Blackmail variant – 2019-08-01
This e-mail caught me a little by surprise this morning as the subject was “Be sure to read this message! Your personal data is threatened!”. At fir...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Student loans and lender risk
Bankruptcy tends to make lenders more cautious when it comes to making loans. The prospect of borrowers going into default and declaring bankruptcy makes lender...
Blackmail variant – 2019-07-18
This iteration of the common blackmail sextortion scam e-mail has some interesting points to it. In that, I guess to prevent a text search, many of the letters ...
State gun laws and pediatric firearm-related mortality
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics published a study concluding that “States with laws requiring universal background checks for firearm purchase...
“Got home” routine for photography
For about a year I’ve been a photography hobbyist. Every photographer, whether you’re a professional or hobbyist, must have a “got home”...
This isn’t about abortion!
Let’s establish the scene. Here’s the cast: MJ – woman who is 5 months pregnant EJ – woman who is presumably-lawfully armed Somewhere in...
Leaving on short notice
There are a lot of decisions made in the heat of the moment that many likely come to regret. In Michigan today there’s a store manager likely regretting s...
Religious police
Let’s talk about that new law recently signed by the Alabama governor. The bill amends Alabama Code ยงย 16-22-1. Here is the original text of that section: ...
Tax credits do not make adoption more affordable
Several United States Senators recently introduced the “Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act”, which aims to make the entirety of a family’s ...
Blackmail variant – 2019-06-05
This is a rather interesting variation on the scam e-mails I’ve received. The subject line was “[username] : [password]”, where [username] is ...
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