UFL

Filed under: Miscellaneous - — jac @ May 31, 2007 - 8:08 am

Because the USFL (United States Football League) and the WFL (World Football League) were so successful…

United Football League (UFL) plans to debut Aug ‘08.



Easy money from Nigeria

Filed under: Trolls / Spammers / Kooks / Clueless People - — jac @ May 29, 2007 - 1:03 pm

It’s been awhile since a good old fashioned Nigerian scam got past my spam filters…

From: DR.SAIDOU AGBANTOU <agba_55@zipmail.com.br>
Reply-To: agbafoundations@myway.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 15:50:59 +0400
Subject: MY APPRECIATION

My Good Friend,

Do I know you?

I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.

Isn’t that nice.

Presently i’m in London for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

You didn’t forget something that never happened? Amazing…

Now contact my secretary in Nigeria, his names are Mr. Mark Egondu to send you the total of US$950,000 (Nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars) which I have kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

<sarcasm>
Easy money from Nigeria? Where do I sign up?
</sarcasm>

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mark Egondu and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

get in touched with & his names are – time to get a proofreader.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferrings at that time.

WTF?

At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at hand.

I’m sure sending out email scams takes a lot of time…

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instructions to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him at; agbafoundations@myway.com

Which just happens to be the return address of this email.

He will send the amount to you without any delay.

<sarcasm>
I’m sure he will.
</sarcasm>

Give him address where he will send you the cheque.

Regards,
Dr.Saidou Agbantou.

You say you’re in London, but this email comes from a machine in Russia.

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Friday Random Ten: 2007-05-25

Filed under: iPod — jac @ May 25, 2007 - 12:25 pm

NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. Bye-YaThelonious Monk Quartet With John ColtraneAt Carnegie HallJazz
2. No JiveManu KatcheBurning For Buddy: A Tribute To The Music Of Buddy RichJazz
3. Epistrophy [Incomplete]Thelonious Monk Quartet With John ColtraneAt Carnegie HallJazz
4. Spy WorldWall Of VoodooCall Of The West Alternative & Punk
5. Drive She Said (live)Stan RidgwayThe Big HeatRock
6. DreamscapeAlan ParsonsTry Anything OnceRock
7. Keep It GreaseyFrank ZappaJoe’s Garage (Disc 2)Alternative & Punk
8. State of IndependenceJon AndersonState of Independence – SingleRock
9. Itaipu: II. “The Lake”Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus: Robert ShawItaipu, The CanyonClassical
10. I Looked At YouThe DoorsThe DoorsRock



New science materials for Kansas classrooms

Filed under: Humor, Politics, Religion, Skeptic — jac @ May 24, 2007 - 1:48 pm

(via email)

periodic table



This is only a test…

Filed under: Quiz Results, Religion — jac @ May 24, 2007 - 10:20 am

(via Pharyngula)

You scored as Scientific Atheist, These guys rule. I’m not one of them myself, although I play one online. They know the rules of debate, the Laws of Thermodynamics, and can explain evolution in fifty words or less. More concerned with how things ARE than how they should be, these are the people who will bring us into the future.

Scientific Atheist

100%

Spiritual Atheist

75%

Angry Atheist

58%

Apathetic Atheist

58%

Militant Atheist

50%

Agnostic

42%

Theist

8%

What kind of atheist are you?
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Before you start commenting or sending hate mail, keep in mind I’m A True Biblical Scholar.



90,000

Filed under: Trolls / Spammers / Kooks / Clueless People — jac @ May 23, 2007 - 4:36 pm

(from the depressing milestone dept.)

Since January 16, 2006, over 90,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since May 14, 2007 . That’s almost 60 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.



More Incompetent Boobery

Filed under: Politics — jac @ May 22, 2007 - 11:40 am

(via Eschaton)

U.S. Government Gave Airtime to Terrorists, Official Admits

Al Hurra television, the U.S. government’s $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program.

That might explain why critics say the service has recently been caught broadcasting terrorist messages, including an hour-long tirade on the importance of anti-Jewish violence, among other questionable pieces.

Facing tough questions before a congressional panel last week, Broadcasting Board of Governors member Joaquin Blaya admitted none of the senior news managers at the network spoke Arabic when the terrorist messages made it onto the air courtesy of U.S. taxpayer funds. Nor did Blaya himself or any of the other officials at the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the network.

No executives and officials speak Arabic at Al Hurra? WTF?



Camelot Group Company

Filed under: Trolls / Spammers / Kooks / Clueless People - — jac @ May 21, 2007 - 5:05 pm

I wonder if Europeans get these scams promising huge cash awards in U. S. dollars…

From: Camelot Group Company <info@camelot.com>
Reply-To: award_claims.agent01@yahoo.co.uk

Which is it? info@camelot.com or award_claims.agent01@yahoo.co.uk? And camelot.com? WTF?

Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 05:51:54 +0200
Subject: Award Notification

The Camelot Group,:
Operators of The National Lottery.
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD

REF Nº: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº: 2006UKL-01

YOUR AWARD NOTIFICATION FOR 2007


As opposed to my AWARD NOTIFICATIONs for all the other years.

The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great Britain held on 15th May, 2007. Your email account have been picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of Eight hundred and ninty-one thousand, nine hundred and thirty-four Great Britain pounds (£891,934.00 pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: UKL/74-A0802742006. This is from total prize money of GBP £4,459,670.00 shared among the FIVE (5) international winners in this category.

GBP £4,459,670.00 — How much is that in real money? :)

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer balloting system drawn from over 100,000 names database, union associations and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion is this year’s United Kingdom National Lottery NEW YEAR BONANZA. The Camelot Group, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

<sarcasm>
Well gee, it must be true, since someone claiming they’re “Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR)” would never lie.
</sarcasm>

All winning must be claimed not later than 14 working days from this notification. After this time all unclaimed funds will be retured to European Union Treasury as unclaimed. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number in all correspondence.

retured? WTF?

Be advice to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent:

As opposed to your unwarranted abuse of email.

Mr Fred Martin.
Email: award_claims.agent01@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +44-704-570-0180

He will brief you on steps to be taken for due processing and remittance of your prize money.

Note below your winning details:

Ticket Nº: 2222-1356-4096-988
Serial Nº: A069-07
Lucky Nº: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF Nº.: UKL/74-A0802742006
BATCH Nº.: 2006UKL-01

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,

Mrs. Dianne Thompson
Online Coordinator,
CAMELOT GROUP,
Operator of The National Lottery.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the Winners will result to disqualification.

Boo-hoo! Now I’ll never be rich…

NOTE: Do not reply this mail. You are to contact your claims officer immediately. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences.
*IMPORTANT* FILL OUT THIS WINNERS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW:

Your application for the claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlement made upon certification. Hence, carefully fill in the appropriate information in the space provided below for record purposes to facilitate our immediate commencement of your claims process. The completed form should be sent to your claims agent for immediate commencement of prize remittance.

*Name of Beneficiary:
*Address:
*City/State:
*Nationality:
*Sex:
*Email Address:
*Tel:
*Occupation:
*Next of Kin:
*Age:
*AMOUNT WON:
*In Figures:
*In Words:
*Lucky Nos:
*Ticket No:


OFFICE USE ONLY
Verified by:________________
Confirmed by: ________________
CLAIMS AGENTS SIGNATURE:________________

Why would a UK lottery need to send email from a machine in Germany?

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DOE Polygraph Program: Counter Intelligence Taken Literally

Filed under: Politics, Skeptic — jac @ May 19, 2007 - 9:41 am

(via What’s new by Bob Park – Friday, May 18, 2007)

1. DOE POLYGRAPH PROGRAM: COUNTER INTELLIGENCE TAKEN LITERALLY.

A 30 Apr 07 memo notified Los Alamos employees that random polygraph tests of 8,000 personnel in high-risk categories will be conducted by the DOE as part of a new counter-intelligence program. Three years ago, a National Academy of Sciences study done at the request of the DOE, The Polygraph and Lie Detection, (WN 18 Apr 03) concluded that the high incidence of false positives made the polygraph worse than useless. Nothing indicates it will work any better for randomly chosen personnel. The polygraph, in fact, has ruined careers, but never uncovered a single spy. If you have an orgasm while being tested and lie about it, the operator can probably tell. For anything else, it’s a coin toss.

More:



Friday Random Ten: 2007-05-18

Filed under: iPod — jac @ May 18, 2007 - 12:18 pm

NameArtistAlbumGenre
1. DawnMahavishnu OrchestraInner Mounting FlameJazz
2. The Sheik Yerbouti TangoFrank ZappaSheik YerboutiAlternative & Punk
3. LeatherTori AmosLittle EarthquakesAlternative & Punk
4. I’m Tweeked / Attack Of The 20 Lb PizzaVinnie ColaiutaVinnie ColaiutaJazz
5. Drive She Said (live)Stan RidgwayThe Big HeatRock
6. Peruvian SkiesDream TheaterFalling Into InfinityMetal
7. The Noonward RaceMahavishnu OrchestraInner Mounting FlameJazz
8. III. War Inside My HeadDream TheaterSix Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (Disc 2)Metal
9. Turn It UpAlan ParsonsTry Anything OnceRock
10. Owner Of A Lonely HeartYes90125Rock






Yow! Are we wet yet?