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Gouging of consumers

More and more we have companies that insist that you need to keep paying for what you have purchased. Monsanto’s business model for its genetically modified seeds typically requires farmers to purchase new seeds annually rather than saving and replanting seeds...

Hackers

Hackers are getting better and better. Typically, I have been able to easily recognize the mistakes and just delete the e-mails. This week I received one that looked legit and forced me to make some calls all because I believed it to be an real e-mail. Luckily, I...

Illinois gun owners

I am far from surprised.  Illinois concealed carry licenses are not currently trending downwards. While there was a recent ruling deeming the state’s ban on concealed carry on public transit unconstitutional, this decision is limited to the specific plaintiffs...

Warning

I was talking to my youngest who has a very eclectic group of friends, who all seem to have the same unusual reading sources as my son. Recently one of these friends gave him a cryptic warning, No specifics per say, just a be very prepared for something major to occur...

Children

I comment often that I get blog topics from conversations with my kids.  True when I think of them images from pre-school enter my mind first.  Granted they are all grown men. Now they read sources that I never heard of, they tend to avoid the mainstream media,...

Chicago Sports

A millennia ago when I was a mere youth, Chicago sports teams were on regular tv and free to watch and a part of everyone’s day.  Hell they even had catchy theme songs: “Here Come the Hawks”; “Hey Hey Holy Mackerel”; Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”.. Now it...

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