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...Wednesday, the nation's largest retailer unveiled plans to open 1,000 in-store MoneyCenters aimed at serving the 40 million or so people without traditional bank accounts. The main draw at the centers, which will be in about a quarter of all Wal-Mart stores by the end of 2008, is the cashing of government and printed payroll checks for the bargain price of $3 a pop. The retailer is also debuting a reloadable, prepaid Visa debit card that does not require a bank account or proof of U.S. citizenship...
...argue all day about where to draw the line and say to rich and poor: You cannot make this deal, even if it benefits both of you. It is too unseemly. Or here's a thought: We can create a market in winning the argument. The rich person can purchase the right not to be challenged, and the poor person, for a fee, can agree to shut up. Everybody's happy. Isn't capitalism great...
...idling on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) matching list, waiting for a donor--and 18 a day will die waiting. The recent hoax in the Netherlands, in which reality-show contestants pretended to compete for an organ from a dying woman, was an effort to draw attention to the global scope of the problem. Dave Undis thinks he has a better solution...
Eccentricity has always been a part of the White Stripes' appeal--six albums in, they're still working the ironic-novelty-costume act--but for most listeners the real draw is the melodies. On Icky Thump, there are four really good ones. You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) stomps all over a passive lover's heart with a Led Zeppelin--quality riff and an impossibly effortless vocal, while the sweet, diffident A Martyr for My Love for You changes the pace and proves Jack White can sing ballads too. Along with Catch...
Near the end of their conversation, Stewart—very much in jest—said that part of the draw of cigarettes might be their complementary nature with other goods...