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Developer Hammered at Carmel Valley Town Hall about Fire Dangers, No Water & Sewage Runoff
Angry outbursts punctuated a parade of opposition at a Carmel Valley Town Hall about a Developer’s proposal to build 70 “Starter mansions” and 20 “affordable units” at the Village Airfield. Two Carmel Valley public interest community protection groups (Friends of … Continue reading
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Never OpenAI ! – Eagerly EVIL
Never OpenAI ! Why: OpenAI Eagerly Agreeing to Surveillance of Americans and Robot Military Murder – A War Crime. Never Use OpenAI – Chat GPT, GPT4 etc. Never Invest in OpenAI. Period. Never Discuss OpenAI and Chat GPT.
Posted in Consumer Protection, Privacy
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Hyper-Dangerous GuardRails by CalTrans – Deadly for Bikers and Cars
Bike Rider Alert ! — Hyper-Dangerous Guardrails !!! Cal-Trans new Guardrail Design is outrageously dangerous to bike riders because they are severely Sharp-Edged and Stick out into Bike Lanes. This one on a Carmel Highlands curve almost fully blocks the … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Protection, Personal Danger, Staffocracy
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Evil Realtors – Caught Trying to Force Higher Sales Prices – by Hiding Risks
Great expose by Mother Jones on how Realtors were caught trying to Force Higher Sales Prices – by Hiding Risks from buyers.
Posted in Consumer Protection, Public Danger
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Paragliding — Just Say No – Collapse Risk is Huge
Flying is a Deadly Serious Endeavor ! There are Old Pilots, and there are Bold Pilots, But there are No Old+Bold Pilots. I’ve lost several close friends to foot-launched flying, other friends are permanently disabled. I don’t want to lose … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Consumer Protection, Personal Danger
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Craftsman’s Lifetime Tool Warranty is a Fraud ! — Craftsman’s Motto “The Customer is Always Wrong”
More than 40 years ago I purchased a broad set of Craftsman mechanics Tools (wrenches, sockets etc. ) – in no small part because of their “Lifetime Warranty.” That had a nice feel ever since – that I would be … Continue reading
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DMV – Losing Its Reputation !
Fasten your seatbelts. Because I’m going to tell you a true story — that you simply won’t believe. For context, you may be familiar with the theme of how the California Department of Motor Vehicles (“The DMV”) has a reputation … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing, Consumer Protection, Doing Good !, Humor
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“Smart”car Start Process wins Award for Most Vexatious Unwanted Puzzle at The Wrong Time
(c) Copyright 2018 David Dilworth I relish puzzles. My parents gave me books of them when I turned five, to keep me occupied while we drove cross-country. As they told it – I’d finished them all by the second day. … Continue reading
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Buying a Home in Pacific Grove? Beware of a Huge Secret Cost.
There’s a frighteningly large (and mostly secret) debt that you will have to pay to live in Pacific Grove due to years of horrible politics. This article about how it happened is researched and written by a Pacific Grove resident, a … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Protection, Greed, Politics, Staffocracy
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World’s Funniest Compass – a Tates Compass
Ever heard of a Tates Compass ? Originally alleged to work only in the Southern Hemisphere as it points South instead of North – it inspired the saying —
Posted in Consumer Protection, Humor
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NSA Kills People Based on MetaData !
Have you heard Senator Dianne Feinstein’s horrible excuse for NSA’s treacherous privacy violations with “Its only metadata” ? Well, no Dianne, you are dead wrong — “Metadata Kills.” We now know the NSA-CIA kills people based on Metadata – because the … Continue reading
Best Advice ever on how to buy a New Car
While I doubt I’ll ever buy a new car (they lose thousands of dollars in value the moment you drive them off the showroom floor), here is an excellent step-by-step advice on how to buy a new car.
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PG&E Can’t Buy CyberAttack Insurance anymore (actually ALL Energy Corp. Cyberattack Insurance was cancelled.)
Know anyone who had their insurance cancelled ? And you imagined big corporations were immune from that insult. Well, apparently some goofy things corporations do are just so far beyond stupid (too big a risk) that Lloyds of London won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer Protection, Law & Courts, Public Danger
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