bait and switch

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• Senate Healthcare Bill

  
  United Conservatives of Virginia — Authority: 527
  Family Security Matters A Fact a Day Keeps Senate Health Care Away... The Washington Post has picked up on something we reported a few weeks ago, which is that most of the provisions in the Senate bill dont take effect until after 2014. "Measured against the promises of President Obama... the [health care] bill the ...
  17 hours ago

• Uh, oh, petition signers are upset

  
  ricksblog.biz — Authority: 139
  We are hearing that people who signed the Marty Donovan petition are upset because they were told the petition was a vote to stop the park. They now realize it’s only the bond financing that they are voting on and the city council will simply approve another plan, if the first plan is rescinded. Talk about a real ...
  1 day ago

• LOC 11/30/2009: Santa’s Piercing

  
  Left Of Center Podcasts — Authority: 124
  News and Idiotech as always, Nine declares War On The War On Christmas, and Leslie Ashley calls (Pungo’s own Bubbachuck Goobersmooch and new President of the Association of Santa Simulators) says that Santa Claus is in grave danger this year. The Dashcast is brought to you by LOC Shills, where our trained Weasels ...
  3 days ago

• If there’s a war on the middle class, I’m enlisting to fight for it!

  
  United Professionals Blog — Authority: 118
  After writing Bait and Switch (a book you should all buy, as well as these other other texts), author Barbara Ehrenreich explains, " [it] inspired me to do something totally new . . . build an organization for unemployed, underemployed, and anxiously employed white collar workers. My research on the book showed me ...
  1 week ago

• Buyers Beware: Homebuyer Survey Says – “Market conditions” making lender’s service worse….really?

  
  California Public Employee & Teacher Resources — Authority: 137
  A Buyer’s Satisfaction Survey by J.D. Power & Associates shows that loan originator satisfaction is down.  Much of the frustration comes from longer turn times, which is a completely other subject, tightening underwriting guidelines and unmet expectations. You see, this doesn’t surprise me at all.  I ...
  1 week ago

• Beware of Black Friday Bait and Switch

  
  The Wisdom Journal — Authority: 586
  Know why they call it “Black Friday?” It isn’t because those sale items push retailers into the “black” (accounting speak for profitability). Those sale items are almost always loss leaders – items sold at a loss in order to lure you into the store in the hopes you’ll buy other, more profitable ...
  1 week ago

• Freaky Friday: Old Dogs

  
  A Dude's Guide — Authority: 128
  by Richard All of you John Travolta fans (are there really such things in the wild?), sorry. Ditto for the Robin Williams fans. This is not about the new movie starring both of them. Although, now that I think about it, this might be a good way to bring people here to read some stuff. The old bait and switch. But ...
  2 weeks ago

• DEALING WITH ANTI-SEMITISM FROM NEOCON/ZIONIST DISTORTED IDEOLOGY

  
  REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH — Authority: 127
  I just posted the following comment over on OpEdNews on the post there entitled, " Dealing with Anti-Semitism from a Jewish Perspective ." When I saw the headline of this article, I thought to myself, does he mean anti-Semites or anti-Jews or anti-Zionists as in anti-Jabotinsky-type terrorists? I see now that you ...
  2 weeks ago

• spoiler alert

  
  ~synthesis~ — Authority: 116
  To be an effective spoiler, you must lure people in and then do the bait and switch by thoroughly turning the tables on them. You have to be smarter than people expect. Its impossible over the last few days to read/watch/listen to any kind of news without hearing about Sarah Palin, her book, her Oprah interview, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Making A Donation? Ask For Details First [Charity]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 800
  This is the time of year when retailers like to give back to the community by getting you to do it for them when youre buying stuff. It might feel nice to help out a good cause, but make sure you know exactly what youre paying for before you hand over any cash. Dominick, for example, just bought a Jack in the Box ...
  2 weeks ago

• This American Life – Bait and Switch

  
  VIA — Authority: 108
  http://www.thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1325Act 2. “Bait and Switch” for Jesus. Provacatively entitled “Raw Sex”Jesus says to go into all the world and preach the Gospel, and they’re going to hate you, just like they hated me. So, you have this kind of Biblical imperative to spread the word ...
  2 weeks ago

• Kill It, It’s the Enemy of the Good

  
  All Life Is Problem Solving — Authority: 108
  Absent a substantial change in direction by Congressional Leadership and the President, I think it’s time to do whatever progressives can to kill the health care reform legislation currently moving through Congress, and then to immediately reset to Medicare for All, single payer. As HR 3962 bill sits now, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dell Inspiron 1545 15.6-Inch Jet Black Laptop – Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of Battery Life

  
  One Stop Shop for Woman — Authority: 132
  Dell Inspiron 1545 15.6-Inch Jet Black Laptop – Up to 4 Hours 34 Minutes of Battery Life (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)…
  2 weeks ago

• Why Did I Spend All That Money at the “Seminar” Last Night?

  
  JVBlogger — Authority: 121
  Am I CRAZY? You’re not crazy – just trusting and naive. Too many people show up at “Educational Seminars”, which are usually thinly disguised bait-and-switch pitchfests, with no intention of spending a cent, only to wake up the next morning with the terrible realization that they just gambled their nest egg ...
  3 weeks ago

• 14 Reasons Your Site Is Evil

  
  The Simian Downtime Analyst — Authority: 114
  Image by Bull3t via Flickr Everyone loves a nice pretty website. The design pops on the screen and it invites you to settle in and enjoy the experience.  Often designers and/or their clients take two approaches to catch the viewers eye:  some choose sleek minimal ideas and others go hog wild with bright ...
  3 weeks ago

• False Advertising With the First Lady Doll?

  
  Jack & Jill Politics — Authority: 618
  hat tip- Michelle Obama Watch For those of you who were thinking about buying the $150 Michelle Obama Doll from the Danbury Mint, think twice about it. Seems like there is some false advertising going on. From Black Doll Collecting: Friday, October 30, 2009 The Excitement Has Fizzled… …actually it ...
  3 weeks ago

• Danbury Mint Pulls a Bait & Switch?

  
  Michelle Obama Watch — Authority: 525
  I wasn’t sure if I should post this under chicanery and foolishness or merchandise. I’ll let you all be the judge. Thanks to Gwen,  a vigilant Michelle Obama Watcher, we’ve found out that the Danbury Mint may be trying to pull the old bait and switch. After 5 months of waiting to receive her Inaugural rendition ...
  3 weeks ago

• I’m On This American Life (this weekend)

  
  Off The Map — Authority: 476
  By Jim Henderson The call came about 10 days ago “Got any bait and switch stories Jim?” A writer with TAL was on the phone calling me. I’m a huge Ira Glass fan. However, I’m nothing compared to some of my 30 and under friends. They said things like… “I would quit my job and move to NY and work ...
  4 weeks ago

• Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure: Florida lawyers spot bait-and-switch scam

  
  The Florida Foreclosure Fraud Weblog — Authority:
  Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure: Giving up the keys Just want to hand in the keys and walk away from your upside-down loan? Many of our clients - often facing impossible monthly payments or gut-wrenching shortfalls on their loan-to-value ratios - just want to turn in the keys and walk away from their loans. “What ...
  4 weeks ago

• Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure: Florida lawyers spot bait-and-switch scam

  
  The Florida Foreclosure Fraud Weblog — Authority:
  Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure: Giving up the keys Just want to hand in the keys and walk away from your upside-down loan? Many of our clients – often facing impossible monthly payments or gut-wrenching shortfalls on their loan-to-value ratios – just want to turn in the keys and walk away from their loans. “What ...
  4 weeks ago

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