SEB Pro Tip: Don’t use your Facebook profile to solicit for a hit man.

By , on 17 June, 2011
Pic of Charlie Brown.

I'm right there with you on that one, Chuck.

It says something about the depths of human stupidity that I can still be surprised by the depths of some people’s stupidity. Take, for example, the Philadelphia woman who decided that she’d had enough of her ex-boyfriend (and father of her child) and decided to do something . . . → Read More: SEB Pro Tip: Don’t use your Facebook profile to solicit for a hit man.

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Skeptic busts psychic’s “evil money” scam.

By , on 19 May, 2010

This is a dual purpose story. First, it’s about dumbasses who believe psychics are real and end up allowing themselves to be scammed out of their money. Secondly, it’s about how a little skepticism can make all the difference.

It takes place in ***Dave’s neck of the woods and it involves a Denver-area . . . → Read More: Skeptic busts psychic’s “evil money” scam.

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SEB Mailbag: Just an observation about the Teslar Watch edition.

By , on 5 April, 2010

This edition of the mailbag references an entry from way back in the archives – some 7 years ago – in which I wrote about the Teslar Watch which is an overpriced timepiece that supposedly has health benefits. Back in the day the claim was that it would protect you from harmful “electronic pollution” such . . . → Read More: SEB Mailbag: Just an observation about the Teslar Watch edition.

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Proof the human race is probably doomed.

By , on 9 March, 2009

This one broke my irony meter:

16 arrested in fight at nonviolence concert – Houston Chronicle

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Montgomery County police say 16 people were arrested after a fight broke out during a concert held to promote nonviolence and to remember a Silver Spring teen killed last year.

The free Stop the Violence . . . → Read More: Proof the human race is probably doomed.

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Two year old refuses to say “amen” after meals. Is starved to death as punishment.

By , on 12 August, 2008

Another child dies thanks to a mother so deluded she follows the instructions of her religious leader and lets the child starve to death for the crime of not saying the word “amen” at the end of a meal:

Police say the five suspects belonged to a small group of adults and children who . . . → Read More: Two year old refuses to say “amen” after meals. Is starved to death as punishment.

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SEB Safety Tip of the Day: Don’t drink Tiki Torch fuel.

By , on 24 July, 2008

In what is yet another example of the sort of thing I wouldn’t have thought people would have to be told not to do comes the following news story out of West Virginia:

The West Virginia Poison Center reports that so far this year four people have been treated for drinking the refillable liquid that . . . → Read More: SEB Safety Tip of the Day: Don’t drink Tiki Torch fuel.

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