February 8, 2012

GOP-Style Dems Moving to Sell Out Poor, Liberals: Lessons From The DC Budget Fight

It’s been less than two weeks since a>a href=”http://www.saveoursafetynet.com/content/dc-council-budget-vote-run-down” target=”_hplink”> guerilla campaign by local activists>/a> managed to restore about 20 percent from 1 million in budget cuts targeting Washington, D.C.’s neediest residents  – with little help  from the mainstream media, which >a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/art-levine/gop-budget-clones-take-ov_b_860365.html” target=”_hplink”>essentially ignored>/a> a looming shutdown of the city’s shelter and disabled aid [...]

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Pair Arrested For Trying To Sell Blocks Of Wood, Paper Binders As Toshiba Laptops

If you were at the fair this week in Jackson, Mississippi and saw a bunch of Toshiba laptops that you thought looked awfully like blocks of wood and paper binders, well, you were right. Two men were arrested after trying to sell the blocks of wood—which were covered in bubble wrap and secured with duct tape and Toshiba labels—to an off-duty state trooper.

The local sheriff’s department offered much-needed context for the bust.

“By the time you take it and get it home, you find you’ve purchased a block of wood, you may as well throw it in the fireplace. It’s no good,” said Lt. Jeffery Scott, public information officer with the Hinds County Sheriff’s Department.

The men face charges of trademark infringement and illegally selling goods bearing counterfeit labels. They face up to ,000 in fines and five years behind bars, which, if they can find a file and some duct tape, they can try selling to other inmates as DVD players.

Men arrested in wooden laptop scam [WLBT] (Thanks to Howard!)

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Woman Tries To Sell LeBron Bling, Is Accused Of Theft

It seems like every story associated with LeBron James these days is just bound to end in misery and despair. Such was the case for Vaneisha Robinson, 19, of Akron, Ohio. She claims she bought a LeBron jersey pendant five years ago at a flea market, found out recently it was worth a boatload, and put it up for sale on eBay. But now she’s been accused of stealing the ,000 bit of bling.

According to Robinson, she had the pendant appraised and was shocked by its worth. Meanwhile, Maverick O. Carter, CEO of LeBron’s marketing company, says the necklace was stolen from him three years ago, reports the Associated Press.

After Robinson put the diamond pendant on eBay, she says she was contacted by people willing to make an offer for the necklace, and that LeBron himself would be present at the sale. Instead, she says, when she showed up Carter’s home, she was forced to surrender the bobble.

“I was scared for my life,” Robinson told WEWS-TV.

“They pretty much accused me, they threatened me,” Robinson said. “They told us that we weren’t going anywhere until they got that pendant.”

Police have determined the piece was stolen and belongs to Carter. Meanwhile, LeBron is still the guy who abandoned his home town to move to the beach.

The Consumerist

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