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    Will Anyone Buy My 1300 Chinese Pope Hats?

    One of the fun side-effects of Craigslist is that the lack of an editorial gatekeeper means it lets the crazy blossom. The newspaper Telegraph has assembled 20 of what they consider the wackiest Craigslist ads, including over 1300 Pope hats (sorry, they're just replicas), diapers for incontinent dogs, and 300 stuffed penguins. Naturally we assume every one of them is really about sex, but maybe we're being too jaded about Craigslisters. More »

    12:17 PM on Mon Sep 14 2009
    By Chris Walters
    6,037 views, 24 comments

    Most discussed GitEmSteveDave_IsSlacking: While I can think of some great things to do with 1,214 pope hats, I think 1,300 is just plain more »

  • videos

    Interview: Ralph Nader Says We're Living Under Corporate Fascism

    Ralph Nader, running for President in 2008, sat down with Red Tape Chronicles to talk about the current deplorable state of consumer affairs. The video kicks butt and reminds me why I get up in the morning. Highlights:
    On the derailing of the consumer protection movement: Laws aren't being enforced, not enough prosecutors on the corporate fraud beat.
    On the other candidates: Their campaigns are based on law and order. Not one has put the words consumer and protection together in one of their speeches.
    On unfair contracts: A common clause now says that the seller has the right to change terms of contract at any time, that's the end of contract law.
    On the sub-prime meltdown: It's the government's job to force credit rating settings. There should be a plain-language law mandating that mortgages are written in a language average people can understand
    On education: Spend so much time teaching students to use computers but we don't teach kids how to shop for their maximum health safety and economic well-being... what's the point of earning money if you're just going to lose it to corporate scams?
    On activism: You want a better country, you've got to spend more of your time more time away from american idol, and more time on your members of Congress. We're millions of people, but corporations don't have a single vote, and members of congress are there because of our votes, so make those votes count.

    Video inside. More »

    11:19 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
    By Ben Popken
    6,872 views, 90 comments

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    Ralph Nader Doesn't Read The Consumerist

    "I was a volunteer at the Green Festival in Washington DC, over the weekend and the last speaker on Sunday was Ralph Nader. He was signing books at the tent right behind my assignment (collecting donations, cleaning up, etc.) I'm not a huge fan of his, but I do admire his work. So right after my shift ends I stood in line at his signing/meeting tent. His book was on sale at a separate tent, but so were some 50 other peoples, so it wasn't exclusive for him. It was my turn so I walk up to him and ask if he can sign my Green Fest tote bag (gift for mom) and he says "I don't sign bags" right after he said that I was a little disenchanted but quickly snapped back and asked him if he had ever heard of the Consumerist..." More »

    8:50 AM on Mon Oct 15 2007
    By Ben Popken
    8,735 views, 62 comments

    Latest by cokeorpepsi2008: Of course Gore and Bush were different - in 2000, Bush didn't want to engage in nation building. Gore had more »

  • ralph nader

    Nader Doc Plays As Dem 2008 Pre-Game

    Yesterday, we popped in our advance copy of the new Ralph Nader documentary, "An Unreasonable Man," and settled in for for two hours of propaganda... More »

    11:08 AM on Mon Jan 22 2007
    By Ben Popken
    277 views, 13 comments

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