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JackRiddler

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20. All doubtless true, the point is that spam filters really are working well these days.
Fri Apr 13, 2012, 06:29 PM
Apr 2012

Although it was not going to break the Internet or end the economy, as the propaganda had it, pure spam was genuinely annoying almost everyone daily to a far greater extent 10 years ago than it is today with improved filters, or so I see it from my own inbox and reports from others.

I notice there's been no "flu season of DEATH" scare this year. BlueIris Apr 2012 #1
the fear of vaginas and African Americans have now fully replaced those. Whisp Apr 2012 #2
Doctors were genuinely concerned about swine flu, it wasn't propaganda. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #24
they do post these scare stories on occasion quinnox Apr 2012 #3
Probably dusting off their shark attack templates too--summer's right around the corner! catbyte Apr 2012 #4
lol, no doubt quinnox Apr 2012 #6
I'd wager every cent I've ever owned and I'll that I'll ever earn that photos were taken of OBL DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #10
Take off the tin foil. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #25
My favorite remains the "al Qaeda frogmen" who were going to blow up ships in ports. . . Journeyman Apr 2012 #5
Incidental to the point you're making, but do you remember Ky Senator Jim Bunning? DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #11
Actually infrastructure and net attacks nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #7
I'm certain that there are some vulnerable systems attached to unsafe networks DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #12
1997 california power outrage nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #17
The entire color coded "terror alerts" system the Bushies used to terrorize Americans just1voice Apr 2012 #8
Agreed. And we had a faulty terror sensor anyway. It was stuck on orange. n/t DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #13
That was so blatant BS it was pathetic. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #26
The media is fickle and isn't much interested in following up things MineralMan Apr 2012 #9
I largely agree wtih your points DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #14
The media seems more interested in capturing an audience than MineralMan Apr 2012 #15
Right on all counts except spam... JackRiddler Apr 2012 #16
I could be wrong about spam, but do consider the possibility... DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #19
All doubtless true, the point is that spam filters really are working well these days. JackRiddler Apr 2012 #20
(Facebook-like thumbs up here, indicating agreement (we need an ascii symbol for that)) n/t DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #22
I think that some of these.. sendero Apr 2012 #18
Infotainment is why propaganda monocultures dominate. JackRiddler Apr 2012 #21
Can't .. sendero Apr 2012 #23
K&R Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #27
Just like that rainforest scare a few years back. Robb Apr 2012 #28
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