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2007 was an amazing year for consumer products and we covered them all! From the hype of the iPhone to death-flavored pet food, if you buy it, we've probably got an opinion about it. More » -
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Monday Reader Round-Up
Hey, it's a new week, and that means our tip coffer is running dry. We can't do this site without tips: we're only two black souls and we alone can only have so many roto-reamings from an industry fed, in a strange bit of recursion, by the very proceeds from a web site trumpeting their failings. More » -
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Consumerist Ask Metafilter Round-Up
• I've just sold any item on ebay... The money is in my paypal acount... Am I now immune to fraud? [Link]
• How do I find out if a small, volunteer-run freenet is allowing one or more of its email accounts to send out spam (as compared to, say, being Joe-jobbed)?[Link]
• What are some good resources for starting an online gay adult film business? [Link]
• What Billpay services will immediately deduct the amount of checks you send from your account? [Link]
• How sleazy is it for a restaurant manager to accept bribes? [Link]
• Is it my imagination, or is Starbucks espresso on a long road to suck? [Link]
• I was cited for CVC 21651(A)(1) in Aliso Viejo, CA. Please help me determine if I can beat this ticket. [Link] -
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Pith and Vinegar
- The perfect synecdoche accessory for jogging with your fav mp3 player: the athletic mesh ipod hoodie. Shop Uptown Bella now through June 30 and receive a free ipod hoodie with any laptop bag purchase. Use code FreeMWS630Hoodie at checkout.
- Before your next visit to scenic Mexico, be sure to pick up some Kidnap and Ransom insurance. "The average percentage of deaths following a kidnap is 9%..in kidnapping cases: 67% Ransom is paid; 15% are released without payment; 9% are killed; 7% are rescued and 2% escape."
- Picking a custom computer builder online. Step 1: Be superficial.
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Morning News Roundup
- Wal-Mart under pressure to remove posters from the front of its stores advertising Brokeback Mountain. Since the film didn't break the $100 million barrier, the American Family Association alleges, Wal-Mart must be trying to normalize homosexuality. I won't quit you, red states.
- The NYTimes wants to protect you from infomercials. Actually, they just want their target audience to experience the vicarious tingle of shopper slumming.
- A lede says it all, "One of the biggest money problems for Americans today is overspending on parakeet funerals."
- Black construction barriers being removed around Apple's giant glass cube store in Manhattan. Bow before the almighty.
- Wal-Mart under pressure to remove posters from the front of its stores advertising Brokeback Mountain. Since the film didn't break the $100 million barrier, the American Family Association alleges, Wal-Mart must be trying to normalize homosexuality. I won't quit you, red states.
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