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Crime

The "Press 9 to Claim Your Prize" Telephone Scam

A couple of days ago I received this telephone call, the transcript of which is as follows:

Congratulations!
You have been randomly selected to receive a Florida Bahamas holiday with all accommodations.
To hear more details press "9".

US Federal Emergency Management Agency used fake reporters

FEMA sorry for fake news briefing -- chicagotribune.com

WASHINGTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency's No. 2 official apologized Friday for leading a staged news conference Tuesday in which FEMA employees posed as reporters while real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions.

"We are reviewing our press procedures and will make the changes necessary to ensure that all of our communications are straight forward and transparent," Vice Adm. Harvey E. Johnson Jr., FEMA's deputy administrator, said in a four-paragraph statement.

Dubya - the Worst Political Leader in History

Dubya Bin LadenI'm not an American, in fact I've never even been there (and frankly I don't think I ever will), but like most people I am completely appalled by the tenure in office of Mr. George "Dubya" Bush - a man who makes the most notorious dictators in history look tame by comparison.

I thought I knew quite a bit about how corrupt and evil Dubya was, until I came across a Blog called Monkey Lunch, which recites a litany of scandals against El Presidente several miles long.