DolphinSafe.gov.CouldIHaveLupus.gov.GovGab.gov . These were real , registered websites at one time until they were terminated . In some suit — take CyberSafe.gov or Americorpse.gov for example — it ’s well-situated to see why .
Thanks to some excavation by aMuckRock user name Dean Triplett , a full list of terminated URLs isnow available online . It does n’t go back all the way , which made me remember it might not contain all that many old - school gems . But it certainly does — and it ’s a testament to how much has exchange about the internet in the past few geezerhood . I combed through the tilt and seek for some of the original sites using the net Archive’sWayback motorcar .
Most of the sites return nothing , but in some slip there are still plenty of lusciously direful internet pattern and awkward stockphotos . At the same time , it ’s also easy to find a leftover of insurance policy - making in the other days of the “ War on Terror . ” I ’ve heel a few of the most interesting archaeological specimens below . [ MuckRock ]
Here ’s whatTechnology.govlooked like in 2003 . 2003 !
USBorderPatrol.gov , put up in 1999 and taken down in 2011 . alas , the “ NASCAR fan get across here ” link is now dead .
Welcome 2GirlPower.gov , circa 2001 !
DefendAmerica.gov , launched in 2002 , admit some timely information on Donald Rumsfeld ’s effectual argument for holding political detainee .
Did you know the US Forest Service has an prescribed old - timey string band — with a keen center for former - timey plan flourishes and Papyrus ? Welcome toFiddlinForesters.gov .
The government should think seriously about re - instatingthis situation . I stared at this page for a sound two minute . The humbled range and data file epithet only make it curious .
LifeAndLiberty.gov , circa 2003 . Yikes .
receive toFruitsAndVeggiesMoreMatters.gov , because I guess Don’tForgetToEatAllYourFruitsAndVeggiesStayHealthyOutThere.gov was ask .
GlobalWarming.gov , seen here in 2009 , “ moved towww.globalchange.gov ” in 2012 .
WMD.gov , which appear in 2004 , disappeared in early 2009 .
“ 2008 , Year of the Frog , is a leap twelvemonth , ” excuse the webmaster atFrogWeb.gov . “ Facing the amphibian decline crisis , it ’s also the twelvemonth to leap to action at law to conserve amphibian . ”
Are you a fresh appointment to the Bush disposal circa 2002?Results.govis going to be an invaluable resource to you as you get finalize in !
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