25 November 2009

5 rules of Black Friday to avoid scams

Black Friday

Remember: The house always wins.

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Elite combat training company offering “Guerrilla Sniper” course
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How to read WSJ for free

Wall Street Journal

Most Wall Street Journal articles require a paid subscription. However, Google provides a loophole for reading these subscriber-only articles for free. All you have to do is Google the article’s title and click the first search result and you can read the full article without paying.

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Divorce battle reveals finances of Dodgers owners

Frank and Jamie McCourt

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23 November 2009

Russian Billionaire Buys Hitler's Mercedes For Between $6 And $15 Million

Hitler's Mercedes

Oh, billionaires, and your silly purchases.

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20 November 2009

Vigilante militias in Brazil's favelas are displacing drug gangs

Favela militia in Modern Warfare 2

The provide security and make more money than drug gangs by ‘taxing’ everything.

via Global Guerillas

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19 November 2009

McCann Responds to ‘Mad Men’

Mad Men season finale

Real-life ad firm McCann was featured as a villain Mad Men’s season finale. So, McCann responded with cheeky video on their homepage: http://www.mccannny.com

Note: McCann says the video will be up for only a week or so.

via Mad Men Footnotes

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18 November 2009

Embezzle state funds. Get paid. Live playboy lifestyle.

Teodoro Nguema Obiang and Malibu estate

Dictator’s son had state tax money sent directly to himself. He smuggled cocaine while attending Pepperdine. He dated rapper Eve. He rented Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen’s 300-ft yacht. Etc etc etc.

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Gucci mayne [sic] is still releasing his album as scheduled. From his jail cell in fulton. Boom.
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Equatorial Guinea's forest minister insists tax payments be made directly to him

Teodoro Nguema Obiang's Malibu estate

He has laundered more than $73 million into US and owns a Malibu estate, which US immigration lets him visit.

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