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Received this spam from John McCain again…

From: “John McCain” <JohnMcCain@JohnMcCain@wkimailer.com>
Reply-To: JohnMcCain@wkimailer.com
To: <ME>
Subject: Paving The Path to The American Dream
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:19:04 UT

The rest of this piece of spam was identical to this spam from John McCain.

WANT

Grand Banks 41 Heritage EU:

In one bold stroke, the legendary Heritage Series design has been expertly matched with a new and innovative set of features — starting with a truly state-of-the-art propulsion system.

As a result, the 41EU cruises smoothly and efficiently at 10 and 24 knots alike. She handles a tight slip as confidently as a tall sea, impresses with her luxury as much as her practicality, and travels faster and farther, yet still rides cleaner and quieter.

The 41 is Grand Banks‘ latest project and Hull No. 1 was just finished at the factory. She is shipping to the US to make some boat shows this fall.

Though I’ve been leaning towards the more traditional trawler design, I like what I’ve been reading about Zeus pod drives (with traditional helm wheel and a joystick control system).

The Grand Banks 41 Heritage EU is about the size and layout I’m looking for in a boat.

Lisa Black’s Cleveland:

(from the depressing milestone dept.)

Since January 16, 2006, over 180,000 attempts to post comment spam to this site have been logged. That’s 10,000 spam comments since June 5, 2008 and more than 66 times the number of legitimate comments posted to this web site since June, 2001.

Another lottery scam gets past the spam filter…

From: Lottery Lott <lottery.lott@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lottery.lott@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:41:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: LOTTERY WINNER CONGRATULAIONS TO YOU

CONGRATULAIONS — This moronic scammer can’t even be bothered to use a spell checker.

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À :

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As is typical with these stupid scammers, this one couldn’t even be bothered to generate unique numbers.

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(4) DATE OF BIRTH
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But there’s more…

Ashcroft Flying High:

(CBS) Fishing rod in hand, Attorney General John Ashcroft left on a weekend trip to Missouri Thursday afternoon aboard a chartered government jet, reports CBS News Correspondent Jim Stewart.

In response to inquiries from CBS News over why Ashcroft was traveling exclusively by leased jet aircraft instead of commercial airlines, the Justice Department cited what it called a “threat assessment” by the FBI, and said Ashcroft has been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term.

“There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He is acting under the guidelines,” an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected or who made it.

A senior official at the CIA said he was unaware of specific threats against any Cabinet member, and Ashcroft himself, in a speech in California, seemed unsure of the nature of the threat.

“I don’t do threat assessments myself and I rely on those whose responsibility it is in the law enforcement community, particularly the FBI. And I try to stay within the guidelines that they’ve suggested I should stay within for those purposes,” Ashcroft said.

Asked if he knew anything about the threat or who might have made it, the attorney general replied, “Frankly, I don’t. That’s the answer.”

Earlier this week, the Justice Department leased a NASA-owned G-3 Gulfstream for a 6-day trip to Western states. Such aircraft cost the government more than $1,600 an hour to fly. When asked whether Ashcroft was paying for any portion of the trips devoted to personal business, a Justice Department spokeswoman declined to respond.

All other Bush Cabinet appointees, with the exception of Interior and Energy with remote sites to oversee, fly commercial airliners. Janet Reno, Ashcroft’s predecessor as attorney general, also routinely flew commercial. The secretaries of State and Defense traditionally travel with extra security on military planes.

The Justice Department insists that it wasn’t Ashcroft who wanted to fly leased aircraft. That idea, they said, came strictly from Ashcroft’s FBI security detail. The FBI had no further comment.

Has anyone looked into why John Ashcroft started flying chartered government planes in 2001, just months before September 11, 2001?

Limited Run Planned for 2009 Model Year

Nordic Tugs® announces plans to relaunch the classic Nordic Tug 26 – the boat that captured the hearts of American boaters nearly 30 years ago. At this time, Nordic Tugs plans to offer the Nordic Tug 26 for a limited run only during the 2009 model year.

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