Paranoia

paranoia

CenterPoint Energy Thinks Your Fish Tank Is A Meth Lab, So Police Kick In Your Door

You'd think between the reactionary CenterPoint Energy subcontractor who smelled vinegar and got worried, the police officer who asked for a search warrant, and the new-to-the-bench judge who signed the warrant, someone would have stopped to say, "Wait, what exactly did you smell? Something vinegary, huh? Yeah, that's not a meth lab." (After all, we were able to find two decent descriptions of what a meth lab smells like in less than a minute.) Instead, a 54-year-old former nurse and her 49-year-old husband were handcuffed and told to sit in their living room and not speak to each other while the warrant was executed. More »

2:13 PM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Chris Walters
15,736 views, 118 comments

Latest by Craysh: @blackmage439 Do people like you blame all the faults of the US on Bush? When something happens, do you always close more »

privacy

How To Disappear From The Transaction Grid

The complete essay, "Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace," contains some of the most amusing paranoid delusional crap we've ever had the pleasure of reading, some of it criminal in nature, but it speaks to the lengths one might have to go to "live off the grid" as it were, in modern America. More »

10:15 PM on Tue Sep 25 2007
By Ben Popken
7,410 views, 32 comments

Latest by Frank M. Ahearn: How to Disappear… Again My name is Frank M. Ahearn and if you read my other articles, you would know that more »

consumer alert

No-Swipe Credit Cards Pose Risk Says Senator

Credit cards that use RFID signals to conduct transactions could put consumers at risk for identity theft and credit card fraud, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY said in a press conference Sunday. More »

11:13 PM on Mon Dec 4 2006
By Ben Popken
273 views, 6 comments

banks

Long-Distance RFID Snagging Possible, Already Done

After posting about the danger posed by magic wand credit cards, some readers pooh-poohed the notion that someone could build a device capable of reading RFID from a distance. More »

8:22 PM on Mon Oct 23 2006
By Ben Popken
557 views, 3 comments

jell-o

Jell-O Causes Biohazard Scare

A quivering, offal-like pool of cherry-flavored horse gelatin caused authorities in Germany to declare a biochemical emergency. More »

6:46 AM on Wed Oct 11 2006
By consumerist.com
51 views, Comment

defendmystreet.com

Defendmystreet.com Lawyer Claims Only Sex Offenders Upset

So what's going on with everyone's favorite pedophile paranoia site, Defendmystreet.com? More »

colorado

DefendMyStreet Owner's Bad Business History

Even before scaring people into giving up their email addresses by spreading tales of sex offender bogeymen, Florian McCann did not have a good rep in Denver. Commentors Pelagius and AcilletaM found several complaints and even news items about McCann's Mile HI Aeration company. Consumers complained about being billed and turned over to collections for aerations that were never performed. Frequently, poor service and damage to lawn sprinklers appear among the complaints. The BBB has over 339 complaints lodged against the company in the past 36 months, most unresolved. When Channel 7 asked Mile Hi back in 2002 about why it refuses to address complaints, they said they "don't kiss up" to its customers. More »

2:43 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Ben Popken
275 views, 7 comments

Latest by too_much_hate: I think Mile Hi does a great job. Always in the Service industry you cannot make everyone happy, and more »

defendmystreet.com

Colorado Pedophile Paranoia Site Probed

Our inside man at the Colorado Department of Public Safety tells us the guy posting pedophile-paranoia flyers all over suburban Colorado has been identified as one Florian McCann, who insists he's "simply being a good neighbor." The CPDS feels certain that he's using the site, and fear-mongering, to gather email addresses, purpose unknown. More »

12:01 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Ben Popken
196 views, 9 comments

Latest by Mr. Gunn: Someone wanted his address? "The owner is Florian McCann. His address is 2540 South Gray Court, Lakewood, CO 80227. He has more »

defendmystreet.com

DefendMyStreet Investigated

The Colorado Department of Public Safety just emailed us. More »

defendmystreet.com

DefendMyStreet.com Issues Fake Humbert Humbert Alerts

Brian Crecente — another a fellow absorbed fetus in Gawker's bulging, all-consuming belly of blogs — wrote us with a truly scummy scam running in his neighborhood, hyping on parents' crazed paranoia of pedophiles: More »

4:53 AM on Mon Sep 11 2006
By consumerist.com
166 views, 2 comments