DUmmie FUnnies 05-17-05 ("I'm pretty upset right now, and I need an explanation" ---Pitt)

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | May 17, 2005 | William Rivers Pitt, DUmmies, and PJ-Comix

[mozrock]

Where do the Bev posts start at? This thread has gotten too damn big!!!! lmao

[PJ-Comix]

Will the real BevHarris please stand up. This is very interesting. One post on an account set up in 2003. Think somebody's playing with us?

No. It's her. Now reading her other posts. Be polite. We may get some great info here.

[mozrock]

Most of my close friends are liberals. Well, they think they are liberals but they have conservative beliefs.

That is so true of alot of my friends too! Tells you what a good job the LIBERAL media is doing in brainwashing!

[jennyjenny]

Not that I am aware of. I've had customers get cashiers checks for well over that amount in one check.

[PJ-Comix]

Ole BBV Bev can just truck right back over to the DUmpster!

Let's be polite. Bev Harris is posting here in the DUFUs and I am FASCINATED by what she has to say. Reading now.

[franksolich]

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Okay, I just got back home from working all night--too many people depend upon me for their Friday paychecks, and I never let them down--and am dead tired, and have to get some sleep for some hours.

ANYWAY.

I am starting to get bites from various media, all of them telling me, "well, give me the Reader's Digest condensed version, and then the evidence."

Uh, this is comparable to reducing War and Peace into two double-spaced typed pages.

So, I have a proposal--keepers of the time-line, please note.

I will gladly "sacrifice" my profile so as to contain the entire time-line, if those involved will send it to me.

This way, I can give the reporters the link to one single place that has the sordid, tawdry details; also, this would give everyone who wishes, the advantage of just having to "click" on my name, to get those same details.

Of course, since my "profile" is password-protected, that would mean that only I could make changes, amendments, and additions--but even though I've gotten six dozen eggs on my face the past two weeks, I'm sure I have enough "credibility" with all you others, to trust me to make those changes, amendments, and additions in a timely manner (and if not, P-J Comix, Charles Henrickson, speed-addiction, Purrcival, JLO, and commonguymd, will probably tie me to a bison, just to see what happens).

This is all up to you, the keepers of the time-line. But I do need to have this all set up so it is easily accessible to news reporters; if anyone has a better idea, holler.

Or if you like this idea--having my "profile" be the time-line, please send it to me.

I'm going to sleep now; I'll be back later on in the day.

[PJ-Comix]

But methinks you sadly mistaken if you think your whitewash is going to fly any better here than anywhere else. We are so onto you. I advise you: Get. Out. Now.

No! No! I WANT Bev here. She is WELCOME. We NEED to read what she has to say. It is important.

[luvie]

Sorry PJ! It was late. I'm sure having her around could be worth lots in entertainment value.......read on!

[Notforprophet]

That's hilarious! Chris Farley, lol.

NFP

[commonguymd]

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[mozrock]

thanks common.....i just can't keep up! damn sleep and work!!

[commonguymd]

sounds like a good plan to me.

[Barset]

No, I'm serious. Who's name is on the account? There was speculation on this thread on the possibility that the "s" was deliberately dropped from Johns Hopkins on the original check and "Hospital" added to the imaged checks shown on DU.

Andyscam put images of the checks on DU website to "prove" to the restless at DU that he was going to John Hopkins Hospital.

Does a John Hopkins have an account at Verity Credit Union, Seattle, WA, to which Andy Stephenson has access?

[kevkrom]

I have been wondering why there are 2 separate checks on the same day instead of one check for $32,000

It might be to different payees (different departments or institutions).

[speed_addiction]

I have been wondering why there are 2 separate checks on the same day instead of one check for $32,000

My bank will not issue cashiers checks for more than $15,000. Which is sometimes a bit of a bother since my fuel bills are $18K or so every week or so.

[SCALEMAN]

Since you deal with these things on a regular basis, I have a silly question. Is there a monetary limit on what a cashier's check can be written for? I have been wondering why there are 2 separate checks on the same day instead of one check for $32,000 (where he got one for 25 and one for 7).

As far as I know the bank can issue checks for any amount as long as the buyer can cover it in some way. Remember the old TV show the Millionaire? A cashier's check made out for $1,000,000.00 (fiction of course).

I assumed that the reason for the two checks was funds coming in and being deposited. I don't remember which one came first, but if the first check drained the account, they would have to wait for more funds to be deposited such as checks, paypal, amazon etc. to purchase an additional cashier's check.

Another plausable explaination is they thought they needed $25k for JH, purchased the first check, were told that they needed another 25k and drained the account with the second check.

[PJ-Comix]

If that's Bev I'll donate $10 to Andy myself, via PayPal no less. I'm not buying it whatsoever.

Better send your 10 bucks to Andy. It's her. Note the date she registered with the FR. LOOOONG before we knew about her. Nobody would use an exact screen name of someone we don't know.

[franksolich]

Well, the deal is, we're not DUmmies here, who think that by just e-mailing a bunch of links to someone, something gets done.

We're more professional than that (also more mature, and reasonable in our expectations).

The time-line is excellent, what with its links and all that, but the current problem is that it is scattered throughout 10,000+ comments and six threads, and even Woodward and Bernstein are not going to cull through all that.

We are not DUmmies here; if we want to make a case for the media--again, there is interest, in Seattle, in Baltimore, in New York City, in Columbus (Ohio), in Nashville, in places I never thought of--we have to do our part in making it easily accessible (and formatted nicely) for them.

[kevkrom]

The timeline will be helpful for that, but an "executive summary" would probably also be useful -- basically 1 to 2 paragraphs describing the basics behind the story and why it should be of interest.

Think of it almost as writing a "lead" to a feature newspaper article.

[SCALEMAN]

Separate thread for the time line?