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Health Fare For Us All!

“I never met a crisis that I didn’t like.” Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff
The Great Social Security and Medicare Panic – Time Magazine, May 2009
It is becoming increasingly clear that one can gauge the direction of the Obama White House by the crises of the day.  It’s the old ying and yang, the [...]

2Jun2009 | Minnie Rudolph | 0 comments | Continued
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What Makes Obama Tick?

So you want to be a community organizer.  You could do worse - after all, President Obama cut his political teeth as a community organizer.
What exactly does a community organizer do? In broad terms, the community organizer engages with an identified group of people, facing specific issues, and who individually have no voice in the [...]

28May2009 | Minnie Rudolph | 0 comments | Continued
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AmEx Begs You to Leave Home Without It!

In a new promotion that has garnered the attention of headlines across the county, American Express (NYSE AXP) is offering $300 gift cards to selected consumers if they pay off their remaining balances and close their accounts.  The promotion is just one of many ploys being used by credit card companies in an attempt to [...]

2Apr2009 | Minnie Rudolph | 1 comment | Continued
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Don’t be Mad(off)

As you’ve all probably heard by now, Bernard Madoff, former chairman of NASDAQ (NASDAQ NDAQ) and president of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC was indicted 2 months ago for perpetrating the worst case of investor fraud ever committed by a single person. His crimes have caused many firms to go bankrupt, foundations to become [...]

26Feb2009 | Minnie Rudolph | 0 comments | Continued
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Super…Inappropriate?

Well it’s over…football season. No more beer-drinking, wing-eating, glued in front of the TV Sundays. Back to doing “productive” things on Sundays.(oh G-D, help me!) Well, at least the Superbowl was entertaining.
As for the commercials…I can’t say the same. Have you noticed that the build up to Super Bowl ads seems to get bigger and [...]

17Feb2009 | Minnie Rudolph | 0 comments | Continued
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Will Windows XP Crash Worldwide Soon, Too?

Looks like Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) screwed up once again. Apparently, the Y2K bug is 9 years too late. case in point: Today, December 31, 2008, everyone who has a 30 Gig Microsoft Zune is being greeted by a frozen mp3 player that only shows them the logo screen.
Microsoft released the Zune as the iPod killer, [...]

31Dec2008 | Minnie Rudolph | 2 comments | Continued
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Bank of America Nightmare

Is it me or are banks getting harder and harder to deal with? Even for a person with a simple checking or savings account. Bank of America (NYSE BAC) has really outdone it this time. I am just a regular person with a regular BOA checking account and the issues I had to deal with [...]

24Dec2008 | Minnie Rudolph | 16 comments | Continued
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Going For The Giant Spread or The New England Nooner?

Still want to take the Giants at +12???… Vegas is tempting you, but are you going to bite? Or what about that 53 ½ over/under??…I’m sure that under is looking REALLY good to you. Plaxico Burress, of the NY Giants is predicting a Giants 23-17 win, which would satisfy both of those bets, but is [...]

31Jan2008 | Minnie Rudolph | 4 comments | Continued
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How Facebook has changed my life

My Name is Glen Paddegit, and I’m the new Merchant Talk insider. I wanted to take a moment to talk about why I love Facebook, and how it has changed my life for the better. While the MySpace craze is dwindling down, Facebook, on the other hand is stronger than ever. What’s the difference between [...]

14Jan2008 | Minnie Rudolph | 13 comments | Continued

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