February 2005

Mailbag: Kenmore Front-load Washer Stinks

February 27, 2005 Washer Repair

kenmore front-loading wrote: I have a Kenmore front-loading washer I purchased in 2001. About two months ago we started noticing brown and black stains on the clothes. Upon further inspection, the boot around the door was disgusting so I replaced it. Two loads later, same issue, staining on the clothes that will not come out! [...]

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Social Security Reform: A Free-Market Alternative

February 27, 2005 Gubmint

Social Security is in trouble. A reform is needed. But not the one suggested by the President. What is needed is a reform that reduces the role of government, not enlarges it. Here is an alternative, pro-free-market reform of Social Security that I suggest. The end of Social Security would be the end of something [...]

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Quote of the day: Social(ist) (in)Security

February 27, 2005 Gubmint

“Social Security is what happens when Ponzi meets Marx.” – Rollye James By the way, if you’re not listening to the Rollye James Show week nights from 10pm to 1am (Eastern Time), you’re missing out on lots of pithy, intelligent talk. Rollye puts on a fun show and she’s on XM channel 165 as well [...]

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Whirlpool Announces Dishwasher Recall

February 27, 2005 Appliance Recalls

Ok, now it’s Whirlpool’s turn for a recall… WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of product: Whirlpool(r) and Kenmore(r) brand dishwashers Units: About 162,000 Manufacturer: Whirlpool Corporation, of Benton Harbor, [...]

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Appliance Repair Revelation, Dishwasher Leaves Dishes Dirty

February 26, 2005 Dishwasher Repair

So, your dishwasher is leaving gookus and slime all over your dishes? Or maybe it seems like it’s just not cleaning as good as it used to. Before you run off and buy a new dishwasher and go through the hassle and expense of having it installed (or installing it yourself), take a minute and [...]

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Dying with Ecstasy

February 26, 2005 Gubmint

The theraputic effect of the drug ecstasy (MDMA) is in the news again. I posted previously about how ecstasy is being used to help Iraq War veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder. The Bush Administration had no objections. Now, Harvard is researching the use of ecstasy to ease the anxiety of terminal cancer patients facing [...]

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Remote Viewing that Thing in the Closet

February 26, 2005 Karaoke Lounge

Eric Wojcik wrote: Just bought a house; have no idea what I’m doing; does that white thing in the closet heat water? What if it’s temperamental? How do I take control, oh Samurai Master? _______________________________ Message sent from IP: 65.8.122.118 Since you didn’t include a photo of the item in question, I used a proprietary [...]

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Dell Hell

February 25, 2005 Compooting

Has the once-venerable Dell slid into the slime pit or is this just another case of sour-grapes consumers using the lawsuit lottery to get rich quick? Two Dell customers in California have sued the computer company in a class action suit. The plaintiffs allege that Dell didn’t deliver the systems promised, and the suit also [...]

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How to Know that a Range ERC is Bad

February 22, 2005 Oven Repair

F1 on a Magic Chef Range Emily wrote: Regarding the F1 Error Code on the Magic Chef Gas Range. I got this error code, did my online research and found that it was either the touch membrane or the ERC (I think in my case they cannot be disconnected from each other). I did the [...]

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Gonzo Goes Bye-Bye

February 21, 2005 Karaoke Lounge

Regardless of whether or not you agreed with Hunter S. Thompson’s unique political opinions and diatribes, that old boy wrote some funny shi’ite! Later on, Gonzo, see you on the other side. Hunter S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularized a new form of fictional journalism in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las [...]

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Appliance Repair Revelation, Opening the Maytag Neptune Washer

February 21, 2005 Washer Repair

If you have the supreme misfortune of owning a Maytag Neptune washer, sooner or later you’re going to need to open the front to gain access to a couple of the more common fail items such as the door latch assembly, the tub boot, or the pump. Fortunately, this beast comes apart pretty easily… if [...]

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GE Announces Recall of Built-In Dishwashers

February 19, 2005 Appliance Recalls

From our good friends at GE, bringing broken things to life: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announces the following recall in voluntary cooperation with the firm below. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of product: General Electric Built-in Dishwashers Units: About 74,300 Manufacturer: GE Consumer & [...]

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Montana to The Beast: “Up Yours!”

February 18, 2005 Gubmint

Lawmakers in the Montana House of Representatives collectively thumbed their noses at the federal government Monday by approving two bills exempting guns from federal regulations and driver’s licenses from national standardization requirements. The bills by Reps. Diane Rice, R-Harrison, and Roger Koopman, R-Bozeman, do different things but are driven by the same concern: the erosion [...]

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Love Hurts

February 18, 2005 Karaoke Lounge

Mary Kay Letourneau plans to marry her former sixth-grade pupil with whom she had two children, months after her release from prison for raping him, according to an online bridal registry. Letourneau, 43, and Vili Fualaau, 22, set a wedding date of April 16, according to their registry at a department store. Letourneau served 7 [...]

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Stranger in the Night

February 18, 2005 Gubmint

“An East Feliciana Parish woman fired a bullet into the chest of a man who had broken into her farmhouse, then fought off his beating until the man died from the gunshot wound. Georgia Belle Sullivan says she was sleeping before dawn yesterday when her dogs’ barking woke her up. She retrieved her gun, then [...]

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