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  Fictional Urbanism

  Brian Krier | Mon, Jul 28th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | City: Philadelphia | Tags: brian krier, review, satire, fictional urbanism, the city desk, fiction | 0

  The City Desk devotes its pages to a city that does not exist, profiling a citizenry that is entirely fabricated, following a ceaseless cast of characters in an ever-expanding urban narrative that has no basis in fact. Strangely enough, it’s not entirely inaccurate. 

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  Predatory lending: helping to extract money from the poor!

  Matt Stroud | Fri, Nov 16th, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: satire, pla, robbery, predatory lending association, predatory lending, extract money from the poor | 0

  Nice little piece of satire here:

  The Predatory Lending Association (PLA) is dedicated to extracting maximum profit from the working poor by increasing payday loan fees and debt traps. The working poor is an exciting, fast growing demographic that includes: military personnel, most minorities, and a growing percentage of the middle class.

  Bonus points if you’ve shaken hands with (or punched) anyone on the ”outreach” page.

  Thanks, Seth, for the link.

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