Bot Fraud: How Will Digital Advertising Destroy This Demon?
Ever since the advent of AdWords, fake clicks have been an insidious problem for advertisers. But today that problem is bigger than it’s ever been before. How big? Well, according to a new report, bot fraud is a $6.3 billion problem. That represents
Continue readingHappy Tax Day: Your Tax Dollars Used to Study Male Prostitutes
One of my favorite things to not like is taxes. And seeing as April 15 is on Monday (get busy, you slackers!), I figured it was an opportune time to talk about taxes and government waste. Do you know the U.S. federal government pays out millions of dollars in fraudulent refund claims to prisoners every […]
Continue readingThe Destructive Consequences of a Crushing Welfare State
The modern welfare state has created a class of lazy people who feel they are entitled to government benefits even though they add no productive value to society. The longer a person leeches onto social programs, the more idle they become. Being paid for idleness is habit-forming. Eventually, such people begin to feel as if […]
Continue readingA Sleazy Sales Piece that Resorts to Trickery [Pic]
DNS Services would like me to believe that I owe them $65 for the next year of hosting for this site. That is why they have sent me a letter that looks like an invoice, complete with payment coupon attached. Except that it is not an invoice at all. They are merely trying to trick […]
Continue readingMy Strange 2-Week Stint with Controversial Herbalife
I was part of Amway for 3 years, from age 18 to 21. I then joined Herbalife for about 2 weeks. I joined because it seemed like they had a decent marketing plan for reaching beyond friends and family. Turns out they didn’t. 12+ years ago, their “marketing plan” was to put up signs at […]
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