Get the newest articles and latest updates as they are posted. http://www.breakthechain.org/ This decade-old missive just won't die. Despite numerous experts and casual observers pointing out its futility, it continues to circulate with zeal, picking up new false attributions along the way. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/exxon.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/exxon.html Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:00:00 GMT It's bad enough you can go broke filling your gas tank, but this chain letter intimates that you could die from the experience, too! http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/hivpumps.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/hivpumps.html Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:30:00 GMT An old formula that has been re-worked numerous times over the past decade or so is back, this time warning to beware of electronic postcards from friends. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/postcardvirus.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/postcardvirus.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT A perennial favorite has acquired some new preambles making it look new and current, despite being one of the oldest pieces of armchair activism in my collection. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/dobsonpet.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/dobsonpet.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:30:00 GMT The medical community, concerned with the undeserved longevity of this popular health warning have fired back with their own anti-chain letter. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/ca125.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/ca125.html Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT As holiday gift-buying season hits its stride, I revisit a warning that originated last year that claims thieves are lying in waiting for you to activate gift cards for which they hold the key. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/giftcards.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/giftcards.html Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:30:00 GMT In response to a popular but uninformed chain letter, the Walter Reed Army Medical Center has created a legitimate way you can send greetings to wounded soldiers. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/anysoldierxmas.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/anysoldierxmas.html Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:30:00 GMT The "Olympic Torch" virus warning (a.k.a. "an Internet card for you," "WTC Survivor") is given an update just in time to make folks paranoid about opening electronic Christmas cards. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/merryvirus.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/merryvirus.html Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:20:00 GMT Once again, Hollywood trickery is being represented as real - this time we're led to believe that a magnificent carved tree can be found in the wilds of China. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/animaltree.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/animaltree.html Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:30:00 GMT The self-styled toughest sheriff in America further justified the title this week by placing none other than boxer Mike Tyson in his famed tent city jail, complete with pink undergarments. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/joearpaio.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/joearpaio.html Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:30:00 GMT Research recently released by a coalition of consumer advocates may be fanning the flames of a four-year-old e-rumor about a hidden danger in cosmetics. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/lipstick.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/lipstick.html Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:00:00 GMT A follow-up to last year's popular boycott call claims some success by suggesting that Citgo is trying to head off the American consumer by changing its name. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/chavezcitgo.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/chavezcitgo.html Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT A personal self-defense expert counters this old bit of e-mail lore with some sound advice to prevent date rape. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/progesterex.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/progesterex.html Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:00:00 GMT A well-timed photograph can tell virtually any story you want it to, so does this one truly show a presidential candidate's disregard for tradition and protocol? http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/obamanosalute.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/obamanosalute.html Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:30:00 GMT We can only hope that recent reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act will put an end to the circulation of this alarmist rumor that certain Americans' rights to vote will soon be revoked. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/blackvote.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/blackvote.html Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:30:00 GMT Hot on the heels of the latest reissue of a controversial (at least in e-mail circles) muslim stamp is the return to prominence of the chain letter calling for 'patriotic' Americans to boycott it. http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/muslimstamp.html http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/muslimstamp.html Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:30:00 GMT