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03/05/23 01:11 PM #9385    

 

Jim Coats

A quick personal note worth reading:

Some scumbag(s) got ahold of my name, address and social security number and opened one VISA account at BofA with a $16,000 line of credit and were working on a second card at BofA....A MasterCard this time.  I would not have known about this except that BofA sent me a letter saying they needed some additional information for the second card application.

Of course, that's when the red flares went off and I went into total battle mode.  It doesn't hurt that I'm a retired credit compliance administrator (BofA, AZ) and know a bit about how to handle this crap.

A call to BofA resulted in both accounts being shut down (no actual charges yet except a $59 annual fee on the first one).  BofA was very helpful!  I also called Equifax (one of the three big credit reporting agencies) and they put a Fraud Alert on our names....Julie's and mine.  BTW, a call to one of the Agencies is a call to all three.  They cooperate.  I explained that I do not apply for any credit, period.....so I asked them to slam the door.  They did.  I also did this for my deceased parent's names, etc., just in case the scumbags try to access that information.  That took a little more time, but it's under way.

I think all is well.  I expect to receive a letter from Equifax in the next 60 days or so giving me an overview of what's going on.  

Federal law protects us against fraudulent credit card charges, but we have to know they are out there and report them to the creditor timely.   OH!  I also updated all passwords on deposit and credit card accounts.  Those passwords are.........Just kidding........  I'll tell you what they are at the Beer Summit.smiley    No I won't!!

To para-phrase the Dos Equis man's saying:  "STAY VIGILANT MY FRIENDS."

 


03/05/23 03:41 PM #9386    

Mike Lorts

What a nightmare Jim. Thank goodness you knew what to do and did them. Thanks for the heads up.


03/05/23 11:24 PM #9387    

 

Dennis Moran

Well im back to listening to Trump...so surprised..up till now I wondered who would be the best candidate for President and everytime Trump speaks it makes me want to put the Trump sign out in the front yard; heck im not a Republican and don't see answers with the Democrats either.  All the other candidates; usually i come out with a bullshit for something they said.  Trump gets up and all can say is damm I sure agree.  You would think after the Jan 6 capital event that would of changed me as well as all the Trump impeachent serials but no I still beleave him....Hey im an INDEPENDENT. Trump is so unlike any candidate...Heck I don't feel sorry for Hillary after what Clinton did. I really liked how he goes off script...whereas Obama I dont buy the squeeky clean equal justice for every one. i keep checking to see if my wallet was stolen. President Biden should be playing bingo at a home for seniors. 


03/06/23 06:04 AM #9388    

 

Frank Wiley

hi Dennis, Bingo is above Lyin Biden's intellect!!  Thanks Jim, another Scam--You May get an email from a Company (I.E. Lowe's, Ace Hardware, etc.) that says that you've been chosen to receive something free and you just need to pay shipping and handling charges.  The scary thing is that the email will have the company logo.  I got one from Ace Hardware for a cordless drill.  I got ahold of Ace and they said it's a scam and they had been hacked.  I asked, "How can they use your Logo?"  Ace said that in the fine print they cover themselves.  The scammers first hit your credit card for a shipping fee--(I.E.-$6.00).   Just to see if the card charge will go through, then later hit the card again for a big change.  Seems to me that everyone in Congress would want to stop this one.  I agree, Be very careful out there!!


03/06/23 08:27 AM #9389    

 

Jim Coats

Well, well, well.  It appears more and more democrats are objecting to Biden running for a second term because of his age, of all things.  I didn't even know he was old, did you?  I thought he was just incompetent.  But I'm a bit more scientific than that.  After a great deal of research, study and mind-numbing deliberation, I have concluded that I object to him being in politics at all because His policies SUCK and he's destroying America!  End of story.

SECURE THE BORDER!!  FOLLOW THE MONEY!!  AMERICA FIRST!!

P.S.  Frank....re: your #9514.  I hear you.  I still think Trump is a sonofabitch, but IF he gets the nomination, he may just be the sonofabitch we need right now and I WILL vote for him.


03/06/23 08:56 AM #9390    

 

David Rainwater

Jim, sorry for your issues with stolen identity. It's interesting that if they hadn't applied for the second card, you would never have known until they'd used up all the credit.  I've had someone named Douglas give out my email address as his and I don't know where he published this but I've been getting countless job offers from Missouri and if I don't get at least 5 scam offers a day, I feel abandoned :(
Michael k., just read an article in todays paper about scientists pushing back horseback riding to 5000 years ago.  They did it by inspecting human bones for evidence of horse riding; apparently there are five place (one in the hips) that are modified in riders.  I expect you'll have those marks as well...something you'll carry even after you can no longer ride, a cool thought.


03/06/23 09:11 AM #9391    

 

Greg Watkins

Thanks Jim for the heads up story. I'm amazed at the number of emails and even texts that tell me I have received something free. Unfortunately people have to believe that nothing is free. But as we see, many of our politicians continue to us this same tactic to gain their vote. Some examples of this today is represented by Biden's tuition give away and reparations being proposed by the liberal in government.

03/06/23 09:31 AM #9392    

Mike Lorts

Greg,

I remember when Trump held up the mailing of the $1400 free money checks until he could get his signature on them. Thankfully, even that could not get him re-elected.


03/06/23 09:43 AM #9393    

Mike Lorts

Jim,

I have a question for you. If Trump is nominated and elected, will they need to move the resolute desk from the Oval Office to an as yet unnamed prison cell?


03/06/23 10:52 AM #9394    

 

Jim Coats

Peck, peck.

03/06/23 11:14 AM #9395    

 

DeWitt Bacon

Mike L. What makes you think that Trump has done anything worthy of being sent to jail? The lies from CNN, MSNBC, etc.? Or the really BIG lies from the Trump haters on the Jan. 6 committee? If anyone should be going to prison, it is Joeseph Robinette Biden Jr. He is guilty of treason by giving aid and comfort to our enemies while thumbing his nose at some of our allies. Some henchmen of Biden should also be arrested as co-conspirators. I won't go into all of the blunders of the Biden administration. You know what they are. You don't want to admit that your 'WONDER GUY is an absolute failure. 


03/06/23 06:45 PM #9396    

 

Michael Wetzel

 

Conservatives and moderate Democrats have known that the partisan Democrat Jan 6 Committee was only interested in anything that would make Trump look bad to prevent him from winning an election, instead of holding a true investigation of all facts surrounding the Jan 6 riot. It was not an "insurrection", no matter how often the Dems and their media paint it as such.

 

One major issue which the Dems refused to address were the significant security failures. The Democrats tried to pass it off as bad intelligence not knowing there would be rioting. But numerous emails and documents obtained through FOIA lawsuits revealed last year that all the intelligence agencies involved, including the FBI and the Capitol Police, had advance notice up to a month before, of the planned attacks on the Capitol by various anarchist groups passing themselves off as "Trump supporters". And most important, why did Pelosi refuse Trump's offer of having the National Guard on hand prior to the rally??

 

Well, now the government's GAO has completed their investigation.

 

Questions about why then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused President Trump's offer of National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are being raised – again – after a government report faulted a number of law enforcement agencies for allowing the riot to develop that day.

Pelosi, and Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, refused Trump's offer of additional security that day – and hundreds of people rioted, some breaking into the Capitol to vandalize it and others walking past security guards who held doors open for them and taking selfies in the building.

The Government Accountability Office reported that Capitol Police, FBI, Homeland Security, and eight other federal agencies gathered intelligence "that extremists were planning to commit violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 but failed to adequately adapt security or get threat assessments to key decision-makers and frontline officers."

The conclusions immediately triggered questions inside Congress on the failure by Pelosi to act. As House speaker she had responsibility to oversee the security of the building.

The report said the GAO found fault with all 10 agencies it reviewed, but blasted the Capitol Police "for leaving frontline officers unaware of the threat they faced when they went to work."

 

 

 


03/06/23 10:18 PM #9397    

 

Michael Kelly

Gentlemen: It is amusing to me that Donald J. Trump gets so much attention, and it seems he knows how to keep his name on the tips of lots of peoples tongues, and taking up headspace in place of what might be better used on other information. To keep this straight, I have not met the man, and probably never will and am not possessed of a certain sort of public notoriety hunger---I don't necessarily care to have a picture taken with him, etc. etc. But here is the reason for my using so much space on making this comment. 

I don't really care, and think probably most of you should follow suit in placing him his ego his presentation his toxicity on a Shelf. He in essence, doesn't really matter as long as he serves Us in an honorable way in the position he is running for, and may again be elected to. I don't particularly care for cats, but if I heard Trump had sixteen pet cats and they had the run of Mar A Lago and no litter boxes, I could care less. As long as he does the Job I want him to do to preserve and protect this Nation, and not make our living and survival conditions Miserable by catering to a very small number of Obsessives e.g. the Green New Deal Freaks, or the Disarm Americans so Criminals Wont Get Shot when they Rape your Ten Year Old daugther Types. But I I'm going to make this even more a everyday Example. Barbara Streisand is or at least was, haven't seen much of her over the last fifteen years or so, but her Voice has been incomparable for excellence, however, if you visited her Mansion in Malibu, Ca. (it may have burned down about 3 years ago) anyway, She has an obssession with Parrots, Cockatoos, Tropical Birds in general, and they fly around the interior of her very expensive Mansion, pooping freely on furniture, stove, kitchen table, et. al. and it is supposedly beyond disgusting, but is there anyone who would, because of her predilection for allowing birds to wreak diseased havoc in the living abode, would abandon listening to her Sing. No, you probably wouldn't. 

Now I don't care if you despise Trump, think he's an unmitigate Egotist, imagine so-----he's accomplished a lot in his personal life, I wish I could say Yeah, guys, while you been nose to the grindstone, i been raking in the bucks six  or seven billion, quit counting five years ago. How do you like me now (from a Country Western Song I heard) the point is yep he is aggravating and maybe on purpose, kinda like Rush Limbaugh was with his bombastic style and braggadacio, Heard Rush explain why he did it one time. Big high missioned people sometimes use Aggravation to Keep the Public Attention. WC Fields did it, so did Winston Churchill, Bill Maher does it and Well. Point is, Look at what the Man or Woman Does, and quit worrying so much about how they get it done. Putting it another way, Trump is no Pedophile, He aint murdered anyone, he despite the desperate hopes of the Trump Haters, has not been convicted of any Crime, 

I'll Vote for Him if he Wins the Nomination and would never Vote for biden, even if my neck was permanently affixed in the business end of a Guillotine. So if you wanna worry over Trump, go ahead, but look at how good he Served us, because He really Cares, and that gives me plenty of reason to forgive him for some of his obvious Failings. I really like Ron DeSantis also, and Ted Cruz, and Tom Cotton, and Mike P. I also thing that the Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem is a damn good candidate if she chooses to be one.


03/07/23 05:55 AM #9398    

 

Frank Wiley

Good "Beer Summit" last evening!  I always hear stories I have never heard before and always enjoy them!!       To the two Michael's- Although you didn't "row the boat ashore"  very good observations!!  Last week Brett Baher interviewed Christopher Ray (Keystone Kop head of the FBI)  and asked him if there were any FBI agents inserted into the January 6th crowd?  He said he couldn't answer that question. To me, that means yes there were.  There is no reason why he wouldn't answer that question unless there is something nefarious going on!!


03/07/23 08:11 AM #9399    

 

Jim Coats

Mike K. AMEN!

Mike W.  Right on the money.

Tucker was given 4,400 hours (??!!) of video from 1/6 by McCarthy.  It is apparently telling and shoots holes in the "Insurgency" crap spewed by the left.  I'll be curious to see what comes of this disclosure.  Stay tuned.  I'm going to start taping Tucker because I don't subscribe to the FOX whatever channel.


03/07/23 09:33 AM #9400    

 

DeWitt Bacon

Michael W. Great comments. It's good to see that more truth is coming out about Jan. 6  After all the lies from the left and its fake news pundits, including the despicable Jan. 6 commission. More videos are coming out that the left had been hiding, showing Capital police letting people in that day and leading them around like a tour guide. And I keep asking where is Ray Epps and why isn't he being subpoenaed to testify before the House committee?


03/07/23 10:10 AM #9401    

 

Jim Coats

Exact-a-mundo, DeWitt!  See my last post just above.


03/07/23 10:15 AM #9402    

 

Michael Wetzel

DeWitt,. 

That article was sent to me by a Friend, I just thought it might be relevant..........


03/07/23 12:38 PM #9403    

 

Jim Coats

Rip....our 15 month old dog gave us a little scare yesterday, but he's good now.  Thanks for your call today Frank.   Sorry I missed the Beer Summit.  I plan to be at the next one.  

HOW ABOUT SOME SMILES?

Once you lick the frosting off a cupcake, it becomes a muffin....and muffins are healthy.  You're welcome.

According to the Dutchess, Men are like Fine Wine.  They start out as grapes and it's up to women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into SOMETHING ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH.

Speaking of the Dutchess....she made me a nice cup of coffee this morning and winked at me when she handed me the cup.  I have NEVER been more scared of a drink in all my life.

Daughter:  Mom.  I'm dating our neighbor.  Mom:  He could be your dad.  Daughter:  Age isn't an issue.  Mom:  No....I don't think you understand.

I was mugged by a thief last night on my way home.  Pointing a knife at me, He asked:  "Your money or your life?"  I told him I am married...so I have no money and no life.  We hugged and cried together.  It was a beautiful moment.


03/07/23 02:11 PM #9404    

 

Michael Kelly

ANTIFA CONTINUES TO RIOT AND BURN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FACILITY NEAR ATLANTA, GA. THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, FBI, DOJ, THE PRESIDENT REFUSE TO EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE OF ANTIFA, OR THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THIS DESTRUCTION. RESPECT FOR THE LAW IS RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING IN OUR COUNTRY. WE MUST BE ON THE WRONG PATH.  OR SOME OF US JUST DON'T CARE.


03/07/23 03:23 PM #9405    

 

Frank Wiley

So I asked my Granddaughter what is the meaning of Presidents Day.  I expected to hear something about Washington or Lincoln.  She said, "It's when Joe Biden walks out of the White House and we find out if we're going to have Two more years of Bullshit or not!"   So much for groundhogs!!  Smart Girl!! Maybe they are learning something in school?  Jim, you must like my "Sunday Funnies" because you keep re-using them.


03/07/23 08:58 PM #9406    

 

Jim Coats

Frank.  What's that you say?  Plaigiarism you say?  My jokes were all original.

OK, they weren't.  If you already posted them before, I apologize.  I try to keep track, but I only have so much RAM left.  That's computer speak, Frank.  Did I use it right?

Thanks again for the call.  Abyssinia down the road.


03/08/23 05:17 AM #9407    

 

Frank Wiley

Jim, Please keep repeating the jokes.  There are two positives about the repetition.  One, we need all the smiles we can get, and two when I read them, and know them, it means my memory isn't completely gone.  Thanks!!


03/08/23 06:20 AM #9408    

 

Jim Coats

How about these, Franksmiley:

I met with my great grandma the other day at a barbeque.  (Not really, she's been dead for a thousand years).  Anyhow, she started giggling and when I asked what's funny, she said "Everyone here is alive because I got laid."

My teacher (again, not really) said "Don't worry about spelling.  In the future there will be auto correct."  For that, I am eternally grapefruit.


03/08/23 07:50 AM #9409    

 

Jim Coats

Now I hear that Eric Adams, NYC Mayor, feels that masks are now past tense and when the guys come into a little bodega all hoodied up with masks on, the staff should say something like:  "Hey...stop right there.  Take your masks off before coming into my area so my cameras can get good facial recognition shots for WHEN you rob me."  Maybe the little clerks should go a step further and tell the Hoodied, masked guys to drop their guns in the box by the door so the bodega owner can turn them into the police.  Yep....this sounds like a plan to me....an ignorant, worthless plan.  The mayor wants bodega and store clerks to enforce the "Hands up...drop the mask rule" he just came up with.  Brilliant.

I have an alternative plan....Lorts will love this because I am stating "my" policy.  How about Albany (and the rest of the country) gets rid of criminal coddling laws and give the Police the backing to ENFORCE good laws and put these scumbags in jail?  How about that....Change bad laws and enforce good laws?  What is wrong with these people....most of whom, you may have noticed, are democrats!  Eric Adams is even beginning to be touted as a warrior for peace.  He's a left wing politician, people.

SECURE THE BORDER!!  FOLLOW THE MONEY!!  AMERICA FIRST!!


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