Dumb Luck!

Feel good story.

Alright now. A 26-year old Georgia man will no longer have to live his mama. He finally got enough money to move out. By chance, a day of cleaning out his room yielded him a winning Powerball ticket for a cool million.

Gregory Jerrett happened to buy a Powerball ticket a month back. During its $424 million jackpot in January, he decided to buy him one. He must have heard that the winner came from California and he decided to throw it aside knowing he didn't win the huge jackpot. Well I guess cleaning out his closet netted him a payday.

He used his siblings birthdays as the numbers.

He tells his mom. They carefully verify the winning ticket and had a moment of embrace.

“She verified it, and at that point, we hugged.” Jarrett told the junk food media.

With taxes he will collect at least $735,000 in winnings.

In most states, the Powerball and Mega Millions are played. In 43 states with the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands, the two multi-state lotteries are often played when the prizes reaches over $200 million respectively.

The Mega Millions is once again rising to record setting amounts. So I am guessing by game time it will be over $700 million by draw time.

Are you game?

I know that your risk is 1:345. So that means the odds of winning is one in 345 million.

If you're not aware of the game, it's pretty simple. The Mega Millions is a multi-state game that covers 45 states including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The cost of playing a Mega Million ticket is $1. The ticket comes with a Multiplier (except in California).

The jackpot starts at $15 million.

The drawings are on Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59pm EST.

The game cost only $1 per unit. You must pick five numbers from 1 to 75. When you're done, you get the opportunity to pick a Mega Ball. Out of 15 numbers, you will have to pick one Mega Ball number. The jackpot results are a match of 5 White Balls + 1 Megaball. A player can win $1 million (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Megaball).

You're allowed five lines per unit you're playing one single drawing ticket at $5 per unit. So basically you're playing $1 per line. Add the multiplier and its one per line with multiplier so it would be $2 per unit. So at five lines per unit and with multiplier its $10 per unit.

The game in states that are participating included a multiplier. The multiplier is a function that allows the player to increase their wins by a special X ball. The multiplier is (1X), (2X), (3X), (4X) and (5X).

Powerball is played in 43 states including The District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

The cost of playing a Powerball ticket is $2. The ticket comes with the Power Play (except in California).

The Nation's Largest Multi-State Lottery.

The Power Play cost $1 dollar. There is a set prize amount for Power Play addition. You can earn up to $1 million or $2 million upon the Power Play (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Powerball).

There are five Powerball numbers. From 1 to 59, you must pick the numbers. When you're done you have an opportunity to pick a Powerball. The Powerball number is out of 35. The jackpot results in a win of 5 White Balls + 1 Powerball.

The Power Play was reestablished as a multiplier. The function allows the player to increase their odds by the special X ball. The multiplier is (1X), (2X), (3X), (4X), and (5X).

The drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59pm EST.

The Powerball jackpot usually starts at $40 million.

Okay, I know there are some who are novice and never had an experience at playing.

The Mega Millions and Powerball tickets that are played cannot be canceled.

Be careful when making a bet decision.

Of course you have to be over 18 years old to play a Mega Millions or Powerball ticket.

All results for Mega Millions and Powerball are for the state that you've purchased your ticket from.

The impact of being a millionaire comes with a price. You could blow money fast in a few years. Believe me there have been many Americans who lavish in luxury only to be broke in less than 10 years.

The rules of winning the lottery.

Best advice for all who win the lottery, is keep a cool head. Let's cover the 10 things about winning the lottery according to me. You can use this advice if you want to!

The first thing you do is write your name down on the back of the winning ticket. Say if you lose the jackpot ticket! If you have forgotten to sign the ticket and it gets lost, then it's your word against the winner's.

Second, make sure you cancel out your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social networking website your on. That's the next thing that happens when you're a winner.

Third, you cancel your phone number and limit your email intake. Obviously you'll be swamped with phone numbers and well wishers asking if you're willing to shelve out a little cash.

Fourth, hire a qualified lottery attorney. Make sure you have a qualified attorney who specializes in handling large sums of money. Don't assume every attorney is well respected in handling your financial earnings.

Fifth, don't quit a job until you are sure you've won the lottery. Don't rush to judgment about being a lottery winner. Sometimes a person who wins the lottery never expects it to happen so don't sit around the house hoping the day will come you'll be the millionaire.

Sixth, pay off debts to college loans, house, billings, and credit cards.

Seventh, invest your money in a trust fund if you have children or family members you can trust if you should die.

Eighth, have fun with your earnings. Don't blow it on things that obviously will attract negative attention.

Ninth, be humble. Cause money will change a person when they're rich.

Lastly, The Have-Nots Will Always Try To Make You Feel Guilty About Winning. Ignore Them And Be Happy About Your Success.

Chasing Them Dollars!

Mega Millions is high again!

Tuesday's jackpot for Mega Millions is certainly the talk of the nation. What's your plans if your planning on playing for the huge jackpot?

The Mega Millions is once again rising to record setting amounts. So I am guessing by game time it will be over $700 million by draw time.

Are you game?

I know that your risk is 1:345. So that means the odds of winning is one in 345 million.

If you're not aware of the game, it's pretty simple. The Mega Millions is a multi-state game that covers 45 states including the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The cost of playing a Mega Million ticket is $1. The ticket comes with a Multiplier (except in California).

The jackpot starts at $15 million.

The drawings are on Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59pm EST.

The game cost only $1 per unit. You must pick five numbers from 1 to 75. When you're done, you get the opportunity to pick a Mega Ball. Out of 15 numbers, you will have to pick one Mega Ball number. The jackpot results are a match of 5 White Balls + 1 Megaball. A player can win $1 million (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Megaball).

You're allowed five lines per unit you're playing one single drawing ticket at $5 per unit. So basically you're playing $1 per line. Add the multiplier and its one per line with multiplier so it would be $2 per unit. So at five lines per unit and with multiplier its $10 per unit.

The game in states that are participating included a multiplier. The multiplier is a function that allows the player to increase their wins by a special X ball. The multiplier is (1X), (2X), (3X), and (4X).

Powerball is played in 45 states including The District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

The cost of playing a Powerball ticket is $2. The ticket comes with the Power Play (except in California).

The Power Play cost $1 dollar. There is a set prize amount for Power Play addition. You can earn up to $1 million or $2 million upon the Power Play (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Powerball).

The drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59pm EST.

The Powerball jackpot usually starts at $40 million.

Okay, I know there are some who are novice and never had an experience at playing.

The Mega Millions and Powerball tickets that are played cannot be canceled.

Be careful when making a bet decision.

Of course you have to be over 18 years old to play a Mega Millions or Powerball ticket.

All results for Mega Millions and Powerball are for the state that you've purchased your ticket from.

The impact of being a millionaire comes with a price. You could blow money fast in a few years. Believe me there have been many Americans who lavish in luxury only to be broke in less than 10 years.

Of course, if you're the lucky one. You already know that many friends and family members will be on your case. You will be bothered by almost everyone in the junk food media.

Believe me I am a single man and I bet you my former friends, girlfriends and family members I don't speak to will come out of the woodwork. They'll act like everything is cool and I am all giving!

Say if you're in the group pool. If you're in the pool and your group won, that one person who didn't play will try to sue the group for a portion of the earnings.

Hey, if you're a single person (not married), you'll be getting requests from suitors. Of course, if you're separated from your spouse or have children, expect the domestic family courts to take a lump out of your winnings.

The IRS and state taxes will be paid immediately upon the victory.

It may take up to a year before you collect the first lump sum of payment. Each winning Mega Millions and Powerball ticket carries a lump sum cash payment option.

Best advice for all who win the lottery, is keep a cool head. Let's cover the 10 things about winning the lottery according to me. You can use this advice if you want to!

The first thing you do is write your name down on the back of the winning ticket. Say if you lose the jackpot ticket! If you have forgotten to sign the ticket and it gets lost, then it's your word against the winner's.

Second, make sure you cancel out your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social networking website your on. That's the next thing that happens when you're a winner.

Third, you cancel your phone number and limit your email intake. Obviously you'll be swamped with phone numbers and well wishers asking if you're willing to shelve out a little cash.

Fourth, hire a qualified lottery attorney. Make sure you have a qualified attorney who specializes in handling large sums of money. Don't assume every attorney is well respected in handling your financial earnings.

Fifth, don't quit a job until you are sure you've won the lottery. Don't rush to judgment about being a lottery winner. Sometimes a person who wins the lottery never expects it to happen so don't sit around the house hoping the day will come you'll be the millionaire.

Sixth, pay off debts to college loans, house, billings, and credit cards.

Seventh, invest your money in a trust fund if you have children or family members you can trust if you should die.

Eighth, have fun with your earnings. Don't blow it on things that obviously will attract negative attention.

Ninth, be humble. Cause money will change a person when they're rich.

Lastly, The Have-Nots Will Always Try To Make You Feel Guilty About Winning. Ignore Them And Be Happy About Your Success.

CO Republican State Lawmaker Plays Chicken With Black People!

Hence an irony: The Republican lawmaker on the left is serving food that makes people obese. 

This week in unlikely bigotry comes from a state senator from the state of Colorado. The state representative was in meeting with her fellow representatives discussing a serious budget issue. The issue soon turned into "I THINK I KNOW WHAT THESE BLACK FOLK ARE EATING" moment.

Vicki Marble is a state legislator for the U.S. State of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado State Senate as a Republican in 2012, Marble represents State Senate District 23, which encompasses parts of Broomfield, Larimer, and Weld Counties; including Broomfield, Erie, Longmont, North Glenn, and Windsor.

She developed barrel racing skills and became a nationally-ranked Pro Rodeo Barrel Racer. During her rodeo career, Marble also raised two young sons. She has managed her own businesses since.

Prior to her legislative career, Marble served on the Larimer Country Rural Land Use Board as well as the 8th Judicial District Performance Commission.

Marble owns and maintains two businesses in the bail bonds industry in the Fort Collins area, and resides there with her two sons.

Vicki Marble, Colorado Senate Republican

Colorado Republican state senator Vicki Marble will tell you that "she has Black friends". She's probably eaten at the local KFC where she see probably seen LaQuinsha or Tyrone feeding their eight children. After all she knows that since she's an aficionado of the Black culture, she a middle aged White woman would say that "we black folk" are embolden to chicken, watermelon, collard greens, and a 40 ounce.

But a clear look at her Facebook page shows not many Black or Hispanic friends in a sea of White faces.

She'll tell you that she supported Herman Cain's failed run for president. And probably show her love for Dr. Benjamin Carson if he should "shucky ducky" into the 2016 race for the White House.

Her first year in the state house and she's acting a damn fool. In other words, she's a rodeo clown investing in the iron college lottery (jail/bail bonds).

This week at an Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force meeting at the Colorado State Capitol in Denver chaired by State Sen. John Kefalas, Marble ignited controversy and Democratic criticism when she gave a speech that included extensive comments on the eating habits of various minority groups.

"When you look at life expectancy, there are problems in the black race: sickle-cell anemia is something that comes up, diabetes is something that’s prevalent in the genetic makeup and you just can’t help it,” Marble said. “Although I’ve got to say, I’ve never had better BBQ and better chicken and ate better in my life than when you go down south and you — I love it.”

Further, Marble commented that "Mexicans eat vegetables in Mexico but stop eating healthily when they immigrate to the United States."

Colorado State Senator Rhonda Fields, a Democrat checked Marble on her comments.

Fellow state legislator Rhonda Fields, an African-American and Democrat from Aurora, Colorado was also present wished she could have smack that woman up. But she had to hold restraint because she's a lawmaker and she didn't want to be a focus on Loserville.

“The title for this committee is the Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force; and one of the things I will not tolerate is racist and insensitive comments about African Americans, the color of their skin. You mentioned what we eat — I was highly offended by your remarks,” Fields said, addressing Marble directly.

Marble then released a statement clarifying her remarks:

“My comments were not meant to be disparaging to any community,” she said. “I am saddened they were taken in that regard. I take my responsibility seriously and I hope our work on this committee will offer real solutions to the health and financial challenges of our vulnerable populations.”

You're not sadden by the comments. That's probably what you're thinking about Black people when you're trying to issue bail bonds to an innocent individual.

She's really off her marbles! NO PUN INTENDED.

...Never Enough Children!

A great father's day story. A man who is in court for unpaid child support for his 22 children. He only 33-years old and he has more children than most rappers and sports figures. No offense to Shawty Lo.

Okay, I am starting to see why the Black father is always anchored as a dead beat. Check out the father from the Nashville, Tennessee area.

Orlando Shaw is only 33 years old and the man has 22 children and 14 women who raised them.

This brother makes rapper Shawty Lo looks like a saint.

Nashville family court wants this man to pay up on the child support. My question to these people reading:

How come these women didn't know this man had more than five children?

Shaw explains, "I was young and ambitious and I loved women. Hey, you can’t knock no man for loving women."

Speaking outside a Nashville courthouse, Shaw fudged the numbers when he said (incorrectly) he has "roughly 18" children with 17 women.

At least he has the money to pay for all his baby mamas!

It is estimated the government pays more than US$7000 ($7293) per month to help support all his children.

Magistrate Scott Rosenberg said Shaw would have to take three or four full-time jobs to even come close to paying the child support he owes.

Shaw, however, says his criminal record is an impediment to employment. "I can’t pay no child support right now," he says. "I go everywhere looking for a job. Where am I going to get one with my lengthy record?"

He has a plan though. "I play the hell out of the Tennessee lottery," he says.

Before he got dreads, this is Orlando Shaw.

He also says he does not plan to have any more children. "I want to be fixed," he says.

Glad he's not in North Carolina. If the Republicans had their way, he would have not been able to play the lottery under their intrusion act that prevents dead beat parents and those on assistance from playing.

Glad he's not Shawty Lo. He would be all on Loserville being mentioned by That Guy Who Helped Obama Win or Bill-O. After all the rapper gets a reality show and it was canceled because of the outrage from those in the junk food media.

Sure thing he's not splashed on That Guy Who Throws Shit On The Wall.

I bet he's already mentioned on one of those White supremacist shitholes.

Will someone blame President Barack Obama for this man's behavior?

Sure enough, if he was castrated he wouldn't populate the planet. He wants to lose his manhood!

They're got to be more than just Black women. There's probably White women or interracial women who fell in love with this man.

Is there something I'm missing? Do I need dreads to attract women?

Shawty Lo appears on Asylum Records. He is affiliated with G-Unit.



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Go For Broke...

The biggest jackpots are coming from two multi-state lotteries.

UPDATE: THE WINNING JACKPOT WAS AT $590.5 MILLION (ESTIMATED $600 MILLION) AND THE WINNING TICKET WAS SOLD IN FLORIDA. 

Another lazy Saturday, what I am I to do?

Well let's play the lottery!

Guess what?

About 70% of the United States plays the Mega Millions and Powerball. It happens especially when the jackpots cross over $200 million. I know that I'm not going to win the lottery but I'm willing to take a risk at least to feel like a winner!

The Powerball jackpot is over half a billion dollars. It's likely going to be over $800 million by jackpot tonight. The jackpot continues to rise without notice and now that California joined the Powerball (and Florida joining Mega Millions), the odds are even more greater than the amount of cash we spend to play.

You're odds are 1:175. That's 175 million in other words.

That's about the odds of being the U.S. President.

That's about the odds of being in a lightening strike or being stuck in a elevator with a person who smells really bad.

In 45 states with the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands play the Mega Millions and Powerball.

A lot of middle class Americans flock to the convenience store to play the lottery when jackpots reach a record amount.

With the huge jackpot such as this Powerball drawing, many Americans are dreaming of a life away from the job. A dream to take a vacation to a place they've always wanted to go.

The impact of being a millionaire comes with a price. You could blow money fast in a few years. Believe me there have been many Americans who lavish in luxury only to be broke in less than 10 years.

Of course, if you're the lucky one. You already know that many friends and family members will be on your case. You will be bothered by almost everyone in the junk food media.

Believe me I am a single man and I bet you my former friends, girlfriends and family members I don't speak to will come out of the woodwork. They'll act like everything is cool and I am all giving!

Say if you're in the group pool. If you're in the pool and your group won, that one person who didn't play will try to sue the group for a portion of the earnings.

Hey, if you're a single person (not married), you'll be getting requests from suitors. Of course, if you're separated from your spouse or have children, expect the domestic family courts to take a lump out of your winnings.

The IRS and state taxes will be paid immediately upon the victory.

It may take up to a year before you collect the first lump sum of payment. Each winning Mega Millions and Powerball ticket carries a lump sum cash payment option.

The Powerball White Ball numbers 1 to 59 and the Powerball numbers 1 to 35.

Earlier this year, North Carolina Republicans were trying to pass legislation to prevent citizens who are on income assistance from playing the lottery.

Last year a young woman named Amanda Clayton won the Michigan Lottery and was on public assistance.

She ended up dying of a drug overdose according to news sources.

Best advice for all who win the lottery, is keep a cool head.

The first thing you do is write your name down on the back of the winning ticket. Say if you lose the jackpot ticket! If you have forgotten to sign the ticket and it gets lost, then it's your word against the winner's.

Second, make sure you cancel out your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social networking website your on. That's the next thing that happens when you're a winner.

Third, you cancel your phone number and limit your email intake. Obviously you'll be swamped with phone numbers and well wishers asking if you're willing to shelve out a little cash.

Fourth, hire a qualified lottery attorney. Make sure you have a qualified attorney who specializes in handling large sums of money. Don't assume every attorney is well respected in handling your financial earnings.

Fifth, don't quit a job until you are sure you've won the lottery. Don't rush to judgment about being a lottery winner. Sometimes a person who wins the lottery never expects it to happen so don't sit around the house hoping the day will come you'll be the millionaire.

Sixth, pay off debts to college loans, house, billings, and credit cards.

Seventh, invest your money in a trust fund if you have children or family members you can trust if you should die.

Eighth, have fun with your earnings. Don't blow it on things that obviously will attract negative attention.

Ninth, be humble. Cause money will change a person when they're rich.

Lastly, The Have-Nots Will Always Try To Make You Feel Guilty About Winning. Ignore Them And Be Happy About Your Success.
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The factoid about the Mega Millions and Powerball.

The Mega Millions is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The cost of playing a Mega Million ticket is $1. The ticket comes with a Multiplier (except in California).

The multiplier is an extra play. It cost $1 dollar per line on the unit. The multiplier gives a player up to 4 times the prize amount for each win. The player can win $250 million to $1 million (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Megaball).

The jackpot starts at $12 million.

The drawings are on Tuesday and Friday night at 10:59pm EST.

The Mega Millions ticket cannot be canceled.

Powerball is played in 45 states, The District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands.

The cost of playing a Powerball ticket is $2. The ticket comes with the Power Play (except in California).

The Power Play cost $1 dollar. There is a set prize amount for Power Play addition. You can earn up to $1 million or $2 million upon the Power Play (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Powerball).

The drawings are on Wednesday and Saturday night at 10:59pm EST.

The Powerball ticket cannot be canceled.

Game on!

The highest jackpot ever to be reached was 657 million in 2012 by the Mega Millions. It was won in three states.

The second largest jackpot to be reached was 596 million in 2012 by the Powerball. It was won in three states.

Currently, the Powerball jackpot is To Be Announced. The current jackpot can change without notice. If the jackpot should surpass the current highest jackpots, it will be the largest in American history.

Is Facebook On The Decline?

Has Facebook reached the peak? Will it head for the decline!

Yes!

Today, I offer my honest opinion on the world's largest social networking website and the potential for a mighty downfall. As Facebook reached the peak of 1 billion active users, the world's largest social networking website has finally "jump the shark" and the peak of its popularity!

I can testify as a member of this!

For years I wanted to be with the "IT" crowd. I wanted to be "friends" with anyone and anybody!

My family, friends, ex-girlfriends, co-workers, and even my boss were friends on Facebook. I kept in touch with them through birthdays, anniversaries, new children, deaths and celebrations. I've posted on their walls about my life and how I'm doing! The more friends I've gotten, the better I felt. It's was one of the greatest feelings to be wanted. I mean "how cool is that?"

Then I realized that I wasn't moving as fast as my friends and family. They're celebrating weddings, births, and new achievements. I haven't experienced any in the past four years. So I seen myself at a peak of jealous and depression.

Longing for the days of success, I seen myself as a failure!

Since I gotten involved in politics, sports and social issues, I let myself become a somewhat popular figure on social networks. I have talked about issues in politics, my community and the media. I done it on my YouTube page and sometimes on my Facebook page.

Some didn't like the way I talked about it! So of course, these individuals bait you into a hostile discussion. Of course I'm getting angry with a complete stranger on a social network? Kind of silly right? Well when you're exhausted all you could of the individual you block that person!

You thought it would be over!

Wrong.

Well some didn't like that! So they pretend to be a friend and you add them! And of course they start stealing your pictures and learn how you operate online! They get a hold of this and then create many phony profiles of you. Then they prowl on your friends and bait them into a hostile debate.

Then you get harass by "yourself".

"I don't care what you do!" So why would I care about Facebook and other social networks?

I grown tired of MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube!

I mainly focused on social blogs such as this one and others I've done!

Reasons for Facebook's decline!

1) Jealousy Among Friends And Family Members: Seeing your ex-lover showing off their new partner. One of your ex-lover became a first time parent and you thought it would been you! Your friend was invited to a wedding of a rival. You had a friend who shows off their new "ride"! Too many pictures of your friend's children or changes to their home. Your family members have a special relationship and your not apart of it! Family members brag about winning the lottery, new home or meeting famous celebrities.

You always thought you could of had a piece of the action!

You're not alone!

Many psychologists see that Facebook has contributed to a rise of anger, depression and resentment towards friends, family members, celebrities and politicians. To think that when you hear a person say that "Facebook is so much like high school!" you're thinking damn it's too much drama! Of course we're all human! Facebook triggers emotions. I have seen friends and family members share emotions online and it's never enough!

2) Social Networking Etiquette: How is that, LOL (Laughing Out Loud)?

You know most Americans are trying to shorting their language online. We learned that the possibilities are endless for the newest "it" word.

Many people on Facebook lack the social etiquette when it comes to issues. Some people are failing into the trap of Facebook's don'ts. For one thing, we're all human and we have emotions. We like to share things to friends, family and even complete strangers.

The most dangerous thing to do is add "everyone"! Not everyone is your friend. For far too long, I've accepted friends from across the world. Some were cool, others weren't.

The 'friends" that were accepted weren't so nice!

You set yourself for a potential of hacking into your account. Your most happiest or embarrassing pictures are going to be on a file sharing site or a porn website. A cyberbully/cyberstalker will take your pictures and make derogatory themes using Photoshop and Photo Magic.

You may find some things objectionable. Say if you're a fan of Barack Obama and your friend is a fan of Mitt Romney. You would see a bitter fall out over politics.

Say if you're speaking in abbreviation (ROFL, LOL, and LMAO), some may understand these. Others think you may have to educate yourself!

3) Mark Zuckerberg. A billionaire before 30. He and his co-founders have became exceptionally rich. But have they've become a product of the very thing they've hated! Being one of the elites?

You hear stories about the often hoodie wearing social nerd and his vast expansions. But like every citizen in this country, he's a success story. Having dropping out of Harvard to become the CEO of a major social networking company, it pretty neat.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The young billionaire urges high school students to get involved with innovation.

Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Last year, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook was going to trade publicly on the NASDAQ stock exchange. When the bell drop, it help propel him into an instant millionaire.

He would later marry his longtime girlfriend a few days later.

Facebook purchased photo sharing website Instagram.

The Facebook stock bust. Now people were expecting the Facebook stock to soar. It didn't. It's trading between $19 and $35 a share. Still a lot of money involved. But a major fail.

What happened?

Are you addicted to Facebook?

People are still very cautious about investing in the internet. Hence the Silicon Valley bust of 2001.

It seems like now even responding on his personal wall may cost some funds. The Wall Street Journal reported that it may cost you money to post on famous celebrities "personal" pages. It's being tested and most aren't hip to the idea.

It's always free for you to create a Facebook profile. But the added features that come with it will start costing you some cash.

Some decry this a Facebook selling out to the very heart of its existence.

4)  Randi Zuckerberg. The sister of founder Mark Zuckerberg was in the news last year. She was the chief marketing director for Facebook. She became a victim of the very thing that millions of users complained about, their privacy.

A friend of a friend saw a personal picture of her with her brother and family.

Randi was really pissed at a user using her personal photos on Twitter. She took to Twitter and responded to the user with some not so nice comments.

The woman responded back to Randi and apologized. She stated that since she's a subscriber of the feed, she (and hundreds of others) saw Randi's photo and wanted to share it.

Randi didn't see that. Although she accepted the apology, she made a snide comment afterwards.

Hence this little spat made the news. In all the fuss, the media made light of it and people labeled her a hypocrite for allowing Facebook to use pictures of others without their permission. And seeing that privacy was a major concern among parents, who's to say what's your and not Facebook's.

5) Privacy. As Randi saw it, her business isn't your business.

And that's a problem here on Facebook. With the new features on the social networking website, one could figure it's not that hard to keep your most important pictures out of the limelight.

Your job interview could go sour if the person who is doing the hiring searches on your Facebook profile and find some picture that find offensive.

You may support a political candidate but your business doesn't.

You trashed your former job, your former co-workers and your old boss. You bragged that you've gotten a job interview before you've got hired.

Your pictures of that last party where you're totally wasted.

It's all a part of the social norms you're going to regret when you post online.

Privacy advocates are trying to convince Facebook to make it harder for employers to search your profile and even obtain your passwords.

Some people are willing to take a huge risk in order to get a job. They'll allow the employer to search their profiles.

Cyberstalkers and cyberbullies love the opportunity to see a lapse in privacy. Some will steal your photos and use them for offensive themes.

6) Phony Profiles: We're only one person. Probably with the same name but different looks! Facebook has a rise of this problem. Since it's free to create a social networking page, Facebook can't stop the ongoing issue with fake profiles and bogus links to steal information.

Do you like a television show like Modern Family?

Did you like singers like Lady Gaga's Facebook page?

Did you want to post a comment on the "official" page of Labron James?

All of these profiles explained are created by their representatives to keep you informed about their appearances or events coming up! They rarely if ever be on the internet. Celebrities do have a Facebook page that stands alone without the glamour and glory. When you're on top, many want to take you down!

It's mostly MEN who create phony profiles of you!

Some men can't take "NO" for an answer! It's a famous quote for women who can't get rid of their ex-boyfriends or husbands.

Yes, this is a big issue! Some who create phony profiles never understand the consequences of it!

Some people have no lives so they'll try to ruin yours in order to make themselves feel better!

7) Breeding Ground For Hate Speech: I don't like you and your kind!

I'll create pages for hating you and those who think or look like you!

Etiquette is a theme that is commonly ignored on social networks.

When you have a disagreement with a person, do you let it go or do you jump into the fray?

Ideological changes in our society has pitted Americans into a colorblind mentality! If it didn't happen to me, why should I care?

I can tell you that there's more hate themed pages on Facebook. The freedom of speech allows these individuals to put up websites disparaging women, Blacks, Hispanics, those in LGBT community, those who practice in Christianity, Muslims or Jewish.

White supremacists and political junkies alike have taken to Facebook to vent off inflammatory rhetoric!

Many extremists online have personally vented off their hatred of President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Republican nominee Mitt Romney, New Jersey governor Chris Christie, and among others in the political arena.

8) Cyberbullying/Cyberstalking: I'm you or at least I'm pretending to be you!

I've had people use my photos without my permission. I had people create multiple Facebook profiles, YouTube profiles, Blogger pages with the intent to "shame" me, slander me and paint me to be something I'm not.

I want to make this clear: MEN ARE LIKELY THE ONES WHO ENGAGE IN THIS BEHAVIOR!

The cyberbully/cyberstalker creates emotional distress. The individual can ruin your reputation and cost you your job. Having someone posting your personal address and phone number in a fake profile is the ultimate insult. The cyberbully/cyberstalker invite problems by harassing you with personal threats and unwanted advances.

It's only funny, until someone gets hurt. And believe me it's getting worse on Facebook.

The legal ramifications are coming. Some are resulting to suing Facebook to subpoena the person who created the website.

Megan Meier, Phoebe Prince and Tyler Clementi were victims of not only bullying but cyberbullying and cyberstalking. Each of these individuals committed suicide.

9) Stock Price Tumble/Tax Breaks: The Facebook stock fail already signals the demise. When Facebook went public, many thought that this would be the new digital bubble. Alas, it wasn't!

Stock traded below the intended value and so far managed to keep above the average of $30.00 a share.

In shares, you could have $300 million if you play the stock market right!

And recently, Facebook came under scrutiny for getting a nine figure tax break. That $1.1 billion in earned revenue gave the social network $429 million.

Click it.

10) DCMA, Usage Of Pictures And Videos Without Permission: With the copyright being the center of social networking, you may end up posting someone else property on Facebook and it's likely going to have you paying royalties.

11) Who's Your "REAL" Friends: You are loved! You've felt the need to keep on adding friends. Friends of friends. People who are complete strangers. Wow, you're looking like a winner! Wait a minute!

Your best friend dropped you a friend. You sent an invite to a girl you like and she's not accepted your friend request. Oh wow, you didn't get invited to an event of a friend. Your friends missed your birthday and didn't like your important moments.

People usually get really riled up with friends dropping friends on Facebook. Somehow if you spurn someone online, it may come back to haunt you in the long run.

12) Crime: Only an idiot would post an unlawful act on Facebook. Yet, there's hundreds of people who do this. From the young woman who robbed a bank and posted on social networks to a person admitting he killed a person, Facebook is the bragging rights for criminals.

You go on a long vacation and have a picture of your home in the background. It's an invitation for a burglar.

People have the opportunity to look at a person's location marker to determine where they live or where they work.

It's like catnip to the criminals who figure since you're not at home! You bragged about having an Xbox, iPad, or Samsung digital television you got for Christmas. You leave for work or vacation and when you come home, it's gone.

13) Suicide: The most horrible thing in life is to lose a family member or a friend to a suicide. Like this is a common theme here with Facebook. It allows hate speech, cyberstalkers, cyberbullies and privacy invasions to occur online. Some people ignore it. Others let it drive them to death.

When MySpace was at its peak, Megan Meier hung herself. The young teenager killed herself after a former friend and her mother created a fake profile to lure the girl into thinking this was a boyfriend.

Phoebe Prince, a young teenager from Massachusetts killed herself after her tormentors bullied her at school and on Facebook.

Tyler Clementi was the Rutgers Student who committed suicide after his roommate and another woman broadcast online Clementi's relationship with another man to the college campus. The young man jumped off the George Washington Bridge because of it.

Facebook does create suicide for hundreds of individuals who felt the world is too cruel and they have no other option but to end it all.

In closing, Facebook also can inspire grassroots activism in the terms of suicide among those who use the website.

Many should understand the plight of Facebook and how it's impact has made social networking easier.

I say this with no regrets.

I'm taking an indefinite break from Facebook crowd. It's too much drama and I don't want to be in it!

Ye, Without Sin!

North Carolina politicians are proposing a ban on lottery sales to people who receive public assistance.

Don't you love it when Republicans say that the BIG BAD GOVERNMENT meddles in your life?

Yet these are the very same Republicans who want to meddle in the affairs of those who they claim to be "gubmint leeches". Republicans want to meddle in a minority voting precinct. They want to meddle between women's legs. And they want to push Christianity among those who don't follow. They want to meddle in a same sex couple's bedroom. These people want to see you piss in a cup to get unemployment, food and housing assistance if you lost your home in a natural disaster.

Another old, fat, ignorant, Republican who's out of touch with the rest of reality. Meet North Carolina's Paul Stam! Stam is the guy who wants to stop welfare recipients from playing the lottery! 

Yet these people continue to elect those who benefit from being "entitled" to punish the poor and needy!

This is the ongoing culture war in the United States. It's sponsored by the corporations that pollute our air, ground and water. It's sponsored by the religious leaders who chastise you for being a single parent, the family who is poor or the even that guy who's gay! It's sponsored by the media who allows the daily rambles of talk radio and online blogs to be divisive and downright racist towards fellow Americans. It's sponsored by the entitled who believe that the best way to help the poor is to drive them even poorer and help them wipe each other out with drugs, disease and gun violence.

They can't stand a Black president!

They can't stand a reasonable solution to curbing gun violence in America!

White conservatives spend most of their time collecting welfare, disability, social security and privileges based solely on race, economic and political standings as well. 

Most White conservative males are obsessed with firearms and kill in the name of a religion. 

When White conservative males see Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, or even Muslims with firearms, welfare, a better job, or even running for politics: These people scream at the top of their lungs about how it's our faults for most of America's problems! They want control over us, but never control over them!

Mediaite has the goods on the next idiotic move by the culture warriors. A bill being introduced will ban any citizen in the state who receives financial assistance from playing the state lottery.

It was sponsored by North Carolina politician by Paul Stam.

Guess what party he represents?

Let's Play!

Raleigh-Durham’s ABC affiliate WTVD-TV is reporting that lawmakers in that state are proposing legislation that would bar people on welfare or in bankruptcy from purchasing lottery tickets.

As reporter Anna Laurel explains, “the lawmaker drafting this legislation told us today that the vendor selling the lottery ticket would be penalized if they know the person is on welfare or in bankruptcy, which has some questioning if this law really solves any problems.”

“We’re giving them welfare to help them live, and yet by selling them a ticket, we’re taking away their money that is there to provide them the barest of necessities.”

But as the Raleigh news team discovered, local lottery vendors have serious concerns. One clerk was quoted as saying, “I don't feel comfortable to ask my customers what their financial status is… it’s not my business.”

Meanwhile, North Carolina’s NAACP president Reverend William Barber said that while his organization doesn't “agree with the lottery to start with” he would prefer to have State representative Stam focus on larger issues “Rather than Mr. Stam having a side argument, ask him to stop blocking labor rights for poor people and working people. Ask him to have a real conversation about real wage.”

So once again, here's your government intervening in your lives. You don't want this right?

Republican Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal is right on one thing! The Republican Party has to stop being the "stupid" party! But this message continues to fall on deaf ears!
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A little factoid for those who aren't familiar with the Mega Millions and Powerball.

Did you know that the largest jackpot ever to be recorded came in April 2012 when Mega Millions had a jackpot for $657 million? It was won in three states and became one of the world's biggest jackpots, ever!

Mega Millions is a multi-state lottery that is played in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game cost $1 per unit. Add the Megaplier to the prize and you could multiply your winnings. The minimum amount of the prize is $12 million. The prize does rise upon no winners. Sometimes it will stay the same depending on lottery turnout. When the jackpot cross over $200 million, the prize will increase without notice.

Powerball last year broke a record too! It had a record jackpot of $594 million. It was won in three states!

Powerball is a multi-state lottery that is played in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game cost $2 per unit. Add the PowerPlay and you will have a set increase in your earnings. The minimum amount of the prize is $40 million. The prize does rise upon no winners. Sometimes it will stay the same depending on lottery turnout. When the jackpot cross over $175 million, the prize will increase without notice.

These tickets cannot be cancelled.

The times of a Mega Millions drawing comes at 10:59 pm EST (Tuesday and Friday).

The times of a Powerball drawing comes at 10:59 pm EST (Wednesday and Saturday).

Food Stamp Lottery Winner Dies!

One year ago, Amanda Clayton won the lottery. This year she's no longer able to spend the remainder of her winnings. She died over the weekend in an apparent drug overdose according to news sources.

One way to get over the system, food stamp fraud.

A drop in the bucket is the SNAP program. Many Americans who are on low income assistance or too poor to live on the rising prices of fuel and food apply for benefits from their state and federal resources.

Hence forth the "safety net"! 

Without a safety net, these people will rob and kill those who have the luxuries of having food in the refrigerator or in the pantry. And yet, these Republicans and their conservative allies are thinking the poor are the reasons for the economic recession. Perhaps those who complain about the poor, should walk a day in that person's shoes!

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the food stamps program.

To Republicans and the racist right, it's a giveaway for Obama's "sons". It's a way for those White taxpayers to give to those "Blah" people. The Republicans would rather pass legislation that would starve children.

Our country shouldn't allow anyone to starve! There are some take advantage of the food stamps program and this cost billions of dollars in government waste.

The scourge of the conservative movement is the low income citizen. These are the people that Mitt Romney wrote off in the now infamous video in which he was caught on camera bashing Americans who may support President Barack Obama. He made the determination that Americans who support the president are victims and dependents of government assistance. That has him dragging in the polls.

President Barack Obama was called the "Food Stamp" president by that jackass Former House Speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. That was a dog whistle to rile up White voters. That helped Newt Gingrich beat Mitt Romney in the South Carolina and Georgia primaries.

Still the issue that comes forth from Republicans, that government dependency is a major problem and President Barack Obama and his liberal allies are trying to make the country an entitlement based society.

Other words: NIGGERIZATION.

That's what I've said and I stand by this!

Anyway, a Michigan woman who won the state lottery was still applying for food stamps and welfare. This woman was named Amanda Clayton and she was found dead this weekend.

According to the Associated Press, police say a Detroit-area woman who collected welfare benefits despite winning a $735,000 lottery prize has died of a possible drug overdose.

Ecorse police Sgt. Cornelius Herring confirmed that Clayton was found dead about 9 a.m. Saturday at a home in the community southwest of Detroit.

Relatives of Clayton did not immediately return a phone message for comment.

Clayton of Lincoln Park pleaded no contest to fraud in June and was sentenced to nine months' probation in July. Her attorney has said Clayton repaid about $5,500 in food aid and medical benefits.

Michigan's Department of Human Services says Clayton didn't inform the state about her pre-tax lottery windfall last year.

Republican governor, Rick Snyder signed a law in April requiring lottery officials to tell Human Services about new winners.

I hate to see such a beautiful woman die! I'm not jumping to conclusions but I think it was heroin overdose.

Heroin is by far the most dangerous drug out there! Her life probably ended with a needle. I don't have to wait on the details of how she died.

In court for fraud of the government, Amanda Clayton awaits her sentencing.

Look we seen the epidemic of drugs in the urban communities and yes it's in the suburbs as well.

The Detroit News reports that Clayton had a child custody battle, fought with neighbors, and was forced to buy a second house to escape pressure from a former boyfriend.

Sheryl Schonfeld lived across the street from the home where Clayton grew up, where her parents still live on Hanford Avenue, and said she knew her for at least 17 years.

"We moved in here around the same time, so I've know her since she was a little girl," said Schonfeld. "She was a nice, pleasant girl who never got in trouble, until she won the lottery," she said.

A person who answered a call placed to Clayton's home Sunday, said, "No comment," and hung up the phone.

Schonfeld, 59, said she noticed some new purchases after Clayton's win, including a new car for her father and one for herself. She said Clayton also purchased a home nearby on Anne Avenue in Lincoln Park.

"Then she had to buy another house, I don't know where, because her boyfriend found out where she lived and was bothering her, so she had to move."

She said Clayton had two children. The youngest was with her mother when she was discovered dead.

Schonfeld said Clayton was spending the night with a female friend when the friend heard her child crying.

"Her friend went into the room when she heard the child crying and turned Amanda over and saw she was already dead," said Schonfeld. "Amanda's mother told me she had been taking prescription drugs, but I'm not sure why."

While living on Anne, Clayton was involved in a dispute with neighbors on Aug. 19, which escalated into an altercation and resulted in the arrest of two men who were charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.

At the time, Lincoln Park Police Lt. John Martin said two men and two women were arraigned in connection with an assault outside Clayton's home. He said the incident was sparked by a disagreement over grass clippings between Clayton and her neighbor Victor Bartola, 46.

Martin said Clayton was cutting her grass and left grass clippings in Bartola's driveway. He said Bartola then took a broom or leaf blower and returned the clippings to Clayton's property.

An argument ensued and a friend at Clayton's home left, but returned with three other people, and a fight broke out. Those involved in the fight were armed with a knife, air-soft gun and baseball bat. Clayton was not charged in the assault. Bartola was hospitalized and released.

Forty-one days later, she was found dead by Ecorse police in a friend's house on Sunnyside Road in Ecorse. The Wayne County Medical Examiner's office said the cause of death is pending. (Ecorse Police Sgt. Cornelius Herring said she was found at 9 a.m. Saturday.

He said she was the third victim in a rash of drug overdoses in the city over the weekend.

"This was very, very unusual for the city to have so many overdoses at one time," he said. "Two of the other victims were taken to Children's Hospital, and she was the third."

Her battle over her winnings, which gained national attention, began when the state said she got about $5,500 in food aid and medical benefits after winning $735,000, before taxes, in 2011.

Clayton, 25, pleaded no contest to fraud in June, and was placed on six months' probation in July. Her attorney has said Clayton repaid the $5,500 in food aid and medical benefits.

Clayton isn't the only Michigan Lottery winner to become notorious after making headlines.

In August, millionaire Freddie Young, of Detroit, was sentenced to 20 to 35 years in prison for fatally shooting his daughter's landlord.

Young, 64, was convicted on second-degree murder and felony firearm charges in the May 2011 killing of Australian native Gregory McNicol.

Prosecutors said Young won an estimated $1.57 million share of a Michigan Lottery jackpot in February 2011. Three months later, he shot 45-year-old McNicol over $1,000 in back rent owed by his daughter.

In Michigan's first lottery jackpot in 1973, Hermus Millsaps took cruises to Alaska and the Caribbean after winning $1 million.

He bought several new cars over the past 27 years.

But Millsaps ex-wife sued him for additional child support, and salesmen and charity-seekers were a constant in his life.

Millsaps died in April 2002, at the age of 82.

Conservatives Create Class Warfare Game| Republican Culture War In A Board Game!

Jillian Rayfield October 27, 2011, 5:55 AM 4300 69

There is no “Go” space in the anti-welfare board game “Obozo’s America,” but rest assured — you can still collect welfare benefits as you pass the “First Of The Month” space.

The game is called “OBOZO’S AMERICA: Why Bother Working for a Living?” with the tagline “The Most Timely and Original Board Game of the Decade!” The website describes it as “a fun fantasy board game based on the preposterous notion that a Marxist clown, running on the vague and shaky platform of hope and change, could become President of The United States.”

The object is to keep collecting benefits while avoiding the “Working Person’s Rut.” From the rather embarrassingly low-tech website:

Get your initial $1,000 cash grant at the First of the Month, then maneuver along Obozo’s Welfare Promenade. Get cash for your out-of-wedlock children. Draw from a stack of Welfare Benefit Cards. Get extra cash from Saturday Night crimes: Gambling, Armed Robbery, Drugs, and Prostitution. Play the lottery and the horses. Get your live-in a job on the Government Cakewalk. Experience the Jail Jaunt. Avoid landing on one of those dreaded “Get a Job” blocks forcing you onto the Working Person’s Rut (Somebody has to pay for Obozo’s Welfare Promenade). 50 Welfare Benefit Cards. 50 Working Person’s Burden Cards. Lots of funny money.

The site features the game’s mascot “Obozo The Marxist Clown” — who also graces the game’s fake currency — and boasts of the “welfare benefit cards” like “you lose perspective and apply for a job, but are denied it. Oboze says: Scream ‘racism’ until welfare lawyer gets you $1,000 settlement.”

In the Economy version of the game, you get “a stack of over a half-a-million dollars in play money (we’re talking serious welfare fraud here), 50 Welfare Benefit Cards, 50 Working Person’s Burden Cards, 30 Out-of-Wedlock Children.” The Deluxe version has a spill-proof surface and the out-of-wedlock children are easier to cut out of the paper they’re printed on.

Here’s the play money:

And the board game:

You can see the full-size board as a pdf here.

The game was created by Ron Pramschufer and Bob Johnson, who run Hammerhead Enterprises in Maryland, and was originally released in 1980 as “Public Assistance: Why Bother Working for a Living?”

“We didn’t invent this game, government liberals did,” Johnson said then. “We just put it in a box.”

In a press release Wednesday, Johnson announced that the game was coming back, claiming it “was forced off the retail market in the 1980s by government officials working with the NAACP, NOW, and other welfare ‘rights’ groups.”

“We intended the game as a parody of government liberalism, with a special focus on the able-bodied loaferism, welfare fraud, and social chaos its domestic policies promote,” Johnson wrote in 2009. “Threatened by the game’s popularity, embarrassed liberals successfully implemented a nationwide government plan to ‘remove the game from the marketplace.’”

The game was entangled in a number of lawsuits after several government officials and the NAACP criticized it as racist and sexist for its depiction of “welfare queens” and other stereotypes. Pramschufer and Johnson first sued (sub req.) a New York City official who sent a letter to retailers urging them not to sell the game, saying “keeping this game off the shelves of your stores would be a genuine public service.” They lost the case and their ultimate appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court, but they also filed a suit against the NAACP and NOW, according to the AP (sub req.).

But in the 90s when they re-released the game — complete with a new “Criminal Justice” side of the board — and claimed it had been banned, the Attorney General of Maryland said there was never a ban on the game. “The state wouldn’t have had the authority to ban this game whatsoever,” then-AG Kathy Schultz said (sub req.), according to the Washington Times.



Via Ashley Lopez of The Florida Independent.