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R.J. Reynolds Paying People To Sign Petitions Posted by Pile (8672 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
In order to repeal a non-smoking ban in some area establishments in Ohio, R.J. Reynolds company is actively recruiting people via Craigslist to go out and collect signatures at the polls to petition the state to change the law. What's most interesting about this is that the corporation is paying people $1.50 per signature they obtain from people. Am I the only one who thinks that may be pushing an issue too far?
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Chinese Group Pirates An Entire Japanese Company Posted by Pile (9810 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Piracy is starting to mature when you discover that a group of pirates in China not only copied the Japanese company NEC's products, but were actively developing their own under the knockoff moniker and even handling tech support for their own counterfeit technology!
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It's An Honor To Honor You (and your money) Posted by Pile (8218 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
The Louisiana Technology Council writes, "The City has had a long-standing tradition of saluting military members in the local area in the form of an Armed Forces Day Luncheon (dating back to 1946). The luncheon was not on the schedule this year. However, the Greater New Orleans Council of Navy League has elected to host this year's luncheon not only to keep that tradition alive, but more importantly to honor those who have done so much over the course of the past year for our fair city and our great nation... We simply can't let that heroism and dedication go without taking time to say thanks to these wonderful servicemen and women for a job well done." So to honor our military, the LTC and the Navy League has elected to hit them up for $28/head if you're in uniform, to attend a luncheon in your honor. Way to go! I can't wait to be honored myself... I hope I can afford it!
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Report Shows FEMA Wasted More Than $1B Due To Mismanagement Posted by Pile (8371 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Nearly eight months after Hurricane Katrina triggered the nation's largest housing crisis since World War II, a hastily improvised $10 billion effort by the federal government has produced vast sums of waste and misspent funds, an array of government audits and outside analysts have concluded. As FEMA wraps up the initial phase of its temporary housing program, the toll of false starts and missed opportunities appears likely to top $1 billion and perhaps much more, according to a series of after-action studies and Department of Homeland Security reports, including one due for release today.
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Chalmations Looking to Tap Former FEMA Head Posted by Pile (7837 views) [E-Mail link]	[Beating Dead Horses] [Get-Rich-Quick]
Michael Brown, disgraced, incompetent former director of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, is negotiating a consulting contract with St. Bernard Parish, the area in New Orleans hardest-hit by Hurricane Katrina. Katrina spawned floodwaters that inundated the low-lying community between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico for two weeks after its Aug. 29 landfall there. The storm claimed 129 lives and destroyed 26,000 homes in St. Bernard. Parish leaders expressed confidence in Brown's ability to help them compete more effectively with large communities for federal funding and speed a recovery they say has been mired in bureaucratic red tape. Rumor has it Brown's first job as consultant will be to tell St. Bernard residents which fast food places suck the least.
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Sony Rootkit Class Action Settlement Posted by Pile (8525 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick] [Faulty Products]
We previously reported on Sony's hidden spyware bundled with albums they sold. Well, the EFF has engaged in a class action lawsuit over the issue and YOU may be entitled to free money and music. Of course, the downside is you might have to admit you actually purchased a Backstreet Boys, Celine Dion, Velvet Revolver, Babyface or Brittney Spears album.
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Massive Fraud Uncovered With OfficeMax/CitiBank Cards Posted by Pile (10088 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Mainstream Media Ignored Story: Citibank has put a transaction block on an unspecified number of Citi-branded MasterCard debit and credit cards used in three countries because of fraudulent automated teller machine (ATM) cash-withdrawal activity, the company said in a statement. The security problems were made public after a local blog uncovered the issue. Rumor has it that OfficeMax may be one of the giant retailers who stored and compromised customers' PIN numbers and security. (Note: This is reason #733 why people should not use debit cards). The scary part of this is a) Citibank has known about this for more than a month, and b) The Mainstream Media won't report the story and it makes you wonder how many other security breaches there have been that nobody knows about!
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Marines Caught Selling Body Armor on EBay Posted by Pile (9696 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
A civilian and several Marines have been convicted on charges connected to an operation that stole ballistic vests and other gear from Camp Pendleton and sold it on the Internet, authorities said.
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Osama Bin Laden Launches Book Club Posted by Pile (8157 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Many may have heard the news report last week of the latest recording of Osama Bin Laden offering the United States a truce, but what the news media didn't report much, was he recommended a book by an American author that people should read. As a result Rogue State by William Blum has become a huge bestseller. Move over Oprah!
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Nutty Squirrel Lady Posted by Pile (16328 views) [E-Mail link]	[Lonely People] [Get-Rich-Quick]
After taking a baby squirrel from its nest, Boca Raton resident Kelly Foxton proceeded to turn the furry tree rat into what she calls, "The World's Most Photographed Squirrel". Sugar Bush Squirrel as he's called, has the dubious pleasure of being photographed, dressed in every imaginable costume Ms. Foxton can dream up to capitalize on current events and attract attention and revenue. You can even run your own regional chapter of Sugar Bush's fan club! Animal cruelty? Rodent Haut Couture? Obsessive Compulsive Disorder taken to extremes? A harmless animal-friendly hobby? Or merely an attention whore? You be the judge.
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New Orleans Landlords After Katrina Posted by Clare (8797 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick] [Mean People]
Following is a letter I wrote to a landlord that I think you ALL need to read. Something has to give with these rent increases, before despair starts taking more lives. I want you all to understand that this is not meant as an attack. This is a plea to those of you who have doubled and tripled your rents since katrina to PLEASE reconsider what you're doing. Thank youfor reading the following:
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Louisiana Mayor Under Investigation After Dad's Land Grab Posted by Pile (6648 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Kenner Mayor Phil Capitano initially implied that he didn't see it as any conflict-of-interest or ethics issue when his father managed to snap up almost all tax delinquent properties in his county, at least 40 homes, for around $10,000, with virtually no competition or bidding process. Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee and many others do have a problem, including some who showed up to participate in a bidding process on the property only to be told the lots were sold to the Mayor's dad. Too bad! What? You mean this is an ethics violation? No way! This couldn't happen in Louisiana?!? Wait, it gets better. The Kenner mayor defended his dad's "first-come-first-served" land grab by claiming the Parish's computer system can't handle multiple bidders!
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Million Dollar Home Page Idea Posted by wizeGurl (9137 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a million dollars in four months on the Internet. And, astonishingly enough, it's legal, and does not involve food items shaped vaguely like religious icons.
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Marriott Compromises 200,000+ Peoples' Privacy Posted by Pile (5787 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
The timeshare unit of Marriott International is notifying more than 200,000 people that their personal data are missing after backup computer tapes went missing from a Florida office. The data relates to 206,000 employees, timeshare owners and timeshare customers of Marriott Vacation Club International, the company said Tuesday. The computer tapes were stored in Orlando, where the unit is based.
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Worst Drug Deal Ever Posted by wizeGurl (6768 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Attracted by what she thought was a large block of cocaine, a Florida woman hired what she thought was a hit man to kill four people and take the cocaine for herself. She even instructed the hit man to rub out any children in the house who might be old enough to testify. This gal was a serious drug kingpin, right?
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Woman Bought Lottery Ticket With Stolen Credit Card Posted by Pile (6098 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
A woman bought a winning lottery ticket worth $1 million with a stolen credit card and could wind up with nothing if convicted, police said. Instant Karma's gonna get you...
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Lobbyist Employs Christians To Shill For eLottery Posted by wizeGurl (6003 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal continues to unravel. In a page one story, the Washington Post shows how Abramoff helped eLottery, a company that sells lottery tickets online, defeat the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 2000 by paying a coalition of Christian and other conservative groups to oppose the bill on the grounds that it would promote gambling. (Huh?!)
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Grandma Sues Game Manufacturer Posted by Pile (10174 views) [E-Mail link]	[Bad Parents] [Get-Rich-Quick]
I had to create a new category just for this story it got me so worked up. Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide. Never mind that the game depicts prostitution, murder, cop-killing, rampant violence, illegality and anarchy in urban streets. This irresponsible parental figure got the game for her grandson and only got upset when it was discovered that there was nudity within? Nudity that couldn't be accessed without major modifications to the game?
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Movie Studios Use Foreign Tax Loops To Make Big Bucks Posted by Pile (6045 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
As paradoxical and absurd as it sounds, it's cheaper for a Hollywood studio to make a big-budget action movie than to make a shoestring art film like Sideways. The reason for this has a lot to do with various regions around the world that offer tax incentives to studios and those investing in movie production. In many cases, the big studios have concocted elaborate schemes to temporarily transfer ownership of films to foreign holders to generate millions of dollars in instant profit, especially when the actual movies often cost a fraction of their so-called "big budget."
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eBay, Western Union Becoming Scam Accomplices of Choice Posted by Pile (6160 views) [E-Mail link]	[Get-Rich-Quick]
Most of the online scams that are running these days involve duping the gullible consumer into using Western Union to wire money to various parties. In a new twist, ebay auctions are being set up as a launching pad for more scams using Western Union. It's about time that people begin to realize that if someone asks you to wire them money, especially with Western Union (who does virtually nothing to help people who have been scammed using their resources), you should just say no. Stop using Western Union.
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