Extended warranties and repair plans
“Extended warranties” have a bad rep in retail. In large part because they are pushed by cashiers and sales persons who earn a commission selling th...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Insurrection, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the President of the United States
The Fourteenth Amendment at Section 3 says this: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold...
Everything will be used against you
I’ve said before that we need to make it clearer than crystal that rape victims (male or female) absolutely must cooperate with law enforcement with colle...
Kansas remains purple
Four years ago, back in November 2018, two Democrats were elected in Kansas. Sharice Davids was elected to represent my district, ousting Kevin Yoder. And Laura...
Blackmail variant – 2022-10-31
This one ended up in my junk folder – where it rightfully belongs – so I didn’t see it until I went looking there for something else. This is ...
Geek Squad – 2022-10-14
Another Geek Squad scam message. This time I took the raw HTML of the message and just pasted it here since it’s just text. Hello there! ...
Geek Squad scam message
The timing on this one was rather apt since I was browsing the Geek Squad website recently for setting up a camera repair appointment. And the text for the sear...
Scam order email – 2022-09-12
Along with the various blackmail emails I’ve received, I feel it just as important to start posting the other scam emails I’ve received. These ones ...
Revisiting “Gadgets you can keep”
Back over 10 years ago, I wrote a couple articles responding to various technology “predictions” wherein authors made an attempt to predict what tec...
On Don Bluth (and Gary Goldman)
Okay I’m just going to come out and say it, since I still see a lot of people praising him: Don Bluth was a horrible film maker. He was a great animator. ...