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FBI urges police to watch for people carrying books
(12-29) 12:54 PST WASHINGTON (AP) --
The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning. In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police organizations, the FBI said terrorists may use almanacs "to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning." It urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops and other investigations for anyone carrying almanacs, especially if the books are annotated in suspicious ways. "The practice of researching potential targets is consistent with known methods of al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations that seek to maximize the likelihood of operational success through careful planning," the FBI wrote. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the bulletin this week and verified its authenticity. "For local law enforcement, it's just to help give them one more piece of information to raise their suspicions," said David Heyman, a terrorism expert for the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. "It helps make sure one more bad guy doesn't get away from a traffic stop, maybe gives police a little bit more reason to follow up on this." The FBI noted that use of almanacs or maps may be innocent, "the product of legitimate recreational or commercial activities." But it warned that when combined with suspicious behavior -- such as apparent surveillance -- a person with an almanac "may point to possible terrorist planning." The publisher for The Old Farmers Almanac said Monday terrorists would probably find statistical reference books more useful than the collections of Americana in his famous publication of weather predictions and witticisms. "While we doubt that our editorial content would be of particular interest to people who would wish to do us harm, we will certainly cooperate to the fullest with national authorities at any level they deem appropriate," publisher John Pierce said. The FBI said information typically found in almanacs that could be useful for terrorists includes profiles of cities and states and information about waterways, bridges, dams, reservoirs, tunnels, buildings and landmarks. It said this information is often accompanied by photographs and maps. The FBI urged police to report such discoveries to the local U.S. Joint Terrorism Task Force. ©2003 Associated Press .............. source link 
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if they published that in the news wouldnt they stop carrying around the almanacs?
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So does that mean that farmers are planning our demise?
I guess it would explain the mad cow thing
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wow you know what just occurred to me? people who drive CARS could quite likely be terrorists! just think how useful a car would be in planning or carrying out terrorist acts! They could allow terrorists to get from one place to another, or even terrorists without a liscense could car-pool with other terrorists!
police, be on the lookout for people who drive cars...
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but then shouldn't the police just take that one step further... I mean legs are so much more useful for lateral movement and gettings through tight spots that a car simply cannot - so really anybody with legs is a likely suspect of terrorist activities as well. This means that guy in the subway from the movie "Kids" is finally safe at least. I'm not to sure what the ruling would be on babies though since they technically crawl - but i guess anybody with legs has the potential to become a terrorist - so all babies should be watched out for as well!
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An amusing e-mail I sent to a mailing list about a year and a half ago.
Okay, so I see this article on slashdot: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...=thread&tid=95 The following conversation ensued: Me: Hey Mike, CNN reported that Chat Rooms are a "haven for hackers". Mike: You're kidding, really?!? Who'd've thunk it. Me: Seriously?!?!?! IRC? Script kiddies? You jest! Mike: We should make chat rooms illegal. Me: Yeah. Just get rid of them. Mike: You in? Me: Sure. Mike: Yeah... any kind... ICQ, irc... anything. Any form of communication. that includes e-mail. Me: We should get rid of phones then, too. i heard those are a brooding ground for hackers. Mike: Yeah, apparently they all hang out around pay phones and stuff... we should get rid of pay phones! Me: Yeah... that'd be good. Mike: Then there'd be nothing to hack! Me: While we're at it, we should eliminate door locks. Then people wouldn't try to break and enter. Hackers like hanging around houses, I hear. Mike: Of course. You know what? I hear hackers like to exist. We should just get rid of everything. Me: We should get rid of existence. Existence is meaningless. Mike. Yeah. It always gets hacked. Me: You know what always gets hacked? Like, a lot... Mike: Wood? Me: Phlegm. *spontaneous breakage* It was beautiful. The end. *points to hand*
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asside from the legs :keebler: ,i think you're missing out on one of the most used terrorist items - pants - you never know what people are carrying in those. is it a gun, is it a plane, an anti aircraft missle battery, he's carrying in there, or just a copy of hustler?
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I think the USA should bomb the rest of the world with pure MDMA gelcaps, let us eat them all and die in one big cuddle puddle while JvB spins some serious cheeze.
OOPS! I said USA, bomb and cheeze all in the same paragraph!! I am doomed. There goes my NYE plans. :(
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Republicans will only be elected if the American public is scared enough of foriegn threats as Democrats are better at dealing with domestic policy issues.
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Lizard Man Icke has supposedly debunked the last election down to a tee saying Gore and Bush are cousins, ergo: http://www.sacredcowproductions.com/...ages/2838.html Regardless, I don't see how it matters as they're both Masons (Senior DeMolay - Gore, Skull N Bones - Bush), that much is well known.
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I'm a mason too... I can make you the best brick walls you ever did see! I also do stonecutting of course, so if anybody needs a new fireplace just let me know aight!
But on a less serious note, has anyone ever been down to the Vancouver Masonic Hall and checked out their pamphlets... very funny shit and worth checking out (I really like the robes they get to wear) - go on down and fain some interest in their wacky little group and walk out smilling/disturbed. Personally i think i'm just gonna become a shriner instead - cooler hats, cool little cars and you get to go in tons of parades.
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^^ Seeing your avatar I'd think you'd be better off a skull n bones member though, look into their roots me matey...arrrrrrr is all I should have to say.
Chances of you being nothing more than an unwitting accomplice for the man is great to deff, but atleast the parades are cool. If you're just going for hats though, shriners all the way.
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I would have to assume though that the skull and bones guys would have cool hats as well - hard to beat the shriners, but im not all about the hats, like i said before i really like parades.
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Lenny: "Nice try Homer, but although it is known that eggs do raise the level of serum cholestoral in the body, there has never been sufficient evidence to link it with heart disease" (or something like that, i don't remember it word for word ok) Homer: "That egg counsel guy got to you to didn't he!!" Lenny: "Umm, I don't know what you're talking about" Homer looks over and see's giant egg with legs, egg runs away Homer: "I'll get you egg!" Funny part is this quip is from the stonecutters episode... point of this quip in this thread?? The dog with the shifty eyes runs the egg counsel!
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