Wells Fargo stole $20 from me

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Thursday January 27, 2011 · 4:20 PM PST

2011/01/27 · 16:20

Of course I am sure it was legal, but from my perspective the $ was stolen. The primary purpose of this diary is for me to rant so I can relax a bit. There is not much intellectual contribution- sorry.

I have had an account with Wells Fargo for close to 20 years. I opened the first account back when it was Norwest Bank and I was a graduate student who needed the free checking for life. I kind of miss those days when I had only one checking account and the savings account my mom set up for me when I was 5.

I liked Wells Fargo service- 12 years ago we got the mortgage for our first house (and a line of credit) directly from Wells Fargo instead of a broker. And when we moved, we did the same thing for our second house. And our current mortgage happens to be managed by them. In total, my wife and I have had ~8-10 different accounts with them.

Not any more.

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Tuesday October 13, 2009 · 10:09 AM PDT

2009/10/13 · 10:09

I want to pull my hair out. My wife took my daughters (6 and 11 years old) in to our pediatrician get a flu vaccine today. We were hoping they would have H1N1 available too- as I understand it, both can be administered at the same time as long as both are not in flumist form.

They did not have it available, will not have it available; and the nurse who administered the vaccine all but told my wife to not get them vaccinated.

flymice

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Friday June 19, 2009 · 8:07 PM PDT

2009/06/19 · 20:07

2006-2015 estimate of $1.2 Trillion
2007-2016 estimate of "only" $960 Brillion
Of course the original estimate was a paltry $500 Billion- based on a lie.

There is a tremendous amount of intellectual dishonesty in the debate of the health reform legislation... and hypocrisy and blatant concern for big companies v. real American's. Democrats do a terrible job of pointing this out. They don't call bull shit. Essentially they repeatedly bring a knife to a gun fight.

So- today the discussion is focused on keeping the cost of legislation to less than $1 Trillion (over 10 years) even though this will only reduce the number of uninsured to 30 million from 45 million. Why is it more important to limit the cost than it is to have real reform and really help the uninsured.

flymice

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Sunday January 04, 2009 · 3:52 PM PST

2009/01/04 · 15:52

I got excited enough after reading Harold Amblers piece on The Huffington Post that I spent a couple o hours composing a reply. A reply that is 3x longer than Huff Post will let me submit. Rather than trying to chop parts- I will post the reply here.

His criticizing the use of "climate change", and demanding an apology from Al Gore, gave me flashbacks from many arguments from with my rather conservative family. My writing it increases the chances I will sleep well tonight. His thesis begins with:

First, the expression "climate change" itself is a redundancy, and contains a lie. Climate has always changed, and always will. There has been no stable period of climate during the Holocene, our own climatic era, which began with the end of the last ice age 12,000 years ago. During the Holocene there have been numerous sub-periods with dramatically varied climate...

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 7:07 PM PST

2008/11/02 · 19:07

Posted as a late, long comment in Devilstower’s front page diary today First National Brontosaurus on why big things (reptiles, mammals, companies) should fail in difficult times. Title of comment...

Buying the future: Amgen and Exxon

I have had projects with the biotechnology company Amgen for 10+ years. And when I was a graduate student I worked for them (via a temp agency) for a year. Through this- working with and for Amgen- I have seen the corporate culture, and how they do business, change dramatically. They are a far less efficient company now; unable to innovate. But they have the resources (size) to buy other’s innovation and profit tremendously from it.

flymice

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Saturday May 05, 2007 · 12:14 PM PDT

2007/05/05 · 12:14

I am not a diplomat. I am an engineer. Engineers probably have personalities suited better for being anti-diplomats. I am sure that dealing with difficult social and political issues is not easy, and therefore diplomacy is not easy.

However, the recent interaction in Egypt between Secretary of State Rice and Iran's Foreign Minister Mottaki struck even me as odd. Engineers are not known for social graces, but it does not appear this State Department has any social grace either. The State Department's official response to an "incident" at this Egypt meeting really made me wonder if they take diplomacy seriously:

"I don't know which woman he was afraid of, the woman in the red dress or the secretary of state," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Friday, regarding the actions of Iran's Manouchehr Mottaki.

Seriously? Is this how one responds in an uncomfortable diplomatic situation? I could have done that. Not that engineers are good at snark, but even I could have thrown out that kind of pithy, insulting statement.

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Tuesday August 15, 2006 · 3:02 AM PDT

2006/08/15 · 03:02

I was home in early August and took an opportunity to try to talk my Dad into voting Democratic in November. The short story is that I succeeded.

I have to say that my other attempts to "discuss" recent politics with him have not gone well- at all. Christmas 2004 was a yelling match. I went off the deep end again in June when we talked. Both arguments end in a hug, though. There is a deep respect between us.

A description of Dad (is he like someone you know?) and how I won him over, and my attempts to tip my brother-in-law on the flip:
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Bumper Sticker Deep Thoughts w/ poll

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Monday March 20, 2006 · 11:54 AM PST

2006/03/20 · 11:54

I love some of the pithy statements from Aravosis at Americablog today.

Great bumper stickers, billboards, etc. Easy to remember, blunt yet subtle enough that you have to think.

"Vote Republican: Last time they were just kidding"

"Republicans: Dangerously Incompetent"

Which do you like better? What are your ideas? Take poll on other side... Read More

Habeas Schmabeas

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Thursday March 16, 2006 · 1:55 PM PST

2006/03/16 · 13:55

This American Life

Stunningly powerful piece: Habeas Schmabeas

It is an hour, but a must listen. Stunning/depressing/shocking what we have become as a nation. We are in so much trouble, such a mess that we will not realize how bad it is until we have distance and are experiencing the long-term consequences. Absolutely sickening.

What have we become as a nation?
Update: Originally posted [http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/11/161440/735, Here], but thislife did not have free audio up at that time.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder w/ poll

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Thursday March 02, 2006 · 5:22 PM PST

2006/03/02 · 17:22

I am reading Jon Krakauer's Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (on loan from Vulf). I really like his writing style and extremely well researched books. As the title suggests, it is about violent extremes of religion. This book is specifically about Mormon Fundamentalists, but this faith, with its more recent, easily traceable origins, is just an example of what has happened in Christianity/Islam/other religions through history (including recent)- people taking extreme interpretations of a chosen religion as justification to kill in the name of God.

During the capital murder trial an expert witness for the prosecution, Dr. Noel Gardner from the University of Utah Medical School, testifies that the defendant is not a psychotic (nor are all religious extremists as the defense implies) but that he has narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Nine traits for NPD are listed, and gosh, they remind me of someone. Follow...
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