Category Archives: Consumer Alert

Ewww Of The Day

A Vancouver group wants Oprah Winfrey to explain why she has endorsed an anti-wrinkle cream made with human foreskins. I’ve now learned there is such a thing as the Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project. Too much for one day. Have fun … Continue reading

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Cool Gadget Of The Day

Don’t tell me: probably something like 20 grand and unfortunately my denial of Santa Claus will come back to haunt.

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Ad Campaign Of The Day

When are the Lexus “December to Remember” ads going to go away? I’d be willing to bet very few of us know anyone who’s received a Lexus with a bow on it for Christmas. While they say it’s not the … Continue reading

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Union Greed Killed The Twinkie

Hostess Brands is Closed. Hostess, maker of Twinkies, to go out of business; strike cited I’ve always thought if I owned a business and gave people jobs; if they ever started to tell me how much I should pay them, … Continue reading

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Intelligence Insulted… At Wal-Mart

I went to have a key duplicated at Wal-Mart last Thursday. After receiving it by the man who cut it, and I dared explain that it visually didn’t match the key I gave him, the worker proceeded to tell me … Continue reading

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Open Thread Monday

Your right to resell your own stuff is in peril Why is all this revolutionary change happening under this administration’s watch?

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Coolness In The Air

We mostly flew AirTran to and between the party conventions. Yes, this ad campaign is from 2010, but I would actually look forward to flying if it were like this here….

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Ewww Of The Day

We arrived in Charlotte from the RNC Convention in Tampa. Now I’m not going to say this is illustrative of the Democrat condition as the accommodations for the RNC event were much nicer. Hell, I’ve been in Motel 6′s nicer … Continue reading

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The Latest Return Of Rick Lester Wright Senninger… Singer?

He has duped me out of a few hundred and I know of more currently in Las Vegas he owes, one of them SUBSTANTIAL. I was unfortunately just alerted to the fact that our favorite scam-artist is back at it … Continue reading

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