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But you don't want to vote for them!

I have purposefully held off from political commentary during this election cycle. For those of you that have been reading this long enough, you know how I feel. After doing many, many posts during the time leading up to  (and after) the presidential elections two years ago - most anything I said would be redundant. One thing I have noticed during this campaign season even more than the last few (and the prevalance has been increasing for many election cycles) is negative ads. It amazes me how a candidate (and this is about the only thing that is truly bi-partisan) can run a 60 second spot and not tell me any reason I should vote for them except that their opponent is evil personified. The "but I'm not as bad as him/her" reasoning is the word of the day. I know that experts and pundants say that the reason negative ads are run is, they work. I guess this is like my prior post - that's what they say about spam too - we continue to see it because it gets results. I
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At least make an effort

Like you, I get an amazing amount of spam each day. I have three email accounts that I check regularly (and a few more I don't) and have been online for over 15 years with one of them, so maybe I get a bit more than average. I read articles that talk about how many billion spam emails are sent each day. I also hear that the reason there are so many is that they produce results. Spam is essentially free to create. A bit of time and an internet account are all that is needed. So, I guess to get a return on that investment doesn't take but one or two poor souls to be duped. I have noticed lately that a lot of the spam I am getting is really, REALLY badly produced. Come on now, this was the subject of one I got this morning: compactors flatulent conglomerating Compactors flatulent conglomerating!?! Really!? I will admit it made me look at the contents. (I heard a gasp - "you opened a known spam email?" - sure I do it all the time in my spam filters' message center
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Really, I don't know how that got there!

This guy is obviously a few horns shy of a full orchestra. Gotta give him credit for being prepared though. Denver man sentenced for child porn, ID theft By The Denver Post Ralph Landers, 43, of Denver was sentenced to 16 1/2 years in federal prison this week after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, identity theft, fraud and other charges. That is how the story begins. Most definitely a model citizen. Then it tells how the authorities got on to him originally. Authorities became aware of Landers in March 2008, when he attempted to buy child pornography over the Internet using a fake credit card, according to court documents. Dude, a fake credit card? He missed internet purchasing of illicit materials 101. It continues... Investigators eventually learned Landers had tapped 114 bank and credit card accounts using stolen identities and commercial mailboxes he had rented. He was indicted last year and pleaded guilty in February. He was arrested after po
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Today's Headlines

Here are some more headlines and news stories: Two arrests at Liverpool airport after attempt to smuggle corpse onto flight Man, another wasted Saturday night! World's Oldest Leather Shoe Found Now if they could just find the other one. Finding the pair is always the rub. Former mayor receives two year sentence for underwear theft in England The dude that was wearing them says he does not want them back. Two ill after eating burgers laced with multi-purpose cleaner in Australia Someone should have told them that "multi-purpose" has limitations! Almighty set to 'guarantee' quality of mineral water in south Russia Is it to be a money back guarantee? They say the devil is in the details. Vt. police: Women had 77 cats living in 2 cars It was all good until they started making "tuna runs" every night. This one requires a bit more than the headline. Hang on... Maybe she just needed to feel wanted Police: Woman flags down cop, ask
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