Category: General

They really, really want to believe.

Also for sale were laser pointers and flashlights, but Mutual UFO Network spokesman Alejandro Rojas said it may not be a good idea to shine a flashlight directly at a flying saucer. That's what the Maine fishermen did in 1976, he said, and it made the aliens mad enough that they abducted the fishermen, who haven't been heard from since.

"We don't recommend that you use the flashlight to initiate alien contact," Rojas said. "You could be in trouble."

If the fishermen were abducted, and never heard from again, how can anyone state for a fact that they were abducted because they shined a flashlight at a UFO? Making these kinds of statements, demonstrating seriously flawed logic, is why the ‘believers’ come off as kooks.

I am not saying that I don’t believe in life on other planets, but I don’t prop up my beliefs with fabricated facts.

-Chris

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Mel says: “In the coming apocolypse, we shall be the sole source of the plum syrup.”

ps. This is my first post from the WordPress iPhone application. Woo Hoo!!!

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Check from a scammer bounces victim into jail
David Lazarus
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

San Francisco resident Matthew Shinnick tried to sell a pair of mountain bikes on Craigslist late last year. He attracted a buyer, received a check in the mail — and ended up handcuffed by police in a downtown Bank of America branch and jailed for almost 12 hours.

First, follow the link above and read the story. Then, answer me one question: How do you verify that a check is good other than going into the bank and asking? Calling the person or company on the check does you no good if someone printed bogus checks with a stolen account number on it. I was passed a bad check a couple of years ago, and Mel deposited it into her back account. I shudder to think what would have happened if BofA had pressed charges against Mel for depositing that check for me!

-Chris

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