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(FTC) - At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has issued a temporary halt to a massive “scareware” scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and illegal pornography on consumers’ computers. According to the FTC, the scheme has tricked more than one million consumers into buying computer security products such as WinFixer, WinAntiv

There was a time, an age ago, when I would sit back and roll up a nice.. ah.. ’smoke’. My friends and I, we would pass it around, and let all of that delicious.. ‘nicotine’, flow through our brains and soothe the restrictions on our collective imaginations. Now, if you’ve never sat amongst a ring [...]

Today I was having a discussion with a religious Mac fan claiming that the only problem with security on the Internet is Windows and then I read this article on ZDNet: Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware In there it is referenced that the article I was quoting yesterday seems to have been bogus – see here: False Alarm: Apple Mac OS X Anti-Virus Recommendation I

I instinctively distrust them! Now I know I was right to do so. I hate giving to street collectors. I have my own list of favourite charities, and don't need approaching in the middle of a street to give to them. I give without being asked. Jailed A jobless animal rights activist, was detained in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

At The Corner on National Review On-Line, Rich Lowery reports the following on the Palin bashing. Palin and Africa, Etc. [Rich Lowry] I talked to Steve Biegun, the former Bush NSC aid who briefed Sarah Palin on foreign policy, and...

"the bogus risk-swapping economy must be replaced by a net value-added economy." .That means actually making things, growing things, and rebuilding things, and that can only begin to happen if we do not stupidly sucker ourselves into a war with other nations who are liable to be extremely ticked off at us for destroying the global economy, but also competing with us for a dwindling supply of resou

It’s a serious case of potential infringement of intellectual property, and yet it almost couldn’t be more absurd. In this corner, you have Steve Sheraton and Hottrix — you may not be intimately familiar with the names, but I’m certain everyone has heard of their flagship creation: iBeer.  Peddled as a “magic” trick in the jailbreak [...]

Not a single case of human anthrax has been reported in the United States this year, but the nation is now officially in a state of anthrax emergency. The emergency was declared earlier this month by the Department of Health and Human Services, and will last until 2015. Whether it will protect public health is debatable, but it will certainly protect makers of faulty anthrax vaccines. Emerg

A word of advice for travellers to use a recognised travel company - so they do not get caught in dodgy dealing. The warning follows a police investigation into a New Zealand-based company selling return tickets to Bali online - for flights that do not actually exist. Orewa Police, who are investigating, say at least ten people [...]

I’ve long hesitated about writing about Christian debt advice. It is a self-righteous can of conflict that I have avoid, like the biblical plague. But is seems like the ads proclaiming christian debt relief are appearing more and more. Advertisements like: Christian Debt Relief - Christian Debt Consolidation Help Free Quote! Christian Debt Advice - Debt consolidation and counseling based on

- Scott Miller The shameless attempts by our socialist media to tilt this election to Barack Obama never cease to amaze me. The latest effort in this regard can be found in the new ANC “News”/Washington Post poll released today. Here’s the headline: Concerns About Economy Vault Obama Over McCain Democrat Takes 52-43 Lead Among Likely Voters, Erases [...]

A Lower Allen Township collectibles dealer accused of selling fake sports memorabilia was ordered to court Wednesday.Roger Lee Hooper, 47, of the 1500 block of Thompson Lane, Mechanicsburg, said in a preliminary hearing before Cumberland County Magisterial District Judge Charles Clement Jr. that he did not knowingly misrepresent the items in question or anything else that he sold.“I fulfilled my

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By Sandra Davie (Straits Times, 29/08/08, Page A13-14)AT LEAST 218 people, mostly Singaporeans, are proudly flaunting degrees, MBAs and doctorates from a dozen degree mills, including Preston University, Wisconsin International University, Paramount University of Technology, Kennedy-Western University and Rochville University.This was uncovered by Straits Times checks on the Internet and trade pub

I have a Samsung Flipshot phone and Verizon service. I got the Flipsot for the 3 megapixel camera which although it sounds pretty good, the photos are still pretty lame compared to my digital cameras. The theory was that I don’t always have my camera with me but I almost always have my phone with me. Anyway, I don’t take many photos with the phone due to the poor quality of photo. You can see

Let’s face it, the credit crunch, credit crisis, recession, whatever you want to call it, is hurting most peoples’ pockets. Only a year ago credit was very easy to obtain and people went about their way merrily spending, enjoying fun-filled holidays, the works. Even though it’s been almost a year of realising the economy is suffering, [...]

HA! I fucking knew it. He's cleaning up that's right, all the way to the bank. It is all a scam so he can redirect profits and get into the bio-fuel business which is now discredited. Read the article here. Richard Branson's Golbal Warming Pledge Called Bogus...Below is a reprint of my blog post from 2006. I'm a fucking philosopher.---------------------------------------------------------------

I am walking through Balham in the middle of the evening and hear a man hail a friend with the words "hey, dude". He actually says "dude", and no one seems to mind. Not long ago, this gentleman would have been ridiculed for going out in public without wearing a hat. But now, hatless, he can shout "dude", so that it is heard beyond the boundaries of the bar outside which he is drinking, without a s

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (July 9, 2008) – Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced his office has obtained a settlement that shuts down a Rochester woman’s unlicensed law practice. The settlement follows an investigation that found that Kathleen Johnson, of Broderick Drive in Rochester, operated a business out of her residence and repeatedly gave erroneous and conflicting legal bankruptcy and financi

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Playing with Olympic fire Supected botnet operators are using false reports that a fictitious earthquake near Beijing could disrupt the Olympic games to spread malware.… Read more…

Along with all the other spam that ends up in our in boxes, pet sitters get bogus requests for pet sitting jobs. They go something like this… Dear sir, I need Dog Sitter for my dog (Jo).What is your total charges as payments will be made in advance from an associate in the USA, the payment is [...]

THE first eviction vote in the new series of Big Brother opens today with four housemates facing the boot for failing a secret task. Mario Marconi and Stephanie McMichael were told to pretend to be a couple to hide...

I posted somethingon the Senate Intelligence report earlier but Mick Wright posted a video blog takedown of the latest bogus Democratic attack on Bush. . via iBeginShare.attachButton('share-tool-1197361940', {title: 'More… On the Bogus Senate Intelligence Report', link: '-on-the-bogus-senate-intelligence-report/', content: '

After a lifetime of saving for their old age and making all the needed financial arrangements for themselves, my parents "called in" my 30-year-old promise to care for them in their own home the final years of their lives. I became their sole care provider in June 1998. A month after dad’s death in May, 1999, we received an urgent phone call informing us we were "required to appear in probate co

So-called "credit repair" companies claim they can remove negative information from credit reports. Advertising as "Credit Advisors," "Credit Rating Correction Services" or "Credit Consultants," they trumpet variations on this message: "Turned down because of bad credit? We can help!" Many of these companies charge hundreds if not thousands of dollars for the promise to "clean up" bad credit

I was driving home (I took my car today instead of a bike) getting on a freeway going approximately 15 mph merging into a lane. The traffic was slowly moving, lets say at a pace of 5 mph. A police cruiser was among the cars in the lane I was merging into. I passed it [...]

From: The Lie Factory   It's a crisp fall day in western Virginia, a hundred miles from Washington, D.C., and a breeze is rustling the red and gold leaves of the Shenandoah hills. On the weather-beaten wood porch of a ramshackle 90-year-old farmhouse, at the end of a winding dirt-and-gravel road, Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski is perched on a plastic chair, wearing shorts, a purple sweatshirt, and muddy sneakers. Two scrawny dogs and a lone cat are on the prowl, and the air is filled with swarms of ladybugs. So far, she says, no investigators have come knocking. Not from the Central Intelligence Agency, which conducted an internal inquiry into intelligence on Iraq, not from the congressional intelligence committees, not from the president's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Bo

Today I found out Google locked a blog I just created "Nostradamus 3.0" stating I violated Blogger's Terms of Service when I haven't even published an entry or even developed a blog template. I've done a search with Google and checked it's domain name through GoDaddy.com and came up with nothing, which prompted me to obtain this blog name "Nostradamus 3.0" since I wasn't stepping on anyones toes

A word of advice for travellers to use a recognised travel company - so they do not get caught in dodgy dealing.The warning follows a police investigation into a New Zealand-based company selling return tickets to Bali online - for flights that do not actually exist.Orewa Police, who are investigating, say at least ten people have paid a thousand dollars by credit card.

Are Americans really afraid that the Mexicans are going to take their land back?Let's face it. This ad gives the opportunity for certain Americans to take umbrage, the new political correctness, but is really about those Americans to get a little fear and bigotry out of their system and call it umbrage.In the end, this boycott will only last so long because most of those Americans would rather get drunk on their favorite vodka than hold onto their alleged principles.

"Brainwashing Our Children," says ClimatologistWilliam Gray, the well-known Colorado State University hurricane forecaster, routinely uses the annual National Hurricane Conference as a platform to bash global warming. In a statement to Florida Today, Gray argued that the scientific consensus on global warming is bogus — and "a mild form of McCarthyism has developed toward those scientists who do not agree" that mankind is in danger.Gray argued that the scientific consensus on global warming is bogus — and "a mild form of McCarthyism has developed toward those scientists who do not agree" that mankind is in danger."We are also brainwashing our children on the warming topic. We have no better example than Al Gore's alarmists and inaccurate movie which is being shown in our schools and be

Dallas County has taken an aggressive stand against fraudulent vehicle inspections by spearheading efforts to smoke out offenders and by forming a Clean Air Emissions Advisory Board to involve other agencies in the effort. But the county now finds itself the focus of an investigation of bogus inspection stickers after state officials found paperwork discrepancies involving four to seven county vehicles. County officials would not release details of the investigation but said at least one employee of the county’s garage has been suspended while the matter is investigated. “Someone may be either intentionally or negligently changing some information on those stickers,” Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield said Thursday. “We found some private shops doing it. But unfortunatel

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The Sai Baba propaganda and misinformation machine continues to make much of a prophesy said to be found “In an ancient Arabic book by name “Mehdi Moud” in which the prophesies made by Prophet Mohammed were recorded many centuries ago, it was mentioned that God Himself would descend on earth in human form…” (quoted from saibabaofindia.com website) See [...]

- Scott Miller As you know, Americans are constantly bombarded with misleading headlines and stories from our mainstream socialist media. This one is so egregious and blatantly misleading it’s quite pathetic: CIA destroyed tapes despite court orders WASHINGTON - The Bush administration was under court order not to discard evidence of detainee torture and abuse months before the CIA destroyed videotapes that revealed some of its harshest interrogation tactic The CIA destroyed the tapes in November 2005. That June, U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. had ordered the Bush administration to safeguard “all evidence and information regarding the torture, mistreatment, and abuse of detainees now at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay.” U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued a nearly identical order that July. At the time, that seemed to cover all detainees in U.S. custody. But Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the terrorism suspects whose interro

On Sunday, December 2, 2007, the mainstream news headlined their news reports with a horrible slaughter story from Iraq. In the reports 13 people were slaughtered by Al-Qaeda and their homes were torched in the village of Dwelah, Iraq.Voices of Iraq even carried the story twice and reported that 8 houses were torched.But... days later, the US cannot find any evidence of this attack after searching the area for several hours!The AP slipped this in their report today:The U.S. military could not confirm Saturday's attack, saying American aircraft searched the area for several hours and found no evidence of the killings.Via Gateway Pundit

Nobody's really sure how many questionable college degrees are out there, how many institutions are producing them or how much money they're making. But now that we know Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Walt McNeil claims a master's degree from St. John's University in Springfield, La. – an obscure school founded by a hypnotherapist that some experts find worthy of scrutiny (see St. Petersburg Times stories here and here) – it makes you kind of wonder, no? Here are some guesstimates on the money-maker question: According to a recent letter from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to all 50 governors, available data suggests degree mills are "at least a $500 million enterprise and growing rapidly." Meanwhile, two widely respected degree-mill experts, John Bear and Allen Ezell, say in the subtitle to their 2005 book on the issue that degree mills are "The Billion-Dollar Industry That Has Sold Over a Million Fake Diplomas." (If you click here fast enou

Friends of the Earth filed a complaint with the British Ad Standards Agency after viewing a Shell ad that showed flowers spouting from the chimney of an oil refinery, suggesting the company used all of its CO2 waste for beneficial purposes like flower growing. Shell actually uses only 0.325% of its CO2 waste in [...]

In Giuliani's presidential campaign's recent radio ad in New Hampshire, Giuliani speaks of his personal experience with prostate cancer and then cites an ear-grabbing statistic: "My chances of surviving prostate cancer - and thank God I was cured of it - in the United States: 82 percent. My chances of surviving prostate cancer in England: 44 percent." The only problem is it's a complete lie. He didn't even get the 82 percent correct.read more | digg story

After they discovered their mistake the sheriff refused to apologize. “Keuerleber called the incident unfortunate, but said his office was not to blame.” Also to add insult to injury the warrant was for unpaid cost for a PFA (protection from abuse) she filed. Ok so she has to spend time in jail for [...]

The Federal Trade Commission, which has declared war on Internet scams, warned consumers on Monday not to open a bogus e-mail that appears to come from its fraud department because it carries an attachment that can download a virus.The e-mail says it is from "frauddep@ftc.gov" and has the FTC's government seal. But it was not issued by the agency and has attachments and links that will download a virus that could steal passwords and account numbers, the agency said."It's a treasure trove for identity theft," said David Torok of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "We're concerned. The virus that's attached to the e-mail is particularly virulent."Link to complete story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/29/AR2007102901594.html~Sandy G.

It is noteworthy how far devotees will go to try to deceive others that they have experienced Sai ‘miracles’ Why they bother can be explained, for example, by the extra popularity and respect they hope to gain from other blind followers for being ‘blessed by Svami with a special darshan’  and for other selfish reasons. Well, it so happens that the moon on October 23 was not full but was still ’waxing gibbous’, as can be seen from the following image taken from the astronomical website http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/ This shows the moon two days before full moon. Full moon did not occur until Oct 26  04:52, according to NASA.   However, the falsifier who put together the deceptive image presented a completely circular moon. Why would any devotee make such an image of Sai Baba on the moon and circulate it unless it was to create the delusion - one sustained independently by numerous claimants at this location  - that Sai Baba DID actually ap

Immigration Watchdog Newsletter: Claudia Smith Conspired To Wrongfuly Convict An Innocent Man Oct. 19th, 2007 John Monti Acquitted Of Criminal Charges Now Faces Bogus Civil Suit CLICK HERE TO WATCH THESE VIDEOS Please click the link and watch the videos. They feature the 911 phone calls made by people who witnessed John Monti being attacked by 6 to 8 day laborers. I also used the actual photos that John took that day. The audio is John Monti’s Attorney, Allison Aranda of the United States Justice Foundation when she was a guest on the Roger Hedgecock radio show in San Diego. The United States Justice Foundation is America’s answer to the ACLU. Click here to donate to USJF. They are a small organization and they need our support. Three of the day laborers testified in court that the others were lying when they said John had assaulted them or used racial slurs against them. The 911 calls along with the testimony of three day laborers is probably what influenced the j

Fall Out Boy’s Russian fans have been promised meet-and-greets by bogus fan-club sites. The band warned fans of the potential scams in an online post.

After giving birth to Tepid Sebastian, which Julia Clarete nicknamed "Beans", she's now back in hosting at Eat Bulaga!Julia Clarete, married to Stephen Uy last October of 2006, won the reality show "Hollywood Dream" December of 2005.According to her, she's been waiting for the results and turned down offers given to her assuming that anytime she will be sent to US as her prize for the reality show.They've been giving excuses to Julia and finally told her that she doesn't have enough credentials as an artist and a neophyte in the business.She said, she was suppose to be a part of Majika with Angel Locsin, but because of her Hollywood dream, she turned down the opportunity and now she regret it.There might be cases to be filed against the producer of the show, and for Julia, even if she wasn't able to get her Hollywood Dream, Beans and Steven were her dream come true.source: pep.ph

Fall Out Boy’s Russian fans have been promised meet-and-greets by bogus fan-club sites. The band warned fans of the potential scams in an online post.

Copyright warnings - like those "FBI Warnings" on DVDs, stickers on CDs, and warnings flashed during NFL broadcasts - are becoming increasingly common.Trouble is, most of these warnings are blatantly misleading claiming that any and all unauthorized uses are forbidden by law. Of course, copyright has always allowed lots of unauthorized uses, including fair uses. They are also annoying, and in the case of DVDs, unskippable.Last Wednesday, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking the Commission to take a number of major corporations to task for their misleading and intimidating copyright warnings.Targets include: the NFL, Major League Baseball, DreamWorks, Morgan Creek (producers of "The Good Shepherd"), and the book publishers, Harcourt and Penguin.CCIA's also started a petition that will be sent to the FTC - sign it here:http://defendfairuse.org/take_action.htmlRead the CCIA complaint:http://defendfairu

In the following press release Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts announced that a man and two women were charged today in federal court with Conspiracy and Identity Fraud for fraudulently obtaining mortgage financing in connection with the fictitious sale of a Dorchester residence that they did not own.United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan, Warren T. Bamford, was joined in the announcement by Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigations New England Field Division, Daniel Conley, Suffolk County District Attorney, Joanne Yarbrough, Acting Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Services, Douglas A. Bricker, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation - Boston Field Office, Steven Ricciardi, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Secret Service, Colonel Mark Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police and Edward Davis, Boston Police Commissioner.ANDRE LAMERIQUE, age

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wants you to know you may not get what you're paying for when you buy eggs boasting omega-3's for heart health.They believe egg producers are using the omega-3 buzz word to extract higher prices from health conscious consumers, even though their eggs don't stand up to the FDA criteria for heart healthy foods, due to their high cholesterol and saturated fat content. Other egg producers simply mislead you with their fraudulent labeling tactics, such as basing their claims on two eggs, instead of the official serving size of one egg. Or, by using the over-blown claim that their eggs have 25 percent less saturated fat than regular eggs, which amounts to less than half a gram--a pretty paltry difference.The seven egg producers included in the CSPI's complaint include: Land O Lakes' Omega-3 All-Natural eggs Eggland's Best Safeway Specialty 3 eggs Gold Circle Farms The Country Hen Full Spectrum Farms Eggs really are on

Many people in America consider their personal residence to be a major investment in their lives. Others prefer not to include it in their net worth. This is a very large debate with many different facets to it. Today let’s talk about ‘appreciation’ , which is often cited as one of the major reasons your home is an asset. It is something that you control that becomes more valuable every year, this is good right? (more…) Home, Net Worth, Real Estate

There appears to be a bogus email been sent around to World of Warcraft players, whatever you do, do not respond to this email as they are asking for your account information after accusing you of account trading. The email looks similar to the following: It has come to our attention that you are trying to [...]

The way the particles land on a given credit card magnetic stripe are as unique as individual snow flakes or human fingerprints. So says a Magtek, a company that has developed a product, MagnePrint, for recording the unique magnetic media signature for all credit and debit cards scanned through its readers. The first scan by a MagnePrint reader creates a template against which all subsequent scans are compared.... read the full article on cnet news

A weekend spam run tried to dupe recipients into downloading the infamous “Storm Trojan” by attaching files that posed as videos of a bogus missile strike by the U.S. against Iran, antivirus vendors said Monday. The unsolicited e-mail, which arrives with provocative subject lines that include “Missle [sic] Strike: The USA kills more [...]

New research shows that the antioxidants you are taking are probably killing you. Read more here...

A NORTHSIDE cabbie is doing his bit to keep the public safe with a new awareness campaign. The Dublin 15 local is distributing flyers to passengers telling them to beware of attackers posing as taxi drivers. Tommy Valentine is a familiar face to many Dubliners with his impersonation of Frank Sinatra.. The taxi man has now taken [...]

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Since people are asking, this so-called alert on Security Focus appears to be completely false and has no information that an attacker or the WordPress developers could use. It is completely content-free, except for making claims that every version of WP since 2.0 is vulnerable. Online, apparently, it’s fine for someone ...

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