the tail wagging the dog

June 29, 2008 3:08 AM

webofdeception.com is a bizarre, timecubesque linkdump maintained and updated by private investigator and domain squatter Joseph Culligan. In addition to sleazy dirt-digging on various celebrities and politicians, Culligan also includes a huge resource list of links to databases and public-record searches.

My favorite part was the document archive; highlights of the weird crap he's found include:

Letter from Elvis to Nixon, asking to meet with the President and be appointed a federal agent

White House internal reaction to Elvis' request

Immigration papers of the Sound of Music family

First draft of Roosevelt's "date which will live in infamy" speech

Letter from young RFK to his brother

Enjoy!

posted by sergeant sandwich (14 comments total)

Whoa, after looking at that site for too long it seems like mefi changed color. I expected video clips of client's spouses sexual affairs with voiceover 'I nailed your ass!'; slightly disappointed.
posted by BrotherCaine at 4:33 AM on June 29, 2008

It's like the the smoking gun. The moronic, tinfoil adorned cousin of the smoking gun.
posted by nudar at 4:43 AM on June 29, 2008 [1 favorite]

About 30% of the (huge) page is commented out, but is easily visible in 'show source'.
I found it because the 'Linda Tripp' link goes nowhere.
posted by hexatron at 5:54 AM on June 29, 2008

Shit! He's already onto us!

To Sergeant Sandwich, Nat Lipkowitz: Let us know if webofdeception can look into anything for the MetaFilter group. We enjoy all the listings with items  that nobody can find anyplace else!!!

[Janky characters in the original]
posted by adamrice at 7:01 AM on June 29, 2008

Whoa, after looking at that site for too long it seems like mefi changed color.

That happened to me, too. For a moment I thought I had somehow ended up on projects; the color seemed to go greenish.
posted by jayder at 7:24 AM on June 29, 2008

Well, I learned that Vanilla Ice has been convicted of "UNLAW POSS OF WILDLIFE", which, I guess, fills my "learning new stuff on the internet" quota for today. Time to log out.
posted by effbot at 7:48 AM on June 29, 2008 [1 favorite]

I suppose there's some sort of public service hidden in there somewhere. Honestly, I didn't need to know that the big oil chiefs drove gas guzzlers. I sort of assumed that went with the territory. Every day I see people with more money than sense.
posted by beelzbubba at 8:32 AM on June 29, 2008

Let us know if webofdeception can look into anything for the MetaFilter group.

Hmmm. Got anything on Givewell?
posted by five fresh fish at 8:51 AM on June 29, 2008 [2 favorites]

WTF is with all the tax liens and etc? How come so many wealthy people are so utterly negligent on paying their dues back to society? Buncha assholes.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:25 AM on June 29, 2008

This is obviously an elaborate study of color perception. The "information" is there only to remove our guard.
Now the MeFi color looks wrong.
posted by cmoj at 11:24 AM on June 29, 2008 [1 favorite]

Why did Bobby Kennedy write about brother John's birthday present in January, when John's birthday was in May?
posted by Cranberry at 11:37 AM on June 29, 2008

Whoah! That's cool what looking at the link does to looking at MeFi.
posted by humannaire at 12:22 PM on June 29, 2008

You could be on this site for hours!
posted by femmme at 1:25 PM on June 29, 2008

This is insanely awesome. And I mean "insanely" in the literal sense.
posted by vertigo25 at 9:25 AM on June 30, 2008