Police Discipline In Thailand

Spotted this in the news today. Click for the full story...

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday.

I wonder if the female officers are at all bothered by this. Do they also object to being treated like little girls? If they're cops I guess they might at that.

45.7M Card Numbers Stolen

AP Story: TJX Says 45.7M Card Numbers Stolen
TJX owns T.J. Maxx, Marshall's and other stores in North America and the United Kingdom.

"the biggest card heist ever."

(Link will present story with styling & ads from a randomly selected participating newspaper site.)

Extreme Interest Rates

My wife showed me this loan site today, which reportedly is advertising on Judge Judy. Take a look at these interest rates.

Loan Product Interest Rate Annual Percentage Rate Number of Payments Payment Amount $5,075 Loan 59% 59.95% 84 $254.03 $2,600 Loan 96% 99.25% 42 $216.55 $1,075 Loan 89% 96.78% 42 $83.89

I've got a contact in banking law enforcement who tells me this would be considered usery in all 50 states. I'm sure he'll be passing this along to some interested parties. Unless these rates are the result of the site being hacked or their rate data getting corrupted I would hope they wouldn't be in business all that much longer.