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If only the victims of witch hunting had had access to Snopes.com. The witch hunting took place during medieval times and Snopes was begun in 1995 as a fact-checking website. Image Sources: Examination_of_a_Witch_-_Tompkins_Matteson; Computer from Dexmac oon Pixabay;
Created for Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces:New Challenge 180 IF I HAD ONE OF THESE
Not long ago posts were floating around Facebook saying they were going to charge. Not the case, the page one joins to protest contains viruses.
www.snopes.com/computer/internet/fbcharge.asp
Today's wrinkle: Claiming that if you pay up, you can get more benefits. Again, total bullshit.
www.dailybloggr.com/2010/02/the-facebook-gold-account-sca...
FYI, that list of testamonials on the right is a single image, not a body of text.
Please share this with all the pet owners you know and ask them to do the same - the information you read & share might prevent the senseless loss of other pets.
Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden.
The dogs loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog (Calypso) decided the mulch smelled good enough to eat and devoured a large helping. She vomited a few times which was typical when she eats something new but wasn't acting lethargic in any way. The next day, Mom woke up and took Calypso out for her morning walk. Half way through the walk, she had a seizure and died instantly.
Although the mulch had NO warnings printed on the label, upon further investigation on the company's web site, this product is HIGHLY toxic to dogs and cats.
Hershey's site www.hersheys.com/nutrition/pets-candy.asp claims that "It is true that studies have shown that 50% of the dogs that eat Cocoa Mulch can suffer physical harm to a variety of degrees (depending on each individual dog).
However, 98% of all dogs won't eat it."
* Snopes site gives the following information:
www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp *
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called 'Theobromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats.
It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this and die.
Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks.
Theobromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
Please tell every dog or cat owner you know.
Even if you don't have a pet, please pass this to those who do.
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
If Mike Nesmith's mom invented the most common fix-it liquid in the US, did Peter Tork's mom invent the most common paper towel dispenser/napkin dispenser in the US?
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., presents his coin to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tanya Chavez, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar coordinator, 60th Medical Support Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
The next six photos are of Deb's feet after purchasing and wearing a pair of flip-flops from Walmart. She showed this rash to a friend of hers and was told to visit the snopes website. As it turns out, this is not the first time this has happened. The website says it is some kind of chemical burn. Deb got really upset after viewing the pictures of the progression of the burn. She only wore these shoes once. Our recommendation - don't buy flip-flops from Walmart until they pull the contaminated ones off the shelf.
I got these photos from a friend from a friend. They had claimed it was a mountain lion in Giles County, but Snopes shows that is false.
View my blog at tgaw.wordpress.com
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the First Term Airman Center at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
Not my photo.
Posted to the FixMyPic group by RJJ Photography.
Original can be found here.
Background photo from Snopes, the Urban Legend Site.
Sorry, that should be "Snoop." Snoep is the Dutch word for candy, and is pronounced like "Snoop" would be in English. "Snoop" in Dutch doesn't mean anything, and is pronounced "Snope," as in Snopes.com and that awful family in the William Faulkner novels.
And don't wear your KUT Austin radio T-shirt in the Netherlands. It's a bad word. Also.
A 5yr old boy named Noah Biorkman , is in the last stages of a 2 1/2yr battle with Neuroblastoma Cancer.The family is celebrating Christmas next week and Noahs request is to get lots of Christmas cards..Lets get him some Please send cards to: Noah Biorkman 1141 Fountian View Circle South Lyon,Mi 48178 Lets see How many cards we can Get to this Little guy, Thank You!
I did check this out on Snopes and it is true, please if everyone could send him a card it would make his Holiday I am so sure of it. For those of you not in the US, he is in the USA
THANKS AGAIN
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
A morning portrait of Steve. I was eager to see the fog early in the day.
We stayed with our friends Lynn and Rinko who live near Ocean Beach in San Francisco. We were surprised at how cool SF is in July, and I was reminded of the Mark Twain quote:
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,"
although there is some dispute about whether he actually did say that. In any event, it's a nice witticism.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Cedric Holliman, 60th Security Forces Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., listens to U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., during the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar, Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
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This seemingly harmless little critter is actually a venomous White Hickory Tussock Moth Caterpillar. After seeing warnings posted on social media sites, I checked with Snopes. It's true: handling this little white caterpillar can cause minor to serious allergic reactions.
Note: I did not take this incredible photo. John McColgan, a fire behavior analyst, did.
"The image was captured in the late afternoon of Sunday, August 6, from a bridge over the East Fork of the Bitterroot River just north of Sula, Montana. The elk sought refuge in the river bottom during what may have been the most extreme day of fire behavior on the Bitterroot in more than 70 years. "I do shoot some photography, but certainly that was a once in a lifetime, stunning opportunity." ... (more)
See: www.publicsafety.net/john_m.htm and more on Snopes.com: www.snopes.com/photos/natural/deerfire.asp
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, Command Chief, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., talk with Rich Shae, Heritage Center curator, Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, Command Chief, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., answers a question for U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., during his visit to the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar, Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
Edited Landsat 8 image of snow in Algeria in the Sahara Desert near the city of Aïn Séfra. Color/processing variant.
Image source: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91556
Original caption: For the second time in three years, snow has accumulated in the desert near the northern Algerian town of Aïn Séfra. Sometimes called the “gateway to the desert,” the town of 35,000 people sits between the Sahara and the Atlas Mountains.
According to news and social media accounts, anywhere from 10 to 30 centimeters (4 to 12 inches) of snow accumulated on January 8, 2018, on some higher desert elevations (1000 meters or more above sea level). Social media photos showed citizens sliding down snow-covered sand dunes. Warming temperatures melted much of it within a day.
On January 8, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured the data for these natural-color images of the snow in the Sahara Desert. At the top of the page, the Landsat 8 image was draped over a global digital elevation model, built from data acquired by NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. The second and third images provide nadir (straight-down) closeups of the region, where snow covered dry mountaintops and the crests of tall sand dunes.
Snow in the Sahara and other parts of North Africa is infrequent, but not unprecedented. Measurable snow fell near Aïn Séfra in December 2016. Substantial snow also blanketed the Atlas Mountains in Morocco in February 2012 and January 2005. In fact, there are at least two ski resorts in the Atlas range, though the snow there is usually machine-made.
References
Dernieres Infos D'Algerie (2018, January 9) La Neige Recouvre les Dunes de Sables á Aïn Séfra. Accessed January 12, 2018.
Snopes (2018, January 9) Snowfall in the Sahara Desert? Accessed January 12, 2018.
The Washington Post (2018, January 9) It Snowed in the Sahara Desert. Really. Accessed January 12, 2018.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and topographic data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Story by Mike Carlowicz.
Instrument(s):
Space Shuttle - SRTM
Landsat 8 - OLI
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
A funny story about a 79-year-old birder taking down one of the Malheur occupiers. Satire versus trespassers -- I like it. The story was posted on the Canadian satirical website The Lapine. I really enjoyed their way of looking at the situation:
thelapine.ca/79-year-old-bird-watcher-takes-down-oregon-m...
[I'd originally started the post title with "Sucker --", but that might have given the wrong impression. I enjoy the satire, especially the more subtle poke at bird nerds.]
Here the preeminent internet fact checking site, Snopes (not snipes), explains the story:
www.snopes.com/birdwatcher-oregon-militia/
I read this story almost a week ago, following the link given in a Tweeters listserve post titled -- "Don't Mess With Senior Birders!" Within a few hours another poster made it clear it was satire. Tweeters allows its users to discuss birding ethical issues (unlike the Yakima County BirdYak list where Denny Grandstrand blocks such healthy discussions.)
Photo here is from the Lapine website. I think this is fair use, and have sent them a request for explicit permission. Just as bird watchers and bird listers should not trespass, I don't want to use a photo if the owner doesn't want me to, regardless of whether it's technically legally permitted.
In this episode of "What The Fox?" If Pepsi is your favourite cola soft drink, you might want to hold off on opening another can or bottle until we find out Pepsi was contaminated with HIV infected blood. A former plant employee allegedly injected some of his HIV infected blood into a batch of Pepsi products. Have you heard the one about the 16 Japanese whalers? They were assaulted and eaten by a pod of ravenous killer whales. Talk about karma, am I right? A pod of killer whales supposedly attacked a stranded whaling ship and killed and ate 16 whalers in the process. Do you know what you should do if you have a heart attack by yourself? It could be something called cough CPR, but it might just be a hoax. A number of memes and articles going around explaining cough CPR as a way to save yourself if you have a heart attack all alone. Watch the show to get the answers to all three questions or check out the original articles on Snopes.com. Snopes Article Links Hiv in the Pepsi: bit.ly/2gbYxWo Whaler Karma: bit.ly/2y0Ahjl Cough CPR: bit.ly/2gcGnUu Using his comedic flair The Fax Fox is dedicated to using YouTube videos to reveal truths in a mass of shared and re-shared misinformation in a format that is bearable to watch. The Fax Fox uses cunning skills to seek out the facts and bring truth to their followers. Subscribe to the channel and get notifications when a new episode of What The Fox? is released. Be a Fax Fox Follower on Other Social Networks! Facebook: bit.ly/2y0Wspx Twitter: twitter.com/TheFaxFox Google+: bit.ly/2gcGob0 YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCRR8wBObZwDqnmZqRr7RVZQ/ Blogger: bit.ly/2xTh5UN WordPress: bit.ly/2yRScqJ Tumblr: bit.ly/2xUG4r3 Weebly: bit.ly/2yQDIrg Pinterest: bit.ly/2xTh7fn Instagram: bit.ly/2yRgOzK Get Fax Fox Merchandise from Teespring! bit.ly/2xTh8jr Become a Fax Fox Fanatic by Supporting the Channel, Become A Patreon! There will be a huge giveaway at 1000 Patrons... Shhh, it's a secret. bit.ly/2yQldTz
Watch video on YouTube here: youtu.be/LvfcyY9yu08
Annie Jacobsen is an American journalist who writes about business, finance and terrorism for a variety of national and international magazines and webzines and, in particular the Los Angeles Times Magazine
In 2004, Jacobsen wrote an article about suspicious-looking passengers she saw on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles that summer. In May 2007, the Department of Homeland Security released a report about the flight, which, according to The Washington Times, concluded that twelve Syrians, traveling as a musical group, and one Lebanese, their promoter, were on the flight. The men were reported to have been traveling on expired visas, and eight had "'positive hits' for past criminal records or suspicious behavior."
Jacobsen's account of the incident was subsequently criticized by blogger and former airline pilot Patrick Smith as being "a story about nothing."[4] Contradicting the governmental report, the website Snopes labeled Jacobsen's account as "false".[5]
Her 2011 book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, about the secret U.S. military base, addresses the Roswell UFO incident.[6][7] The book was sharply criticized for extensive errors in an essay by a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists and a senior fellow at the National Security Archive.[8]
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, Command Chief, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., talk with Rich Shae, Heritage Center curator, Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
You know that story about the maggot-infected human breast? (http://www.snopes.com/photos/medical/breastrash.asp)
It's a montage of this.
Lotus seed pod, Montreal Botanical Garden, September 2009
Note the extra-terrestrial-looking lights.
Legend has it that architects didn't account for the weight of the books in this building's design, and that the building started to "sink" and bricks popped out. Turns out it's only partly accurate: the bricks bulged, but never popped out and fell to the ground (apparently misreported in a newspaper, and the story took off). The floors did sag, though, and parts of the walls cracked, all evidently due to watered-down concrete at the time of construction.
Interested in more about this?
- articles.courant.com/1994-05-06/news/9405060307_1_new-lib...
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Monthly Scavenger Hunt - May '08
Heavy fog
In the bathroom mirror.
This was strictly a hit and miss affair. I didn't want the camera reflection in the shot, so I couldn't take it from front on, so instead I tried taking it from below, and from the side, and from above, aimlessly pointing the camera from a slightly different angle each time, and about 30 shots later, I ended up with this one.
It's blurry, and it's a bit noisy, but it's supposed to be a "fog" photo, so I figure it still works, and I like the shadows that are my eyes. Reminds me a bit of that urban legend of Bloody Mary. I remember when the show "Supernatural" did an episode about that, and I was too paranoid to look in a mirror for about a whole week after seeing it. LOL
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Steve Nichols, Command Chief, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., talk with Rich Shae, Heritage Center curator, Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the First Term Airman Center at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
Brr.
From Snopes:
"Mark Twain once asserted 'The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.'
"Status: False.
"Origins: San Francisco's weather patterns have confounded those who live there and those who visit for as long as there's been a San Francisco. It may be California, and it may be lovely, but the wind can be vicious, and those summertime temperatures can be disappointing bordering on 'in danger of freezing if one doesn't keep moving.'
"Twain's droll comment is widely repeated to the point that you can't read a news story that makes mention of the cold of San Franciscan summers and not trip over it. It's a great quote. It's a wonderfully crafted quote. And it's a darned shame Twain never said it."
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., presents his coin to U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tanya Chavez, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Professional Enhancement Seminar coordinator, 60th Medical Support Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, Command Chief, 18th Air Force, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visits the First Term Airman Center at Travis Air Force Base Calif., Aug. 11, 2016. Petzel is visiting Travis AFB to provide remarks as the guest speaker for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Induction Ceremony. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Louis Briscese)