Barack Obama’s plan for redistribution of wealth
Getting closer to Socialism and Communism, Barack Obama wants higher taxes on the “wealthy,” and the money will essentially be redistributed to the not-so-wealthy. Obama says: “It’s not that I want to punish your success; I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you that they’ve got a chance at success, too.”
Continue reading...15 October 2008
Overstock.com and Gradient settle lawsuit
On Monday, a press release announced that the long legal battle between Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), its nutty CEO Patrick Byrne, and Gradient Analytics was over. It was somewhat disappointing, when it seemed that the heart of the lawsuit was an attempt to silence critics. Scare research firms so much that they’ll be reluctant to publish negative opinions [...]
Continue reading...15 October 2008
Barack Obama’s plan for redistribution of wealth
Getting closer to Socialism and Communism, Barack Obama wants higher taxes on the “wealthy,” and the money will essentially be redistributed to the not-so-wealthy. Obama says: “It’s not that I want to punish your success; I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you that they’ve got a chance at success, too.”
Continue reading...14 October 2008
The Sith Lord has penetrated Google!
Thanks to Sam Antar for these interesting searches, the results of which are no doubt generated based upon special intervention from the Sith Lord.
Continue reading...14 October 2008
Patrick Byrne, the omniscient
I’ve been contemplating this topic for a couple of weeks, but just didn’t have the stomach to write about it. Fortunately, Gary Weiss has mentioned it and given me the courage to suck it up and write about it. What’s the topic? The ever-nauseating Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK). Since at least 2005, he has [...]
Continue reading...13 October 2008
Palin Troopergate: The timeline, the truth
The media just can’t get enough of Alaska’s governor Sarah Palin. The report released on Friday concluded that Palin “abused her power.” But I think it’s important to take an objective look at what really happened and when it happened. Before going into the specifics, I think it’s important to start with a hypothetical question. If [...]
Continue reading...13 October 2008
Carnival of Fraud - October 13, 2008
Welcome to the October 13, 2008 edition of carnival of fraud. The Smarter Wallet presents Don’t Get Ripped Off! Watch Out For These Consumer Dangers posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, “Thanks!” Silicon Valley Blogger presents 10 Reasons Why Buying Penny Stocks Is Nothing But A Mistake posted at The Digerati Life, saying, “I discuss penny [...]
Continue reading...11 October 2008
My new hero - James T. Harris
Conservative talk radio host James T. Harris has stood up and voiced what many of us want to say. He’s now been the target of many threats and racial slurs. James, thank you for standing up for your beliefs and for doing what is right. I am praying for you and your family.
Continue reading...10 October 2008
Newly designated “racist” things
Reality is so much better than fantasy. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried. Here are the things the Barack Obama campaign and Obama supporters are now claiming signify racism:
Continue reading...10 October 2008
Joe Taxpayer’s five part Money Merge Analysis
Haven’t gotten enough of the cold hard reality that United First Financial’s MMA is inferior to a very simple (and free!) do-it-yourself prepayment of your mortgage (which only requires you to pay extra on your mortgage once a month)? Joe Taxpayer did a five-part series on the UFF MMA, and here’s a summary:
Continue reading...09 October 2008
Recent articles from WalletPop Personal Finance
It’s been a while since I’ve highlighted any of my articles from AOL’s personal finance site WalletPop.com. That’s mainly because I’ve been so busy that I haven’t written a whole lot for them over the past two months. I’ll be posting more in the near future. A few of my articles:
Continue reading...- Is Shop to Earn a scam or a legitimate business?
- More on why ShopToEarn sucks (and so do MyPowerMall and TeamNational)
- MonaVie: Scam or not?
- Mary Kay Cosmetics: Destroying half a million women a year
- Primerica Financial Services a scam?
- The Pyramid Scheme aspect of Primerica Financial Services
- Shop To Earn lawyer bullying bloggers
- The Sarah Palin pregnancy cover-up that wasn't (updated)
- A new pyramid scheme: United First Financial
- What does Dave Ramsey think about United First Financial
- Tracy Coenen: Jiminy - The facts as you’ve laid them out do seem to...
- Jiminy Cricket!: Tracy, If I did some work for an MLM company, say defending...
- Tracy Coenen: Yes, God love me!
I am happy to receive documents on behalf... - Joe Sloboda: Niles - that is absolutely correct - when ever a memebr logs in...
- Niles: I am not affiliated with this site, or Tracy (God love her though!). I...
- Tracy Coenen: Come now, Peter. Let’s try for a little bit of truth...
- Peter Landis: Your obsessions against Byrne are nausiating. You have lost...
- Tracy Coenen: Promises, promises, Joe.
- Joe Sloboda: Niles - at risk of being chastized by Tracy for posting with an...
- Tracy Coenen: Yeah, I would not want to sign up for something for which I...
- Barack Obama’s plan for redistribution of wealth
- Patrick Byrne, the omniscient
- Chicago mayor promises action against city employees stealing from taxpayers
- Consumers easier to scam during tough economic times
- Searching for Shop to Earn scam
- Debunking Sarah Palin rumors and lies
- Check out the pork in the bailout bill
- The $700 billion bailout should fail on its own merits
- Criminal charges against Amway in India
- The lure of multi-level marketing
About the Author
Tracy Coenen is a forensic accountant and fraud examiner who investigates white collar crimes, including cases of financial statement fraud, embezzlement, tax fraud, and insurance fraud. She is the author of Essentials of Corporate Fraud and more than 100 articles on fraud featured in industry publications.
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