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Jim McCormick: The Bernie Madoff of Snake Oil Salesmen

Feb 1st, 2010

How much would you pay for a magical bomb detector that can sniff out explosive devices as far away as 1 kilometer? Boy, THAT sure would save a lot of lives, wouldn’t it? And how much would you pay if this magic bomb detector came with a set of memory cards, each one detecting different [...]

The Pop-Up Ad That Got Me

by Margaret.

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Several months ago I was randomly surfing the web and a pop-up ad sucked me in to sign-up for one of those book clubs because I would get a $50 restaurant gift card. I figured I’d be ahead on the deal because it was a gift card for a restaurant that I’d eat at anyway, [...]