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Lifting the back deck 

to confidently attempt to perform an impossible task, having misunderstood the difficulty of the task or overestimated one’s ability to complete it. Often with loved one(s) looking on and questioning one’s sanity in the vain attempt.
He thought he could make the company more customer centric, but he was lifting the back deck.

Blacklisting 

To trick someone into clicking a link that takes them to the music video for Rebecca Black's "Friday."
"Click here to see the uncensored version."
"Ooh, I like the sound of that..."
("Friday" begins to play)
"SON OF A BITCH!"

Blacklisting at it's finest.
Blacklisting by The Vine April 12, 2011

blacklisting 

One who accuses another person of being a communist. The words origin is from the early 1950s during the red scare. Many celebrities were blacklisted
Leonard Bernstein the verdict has just come in. The jury has come to the conclusion that you are a communist. Good day to you sir and may God have mercy on your soul.

This was an act of blacklisting
blacklisting by Leopold Sampsonite February 7, 2006