Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
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mdirtygirl2 said 1:03PM on 1-29-2008
I don't want to understand the mentality of the hacker, but I do understand religion. Religion is an emotional refuge for the weak who cannot find their own answers. People hide with their fears under the false umbrella of protection provided by the lies of organized religions. It is a deceptive form of control that makes you feel better, even though nothing has really changed. You are still in the same mess, and even worse because now you just gave away money that you needed to a church.
Organized religion is the biggest financial fraud in the world, even bigger then Wall Street. And yet everybody still plays.
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gb said 1:12PM on 1-29-2008
Guess it's a good thing I don't have religion...I have Jesus!
God Bless(es Always)
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pedro gross said 1:54PM on 1-29-2008
Good job to those hackers. There are a few sites that need to be shut down too. Keep up the good work. Next in line should be Neo-Nazis and Commie web sites.
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hehehe said 5:01PM on 1-29-2008
I guess Tom won't be jumping up and down on the couch tonight!
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thom said 5:01PM on 1-29-2008
This is great news. Scientology has had it coming for a long time. Let it rip!
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Lisa said 5:07PM on 1-29-2008
The hackers had a good idea, but when the "church" finds out who they are...there's going to be hell to pay. Oh yes. They don't like people who object to their ideas.
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Burce said 5:18PM on 1-29-2008
All religion is whacked to the next guy over. Just because you dislike or refuse to understand one person's religion,(be it a "cult", spiritual belief system, or whatever) should not give you the right to attack or belittle their beliefs. Hey if it works for you and you aren't intruding on other peoples beliefs more power to ya I say. Isn't that what our constitution implies on the subject anyway?... What would be the fall-out if this happened to the Southern Baptist website, or Pat Roberts of the world, or Catholic churches? Scientology is the easy target of the day. Guess it's easy thing to do when you can hide behind the so-called anonymity of the internet.
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PITY said 5:26PM on 1-29-2008
mdirtygirl2 OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A BABE, WHO THINKS THEY COME FROM A TOMATO. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, BECAUSE YOUR SOUL IS COLD.
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Leena said 5:30PM on 1-29-2008
Is it just me or was that uber creepy?
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Sara Sidle said 5:31PM on 1-29-2008
mdirtygirl2 says:
I don't want to understand the mentality of the hacker, but I do understand religion. Religion is an emotional refuge for the weak who cannot find their own answers. People hide with their fears under the false umbrella of protection provided by the lies of organized religions. It is a deceptive form of control that makes you feel better, even though nothing has really changed. You are still in the same mess, and even worse because now you just gave away money that you needed to a church.
Organized religion is the biggest financial fraud in the world, even bigger then Wall Street. And yet everybody still plays.
And you know this how?
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Steve said 6:22PM on 1-29-2008
All glory to the dark lord Xenu! May the soul catchers find the world bountiful, and may Tom Cruise be infected with a billion thetans! Praise Xenu!!!
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roger said 6:23PM on 1-29-2008
how does dirtygirl2 know this??? the code has been cracked, and now the attempts to hack will be readily available. secret code: CS
or now will be known as something secretly desired: common sense. she has said better than most of the best.
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Some Guy said 6:27PM on 1-29-2008
Take ou the skin heads an neo-nazi websites while your at it!
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CD said 6:38PM on 1-29-2008
Whether one's faith is considered right, wrong or indifferent, what right does anyone have to deny that faith to those who choose to embrace it? The freedom of religion is one of the great graces of this country, and if we give in to those who would deny us that, then we are no better than those who would not fight Hitler. If we don't fight for their rights, who will fight for the us?
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Dee said 6:50PM on 1-29-2008
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
TOO MANY ARE DECEIVEING THEMSELVES, AND OTHERS.
WE NEED TO READ THE WORD AND ASK GOD FOR REVELATION OF HIS WORD IN JESUS NAME.
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Dave said 6:54PM on 1-29-2008
Actually, the freedom of speech gives someone the right to belittle anyone's beliefs. Why should religion have protection that political, sociological, or scientific beliefs don't?
Yes, it is illegal under the United State's law system. However, from a moralist standpoint (be it utilitarian, nihilistic, etc), this act is justified.
Pshh.. Don't even mention Hitler. Godwin's Law.
They are hiding because they will be arrested. Everyone hides behind something, be it strength, money, social constructs.
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Dave said 6:54PM on 1-29-2008
Oh yeah, Dee, shut up you religious weakling. No one wants to hear your bullshit.
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sootro mendy said 6:56PM on 1-29-2008
Funny thing when the world criticize the way Chinese govt and many of it's citizens condemn FaLong Gong cult, while the same group of people do exactly the same intolerated other cult themselves such as Davidian branch, Scientology etc. How hilarious. To me, cult is cult and all religions were creation of cults from the very beginning.
Online harrassment, Online damage of private property etc are all equally bad if the so call democratic govt allow such disgusting thing to happen. It's a Shame.
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ChurchCapt said 7:07PM on 1-29-2008
This is for ALL you know......please help me spread this to save lives......this is NOT "religion", this is Reality, objective reality!
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------->>>"Suicide rate among girls skyrockets 76%, says Centers for
Disease Control & Prevention"means, see to it that your
neighbour has it just as good as you do, self-lessly!~~~
"Who is my neighbour?"....EveryOne on the planet!
All humans born are @ least 33rd or 34th cousins [from Noah's 3 sons: we are All related family!]
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Scientist said 7:09PM on 1-29-2008
To PITY: Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian
10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.
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