No 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 VirginaOnstar Gives Customers Raspberry
For the switch to digital from analog, Onstar's fantastic customer service tactic is to completely abandon all analog users.
Naturally, there are many people who are up in arms about this (especially the people that fell for Onstar's deceptive ad campaign linking their service to happy endings to extremely unlikely scenarios).
An Onstar representative was quoted .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: OnstarThe Quick-Read Guide to the Credit Card Act of 2007
This has promise. Apparently, the Credit Card Act of 2007 will ban some of the less consumer friendly practices of credit card companies.
Here are some of the provisions and what I think they mean (I am obviously not a lawyer):
SEC. 101. PRIOR NOTICE OF RATE INCREASES REQUIRED Not only do they have to give .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
National Public Radio (NPR) Takes on RIAA
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Tags: Congress, NPR, RIAAApple to Lauch DRM-less Store
Now that Apple is planning a DRM-free store, we can conclusively say that Steve Jobs wasn't just paying lip service. Right on.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Apple, DRMSenior Justice Officials Threatened to Resign over NSA Spying, Bush Quashed the Revolt
According to recent testimony, Bush's crony, Gonzales, tried to go over the head of acting Attorney General James Comey and coerce John Ashcroft who was deathly sick and in the hospital to re-authorize the spying program in 2004.
When the White House officials appeared minutes later, Mr. Gonzales began to explain to Mr. Ashcroft why .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]LED Lightbulbs to Rule them All
I've been saying this for a while, but LED lightbulbs are finally coming into their own.
Forget the alternatives, this is the real deal. It's brighter, smaller, don't produce heat, use far less electricity, and last much longer than any other kind of lighting. That's why you can have 200 of them in a single cell phone.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Cool Stuff, LEDGonzales to Outlaw Attempted Copyright Infringement
I don't have the strength left to argue anymore, but this just seems like a bad idea (read it for yourself). Anyway, after Gonzales spent over a year under presidential directive to come up with a plan to fight ID Theft, but completely failed to endorse the one working solution, Gonzales' lack of competence is clear. And that's .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Alberto Gonzales, Copyright, FDAFDA is Broken
A former FDA chief speaks out against the agency saying that it's "broken". Well duh.
Do a little research online and you can find all kinds of stories of how the FDA doesn't do it's job.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Accountability, FDAHouse Reaffirms FISA
So the House has confirmed that FISA is the ONLY way that surveillance can be secretly done in the US. Um… duh?
Is there anyone that understands this whole mess? Bush breaks the law along with the Telecommunication companies. He gets away with it because no one seems willing to challenge him. He tries as hard as he can .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Accountability, Congress, FISA, George Bush