NASA Spent $12 Million For a Space Pen While the Russians Just Use Pencils–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The message says that the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration spent ten years and $12 million developing a pen that writes in zero gravity for use by astronauts. The pen will write upside down, underwater, …
NASA Space Pen: a ten-year, $12 million price tab-Fiction! Read More »
The Democratic Origins of Social Security Under Franklin D. Roosevelt–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor lists several things about Social Security as it was supposed to have been instituted under the Democratic presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt:Such as:1. That contributions to Social Security were voluntary.2. That it would cost only one percent of the first …
Evidences of Faith in the Buildings, Memorials, and Forefathers of the United States-Truth!, Fiction! & Unproven! Summary of eRumor: In a time of controversy over separation of church and state, this eRumor lists what it says are examples of the role of religion in the foundation and institutions of the United States. Some versions …
Alabama Judge Refusing to Remove the Ten Commandments from a State Building–Truth! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor encourages support for Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore who was ordered by a U.S. appeals court to remove The Ten Commandments from a state judicial building. The judge has refused to remove it. The Truth: …
A U.S. Federal Appeals Court has Ruled the Pledge of Allegiance Unconstitutional Because of Its Reference to God, but Critics are Now Saying the Daughter of the Atheist who Brought the Suit is a Christian-Truth! & Disputed! Summary of eRumor: The eRumor says that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided …
A U.S. Federal Appeals Court has ruled the Pledge of Allegiance
unconstitutional -Truth! Read More »
Your Bank Account May Lose Federal Deposit Insurance Protection if You Don’t Verify Your Information–Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A warning said to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) saying that your bank account is being viewed suspiciously by Homeland Security. You are asked to go to a website to verify your account information …
You may lose your bank deposit insurance-Fiction! Read More »
The email describes prison conditions in Arizona’s Maricopa tent jail and quotes the sheriff as telling complaining inmates that the soldiers in Iraq are facing similar conditions, living in tents in hot weather, and that they didn’t commit any crimes.
Post Offices In Texas Have Taken Down Posters With “In God We Trust” on them-Truth! Summary of eRumor: You are urged to write “In God We Trust” on the back of your mail in protest of reports that 2 Post Offices in Texas were forced to remove posters that displayed the nation’s motto. …
Post Offices in Texas told to take down posters with the nation's
motto-Truth! Read More »
The Perfect Squelch: Rumsfeld Shutting Down Ted Kennedy-Fiction! Summary of eRumor: An alleged exchange between U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Senator Ted Kennedy during Rumsfeld testimony before congress. Rumsfeld is quoted as having shut down Kennedy by making reference to a 1969 incident in which a woman died in a car driven off a …
Resignation Letter of John Brady Kiesling-Truth! Summary of eRumor: The email says it’s the letter of resignation of career diplomat John Brady Kiesling from U.S. State Department. The Truth: This letter was published in the New York Times on February 27, 2004 and, according to the paper, is true. Last updated 3/4/04
