The US government

perpetrated 9/11.

Comparing George Orwell's vision of a nightmarish future to Aldous Huxley's vision of a nightmare of pleasure. Image
Tags: philosophy, police-state, consumerism, orwell

Barter system booms in Colorado. News
Tags: barter, economics, consumerism

At U-Exchange.com, a Washington-based barter site, the flagging economy sent page views skyrocketing so quickly, the 4-year-old business had to upgrade its servers twice to accommodate interest, according to founder John C. Moore.

U-Exchange barter system. Tool
Tags: barter, economics, consumerism

Secrets that banks don't want you to know. News
Tags: banking-cartel, consumerism

Best Buy has customer arrested for using $2 bills -- Calls Secret Service (Lutherville, Maryland) News
Tags: maryland, consumerism, police-state, corporate-malfeasance
Entity: bestbuy

Best Buy has customer arrested for using valid coupon. (Tucker, Georgia) News
Tags: georgia, consumerism, police-state, corporate-malfeasance
Entity: bestbuy

73 percent of Americans say Starbucks coffee is too expensive News
Tags: consumerism, food, coffee
Entity: starbucks

Starbucks coffee shops seem to be on nearly corner in major U.S. cities, but surprisingly 76 percent of American adults say they rarely or never visit one of the shops, and only 14 percent say they visit occasionally. That might be because the java giant's prices are too high.

Paul Rademacher's HousingMaps website combines Craigslist and Google Maps. Tool
Tags: housing, internet, consumerism

Inkscape: a free, open-source equivalent to Adobe Illustrator. Software
Tags: fine-art, consumerism, linux
Entity: adobe

Very long list of customer complaints about Toshiba laptops. News
Tags: consumerism, computers
Entity: toshiba

Driving style has a big impact on fuel economy. News
Tags: transportation, energy, consumerism, fuel

You can get 35 percent better fuel mileage out of your current vehicle by using a device most drivers already have. That would be your right foot. Most drivers agonizing over the cost of gasoline fail to realize the enormous impact their driving style has on fuel consumption.

NPR: 'Hypermilers': Squeezing Out Every Mile Per Gallon Audio
Tags: transportation, energy, consumerism

Automatic Paper Towel Dispenser and Paper Towels. Product
Tags: health, consumerism

Study finds flame-retardant chemical in U.S. breast milk News
Tags: health, consumerism, chemistry, biology, cancer, plastic

PBDEs are fire retardants used in soft polyurethane foam in furniture and in textiles and carpets as well as in hard plastic computers, home appliances and dashboards. Research on PBDEs in laboratory animals link exposure to thyroid hormone disruption, permanent learning and memory impairment, decreased sperm count, fetal malformations, behavioral changes, hearing deficits and possibly cancer.

Shops secretly track customers via mobile phone: Signals given off by phones allow shopping centres to monitor how long people stay and which stores they visit. News
Tags: police-state, consumerism, uk, phones

Why do so many ads portray men as idiots or as defective husbands? News
Tags: corporate-malfeasance, consumerism

The way the advertising industry portrays men has drawn increasing scrutiny in both the trade press and the mainstream media. Defenders of the status quo -- in which men are depicted as irresponsible fathers and lazy, foolish husbands -- are starting to feel outnumbered.

Stung by rising gasoline and food prices, Americans are finding creative ways to cut costs on routine items like groceries and clothing, forcing retailers, restaurants and manufacturers to decode the tastes of a suddenly thrifty public. News
Tags: economics, consumerism, fuel

Spending data and interviews around the country show that middle- and working-class consumers are starting to switch from name brands to cheaper alternatives, to eat in instead of dining out and to fly at unusual hours to shave dollars off airfares.

Guide to finding cheap airline flights. News
Tags: consumerism, transportation

Funny responses to debt collector calls. Reference
Tags: humor, economics, debt, consumerism

Supercheap Fares and High Gas Prices Help Fuel a Renaissance in Bus Travel. News
Tags: transportation, consumerism

A new bus line started service Thursday offering tickets on the well-traveled route for as low as $1 each way. The company, called BoltBus, is the latest in a series of supercheap bus lines across the country trying to woo travelers away from trains, ...

Vintage ads for modern products. Image
Tags: humor, consumerism
Entity: nokia

7 of the Smallest Hotels and Hotel Rooms in the World: From Pipe Rooms to Capsule Hotels Image
Tags: architecture, consumerism

CompUSA, in its last days of business, screws customer out of discount & refuses to accept cash as payment. News
Tags: consumerism, corporate-malfeasance
Entity: compusa

Santa crucified to protest commercialization of Christmas. News
Tags: consumerism

How to discern digital camera quality based on a key determinant: sensor element size. News
Tags: photography, consumerism
Entity: canon

Healthy food costs much more per calorie, study finds. News
Tags: health, consumerism

Finally! Customer-unfriendly CompUSA will close its doors after the holidays. News
Tags: consumerism
Entity: compusa

An example of an online retailer that's dangerous to deal with: CellHut.com News
Tags: consumerism, phones

New mattresses in the USA contain two poisons: Boric acid (roach killer) and antimony (fire retardant). News
Tags: consumerism

Best Buy, Circuit City Reps Pressure Consumers to Buy Unnecessary Recovery Discs News
Tags: consumerism, corporate-malfeasance, scams
Entity: bestbuy

Agreeing to binding arbitration means: you lose. News
Tags: consumerism

USDA waters down 'organic' food label & betrays consumers on behalf of business. News
Tags: health, food, feds, consumerism, feds

The Cheapest Days to Buy Certain Items News
Tags: consumerism

Listing of customer service phone numbers and codes to get live person. Reference
Tags: consumerism, phones

22 Confessions Of A Former Dell Sales Manager Reference
Tags: consumerism
Entity: dell

CompUSA sells customer empty box for $270, blames him for not checking inside. No refund. News
Tags: consumerism
Entity: compusa

Warning: The Dirty Secret The Better Business Bureau Doesn’t Want You To Know About! News
Tags: consumerism

Eating healthily on a student budget. Reference
Tags: consumerism

Directory of companies that can recycle your mercury-laden compact fluorescent bulbs. Reference
Tags: environment, health, consumerism, pollution, recycling