Summer Discounts...

Take advantage of summer discounts on cars, clothes, beachwear, jewelry & more.  Now is the time to stock up on sale items at the retail and stores like Foley's, Dillard's, Kohl's, Beall's and more.  Sale and clearance racks abound this year, especially on spring and summer fashion, season-specific dry goods and time-sensitive fashion merchandise.  Don't forget also, new model year cars & trucks come out in August, so take advantage of the recession and new car clearance events in late July / early August.  Dealers lose money if they have "left-overs" still on their lot when the new 2011 models start rolling in, and they'll entertain offers they would normally laugh at.  ...just remember...the Car Salesman is NOT your friend...you're there to get a deal, not a new family member, and he's/she's there to make as much money off of you as possible (they work on commission, baby)!  If in the market for a used car, please use http://www.carfax.com/ to check accident and damage/repair records on the used car you're looking at, and always have a local mechanic you trust perform a thorough inspection...$50 spent on an inspection will save you heartache and pucker-factor on a lemon. 

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Soccer Hooligan REFEREE?!?

So, this has been the most frustrating weekend for a USA soccer fan!  Robbed of a goal on an (obviously) biased call by a horrible referee from Mali that could have easily put the Yanks into the next round of 16... Now the ref has been fired by FIFA for his lousy calls in the USA-Slovenia match, but they don't know if they're going to award the goal we earned (while four of our players were being hog-tied, bear-hugged and rugby tackled by four of the Slovenian players without a single one of them being whistled for what would have been a penalty kick inside the box even if we hadn't slapped a beauty of a shot straight in on the Slovenian goal keeper.  SOUND OFF!  What do you think?