Our fundraiser lost some of the steam these things enjoy in the early weeks, but we’re still making our way toward the goal thanks to so much generosity. We’re at 29%, with most donations as checks or through PayPal.
Paypal
Hahahahahaha – Paypal Lays Off 2,000 workers (7% of their workforce) – Blames Economy.
Instead of themselves. We’ve written in the past that Paypal, because of our writing, restricted the use of our own money for six months. We could look at it, and run reports against account activity, but no money could be added in at all (either by you folks, our sponsors, or even ourselves) or expended. … Read more
UPDATE: Our Paypal Situation/Status
It’s been a while but that’s how long we were in the “PayPal Freezer” in which a lot of donations from you folks were frozen by PayPal. Back in May, we were notified that PayPal, like a lot of similar Conservative sites, that they had withdrawn their services from us (“PayPal Has Decided to Shut … Read more
Maintenance In Progress – Ads, Subscribers, Newsletter
Ads – Commenter Anon yesterday let me know (and I experienced it myself) that the left and bottom pop-up ads were glitching in that it took TWO tries at closing (or “X-ing out”) those ads. I contacted the ad server vendor and it seems that is now fixed.
Announcement: PayPal Has Decided to Shut Granitegrok off from Its Services
Well, it was going to happen sooner or later. In uploading some documents for information they requested, they didn’t like the answer and last night, told us that we were effectively locked out of our account from using it (we can log in but can’t send or receive money). I’ve heard that this has happened … Read more
Paypal and our Mandatory Mask Medical Exemption placards
This post is for ALL OF YOU THAT HAVEN’T RECEIVED YOUR PLACARDS YET!!!!!!
To be honest, we’ve been very surprised how many of you have wanted the above (folded, laminated, and a lanyard attached!). I’ve tried to get them out the door as fast as they came in…
PayPal CEO Admits the SPLC Informs Its Decisions on Banning People for Their Speech
PayPal should be free to do whatever it wants with its business. That includes blocking access to customers for whatever rhyme or reason it deems relevant. Partnering with the Southern Poverty Law Center to identify who to block or ban, however, is not be such a great idea.
This sounds like a great example of private industry vs a bloated Government
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works — whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.” – President Barack Obama, Inauguration, 1/20/09 The question is not whether government works, the question … Read more