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A Basic but Effective Internet Security Tactic

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by Cowboy Bob Sorensen The most effective way to keep your identity, finances, privacy, and so on safe online is to never go online. Easy enough... Unfortunately, since internet activity is ubiquitous and even expected, it is impractical to stay offline and live in this world. There are owlhoots looking to get information and money, and many are very skilled. Software developers are constantly updating against viruses, phishing, and other hacks — which is one reason to let your operating system, virus scanner, and other software update itself. Cybercrime warning, Pixabay / Gerd Altmann (geralt) Okay, we know that most folks cannot completely avoid going online to do certain minimal things. Sneaky people still find ways of causing people harm. Education is extremely important, and I reckon a good measure of suspicion is useful. Experience is helpful but getting that also has risks because people are exposed to sites that may be harmful. Suspicious Facebook Messenger message with link (

Fraud on Facebook?

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by Cowboy Bob Sorensen There are many instances of outright fraud on Facebook where people have been tricked into giving important information, making bad purchases, and so on. This is not about those third-party deceptions by sidewinders. No, this is about a different area. Modified from an image on Clker clip art In mid-November, the option was taken using Facebook's own "Promote Your Page" option to spotlight The Question Evolution Project . There were some good articles that needed exposure, and we've done these promotions before. The targeted areas were the United States, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Australia, India, and Indonesia (we do get visitors from non-English-speaking countries), and the promotion is toward people who have an interest in the topics we cover. When the Likes started pouring in, I realized that something was wrong. At this moment, we show about 5,225 Likes from people who use some form of English as their selected la

Evolution, the Welfare Pseudoscience

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Did I mention that " Question Evolution Day " is February 12? Know how government can save billions of dollars? Stop funding religious pseudoscience. Of course, I am talking about evolutionism. It is based on fraud and the pursuit of money, and is a complete waste because there is no practical benefit in it. As the American people faced a "fiscal cliff" dilemma forcing action on monetary policies which could raise taxes and cut government spending this may be as good a time as any to discuss one of the ways the US government could save vast amounts of money while also cutting suicide rates and increasing the collective American intelligence quotient. The "theory" of evolution has become the stand-alone hypothesis for how man came into being by the "scientific" community in the western world, but is this real science or is something more sinister afoot?   Richard Dawkins, arguably the world's most renowned apologist for the worldvie

Piltdown Superman - Pop Icon

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Ladies and gentlemen... The creation sensation, Piltdown Superman ! (and the crowd goes wild) Click images for larger views. This bad boy will take over your screen when you click it! Here is the song, lyrics rewritten by the crew at Stormbringer Productions. Click for a much larger image. But if that won't work, the lyrics are typed below: Piltdown Music Part One Pop, pop, pop Piltdown Pop, pop, pop Piltdown Dig it! Your hero's found Southern Ape, Northern Ape Big Bang pick axe Got your wishful thinking Grand foundation full of cracks Fish flops on the sand Wishes he had a hand Fossil, docile, Surrey hostel Dance the PDSM Dance the PDSM (Why'd you write that?) Chain of missing links (How'd you write that?)   Skeptics are having drinks (Why'd you write that?) Proof by hijinks This whole theory stinks New York, London, Paris Munich — Everyone dance the Piltdown Music! Boogie to Nebraska Dig up a pig's tooth Glue down Peppered Moths Fabricate

The Scams Just Keep on Rolling!

What can I say? If you get something like this, don't fall for it! And this is hilarious: Two of the links show that Kim Woo Choong is going to jail for fraud! These losers can't even scam right! And they want me to invest funds in China? Yeah, I'll invest in the Tibetan people! It'll be a helluva birthday gift for the Dalai Lama! Now, I also hope you don't break the cardinal rule, and I'll say it again: NEVER give personal or confidential information away to strangers. "If it's too good to be true, it probably is" still holds true, so don't trust this stuff. Some of these stronzos are stupid enough to keep circulating their names all over the Internet for a while. But later on, they'll change their names. The basic approach that I've posted in scams in this Weblog will still remain, however. So don't be fooled. Dear Friend, This is a Management Placement on behalf of Mr. Kim Woo Choong. Mr. Kim Woo Choong is looking for an expe