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World Business List – this scam just won’t die.
I detailed the workings of this fraudulent operation back in 2013, and wondered at that time why the Dutch authorities don’t shut these scumsuckers down. They’re still at it. Received today this...
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Love Came
Love came, and became like blood in my body. It rushed through my veins and encircled my heart. Everywhere I looked, I saw one thing. Love’s name written on my limbs, on my left palm, on my forehead,...
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Today it’s Italian’s turn: Giecche Enne Binnestocche
Cross-posted from LiveJournal I’ve talked about Macaronics before, along with references to Mots d’Heures, Gousses, Rames and Mörder Guß Rheims, and this evening we get to poke gentle fun at Italian,...
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One News Story – Twelve Clickbait Ads
The image below was assembled from Newser.com. I’ve mentioned this before, but it seems that sponsored ad placement like has risen to the level of the absurd. Every one of these ads is clickbait and...
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The Incredible Onslaught of Scamming Telemarketers
“Hi, this is Rachel from Credit Card Services!” “Hello, Seniors! Because you have been referred by a friend, we have a Medical Alert System for you free of charge!” “It is critical that we speak to...
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Parents Must Know These Warning Signs!
No, this is not a clickbait article… but these images made me smile. Beware, and stop your children from getting involved in these dangerous, seditious pursuits before it’s too late! The Old Wolf has...
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Free software, and some memories.
The above image (click it to enlarge) was created by AndreaMosaic, a free software program that allows one to create the kind of photomosaics invented by Robert Silvers. I’m not sure what the legal...
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Sometimes the Universe smiles, and sometimes it doesn’t
Karma. Everyone wants good Karma. Over at reddit, it’s measured in orangered or periwinkle (props to the author of this gif, whoever you are): In other locations, one doesn’t accrue upvotes and...
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Then: Nigeria. Now: Benin
Not much Nigerian scam mail these days, most of it seems to come from Benin (or else the lads from Lagos are just using this as a smoke screen. Just got this one: Subject: THE TOTAL FUND WE ARE GOING...
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More Folly from Benin
Another scam email from Benin, supposedly from the “IRS.” The English is horrible, the format is crude, and the criminals are getting more desperate. They used to ask for thousands of dollars as...
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In memory of Radio Shack
Last week Radio Shack filed for bankruptcy, and the world I know will never be the same. HuffPo has a good read on why the company couldn’t survive in it’s current incarnation, and it may not be gone...
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Dorothea Lange – 1939, Motherless family in Yakima Valley
Saw this photo over at reddit and it really pulled at my heartstrings. The oldest of the children in this photo by Dorothea Lange takes care of the others in her migrant family, most likely while the...
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Music lost, music found
In the early 1970s I spent a year or so in Naples, Italy. While there I acquired a lot of lovely Italian LPs, but I had also brought some music with me from home to play on my portable cassette player....
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Now we know: the earth doesn’t move.
Take that headline with about a metric ton of salt. Once upon a time, Islamic scholars made significant contributions to science, mathematics (algebra is an Arabic word), philosophy, medicine, and...
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Oh no, I’m going to be arrested! (Scam)
The Lads from Cotonou have now switched from the carrot to the stick. I have not been forthcoming with their payments, so they’re threatening me with arrest by Interpol if I don’t pony up. Only...
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Am I (DEAD) or am I (ALIVE)? [Scam]
This Sam Nwa guy is working hard. A pity he doesn’t care to do anything but run an advance-fee fraud scam. Subject: DHL COURIER SERVICE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY NOTIFICATION From: Linda Williams...
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Sometimes the Good Guys Win
From the website of the Boston Division of the FBI (this is the real McCoy): Canadian Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Telemarketing Fraud U.S. Attorney’s Office, November 10, 2010 BOSTON,...
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But for Ireland I’d not Tell Her Name (Is ar Éirinn Ni n-Eósfhainn Cé Hi)
This beautiful ballad has long been one of my favorite songs of Ireland. I first fell in love with it as part of “Mary O’Hara’s ireland:” Later, my wife introduced me to The High Kings, who performed...
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It pays to shop around
Had a little accident with my oven a while back. The front glass got broken, and I went hunting around for a replacement part. GE’s offering: Are you out of your Vulcan mind? That’s extortion! Well,...
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Customer Service – It even sucked in 1750 BC
I saw this image pop up on reddit somewhere, and thought it was amusing in light of today’s challenges with companies like Comcast: Well, of course I shared it round, and then people started asking me...
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