Don't Say Too Much On Facebook

This lady posted that she was going to a concert, and one of the new people on her facebook used to that know that she wasn't going to be home. The new facebook friend then broke into her house and stole her stuff.

Lessons:
1. Don't add odd people to your facebook friends list.
2. Don't give up too much info to your facebook friends.

I've Said This Before

Anyone who knows me and my siblings know that we all left Utah County as soon as we became of age.

Today, like many days before, I am given to opportunity to say, "At least I don't live in Utah County!"

Here are the projected Real Estate prices percentage drops for the year 2010. Salt Lake County is definitely getting the less-worse end of the deal.

Read HERE

Don't Get Dooped: Facebook Phishing Scam

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Facebook has made an announcement to let their users know about a new phishing email scam that is aimed at Facebook users. You get an email asking you to provide you email. If you provide it, someone else then has your Facebook password.

Phishing is a term used to describe the act of a group of douche-bags sending you a fake email (an email that looks like it is from someone who it isn't really from) or sending you to a fake website (a site that looks like it is some other site, in this case, Facebook) and ask you to enter your username and password. Once you enter your username and password, they will log you into the site and you will think all is well. Until all of your contacts receive bogus spam from your account.

Here is a fact, for those in doubt: Major site, like facebook, twitter, google, yahoo, etc... will never email you and ask you for your password. If you get an email that asks you for your password, it isn't from that major site.

Here is another fact, for those of you in doubt: the following two websites are very different-
http://www.facebook.com/LoginPage
http://10.50.100.1/www.facebook.com/LoginPage

The second site is a phishing site. If even one letter is different than what you know the web address is, then that means it is a different site. If I gave you my bank account number, and made a mistake and it was one number off, then you would have my incorrect account number. The same goes for web addresses. If you are even one letter different, then it isn't the right address.

If you ever end up at a phishing site, do the following:
1- Close the browser without logging in.
2- Clear your internet cache and temporary files.
3- If you had an email that sent you to the site, delete it.
4- If it was a link, posted by a friends account, notify your friend that they were dooped and warn other not to follow the link.

Be smart. The internet is very simple, but the gimmicks can be elaborate. Just follow the simple things you know about your trusted sites and you should be fine.

My take on the Healthcare action

I was asked why I didn't post today on the healthcare action. I will post later tonight. You will get an update then.

Tears of Joy and Sadness

So... Walmart is experiencing same-store shrinkage, and has for the 3rd straight quarter. Same-store shrinkage means that their year-over-year returns for individual stores is shrinking. They experienced growth, because they opened new stores over the last three quarters, but their stock dropped when they released the news of this same-store problem to the public.

They implemented a plan last year to use less shelf space for different sizes of products (meaning: cereal is one size, not multiple sizes per type) and that has back fired big time. The silent-hand has spoken, and it has said "Fine, I will go somewhere else!" So... they are suffering. That makes me happy.

The sadness I am feeling is because they are currently course correcting and changing this problem with their shelving space. Additionally, after reports came out that WinCo (a California based supermarket) has beating Walmart's prices over 80% of the time, Walmart has begun putting on the gloves. This means that they will drop their prices, which is the one thing that they are more capable of doing than any other retailer in the country.

Click HERE to read more about the Walmart news.

Now Accepting Comments

All,

I have changed my blog to now accept comments. Sorry! I didn't realize that it was disabled.

Re: Your Brains

I found this awesome song that is very much in line with my late enamor of Zombies. It makes some good points, and goes miles to explain to us (the living) the Zombies point-of-view. They really aren't trying to be unreasonable. I mean, its not like they're going to eat your eyes! I hope you like it.

Republican Caucus' - Tuesday March 23rd

All,

For lack of a better word, Bob Bennett is a douche-bag. He is trying to force the GOP into giving him the republican party bid, WITHOUT HAVING TO EARN IT. If he gets enough support, the UTAH GOP will award him candidacy without having to go through a republican primary race. This just CAN NOT HAPPEN.

Since the last time he was voted into office, this guy has voted for every bad idea to come out of Washington, and has voted more anti-capitalistically than not. If he gets voted again, that is our fault. It is only a few hours, but please show up and get this guy out of the race.

If you don't know who he is, then I am asking you to trust me. Whether you are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Moderate, etc, you don't want this guy representing you in Washington. Please go to the link below and find your area's Caucus, and attend. Preferably you would do some research and come prepared to talk about some issues. However, arriving to show you lack of support for BB is better than nothing.

PLEASE, Click HERE and go take care of it.

One of my Favorites

After sharing the Handsome Men's Club and getting a good response, I wanted to share one of my favorite videos with all. Some of the people who I have worked with in the past will verify, I quote it several times a day.



Partly I love it because it mocks Robert. I don't know why mocking Robert makes me so happy, but it does. My wife is a Twilight elitist, and even she thinks that it is funny. Another reason that I love it is because I think that Jimmy Fallon is one of the funniest guys around. Further, Harry Potter is cooler than Twilight, and this video take one more step at proving that fact.

Get your Pie ready for Sunday

Many if you might not be aware, but Sunday is the day when mega-nerds world-wide will celebrate Pi, the irrational number that represents the difference of a circle's diameter and it's circumference. The masses of nerds are already preparing to celebrate. My recommendation is to get a pie ready. For starters the pie is just good. But, it also seems anti-American to not celebrate something completely irrational.

Read more HERE

1.3 Billion dollar of unclaimed tax returns for 2006

I just read THIS article that explains how for 2006, the government has a calculated 1.3 billion dollar surplus of unclaimed taxes. That 1.3 Billion is calculated based on the standard deduction, so if the 1.4 million people who should have filed but didn't had more than the standard deduction (due to school costs, health care costs, mortgage, charitable contributions, etc) then that number would be even higher.

That is an average of $1,000 per person who hasn't filled but paid. What American, in this economy, wouldn't file their return? I can think of two main groups, although I am sure there are more smaller groups. The first main group, the smaller of the two, is people who owe for previous years. They owe for previous years, and are nervous about filing due to the amount that they will owe. The second main group are undocumented immigrants who paid taxes, but, for one reason or another, don't file their taxes. Maybe they are too nervous to ask the gov for money back. Maybe they don't understand the process. Who knows... but it is my guess that the majority of this 1.3 Billion dollar unclaimed purse was paid by undocumented immigrants who won't file for the return.

After reading that, I read THIS article. I think that the IRS should verify the legality of the tax payers status, and then forward those unclaimed taxes to the health care institutions who are most likely to treat undocumented, uninsured patients.

This is my take on it. Let the good help offset the bad. Don't give the money to the US Treasury. That organization is a mockery, and shouldn't be given a penny of extra money. Any money forwarded to them should be considered lost. Giving handouts to them is like throwing pearls before swine. It is a waste.

AF - OUT!

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