, they couldn't afford to pay it off. Rebecca tells how she and her co-workers .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Image Spam on the Rise
I haven't talked about this before, but it's a problem that's been around a while. A lot of spammers will send full images containing their message instead of HTML or text because a spam filter can't recognize what's in a picture. Now that spammers have been seeing the results of advanced spam filters, they are moving more and .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: SpamHome Depot Sent Sex Offender to Single Woman’s Home
How does a sex offender get hired to do contracting work that could put him in close personal contact with potential victims? Aren't they required to report that they're a sex offender?
It wasn't like this guy was a one-time offender either. The article states that he had an "extensive history of violent attacks".
Though .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Computer Judge Judy Takes on Debt Collector
This isn't really relevant to anything, but is very, very funny. Apparently the guy in this video has been harassed by a debt collectors for a while because he has the same last name as someone else with a debt. His way of dealing with the problem? Record a bunch of .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Debt, Funny, Judge JudyUK Gets Police “Spy Drone”
It's getting worse over there.
Assistant chief constable Simon Byrne said: "People clamour for the feeling of safety which cameras give. Yes, but that's only because you tell them that cameras make them safer. How do you prevent them from becoming abused? What if a new law suddenly turns all those cameras on normal .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Brother, Drones, UKThe US in USDA Stands for Useless and Sloppy
What is the point of an agency that thinks it's ok to label non-organic foods as organic?
USDA's rule, in contrast, permitted products labeled "organic" to contain non-organic substances so long as producers obtained certification that organic versions of the relevant ingredients were not available. Why should it matter whether substances are .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Chinese Shipments are Refused, but Get In Anyway
It's fast becoming apparent that food from China is dangerous. Despite the FDA's attempt to stop the tide, Chinese shippers are cleverly just trying again trying not to be in the 1% of checked shipments twice in a row.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: China, FDATeens Text Messaging Can Be a Costly Mistake
If you aren't watching your rates or if you don't understand what you're paying, you could end up with a huge cell phone bill by handing a teen a cell phone with text message capability.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Families, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksNo More Payday Loans in West Virginia
It turns out that West Virginia has kicked out these sleazebag lendors. Now if every other state would follow their example, we'd have something.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Payday Loans, Predatory Lending, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks, West Virgina