Predictions and payday stories from The Amazing Kreskin
Beyond the adventure, it's been a reliable career, even now, at a time when some other performers are having a tougher time finding gigs. Kresin made 261 appearances in 2011. Four years ago, the airline industry estimated he had flown more than 3 million miles. Kreskin attributes some of his ability as a mentalist to all the information he absorbs from people he meets on his extensive travels. He senses trends and moods.
He proudly points to how often his name still comes up in pop culture. He employs a TV service to gather mentions of his name on TV or in a movie or article, whether they are in the U.S. or England or Canada; he gets a copy of the reference within an hour. Kreskin notes that, three weeks ago, between a Friday and a Monday, there were 21 allusions.
Kreskin's ability to read people first came to light when he was 9. His third-grade teacher had the students play a game of hot-and-cold, in lieu of going out to recess on this rainy day. He didn't get picked to participate and was rather disappointed, so he recruited his brother to the play the game later at their grandparents' house. His brother hid a penny. Kreskin wandered through the kitchen and into a bedroom. He climbed onto an old maroon chair and found himself reaching behind the curtain rod. He felt the penny. Then, he realized his brother had never said anything - had never given him any hot/cold directions. Kreskin had found the penny all on his own.
"I'm paraphrasing: we're at war; the American public doesn't realize it is at war. It's a war of terrorism. It could someday go into biological warfare," Kreskin recalls. "Suddenly, on the air, I interrupted (the reporter), and I said, 'I don't know why in the world I'm saying this, but there could be, this year, in September, a terrible disaster involving two airlines.' MORE IF YOU GO
Who: The Amazing Kreskin
Where: Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London
When: 3 p.m.
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In a phone interview last week - in advance of his Sunday appearance at the Garde Arts Center - Kreskin recalls one time he was trying to find his check at the University of Illinois, during a family weekend. He was walking through the gymnasium and
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Bill would protect consumers from unlicensed online payday lenders
Illinois has made significant advances in protecting consumers from high-cost, short-term loans like payday and consumer installment loans, but more and more loans are originated online where state consumer protections are too often ignored. A bill introduced by Illinois Rep. Greg Harris would tackle the problem of unlicensed payday lenders, which generally operate online, by eliminating an unlicensed lender’s ability to collect on illegally-arranged loans.
HB3935 amends the Payday Loan Reform Act and the Consumer Installment Loan Act to prohibit lenders that illegally make loans to borrowers in Illinois from collecting any portion of an outstanding loan. The bill protects consumers trapped in loans originated by unlicensed lenders by ensuring that lenders cannot collect principal, interest, or any additional fees in the court system, or through any prearranged payment agreement. Currently, the only remedy to unlicensed lending is a cease and desist order issued by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Online payday loans:
• Collect payments directly from a borrower’s bank account
Not all online lenders are unlicensed. Some lenders hold state licenses and issue loans with the same consumer protections as loans issued by brick-and-mortar lenders. HB3935 does not affect a licensed lender’s ability to make payday loans, payday installment loans, auto title loans, or small consumer loans—it simply gives regulators more effective tools for enforcing Illinois’ consumer protection laws.
Please contact your Illinois representative (look up your elected officials here ) and ask him or her to support HB 3935 so that payday lenders operating illegally in Illinois can’t keep families trapped in a cycle of debt.