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Apparently because Snopes keeps debunking all their lying spam email shit. Like this.
Which Snopes addresses:
Quote: : Because snopes.com is all about rumors, it was only a matter of time before rumors began to circulate about it and its operators, such...
Started by KingOrfeo on
, 13 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at literotica):
FactCheck.org debunks anti-Snopes viral email from 2009.
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I've read mutters-and-whispers to that effect on some messageboards (never this one). Mainly because Snopes is always debunking RW spam emails, like this. (Such emails, BTW, often come from a highly organized source. )
But I didn't realize until recently...
Started by BrainGlutton on
, 50 posts
by 27 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightdope):
snopes.com: Debt Free America Act
Is the U.S.government proposing a 1% tax on debit card usage.
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In the style of activist-filmmaker James O'Keefe, an anti-abortion group has released an undercover video purportedly showing a Planned Parenthood counselor in Texas assisting a woman who says she's seeking a sex-selection abortion.
http://news.yahoo....
Started by snopes on
, 19 posts
by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at snopes):
It's not our business to try to persuade a woman to make a choice one way or... .
I'd say we're doing a damned good job.
They trolled health centers for months and that's the worst they could get .
Is "complete and utter bull-NFBSK" considered a style? Yawn.
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Ask your Facebook Friends
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I just got this e-mail:
Quote: : Amazon.com - Your Cancellation (16-2383-8554)
Monday, May 7, 2012 1:46 PM
From:
"order-update@amazon.com"
Dear Customer,
Your order has been successfully canceled. For your reference, here's a summary of your order:
You...
Started by Mr. Billion on
, 16 posts
by 13 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at snopes):
I use Eudora, and it specifically comes up to warn you if you click on a link that doesn't go where it says it goes... .
Http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing
Just be certain where links are going before you click on them .
Pretty easy and very common.
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My boyfriend and I are going on a 5-day road trip next week. From Irvine, we'll be taking the 5 to the 99 through Bakersfield and staying overnight near Fresno, where his brother lives. Then we'll be driving up to the Napa/Sonoma area to do some wine ...
Started by Esprise Me on
, 11 posts
by 9 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at snopes):
Oh, no, the mountains are lovely if you like hiking, just watch out for... .
The middle of the state doesn't have much but the farmers markets are amazing .
However, here are my things.
I lived in Lemoore for 2 years.
One warning, all my info is 10 years ago.
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My boys (aged 7.5 and 9.5) are keen to see The Avengers. In Australia it's rated M (presumably because there is no PG13 rating here). I was hoping someone here has seen it and could provide me with some guidance as to whether it might be suitable for ...
Started by Lulu on
, 19 posts
by 14 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at snopes):
Whoa, Harry Potter films with M ratings? I guess it doesn't carry as much weight in that part of the world? Here, the Avengers has a 12A rating, as did X-Men: First Class and Order of the Phoenix, which means that under-12s have to be accompanied by an... .
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A drone may never have a sense of morality, but it might perform better than a human soldier in sparing the innocent.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...825529656.html
Started by snopes on
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by 2 people.
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I have to spend all day computing pi because he plugged in the Overlord." Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Mass Effect... .
What a tool he was.
See, this is where it starts, and when we're all just organic batteries, guess who they'll blame? This is all Joker's fault .
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Quote: : NASHVILLE, Tenn. George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1490083.html
Started by TallGeekyGirl on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at snopes):
Seaboe I can think of a few characters influenced by him - Ernest (the late Jim Varney), Larry the Cable Guy, Nascar driver Michael Waltrip... .
The obituary a friend linked yesterday said he was 76 .
How odd.
RIP Goober.
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Comment: Where does "He's lost his marbles" or "I may be old, but I still
have all my marbles" come from?
Started by snopes on
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by 1 people.
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I did a quick search and couldn't fine a thread. I just had to say Eur ovi sion is on. Start the drinking games now!
Started by Dasla on
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by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at snopes):
Us too scoring categories this year include:
Best man in... .
We're having our annual Eurovision party with pizza, flags and our own style of scoresheets .
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