Thursday, May 15, 2008
The man walked into a Vienna police station early Wednesday and told authorities he had killed his wife and 7-year-old daughter early Tuesday, police spokesman Michael Braunsperger said.
‘Shamed’ Austrian man kills family with ax - CNN.com
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the thing to do when you win a “World of Warcraft” tournament. They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.
They played Halo with the hookers.
13 Year Old Steals Dad’s Credit Card to Buy Hookers
Thursday, May 1, 2008
One stated in part, “If you ever give another citizen of MY country a ticket through your detestable and illegal traffic cameras, I will destroy your entire city and devastate your people with such wrath as has never been seen before.”
Camera ticket spurs e-mail threats : Local News : Commercial Appeal
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
I got this email this morning, it made me flinch.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
United States Department of the Treasury
Dear Taxpayer,
After the last annual calculations of your fiscal
activity we have determined that you are eligible
to receive a tax refund of $184.80.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us
6-9 days in order to process it.
A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying
after the deadline.
To access the form for your tax refund, use the following personalized link:
http://0×7C.0×3.0×3A.[part removed]/www.irs.gov/taxrefund.php
Regards,
Internal Revenue Service
Document Reference: (0×7C.0×3.0×3A.0×85).
As you can see it’s a fake link but clearly this was sent at the perfect time, and I’m sure some unsuspecting people are getting owned by this. I didn’t go to the page but it’s not a stretch to think that you’d ‘just have to put in all your personal information like bank account information so we can transfer you your money.’ Really scary. I sent it in to google’s Phishing peeps.
Friday, April 18, 2008
I have been trying for some time to track down a recording from the mid-1990s. A couple of Russian-born conceptual artists had determined, via a poll of listeners, what the most unappealing kinds of music were — then created a piece embodying all of them. For example, people hate songs about holidays, choirs, and kids singing. So there was a passage where a children’s chorus singing about Labor Day.
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