Freaky Frugalite

Tin Foil to the Rescue: Defeating Big Brother’s Mobile Body Scanners

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Ai chihuahua, and we thought the TSA body scanners at airports was bad enough. And we thought the Google Street Mobile, that captured the unencrypted wireless data of neighborhoods as it passed by, was bad enough. The A&E Z Backscatter Van is a nightmarish blend of both. Of course, it’s ALL for your SAFETY and [...]

Cities Forcing Bloggers to Pay Licensing Fees!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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Did you guys hear about this?? The city of Philadelphia is requiring bloggers to pay a business license fee, even if the bloggers do not make a profit. Unbelievable! According to the news story, the city government is charging bloggers a $300 licensing fee, on top of a bunch of other fees: a business privilege [...]

Nation’s Oldest Family Farm Up for Sale

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Holy cow. LITERALLY, hahahah!!! OK I calm down now. This story at Boston.com is both tragic and befuddling. (I’d copy and paste a section of the news story, but I don’t want to get sued for doing so- so you’ll have to go see for yourself). In a nutshell, a family in New Hampshire is [...]

American Media is WAY Too Self-Absorbed

Monday, June 21, 2010

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Went to the Drudge Report today, and saw this. Aw, come on! Give me a break! The American flag at the bottom of the ocean?! “Summer canceled”?? I’m so sick of the media, really. And I don’t even watch television, so I don’t know how you TV-watchers can endure this junk day after day and [...]

Yay for Kim Komando!

Monday, May 10, 2010

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Kim Komando, one of my early mentors into computer geekdom, is now making videos. And I am really pleased to see her address the problems of unConstitutional violations of our rights by the government. In this video, she discusses that the government can and will search and seize any of our electronic data when we [...]

Cops Taser a Pregnant Woman- Feds Say Pain Tactics Acceptable

Friday, April 2, 2010

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Here’s some serious news for you ladies. I usually try to keep things “positive” here, but I know a lot of moms read this blog, and this is serious enough to bring to your attention. My blogging friend, Jean, wrote about an incident regarding an 8-month pregnant woman. A pregnant woman named Malaika Brooks of [...]

American Government, Modern Edition

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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It’s a Tough Time For a Mathematically-Challenged Mom

Friday, February 5, 2010

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I *only* spent the entire morning (five hours!) today hashing through reams and reams of papers. Yes, boys and girls, it’s that time of year again- TAX TIME! And that reminds me- here’s Uncle Jay to explain Taxes and the Deficit! This is one of my favorites. Yeah, I’m depressed now, too… Since I am [...]

Congress Breaks Like the Wind, Too…

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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I saw this at Renee’s Coffee Break- hilarious!! And sadly, it’s totally true! As a lobbyist in Washington, DC, I’d just finished up a meeting with a Congressman when I stopped to use the restroom. After washing my hands, I stepped over to the hand dryer and noticed that someone had taped a note to [...]