With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, consumers are entering into the most active spending period of the year. Reinforced by the soft economy, this is “high season” for identity theft with identity thieves seeking to take advantage of shoppers. Identity theft generally rises during the holidays because thieves assume that consumers aren’t paying attention to their ...... [Show More]
friday open thread Post Source: feeds.mothertalkers.com Posted: Oct 31 2008 12:48:28
What’s in the news? Here are some funny political Halloween cartoons courtesy of MSN . I loved the last one where John McCain is wearing an Obama Halloween mask and disappointed that people aren’t scared. Ladies’ Home Journal had a lively discussion on early voting. I still don’t understand why making it easier for people to vote is a bad thing. Also in Ladies&...... [Show More]
texas tea Post Source: www.popestreet.com Posted: Oct 24 2008 18:15:03
We used to have a company for our oil. We paid a fixed monthly amount, and they would come and deliver whenever we needed fuel. This worked well until last year, when oil prices spiked. You might have noticed - it was in the news a couple times. Anyway, when the new annual paperwork came around, the monthly increase was about 400% - no kidding.
Our response was threefold:
1. Cancel this ...... [Show More]
Join the Portland DL chapter for our regular meeting at Madison’s Grill, at SE 11th and Madison ( map ), Thursday (tomorrow) night at 7pm.
(DL meets the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of every month.)
And now let me tease you with some news about what’s coming up in two weeks at our September 4th meeting:
(Image via Walt Handlesman ...... [Show More]
[ Why?!? Are they shipping gas and diesel out of this country when there is allegedly a shortage, causing gas prices to soar? And then using that as an excuse for off-shore drilling? Oh yea, disaster capitalism ]
ANALYSIS-US oil firms seek drilling access, but exports soar
07.03.08, 2:40 PM ET
United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON3 (Reuters) - While the ...... [Show More]
Fly You Fools - An Indian Webcomic about Life.
Came across this interesting webcomic from India. Humour is a niche topic for blogs and this guy seems to have it in him to make us all laugh - mostly at ourselves. Check it out .
I love comic strips and cartoons. I used to love the cartoons at The New Yorker ( Leo Cullum being my favourite). And of course, MAD magazine , Dilbert and...... [Show More]
Is it me, or is this spring going by awfully fast? Less than three weeks until the first day of summer. Well, let’s not waste any more daylight: We’ll start this week’s toon review with Daryl Cagle’s round-up , where the big, fat, pitch begging to be slammed out of the park is the release of former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan’s new belatedly- tell...... [Show More]
Before it evolved into the holiday we know in the US as the last opportunity to get fantastic prices on mattresses and box springs until the Fourth of July, tomorrow’s holiday was called Decoration Day. On that day, family members and communities brought flowers to the graves of those who’d died in the Civil War. Following WWI (although of course they optimistically called it &qu...... [Show More]
Daryl Cagle is in China as part of a US State Department cultural exchange program. Yesterday he met with university students and Chinese cartoonists. He’s posted a revealing exchange on his blog about the student’s views on censorship and the roll of cartooning .
Q: Do your cartoons hurt your personal relationships with the politicians you draw?
A: No, I don’t have personal...... [Show More]
hi. remember me Post Source: 1womp.livejournal.com Posted: May 01 2008 05:42:35
April 30 - Heh. And then a couple of weeks passed (more or less). It’s not like I didn’t want to post something over the last dozen days, it’s just that I couldn&rsq uo;t. ; Really. Some of that was due to the WOMP-Site’s host’s problems (and I must apologize to O.F.O.WOMP Nicole Cornford who, at the same time and ...... [Show More]
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