25 Signs That America Is A Seething Cesspool Of Filth And Corruption

[donnay]

I really didn't mean to turn this into a shoplifting discussion as many other points made by the article are far more important, however, here is some food for thought.

The Top 10 Most Shoplifted Items, according to AdWeek and the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP) are:
Expensive cuts of meat
Expensive bottles of alcohol
Electric items including toothbrushes and DIY tools
Electronic gadgets such as video games, smartphones and laptops
Razor blades, particularly Gillette Mach 4
Axe brand deodorants and body washes
Designer clothing including Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger
Let's Rock Elmo toy
Perfumes including Chanel No. 5
Trainers by Nike and Addidas

One in every 11 people to walk into a shop will leave the store with at least one item that wasn't paid for, NASP says, representing 1.45 percent of total sales, meaning U.S. retailers are likely to lose $119 billion to shoplifters this year.

In addition, says NASP, 35 percent of thefts are undertaken with the help of a corrupt employee.


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It proves that Madison Avenue has done a helluva job brainwashing people. Stats like this just lead to more infringements on our liberty.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

It proves that Madison Avenue has done a helluva job brainwashing people. Stats like this just lead to more infringements on our liberty.

How so? More electronic surveillance? I tend to side with the store owner's right to take all steps neccessary to protect his property.

 

[donnay]

How so? I tend to side with the store owner's right to take all steps neccessary to protect his property.

Because the list you posted are the newest and latest craze. You got to have designer clothing by Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. You must get Axe brand deodorants because they make a person sexy. Chanel No. 5 makes you as sexy as _______________ (insert the latest Hollywood sex symbol).

It's not like people are stealing to survive.

As far as a store owner protecting their merchandise, sure if they want to put surveillance cameras that are not tied into some security databank I have no problem with that. But most of them are tied into the security grid these days. Wal-Marx is a good example and one of the reasons why I do not patron that establishment.

 

[Acala]

As to item #1, who cares if SS agents patronize prostitutes on their own time with their own coin? Not me. And if they are married, that is an issue between the individual agent and his wife. It isn't my problem and it doesn't support the proposition that the nation is a seething cesspool of corruption.

#2. Insurance is a business, not a social services agency. If an insurance company wants to write policies that exclude natural disaster damage or limiit benefits in some other way, that is their right to do so. If you don't like it, buy another insurance product. There are LOTS of insurance carriers out there. You can even get custom insurance for ANY risk from underwriters like Lloyds. But don't be surprised if certain kinds of risk are so extreme that nobody will cover them in a CGL policy. That's business. If you want to live in a flood zone, expect to pay a wad for insurance that covers flood damage. Or go uncovered. But don't bitch about it when your house gets flooded. Build on stilts.

Insurance is a risk pooling business. A risk pool needs to very carefully define and manage the risks it covers or it will go broke. And before you go into the "big profit, big corporate" harangue, let me point out that many insurance companies are non-profit "mutual" companies. I have my home and auto insurance with just such a mutual company. In any given year, if company proceeds from premiums and investments exceed claims paid to members, the excess is divided evenly and the members get a rebate check. I get one almost every year. I WANT my insurance company to exclude excess risks. I WANT my insurance company to fight fraudulent claims. Paying for other people's risky behavior and cheating costs me money.

I stopped reading after #2. Lol.

 

[Acala]

How so? More electronic surveillance? I tend to side with the store owner's right to take all steps neccessary to protect his property.

Me too. Other people shoplifting raises the prices I have to pay.

 

[oyarde]

I used Tide exclusively for decades because that's what my mom used and Ricky Rudd,my favorite Nascar driver drove the Tide car.
I still have a 3/4 full 100 oz. jug in the laundry room,it was $13+,I can't afford that,I'm retired.
I have an unopened 117 oz. jug of something called Sun that cost $4+ at the same store,I hope it works.
Maybe the folks stealing the cologne and deodorant use Sun detergent.

I used that Sun stuff for , maybe four years once , picked it up at the local Dollar Store for 3.21 , I thought it was fine.

 

[oyarde]

Because the list you posted are the newest and latest craze. You got to have designer clothing by Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. You must get Axe brand deodorants because they make a person sexy. Chanel No. 5 makes you as sexy as _______________ (insert the latest Hollywood sex symbol).

It's not like people are stealing to survive.

As far as a store owner protecting their merchandise, sure if they want to put surveillance cameras that are not tied into some security databank I have no problem with that. But most of them are tied into the security grid these days. Wal-Marx is a good example and one of the reasons why I do not patron that establishment.

Your Hubby will be sexy all day and did not have to steal a thing . Lucky you

 

[Pericles]

 

[oyarde]

I really didn't mean to turn this into a shoplifting discussion as many other points made by the article are far more important, however, here is some food for thought.

The Top 10 Most Shoplifted Items, according to AdWeek and the National Association for Shoplifting Prevention (NASP) are:
Expensive cuts of meat
Expensive bottles of alcohol
Electric items including toothbrushes and DIY tools
Electronic gadgets such as video games, smartphones and laptops
Razor blades, particularly Gillette Mach 4
Axe brand deodorants and body washes
Designer clothing including Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger
Let's Rock Elmo toy
Perfumes including Chanel No. 5
Trainers by Nike and Addidas

One in every 11 people to walk into a shop will leave the store with at least one item that wasn't paid for, NASP says, representing 1.45 percent of total sales, meaning U.S. retailers are likely to lose $119 billion to shoplifters this year.

In addition, says NASP, 35 percent of thefts are undertaken with the help of a corrupt employee.


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I feel a bit depraved , I am unfamiliar with "Lets Rock" Elmo....

 

[oyarde]

The meat and booze make more sense to me than Tide . I have read quite a few articles about that Tide theft thing.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

The meat and booze make more sense to me than Tide . I have read quite a few articles about that Tide theft thing.

+1 I've seen several stories on LRC about the Tide "crime wave".

 

[oyarde]

I used Tide exclusively for decades because that's what my mom used and Ricky Rudd,my favorite Nascar driver drove the Tide car.
I still have a 3/4 full 100 oz. jug in the laundry room,it was $13+,I can't afford that,I'm retired.
I have an unopened 117 oz. jug of something called Sun that cost $4+ at the same store,I hope it works.
Maybe the folks stealing the cologne and deodorant use Sun detergent.

I have been using this stuff called Xtra , I think , for over a year , pick it up on sale at the local hardware store , around 8.50 when on sale , nearly 200 ounces.

 

[donnay]

You know when you have a bad economy when Tide Laundry detergent has gone to blackmarket!

Tide is extremely bad for you anyways. I make my own. I haven't used Tide in years!

For liquid laundry detergent:

Ingredients

1/3 Bar of Fels Naptha laundry Bar Soap (grated)
1/2 Cup of 20 Mule Team Borax Laundry Booster
1/2 Cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
1 Rural King 5 Gallon Bucket with lid



Process

Mix Grated Fels Naptha Soap with 6 cups of water in sauce pan, heat until soap melts.
Add washing Soda and Borax to Sauce Pan Mix. Mix Well until Washing Soda and Borax Dissolve
Pour 4 Cups of Hot Water into Bucket and add mixture from sauce pan.
Add another 1 gallon 6 cups of water and stir well.
Allow 24 hours for soap to gel.

Use 1/2 a cup of soap per load, recipe produces approximately 50 loads

We recommend using a dedicated sauce pan for this recipe. Keep soap and ingredients out of reach of children and keep bucket sealed when soap is not in use. A double recipe may be produced with the Rural King 5 gallon Bucket.
http://www.ruralking.com/soap/

The dry laundry detergent:

1 box of Borax
1 box of washing soda
1 family sized box of baking soda
1 bar of fels naptha soap
Laundry Storage Container
Yard stick
5 Gallon Bucket

Directions:

Grate fels naptha soap using a cheese grater or your food processor. Skip the ivory soap, it doesn’t work as well, ivory soap is a gentle soap for the body, fels naptha is a laundry stain soap.
Combine all boxes of the above into the 5 gallon bucket, dump in grated soap and stir with yard stick until mixed thoroughly.
Pour mixed detergent into your laundry storage container.



Easy as that!! No need to heat, cook, or add water.. The best thing about all this is I have found a coffee scope at Walmart for 1.18 and it’s the perfect amount of laundry soap for a large load. It’s roughly 2 tablespoons.

The total cost of the laundry supplies is:

Borax: $3.38

Washing Soda: $3.24

Baking Soda: $2.16

Fels Naptha Soap: $0.97

Total Cost: $9.75

(walmart prices)

There is easily well over 300 loads of laundry but until I have finished the entire container I can only estimate this laundry soap to costing roughly 0.03 to 0.04 cents per load of laundry.

http://oneacrefarming.com/tag/laundry-detergent-recipe/

 

[azxd]

#5 makes me laugh !!!
But hey ... At least someone is documenting black on black violence, in a city where it is almost impossible to own/carry a gun.

 

[azxd]

# 6 through 11 just solidify my perspective that we have criminals within our society, and they have no concern for human life.

 

[Stupified]

These articles are always so laughably agenda-based, it's like one big basket of every fallacy you could imagine.

#12 The number of Americans that are willing to become permanently dependent on the government is absolutely astounding. At this point, there are approximately 67 million Americans that get some form of financial assistance from the federal government.

Case in point: Red herring. The second statement does not support the first. (Hypothetically) all 67 million people getting financial assistance from the gov't could not be willing to become permanently dependent on them.

 

[oyarde]

These articles are always so laughably agenda-based, it's like one big basket of every fallacy you could imagine.




Case in point: Red herring. The second statement does not support the first. (Hypothetically) all 67 million people getting financial assistance from the gov't could not be willing to become permanently dependent on them.

I remain unconvinced many of that 67 million could not become willing to be permanently dependant , but , hey , that is just me ...

 

[kah13176]

#25 Our politicians are stealing 150 million dollars an hour from future generations so that we can live more comfortably right now. The American people participate in this theft by voting these politicians back into office over and over again. The crime that we are committing against future generations is almost too horrible for words.

Oh, I'm SURE the author would support cutting military expenditure.