Viagraski
I am getting a lot of spam trying to sell me the various erection dysfunctional drugs on Russian web sites.
In a way you can understand this, especially if like me you have read Fred Pearce‘s excellent book, Peoplequake. In the chapter on Russia, he says that the birthrate is dropping fast, as Russian men are spending most of their time with cheap vodka. So perhaps they need all the help they can get!
The e-mails are easily spotted as they just contain an inane comment and a single png file. Delete immediately!
T
An Interesting Legal Blog
I was married to C for narly forty years and you can’t live with a barrister for that long, without getting interested in how the law works.
C did one of her pupilages in a top libel Chambers and had definite views on that subject. For instance, she believed strongly, that you never got involved in a libel case either as plaintiff or defendant. I never have and probably never will, especially if the libel laws in the UK are reformed so that the courts in the UK can’t be used to suppress such things as scientifically correct views, that go against the commercial interests of others! Let’s hope that what is said in this report actually becomes law.
I was led by an e-mail to this blog, which is one of the more interesting legal blogs I have read. It has already had an effect on my views. Read it, enjoy it and be cynical!
Fraud Is Enormous
According to this report on the BBC, there were 15,000 cases of reported fraud in the first half of 2010.
The body estimated consumers lose at least £35bn through fraud each year – but the actual number might be higher as people fail to report being a victim.
This is a disaster and what are we doing about it?
Nothing mainly, as many still believe that these frausters and their offers are real, when they are just too good to be true!
The Anonymous Widower 