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Manufactured Spend Magic:  Goodbye 5backs?
15 Sep. 2017
Manufactured Spend Magic: Goodbye 5backs?
The End? Just like the saying states, “All good things come to an end”.  The Simon mall 5backs are on their way out.  Today the load limits change on Simon’s 5% back Visa debit (gift) cards.  Earlier this week Simon corporate sent out a memo: The reason for the load change to the 5backs?  Retailers were
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Fiji Airways:  “We Have No Record Of You On This Flight”
17 Aug. 2017
Fiji Airways: “We Have No Record Of You On This Flight”
Oh No When you are ready to check in for your overseas flight, the last thing that you want a ticket agent to say is that you aren’t scheduled to be on that flight.  Unfortunately that’s exactly what happened to me on my recent trip to Fiji….4….separate….times.  Not only did this happen several times, but
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Is South Africa Safe?
13 Aug. 2017
Is South Africa Safe?
Safety or Paranoia? Is South Africa safe?  No, it’s not and here’s why. Safety is both objective and subjective.  Every major city has crime, and human nature is incredibly flawed.  There’s danger in many places around the world.  I’m from a small town of less than 2,000 people in the Midwest, but even there we’ve had
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Where are the Muslim Protests?
7 Jun. 2017
Where are the Muslim Protests?
Violence and Silence The recent string of Islamic motivated terror attacks in Europe bring one major question to mind: Where are the mass protests by Muslims against the murders taking place in the name of their religion? Imagine 100,000 Muslims (and others) marching through the streets of London to protest the murders that took place recently.
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