Litigation

When the government can?t investigate fraud

Posted on October 22, 2008
Government agencies are limited by their resources, both money and people. It came as no surprise to me that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is struggling to investigate cases of financial fraud. They simply don?t have enough investigators. I see the same problem with the SEC and FTC? not enough people to investigate all the [...

But there?s no evidence of voter fraud!

Posted on October 22, 2008
Check out this bit of circular reasoning: The Wauwatosa Common Council has rejected a request for officials to verify voter registrations because “There is no historical evidence to show (voter fraud) is a problem in Wauwatosa.? (Alderman Craig Maher) Except there is “no evidence” of voter fraud because the voter rolls have never been checked...

Shop To Earn FAQs: Commissions, signing up brokers, SCORE flush, SCORE deduction and more

Posted on October 21, 2008
The information reproduced here is from the Frequently Asked Questions section of the back office available to STE brokers. It is being posted for educational and critique purposes, as permitted under fair use principles. Commission Rules & Periods Q...

Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Big 4 auditors chosen to oversee Bailout Bill

Posted on October 21, 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) and Ernst & Young (E&Y) have been chosen by the United States Treasury to help oversee the $700 billion bailout plan. CFO.com reports: The government agency said the firms will provide Treasury with the accounting and internal controls services needed to administer the complex portfolio of troubled assets that the department will purchase...

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Shop To Earn FAQs: Commissions, signing up brokers, SCORE and more

Posted on October 21, 2008
The information reproduced here is from the Frequently Asked Questions section of the back office available to STE brokers. It is being posted for educational and critique purposes, as permitted under fair use principles. Commission Rules & Periods Q...

Fraud and the Wall Street Financial Bailout

Posted on October 20, 2008
My take on fraud and the bailout, from today’s edition of the Wisconsin Law Journal. ©2008Sequence Inc. All Rights Reserved..

Shop To Earn Commission Rules

Posted on October 19, 2008
The information reproduced here is from the Commission Rules section of the back office available to STE brokers. It is being posted for educational and critique purposes, as permitted under fair use principles. Commission Rules for Website Owners, Business Builders, and Brokers...

Book publishing insights from Alan Rinzler

Posted on October 17, 2008
Last month I was in San Francisco on business, and was granted the opportunity to meet with Alan Rinzler, an editor with John Wiley & Sons. Though my book is published by Wiley, Alan’s not in my division so I don’t get access to him through the company...

A ShopToEarn broker?s opinion on the program

Posted on October 17, 2008
A Shop To Earn broker left this as a comment last night on one of our ShopToEarn / ShopToEarth threads. I think she has some important insights, so I’m republishing it as an article so more people will see it. Are you thinking about getting involved with STE? Are you wondering if ShopToEarn is a [...

The fallout from a Democratic win in November

Posted on October 17, 2008
An opinion piece in today’s Wall Street Journal paints a very grim, but realistic, picture of where our country will be headed if Barack Obama wins the White House and Democrat majorities in Congress get stronger. (The Senate is expected to be filibuster-proof...

Barack Obama lies lies lies?

Posted on October 16, 2008
This letter regarding Barack Obama is currently being circulated via email. I have not had the time to verify the assertions in this email, but present them to readers for their analysis. I encourage anyone and everyone to verify or debunk any claims in this letter...

The Sith Lord has penetrated Google!

Posted on October 15, 2008
Thanks to Sam Antar for these interesting searches,  the results of which are no doubt generated based upon special intervention from the Sith Lord. Google search: despicable behavior by ceo http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=despicable+behavior+by+ceo Google search: ceo deceptions http://www...

The job of government is not to employ as many people as possible

Posted on October 15, 2008
In Wisconsin, we’ve got big government. And I mean big. We have one of the highest tax burdens in the country. Milwaukee was run by Socialists for a long time. Hence big taxes, big government, and big spending that have held on for a long time. Government jobs here pay pretty well, have fairly low quality [...

Overstock.com and Gradient settle lawsuit

Posted on October 15, 2008
On Monday, a press release announced that the long legal battle between Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), its nutty CEO Patrick Byrne, and Gradient Analytics was over. It was somewhat disappointing, when it seemed that the heart of the lawsuit was an attempt to silence critics...

Barack Obama?s plan for redistribution of wealth

Posted on October 15, 2008
Getting closer to Socialism and Communism, Barack Obama wants higher taxes on the “wealthy,” and the money will essentially be redistributed to the not-so-wealthy. Obama says: “It?s not that I want to punish your success; I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you that they?ve got a chance at success, too...

Patrick Byrne, the omniscient

Posted on October 14, 2008
I’ve been contemplating this topic for a couple of weeks, but just didn’t have the stomach to write about it. Fortunately, Gary Weiss has mentioned it and given me the courage to suck it up and write about it. What’s the topic? The ever-nauseating Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock...

Palin Troopergate: The timeline, the truth

Posted on October 13, 2008
The media just can’t get enough of Alaska’s governor Sarah Palin. The report released on Friday concluded that Palin “abused her power.” But I think it’s important to take an objective look at what really happened and when it happened...

Carnival of Fraud - October 13, 2008

Posted on October 13, 2008
Welcome to the October 13, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud. The Smarter Wallet presents Don’t Get Ripped Off! Watch Out For These Consumer Dangers posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!” Silicon Valley Blogger presents 10 Reasons Why Buying Penny Stocks Is Nothing But A Mistake posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I discuss penny [...

My new hero - James T. Harris

Posted on October 11, 2008
Conservative talk radio host James T. Harris has stood up and voiced what many of us want to say. He’s now been the target of many threats and racial slurs. James, thank you for standing up for your beliefs and for doing what is right. I am praying for you and your family...

Newly designated ?racist? things

Posted on October 10, 2008
Reality is so much better than fantasy. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. Here are the things the Barack Obama campaign and Obama supporters are now claiming signify racism: Sarah Palin wearing a white blouse The phrase “that one” - John McCain mentioned an energy bill in on of the debates and said, “You [...

Joe Taxpayer?s five part Money Merge Analysis

Posted on October 10, 2008
Haven’t gotten enough of the cold hard reality that United First Financial’s MMA is inferior to a very simple (and free!) do-it-yourself prepayment of your mortgage (which only requires you to pay extra on your mortgage once a month)? Joe Taxpayer did a five-part series on the UFF MMA, and here’s a summary: Part One - Do [...

Recent articles from WalletPop Personal Finance

Posted on October 09, 2008
It’s been a while since I’ve highlighted any of my articles from AOL’s personal finance site WalletPop.com. That’s mainly because I’ve been so busy that I haven’t written a whole lot for them over the past two months...

Chicago mayor promises action against city employees stealing from taxpayers

Posted on October 09, 2008
Today it was revealed that trash collectors (City of Chicago employees) are cheating taxpayers. An inspector’s report of an investigation revealed that about 25% of trash collectors’ time is spent doing absolutely nothing. Ten weeks of surveillance showed: Laborers and truck drivers whose movements were eyeballed and tracked by undercover investigators were found to be in [...

Consumers easier to scam during tough economic times

Posted on October 08, 2008
The Los Angeles Times did an article this week on consumer scams thriving during difficult economic times. I think their observations and comments were right on the money! If the searches consumers are using to get to my site are any indication, they’re researching scams more than ever...

Either Soledad O?Brien can?t count or she?s a liar

Posted on October 06, 2008
You gotta love it every time “liberal media bias” plays itself out right in front of your eyes. On debate night, CNN’s Soledad O’Brien had a group of voters that were supposedly evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, plus a group of undecided voters...

Searching for Shop to Earn scam

Posted on October 06, 2008
There are still plenty of people searching for “Shop to Earn scam,” ShopToEarn fraud, “is Shop to Earn legitimate,” Shop To Earth scam, and the like. The company has, for the most part, avoided negative commentary on the internet...

Debunking Sarah Palin rumors and lies

Posted on October 05, 2008
Someone has put together a list of the lies and rumors being promoted by the left about soon-to-be Vice President Sarah Palin. It’s quite remarkable when you read the whole list… All these rumors in one place really show how horrible and hateful the left has been in smearing her and her family to no [...

Tonight I was on ?On the Money? on CNBC

Posted on October 03, 2008
Tonight I called in as an expert on CNBC’s “On the Money.” The show is all about consumer finance issues, and tonight we were (of course) talking about the bailout bill that the House passed today and President Bush signed into law. One of the provisions of the bill included a “fix” for 2008 for the [...

Criminal charges against Amway in India

Posted on October 02, 2008
Guest post by Pyramid Scheme Alert In a letter to a Director of  Pyramid Scheme Alert, the chief of police in one of India’s largest states, Andhra Pradesh, wrote that a criminal case has been booked by the government’s Criminal Investigation Division against Amway India for promoting a “Money Circulation Scheme” in the disguise of Direct [...

Check out the pork in the bailout bill

Posted on October 02, 2008
Oh, I know we’re not supposed to call it “pork.” It’s now “sweeteners.” And it’s not a “bailout.” It’s now a “recovery” bill. I get it. It’s all about marketing, and to properly market it to Americans (i...

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