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Give Me The Crappy Tire I Paid For!
By 6.6.06
If we were our sister site Gizmodo, we’d be able to fill this brief prologue to Texas Teabag’s email about tire shopping in the Lone Star State with a 1:1 ratio of words to teabagging puns. Unfortunately, we’re not nearly as talented in the subtle art of the oral/anal/vaginal entendre; our more imaginative and literary readers will have to mentally superimpose these literary gems upon our description.
1,000,000-plus Students’ Personal Data Lost in Texas
By 6.2.06
Poof. The records of over a million customers at Texas A&M’s largest student loan provider have been lost. The records contained personal information about the borrowers.
Time Warner Cable Crosses Wires, Resulting in Large, Incompetent, Electrical Discharge
By 5.2.06
Two days ago, a Texan walked into his local Time Warner office, dumped his cable box on their counter and announced he was cancelling his service.
UPDATE: A Long Con Doesn’t Go Very Far
By 4.24.06
Last week we reported on US Energy doing a little hit and run salesmanship of their natural gas delivery service.
Telemarketing Chiropractor Sells Office Supplies, Conscience
By 3.30.06
Dr. Kirtland Speaks, the chiropractor who’s suing Louisiana for his right to telemarket car accident victims using their phone numbers found in public accident reports, well, he’s moving from Texas to Louisiana and he’s got a hydrocullator or two to get rid of.
Telemarketing Chiropractor’s Cellphone Called
By 3.30.06
Yesterday we told you about Dr. Kirtland Speaks, a back-cracker who’s suing for his right to telemarket to accident victims, using phone numbers from public accident reports. He’s alleging that preventing this marketing plan violates the First Amendment.
Doctor Sues to Telemarket Victims
By 3.29.06
Thanks to a chiropractor, ambulance chasers won’t even need a good pair of running shoes.
Mechanics’ Hubris in Humble, Texas
By 3.28.06
Margaret L. writes in an all too typical complaint of car mechanics taking the elderly for a ride.
Don’t Get Drunk in Texas
By 3.23.06
Texas bar patrons may have more than a dirty glass or a saloon shootout to watch out for. A new program sends undercover agents into watering holes to arrest drinkers for being drunk.
‘The Russian Connection’ ATM Scammers Messed With Texas
By 3.10.06
Here’s a good article on how about 30 people in College Station, TX got hit by thieves operating very similarly to the big ATM scandal we can’t stop talking about. Similarities between these stories and others we’ve posted include:
Chick-Fil-A Gives Free Sandwiches to Church-Goers
By 3.8.06
Chick-Fil-A likes God. If Jesus was poultry, they’d serve ’em up with BBQ communion wine sauce. The store is never open Sundays. The sponsor Christian music concerts. A Muslim sued them alleging they forced him to pray at work.
