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Hey, dont do that at work
Gustav's Groupie —
Authority: 431
Yesterday, I wandered into the break room and glanced at the bulletin board to notice a picture of Bill Cosby. I thought to myself, "WTF?" Turns out that a coworker (probably my near-70 year-old supervisor) had received an email forward and decided to print it out for the enjoyment of everyone else. Thinking it ...4 hours ago -
Snopes.com Pontificates on The Post & Email’s AP Story
The Betrayal —
Authority: 454
The Post & Emai l published PROVIDES NO REASONABLE BASIS TO DOUBT REPORT News commentary by John Charlton (Nov. 21, 2009) — Shortly before it was reported that The Post & Email and other sites received harassing emails from an IP number just a few miles from the registered address of the domain ...4 days ago -
The magic lie
lovable liberal —
Authority: 138
The Velvet Revolution began with a lie, so the New York Times says : On Tuesday, thousands of Czechs marched through the streets here, to the sound of wailing sirens and the growls of police dogs, eerily replicating a nonviolent student march on Nov. 17, 1989, in which the police rounded on demonstrators and ...6 days ago -
Great Hoax From Little Acorns…
ThreatBlog —
Authority: 560
I learned a new word today. "Glurge", according to snopes.com , an essential resource when checking the validity of dubious chain letters, glurge is the sending of inspirational (and supposedly true) tales … that often … undermine their messages by fabricating and distorting historical fact in the guise of ...1 week ago -
An Oldie but a Goodie
Kodiak Konfidential —
Authority: 134
Hahahaha, its funny because its true.I saw this on Snopes. Heheheh...1 week ago -
Lesson Learned
Stormbringer's Thunder —
Authority: 115
Buona sera. Today is Veterans Day. Im wearing my fathers World War II US Navy dog tags. Here I go again, taking the easy way out by posting something that came in my e-mail. Well, get over it, this is good stuff. I verified it through Snopes, and I was surprised for two reasons. First, because so much I get is fake, ...2 weeks ago -
Warning: “Asda Abduction” Story Is a Hoax
The British National Party —
Authority: 618
The British National Party urges people not to be fooled by a fake email and text message rumour currently circulating about an “abduction” of a girl in an Asda supermarket by “Romanian gypsies.” There is no truth to this story and people are urged not to forward it or encourage its further dissemination. The ...2 weeks ago -
Was Kurt Andersen The First To Out Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie?
Mediaite —
Authority: 802
November 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, the self-proclaimed “most widely viewed children’s show in the world.” Google is celebrating with logo doodles , while the Wall Street Journal ’s Speakeasy blog is using the opportunity to ponder the age old pop culture question : Are Bert and ...2 weeks ago -
Snopes.com neighborhood Obot caught snooping again
The Betrayal —
Authority: 454
The Post & Email published NOT JUST HAPPENSTANCE, REPEAT BEHAVIOR SEEN AS DETERMINED INTELLIGENCE GATHERING by John Charlton (Nov. 3, 2009) — In response to the report by The Post & Email , “Are Obots snooping on you?” , Davy Crockett of Oil For Immigration caught the same individual using 8 ...3 weeks ago -
The Truth About Starbucks
Gomestic —
Authority: 138
The forward printed below recently came through to me in my Yahoo inbox. As a former Pacific North-westerner, Starbucks lies very near and dear to my heart. I felt that I had to do some research in to the matter. In this article I am going to tell you some things that I learned about Starbucks. I think you may be ...3 weeks ago -
Are Obots Snooping on you? - You Bet
The Betrayal —
Authority: 454
Update After running a quick scan I found that also we were and are being visited the Obot(s) mentioned. I found several names connected to 66.214.85.20. It seems that the Obot(s) is using a number of aliases and given that an alias cannot be considered private information here the list: STepper Bravo Martine ...3 weeks ago -
Shorty drinking a troppy...
MetaFilter —
Authority: 751
In the early 1990s the drink Tropical Fantasy was the subject of African American conspiracy theories alleging that it sapped the fertility of black men. Snopes debunked the myth, but it survives. Welcome to the ballbuster3 weeks ago -
Kathleens "Old Yeller" Moment
Riding With The Top Down —
Authority: 425
Have you been forwarded the tear-jerking story "Whoever gets my dog"? Its the one about Reggie, the adopted black Lab. This isnt Reggie. This is my Beauty, the adopted Lab mix. I blogged about my adoption experience a couple of months ago, and I might have called her nearly perfect. Her few minor problems went ...4 weeks ago

