eBay Double Standards Smack Of Racism

eBay banned the listing of these Django Unchained action figures on it’s auction website. Was the decision racially motivated?

Django Unchained Action Toy!

Django Unchained Action Toy!

The action toys are based on the lead characters of the recently release film from Quentin Tarantino. It’s a western set in the pre-Civil War south, about a slave who gains his freedom as he teams up with a bounty hunter to kill slave owners and ultimately find his wife and win her freedom as well. The movie has received a great deal of critical acclaim. The film has been nominated for four Oscars, including best picture, original screenplay, best cinematography and best supporting actor for Christoph Waltz, who plays the bounty hunter. It already won two Golden Globes for screenplay and supporting actor. Read more

A Canadian’s Perspective On USA Gun Control

I’m for gun control, but I’m also a realist. It’s far too late for the USA to go backwards, no matter if it’s for good or bad. The sad truth is, there will come a day in the not too distant future when the population of the USA will need their right to bear arms, and for the very reasons the nation’s founding fathers foresaw.

The Stage Is Being Set Now

1. Citizens of the USA already fear each other as much as they do their own government, and they fear the governments of other nations even more.

2. The country is divided by a two party political system. This is not because two parties better represent the population, but because two parties are far easier to manipulate and control by puppet masters than is the case with multi party systems.

3. Crime is rampant and government willingness to combat it is lacking to the point of impotence.

4. Politicians are mostly self serving, with too many able to be bought by special interest groups, and a few owned outright by criminal organizations.

5. Campaigning politicians constantly polarize the population using race, religion, fear, and social segregation to further their own election agendas. However, the hate and resentment stirred up does not fade like and election promise once the polls close.

6. Religion is not separated from the state, but instead is a tool. Religion is constantly being manipulated to further political agendas with the faithful totally unaware they’re manipulated, at least for the time being.

7. Promotion of needless consumption, combined with a rising in cost of living is being fostered to create a population buried in debt, and therefore compliant.

8. Monetary devaluation and the subsequent increase in the cost of living, with no corresponding increase in incomes being enforced is being used to concentrate wealth in the hands of the few.

10. The population is being deliberately dumbed down through the systematic degradation of the education made available to the majority of the population. The purpose is to rear a generation of citizens intelligent enough to be capable of menial labour and to use low level technology. However, at the same time the poorly educated population is incapable of recognizing manipulation, nor of questioning leadership.

11. Distractions from fiscal mismanagement, be it war or mindless forms of entertainment, are used to foster apathy… etc., etc., etc. Read more

Spam, Spam, Spam

I didn’t want to restrict commenting on posts on this blog to only registered members and contributing, guest bloggers. However. with dozens of spammers making scammy, spammy comments each day, none of which are ever visible, I may have to restrict commenting. If I do, I will set it so any people leaving comments I  previously approved have future comments auto approved…

I am extremely annoyed…

This is a rant, but also a way for readers to get the know me. I recently had a few pathetic souls decide I should go to Hell, with his, her, or their help. I’m not sure if my protagonist is one person pretending to be many, or that I actually managed to upset a lot of people and they all wish me harm.

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13 Tips To Make Pinterest Work For You

Use Pinterest To Enhance Your Web Presence

PinterstPinterest may not be as popular as Facebook or Twitter as a social media service, but the virtual pinboard is attracting around 4.5 to 5 million unique visitors each month. Although the number of users is nowhere near as high as the long established social networks, Pinterest is gaining traction. Pinterest’s rapid growth is also attracting the interest of web marketers…

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Abuses of Facebook Ad Coupons & PVAs

FacebookIt’s said that no good deed goes unpunished, and Facebook is a case in point.

Facebook is the third most commonly used communication tool worldwide, following only telephone calls and emails.

Unlike it’s communication competition however, Facebook has an almost unlimited number of features and benefits to offer users. For business use, a couple of prime examples are allowing developers with PVA (Phone Verified Accounts) to build applications using the Facebook Platform, and Facebook’s Ad Coupon promotion. Both excellent offerings, and both suffering at the hands of abusers.

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Credit Card Scam Warning

There is a very slick credit card scam that’s currently active. The scammers do not ask for your card number because they already have it.

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Your Affiliate Marketing Guide

Affiliate marketing is something that many webmasters know how to do to some degree. They know what it’s about, and what it takes to be successful. However, if you’re new to blogging or managing a website you may be wondering how you can get into affiliate marketing to start earning an income for yourself. Fortunately, doing so is not that complicated.

I’ve created this beginners’ guide to get you started…

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Thar’ She Blows | Return Of The Fail Whale?

Twitter Fail WhaleIt had been a long time since Twitter suffered any significant downtime. In fact, I’d assumed Twitter had gotten past all of the problems of those early days when the Fail Whale was surfacing constantly. So I was surprized when Twitter went down Thursday, June 21st, 2012, for a period of more than an hour, and was intermittent at best for the rest of the day. So what happened?.

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4 Facebook Business Page Marketing Tips

No matter how you’re marketing your business, you need to be advertising through social media as well. That said, a key part of your social media strategy must be a Facebook page because it is the ideal tool to increase awareness about your business and its products or services.

Here are a few tips that should increase your brand’s awareness using Facebook:

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