One Word: Growth

“We report record profits as if that’s good news . . . ”

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Posted on October 30, 2015

Kinda The Way It Should Be

More true or less than the dreck we see on commercial channels every night?

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Posted on October 28, 2015

Back To The Future

A brilliant managing job, young kids who didn’t know any better, and a bright future. Guess what?

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Posted on October 26, 2015

Reporting Live From America’s Last Shopping Mall

Jennifer McLogan still asking the tough questions.

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Posted on October 19, 2015

By Steve Rhodes

“The Federal Trade Commission plans to start refunding customers duped into buying fraudster Kevin Trudeau’s diet book ‘as soon as possible’ after a judge gave final approval to the plan, its lawyer said,” the Sun-Times Media Wire (whatever that is) reports.
“Calling it the ‘fairest way we can do this,’ U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman gave his blessing [last] Wednesday to the FTC’s proposal to use $8 million of Trudeau’s fortune to begin compensating people who were conned through false infomercials into buying the TV pitchman’s book.
“The book Trudeau promoted as ‘an easy weight-loss program’ actually offered a 500 calorie-a-day diet, off-label injections of a fertility drug, frequent colonics and ‘extraordinary, lifelong’ diet restrictions, according to the FTC.”
Here’s my favorite part:

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Posted on October 14, 2015

Linda Kollmeyer Draws Her Last Ball

Live TV lottery drawings have come to an end in Illinois.
“Wednesday’s drawing was the last one aired live on WGN-TV, marking the end of an era as the Illinois Lottery transitions to a new digital system,” the Tribune reports. “Starting Thursday, drawings for Pick 3, Pick 4, Lotto with Extra Shot and Lucky Day Lotto will simply be posted on www.illinoislottery.com.”
Let’s take a look at live TV lottery drawings over the years.
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1976, WSNS Channel 44:

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Posted on October 2, 2015