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Scam Combines Patriot Act FUD With IE Bug
LostCluster writes "CNET, Reuters, and the AP are all reporting this morning about a circulating e-mail scam that claims that people will lose their FDIC bank account insurance because they are suspected of violating the Patriot Act unless they confirm their bank account information with a website. The scammers then use the already documented bug in IE that allows a site in Pakistan to get 'www.fdic.gov' to appear in the URL bar. Where's an MS patch when we really need one?"
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I wonder why SCO isn't warning congress about Microsoft being a thread to national security and the economy.
I woud think that a bunch of us handing our info over to india might fall under both of those....
Either that, or he's predicting the outcome of a war that's been threatened for years but hasn't happened yet...
In last night's Democratic Presidential debate in New Hampshire, broadcast on the Fox News (Nuisance?) Channel and ABC's Nightline, Peter Jennings went after Wesley Clark -- and me -- because I said I want to see Clark debate Bush... "The General vs. The Deserter."
Jennings, referring to me as "the controversial filmmaker," asked if Clark wanted to distance himself from me and my "reckless" remark. Clark would not back down, stating how "delighted" he was with my support, and that I was entitled to say what I wanted to say -- AND that I was not the only one who had made these charges against Bush.
The pundits immediately went berserk after the debate. As well they should. Because they know that they -- and much of the mainstream media -- ignored this Bush AWOL story when it was first revealed by an investigation in the Boston Globe (in 2000). The Globe said it appeared George W. Bush skipped out in the middle of his Texas Air National Guard service -- and no charges were ever brought against him. It was a damning story, and Bush has never provided any documents or evidence to refute the Globe's charges.
George W. Bush was missing for at least a 12 month period. That is an undisputed fact. If you or I did that, we would serve time.
Senator Daniel Inouye, Democrat of Hawaii and a World War II veteran, joined with Vietnam vets Sen. Max Cleland and Sen. Bob Kerrey to challenge Bush on the gaps in his military record. "The question is, where were you, Governor Bush? What would you do as commander-in-chief if someone in the National Guard did the same thing? At the least, I would have been court-martialed. At the least, I would have been placed in prison," Inouye said.
The Washington Post, the New Republic, and others also presented the evidence that Bush had fled from duty.
The most comprehensive piece I've seen was on Tom Paine.com with all the relevant links and documents.
There are far more important issues to deal with in this election year. Poor Peter Jennings. What was he doing on Fox? All that seems left of his Canadianess is the way he pronounced my name ("Michael Moooore"). The question he posed to Clark was typical of a lazy media looking for a way to distract the viewers from the real issues: the war, the economy, and the failures of the Bush administration. But if they want to really get into the issue of Bush and his "service record," then I say, bring it on! The facts are all there, including the empty flyboy suit.
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Because I am reading my mail in Pine, with headers turned on, so I see all the false links and other standard spammer bullshit.
Because I only communicate with banks by snail mail or the telephone. The amount of money in the bank is too important to be left to an insecure transmission medium (yes, I mean email)
Because I am using mozilla, and so all the pinheaded hacks aimed at Internet Exploder just bounce off.
Because I will never act upon information I get from an email from an unknown person.
Oh yes, spammers, I do forward your fraudelent emails to the abuse department of the bank involved. Since you put the banks' real URL inside your spam, and since I see that in Pine, I have no problem going to the banks real website and submitting your crap.
By the way, did you know that it takes harvesting 35 spammers to collect the 4 lbs of brains to make Spammer Brain Stew? (Serves 4)
Recipe:
Spammer Brains Stew Recipe
Cook bacon in its own fat until rendered. Remove the bacon bits and set aside. Combine flour, salt, pepper and cayenne and dredge the brains. Peel the testicles. Brown the pieces in the rendered fat with the onions. Add 1 1/2 cups boiling water, tomatoes, red pepper and thyme to Crock Pot with meat. Cover and cook Spammer Brain Stew on LOW 6 to 8 hours. Add remaining ingredients including reserved bacon, cover and cook Spammer Brain stew on HIGH 25 minutes or until vegetables are tender.Your parsing of the original posters comment makes no sense. So what if it used to be part of India at one time, it is not part of India now. Is Texas interchangable with Mexico because they once used to be a part of the same country?
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