Are the Scammers Stupid?

 

By now, I have at least a billion dollars of Bitcoin. By all accounts, I'm wealthier than most.

Well, I would be, if the daily email messages I receive telling me of the huge amounts of money that have been added to a Bitcoin account I don't have, were true. Damn! It would be nice to be a billionaire, even just for a day or two.

Obviously, someone thinks I'm silly enough to click on a link to check out a Bitcoin deposit in an account I don't have. 

Then of course there are the legions of messages from women (perhaps) inviting me to view their beautiful naked bodies if I just click here. Why would I do that? I see all the beautiful women I want on Tumblr and Instagram. Like Bianca at left from Instagram. Bianca doesn't only have a body many a woman would die for and most real men 

would like to "play" with, I've seen her face - it's very pretty too.

Bianca is simply perfect. Except that I have to water the plants, make dinner and watch the news, I could look at her all day.

When I go shopping or walking in my neighbourhood, I see equally beautiful women and although they are mostly - always - dressed, they still look gorgeous and remind me of how fortunate I am to be able to see all the beautiful things nature has provided for us.

Last, but not least are the morons who send us email or SMS messages (I block the latter) advising us we have a parcel to collect when we know we haven't ordered anything.

Could it be a present from a long lost relative? Or perhaps Microsoft has decided to give everyone a free watch? Or perhaps it's simply bullshit and it's not very hard to find the truth.

An email I received from Australia's national postal service, Australia Post had an email address as shown above: "mooeasy.com."

Now, I'm not a rocket scientist, but in the 73 years I've lived in Australia, I've learned that Australia Post doesn't use mooeasy.com. If I know, you can bet your life most of the other 25 million Australians know too.

How stupid are these scammers?

Robin

PS: You can find the beautiful Bianca here.

The Worst Bannerfests I've Seen

When I bought my new HP notebook, I decided to use Microsoft Edge instead of Chrome that I have been using for years.

Edge comes with tabs that are full of news articles and advertisements from a huge number of media sites, even those as disreputable as The Guardian.

Among them are some of the worst Bannerfests I have ever seen such as that shown in the image at left.

What's a Bannerfest?

It's a site that pretends to be providing an information/media service, but is really a sales site focusing on generating income from dozens of banner links. In the image above, you can see that two separate adverts for the same product even appeared at the left simultaneously.

Usually, one gets sucked into opening the bannerfest by noticing a headline of interest. You click and find that the page that appears is chock full of banners. The article you wanted to read has several paragraphs and then you have to click a button to continue to the next part of the article that is again short.

This process goes on ad nauseum until the end of the article if you stick it out for that long, which I don't. A common strategy is to use a headline with images, perhaps of beautiful women in bathing suits. You then have to click to move to each image working your way through the bannerfest.

I make it a practice never to click on any of the advertising banners and usually only view page one before deleting the page. You should do the same.

Robin

America's Dark Winter

Whatever the outcome of the forthcoming US elections, it's highly possible that the US will find itself in a Dark Winter of violence.

For decades now, Marxists have been working to undermine the US and everything it stands for. Extreme Right Wing goons have been trying to turn the US into a totalitarian regime. In the middle are the people, trying to keep the US a decent place to live and a good world member.

Stella Morabito in the following article expresses it much better than I ever could:

https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/26/7-open-leftist-threats-that-political-terror-is-coming-to-america-whether-trump-wins-or-not/

My guess is that Military Law will need to be invoked shortly after the US election.

I hope both Stella and I are wrong. The last thing the world needs is a grossly dysfunctional USA.

Robin

Now I have a new descriptor ...

Not only am I a white, aged, heterosexual, married, Australian male, I'm also cissexual.

I always knew I was the "I" in the acronym LGBTQI - Intosex, but not until recently did I become aware I'm also cissexual. What does that mean? I identify as the gender with which I was birthed ie, male.

Obviously, I could have chosen to identify as one of the other 72 genders, but being male was good enough for me and it's continuing to be good enough. I'll die a male, it's too late to change now.

I have a wife, two children and a grandson who all know me as a male. My friends know me as a male.

I have enough trouble buying men's clothes that fit, how in hell would I cope with some tight-fitting gym slacks or a dress? And whatever I chose, I'd never, ever look as beautiful as Miss Bo (?) whose photo appears here.

Look at that lovely slim, shapely body. The smooth, flat stomach, the lovely lips and nice breasts. Wouldn't it be heartbreaking if she decided to think of herself as a male or any of the other supposed genders?

I don't know about you, but I think she is perfect as is.

Stay well.

Robin