Don’t Get Tab Nabbed
Posted by Michelle Moquin on July 22nd, 2010
Oooh I think this is a goody and one to watch for if you’re like many surfing the net with a lot of tabs open.
New Internet Scam – TAB Nabbing
Internet phishing for account numbers, log-on details and other personal information is one of the biggest online scams.
But as Internet users wise up, becoming more wary about clicking on unsafe links, crooks have come up with a new trick that changes legitimate pages into bogus ones without the user noticing.
“Tab-nabbing,” as it’s called, puts a powerful new weapon in the hands of identity thieves — but this week we show you how to spot and avoid it.
Special Issue: Tab-Nabbing — The Latest Internet Phishing Scam
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Just when you thought you’d seen it all, a new and particularly nasty form of Internet phishing, called tab-nabbing, poses a new identity theft threat to web users.
Phishing, just to remind you, happens when a scammer deceives you into giving away information about yourself, mostly account details such as username and password.
Usually via an email or a link on another web page, they direct you to a bogus site that looks exactly like the genuine article — like PayPal or Amazon for example — and captures your login details when you try to sign in.
The crook can then use those details to sign on and remove money or make purchases on your account.
You can read more about Internet phishing in some of our earlier issues.
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All of these previous online phishing scams rely on the user being fooled into clicking a link, whereas the tab-nabber plays a different and much less obvious trick.
If you’re a regular Internet user, you’ll know how tabs work. In your browser — for example, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Google Chrome — they allow you to have several pages open at once, and to hop from one to the other.
Sometimes, when you click on a link in one page, it opens the new page in a separate tab, and it’s not unusual to have half a dozen or more tabs open at once.
You even forget which ones you had open, which helps the tab-nabber immensely.
The way this particularly evil form of Internet phishing works
goes like this:
* You already have a couple of tabs open when you land on a page controlled by the tab-nabber (though you won’t know this).
* While you’re viewing this page, the tab-nabber accesses your browsing history to see which sites you regularly visit that have value to him — again like Amazon, PayPal or an email account like Gmail.
* He (or she) then changes one of your tabbed pages to mimic one of these sites, complete with what looks like the genuine logo on the tab itself, hoping, when you return to this tab, you will think you must have visited that page earlier and just forgotten.
* Even better, from the tab-nabber’s point of view, you may really have just visited the genuine site (your bank, for example), left it open in the tab, and then returned to it to discover you seem to have been logged out.
* Either way, the aim is to get you to think you’re logging in again and, hey presto, the scammer has pulled off his cunning Internet phishing trick.
Two key aspects make this much more effective than previous online phishing scams:
First, you don’t have to click a link to get to the bogus page; you just click on what looks like a genuine page tab.
Second, it uses sites you habitually visit whereas phishing emails often seem to come from organizations you’ve had no dealings with, so you would immediately suspect something was wrong.
In addition, if you do your banking online, the bank often will actually sign you out if there’s no activity on their page, even if you still have it open in a tab. It’s not unusual to be asked to sign on again.
However, two other things give the tab-nabbing trick away: First, although the page may look genuine, the Internet address or URL (the name of the site given in the address bar at the top of your browser) won’t.
So, the real Amazon home page for instance will show ”amazon.com” but a bogus page will have something quite different, even if it has the word “amazon” in it.
Second, the little padlock icon that appears in your browser (usually bottom right), when you visit a secure website, will be missing.
Still, it’s a wicked deception, highlighted recently by a specialist who works for Mozilla, the organization that makes the Firefox browser. You can see his video demonstration of tab-nabbing (sometimes also called “tabnabbing” or ”tabnapping”) here if you have Adobe Flash installed.
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What can you do to ensure you don’t fall victim to this new type of Internet phishing? To be doubly-secure, here’s what you should do.
1. Get into the habit of glancing at the address bar for every page you visit or revisit. This makes good secure-surfing sense anyway.
2. Look for that padlock on what should be a secure site page.
3. After visiting a secure page, close it when you’re done, rather than keeping it open in a tab.
4. If a site invites you to sign on again, close the tab and re-key the correct address.
Any one of these four steps should help steer you clear of a tab-nabbing scam — and if you have security software integrated with your browser, that should flag bogus sites too. With Internet phishing, you just can’t be too cautious.
That’s a wrap for this issue. Wishing you a great week!
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Zen Lill: Thanks. I kinda liked it too. It felt very freeing to just randomly gab. I haven’t done that in awhile. In regards to your beloved, I am amazed that Elke has lasted this long too. I feel for you the day that she passes. Kisses to Elke….such a love. :)
Charles: Me neither.
Karine: What is special? Everyone is special and no one is special. Why does it make you feel special because you think you are better than someone else just because of the color of your skin? Are you not special or better at anything other than that? How about instead of feeling special or better, be special or better at something…something tangible. Go ahead and boast that you are a better athlete, or a better writer, or a better dancer, even better in bed, if that is all you have to offer…something that can be proven, and I will happily congratulate you. But to say, and believe that you are better just because of your white skin color is insane and ridiculous. It’s easy to say and easy to promote, but I don’t buy it.
Ruth: :) & oxox
Ta-ta everyone!
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July 22nd, 2010 at 11:21 am
Good info, Mischa, I often goofy around with lots of tabs open, but always re-open banking on-line sessions with original tab, I’ll have to be more careful, this happens when I’m in full research mode and clicking thorugh on everything : ) Guess I’ll be looking for little locks and checking URL’s closer…thank you! – Zen Lill
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Wow that was scary Michelle. What will they think of next?
July 22nd, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I just guessing Michelle, but my guess is that both your parents are not white or one of them has a none white parent.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Thanks for the info about this new scam. My brother called me and told me to read your blog. It is cool.
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Aston
I can’t believe you left me for her. I will never speak to you again.
Mohan
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:09 pm
My BFF sent me the link to this site. Karine, I’m an “old Southern” girl too. But in my 28 years of living I have heard the n word used on three times in my house and each time my father asked to utterer to leave.
I hope those of you reading Karine don’t think she speaks for southern whites. She is only attempting to exculpate her bigotry by smearing all white southerners.
I don’t know you Aston or what country you are from but I would advise you to think carefully before you accept that family into your sphere of influence.
Silvia
July 22nd, 2010 at 5:16 pm
Karine
I can’t believe that you said that. Do you know how many of our friends read this blog? Are you insane? Doroteya called to say that if you don’t stop she will swear you off as a friend and associate.
I may not go that far, but I certainly will be very careful who sees me with you if you continue to put down black so openly.
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:21 pm
I think Karine is off snoggin’ a nice big black man and is covering her tracks big-time lest her unsuspecting hub/BF/women friends sniff out the truth : ) hee hee hee…she’s only prejudice when she’s dressed, hahaha… – ZL
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:16 am
Zen Lill
You could not be more correct. Though my brother will not be ungentlemanly and reveal their liaison. I will do so because of her meanness. It serves no purpose to allow the evil to succeed by being pious with ones on beliefs.
Karine, if you deny what I am about to say I will publish some of the more explicit love letters you sent to my brother. I secured them when he thought he had disposed of them.
Karine chased my brother for more than three years. In the summer of 2006 they met at a festival in Ajaccio Corsica. She invited us up to her hotel, Hotel Roi Theodore.
She was such a show off. We laughed because we had the suite two floors above her. She was so obviously smitten with my brother that I left them together. They spent the next two weeks together. She did not leave his side until she left for Florence when her uncle came to leave with her.
Let me be perfectly clear. There is no doubt that my brother is black. He is as dark as a black man comes. And as he spends hours in the surfs of the world surfing whenever the family business gives him leave. He stays very black and he is very proud of his darkness.
So proud that he told her after they resumed their love affair for about nine months that he did not think that their relationship could go further because his family would not tolerate a mixed marriage.
She cursed and swore at him and told him that she was pregnant with his child. He said that that was impossible as he had used protection in all their sexual encounters.
My brother was so upset by this revelation that he confided in me about their affair. He said that if she was indeed pregnant with his child, he would be forced to marry her because he refused to have his child born a bastard.
I asked him how he felt about her emotionally, he said that he loved her as much as any woman he had made an emotional commitment to. We both knew that a marriage between the two of them would result in his instant ouster from the family.
Our family represents the last of the Moors that ruled Sicily for 210 years. The spin is that the Moors were Arabs. That is because during our reign over Sicily the island’s population doubled and we changed their science, engineering, agriculture and cuisine. We are Berbers of northwest Africa, though we speak arabic and some of us practice Islam, we are NOT arabs. The Berbers were the ancestors of today’s Sicilians.
I was educated in the USA, from the age of 11 until I received by BS from Brown University in 2009. Karine came to campus often trying to cajole me into interceding on her behalf to my brother.
I politely told her that any more serious relationship with my brother could not be because she was white. She left in tears in 2007 and I never heard from her again. She never mentioned to me that she had ever been pregnant by my brother.I informed him of such and he subsequently refused to have any more communication with her.
Aston, I don’t know you but I would like to say for what it is worth. I do not think that Katrine is a bigot. She was a very good friend to me when I visited her in Miami, Macon, and Atlanta. She always seemed to be looking out for my welfare. She made me feel very welcome wherever we went.
I feel she is reacting from hurt. She feels that she has been scorned for no fault of her own. I feel she may be right. But for her race, my brother may have found her wife material. She is highly intelligent and as you know very assured of her beauty.
Karine. I missed your companionship and am sorry you feel you have to vent in this most unattractive fashion. I do not take it personally, so if you ever find it in your heart to be friends again, I look forward to it.
Samantha
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:33 am
So I see you are as astute as you are sexy. But where is that pic taken of you wearing just a straw cowboy hat?
Jeff
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:48 am
Evelyn
I hope this doesn’t push you too much, I will be arriving earlier than i anticipated. I will be taking the first flight out leaving today at 6 AM. I will arrive in london shortly after 5PM. That would be in time for dinner for two at my hotel if you are amenable to such notice.
I will be carrying a dozen red roses. To a table that should be adorned with a dozen Yellow roses. Accompany me or meet me at our table. I have informed the hotel that they will be sitting two at 7PM.
Your Move.
Harris
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:57 am
I didn’t notice this topic on your blog so I thought I would get it started. Here is an article from the New York Journal.
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Even the president of the United States had a hard time getting to Sherrod while she did interviews. Obama had tried to reach her twice Wednesday night but could not, said a White House official. She was on a plane traveling from Atlanta to New York, where she appeared on several morning shows.
The fracas started when Sherrod was forced to resign as Georgia’s director of rural development Monday after a conservative blogger posted a video of her telling a crowd at a local NAACP meeting about her initial reluctance 24 years ago to help a poor white farmer seeking government assistance.
Sherrod took to the media Tuesday denying that her comments were racist, and the NAACP – which had at first condemned her remarks, then later apologized – posted the full 43-minute video showing the entire speech. The farmer in question also did interviews and said Sherrod had eventually helped him save his farm.
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart said he had posted a portion of Sherrod’s remarks in an effort to illustrate that racism exists in the NAACP, an argument he was using to counter allegations by the civil rights organization of racism in the tea party movement.
“He was willing to destroy me … in order to try to destroy the NAACP,” Sherrod said Thursday. She said she might consider suing Breitbart for defamation.
Breitbart, who has not responded to requests for comment from The Associated Press, offered a narrow correction on his website, BigGovernment.com. He acknowledged that Sherrod’s remarks about hesitating to help the white farmer referenced something that took place before she worked for the government. The site had previously said her comments were about her work as a USDA employee.
Sherrod has said she resigned under White House pressure, but Vilsack has said repeatedly the decision was his. In offering his remorse Wednesday, he told reporters: “This is a good woman. She’s been through hell. … I could have done and should have done a better job.”
As Obama stayed out of the public fray before the phone call, questions remained about White House involvement in the decision to ask Sherrod to resign. Had there been White House pressure?
“No,” insisted Vilsack. He said he made the decision without knowing all the facts and regretted it. “I am accepting the responsibility with deep regret,” he told a news conference.
Gibbs, too, has insisted the decision was made at the Agriculture Department. He told reporters that Obama spoke with Vilsack on Wednesday night, but he wouldn’t discuss the substance of the conversation. Gibbs said he doesn’t see any reason for Vilsack to resign.
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It seems that racism is always a hot topic in America.
Keith
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:07 am
New Twist on Potluck
Mary Hunt
Debt-Proof Living
Cooperative cooking with friends is less expensive and more fun than going to a storefront cooking co-op. Get friends together at someone’s home, plan a menu of main courses and have each person make a dish and freeze it in meal-sized portions.
After all the meals are made, get together again, swap food and schedule a time for your next meeting and planning session.
Helpful: Watch ads for super-low prices on large quantities of specific foods, then buy in bulk to keep costs as low as possible.
Bottom Line/Retirement interviewed Mary Hunt, editor, Debt-Proof Living, Box 2135, Paramount, California 90723. http://www.debtproofliving.com.
July 23rd, 2010 at 3:13 am
Nice touch Keith. Here is the opinion of another Keith.
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Keith Olbermann suspended his vacation Wednesday night to return to “Countdown” with a Special Comment on the Shirley Sherrod scandal.
Olbermann blasted Fox News and right-wing media while at the same time calling upon President Obama to respond forcefully against their continued smear campaign.
“What you see on Fox News, what you read on Right Wing websites, is the utter and complete perversion of journalism, and it can have no place in a civilized society,” Olbermann said. “It is words crashed together, never to inform, only to inflame. It is a political guillotine. It is the manipulation of reality to make the racist seem benevolent, and to convict the benevolent as racist — even if her words must be edited, filleted, stripped of all context, rearranged, fabricated, and falsified, to do so.”
But Olbermann added that “this evil has not become institutionalized just because of the hard, soul-less work of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes and the scum [Andrew] Breitbart.” Instead, he said, “the assassins of the Right have been enabled on the Left.”
WATCH: Keith Olbermann Blasts Fox News Over Shirley Sherrod, Begs Obama To Stop Enabling Them (VIDEO)
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
And Olbermann specifically called upon President Obama to stop enabling the manipulation by staying above the fray and not responding:
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:00 am
I got this from the Huffingon Post
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Richard (RJ) Eskow: What Shirley Sherrod and Social Security Have in Common
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Richard (RJ) Eskow: When you think about it, Shirley Sherrod and the Social Security system have a lot more in common than their initials. Both of them help people and deserve gratitude, not criticism. Both of them were doing just fine before they came under attack. Both of them were targeted in order to serve a right-wing agenda. And in both cases the administration spent too much time playing along, rather than asking tough questions and fighting for what’s right. Click here to read more.
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We whites are easily manipulated into believing that blacks will discriminate against us because we do it to them so easily and without real remorse.
Lisa
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:05 am
It has been reported that flights flying thorough certain points in Guam’s surrounding air space develop instrument control problems.
No one seems to know what is causing it.
Any comments aliens, Howie?
Jane
July 23rd, 2010 at 4:11 am
Right after the primary, Rasmussen had Angle ahead of Harry Reid in Nevada by 49-41. How it is only 46-43. Among women, Reid is way ahead.
So why is Senator Reid way ahead in the polls? Because women don’t vote. Get off your skirts and get your whining asses to the polls. Maybe then, men will take your wishes seriously.
Delores
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:33 am
CAN’T SLEEP? SURPRISING CAUSES OF INSOMNIA
Every night, millions of Americans have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Quite often this is caused by stress, anxiety, caffeine or overstimulation before bed.
But there is another common cause that few people even know to consider — a nutritional deficiency of one kind or another. If you have such a deficiency, once it is identified you can easily correct it — and start enjoying peaceful slumber once again.
This is a far superior approach to prescription sleeping pills, which not only fail to address the underlying reason for sleeplessness but often are also addictive and have side effects such as disorientation and next-day fatigue.
One example: My usually bubbly and energetic colleague Kathryn suddenly started dragging at work, even nodding off during meetings. At night she would awake with unpleasant and uncontrollable urges to move her legs.
The surprising cause turned out to be related to Kathryn’s new vegetarian diet, which she had started several months before — without meat, her diet no longer included the iron she needed.
As a result, she had developed restless legs syndrome, which makes sleeping a real challenge. The simple solution: Her doctor prescribed iron supplements and began monitoring her levels. Now Kathryn sleeps like a baby and is once again bursting with energy at the office.
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES INTERFERE WITH SLEEP
Iron and restless leg syndrome is just one of the hidden dietary deficiencies affecting sleep. For more insight on potentially sleep-disturbing dietary deficiencies and how to address them, I turned to our nutrition guru, contributing medical editor Andrew L. Rubman, ND.
If you suffer from insomnia, he recommends consulting a doctor who is knowledgeable about nutritional biochemistry to assess your nutrient levels and offer diet advice and/or supplements to support your body’s natural sleep processes.
Dr. Rubman told me that the following nutrients are strongly related to sleep…
CALCIUM: NATURE’S SEDATIVE
When you run short on calcium, you are apt to toss and turn and experience frequent awakenings in the night. This mineral has a natural calming effect on the nervous system.
It works by helping your body convert tryptophan — an essential amino acid found in foods such as turkey and eggs — into the neurotransmitter serotonin, which modulates mood and sleep. Serotonin, in turn, is converted into melatonin, a hormone that helps regulate the sleep cycle.
Dr. Rubman suggests: It’s always better to get the nutrients you need from food rather than supplements. Milk and dairy products are the most common dietary sources of calcium, but Dr. Rubman notes that many people have trouble digesting cow’s milk, especially as they grow older.
Excellent nondairy sources of calcium are leafy green vegetables such as kale and collard greens, canned sardines, sesame seeds and almonds.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for adults over age 18 is 1,000 to 1,200 mg/day. For those not getting enough from dietary sources, Dr. Rubman often prescribes the calcium-magnesium supplement Butyrex from T.E. Neesby. (Read about magnesium just below.) Take it half an hour before going to bed.
RELIEVE LEG CRAMPS WITH MAGNESIUM
Nighttime leg cramps, often due to a magnesium deficiency, are a common cause of sleeplessness. Magnesium helps your body’s cells absorb and use calcium, so this mineral pair works hand in hand to relax muscles, relieve painful cramps or spasms and bring on restful slumber.
Dr. Rubman suggests: Leafy green vegetables are the best source of dietary magnesium, followed by artichokes, nuts, legumes, seeds, whole grains (especially buckwheat, cornmeal and whole wheat) and soy products.
The Butyrex Dr. Rubman prescribes for calcium deficiency contains magnesium, so it helps solve this problem too. (The RDA for magnesium for adults is 400 mg/day for men and 310 mg/day for women.)
VITAMIN B-12 FOR SEROTONIN PRODUCTION
Vitamin B-12 supports the production of neurotransmitters that affect brain function and sleep, helping to metabolize calcium and magnesium and working with them to convert tryptophan into the neurotransmitter serotonin. Insufficient B-12 may be a factor if you have trouble falling or staying asleep.
Dr. Rubman suggests: Foods rich in vitamin B-12 include liver and other organ meats, eggs, fish and, to a lesser degree, leafy green vegetables.
For B-12 deficiency, Dr. Rubman sometimes prescribes B-12 tablets taken sublingually (dissolved under the tongue) one hour before bedtime — but notes that it’s important to take a multivitamin that contains B vitamins twice daily as well, since it helps your body use the B-12 efficiently.
Note: Most B multivitamins contain B-12 but only a minimal dose, Dr. Rubman said, so further supplementation is usually necessary.
VITAMIN D MODULATES CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS
Again with the vitamin D! We can’t hear enough about the importance of this vital nutrient, it seems — and indeed, vitamin D turns out to be essential to support your body’s uptake and usage of calcium and magnesium.
Its role in sleep involves modulating your circadian rhythm (the sleep/wake cycle that regulates your 24-hour biological clock).
Dr. Rubman suggests: Pointing out that most Americans have less than optimal levels of vitamin D, Dr. Rubman said he commonly prescribes daily supplements of D-3, the form most efficiently used by the body.
He noted that 10 to 20 minutes of sunshine daily helps your body manufacture vitamin D, and foods such as fish and fortified milk are rich in this nutrient.
HERBS: SOME HELP, SOME INTERFERE WITH SLEEP
Although they do not specifically address nutritional deficiencies, Dr. Rubman also recommends relaxing herbal supplements such as chamomile, hops or valerian to gently nudge you toward sleep. Try them in teas, capsules or tinctures from reputable manufacturers such as Eclectic (www.eclecticherb.com), taken half an hour before retiring.
Though many people swear by melatonin, Dr. Rubman said that there is not enough scientific evidence yet to demonstrate that this popular sleep supplement works efficiently and without long-term ill effects. He does not prescribe it.
It’s also important to be aware that a number of supplements are stimulating and may cause sleep irregularities in some individuals. The biggest stimulators: Ginseng, ginkgo, St. John’s wort, alpha lipoic acid and Sam-e.
If you take any of these, do so early in the day, take the lowest dose that seems effective for you or discuss alternatives with your physician. These are all best used under professional guidance.
A SOOTHING BEDTIME SNACK
Dr. Rubman told me that his favorite sleep inducer is to head upstairs each evening with a soothing bedtime beverage — either a cup of herbal tea with honey or a glass of warm milk (though not everyone’s digestive system easily tolerates milk).
He generally advises against late-night snacking, which can disturb sleep, but if you must have something keep it light. A high-protein, low-glycemic snack, such as a banana with peanut butter or half a turkey sandwich on whole-grain bread, can help encourage serotonin production… and sweet dreams.
Source(s):
Andrew L. Rubman, ND, director, Southbury Clinic for Traditional Medicines, Southbury, Connecticut. http://www.southburyclinic.com.
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:38 am
Mohan
I didn’t leave you for anyone. We broke because we both found other interests. It is not my fault that your lost interest in your other interest before i did mine. Besides that was several “interests” ago.
Aston
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:50 am
Zen Lill
If you must do another teaser sans face, make it your “hugged ass” in those italian hot pants.
PS. We bloods know a little something about hugging an ass, also.
Wayne
July 23rd, 2010 at 8:53 am
Haris
I hope your flight goes well. I awoke this morning with a call from my mother to read Michelle’s blog and to be sure to let you know that I could make dinner at seven.
I did and I will be happy to accept your request. Oh, and I do love roses.
Evelyn
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:00 am
Harris
I’m sure you know this by now but the weather is excellent for a change. We expect some possibility of rain much later tonight. I expect you flight will arrive in LC on time. It is 5PM BST.
See you in two hours.
Evelyn
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:09 am
Evelyn
I arrived a few minutes ago. I have been monitoring Michelle’s blog for word from you. It has been more than an anxious slew of moments.
Although I am grateful for Michelle’s blog giving me the opportunity to discover you I cannot wait until we have our own private means of communication. I am on my way to my hotel as i write this.
My first question is how well read is Michelle here? A young woman asked me with a wry smile as I exited the airport if I was Harris? Do you think we will be accosted at dinner? If you feel uncomfortable at any time we can leave right away. I will book a secondary dinner as back up.
I can’t imagine she is that popular here, but I like to be prepared.
Harris
July 23rd, 2010 at 9:42 am
Harris, don’t be barmy. Go have your dinner with Evelyn. No one will bother you. If anyone did show up to watch only a transpotter would say something.
If some mental started something, someone would kick it off with them absobloodylootely.
Molli
July 23rd, 2010 at 10:26 am
[...] Nora & Keith, & Lisa: Thanks to all of you for posting such a hot topic – I know that you couldn’t get it all in, so I’m adding what I found plus the video for those of my readers interested. [...]
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Harris, I know you say you prefer the Queen’s pawn openings, but it seems to me you opened more to the Ruy Lopez.
I suspect Evelyn will resort to the Sicilian defense. No pun to you Karina.
Foster
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Karina, You’re one ugly racist. You’re the reason I don’t bother to visit South Carolina.
Tess
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Hafa adai Peter.
Sure you have cause for concern but we here in Puerto Rico, have had the same problems since we became a territory of the US following the Spanish-American War in 1898 and its residents became US citizens in 1917. It has been a US Commonwealth since 1952.
Yet, we still get the short end of the stick from whites and shit like this from the bigots.
What do Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands have in common? They all have non-voting delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives. They voted in the Natural Resources committee last week to stop Congress from killing the Obama moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. How do “non-voting” delegates have a vote? Brace yourselves and click here to read all about it.
And just a short scroll down the page in the hot links, House Republican Leader John Boehner proposes a one-year moratorium on new federal regulations. Think about what that might mean to the implementation of Obamacare, for starters.
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So you see Peter none of us believe anyone but a white man is important. We are but means to their ends.
Aldopho