Following eight months of consumer testing, J.P. Morgan Chase [JPM] has decided that it won’t charge customers who use their debit cards to make purchases… J.P. Morgan joins U.S. Bancorp [USB], Citigroup Inc. [C], PNC Financial Services Group Inc. [PNC], KeyCorp [KEY] and other large banks that have said in recent days that they won’t … Continue reading »
Posted in October 2011 …
Zimbabwe man says prostitute turned into a donkey; he’s “in love”
A Zimbabwe man has told a court that the prostitute he hired turned into a donkey overnight, and now he is “seriously in love.” Sunday Moyo, 28, was caught having sex with a donkey early Sunday morning, according to the New Zimbabwe news website. While appearing in court on bestiality charges, he told the magistrate a … Continue reading »
Ever Wonder What Being An Astronaut Is Like? Try This Out…
NASA recently released these spectacular time-lapse videos of Earth, created from thousands of photographs taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station. We’ve edited together the highlights, which include soaring over the Mediterranean, North America, the Middle East, and Africa. Keep an eye out for the red and green aurora borealis and australis over the poles, … Continue reading »
The New Libya’s First Mistake: Killing Qaddafi (Slate.com)
Quoting Christopher Hitchens… Surrendering to a feeling of deep impotence and slight absurdity, I borrowed an iPad on Thursday afternoon and used it to send my first-ever message by this means. It was addressed to one of those distinguished Frenchmen who have been at the fore in pressing the outside world to remove Muammar Qaddafi … Continue reading »
Michele Bachmann’s Misstatements Starting to Catch Up With Her (LA Times)
Reporting from Perry, Iowa— Michele Bachmann was laying out a tough immigration policy recently when she veered off script to make a point that she said underscored the national security implications of a porous border. “Fifty-nine thousand this year came across the border, as was said in the introduction, from Yemen, from Syria. These are … Continue reading »
Boeing’s Dreamliner: Could It Make Flying Better?
On Wednesday the “revolutionary” Boeing Dreamliner will fly its very first commercial flight. After two years in delays almost two years after its first test run, the latest update to the Boeing series will cart 264 passengers from Tokyo to Hong Kong, reports USA Today’s Charisse Jones. “The flight is a coming-out party for a … Continue reading »
Android Patent Lawsuit Hell Grows: Microsoft’s now cover half of devices
Yah, you read that right. As of today, Microsoft’s patent licensing agreements with Android manufacturers now cover more than half of all Android devices, thanks to the recent addition of Taiwan-based Compal. Compal is the tenth company to form an Android licensing deal with Microsoft, and it’s joining more well-known Android manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, and Acer. … Continue reading »
Bachmann campaign didn’t know of staff departures
MSNBC.com reports: The five New Hampshire staffers, who quit Friday had not — as of Saturday morning — been in touch with the campaign to resign in a formal fashion,the Bachmann campaign tells NBC News. Of the campaign’s former New Hampshire Director Jeff Chidester, campaign spokewoman Alice Stewart told NBC, “He talked to the media … Continue reading »
T-Mobile Customer ‘Shaken’ by $200,000 Bill (in single month!)
A T-Mobile customer in Florida was “shaking and crying” when she received a phone bill of more than $200,000 last month, largely because her younger brother didn’t turn off data roaming during a vacation in Canada. Celina Aarons has a T-Mobile family plan she shares with her five younger siblings, and usually pays around $175 … Continue reading »
Consumers now paying ‘per-swipe’ fee on debit card purchases
First they charge up to $5.00 per transaction at the ATM machine… Now we can look forward to both monthly charges AND per swipe fees for the privilege of using a bank debit card while shopping. It’s time to start carrying cash again, consumers. Read the infuriating article in the New York Times… Related articles … Continue reading »
