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The book tour starts this week, and I look forward to it! I'm most looking forward to meeting many of you, shaking your hands, and telling you,"Thanks for loving America." I'll give you a scoop here and tell you what's on the book's Dedication Page – it's dedicated to you – Patriots – who love the U.S.A. as much as I do. Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released. They're now erroneously reporting on the book's contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign...

The son of sacked government drugs advisor David Nutt has posted pictures of himself on the internet apparently smoking cannabis. Steve Nutt, 24, is pictured on his Facebook page looking much the worse for wear. In one snap, his face is covered with paint and he is puffing on what could be a joint of cannabis. In a second photograph he is wearing a Santa hat with what appears to be another joint in his right hand. On the right-hand side of the photo, one of Nutt's friends looks to be preparing a second joint.

A wife posed as a schoolgirl online to catch her husband using an internet chatroom to groom underage girls for sex. Cheryl Roberts, 61, had become concerned about the amount of time her husband David spent at his computer. When a strongly-worded sexual message appeared on his screen while he was out, her suspicions were raised even further, a court heard. To her disgust, Mrs Roberts discovered that her 68-year-old husband of 20 years had been logging on to a teenage chatroom. The message, signed with his nickname Corky, had been sent to an underage girl, but showed on his...

How "Photo Tagger" lets anybody recognize you Facebook likes to talk about privacy, but the truth is the site is all about revealing yourself. A new app, however, may take Facebook's hey-look-at-me culture one step too far. It's called "Photo Tagger," from a company called Face.com. It uses amazing photo recognition technology to take your uploaded photos, go out to the Web, and identify them through "tags." That in itself doesn't sound all that bad, but when we tried this in the newsroom, it scared the crap out of just about everybody with a Facebook account. Here's why: While it's...

Pass the syrup -- this lucky guy is eating breakfast at home instead of on Rikers Island. A Brooklyn teen's playful Facebook message to his pregnant girlfriend about pancakes sprung him from jail and helped him avoid years in prison for a holdup he didn't commit. Prosecutors dropped a robbery charge against Rodney Bradford, 19, after learning his Facebook account status had been updated with the inside joke "WHERE MY IHOP?" from a computer in his dad's Harlem apartment one minute before an Oct. 17 stickup of two men in Brooklyn's Farragut Houses. "They had me on Rikers Island...

Media experts will join bishops from across Europe to tell them how best to communicate the Catholic Church's message in the 21st century.Steeped in history, the Church often struggles to explain its outlook and Pope Benedict XVI has in recent months been mired in controversy over remarks about the role condoms can play in halting the spread of Aids and his decision to rehabilitate a Holocaust-denying British bishop.During a four-day conference which starts on Thursday, representatives from the social network Facebook, the search engine Google, the YouTube video sharing website and the online encyclopedia Wikipedia will explain the importance of...

A British man who got 12 women pregnant after meeting them on Facebook has been dubbed "The Sperminator" by the UK press and his victims. Dominic Baronet had been wooing young women for years with his smooth internet chatter, the News of the World reports. Five women are now mothers to his children, another five have had abortions and two are expecting. Adding to Baronet's shady past is a criminal record for supplying ecstasy and cocaine. Kerry Martin, 24, told the News of the World she discovered Baronet's cheating ways by keeping a watch on his Facebook page after he...

One of Australia's most prestigious university colleges has been urged to launch an investigation into student behaviour after it emerged that some had set up a "pro-rape" page on the social networking website Facebook. The group, which was named "Define Statutory", described its members as "anti-consent" and was listed in the sports and recreation section of the site. Created by male students from the St Paul's College at the University of Sydney, the page could be accessed from any of its members profiles. It was shut down at the end of last month, but had been live on Facebook since...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she's back on Twitter. Palin took to the social networking site earlier this year, tweeting about state government, national politics and everything in between. When she quit as Alaska's governor in July, she promised to keep her fans updated through tweets. But that didn't happen, and Palin instead posted regular updates on her Facebook page, which has nearly 1 million followers. In a Facebook posting Monday announcing more dates on her book tour, Palin said she'll provide Twitter updates from the tour. Her Twitter feed is SarahPalinUSA.(continued)

From here latest facebook announcement: I’ll Twitter information when the tour starts, so I’ll post our progress from the road. You can follow on Twitter at SarahPalinUSA.Make sure to follow her on Twitter and spread the flyer!

Sarah Palin Posted This Video On Her Facebook Page: Quit Making Things Up DNC

Two weeks after Sarah Palin's unique exit from public office, Newt Gingrich offered up some unsolicited counsel for the former governor in an interview with POLITICO. Apparently, Newt was certain that Palin's reputation needed serious burnishing, and he was all too ready to provide it by offering substantial details on the range and style of speeches that would be most appropriate for Palin to deliver to various audiences in order to sustain a public revival. Exactly why he felt she needed his help remains a bit of a mystery, except that Gingrich, like Karl Rove, seems absolutely certain that the...

BOSTON - A pharmacy college graduate conspired with two other men on a terror plot to kill two prominent U.S. politicians and carry out a holy war by attacking shoppers in U.S. malls and American troops in Iraq, prosecutors said Wednesday. But their plans — in which the men used code words like "peanut butter and jelly" for fighting in Somalia and "culinary school" for terrorist camps — were thwarted in part when they could not find training and were unable to buy automatic weapons, authorities said. Tarek Mehanna worked with the men from 2001 to May 2008 on the...

SNIPPET: "UPDATED - Wednesday, October 28, 2009: A "New Facebook Login System" spam campaign is in circulation, launched by the same botnet. Sampled updatetool.exe once again interacts with the Zeus command and control at 193.104.27.42."

Mark my words - tomorrow is the game changer! Tune in to hear common sense solutions that bury the false accusations that conscientious members of Congress have no solutions to meet America's health care challenges. If you're like me, shaking your head wondering why all the miscommunication between Washington and the American people who have been saying, "Please hear what we're saying about our desire for health care reform," then tomorrow will be a refreshing time of clarity for all. All Americans, and especially colleagues of House Republican Leader John Boehner: please listen to tomorrow's weekly GOP national address. Rep....

I have been unable to log into facebook since yesterday. I keep getting a message that says "Your account is temporarily unavailable due to site maintenance. It should be available again within a few hours." This morning I decided to look at a friend's account. He is able to log in no problem. Also, when he clicks on my name it says that page is an invalid link. Very strange. I noticed that the DNC sent a message regarding Sarah Palin's facebook page. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2373961/posts I am listed as a fan of Sarah's on facebook and I have posted some political...

What a bunch of Commie scum-bags. The DNC is actually asking supporters to attack private citizen Sarah Palin on Facebook. My suggestion is to join Sarah Palin on Facebook and get her to a million supporters. She is presently at 952,744. I posted part of the e-mail sent by the DNC DNC executive director Jen O'Malley Dillon sent: Subject: Sarah Palin Lies Friend -- A lot of folks use Facebook to stay in touch with friends and family. For Sarah Palin, it's a great way to spread lies about health insurance reform. A few months back, Palin took to Facebook...

Pathetic. The DNC is urging supporters to attack private citizen Sarah Palin on Facebook. From the DNC website: If Sarah Palin wants to spread lies on Facebook, we’ll call her out in the very same place. Click the share button below to share our note — and make it clear that people who lie about reform will be held accountable, no matter where they spread their misinformation. The DNC is furious at Sarah Palin for suggesting that their nationalized health care plan would increase costs, drive up the deficit, squeeze out private insurers, and ration care.

Virus hunters are raising the alarm for a large-scale spam attack that uses fake Facebook password-reset messages to trick PC users into downloading a dangerous piece of malware. The malicious executable is linked to the Bredolab botnet, which has been linked to massive spam runs and identity-theft related attacks. Here’s a sample of the Facebook password-reset messages hitting e-mail inboxes this morning: According to Websense, the address of the sender is spoofed to display “support@facebook.com,” a trick commonly used to trick targets into believing it’s a legitimate e-mail from the popular social network. The messages contain a .zip file attachment...

A predator on the Sex Offenders' Register killed a 17-year-old girl he met and groomed on Facebook after luring her to a secret meeting. The 32-year-old posed as a 16-year-old boy to befriend Ashleigh Hall on the social networking site. But within hours of their first meeting, the teenager was dead...

Recent problems with the financial system could be used as a reason for regulators to have authority policing social networking sites like Facebook and other types of electronic communication like text messaging. If Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) CEO Richard Ketchum has his way, that's exactly what will happen. Ketchum appeared on CNBC's Oct. 27 "Closing Bell" in an interview with the network's NYSE floor reporter Bob Pisani from the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) annual meeting in New York City. Ketchum explained how the Internet and text messaging are unconventional means of communication that pose problems for...

As I stand here in a high school gymnasium watching freshmen girls' basketball games, I'm struck by the sight of America's future right in front of me - these tenacious young women full of energy and intensity - I want them to realize every opportunity this great, free nation can provide. There are big political races on the East Coast that are coming down to the wire - the results of which will impact policies and political actions that touch all of us in every state. Like other independent Americans, you know I don’t always see eye-to-eye with Republican political...

Facebook users in Britain said the Web site 's latest feature, which encourages people to contact old friends, is bringing up deceased people as suggestions. The new feature, which went live during the weekend, appears in the form of an automatically generated box suggesting the user logged in "reconnect" with a specific friend they have not contacted in a while. Dozens of users reported the box was suggesting deceased friends only hours after the feature was launched, Sky News reported Monday. A 27-year-old Facebook user who gave her name as Emma said she was distressed to be confronted with a...

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If you're on Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site, you could be the next victim. Experts say cybercrooks are lurking just a mouse click away on popular social networking sites. That's because more cyberthieves are targeting increasingly popular social networking sites that provide a gold mine of personal information, according to the FBI. Since 2006, nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases have been reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI, the National White Collar Crime Center and the Bureau of Justice Assistance. It starts with a friend updating his or her status or sending...

Why does my computer not let me log on to Facebook? This drives me insance. I have it as a trusted site, it still blocks it and re-directs me. Any clues?

With painful honesty, Katie Piper, the former TV presenter tells why she has finally waived her right to anonymity – and reveals the awful events that changed her life for ever However much she would like to forget them, the details of how she lost her dreams, her identity and very nearly her life will stay with Katie Piper for ever. They are burned into both her memory and her face. Katie, 26, has remained fearful and anonymous in the 18 months since the man she met on the internet attempted to destroy her, so few will recognise her name....

"The powerful online voice of jihad Shadowy cleric revered by disenchanted Muslim youths throughout West cited in Toronto 18 case" CAPTION: "A Facebook page for Anwar al Awlaki has 4,800 fans. He has been cited as an inspiration for extremist plots." FACEBOOK SNIPPET: "In a snowy field near Barrie, a group of young Muslim men listened intently to the eloquent voice emanating from the laptop. Anwar al Awlaki preached in perfect Arabic and flawless English about the need to fight in the name of religion, because the "world is united in fighting Islam." The time for jihad is now, no...

Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 2009 AT 6:09 PM Catching Up With DoD Posted by Molly Fedick Roxie Merritt, Director of Community Relations and Public Liaison at the Department of Defense, reports back from the Alliance of Youth Movements. She is down there with four members of her team, where she's been meeting with leaders from all over the world, all of whom have found success employing social networking tools in their businesses and organizations. Taking a break from the Mexico sunshine (the conference is in Mexico City), she...

<p>Meghan McCain: 'Don't call me a slut' Posted: October 16th, 2009 11:31 AM ET Meghan McCain says she will stay on Twitter. Meghan McCain says she will stay on Twitter.</p> <p>The revealing picture of herself in a tank top, which left little to the twitterverse's imagination, immediately drew harsh criticism from other tweeters, prompting an upset McCain to declare of the social networking Web site, "What once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment."</p>

The memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a Facebook page, hoping that the popular social networking site will help it reach young people around the globe and engage them in discussions about the former Nazi death camp and the Holocaust. The site, which opened earlier this week, already has more than 1,800 "fans" who have subscribed, with the number growing by the hour - some 500 signed up Thursday morning alone. Many have left messages in English, Hebrew and Polish, the majority expressing the sentiment: "Never again." "This is a kind of an experiment," memorial spokesman Pawel Sawicki told The...

A long-time critic of the video game industry has sued Facebook for US$40 million, saying that the social networking site harmed him by not removing angry postings made by Facebook gamers. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida by Jack Thompson. Thompson is best know for bringing suit against Grand Theft Auto's Take Two Interactive, Sony Computer Entertainment America, and Wal-Mart, arguing that the game caused violent behavior. In 2005 episode of CBS's 60 Minutes, Thompson likened the popular video game to a "murder simulator" and blamed it for the 2003...

We know that gold is soaring. And we know the dollar is slumping. But, did you know that year-to-date, while the S&P 500 is up 18% — a great showing, no doubt — gold is up even more? The precious metal is up 21%. In other words, measured in true, gold-backed purchasing power, stocks have really done nothing this year. Zip. It is most disappointing. I try to be optimistic about better earnings, a stock-market rally, and economic recovery. And I’m sticking to my guns. But what we’re seeing right now is pretty darn close to what we witnessed in...

TENNESSEE -- A user of Palo Alto-based Facebook has been arrested. The woman in Hendersonville, Tennessee was taken into custody on charges of violating a restraining order. According to police, she had used Facebook's "poke" function toward the person who had filed that order. While there are any number of reasons for "poking," it's normally used to get the attention of another Facebook user and simply informs them that they've been "poked." However, the restraining order prohibited her from telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with that person, which could also be interpreted to include "poking." The woman could be sentenced...

Just took a poll on facebook as to whether or not Obama deserves the Peace prize. I voted no and found that at this time, with 187,000 having voted, almost 82 per cent say... NO. (song parody on the Howie Carr show by a listener, set to Beatles tune) "Who'd give him that prize? I know who could Norwegians would..."

I am thinking of getting a facebook page. Some friends, and I, wish to start a joint blog to promote our group. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? All the facebook users that I know, just use the page to find old friends. But I want to use it for business purposes. I would appreciate you sharing some of your knowledge

A MALE flight attendant is being investigated by Jetstar over allegations he contacted a teenage girl on Facebook using details from passenger records. The Jetstar attendant sent the 15-year-old girl several messages via the social media website after a flight from the Sunshine Coast to Melbourne last month, reports the ABC. The girl did not give him her name but within hours of the flight landing in Melbourne the man had added her to his Facebook page and sent her several friend requests, the girl's mother says. The woman, who was on the flight with the 15-year-old and another daughter,...

The 26 year old, who has not been named, was traced by detectives after the owner of the house reported the crime. Officers noticed the computer was still on and when the 52 year old owner touched the keyboard, the social network site's homepage flashed up. The man, from Albano Laziale near Rome told police he was not a member, and they quickly realised the last person to use the computer had been the burglar. He had written several messages on his wall - but not revealed he was carrying out a crime - and police were quickly able to...

Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM • THE BLOG THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2009 AT 1:59 PM New Media Roundup From Across the Administration Posted by Katie Stanton Over the past few weeks, our colleagues from across the Administration have been busy leveraging social media tools to help make government more open and transparent. Here's a quick roundup of new ways to connect and get the latest updates from across the Administration: Today, the Department of Justice announced the launch of the new Justice.gov and new profiles on Twitter, YouTube , MySpace and Facebook. Yesterday, Secretary Salazar...

When a poll was posted to the popular social networking site Facebook asking if President Obama should be killed, the Secret Service launched an investigation. Today they announced the results: Turns out a kid was behind the poll. And no criminal charges will be filed against him or his parents, according to the Associated Press, citing a Secret Service spokesman. The poll, posted to the site over the weekend, asked, "should obama be killed?" The possible answers were "yes," "maybe," "if he cuts my health care" and "no." At least 730 people took the user-generated poll before it was removed...

The blog-o-sphere and the media (in their own little world) was all-a-buzz the other day when a poll on Facebook was discovered that asked if President Obama should be assassinated. Before it was removed, 700 people voted. Had any of the reporters or bloggers actually used the search function on Facebook, they would have found several groups on the social networking site dedicated to killing, or wanting the death of, a political leader, particularly the death of one George W. Bush. This group professes that We all Want To Kill George Bush It has 427 members and has been on...

A good friend of mine, David Appletree, who is a behemoth in the world of Facebook activism leading the fight against Islamic terror in defense of America and Israel is being threatened with removal by the folks over at Facebook . Now when I say behemoth, he truly is. Look at the groups he’s started, managed and built and the numbers of people he has on board: Can We Reach 6 Million Jews on Facebook? Don’t Break The Chain!! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=73732169121 120,200 members United Against Holocaust Denial on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38697069983 87,100 members Facebook: Remove Antisemitism from Your Site http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10450965798 continues at...

"Al Qaeda Wars" Social Game Uses Google Maps To Zero In On Actual Counter Terrorist Or Terrorist Targets Global War On Terror Game Includes Attacks On Famous Landmarks & Celebrities Like Ronal Frump, Pompous Real Estate Developer Who Finances Terrorists NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--"Al Qaeda Wars," an innovative new social game application in which players can become terrorists or counter terrorists, uses unique new social gaming features (including Google maps to zero in on actual targets throughout the world) has been launched by Rage on Gaming (http://www.rageongaming.com). The social game is now available on Facebook. Players can complete missions, build...

Obama Assassination Poll Rocks Facebook September 28th, 2009 by Adam Ostrow Politics and social media can sometimes be an explosive combination. But now, a poll posted to Facebook through a third-party application has gone so far as to draw the attention of the US Secret Service. The poll, which has since been pulled, asked the question: “Should Obama be killed?” and offered users four multiple choice answers. According to Talking Points Memo, who obtained a screenshot of the poll, more than 750 users voted in the poll before it was pulled by Facebook. Facebook, meanwhile, offered the following statement to...

Several groups on Facebook are dedicated to the demise of George W. Bush. Most of the dozen or so groups dedicated to killing him however, have only a few followers, but some of them have become quite popular. For example there is a group named "We all Want To Kill George Bush" with 429 members, and LETS KILL BUSH WITH SHOES has 484 members. The optimistic leader of the group "I bet that I can find 1000000 people who wanted to kill Bush" has fallen short with 518 members.

In the latest incident of violent rhetoric against the president, an anonymous user of Facebook posted a poll on Saturday asking if Barack Obama should be assassinated. Administrators of the online social networking website took down the poll on Monday, but not before it received 730 responses to the question, “Should Obama be killed?” The identity of the poll’s author is not known, nor are the responses to the poll, which was posted using third-party software unaffiliated with Facebook itself. The incident came to light after the Secret Service received a tip and contacted Facebook. Threatening the life of the...

The poll, set up by a Facebook member, asked if the president should be assassinated. It's been taken down, and the seriousness of the threat is being evaluated. Reporting from Washington - Facebook, the popular social networking website, moved quickly Monday to take down a member's poll asking if President Obama should be assassinated. The question, "Should Obama be killed?" had received 730 responses since its posting on Saturday. The four possible answers: Yes. Maybe. If he cuts my healthcare. No. The Secret Service launched an investigation into the threat against the president. A Facebook spokesman said the Palo Alto-based...

Comments that included the Muslim slur "ragheaded" have offended some Facebook friends of Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Hayes Ledford, who posted the remarks to the Web site in reference to 9/11. "His statement is an embarrassment to Chattanooga, the city to which he is supposed to recruit jobs and industry," said Chris Anderson, a board member with the Hamilton County Democratic Party. "In this case, Mr. Ledford advocated brutal violence against an entire race of people, most of whom had nothing to do with attacking our great nation." Mr. Ledford made his comments on the social networking Web...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Sept. 28, 2009) — When the Missouri National Guard delved into the world of social media in February by launching Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace pages all within a single month, no one could predict the impact the sites would have on the way the Guard did business as usual. The one thing everyone was certain of, however, was that the online media movement was much too big to ignore. “Utilizing new media is a great way to spread our messages,” said adjutant general Brig. Gen. Stephen Danner. “It is important that the Missouri National Guard has...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday. The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off the popular social networking site quickly after company officials were alerted to its existence. But, like any threat against the president, Secret Service agents are taking no chances. "We are aware of it and we will take the appropriate investigative steps," said Darrin Blackford, a Secret Service spokesman. "We take of these things seriously."