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Recently I read a news release regarding a website called YourFreeMusicDownloads.Com, claiming to offer free mp3 downloads by filling out surveys.  I figured it was a scam, but I went through the entire process to check it out for myself. 

The website first asks for a valid email address, and the addresses for two friends.  I opted to provide that information with my own email address, which is heavily filtered, and two free email services. 

The next step is to fill out a survey.  I signed up for the first survey on the list, and proceeded to complete every step.  As it turns out, the survey was a legitimate company called YourTopBrands.com, and after signing up for three services they gave me a voucher for a free $100 Visa gift card.

I waited several weeks for access to the mp3 downloads, but received no access code.  I then contacted YourTopBrands.com to ask if they were affiliated with the referring website.  The answer was No.  YourTopBrands.com has never heard of, nor do they have any business relations with YourFreeMusicDownloads.com.  I forwarded this information to contact@yourfreemusicdownloads.com and waited for a response, which never arrived.

I waited several more weeks, and still had no access to the promised mp3 downloads.  However, my inbox now receives hundreds of spam messages per day (graciously filtered at the mail server).  Now that I have established that YourFreeMusicDownloads.Com is indeed a scam, I did some research on Google. 

As it turns out, the same contact phone number and address are listed for several other shady websites located in California.  Top it off with the fact that the retard is a webhosting reseller under the domain svws.net.  The funny part is, the phone number has a Florida area code, and the business that resides at the address listed for YourFreeMusicDownloads.com is actually SK Donut Shop.  Here are the sites I’ve found so far:

svws.net
Monahan, Brendan
Silicon Valley Web Services, Inc.
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
ilovespam69@hotmail.com

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brendanmonahan.com
Brendan Monahan
San Jose, CA 
408-892-5222
brendan@brendanmonahan.com

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YourFreeMusicDownloads.com
Chris Rearden
1440 Pollard Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@YourFreeMusicDownloads.com
1-904-369-1215

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FreePlayStation3.net
Brian Cornerstone
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@freeplaystation3.net
1-904-369-1215

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MesotheliomaLawyerAttorney.com
Brian Cornerstone
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@MesotheliomaLawyerAttorney.com
1-904-369-1215

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arizonataxliens.com
Brian Cornerstone
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@arizonataxliens.com

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commercialpropertyappraisal.com
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@commercialpropertyappraisal.com

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increaseyoursalary.com
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@increaseyoursalary.com

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learnforexblog.info
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@learnforexblog.info

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onlineforextradingblog.com
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@onlinwforextradingblog.com

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cheapwebhostingcompanies.com
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@cheapwebhostingcompanies.com

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forextradingplatformblog.info
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@forextradingplatformblog.info

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qualitybabyfurniture.com
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@qualitybabyfurniture.com

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safebabyfurniture.com
1484 Pollard Road, Suite 415
Los Gatos, CA 95032
contact@safebabyfurniture.com

I think the Union City Police Department needs some education on nutrition.  Officer Wendell Adams claims to have become ill after eating a burger that was too salty.  Either the officer is lying, or he has a potassium deficiency.  Salt can’t make a person sick.  Sounds like grounds for a lawsuit to me!

Full Story from MSNBC:

Salty burger lands McDonald’s employee in jail
Police officer says oversalted meat made him sick; worker faces charges

UNION CITY, Ga. - A McDonald’s employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer’s burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.

Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.

Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who “tried to thump the salt off.”

On her break, she ate a burger made with the salty meat. “It didn’t make me sick,” Bull told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

But then Police Officer Wendell Adams got a burger made with the oversalted meat, and he returned a short time later and told the manager it made him sick.

Bull admitted spilling salt on the meat, and Adams took her outside and questioned her, she said.

“If it was too salty, why did (Adams) not take one bite and throw it away?” said Bull, who has worked at the restaurant for five months. She said she didn’t know a police officer got one of the salty burgers because she couldn’t see the drive-through window from her work area.

Police sent samples of the burger to the state crime lab for tests.

City public information officer George Louth said Bull was charged because she served the burger “without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it.”

I believe that all rich people should pay their tributes to the criminals of this great nation.  After all, a large number of those rich are criminals themselves.

Full Story from Fox News:

Jonathan Lee Riches filed the handwritten complaint over “theft and abuse of my animals” on July 23 in the U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va.

Riches alleges that Vick stole two white mixed pit bull dogs from his home in Holiday, Fla., and used them for dogfighting operations in Richmond, Va. The complaint goes on to allege that Vick sold the dogs on eBay and “used the proceeds to purchase missiles from the Iran government.”

The complaint also alleges that Vick would need those missiles because he pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda in February of this year.

“Michael Vick has to stop physically hurting my feelings and dashing my hopes,” Riches writes in the complaint.

Riches wants $63 billion dollars “backed by gold and silver “ delivered to the front gates to the Williamsburg Federal Correctional facility in South Carolina. Riches is an inmate at the facility serving out a wire fraud conviction.

Click Here to read the filing in pdf format.

FOXNews.com attempted to contact Vick, but neither he nor his spokesman could be reached for comment.

Vick’s attorneys, meanwhile, are negotiating a plea deal with federal prosecutors before new dogfighting charges are filed next week, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

No plea agreement involving Atlanta Falcons quarterback Vick has been filed, according to the court clerk, FOX News has learned.

Vick was accused of being involved in a dogfighting ring called “Bad Newz Kennels” run on property he owned in Surry County, Va. In late July, Vick pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities, and conspiring to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture in a Richmond, Va., court.

Vick could reach an agreement ahead of new charges expected to come down next week after two more of Vick’s three co-defendants prepare to enter guilty pleas later this week. By reaching a plea agreement, Vick could avoid any additional charges.

 With the introduction of Tasers to the law enforcement community, those paid to protect and serve have learned that it’s OK to use this weapon on people that pose no threat whatsoever.  Just search YouTube or Google for videos of excessive force, and you will no doubt come across numerous videos showing officers sending innocent civilians to the ground with thousands of volts of electricity jolting through their helpless bodies.  Here is yet another example of excessive force.  Not only was a noncombative man visciously attacked, but his newborn infant was sent falling to the gound along with him.

 Stupid?  Absolutely.  Unnecessary?  You bet!  Excessive?  Without a doubt.

Full Story from MSNBC:

HOUSTON - In a confrontation captured on videotape, a hospital security guard fired a stun gun to stop a defiant father from taking home his newborn, sending both man and child crashing to the floor.

Now the man says the baby girl suffers from head trauma because she was dropped.

“I’ve got to wonder what kind of moron would Tase an adult holding a baby,” said George Kirkham, a former police officer and criminologist at Florida State University. “It doesn’t take rocket science to realize the baby is going to fall.”

The April 13 episode began when William Lewis, 30, said he and his wife felt mistreated by staff at the Woman’s Hospital of Texas so they decided to leave. Hospital employees told him doctors would not allow it, but Lewis picked up the baby and strode to a bank of elevators.

The elevators would not move because wristband sensors on each baby shut off the elevators if anyone takes an infant without permission.

Lewis, who gave the video to The Associated Press, said his daughter landed on her head, but it cannot be seen on the video. He said the baby continues to suffer ill effects from the fall.

“She shakes a lot and cries a lot,” Lewis said, noting doctors have performed several MRIs on the child, Karla. “She’s not real responsive. Something is definitely wrong with my daughter.”

It was not clear whether the baby received any electrical jolt.

Baby in protective custody
Child Protective Services has custody of the baby because of a history of domestic violence between Lewis and his wife, Jacqueline Gray. The infant does not appear to be suffering any health problems from the fall, agency spokeswoman Estella Olguin said.

David Boling, an off-duty Houston police officer working security at the hospital, and another security guard can be seen on the surveillance video arriving at the elevators and trying to talk with Lewis. Lewis appears agitated as he walks around the elevators holding his daughter in his right arm.

Within 40 seconds of arriving, Boling is holding the Taser. He walks around Lewis and whispers to the other guard, who moves to Lewis’ right side.

About a minute later, Boling can be seen casually standing near Lewis, not looking in his direction, when he suddenly raises the Taser and fires it at Lewis, who was still holding his daughter.

Lewis drops to the floor. The other guard, who has not been identified, scoops up the baby and gives her to the child’s mother, who was standing nearby in a hospital gown.

The guard then pulls Lewis to his feet with his arms locked behind him. Lewis’ T-shirt has two holes under the left side of his chest where the Taser prongs hit him.

Lewis said he did not see the stun gun.

“My wife said we want to leave and then he just Tasered me,” Lewis said. “He caused me to drop the child.”

Hospital defends actions
In a statement, the hospital said Lewis was hostile and uncooperative toward staff members who were trying to find out his relationship to the infant when they saw him trying to leave. Neither Lewis or Gray had indicated they wanted a discharge, according to the statement.

“Mr. Lewis became verbally abusive by using vulgar expletives. When Mr. Lewis’ behavior became threatening, endangering the infant and employees, licensed law enforcement officers followed their professional standards to protect those involved,” the statement said.

Lewis was arrested and charged with endangering a child. A grand jury in May declined to indict him on that charge, but charged him with retaliation, accusing him of making threats against Boling.

Lewis also has been charged with a second count of retaliation alleging he made a threatening call to Boling at his home.

Lewis denies both charges. He said he is considering suing the hospital but has not filed any legal papers.

Houston police spokesman Gabe Ortiz said the department did not investigate the officer’s role, and he declined to elaborate. Boling did not immediately respond to a request for comment given to the police department.

Some 11,000 U.S. law enforcement agencies use Tasers, which some experts say are increasingly being used as a convenient labor-saving device to control uncooperative people.

“The Taser itself is a legitimate law-enforcement tool,” Kirkham said. “The problem is the abusive use of them. They’re supposed to be only used to protect yourself or another person from imminent aggression and physical harm. They’re overused now.”

I’ve spent the past week researching my options for TV without a subscription.  Since I cancelled my Dish Network subscription, I’ve looked into FTA (Free To Air) satellite systems, and streaming video on the web.  My plan is to build a multimedia system with a digital projector, in which I can watch TV shows and play DVD’s on a large High Definition screen, with surround sound.

Today I received an email from Joost for their beta program.  I think I have found my first choice for streaming video.  This program is absolutely perfect!

 Joost provides a simple 1-click installation, and prompts you to create an account.  After installation, the program reequires no setup.  Your streaming video is ready to watch, fullscreen, right out of the box.  There are hundreds of high quality shows available at your fingertips, and you can watch them anytime you want. 

This is the wave of the future.  With streaming broadcasts from networks like CBS, NBC, and ABC, satellite and cable television will be obsolete.  If you’d like to eliminate your monthly subscription to cable or satellite, I recommend taking a look at Joost.

I had a recent episode with a company called Protect America, an alarm monitoring service with whom I have been a loyal customer for over 4 years.  I purchased the service in 2003, after my home was burglarized.

Unfortunately, the industry in which I am employed has been slow for the past few months.  I decided it was time to start cutting back on my monthly bills to help support my family.  I cancelled my home phone, cut back my internet service to basic service, cancelled my satellite TV, and cancelled my alarm monitoring service.

All the companies I contacted were fairly easy to deal with — except one:  Protect America.  These corporate criminals use legal binding contracts to trap customers into keeping their service.  After using their service for over 4 years, I had a legitimate reason for cancelling.  I simply can’t afford it. 

The customer service representative offered to give me a lower rate of $29.95 a month.  Well, this was still significantly higher than the $17.95 a month offered by The Alarm Store, so I kindly declined the offer, and asked that she simply cancel the service.  She then referred me to section 2 of the agreement, which I signed over 4 years ago.  The agreement clearly states:

The initial terms of this Agreement shall be 2 years, starting on the first day of the month that Company or its Authorized Dealer installs and connects the Equipment.  This Agreement will automatically continue for successive two-year renewal terms unless the Customer or Company gives written notice of cancellation to the other at least 60 days prior to the end of any initial or renewal term hereof.

There it is in black and white.  I’m stuck paying $45.00 a month for service I don’t even want for the next 18 months.  That’s $810 I could be using to buy groceries for my family.  Well, being the kind-hearted people they are, they offered to cancel the account after I pay a fee of $253.  That’s $253 I could be using to buy groceries for my family.

Sadly, I signed the stupid agreement without knowing that 4 years down the line I would need that extra money to feed my family.  So, I agreed to pay the $253 and walk away from the contract.  Let this be a lesson to all the other consumers in the world looking to secure their homes.  Signing a contract with Protect America is no different from allowing a criminal to walk into your house and steal cash from your home.  Save yourself some money and headaches by signing up with a reputable monitoring service.

…when you’re torturing a jerkoff who abuses helpless animals.  This jackass stole an endangered turtle from the family of an autistic kid, and tried to pry it out of it’s shell.  Honestly, how sadistic can you be?  If it were up to me, I’d sentence the dumbass to have his skin surgically removed.

Full Story from MSNBC:

VENTURA, Calif. - A man who police believe tortured an endangered tortoise by trying to cut him out of his shell and throwing him against a wall was arrested Thursday.

The 25-year-old African spurred tortoise, named Bob, was slashed and stabbed after being stolen from the home of an autistic boy. After he was brutalized, the turtle was dumped in brush behind an apartment complex and an anonymous caller told the family where to find him.

Witnesses to the torture provided information that helped lead to the arrest of Jose “Tony” Mosqueda, 18, of Ventura, who was booked at the county jail for investigation of cruelty to animals and grand theft, police said.

“It’s a good feeling. It’s kind of neat,” Sgt. Jack Richards said. “It just really pulled at some heartstrings and it’s good to have someone in custody.”

The turtle is recovering at Turtle Dreams, a Montecito rehabilitation center. He remained in guarded condition and was being fed through a tube in his neck.

‘Coming out of his shell’
“He’s getting more relaxed and coming out of his shell” more often, said Jeanie Vaughan, the center’s owner. “If he continues without any infection, I think he’s going to be fine.”

Earlier this week, he gave owners Dorothy and Bill Sullivan some hope when he reached a key milestone in his recovery: bringing his head out of his shell and taking his first steps.

The tortoise collapsed but then managed to take eight steps.

“When he finished, he had a tear in his eye … as did the rest of us,” Dorothy Sullivan said. “It was an excellent, great sign.”

Dorothy Sullivan said that she and her son danced with happiness when they heard of the arrest. Her son has not been sleeping well since the attack, she said.

“His security fell apart,” she said. “He was afraid that somebody was going to come and steal him and take him away and hurt him.”

“Now he feels safe. Now he can go out and play,” she said.

The family has installed security cameras and an alarm on the backyard fence so that Bob will be safer when he returns.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press.

I know a few people like this.  At the end of the day, after you’ve taken out all your ill-fated aggression on innocent people, all you really need is a hug.  There are a lot of morons in the world that can learn from this conscience-ridden, albeit stupid robber.

Full Story from MSNBC.com

A gate-crasher’s change of heart
Gunman bursts into party, tastes cheese and wine, gets hug, then leaves

By Allison Klein

Updated: 3:47 a.m. MT July 13, 2007

WASHINGTON - A grand feast of marinated steaks and jumbo shrimp was winding down, and a group of friends was sitting on the back patio of a Capitol Hill home, sipping red wine. Suddenly, a hooded man slid in through an open gate and put the barrel of a handgun to the head of a 14-year-old guest.

“Give me your money, or I’ll start shooting,” he demanded, according to D.C. police and witness accounts.

The five other guests, including the girls’ parents, froze — and then one spoke.

“We were just finishing dinner,” Cristina “Cha Cha” Rowan, 43, blurted out. “Why don’t you have a glass of wine with us?”

The intruder took a sip of their Chateau Malescot St-Exupéry and said, “Damn, that’s good wine.”

The girl’s father, Michael Rabdau, 51, who described the harrowing evening in an interview, told the intruder, described as being in his 20s, to take the whole glass. Rowan offered him the bottle. The would-be robber, his hood now down, took another sip and had a bite of Camembert cheese that was on the table.

‘Can I get a hug?’
Then he tucked the gun into the pocket of his nylon sweatpants.

“I think I may have come to the wrong house,” he said, looking around the patio of the home in the 1300 block of Constitution Avenue NE.

“I’m sorry,” he told the group. “Can I get a hug?”

Rowan, who lives in Falls Church and works part time at her children’s school, stood up and wrapped her arms around him. Then it was Rabdau’s turn. Then his wife’s. The other two guests complied.

“That’s really good wine,” the man said, taking another sip. He had a final request: “Can we have a group hug?”

The five adults surrounded him, arms out.

With that, the man walked out with a crystal wine glass in hand, filled with Chateau Malescot. No one was hurt, and nothing was stolen.

The homeowner, Xavier Cervera, 45, had gone out to walk his dog at the end of the party and missed the incident, which happened about midnight June 16. Police classified the case as strange but true and said they had not located a suspect.

“We believe it is a true robbery,” said Cmdr. Diane Groomes, who is in charge of patrols in the Capitol Hill area. But it’s one-of-a-kind, she said, adding, “I’ve never heard of a robber joining a party and then walking out to the sunset.”

The hug, she said, was especially unusual. “They should have squeezed him and held onto him for us,” she said.

Rabdau said he hasn’t been able to figure out what happened.

“I was definitely expecting there would be some kind of casualty,” Rabdau said this week. “He was very aggressive at first; then it turned into a love fest. I don’t know what it was.”

Was it the wine or the cheese?
Rabdau, a federal government worker who lives in Anne Arundel County with his family and lived on Capitol Hill with his wife in the 1980s, said that the episode lasted about 10 minutes but seemed like an hour. He believes the guests were spared because they kept a positive attitude during the exchange.

“There was this degree of disbelief and terror at the same time,” Rabdau said. “Then it miraculously just changed. His whole emotional tone turned — like, we’re one big happy family now. I thought: Was it the wine? Was it the cheese?”

After the intruder left, the guests walked inside the house, locked the door and stared at each other. They didn’t say a word. Rabdau dialed 911. Police arrived quickly and took a report. They also dusted for fingerprints — so far, to no avail.

In the alley behind the home, investigators found the intruder’s empty crystal wine glass on the ground, unbroken.

There are a lot of stupid people in this world, but it’s really a shame when you see a police officer with no common sense.  Who in their right mind would manhandle a 70 year old woman because her lawn is dry?  That retard needs to be locked up for a few days himself.

This is yet another example of a Communist America, where the government regulates what you can and can not do with your own property. 

Full Story:

Woman Arrested for Not Watering Lawn
July 6th, 2007 @ 10:00pm

Sam Penrod Reporting

A widow and grandma spent the morning in jail, arrested for refusing to give a policeman her name when he tried writing her a ticket for failing to water her yard. The woman hasn’t watered her lawn in more than a year, and the condition of her yard violates an Orem zoning ordinance.

Tonight, the woman says she is traumatized and shocked that she was hauled to jail, just because she says she can’t afford to water her lawn.

Betty Perry says, “I never thought they would ever do anything like that to a person that is 70 years old. I’ve never bothered anybody, I’ve never hurt anybody.”

She says the policeman who brought her home tonight was very courteous, even held open the door for her. But there were no gentlemen there when she was taken from her home this morning and booked into jail.

When Betty Perry heard a knock at her door and saw a police officer standing outside, she never imagined she would end up in jail. That’s what happened, though, when the officer tried enforcing Orem’s nuisance ordinance against neglected yards.

“I didn’t want to tell him anything until I talked to a lawyer or my son. I wanted to see what he’d tell me to do. I’ve never had any experience before with the law, ever in my life,” she said.

As the enforcement officer started writing her a ticket, she tried going back in her house. That’s when the officer tried to handcuff her for refusing to give her name and resisting the ticket. She tripped on the steps, scraping up her nose and elbows, leaving blood on her door, her porch and her clothes. Perry was handcuffed, fingerprinted and put in a jail cell, where she sat for more than an hour.

“I laid down in there. I never seen the inside of a jail before. I didn’t know how it looked, I was really scared,” she says.

When police brass learned what happened, she was immediately released.

Orem police spokesman Lt. Doug Edwards said, “Every officer in his career has situations they find themselves getting into, at the end of it they scratch their head and say, ‘gosh, how did this happen?’ Today, I think, was one of those days. Clearly there were some other options available.”

After being arrested, Perry is now scared of the police. She says, “Don’t ever say no when the police tell you do to something. You better do what they tell you no matter what, even if you don’t have anybody to help you. You’ve got to do what they tell you or they will hurt you.”

The officer was sent home for the day and placed on paid administrative leave. Police are not pressing any charges against Betty Perry for either neglecting her yard or resisting the ticket.

Source: ksl.com

I’ve always had a particular respect for truck drivers, but this guy gives them a bad name.  It’s certainly no easy task maneuvering a big rig in Manhattan, but to travel the entire 1.5 mile length of the Lincoln Tunnel while your trailer is peeled open like a sardine can is mind boggling.  I hope NYPD tested this guy for drugs, because he had to be smoking some good stuff!

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