HOAX!
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Just because a chain letter claims Snopes says it's real and provides a link,
doesn't make it so…

The 2007 "Don't Open Merry Christmas" virus chain email is a hoax that gives the
usual bogus "This is the worst virus ever, it will burn your hard drive!" and
other such hysterical claims. But in order to try looking credible so people
will pass it along without actually bothering to look it up, the chain also
provides a link to a three-year-old Snopes page about a virus from 2004. The
deal is that most people will just pass on the chain without actually checking
out the Snopes info. And no, it is not better getting any chain email 25 times
than opening a Merry Christmas message.

Outdated 2004 virus info:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/zafi.asp

Snopes page on the current Merry Christmas virus warning hoax and variations of:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Keeping up with news about Facebook and Myspace can be a pretty interesting
read.

Facebook

The Facebook Blog:
http://blog.facebook.com

Facebook blog post apologizing for the big woops they made with the beacon
program:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=7584397130

Inside Facebook
http://www.insidefacebook.com

Site that contains a link to the privacy preference allowing users to opt out of
beacons:

Facebook adds universal opt-out to Beacon; this time, the PR comes …
By Justin Smith
This morning, in response to the complaints from privacy advocates that
have been well-documented in recent weeks, Facebook added a Beacon
preference to allow users to universally opt-out of Beacon. Now, if
users globally opt-out, …
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/12/05/facebook-adds-universal-opt-out-to-beacon-this-time-the-pr-comes-from-zuckerberg/

All Facebook
http://www.allfacebook.com

Post on allfacebook:
Facebook Listens to the Blogosphere
By Nick O'Neill
Last night I briefly ranted about Facebook not responding to the noise.
Initially, they may have perceived it as only being chatter among
bloggers. As soon as I heard that brands were beginning to become
hesitant about advertising on …
http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/12/facebook-listens-to-the-blogosphere/

Facebook and Relationships:

If it's Facebook, it's love
Reuters – USA
By Joanne Kenen With profiles on the Facebook social networking site almost
de rigueur on college campuses, students can define their relationship
status …
http://features.us.reuters.com/techlife/news/A582F772-A2BF-11DC-BE5C-A0488271.html

More over the Facebook Beacon Frackus

Facebook's foolish foes [Media]
By Owen Thomas
I remember, distinctly, when former Business 2.0 editor Josh Quittner's
love affair with Facebook began this spring. He couldn't stop talking
about it, and I could hardly avoid hearing about it,… [[ This is a
content summary only. …
http://valleywag.com/tech/media/facebooks-foolish-foes-330424.php

Well, it looks as if spammers are trying to get football fans to click on their
cruddy malware sites.

Via Mailwasher I was able to look and laugh at the message w/o any harm to my
system, and then blacklist the spammer.

Return-path: YourJersey@marriagesocialist.com

-MarriageSocialist? – I'm not looking to get married, and am not a socialist or
interested in marrying one.

From: FootballJersey FootballJersey@tfqxs.marriagesocialist.com
Subject: Who is your favourite Football team

-None – as well as none of your business…

Visit-us here, if you cannot view the image below.

-Nope, chude, not interested in your malware… Site deleted.

Blacklisted.

I took a quiz on Facebook, "What epoch hero are you?"

And if you know me and are familiar with my online handles and rp/creative
writing characters, this might give you a chuckle as well. My result:

Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Clever and highly intelligent, you are the paradox of the typical classroom
sort. You represent Harrison Ford as Dr. Jones, the most famous adventurer in
American cinematic history. Your quick wit, disarming charm, and unexpected
bravery are easily hidden in your daily rabble and revealed in the quest for the
incredible.

"Indy" of all people! Lol! Absolute coolness, but lololol!

Here's an article sassing back at spammers. It isn't written by me, so it's
hilarious IMO. It's also worth sharing because like anything else I don't write
but do share, it is not a chain letter forward.

–

Originally found at:
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2007/11/01/1A_BLUN01.ART_ART_11-01-07_D1_M08AL6T.html?sid=101

SO TO SPEAK
Listen up, spammers: Your e-mail is stale
Thursday, November 1, 2007 4:06 AM
By JOE BLUNDO

Welcome to the School for Spammers.

Through the years, I've noticed that e-mail spam, while impressive in volume,
keeps getting worse in quality. Even the Nigerian fraud letters no longer ring
with the false sincerity they once did.

So I've decided to offer a remedial course for spammers who might be wondering
why no one orders their fake Rolexes or falls for their bogus European Lottery
messages.

Here are answers to your elementary questions, spammers:

• Is e-mail in Russian an effective way to communicate with an English-speaking
audience?

No — or, because you seem stubbornly wedded to the language, nyet.

Judging from my e-mail in-box, which resembles the Moscow phone book on any
given morning, you have not quite caught on to the fact that Americans don't use
the Cyrillic alphabet. You might as well be writing in Chinese. Oh, wait, you're
already doing that, too.

So here's tip No. 1: If you want to improve your communication skills, start by
writing in a language that your audience understands. Details matter, people.

• I get poor response to my hoax e-mail informing people they've won $75 million
in an obscure foreign lottery. Should I increase the phony prize money to $100
million?

No, because the next crook will falsely award $150 million and then you'll have
to up your phony jackpot to $200 million. Things could get out of control.

You might have better luck telling people that, for the low price of 49 cents,
you will never e-mail them about a fake lottery prize again.

• If I write "You will love this, Shaun" in the subject line, will you love it?

No. Especially if my name isn't Shaun.

• How effective is bad grammar in making my e-mail more believable?

It definitely beats those spam messages that consist of random numbers and
symbols. Other than that, I don't see it as a winning strategy.

If I'm literate enough to read e-mail, I'm probably literate enough to know that
great stock-market tips rarely come from people who write, "You're next
oppurtunity are now!"

Also, remember that it's difficult to simultaneously defraud people and amuse
them.

That's why this kind of message might not prove convincing: "Notice of Closing
Your Account: To protect your private, we have locked Account # 76245. Please to
reply us urgent."

• When trying to evade spam filters, is it better to write "p*nis" or "p#nis"?

You could spell it "p*#@$" and most guys would get your drift — because it is
the official body part of the spam world. In other words, they're onto you.

If you decide to forge ahead anyway, watch your syntax. You might imagine that a
subject line reading "We're here for your p*nis" conveys caring and concern
about a man's well-being. But it could also be interpreted as a threat of
confiscation.

Guys are generally put off by that idea.

• Would you like to buy some herbal V1agr@ for only 99 cents a bottle?

Nyet.

Joe Blundo is a Dispatch columnist.

jblundo@dispatch.com

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Missing Nanaimo Teen Email is a Big Hoax

http://www.canada.com/vancouverisland/nanaimo/story.html?id=4f7749de-8e18-487b-948e-8b30bf42b78a

Furthermore, it's also a rip-off of the Evan Trembley hoax.

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/evantrembley.html which was started as a
sick joke on Myspace by the real and not missing Evan Trembley himself.

It borrows content from the Ashley Flores hoax
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/ashleyflores.html
which was started by one of the real and not missing Ashley's friends on Myspace
as a sick joke, and borrows heavily from the Penny Brown hoax
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/pennybrown.html
which is a mutation of the Kelsey Brook Jones chain, which was true for the two
hours that kelsey was thought missing. Kelsey was found playing, and unharmed
two hours after her mother's initial panic.
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/kelsey.html

http://www.breakthechain.org/missing.html

People who start hoaxes like that should be penalized, because they are getting
very sick kicks at others' expense!
It's manipulative, attention-seeking behavior on a level that is so low and
disgusting because people are getting jerked around just so a few childish teens
can get their haw-haws.

Ignorance or lack of forethought as no excuse.

Playing pranks on your friends in a social network like Myspace is bad enough,
but when it's in the form of a chain letter, it's not going to stay just among
the friends of the hoaxter. This is because your circle of friends also has
their own circles of friends, which in turn, have their own circle of friends,
so, you start a hoax about yourself as missing or dying or whatever, and your
friends might think it's funny, but somebody else who is listed as one of their
friends but not listed as your friend, looks at this friend's profile and
bulletins, and this stranger looking at your friend's profile, sees your
missing/dying hoax and assumes it's for real, and compulsively passes it along
to their friends, who pass it on to theirs.

So, yet more reasons chain letters really stink, and why starting a hoax might
get you the controll over the masses and the attention you desire, but it could
also land you and those associated with you in a pile of inconvenience if not
trouble.

I'm very sorry for anyone these hoaxes have hurt, from those who were taken in
by them, (hopefully they'll know better than pass on chain email from now on) to
those who are friends of or related to the hoaxter and suffering fallout because
of the hoax.

But as for the hoaxters themselves, I wish they would get a lot more than just a
slap on the wrist for their self-serving, inconsiderate and just plain sick
actions.

Evan Trembley was exceedingly stupid to start a hoax about himself, as was the
friend of Ashley Flores. The guy who mooched off the Trembley hoax and made it
about himself as a missing kid in Nanaimo is just as guilty. Shame on them!

Full article about the Nanaimo prank:

http://www.canada.com/vancouverisland/nanaimo/story.html?id=4f7749de-8e18-487b-948e-8b30bf42b78a

Missing Nanaimo Teen Email is a Big Hoax

Nanaimo Daily News Missing teen e-mail is a big hoax
Plea urging people to look out for Nanaimo boy is a prank that first began in
Texas
Derek Spalding , Daily News
Published: Thursday, October 11, 2007
Nanaimo RCMP say its unfortunate that someone is circulating a fake missing
person notice through e-mail accounts.

Thousands of Harbour City residents have recently received a message in their
inbox about a missing teenager from Nanaimo, but the chain mail is nothing but a
hoax. The message asks recipients to please "pass this to everyone in your
address book" in hopes that someone will have seen 15-year-old Evan Trembley.
After a simple Internet search, however, the real story behind the prank is
revealed.

Evan Trembley of Wichita, Falls, Tex, created a fake Amber Alert with himself as
the missing person. He then sent it out to his friends on MySpace.com. Then a
few people who didn't know it was a joke, sent the e-mail out to everyone on
their list. Police exposed Trembley who said he thought his "friends would
recognize it, get a laugh out of it" and delete it, he told reporters in
Wichita.

****But then people who weren't his friends took it seriously and continued to
e-mail all their friends. Trembley and his mother Tammy said they do not expect
any criminal charges.

It appears someone in Nanaimo decided to localize Trembley's prank and
distributed it throughout the city. Using the same photo and similar
information, Trembley now appears to be a missing Nanaimo boy. This week, the
e-mail reached Robin Dutton, owner of Arrowsmith Bikes, who then forwarded it to
more than 300 people on his mailing list.

"I just thought, if somebody's missing, it doesn't take a whole lot for me to
send it out to everyone in my address book," he said before expressing his
disappointment in the hoax. "I just think it's really unfortunate. I'd like to
think that people have a bit more to do rather than waste people's time."

DSpalding@nanaimodailynews.com

250-729-4231

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October 10, 2007     Obesity Bandwagon Careening Toward Economic Crisis? America is caught in the middle of an “informational cascade” where subsequent scientists build new premises on the claims of previous researchers. If the first scientists in the line of research got it right, then well, there’s nothing really to discuss. But if the initial findings were flawed, every theory built on that conclusion is also kaput. Welcome to obesity research. Yesterday, New York Times science reporter John Tierney outlined this “cascade” phenomenon as it relates to “expert” diet recommendations:  The notion that fatty foods shorten your life began as a hypothesis based on dubious assumptions and data; when scientists tried to confirm it they failed repeatedly. The evidence against Häagen-Dazs was nothing like the evidence against Marlboros. Tierney sought out “the most rigorous meta-analysis of the clinical trials of low-fat diets” and discovered that it found no significant impact on mortality. More recent research has also broken away from the group-think. A study in the prestigious Lancet medical journal found that people with low BMIs, not the overweight or obese, had the highest risk of heart disease and early death. But the media didn’t widely cover these findings that contradicted the party line. Instead, the report covered by multiple news outlets found that Cuba’s economic downturn had led to a substantial drop in average calories eaten (aka “famine”) and a decrease in obesity rates (aka “starvation”). The researchers recommend that the U.S. look to Cuba’s “successful” experience as a dietary standard. (Never mind that premature death rates among the elderly actually inched upward and there was an epidemic of degenerative nerve damage as a result of widespread malnutrition.)  These reduced-fat, low-salt, no-food recommendations — besides being unjustified — may well have unintended consequences as severe as those observed in the Cuba study. If Americans hope to avoid the lemmings’ fate, they should tune out the latest nutrition survey and fad diets. Rather, heed the advice of Dr. Edward H. Ahrens Jr., a distinguished researcher who spoke out against the erroneous 1970s Congressional report that advised Americans to eat less fat: This is a matter of such enormous social, economic and medical importance that it must be evaluated with our eyes completely open. Thus I would hate to see this issue settled by anything that smacks of a Gallup poll. Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. The Philadelphia Inquirer asks: “Should the city, like Mom, tell you what’s good to eat?” … and Boston Globe readers hear our take on the “couch potato crisis” CCF gives Florida Sun-Sentinel readers a reality check about E.coli & animal “rights” Attention global-warming vegetarian agitators: Sub-Saharan Africa would like a word with you…   Copyright © 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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October 9, 2007     Food Cops: Not Worth Their Weight In Salt Food-police activists have compared trans fats to arsenic, cupcakes to contraband, and—most recently—salt to the plague. Over the weekend, the Chicago Tribune quoted one nutrition “expert” who likened the effects of salt to “AIDS, malaria, terrorism, obesity, high cholesterol and tobacco.” This epidemic of hyperbole is nothing new. Over the past decade, nutrition zealots at the Center for Science in the Public Interest have repeatedly petitioned the FDA to revoke salt’s “generally recognized as safe” status and treat it as a food additive for the purposes of regulation, which would allow strict limits on the salt content of processed foods. For many activists spreading these food fears, the facts seem largely irrelevant. There’s no scientific consensus on the issue, let alone concrete evidence of a universal relationship between salt intake and hypertension. In fact, only a small minority of people—tagged as “salt-sensitive”—respond to changes in dietary sodium. For the rest of us, studies have shown that the consequences of too little salt can be deadly.  Common sense dictates that we can’t simply cut salt out of our diets. For thousands of years people have used it for currency, medicine, and preservation of food. Unlike the self-important food cops, salt is truly essential for life itself. Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. Nobel prize goes to researchers who fight disease with (drum roll, please…) lab rats. Sorry, PETA. UK experts still looking for proof that in-school food bans actually work Attention western anti-biotech activists: Africans gush over the economic advantages of GM crops Research indicates strong link between sleep deprivation and obesity (A new “S” in CSPI?) Put down the remote! SC researchers find only 45 percent of local students in after-school sports HSUS commits less than 1.8 percent of its Katrina fundraising to build a pet shelter. Whoopee.   Copyright © 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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Every so often a story write-up comes along that has such a glaring error in
judgement and phrasing; an error so bad that it begs for a re-write.

Such was the case of an article whose summary showed up in my Google alert
emails for two days in a row.

–
Beauty Queen Takes on Predators, Spammers

It'sa sign of the times: The current Miss America **doesn't want to
save the world from hunger or work for world peace.** No, she wants to
help keep the kids safe on the Internet. Lauren Nelson, 20, will help
launch the new Miss America …
–

http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=135495 appears to be the original
offending site and http://www.first.org/newsroom/globalsecurity/157241.html has
a link to that site, -plus the quote above.

Just because Miss America may not have actually listed world hunger and world
peace in her speech, or maybe didn't donate to these causes does NOT mean she
"does not want to" end world hunger or help achieve world peace!

One can put their efforts into fighting spam and keeping the net more
kid-friendly while still wanting to end world hunger and work to achieve world
peace!

This article could've been far better written if it simply stated that Lauren
Nelson added a unique cause to those of all the collective Miss Americas, and
then went on with the rest of the article, explaining her current project and
why.

But stating that Lauren Nelson "doesn't want to save the world from hunger or
work for world peace" judges her as just that – "not wanting" to end world
hunger or work for world peace. It gives the impression that she must be somehow
less caring because she is working on a different project than the usual!

How would that make her feel?

Probably not too good!

Intended or not, this is a shoddy, offensive judgement call that does not belong
in what is supposed to be a professionally written story!

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October 4, 2007     Scientific Establishment Smacks Down Mercury-In-Fish Fear Mongers We hate to say we told you so, but…well, we told you so. Today, a coalition of some of the nation’s most prominent women’s health experts publicized its recommendations for maternal seafood consumption. Their verdict: Pregnant and breast-feeding women need to eat at least 12 ounces of fish a week to ensure healthy brain development in their kids. And what about the trace levels of mercury found in exceedingly low levels in some fish? Spokeswoman Dr. Ashley Roman put it best in an interview with MSNBC: A lot of the concern about mercury or consuming mercury in fish products is unfounded. To date, there’s not a single case of fetal toxicity linked directly to fish intake. Finally, some common sense in the mercury-in-fish debate. As we’re telling the press today: Green groups including Oceana, the Sierra Club, the Environmental Working Group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Mercury Policy Project owe millions of American moms and their babies a sincere apology. And the Environmental Protection Agency should join in that chorus … Sadly, a public health tragedy still awaits us, but not from the fish on our plates. The real danger will come from unintended consequences of alarm bells, as moms deny their children the vital health benefits of seafood because of unfounded mercury fears. For three years, we’ve been saying that the proven health benefits of eating fish far outweigh the hypothetical risks. Serious science clearly doesn’t support the prevailing panic, and we’re glad to see mainstream nutrition experts telling moms that the Great Mercury Scare belongs in the dustbin of history. Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. Ohio coalition aims to counter animal-rights propaganda Could everyone have been wrong about obesity? Really? Texas student columnist chides Microsoft for $100K donation to HSUS Fired vegan-evangelist teacher changes his tune, claims PETA lessons were just another art class… Fired vegan-evangelist art teacher wants his job back. (Will he eat crow?) We’re not sure if this is a spoof, but we hope it’s not.   Copyright (c) 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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October 3, 2007     PETA Gets Schooled The animal rights zealots at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are engaging in some very public back-patting after wrapping up a day-long “cruelty to animals” seminar with disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick. PETA loves to play the part of enlightened humanitarian for the press, and the Vick scandal has proved to be the perfect opportunity for these save-the-chickens extremists to generate sympathetic media coverage. Which got us thinking: Given PETA’s well-documented history of cruelty to humans, its staff would certainly benefit from a similar seminar (at our headquarters). Suggested schedule: 9:00 am: “Human Beings Have Feelings” — Recent scientific breakthroughs show definitely that members of the homo sapiens species consciously experience the world, and have negative emotional reactions to adverse external stimuli. Activities proven to cause stress in humans include harassment at work, physical assaults, death threats, and verbal abuse. 10:30 am: “Don’t Exploit Human Misery” — For reasons still not completely understood, most people find the insensitive exploitation of human tragedy to be offensive. Examples include viciously criticizing a recently deceased and widely beloved naturalist, mocking the cancer diagnosis of a big-city mayor, and comparing farm animals to victims of the Nazi Holocaust. 12:00 pm: Lunch break (hot dog cart provided) 1:30 pm: “Science is Good” — Scientific investigation into the causes and cures of human illness has reaped untold benefits to society. Obstruction of medical research through criminal activities or misinformation campaigns is inhumane and wrong. 3:00 pm: “Preying on Children is Bad” — Children are psychologically vulnerable and should not be used as pawns in activist campaigns. Examples of reprehensible treatment of children include distributing disturbing comic books at schools and lying about the health effects of kids’ favorite foods. 4:30 pm: “Things Cost Money” — Most stuff isn’t free. If you destroy something, it costs money to rebuild or replace it. Instances of costly behavior include burning down medical laboratories and vandalizing restaurants. 6:00 pm: “Many People Take Their Religion Seriously” — Most Americans subscribe to one organized religion or another, and they can become offended by insensitivity toward their chosen deities and holy books. Examples of callous disregard for religion include deliberately misquoting scripture, ascribing vegetarianism to a clearly omnivorous religious figure, and mocking church leaders by portraying them as livestock. Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. Former PETA nut: Dairy calves are mistreated. (Actual animal scientists say No way, vegan freaks) Op-ed: “Is junk-food ban in California schools half-baked?” Study: Overemphasis on diet and weight-loss leads teens to eating disorders Brilliant European TV ad promotes exercise: “Get out of your armchair” Chicago editorial: Let’s tax the heck out of soda pop The San Francisco Chronicle loves the book PETA and HSUS hope you won’t read Animal rights groups roll out California plan to make meat and eggs more expensive (Thanks, HSUS!) Could eggshells save the planet? (Somebody should tell the vegans) Pot? Meet kettle. Kettle? Meet pot.   Copyright (c) 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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From a Snopes message board, here's a great response to that awful canned
friendship chain email I received yesterday.

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=15;t=002384;p=1

Friendship glurge
jw
posted 26 November, 2006 07:19 AM
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An acquaintance of mine has started forwarding this type of glurge rubbish to me
recently. The excessive capitalisation rounds it off.

Hello There Nice Person
Did Anyone Ever Tell You,
Just How Special You Are
The Light that You Emit
Might even Light a Star

*rest of awful sappy phony friendship chain email snipped out*

How do I politely get them to stop?
I'm sure many of you have dealt with this before, so I would appreciate your
input.
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Ariadne

posted 26 November, 2006 07:50 AM
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Hello There Person I Barely Know,
Did Anyone Ever Tell You
Just How Annoying it can be
To Get this Crap you Send
To Poor Old Busy Me?
I Have Better Things to Do
Than Read your Silly Junk.
It Does Not Make Me Happy,
It Puts me In a Funk.
I already Know I'm Special;
I Don't Need Your Awful Rhyme
Or Your other Email Glurge
To waste My Precious Time.
For you See I am Too Busy
Spending Time With Those I Know
To Send this Tripe Back to You
And Help Raise Your Ego.
Because the Test of Friendship
Is Not Based on what one Sends
But Rather it is the Delete Key
For Non-Forwarders are Friends.

If you care, delete this message!
Friends do not let friends clog up inboxes!
YOU MUST DELETE THIS IMMEDIATELY!!
OR RISK LOSING AT LEAST 4 FRIENDS!

The police and the media are making complete idiots of themselves over the
Madeleine McCann case. I have a few comments on these site summaries.

Site 1.
McCann's hire car examined by experts
Brisbane Times – Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
A team of forensic scientists have reportedly made independent tests on a
hire car rented by the parents of missing British girl Madeline McCann. …
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/mccanns-hire-car-examined-by-experts/20074630-11s5.html

-Okay, summary looks good, it's probably one of the more sensible writeups in a
while.

Site 2.
Girl in photo not Madeleine McCann
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
PARENTS of missing British girl Madeleine McCann were being consoled by
friends last night after being given the devastating news that a holiday
snap …
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22493955-663,00.html

-The stupid media should not have splashed little Bushra's picture all over the
world and assumed she was Madeline in the first place! Not only have they wasted
a lot of people's time and attention on a claim that isn't real, they added to
the torment of Maddeleine's family! Gads, but you police and news reporters are
inconsiderate, bumbling idiots!

Site 3.
A sacked maid seeking revenge is latest suspect over missing …
Times Online – UK
A maid who is alleged to have abducted Madeleine McCann in revenge for
being sacked from the holiday resort where the missing girl was staying is
being …
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2563493.ece

-Whoever came up with this hair-brained theory? Oh, right, the brain-dead police
again! Next thing you know, there will be reports that the Great Pumpkin took
her, then Santa did it, then the Easter Bunny. Please, don't waste any more time
and energy until something has been proven before spouting this unbelievable
dreck!

Site 4.
How the Portugese police say Madeleine in fall on a staircase
This is London – London,England,UK
Madeleine McCann died in a fall down a flight of stairs at her parents'
holiday apartment, Portuguese police claimed yesterday in the latest leak
from …
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23414439-details/How+the+Portugese+police+say+Madeleine+in+fall+on+a+staircase/article.do

-Well, doesn't everybody know how reliable the Portuguese police are by now? You
stupid cops are all over the map, you have no idea what you're doing, and the
gullible media, desperate for a story, any story, truth be damned, will print
anything, not caring how it hurts the McCann family and their friends!

Site 5.
Maddy McCann My Nightmares Part 4
This Gross Nightmare About Maddy McCann with a Horrible Bloody Hand Still Keeps
Periodically Reoccurring. It Really Freaks Me Out.
http://digg.com/world_news/Maddy_McCann_My_Nightmares_Part_4

-Oh, but it's digg.com… You have to click through digg to actually get to the
article – nope, sorry, don't want to read it that badly. Anyway, for the one who
wrote it: try to calm down, okay?

Site 6.
Maid Up Stories, Avoid the Questions
By transfattyacid(transfattyacid)
If this is yet another red herring, in a week of red herrings from the McCann
camp, it does have an advantage over the Maddie in Morocco story. The matter is
being investigated by the British police, and they are unlikely to hurry any …
http://trannyfattyacid.blogspot.com/2007/09/maid-up-stories-avoid-questions.html

-Erm, okay, so we agree about the media being bungling idiots. But I'm not sure
what your take is on the McCanns themselves.

Site 7.
If Madeleine McCann was Black, Would the Media Care?
By ExpatJane(MLH)
If Madeleine McCann was Black, Would the Media Care?Madeleine McCann, who you've
no doubt heard has been missing over in Europe, is a white British four-year-old
whose disappearance has sparked a massive global media focus. …
http://missingminorities.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-madeleine-mccann-was-black-would.html

-What's black and white got to do with Madeleine McCann!? Oh, please, give me a
pickin break!!

The reason the world knows about Madeleine McCann at all is because of a chain
email one of her relatives started – a chain email that, for once, isn't a hoax!

-Yes, if she was black, and it was the same story and it was for real and if a
relative had started a chain email and everybody heard about it, everybody would
care just as much!

-Sheesh! Why in the heck is it that some apparently bigoted attention-hogs with
their own racist agendas always have to go throwing the race card and silly
pity-parties into things!? So now, tell me, should we all of a sudden just stop
praying that Madeleine will be found alive or at the very least, didn't suffer a
horrible death because she's not black? Should we wish she's dead because she's
not black? Should we just forget all about any other missing kids we are told
about if they happen not to be black? Should we only be on the look out for
missing kids if they are black and simply shrug off and refuse to even consider
trying to help out if a picture shows a missing kid who isn't black? Are we
supposed to only care about missing kids if they are "the right color" for you
now? Sheesh! I'm not even going to read your crummy site! This isn't about wite
and black! Stop trying to turn it into that and just please go away if you
aren't interested in helping find missing kids regardless of skin color! ARGH!

Comment on Open Thread: A photo of Madeleine McCann? by TobyRose
By TobyRose
It is odd that Kate McCann announced Madeleine had been abducted before a search
was done for her in the complex. It seems she was trying to convince people of
that. A mother's first reaction to a missing child is that the child has …
http://crimeblog.us/?p=566#comment-64196

-Uhm no, I'd think that would be one of the initial reactions of any parent
whose kid went missing from a motel room!

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September 27, 2007     Collateral Damage From The Great Mercury Scare Many Americans senselessly fear harmless traces of mercury in the fish they eat, but the flip side of the Great Mercury Scare has been the presence of thimerosal (a preservative that contains mercury) in some children’s vaccines. In landmark research appearing in today’s New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that mercury in vaccines has no effect whatsoever on children’s brain functioning. This episode is one of the most interesting failures of the omnipresent “Precautionary Principle.” Countless parents actually stopped having their kids vaccinated, believing that health risks related to mercury (including autism, a claim trumpeted repeatedly by über environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) were worth avoiding at all costs. Those costs, however, included the very real risk of being hospitalized (or dying) from the flu or some other avoidable infection. In a New England Journal of Medicine opinion piece today, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Infectious Diseases chief Dr. Paul Offit writes:  Although the precautionary principle assumes that there is no harm in exercising caution, the alarm caused by the removal of thimerosal from vaccines has been quite harmful … the thimerosal controversy should stand as a cautionary tale of how not to communicate theoretical risks to the public; otherwise, the lesson inherent in the collateral damage caused by its precipitous removal will remain unlearned. It’s worth remembering that there has been similar “collateral damage” in our irrational (mercury-related) fear of fish. Americans who go cold-turkey on tuna and other seafood risk losing the health benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids. And since evidence keeps pouring in that these very real health benefits far outweigh the theoretical risks from mercury (see here, here, here, here, and here), adding the Precautionary Principle to our dinner plates looks like a risk not worth taking. Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. Biotech seed company aims to triple genetically modified plantings. (Greenpeace on line 1…) It’s official: PETA hates everyone. Ape won’t get human “personhood” in Austria. (There may be hope for us yet…) Remember all those scary stories about mercury in children’s vaccines? Oops. Never mind. Farming newspaper: PCRM’s bathroom-stall ad is “clumsy,” “tasteless” (we’ll add “idiotic”) What to do when your vegetarian girlfriend isn’t vegan enough for you? (Start worrying about somethi   Copyright (c) 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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September 26, 2007     Deceptive TV Ads From PETA’s “Physician” Buddies Today, the animal rights loonies at the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) unveiled a new television advertisement lampooning the Senator Larry Craig bathroom scandal. Unsurprisingly, this latest PR stunt looks a lot like something PCRM‘s close friends at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) would produce. The “Craig“ spot includes a re-enactment of the now infamous toe-tapping incident between two bathroom stalls, an exchange of money, and a rather disturbing pig costume. There’s a crushing irony in the fact that a group that purposefully hides its true colors from the public would run a media campaign playing off a scandal involving a politician accused of hiding his true colors from the public. How is PCRM getting away with calling itself a “physicians” committee when less than 4 percent of its members are actual doctors? Beats us. And we’re reminding the press today  (click here and here for examples) that: PCRM is nothing more than a bunch of save-the-chickens extremists. Like everything PCRM does, this latest ad is deceptive propaganda … PCRM has been pretending to be a mainstream medical charity for years. But it’s really just PETA in a lab coat. Tonight at its Washington, DC headquarters PCRM is hosting a “special reception” to strategize about how to influence the federal Farm Bill, which is the topic of the group‘s ad. Here’s the invitation to the event and here’s where you can sign up to attend. If you’re in the area, you might want to stop by and let these animal-liberation lackeys know how you feel about their latest trickery.   Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. Sure to drive the vegans at PCRM mad: a new National Institutes of Health “Milk Matters” campaign Leave it to health reporters to ruin a perfectly good Twinkie VIDEO: Bill O’Reilly takes on PETA’s tasteless use of sex to sell vegetarianism Radical idea to help kids slim down: Give them more recess at school. JAMA study: Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent diabetes. (Fish is still a health food.) Georgia columnist: Isn’t it ironic that PETA treats women “like pieces of meat”? Philadelphia restaurants offer $5 foie gras specials, thumb noses at animal rights extremists   Copyright (c) 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 34557 | Washington, DC 20043 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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This is a good expose on the animal welfare group known as the H$U$ (Humane
Society of the US)

It would be nice if this article used the words "buy" and "sell" instead of
"adopt" since adoption is for children, and pets are not children. It was
unnecessary to hail the pet owners who donated to animal welfare groups because
of the hurricanes as "compassionate" when donating to help fellow human beings
surely should take first priority and helping humans especially children and the
disabled to survive a vicious natural disaster is certainly worth being called
"compassionate". "animal shelters" are actually the pound. Shelters are for
people – for example, a shelter for the homeless, a shelter for battered women
etc. Other than that, a good article. And animal welfare people do call it
"adoption" when animals are bought and sold.

Well, I always thought it was terribly egocentric and shallow of the animal
welfare people to go on and on about the animals when human lives including
those of children and the disabled were in peril during and after that
hurricane. It's like the animal activists go "Look at us, you people only care
about the people, we're so much better and so much more caring than you, we care
about the animals!"

And then, the H$U$ turns around and loots animals from the storm they claim to
"rescue" them from, and doesn't even take care of them to the same standards
they expect the average pet owner to maintain. Instead of seeking out the
rightful owners of these pets, the H$U$ turns around and sells these animals or
impounds them, and as the article says, some of the larger dog breeds simply
disappear. Hmmm, killed in the pound, perhaps? The animal welfare movement is
trying to end ownership of some large breed dogs, so this is just one of the
steps in that direction.

The H$U$ are not humane. The H$U$ are thieves. The H$U$ are hypocrites.

—– Original Message —–
From: Alahni
To: Anti-PETA@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 6:12 PM
Subject: [Anti-PETA] Fw:crosspost, HSUS

—– Original Message —–

Nothing new under the sun, same ole crooks they always were…

Permission to crosspost

For quite some time, there have been rumors that the Louisiana
Attorney General had plans to investigate complaints filed against the
HSUS for misuse of donated funds in connection with
rescue of pets from the Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita ravaged
areas of the southern states.

It's now official. Complaints and reports have indicated
that supplies (beds, blankets, toys, crates, x-pens,
etc.) and food were never allowed to be used to help the animals
housed in the rescue centers. Although thousands of pounds of
top-quality
food were donated, many volunteers have complained that they
were only allowed to feed the rescued animals the cheapest, poorest
quality foods they received.

Allegations have been made that purebred "rescue" groups
were turned away by the HSUS and not allowed to pull their own
breeds from the "rescue" centers, unless they were willing to take "X"
number of "others" as well. Additional reports indicate that at
least 700 "bully" breed dogs mysteriously disappeared from the
HSUS "rescue" centers, never to be seen again. It has also been
widely reported that some pets were sent to far-away locations,
quickly "adopted" out, and that no real efforts were made to reunite
these lost pets with their original owners.

If you personally volunteered in the post-hurricane
rescue effort (or if you know someone who did) and may have firsthand
knowledge of the pet rescue situation in the aftermath of the
hurricanes, please contact Attorney General Foti and provide him with
all pertinent information to assist him in his effort to ensure that
funds and/or supplies donated by the pet owners of
the U.S. were and **will be** used for the purposes for which they
were
donated. Press release and contact information follow:

PERMISSION TO CROSS POST

http://www.ag.state.la.us/ViewPressRel.aspx?RelID=451

Attorney General Charles Foti Opens Inquiry into
Humane Society of the United States
March 27, 2006: (Baton Rouge, LA)-Attorney General
Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced today that his office has opened an
inquiry into allegations involving funds raised for pet /owner
reunions by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The
Attorney General's Office is asking the HSUS for an accounting of all
funds HSUS raised for the purpose of pet rescue and reunion with pet
owners in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

The Attorney General's office has received numerous
complaints from pet owners about problems many are having finding
their pets following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Through its
association with other animal welfare organizations nationwide, HSUS has
documented and placed animals in "shelters" (pounds) around the country, often
resulting in the displaced pets' "adoption." (sale). In some cases, pet owners
claim that those who are currently caring for the displaced pets are
refusing to reunite the pet with the proper owners.

"Once again we will be on the lookout to make sure that those who seek to
raise money for Hurricane victims in our state, do exactly what they claim
to do when soliciting funds," stated General Foti, "While I commend the work
of the many wonderful charitable organizations that have come forward to
help
us in our time of need, I also want people to know that they cannot take
advantage of our situation in any way," added General Foti.

The Attorney General is asking anyone with information
about questionable fundraising activities by animal groups
or any other groups to please contact the Attorney General's
Consumer Protection Section at 1-800-351-4889 or visit our website at
<http://www.ag.state.la.us

The fatal flaw of David Cameron and Kate and Gerry McCann
Times Online – UK
Look what they've done to Kate and Gerry McCann. Here were two people
deserving of the most intense public sympathy. On a superficial level they
got it – by …
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article2507926.ece

Madeleine McCann's parents challenge police
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Nick Britten and Caroline Gammell Madeleine McCann's parents have issued
a stark ultimatum to the Portuguese authorities, telling them to "put up or
shut …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/22/nmaddy621.xml

CITY OF LOCKPORT: McCann fleshes out housing plan
Lockport Union-Sun &amp; Journal – Lockport,NY,USA
By Joyce Miles/milesj@gnnewspaper.com Chief Building Inspector Jim McCann
briefed the Common Council on a plan to revive a long-dormant housing
inspection …
http://www.lockportjournal.com/local/local_story_264132348.html

Stoking the Madeleine McCann rumour mill
Standing outside the pretty church in Praia da Luz, Portugal, with a dozens or
so other journalists one morning a rumour ripples through the gathering: a 24
hour TV channel is on to the disappearance of another child. …
http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/09/21/stoking-the-madeleine-mccann-rumour-mill/

Now A Convicted Terrorist Questioned in Madeleine McCann's …
By Greta Van Susteren
Fresh operations in the hunt for Madeleine McCann have been authorized by a
Portuguese judge, with police appearing to accept the original belief that she
may have been abducted by a stranger. A convicted terrorist was questioned by
…
http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/blogs/Gretawire/~3/159474233/

'Gerry Found Bedroom Door Ajar'
By comment(comment)
Gerry McCann believes he may have come within a few yards of his daughter's
abductor when he left his meal to check on his children on the night of
Madeleine's disappearance, May 3. Still a suspect in his daughter's abduction,
…
http://madeleinemccann.blogspot.com/2007/09/gerry-found-bedroom-door-ajar.html

Missing Madeleine: Gerry McCann's Intruder Theory
The father of Madeleine McCann believes an intruder may have been hiding inside
the family's holiday apartment on the night his daughter went missing, says a
friend.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91210-1285288,00.html?f=rss

Comment on Open Thread With Starter Topic: Madeleine McCann by SuziQ
By SuziQ
How can anyone believe the McCann's are guilty when you can't even trust the
integrity of the investigation? I believe it was Robert M who said, "Where does
PLE think they are? Chicago in the 20's?". It's been fun debating with you. …
http://crimeblog.us/?p=556#comment-61043

ABC News: McCanns Relaunch Campaign for Madeleine
The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann announced a new
campaign … During the press conference, John McCann stressed the need "to
remind …
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3607297&page=1

British scientists say Portuguese police 'twisted' McCann evidence
Daily Mail – UK
British scientists have sent Portuguese police an email complaining that
their laboratory findings have been "wildly misused". The Forensic Science
Service …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=483483&in_page_id=1770

Madeleine McCann police tortured me, says mother behind bars
Times Online – UK
The senior detective leading the Madeleine McCann investigation is facing
calls to step down after a woman jailed for the murder of her daughter
claimed …
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2511981.ece

-Note from Capri – And that sorry excuse for a detective should have his lousy
stinking butt canned and tossed in the slammer – permanently!

–

Hysteria around moms suspected of murder can warp judgment and logic.
Newsweek – USA
By Jennie Yabroff Oct. 1, 2007 issue – Kate McCann rarely cries in public,
even when talking about her missing daughter, Madeleine. …
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20920379/site/newsweek/

Professor's technology could be used in McCann case
Fairborn Daily Herald – OH,USA
And soon, he could be using the same technology and expertise to help out
the McCann family, who lost their daughter Madeleine on May 3 in Portugal
and are …
http://fairborndailyherald.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=126580&TM=43927.64

Madeleine McCann's Father: 'Intruder Was Hiding In Flat'
By Ryan
The father of the girl who was abducted whilst on holiday in Portugal has spoken
out with what he believes is the most justifiable idea for his missing daughter,
Madeleine McCann. Gerry McCann believes he may have been just a few feet …
http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/09/22/madeleine-mccanns-father-intruder-was-hiding-in-flat/

ABC News: McCanns Relaunch Campaign for Madeleine
The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann announced a new …
Since then, her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, have led an intense media
effort …
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3607297&amp;page=1

Maddie's kidnapper was hiding in room – McCann
Belfast Telegraph – United Kingdom
Gerry McCann believes Madeleine's kidnapper was hiding in the room when he
checked on his daughter the night she went missing in Portugal. …

Madeleine McCann's parents hired detectives
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
By Caroline Gammell in Praia da Luz Kate and Gerry McCann have hired a firm
of private investigators to help them track their missing daughter,
Madeleine, …
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/24/nmaddy124.xml

New Video, Old Suspect in McCann Case
With Portuguese officials still tight-lipped on the case of British toddler
Madeleine McCann's disappearance in May, word is emerging of a video that showed
Maddie dining out just hours before she vanished, while a suspect is denying a
…
http://www.daylife.com/story/0dQu5sI4RY70j

McCann friends fill in 'missing six hours' – Independent Online
ABC NewsMcCann friends fill in 'missing six hours'Independent Online – 4 hours
agoThe first full account of Kate and Gerry McCann's final day with their
daughter emerged on Saturday, reports the Daily Mail newspaper. …
http://news.originalsignal.com/article/495766/mccann-friends-fill-in-and-39-missing-six-hoursand-39-independent-online.html

Google being used to bypass anti-spam defenses
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
Spammers are using embedded google search strings in spam emails to
generate search results that contain malicious web sites as the first
result. …
http://weblog.infoworld.com/securityadviser/archives/2007/09/google_being_us.html

News – US net providers pursue spammers
"Congress gave us the necessary tools to pursue spammers with stiff penalties,
and we in the industry didn't waste a moment moving with speed and resolve to
take advantage of the new law," said Mr Boe. Huge problem …
http://blogaj.mctv.si/cochranediabetesdrug/2007/09/22/news-us-net-providers-pursue-spammers/

Jag's datacenter is listed as a spamer
By thisisit3
Your Provider GNAXNET-AS – Global Net Access, LLC/AS3595 is UCEPROTECT-Level3
listed because he is responsible for a total of 322 Spammers on the net. For
details see: http://www.uceprotect.net …
http://www.jaguarpc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18111

Spammers feeling lucky with Google
For quite some time spammers have been trying to hide links advertised in their
e-mails. The main reason for this is probably increasing effectiveness of
various realtime blocklists, such as SURBL. For those that aren't familiar with
…
http://www.first.org/newsroom/globalsecurity/152974.html

News – Spammers given boot by net host
Along with C&W US's 3000 business customers, Savvis inherited 95 major spammers
who make their money by sending out millions of unsolicited e-mails a day with
the standard mix of Viagra and porn offers. …
http://blog.e-norwich.co.uk/cochranediabetesdrug/2007/09/22/news-spammers-given-boot-by-net-host/

How to Avoid Spam After Setting up Your Free Forum
By LIFEGUARD(LIFEGUARD)
But once you have a forum up and running, you have to deal with problems that
may arise such as spammers. It is really unfortunate that so much time is wasted
dealing with such things as spam. Unfortunately, a lot of forums have become …
http://urownbusiness.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-avoid-spam-after-setting-up-your.html
http://www.google.com/alerts/manage?hl=en

—– Original Message —–
From: Chrissy
To: dog_anti-rescue_anti-peta_new@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:11 AM
Subject: Re: [dog_anti-rescue_anti-peta_new] "owner"

This is really not a well thought out message from the AR… (I couldn't think
of anything nice to say)

What do people expect? Totally free vet care? I suppose the Ar would want the
vet to provide free services. There are some vets that would work out payment
arrangements on large bills, I know I have had to make payments for quite a few
visits. Hey that have bills to pay too.
As far as the Dentist comment, they wont keep your child but they will stop any
further dental care, the child is a human.
And YES I do OWN my dog. Until they work and can support themselves and provide
there own dinner, be a contributing part of my family I will be the boss of
them… and yes this goes for my child too… But there is a huge difference
between my child and my dog… I will kick the dog out of bed if it has flees,
and my daughter doesn't crap in the floor if I don't get back in time to tell
her to go to the bathroom.

Ok… that is my 2 cents on this… Animals are property.. we should be able to
do with them as we want.. the only rights an animal has is food water and
protection from the elements (and to be slaughtered in a quick and effective
way)

Chrissy

Re: [dog_anti-rescue_anti-peta_new] "owner"
By Indy(Indy)
Disgusting! I'll put *s around anything else I see wrong with this garbage, and
it's bound to be a heck of a lot. Subject: FW: [stopthekilling] Extension of
*Rights* for *Companion Animals* Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:07:36 -0700 …
http://dontgimmethat.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html#7351929862199627787

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September 19, 2007     Lone Star Vegan Vigilante Behind Bars Strange things happen when a restaurant dares to serve foie gras in a hotbed of animal-liberation lunatics. And sometimes those strange things are felonies. Last weekend police in Austin, Texas arrested Josh Rosenberg, the self-styled “V-Gangstar” who allegedly vandalized a series of restaurants where the menus didn’t meet with his vegetarian approval. (A security camera outside one restaurant that offers foie gras caught Rosenberg in the act.) He remains behind bars on a $20,000 bond, but the story hardly ends there. A group calling itself Central Texas Animal Defense (CTAD) has been protesting outside Restaurant Jezebel for weeks, and the foie gras-friendly chef-owner tells The Austin Chronicle that sales of the delicacy are increasing because of the controversy. CTAD, it turns out, is led by Noah Cooper, a former campaign manager at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) who has a lot of explaining to do. Predictably, Cooper is trying to distance himself from Rosenberg’s alleged vandalism, although the Austin American-Statesmen reports that Rosenberg participated in CTAD’s organized protests with Cooper and others. Jezebel’s chef-owner wrote a scathing description of Cooper’s involvement with Rosenberg yesterday, and added some personal notes about what he and his family have been through: Mr. Cooper is not as distant from the vandal as he claims; in fact he can be seen standing and “hanging out” with Joshua Rosenberg on the surveillance video at every single protest until Mr. Rosenberg’s arrest.  Mr. Cooper called and threatened my parents in South Carolina and scared them to a point where they filed a police report and they are in the process of having charges filed on Mr. Cooper et al. I had to close the restaurant (Jezebel) to fly to SC to reassure my mother because she called me crying on the phone.  Mr. Cooper stated in a blog involving his girlfriend “restaurateurs are far more likely to listen when their windows are broken or their storefronts are redecorated” … Mr. Cooper in fact has worked for PETA and has moved to Texas to start up problems.  The tactics he uses are not appropriate anywhere. We couldn’t agree more. Archives of Cooper’s pages on MySpace and Friendster (later replaced with milder language) show an activist whose interests include “militancy,” “anti-capitalism,” and “anarchism.” Cooper wrote on one page: “[A]nyone involved with the ALF or the ELF are, by default, amazing … Try as you might, you cannot argue with the effectiveness of Ted Kaczynski [and] Leon Czolgosz … [Y]ou’re fooling yourself if you think talk is going to bring social change. Quit TALKING about anarchy, and go f— s— up!” Kaczynski is the famed “Unabomber.” Czolgosz was the anarchist who assassinated President William McKinley. The ALF and ELF are domestic terrorism organizations. And yes, we “bleeped” Cooper’s last sentence.   Breaking News Here’s a sampling of other stories that have caught our interest today. To see a one-week archive of these items, click here. CCF to Montgomery County, MD health enforcers: Menu labeling interferes with personal responsibility Are restaurant menu-labeling mandates just lawsuits waiting to happen? Wall Street Journal feature: Most hot-button-topic science is tainted by “sloppy analysis” Obesity politics meet real politics. Welcome to our world. Winnipeg columnist: There’s not enough evidence to justify an organic-only diet “Toxic popcorn” bill stalls in California (common sense carries the day?)   Copyright (c) 2007 Center for Consumer Freedom. All Rights Reserved. P.O. Box 27414 | Washington, DC 20038 | Tel: 202-463-7112 | info@consumerfreedom.com

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Sorry tale's just spinning out of control
Belfast Telegraph – United Kingdom
By Gail Walker Everywhere, people are talking about what might have really
happened to Madeleine McCann that night in Praia da Luz. …
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/columnists/gail-walker/article2974525.ece

Madeleine McCann's Parents Want To Refocus On Finding Missing Girl
The family of Madeleine McCann called for an end to the widespread speculation
surrounding the case, saying the focus should return to finding the missing
child.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_14869.aspx

Madeleine: McCanns consult American lawyers over 'cadaver dog …
By comment(comment)
Kate and Gerry McCann's legal team have consulted the lawyers of an American man
accused of murdering his estranged wife in a case where cadaver dog evidence was
key, a source said today. Two British sniffer dogs, one capable of …
http://madeleinemccann.blogspot.com/2007/09/madeleine-mccanns-consult-american.html

Interviews with Gerry and Kate McCann
Here are a few video clips of interviews with Gerry and Kate McCann, parents of
missing four-year-old Madeleine. From the beginning, I have felt that a horrible
thing happened to the McCann family. Surely, few horrors can begin to …
http://michellerichmond.com/sanserif/2007/09/18/interviews-with-gerry-and-kate-mccann/

Overheard In McCann Erickson
By superspy
Woman #1: Oooh, I really like the smell of whatever you're eating or wearing.
What is that? Woman #2: A cough drop. Woman #1: What kind? Woman #2: Hall's.
Woman #1: Oooh, that's really nice. -Elevator, McCann Erickson office …
http://agencyspy.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/overheard-in-ny/

I don't have much faith in the police to begin with, but those who have abused
the parents of missing children should never work again, at least, not in any
position of authority over anyone else.

I don't know if this case will ever be solved, or if any outcomes whatever they
may be, can be believed.

Controversial past of policeman leading the McCann investigation
Independent – London,England,UK
Despite the recent furore surrounding Kate and Gerry McCann being made
suspects in their daughter's disappearance, Goncalo Amaral – head of the
Policia …
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article2950302.ece

Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton knows McCann's pain
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
LINDY Chamberlain-Creighton last night leapt to the defence of the
embattled parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann. She even offered to
speak to the …
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22408831-662,00.html

Moral superiority: the ugly new stick to beat Kate McCann
Times Online – UK
We have witnessed it almost from the start with the story of Madeleine
McCann. It was there in the beginning, as in: they left their children
alone in the …
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/sandra_parsons/article2439235.ece

Madeleine: The vital witness who could help clear the McCann's name
Daily Mail – UK
TV producer Jeremy Wilkins, on holiday in Praia da Luz with his partner and
baby son, spoke to Gerry McCann during the hour when Madeleine went
missing. …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=482157&in_page_id=1770
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ncl=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html%3Fin_article_id%3D482157%26in_page_id%3D1770

Maddie McCann cops in torture claim
Melbourne Herald Sun – Australia
THE senior detective jointly in charge of the investigation into the
Madeleine McCann disappearance is to face a criminal hearing into an
alleged cover-up …
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22430541-5005961,00.html

The McCann case is no place for anonymity
Guardian Unlimited – UK
They've 'launched an astonishing smear campaign against Kate McCann'
apparently. They say she's 'hysterical and visibly out of control'. …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2170052,00.html

UK media raise doubts about McCann police
New Zealand Herald – New Zealand
By Stacey Hunt The blanket media coverage of the Madeleine McCann case
continues in the UK, with the public now taking some of the blame for the
abuse laid …
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10464199

Today while driving in to work I was listening to a talk show that features?a Lawyer, Len Tillem, that discusses legal issues with callers on the air.? Today he had a caller call in about three dogs he “adopted” from the Fresno SPCA.? This young U.S. Marine bought a dog a couple months ago and the dog ended up having Parvo.? The SPCA would not look at the dog so he had to go to an Emergency Vet as all other vets would not see the dog.? After extended treatment the dog died and he owes $3700. in Vet bills.

He then?”adopts” a second dog from the Fresno SPCA and the dog ends up with Kennel?Cough.? They gave him medication to treat the dog but the condition worsens,?and the SPCA tells him it will get worse before it gets better.? At 11:00 AM today the dog was put down.? The dog had pneumonia.

This young Marine complained to the Fresno SPCA about the two dogs and to make amends the SPCA gives him another dog.? This dog has PARVO!

Now why was it I am supposed to avoid people that breed dogs and buy one from a shelter?

I really want to know why our tax dollars are funding places that make animals diseased and we are emotionally black mailed into “Adopting” pets from them only to have our hearts broken.

I feel sad for this young man that wanted to “Do the right thing” and “Adopt” a dog from a shelter.

-Mike
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