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POPSDebt collectors' lies cause woman to commit suicide Nina Kay MacDermid suffered from bipolar disorder. She opened up three Discover credit card accounts in her husband's name, and went on a manic spending spree. She racked up debt, and after debt collectors falsely threatened her with jail, she shot & killed herself. Caveat emptor has more .
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POPSCorporate hypocrisy on bankruptcy Corporate America has a message: bankruptcy is about moral depravity. It isn't about medical debt and job loss, not about ex-spouses who die or who run off. and it certainly isn't about anything the lenders might have done--like high fee mortgages with introductory teaser rates or credit cards with interest rates that quadruple when a customer is late paying another creditor.
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POPSUS corporations accused of hiring death squads in Colombia Via Max Sawicky Fruit giant Chiquita agreed in March to pay $25 million to settle with the U.S. Department of Justice after acknowledging that its Colombian subsidiary, Banadex, secretly funneled $1.7 million to the death squads operating in zones where it had banana plantations. In 2001, a Banadex ship was used to unload 3,000 rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition for the paramilitaries. At the time, the paramilitaries were consolidating control of the Uraba banana region through massacres and assassinations. Chiquita later sold Banadex but still buys Colombian bananas. Cincinnati-based Chiquita says it was a victim of paramilitary extortion. In a statement it said its payments to the militias "were always motivated by our good faith concern for the safety of our employees."
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POPSVerizon Doesn't Know Difference Between Dollars and Cents This is a recording of a man who was quoted a rate of .002 cents per kilobyte for voice & data transfer on his cell phone. It turns out the actual rate is .002 DOLLARS. He calls Verizon intending to get his bill corrected (after all, Verizon provided the wrong quote) but he spends 20 minutes trying to explain the difference between .002 CENTS and .002 DOLLARS to TWO customer service reps. This one of the funniest and most aggravating things I have heard.
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POPSRosie Might Have Been Wrong, But Is She Alone? While some of Rosie's statements were definitely off the wall, she also made some valid points. But I DO agree, she went way too far. That being said, how come I don't read too many articles or loads of vitriol when the right-wing extreme conservatives make equally outrageous statements about situations or individuals? Sure, jump all over Rosie if ya want, I might even join you. But please, let's also do some jumping on Bill, Sean, Michael, etc, etc, etc.
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POPSComcast's Abuse of Its Monopoly Power Comcast disconnected a user's internet connection for violating a fuzzy monthly download policy (he claims his excessive usage was probably caused by some sort of malware) and without any other providers in his area, he is left without a broadband connection for at least a year. Joseph Heller would have had a field day with the conversation between Comcast and his wife. He also speculates that Comcast is culling the high-bandwidth users to increase profits.
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POPSDOJ Officials Will Testify in Tobacco Suit Citizens for Reponsibility & Ethics in Washington sued the Justice Dept for cutting the amount of damages they were seeking from tobacco companies; judge rules that Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum, who has ties to the tobacco industry will have to testify in lawsuit.
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