It’s been a while since anything in my mailbox was as interesting as this. I received this urgent call to action on Monday along with my REI Catalog, one BB&B slick for everyone who has ever lived in the house in the last decade, and a refinancing solicitation (who says mortgage-backed securities are dead).

(This is a completely off-topic blog post, if you haven’t caught on yet. If you’re looking for information about information technology law, intellectual property law, and information on business law for startup companies, you’ve come to the right place, and you’ll find those posts below and by looking in the archives.)

For your holiday consideration — The “The Las Vegas Mob Threatens National Security By Corrupting The Massive Sports Book Market By Fixing Games And Raking In 100 Million Per Month” mailing:

Images of the mailer pages above and below. This reads pretty well. So far, my holiday has involved much dryer fare: I just finished a title on copyright and the public domain and I’m working my way through an ICLE treatise on contract law.

I was reading right along with this, thinking this was maybe an elaborate prank pulled by my ex-boyfriend screenwriter in LA — corruption and fast-paced action, The Untouchables meets Tim Donaghey. I was with him (whoever he is) right up to here: “It was easy to identify the CIA because of the car colors they chose: white for good, black for evil, red for control, green for money, blue for sanity, and yellow for minor sin.” Whoa, X Files. (According to this, I’m apparently sane, which would have been my first choice.)

According to the text of the mailer, Ann Arbor is one of several “elite college” cities that have been selected for ‘saturation with this mailing, along with 200,000 Manhattanites who were also recipients.

Is surface mail the new SPAM?
Unlike spam, this mailer cost real money: if the numbers are as reported, $130,000 or more. Obama, McCain, and now Las Vegas Mob / CIA Guy — this is the third time this month someone has incited me to action via the US postal system.

A PDF of the Mob/Sports/CIA mailer is here, and OCR of the Mob/Sports/CIA text from the mailing is here.

Happy Black Friday 2008.