Monday, February 19, 2007

Internet Hoaxes

Sometimes, these are just fun to read. I found an RSS feed that lists the top ten current hoaxes and it has a button to add it to your RSS feed. It's "Sophos Daily Top Ten Hoaxes." Here's the current crop:

  1. 1 Hotmail hoax
    1 Hotmail hoax
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  2. 2 Olympic torch
    2 Olympic torch
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  3. 3 Budweiser frogs screensaver
    3 Budweiser frogs screensaver
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  4. 4 A virtual card for you
    4 A virtual card for you
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  5. 5 Bonsai kitten
    5 Bonsai kitten
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  6. 6 Meninas da Playboy
    6 Meninas da Playboy
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  7. 7 Bill Gates fortune
    7 Bill Gates fortune
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  8. 8 MSN is closing down
    8 MSN is closing down
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  9. 9 Bloodhound
    9 Bloodhound
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z
  10. 10 Applebees Gift Certificate
    10 Applebees Gift Certificate
    Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:36:35 Z

Of course, the best site of all for hoaxes and urban legends is Snopes.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Snow: "I'm Not Sure Anything Went Wrong" In Iraq

MAJOR BRAIN FART ALERT!

NEW YORK Surely, at this stage, the White House would be willing to admit that conditions in Iraq following the 2003 invasion haven't gone exactly according to plan? White House Press Secretary Tony Snow was asked about this today at the daily briefing, following the release of military documents from 2002 that revealed that the U.S. expected that by now a token American force of 5,000 would be able to keep things under control in Iraq -- and the occupation would require only a two or three month "stabilization" period.

"What went wrong?" the reporter reasonably asked.

Snow replied: "I'm not sure anything went wrong."

READ THE ARTICLE HERE