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Cutting the Cable »

A new year, a new decade, a time to trim the spending.
We have had Time Warner Cable as our cable television, internet and phone for the past few years under the “all the best” plan. According to Time Warner the “all the best” plan is a cheaper alternative to have TV, Internet and Phone service, [...]

PayPal’s Major Flaw – Bank Transfers and Bad Design »

I shop on eBay about once a month and normally pay with PayPal in the last 6 years making and receiving thousands of transactions, using PayPal I have had a few small issues but nothing that could not be cleared up by a phone call. But my last experience with PayPal will change the way [...]

The Health Care Public Option: Fear vs. Reality »

It’s difficult to understand why the word “socialized medicine” strikes such fear in Americans.  It’s almost a visceral response, negating what most of us know and have heard about other successful plans in other countries that most folks here would brand “socialist”.
Let’s take Canada for instance.  If we look at the numbers, we see that  [...]

Cash for Clunkers, a Flawed System. »

Thousands of Americans are rushing out and trading in their old cars to receive a $3500 or $4500 discount towards the purchase of select new cars. This may sound great at first but there are many hidden facts the majority of the population may not be aware of.

The program is designed to get old cars up [...]

How the U.S. Quality-of-Life Went Down the Shitter »

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, [...]

Why “Trickle Down” Theory Doesn’t Work »

The Republicans love their “trickle down” theory.  This theory, for the uninitiated, can be described as “terms of political rhetoric that refer to the policy of providing tax cuts or other benefits to businesses and rich individuals in the belief that this will indirectly benefit the broad population.”
Interesting idea, but why hasn’t it worked?  The [...]

Right Wingers: Lose Your Angry God »

Christian Conservative Right, would you like to get back in the game? Maybe win a few elections? Have some significant influence over frail humans? Then you need to change your mindset. The recent presidential election shows us that most Americans are tired of fear, intimidation, and most of all, anger. We don’t want it [...]

CNN.com Daily Top 10 Removal Guide (Uninstall Instructions) »

Some people who have received the CNN daily top ten email spam have unknowingly downloaded the trojan get_flash_update.exe file. If you are among these people, your anti malware software may identify the threat as Win32:Trojan-gen (Avast); Trojan.Erotpics (Symantec); TrojanDropper:Win32/Nuwar (Microsoft); BackDoor-DNM (McAfee) and I-Worm/Nuwar.W (AVG).
If the get_flash_update.exe file is downloaded and installed on your computer, [...]

CNN.com Daily Top 10 – Virus »

So today I get this email that appears to come from CNN.com and when I click on a link it takes me to a video player page that looks offical and says that it needs to download a plugin. Well that is a exe that comes with a virus, thankfully i opened this on my [...]

The Great Wildlife Documentary Ripoff »

In this world, certainly in America, their seems to be people and their vocational endeavors that add to the world, and those that subtract. Some lawyers spend all of their professional lives suing people and businesses, ultimately leading to more restrictive laws, and sucking in money (to their bank accounts) that might [...]