Um...

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Wow. It's been an exciting week for my money.

First, I had the fun of knowing that I was an asset, and was now pwned (Google it, spelling freaks) by Citibank.

Then, I come to find out this morning that Whoopsie! When they said Citibank, Wachovia meant to say "Wells Fargo." The two names sound alike, so I'm sure it was a coincidence.

Fifty bucks says that Citi will sue Wachovia to enforce the original agreement and they'll be locked into litigation that's expensive and uses...you guessed it...my money.

Oh, Bank of America, you never looked quite so sweet...

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...to have so many homes you forget just how many you own...

McCain unsure how many houses he owns ~ Politico

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Here's a math problem for you...

What happens when you take a $399 device and subtract $199?

If you expected to save $200, and you're talking about the iPhone, you'd be wrong.

Let's use a nifty comparison chart:

	Original iPhone	iPhone 3G
Phone Price:	$399	$199
Cheapest Voice Plan	$39/450 min	$39/450 min
Data Plan:	$20/mo	$30/mo
Text Plan	200 free	$5 for 200
Price After 2 Years:	$1,815	$1,975

This means that after you pay for your iPhone and your service, your actual total cost is $160 higher at the end of the two year contract.

Sneaky.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would be consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket.

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*sigh*

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Sometimes you just gotta ask yourself: what on earth were they thinking?

The day's headlines:

Congress forgot to send the third title of the Farm Bill to President Bush for his signature or veto, both confirming that neither Congress or the President actually read the legislation they vote on or sign, and also embarassing the Democrats who quickly voted to override a veto that never took place. I can see in some office somewhere: "Hey Bob, you know that scratch paper we used the other day? Well..." What were they thinking? [Politico]

DCist reports that plenty of cabs won't have meters by June 1. With thousands of cabs, only four stations that can certify meters, and cabbies who seemed to think the courts would miraculously side with them, one can only ask, what were they thinking? [DCist]

Someone thought it a good idea to sign me up for a subscription of Men's Vogue. What were they thinking?

The Park Service announced that arsenic levels at Fort Reno park were, in fact, within acceptable levels, weeks after closing the park based on satellite images (as if arsenic could be found by satellite). What were they thinking? [DCist]

28% of Americans still approve of President Bush's leadership. What on EARTH are they thinking?

9:37 am | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Bizarre, Funny, Washington, DC

Honesty is very important to law enforcement. Police officers routinely testify in court, and their word often outweighs that of a defendant, especially in cases where the officer is the only one to see the offense. So you would think that it would be easy to fire a police officer who lied to their superiors.

Nope.

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That's the maximum number of simultaneously selected buttons can be activated in the elevators in my building.

Lame...

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The Washington Post is reporting that a criminal attempted to rob a police officer at gunpoint...while the officer was in uniform.

Cordell said the officer was still in uniform, and filling up his personal vehicle at the gas station, when the man approached and pulled a gun. The officer responded by drawing his weapon and firing several shots.

9:48 am | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Bizarre, Crime

If you're from Tennessee you had better get on defending your southern border! No, not from an influx of illegal immigrants but from the grabby hands of Georgian politicos who are hell-bent on stealing part of the Tennessee river to relieve their drought.
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Here's a date you don't see very often: February 29. Today is a leap day, part of a leap year. Some interesting facts about leap years...
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Metro riders got a surprise today when a stunt, organized by George Mason University student Richard Julian, took the pants off Metro riders - literally.
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It is, as they say, what it is - the Lake Superior State University 2008 List of Banished Words is officially out, and this year it's a perfect storm of wordsmithed concepts authored by the Lake Superior Banished Words committee.
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The screen confirming my addition of "Daily Bible Verse" on Facebook.

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When you read about terrible crimes in the newspaper, they're usually far away from where you are. Distant people in distant cities are victims of horrendous crimes. Tonight, those crimes weren't far away, but right down the street.
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Anyone that knows me knows that I favor almost unlimited free speech. I'm uneasy with restrictions on what you can say and when you can say it; I'm all for allowing protesters to protest even if I disagree with their causes; I know that the outrageous idea today might be the banner for tomorrow. But even I find the protest of military funerals to be a despicable and unpatriotic act, outside the realm of the 1st Amendment and it's intentions.
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Steven Colbert, now candidate for President.

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America need not worry about Washington politicians making a mess of education. It seems that local schools are doing a fine job of that themselves.
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Ever heard of the Dozier Internet Law firm? Probably not...rumor has it they're pretty bad at their jobs. In fact, so much so that they don't even understand simple copyright laws. Like ones that make posting a Cease and Desist letter permissible under fair use, if not permissible under the First Amendment.

Dozier Internet Law sent a Cease & Desist letter to InfomercialScams.com, who had posted comments on a retailer known as DirectBuy. You'll probably recognize DirectBuy as those people who tell you that you can save thousands and thousands of dollars by buying furniture directly from the manufacturer, and they'll let you have access to their warehouse for $2,995 a year! Yeah, right.

At the end of the Cease & Desist letter, which itself is absolutely absurd, the law firm claims that "...this letter is copyrighted by our law firm, and you are not authorized to republish this in any manner. Use of this letter in a posting, in full or in part, will subject you to further legal causes of action."

Apparently Constitutional Law isn't taught at whatever law school this guy attended. Not only is a Cease & Desist letter NOT copywritten, the copyright is not registered with the Copyright and Trademark Office here in Washington, DC. Good luck with that one, buddy.

If you want a good laugh, feel free to read the letters and posts below:

DirectBuy's C&D
The Public Citizen Litigation Group's Response
Donning Copyright Cloak, DirectBuy Forbids Posting Of Cease And Desist Letter Sent To Consumer Opinion Site (Consumerist.com)
Consumer Law & Policy Blog

5:32 pm | Comment (0) | Print | Categories: Bizarre, Politics

My new phone is a Treo 755p. It does not have an off switch. Here is a transcript of a real, live conversation with a Palm customer representative:
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Senator Ernie Chambers of Nebraska...*cough*nutjob!*cough*

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Want to fly into Moffett Field in Mountain View, California? Well, sorry, you can't.

Unless your name is Larry Paige or Sergey Brin.
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If ever there was a poster child for tort reform (look it up), Administrative Judge Roy Pearson embodies it 100%.
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From the Associated Press:

From the state that popularized purse puppies, drive-thru dog washes and gourmet dog food delivery comes the latest in canine convenience — a company that contracts out dogs by the day to urbanites without the time or space to care for a pet full-time.

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