Thanks, Ragin’ Asian.

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Earlier this week, a small group of conservative commentators engaged in a propaganda effort reminiscent of the racist “Islamo-fascism Awareness” campaign seen earlier this year at several American college campuses.
These right-wing bloggers managed to convince Dunkin’ Donuts to stop using an advertising campaign that featured a woman wearing a scarf. The scarf was said [...]

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This piece in Slate suggests that the inaugural winner of the Wal-Mart Douchebag Award, Wal-Mart, might be slipping just a bit from its undisputed title as the Greatest Retailer Of All Time. (Other winners of the Wal-Mart Douchebag Award include Ken Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State.)
Apparently, Wal-Mart has dropped their sales forecast for the final [...]

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Here’s your latest update to the continuing saga with VisaUSA, the issuer of my debit card from Washington Mutual. My card number was among thousands lost in an apparent computer security breach. WaMu informed me of the breach and gave me a new card with a new number. I’m not alone — [...]

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I’m still waiting for a call back from VisaUSA headquarters, but that doesn’t mean that The Most Important Blog… Ever’s investigation into which merchant lost tens of thousands of debit card numbers has come to a standstill.
Today, MasterCard reported that thousands of their debit card numbers have been compromised. That’s right — it’s getting [...]

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