DUmmie FUnnies 10-03-05 ("Rather was prevented from going after smirk's N.G. paper's rigging")

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | October 3, 2005 | DUmmies, Mary Mapes, and PJ-Comix

[darkangel82]

20? Darn, it seems the DUmmies are on to us. The VRWC needs better security.

[CzarNicky]

I wonder if the Lousy FReeper Troll who correctly stated that newsrooms are not full of Republicans has been tombstoned yet?

[aBootes]

Our work was being compared to that of Jayson Blair, the discredited New York Times reporter who had fabricated and plagiarized stories.

And not favorably, I might add. Mr. Blair was able to continue for quite some time. Mapes, et. al., made it less than 24 hours.

[luvie]

Here is the defining evidence itself--you can't make this stuff up!!!

To: Howlin;

Howlin, every single one of these memos to file is in a proportionally spaced font, probably Palatino or Times New Roman.

In 1972 people used typewriters for this sort of thing, and typewriters used monospaced fonts.

The use of proportionally spaced fonts did not come into common use for office memos until the introduction of laser printers, word processing software, and personal computers. They were not widespread until the mid to late 90's. Before then, you needed typesetting equipment, and that wasn't used for personal memos to file. Even the Wang systems that were dominant in the mid 80's used monospaced fonts.

I am saying these documents are forgeries, run through a copier for 15 generations to make them look old.

This should be pursued aggressively.

47 posted on 09/08/2004 10:59:43 PM CDT by Buckhead

[aBootes]

Ho boy. Skinner, over at PJ's ant farm, has started a Harriet Meirs thread and they've discovered that she worked on the TANG issue...

Can't wait for tomorrow's DUFU!

[aBootes]

Heh. There's also a thread where you can read about the astrological implications of the whole thing. I'm gonna find out what a "sky sign" is.

[sharkhawk]

(was the NYT having their Christmas party early or something?).

I doubt the NYT would have a Christmas party. They probably were having a Ramadan party, or maybe some kind of Wiccan solstice thing.

[PJ-Comix]

Can't wait for tomorrow's DUFU!

It will be better than you think. I got a SPECIAL DUFU in mind.

[gidget7]

and tipped off right-wing bloggers before the airing of the pre-2004 election exposé by 60 Minutes

Wow, I had no idea we had so much political power, I am impressed!! Kudos to FReepers! These folks and the make believe world they live in, are nothing less than aliens! Hmmmmmmm maybe they are what that new show is about........

[Morgan's Raider]

Why aren't any high level Democrats looking into this?

Paging John Conyers...Here's something else for you to make an ass out of yourself over.

[PJ-Comix]

Unbelievable! Another woman with her baby across from me. Then her husband comes up and feeds the baby with a milk bottle while hovering over his wife and having an argument with her.

[PJ-Comix]

Gotta split! I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANY MORE!!! I want to do a Rambo with an AK-47 rifle.

[luvie]

Can't say that I blame you. Do those people LIVE in the library or can't they feed and argue at home! Sheesh! Well, guess we'll just have to carry on till you regain your sanity! You GOTTA get that computer!

[Hawk1976]

Yay Top 50!
Aim Big, Miss Big!

[decal]

"Last week a woman and her boyfriend next to me were practically rutting on her computer chair..."

I suppose it's too much to ask whether you took photos...

[luvie]

Before you start the SPECIAL DUFU--you better get some ear plugs and blinders so you can concentrate! LOL!

[Charles Henrickson]

All these Web sites had extensive write-ups on the documents: on typeface, font style, and peripheral spacing, material that seemed to spring up overnight. It was phenomenal. It had taken our analysts hours of careful work to make comparisons. It seemed that these analysts or commentators---or whatever they were---were coming up with long treatises in minutes.

Maybe it's because . . .

WE'RE SMARTER THAN YOU!

Both individually and collectively. And when you've got hundreds--nay, thousands--of us all looking at your "documentation" at the same time, there is enough expertise here in FReeper Nation that it's not going to take long before we've cracked the case.

[Charles Henrickson]

They're talking about you again.

[ml1954]

these library computer rooms are VERY ANNOYING.

Especially if the guy next to you looks and acts like Mohammed Atta on meth.

[weegee]

Why aren't any high level Democrats looking into this?

Because they don't want history books to dwell on how the left tried to steal the 2004 election. As the Barking Moonbats on DUh have said, those forgeries of signature and "file" documents are serious crimes.

Why would the Democrats want to shine line on their handiwork?