rhombopteryx commented on Ohio Proposes Punching Payday Lending Industry In The Face, at 4:59 PM on Apr 30 @cbartlett: Yes.Your annoying nosing around in my private heparin-cutting business is annoying. more »

rhombopteryx commented on CenterPoint Energy Thinks Your Fish Tank Is A Meth Lab, So Police Kick In Your Door, at 4:54 PM on Apr 30 @Diet-Orange-Soda: Let's see: Accuse someone of committing a crime? more »

rhombopteryx commented on Making Price Drops Conditional On Extended Warranty Purchase Could Be Illegal, at 11:55 AM on Mar 20 As the title of the post points out - "Could Be Illegal." Clearly there's room for some disagreement here, and the article's intended to be news, not legal advice. more »

rhombopteryx commented on Mugger Used Our Credit Card, Now CapitalOne Sued Us Without Us Knowing For $1200 And Won, at 11:12 AM on Mar 20 @bsalamon: They're her bank, or at least credit card company, and so they have her address. more »

rhombopteryx commented on Bank of America announced, at 10:52 AM on Mar 20 "cutting bonuses" Reading the article, they're still throwing exorbitant wads of cash at senior executives, but just fewer wads this year than usual. more »

rhombopteryx commented on Federal Reserve Extends Its Lending Authority In Bear Stearns Bailout, at 3:51 PM on Mar 17 @JustAGuy2: You should hear about the "evil grocery store" rant.There's this process where stores invite people in and the people look at the groceries and take them to an aisle and then the checkers take the people's money - and don't give it back.(Oh. more »

rhombopteryx commented on ConEd Asks You To Report Your Power Outages Online, at 3:45 PM on Mar 17 Hello - this is funny, because if not for the website you'd have to call the power company on your VOIP phone.... more »

rhombopteryx commented on If you keep a gun in the house,, at 2:02 PM on Mar 17 @nequam: but.. more »

rhombopteryx commented on Credit Card Victims Muzzled, Ordered To Release Financial Histories Before Sharing Their Experiences, at 1:43 PM on Mar 17 @ADismalScience: First off, stop being such an apologist for bad behavior. more »

rhombopteryx commented on If you keep a gun in the house,, at 5:10 PM on Mar 7 @anapex: Statistics, damned statistics, and lies.The article is in the New England Journal of Medicine. more »

rhombopteryx commented on Congress To Subprime CEOs: How Come You Got Paid Millions To Wreck The Economy? Hm?, at 4:42 PM on Mar 7 @SarcasticDwarf: Exactly - pointing the "finger of blame" - ooooohhh. more »

rhombopteryx commented on Congress To Subprime CEOs: How Come You Got Paid Millions To Wreck The Economy? Hm?, at 4:38 PM on Mar 7 @Congress:How come you get paid more millions and you wreck the economy? Seriously, who's had the power to do something about it for, oh, 232 years and just made things worse? At the first whiff of campaign cash Congress rolled back most every financial regulation since the Depression, (cough Gramm-Leach-Bliley) preempted stronger state laws that protected consumers, (cough OFHEO and OCC) relaxed capital and lending requirements, and reduced transparency obligations. more »

rhombopteryx commented on If you keep a gun in the house,, at 3:30 PM on Mar 7 @Squeezer99: Because maybe they want the gun not to get stolen? more »

rhombopteryx commented on A TSA screener contaminated, at 6:47 PM on Mar 6 @mcquetm: We have, and every federal court that's been faced with it says it's ok, it doesn't need passenger consent, it's an "administrative or special needs exception" to the 4th Amendment. more »

rhombopteryx commented on HSBC Refunds $35 Fee, Not To Correct Their Mistake, But Because You Have A Deadly Brain Tumor, at 1:56 PM on Mar 5 @KenSPT: Seconded! If you're living so that the last check you ever write bounces, how much more sweet poetic justice would it be for that check to go to some @#$%$%%$ financial company to pay their stupid overdraft or 'out of network' ATM fees? more »

rhombopteryx commented on Patients Blind When Health Care Comparison Shopping, at 1:52 PM on Mar 5 "Comparison Shopping" Really?The average american barely has health insurance, with that insurance limiting them to the few doctors who've agreed to cut enough corners to get their prices down to the insurer's level. This is like saying the average starving Ethiopian doesn't know how to pick the most healthy desserts. I feel really bad for that poor, poor medical consumer who has a choice of which health care they'll receive, and then blows it because they aren't better informed... more »

rhombopteryx commented on Should You Buy A Monkey?, at 1:44 PM on Mar 5 1) Do you eaven have to ask? more »

rhombopteryx commented on Estimated Hourly Wages For The Lowest Paying Jobs In The U.S., at 1:26 PM on Mar 5 @BayStateDarren: Chance of getting hit by a car = rather high.Chance of pocketing tolls if they don't pay you enough = rather high. more »