Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell This really shouldn’t be funny, but there are so many people who don’t realize that the insurance companies are the only ones who really don’t want health care reform. That is why they make such an effort to scare everyone and get the tea baggers all worked up.
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China Unicom signs iPhone deal
"A brief statement in the press release announcing China Unicom's interim earnings said that a three-year deal agreement with Apple had been reached on Aug. 28 and that the initial launch was expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2009. No details of pricing or revenue sharing were announced."
How to Profit from the Coming Rapture
“How to Profit from the Coming Rapture: The Investment Guide the Antichrist Doesn’t Want You to Read” Really? If I can get a copy of this, I will seriously do a book review of it. UPDATE 8/25/2009 12:49pm: I just found it on Amazon for a penny and it is on its way. Hooray –…
Unemployment, Deficits To Be Far Worse Than Stated: White House
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Speaking of Credit Card Problems…
Speaking of Credit Card Problems… Three indicted in largest U.S. identity theft scheme | Reuters . NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three men were indicted on Monday for allegedly stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers in what U.S. authorities said they believe is the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted…
Credit Card Companies Raising Rates As New Limits Go Into Effect
Cool. Glad that I am not the only one who noticed the banks were given a “grace period” in which they can continue to screw the consumer. I wrote my representatives, etc about it and got form letters back, patting themselves on the back for supporting the reform. Did they seriously not know that the…
Update on my Credit Card Reform rant
A while ago I wrote a letter to the gummint folks about the credit card companies. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. has weighed in with an email in which he (or his staff) seem to understand what I was getting at: After restating what was in The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of…
Letter to my Representative, Congressman and President re: abusive practices of credit card companies
I have been pretty pissed off that the banks are STILL allowed to screw over the consumers even after the passage of H.R. 627, the “Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.” I am especially upset because I took on a lot of debt in the last couple years due to divorce, and…