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   Message 137,078 of 137,311   
   Evelyn C. Leeper to Keith F. Lynch   
   Re: The government shutdown   
   13 Nov 25 17:52:51   
   
   From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/13/25 5:43 PM, Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   > Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >> Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >>> Keith F. Lynch  wrote:   
   >>>> I would advocate "pulling the plug" on India.  If they won't   
   >>>> enforce laws against making overseas scam calls, it should be made   
   >>>> impossible for them to make overseas calls at all.  Let them scam   
   >>>> each other.   
   >   
   >> The bulk SMS guys are moving to the US now, so we'd better pull the   
   >> plug on ourselves.   
   >   
   > I have plenty of experience with scam phone calls and with email   
   > spams.  But I have no experience with SMS, as I've never had a cell   
   > phone, so I won't comment on SMS.   
   >   
   > Now that the government shutdown is over, I suggest that they   
   > prioritize scam calls.  The domestic callers can be sentenced to   
   > prison.  As for callers from India, again I suggest that if it's   
   > legitimate to bomb ships on the high seas because they're suspected   
   > of carrying drugs intended for willing buyers, then it's certainly   
   > legitimate to bomb Indian scam call centers designed to repeatedly   
   > annoy hundreds of millions of unwilling Americans in order to   
   > financially scam the few thousand of us who are most gullible.   
      
   Except, of course, it's not, in either case.   
      
      
   --   
   Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
   In the words of Cato, "Fasciculi de Epstein emitti debent."   
   In my words, "Invoke the 25th in 25."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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