Kansas remains purple
Four years ago, back in November 2018, two Democrats were elected in Kansas. Sharice Davids was elected to represent my district, ousting Kevin Yoder. And Laura...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Blackmail variant – 2022-10-31
This one ended up in my junk folder – where it rightfully belongs – so I didn’t see it until I went looking there for something else. This is ...
Geek Squad – 2022-10-14
Another Geek Squad scam message. This time I took the raw HTML of the message and just pasted it here since it’s just text. Hello there! ...
Geek Squad scam message
The timing on this one was rather apt since I was browsing the Geek Squad website recently for setting up a camera repair appointment. And the text for the sear...
Scam order email – 2022-09-12
Along with the various blackmail emails I’ve received, I feel it just as important to start posting the other scam emails I’ve received. These ones ...
Revisiting “Gadgets you can keep”
Back over 10 years ago, I wrote a couple articles responding to various technology “predictions” wherein authors made an attempt to predict what tec...
On Don Bluth (and Gary Goldman)
Okay I’m just going to come out and say it, since I still see a lot of people praising him: Don Bluth was a horrible film maker. He was a great animator. ...
The “Respect for Marriage Act” does NOT “codify” gay marriage
Rcently the House of Representatives passed the “Respect for Marriage Act” – H.R.8404. And the bill was moved through under fears the Supreme ...
Over-selling hand-to-hand combat
Article: I Carry a Gun. I Don’t Need That H2H Crap! Setting aside for a moment that directly hand-to-hand engaging an assailant is beyond stupid, hand-to-hand c...
Imposing fines based on income
I’ve seen this idea crop up every now and again. And a lot of people are wanting this because 1. it sticks it to the rich and 2. it’s from Europe, s...