Usenet spam!
Congratulations go out to Shira.
Her op/ed piece on the war in Iraq has been chosen by some random spammer for wide, inconsiderate distribution across a variety of Usenet groups.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer person.
On the other hand, the other treasure on Google Groups is that another of her articles was quoted in a flamewar and called a non-respectable source. Shame on them, Shira. Shame.