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No, really! After this moose bit my sister it warned about New York! |
Posted on 01/05/2009 4:12:38 PM PST by RaceBannon
UPDATED - ALERT - Frightening Text Messages Being Forwarded Around NY Jews January 2, 2009 3:00PM EST: [UPDATE BELOW] With the situation in Gaza deteriorating by the day, and anti-semitism rampant around the world, thousands of NY Jews were frightened upon receiving the following text message which has been going around on Friday afternoon:
“A Jewish woman gave a tip to a Muslim taxi driver and out of appreciation he warned her not to go to Manhattan next week Wednesday.”
YWN has reached out to high-ranking members of the NYPD, and have stated that although they received the same text message, “there are no credible threats to be concerned about - and don’t even know where this text message originated from”.
The only message that they do have for the public is the same message that they have been saying since 9/11. That message is “always be aware of your surroundings, be vigilant, and if you see anything suspicious contact the police department immediately to report what you have seen”.
UPDATE 3:50PM EST: YWN has just spoken with NYS Assemblyman Dov Hikind who tells us that he has received various reports regarding this ‘threat’ and has personally contacted the FBI who is currently investigating them.
He thanked YWN for our alert to calm the public, and echoed the call for calm and vigilance at anytime and any location. “If you see something, say something,” Hikind said.
“The FBI and the NYPD take these types of threats very seriously, and investigate them thoroughly to ensure the safety of the public.”
May Hashem protect us from no harm - no matter where in the world we are located.
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(Yehuda Drudgestein - YWN)
The text messenging article, I am not sure of, but the cabbie comments are real, at least those reported to my friend.
mY FRIEND HAS BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH THE fbi AND jttf PEOPLE ALL DAY AND ALSO OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
sorry, caplock
Anyways, I only sent my information out as freepmail earlier because I had no other source. When soeone sent me the article on the text messenging stuff, I used that as a vehicle to expand with what I learned today
The warnings from the taxi drivers are real
Several people we know, in 3 unrelated incidents, all reported that they themselves or a direct family member received this warning in the last 2 or 3 days
My friend is no dummy and has friends in the FBI, JTTF and other places and they all informed him they had heard of these warnings for the last 2 days
They also confirmed that people who had left the country had heard these warnings from taxi drivers in NYC and reported it when outside the country.
I dont know for sure about the texting, how you got people’s numbers is beyond me, but the other stories, we have the original names and know the sources who told my friend it happened to them.
One of them is highly involved in terrorism awareness within the US and they took this quite seriously.
A Hoax? Maybe, but a hoax perpetrated by TAXI drivers, not by internet rumors as the more immature among this thread have implied.
Like last time? Such a serious backlash.
Seriously.
Every muz taxi driver in NYC knows the time and date of the next big one, but not the FBI.
Next time, thank the taxi driver and tell him not to travel to Iran in the next 6 months or take some duct tape if he does.
How do these Muzzi cab drivers know their fare is Jewish, especially the women?
ML/NJ
I wrote this, it is not a chain mail
Nice language. So a muzzie cab driver warned your friend. Sorry but that sounds strange. All they would have to do is get the cab number and the cabbie name and call the cops. Dude would be in gitmo by tomorrow. No sale here.
you forgot to highlight the words PROPERLY FILTERED
99% of all bottled water is just not that!
Race Bannon is a hell of a lot more trustworthy than you are, chief.
And as for bizarre formatting: glass houses, half-assed-’haiku’-boy.
How do you tell that the cab driver is Muslim?
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No, really! After this moose bit my sister it warned about New York! |
If they want to the police can trace the text back to the original person.
You can get an ‘amen’ for that one!
Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons, packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway, a place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance, I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstore, lived in the ghetto, I've lived all over this town
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco,
this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey,
I ain't got time for that now
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/warning.asp
It has been going around in one form or another for years. Yours is just the newest false claim.
Yelling about it doesn’t make it true.
Still a hoax.
Any cabbie who makes such a veiled threat - haox or otherwise - is worthy of a bullet between the eyes as they sit in their cab. They are indirectly threatening the murder of thousands of Americans.
>> FALSE - water properly filtered and bottled in PET plastic bottles has a shelf life of at least two years.
And what if the water is not properly filtered nor stored in properly sealed PET plastic bottles? I think keeping liquid and food supplies out of sunlight is generally a good idea.
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