Watch out for these 12 scams this holiday season...The holidays are one of the busiest times of year for online scammers. Not only do millions of consumers go online to shop, but many also let their guard down as they get caught up in the festive mood. Keep cybercriminals from taking the joy out of your holidays this year by familiarizing yourself ( Read more... )

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. ( Read more... )

In honor of the holiday:::

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.
-- Johnny CarsonI celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I ( Read more... )

Stephen Colbert takes on R.I. Governor and Catholic Church - after Governor's recent veto of funeral rights bill...

Direct: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/256012/november-16-2009/the-word---skeletons-in-the-closet

On Huff: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/17/colbert-destroys-ri-gover_n_360313.htmlMy favorite lines ( Read more... )

A non-exhaustive collection of stories about corporations that knew their products were dangerous, sometimes deadly, but chose not to do anything about it - or worse, actively hid the evidence that the product was dangerous to consumers...

These are examples of where the civil justice system (aka tort law) helped bring the truth to light and, in ( Read more... )

‘Texas justice’ will not fix health care
Friday, October 23, 2009
by Patrick Barry

Richard Weekley's Oct 20 Commentary piece, “Tort reform helps Texas health care,” is a strange selection to print. Imposing Texas-style, one-size-fits-all caps on awards to the most seriously injured patients would not help improve health care. To the contrary, the ( Read more... )

Snippets from ProJo story:
Frank J. Williams, the retired chief justice of the R.I. Supreme Court, who has been embroiled in a messy divorce case involving his former driver, announced today that he will no longer hear any new court cases.

Williams, 69, formally resigned from the court in December 2008, but at the court's request, agreed to assist ( Read more... )

Spoof iPhone commercial that mocks Republicans in Congress... "There's a Rep For That!"

http://wakingupnow.com/blog/rep4that

For example::::
"If you want to heckle the president during his address to the nation, there's a Rep for that." 
"If you want to suggest smacking around your wife doesn’t truly count as assault, and neither does killing ( Read more... )

Money Magazine included Providence in it's Top 25 Best Places to Retire! Ranked as #17! Go Providence!

Snippet:
Dozens of restaurants line the city's narrow streets, serving up fresh local seafood as well as modern and internationally influenced fare.

It's easy to work up an appetite enjoying the historic sites or taking in the arts at a variety of ( Read more... )

Seen on large blue work pick-up:::
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