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Just how stupid do you have to be to fall for idiocy like this?

Dear Prospective Partner,

I am writing to you on behalf of Mr. Chen Shui-bian. My name is Huge Walker and I am a top management executive here at the Industrial & Commercial Bank of
China (London) Limited. Our bank website is http://www.icbcasia.com

My friend Mr. Chen Shui-bian has presented a subtle offer which will need the help of a partner like you to complete successfully. Mr. Chen Shui-bian is in a
difficult situation and he must immediately relocate certain sums of money out of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. More so, this must be done in such a
way that it must not be tied to Mr. Chen. The sum is currently deposited in the name of an existing legal entity. Your role will be to:

[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account by working with me on the Confidential and Private process.
[3]. Invest/Manage the funds outside of China.
[4]. Value of funds: $40 Million US Dollars.

Everything will be done legally to ensure the rights to the funds are transferred to you. If you agree to partner with Mr. Chen, he will compensate
you with 25% of the total sum. Should you prefer I re-contact you with more express facts, you can send me your:

[1] Full Names:
[2] Personal profile:
[3] Daytime Telephone No:
[4] Country

For Mr. Chen Shui-bian's current profile visit this site:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8251444.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ asia-pacific/8233342.stm

You can email me at hugehwalker@aim.com for further details, for
terms and agreement.

Sincerely,

Mr. Huge Walker
ICBC (London) Limited
36 King Street London EC2V 8BB
United Kingdom.

Huge Walker? Seriously? 25% of $40 million? Seriously? Gigantic balls? Definitely.

This is why I have one email address for my friends and one email for everything else. Sheesh.
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Oh, wait! There's more:

Skye Bank Nigeria Plc,after a closed door meeting with IMF has concluded to pay
you $10.5m as unpaid contract fund via ATM Card.kindly send your names,address
and phone # for immediate payment.
Dr Michael Elo

It's my lucky day, apparently.
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Update: How popular can one girl get? Very, apparently, if she's clueless:

I am Mr Patrick Chan, I have biz deal worth $16.7M contact me via email pchanikkx@yahoo.com.hk for details.

Yahoo! I'm rich.

Quick Stops

Via Instapundit, I see some poor mope compares Obama to Truman and actually believes it's possible The One can win the same way Give 'Em Hell Harry did.

Perhaps.

But not until The One mans up and changes the nameplate on his desk from "I Never Met A Buck I Couldn't Pass!" to:


Between you and me, I don't think that's at all possible.
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Oh, man! I love the whole Jack Reacher series, and this news is so wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to begin:

He is certainly a huge celebrity, but as far as size goes, Tom Cruise is not exactly big.

However the 49-year-old movie star's next leading role is playing giant Jack Reacher in the film adaptation of Lee Child's thriller book One Shot.

Check out Reacher's stats, per the novelist himself, here. If you can, with a straight face, 'splain me how they can turn the Poison Dwarf into that towering giant of a man, I'll buy your cocktails for a month.

Count me among the many who will be boycotting this one.
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Bus Fumes

Curtis Moore has lost three cats, including his cat, Walter, who’s hind leg was found by his next door neighbor.

“I don’t live in the mountains, I live in the city. I’m ok with wildlife, but I don’t like them eating my pets,” Moore said.

How many different kinds of stupid do you have to be to not get the message after the first cat didn't come home?

Keep. Your. Freaking Cats. Indoors.

Asshole.

Drive-Bys

How did CharlieDelta's cat pick him?


It was a match made in heaven, actually.
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Side by side in today's Daily Mail, the following headlines:

• Smoke, drink, eat the wrong food and live to 100... if you've inherited the right genes
  
  
• Mediterranean diet 'lengthens life by up to FIFTEEN years', researchers claim

So... which is true and which isn't?
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Why, oh, why do politicians just not get it???

Another politician forced to resign after sending naked pictures to woman he had online relationship with

Camera phone + naked + press "send" = TROUBLE + caught... er... red-handed

It's a very simple equation, no?
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On the other hand, here's a little article to remind you that there are good people left in the world:

In 55 days, Kellogg assisted 115 strangers and made an exhilarating realization: “You don’t have to be a billionaire to be a philanthropist,” he says. “You just have to ask people, ‘How can I help?’ ”

Would that there were many more young folks out there just like him.
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Why do I love hanging around with my BlownStar Blodgers pal El Capitan? Because he'll take part in the damnedest things... like this. (And, yes -- you can see him quite clearly in that video clip.)

I'll be seeing him in just a few weeks. Check back to see if he taught me all those fancy steps.
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Giggle of the Day:

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Drive-Bys

Giggle of the Day:

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Facebook once again is rolling out something you should know about... and probably don't.

Check your settings, m'kay?
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You mean the glaciers aren't shrinking after all??? (Global warming. It's a beautiful thing.)
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Chocolate-Peanut Spread that not only looks delicious, but is incredibly easy to make.
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What complete idiocy is this?

Moviegoers planning to see “The King’s Speech” after the Oscars might see a different version than what has already been released.

Executive producer Harvey Weinstein is mulling an idea to re-edit the R-rated movie — which received 12 Oscar nominations Tuesday, more than any other film — to get a different rating, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Weinstein, who said he is discussing the idea with director Tom Hooper, is aiming for a PG-13 or even a PG. The move would be part of a marketing strategy intended to up the film’s appeal to a broader swath of moviegoers.

Puh-leeze! Go to the "R" rated version or you'll miss half the fun. (Just ask the Mad Minnesotan.)
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The most sensible (and conservative) article ever to grace the pages of the Chicago Tribune can be found here.

6. We can’t be dependent on the government.

Remember the immortal words of President Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you ... ” Plan for independence, because there is no way our country can take care of all of us as we age. Of course, America has always taken care of the neediest among us, and will always try to do so. But will we have the resources and the growth to provide for everyone? Or will we resort to debt and money printing? And how long will that work?

These past few years should have taught us that government, under both political parties, can’t solve all our problems or fix all our economic suffering. It can only provide the framework for growth that comes from people at every level of our society.

Who knew?
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When even a regular union guy doesn't back the Chicago Teachers Union, you know the public school system is broken:

Bryant Coulter is a firefighter who considers himself a pro-union guy, but prefers non-union charters schools. “I saw five fights while waiting to talk to an assistant principal at the CPS high school my son went to,” said Coulter. The difference was “night and day” after switching to charter schools, he said.

The current head of the teachers union is an asshat, BTW:

Charter schools are just a marketing scheme trying to sell a product that doesn’t work — just like a weight loss gimmick she once fell for. “Guess what?” said Lewis. “I’m still a fat girl.”

Guess what, Karen? Apparently you're half wrong -- you're still fat, I agree.
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The Rahm Emanuel Hokey Pokey is finally over: The Illinois Supreme Court says he can put is left foot in.

Ear Worm of the Day?



That's what it's all about!