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Downfall of “The Seducer”
What happens when an aging pickup artist of legendary proportions falls from grace and is supplanted by a younger crop of studs? And how does the elder Don Juan deal with seeing his classroom-centered...
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Awesomest Congressional Campaign Ever — Vernon Robinson, N.C.
"Brad Miller even spent your tax dollars to pay teenage girls to watch pornographic movies with probes connected to their genitalia." That's from a TV campaign ad by Vernon Robinson, who's trying to...
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Adopt an African Hottie’s Clitoris!
Rael is back. A few years ago, the "UFO cult" leader claimed to have cloned human beings, and was widely dismissed as a crass self-publicizer and hoaxster. "Once we can clone exact replicas of...
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My Opponent Pays for Gay Teen Bestiality!
Things are so bad for Republicans right now that they absolutely must rely heavily on individual attacks on the opposing candidates. Republican Congressional candidate Paul Nelson is even recycling...
View ArticleSteve Robles
Steve Robles is a writer based in San Francisco. He’s been a contributor to Getting It, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, Eros Zine, Time Out, and various other publications. Sometimes Robles plays...
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EFF and 10 Zen Monkeys vs. Michael Crook and DMCA
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is representing 10 Zen Monkeys in a civil lawsuit against griefer Michael Crook for abusing the DMCA and violating our free speech rights. In September, we published...
View ArticleSorry ‘Bout That, Nick!
We like Nick Douglas. A lot. He's funny, playful, unafraid to say crazy shit. So we naturally stayed as up-to-date as we could with the situation surrounding his departure from Valleywag. Little did we...
View ArticleIs Iraq really THAT bad?
This roundup of YouTube clips is meant to give a small sense of what it's like for the people who are killing and getting killed in Iraq — a view that, limited as it is, one can't possibly get from the...
View ArticleRecommendations for Truly Last Second Gifts
This is one one of those Christmas seasons where The Day falls on Monday, which means the stores are open all weekend. And that means fewer excuses for not gifting all the meaningful, local peeps you...
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Has Michael Crook Harassed You?
Note: The above screen capture is from a 2005 Fox News Channel appearance. The image has been re-inserted on November 15th, 10 business days after filing a counter-notice (PDF) in response to a DMCA...
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The Web 2.0 Guide to Loving Neologisms
Have you ever been talking shit with friends and heard someone scream, "I hate that fucking word!" (Probably right after they themselves have just said, "Web 2.0”). Hipsters. That's why I've become a...
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A Selection of Obscure Robert Anton Wilson Essays
I was prompted by yesterday's news of the passing of RAW to scan the pieces he wrote for his 1999 column on GettingIt.com, the progenitor of this webzine. It was a casual act, under the assumption that...
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Is Yahoo/Flickr DMCA Policy Censorship?
Reflections about the Michael Crook affair will surely be all over the web soon. People will look back in anger, although the prevailing sense of outrage may be tempered by many notes of caution —...
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Official Launch: 10ZM.TV
One of the reasons for the "video apology" term in the settlement agreement with Michael Crook is that we were already planning to launch a video property. Having Crook's apology in video seemed an...
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EFF Attorney Jason Schultz vs. Stephen Colbert
Starting with a whiteboard and a teacher’s instincts, Jason Schultz makes the Michael Crook free speech case as clear as a flowchart. He also explains why the EFF made a video apology part of the...
View Article5 Best Videos: Animals Attacking Reporters
It’s cruel to even want to watch these videos. You do know that, right? Not just because people are attacked by animals. The added cruelty is you'll be enjoying an animal attack on a human who only...
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The Future of America Has Been Stolen
Investigative reporter Greg Palast says 4.5 million votes will be shoplifted in 2008, thanks largely to the "Rove-bots" that have been placed in the Justice Department following the U.S. Attorney...
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Hype Smackdown: iPhone v. Paris Hilton
It's a battle of pop culture titans as two empires -- one high-tech, one high-rise -- clash in explosive PR fury. Since these two heavyweight memes have climbed into the competitive media ring of...
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Will ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ Satisfy True Fans?
Hardcore Lord of the Rings nerds will get a little somethin'-somethin' on Sunday to help them through the Middle Earth drought until Jackson's production of The Hobbit is released. But let's be real....
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The Great ‘Captain Marvel’ Soundtrack Scam
A funny thing happened when I searched Amazon for the soundtrack to Marvel's upcoming superhero blockbuster, Captain Marvel. The first match is, of course, "Captain Marvel Soundtrack" -- but it's by...
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