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A cable bill survey of 2,057 U.S. adults in 2018 by Consumer Reports found that a staggering 85 percent have encountered surprise or hidden fees—especially non-government imposed fees and those different from fees outlined by the company for the service—in recent years. In examining consumer-submitted bills, Consumer Reports found that these hidden costs tack on 24 percent of the service's base price to consumers' monthly bills.
In examining almost 800 bills for cable services, Consumer Reports found that those fees can be for anything from set-top box rentals to broadcast and regional sports fees. Consumer Reports said that based on its nationally representative survey results, it estimates cable companies may be pulling in roughly $28 billion annually from these charges. These charges result in about $450 per consumer annually in additional costs on average, the report said.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 06 2019, @10:09AM (23 children)
Well, yes, it is one of the basic tenets. So long as damned fools pay you what you ask, you're good. It's the damned fool's fault for supporting the greed of the cable company. Long ago, I paid a cable company (In Jax Beach, Florida) so that I could enjoy MTV, which was then a new phenomenon. I don't remember now what I paid for cable service, but I do remember wanting to spend that money on other things. So, the cable went bye-bye after only one year. I also remember that I got far more enjoyment out of my brand new Kawasaki, than I got from television!
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @03:16PM (22 children)
We need to eat the babies! - some liberal at an AOC townhall meeting
That is a lie and YOU know it's a lie. It was a Larouche nutbag.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 06 2019, @03:33PM (20 children)
Did AOC shoot the idea down, out of hand? Watching the video, the bug-eyed broad seemed to be considering the possibility.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @03:44PM (12 children)
I did watch the video and you are a liar.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:19PM (11 children)
If you can't do any better than that, then you are a cockroach. Liars need take no notice of cockroaches. You disappoint me - I thought you were actually going to challenge me over my sig.
Now, here is the honest to God truth. AOC's little town-hall thingy was preempted by some woman who appears to be a nutcase. That woman proposed some crazy shit. And, Miss Bugeye stood there, and listened. She DID NOT have the crazy woman shut up and evicted. She DID NOT speak out against the crazy woman's proposals. TO THIS DATE AOC has not disavowed the ideas proposed.
It has been proposed that LaRouche was somehow behind the crazy woman. And, I read one blurb in which LaRouche seems to accept some responsibility for Madame Nutcase. Is it an established FACT that LaRouche was responsible? Nooooo - not yet, it isn't established FACT.
If you're not an annoying little cockroach, it's time for you to do more than just annoy. The ball is in your court.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @05:03PM
But you assume she was a liberal.
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We need to eat the babies! - some conservative at an AOC townhall meeting
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @10:30PM (9 children)
Because, as we see with you on pretty much a daily basis, engaging the crazy only creates more crazy bullshit to deal with. I've been trying to just ignore you for the most part, but you shitpost so much that there needs to be some pushback if only so lurkers don't think all of SN agrees with you.
It is amusing that one of the few things you've managed to glom on to to criticize AOC is that she simply ignored some crazy lady. Meanwhile we have a crazy corrupt POUTS who is even being turned on by the few journalists at Fox with some integrity, and you need to spew about AOC?
Lawl, thank GOD this crazy stupid ride is coming to an end. Highlighted best by the extreme avoidance of Trump's corruption here by you. Tired of "winning" yet? Did you NOT realize that Trump lies about everything so when he said "winning" he meant "losing"? Wellllllll, winning for his corrupt buddies, but losing for his voter base who is so brainwashed they can't see the forest for the trees.
Let me guess, you'll chime in with how he's a chuckle head so you can avoid responsibility again. "What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening" lololol what a brilliantly simple way to sucker a bunch of angry white dudes.
(Score: 2, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @03:18AM (8 children)
So, you're still pissed that the populist vote did not go to your preferred candidate. And, I'll repeat that the Court Fool is highly preferable to the Wicked Witch of the East. OF COURSE the Court Fool is going to be a fuck-up. What else did you expect? Where would we be today, if the Wicked Witch were in charge? Among other things, we would be hip deep in blood in Libya.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 07 2019, @03:53AM (7 children)
Unfortunately for your discourse, pissed or not of the populist vote is irrelevant for the matter [soylentnews.org] of "Runaway1956 chooses to knowingly propagate on Soylentnews a self-confessed LaRouche troll [twitter.com] or is an idiot enough to be useful to them".
Just from my curiosity, which of the two: trolling or a useful idiot?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @04:02AM (6 children)
Probably the best reply on that page:
As for "useful idiots", you're describing AOC and her Squat Club. Once again, what about that Green New Deal bullshit?
I'm thinking about using this guy's ideas for my next journal entry, you might want to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pI [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 07 2019, @04:08AM (5 children)
Ok, so you are trolling. Thanks for the clarification.
I have much better things to do with my time than to waste it with a person that doesn't respect it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @04:21AM (4 children)
Cool. Yes, I'm trolling, I thought everyone had figured that out by now. Respect your time? Mehhh - I didn't see the armed guards who forced you to read any of my posts, my sig, or anything else on Soylent. I believe that it is always your decision to read anything on Soylent. If/when the outrage over my sig dies down, I'll change it to something else. Maybe even something more outrageous, from the left's point of view, if I can find it.
Meanwhile, I think you'll agree that today's politics in the US is the laughing stock of the world. Kinda like when I was traveling the world in uniform, time and time again, I heard that Carter was the laughing stock of the world. Except, this time around, the prez is a joke, but congress and the Dem party is the bigger joke. That Trump Disorder Syndrome causes a lot of people to do truly crazy shit.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday October 07 2019, @04:38AM (1 child)
Yes. And the way I see, your trolling is on the "doing more of the same", therefore I can't conclude you are interested in doing something better.
The association with "armed guards" raises quite a big question mark to me on your meaning of "respect".
I don't feel compelled to subscribe to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @04:44AM
Somehow, the QOTD at the bottom of the page seems so apt.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday October 07 2019, @07:21AM (1 child)
I've modded you Troll because of your statement:
Idiot.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday October 07 2019, @07:26AM
I'm close to ROFL here. ;^)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:17PM (6 children)
How do you handle a obvious nutjob?
Ignore them and move on?
Antagonize them and maybe watch them pull out a weapon?
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We need to eat the babies! - some conservative at an AOC townhall meeting
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:28PM (5 children)
You seem to be suggesting that AOC has no security with her? Not even local police in attendance? Have you forgotten that she's a CONGRESS-WOMAN? Well, congress-girl, anyway. Congress-crazy? Mabye I should stick with congress-critter. That last is a nice neutral term that applies to all races, genders, ages, and states of mental imbalance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:51PM (1 child)
Sounds like you are the one with mental imbalance.
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We need to eat the babies! - some conservative at an AOC townhall meeting
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:57PM
Whatever. Are you suggesting that AOC is sane, rational, and maybe even normal? Would you care to extend that description to all of the US congress, and American style politics?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 06 2019, @04:58PM (2 children)
How much security did Rep Giffords have? How much security did they have at the republican baseball practice?
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We need to eat the babies! - some conservative at an AOC townhall meeting
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday October 06 2019, @05:15PM (1 child)
Alright, you make a (small) point. Security isn't always effective.
I might argue that if you don't have the balls to stick up for what you believe, then you shouldn't be in politics.
I might also argue that if you're stupid enough to rely on ineffective security, then you deserve to die.
But, I'm not going to make either of those arguments, because I understand that a large percentage of the American public thinks that it's alright to just lie down and die if an opponent might have a weapon. And, amazingly, a large percentage of the aforementioned percentage is Dem.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Sunday October 06 2019, @09:34PM
On the other hand, sometimes the best strategy with a raving lunatic is to just let them feel they've had their say and move on. There's no pointy in refuting them, they will never be convinced and everyone else already knows they're a raving lunatic.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Monday October 07 2019, @12:06PM
FWIW I watched the video and Cortez handled it fine. the woman was obviously crazy or a plant so treating her with kid gloves was the right move. it was never the gotcha moment many thought it was.
it does make for a funny meme, though.
Washington DC delenda est.