Gizmodo says that a new law in California would punish people who assume another person’s identity online: It’s been put to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, with the new bill landing such identity thieves with a $1,000 fine or up to a year in jail, along with the opportunity to sue for compensation. The limits of parody […]
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Can I ever attend a circus again after seeing that footage of elephants being brutalized by Ringling Bros. trainers? But elephants in tutus are so cute! What a funundrum! Also, remember when McDonald’s insisted on presenting McCoffee as the down-home, adamantly unpretentious alternative to Starbucks? Now they’re getting stuffy.
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OPB Infuriates Lefties, NPR Called “Fox Lite”
Commentators (and commenters) on BlueOregon have been enraged over the past few days about an OPB piece claiming that a woman sold her business in Sisters, “because of measures 66 and 67, which she says taxed the company’s profits leaving less money for the business to grow.” Carla Axtman calls bullshit on that, saying if […]
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“Kenneth Watson Had Maggot Growing Inside His Eyeball”
These are the only stories the Mercury will be covering from now on—AND YES—we will have dramatic CG representations of a maggot eating an eyeball. YOU’RE WELCOME. via
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Mercury Softball vs. WW: When Titans Clash!
Guys! This Sunday, the mighty Mercury Softball Team takes on the equally mighty Willamette Week team in a game that can only be termed a CLASH OF THE TITANS! The WW is having their best season ever, and while the Merc had a bit of a slow start, we’ve come roaring back in late season […]
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Look at these Fucking Hipsters.
“Haruki Murakami once said….” Does self-recognition make you want to buy a Jazz? Anyone?
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New RollingStone.com Editor Declares “Snark” Dead; Blogtown Closes Doors
Guys… this is a “No Snark” zone! Former articles editor of New York magazine Nick Catucci has left the rag to become Rolling Stone‘s first online editor ever! (Apparently the RollingStone.com site was formerly being run by a can of tortellini soup named “Karen.”) And according to this interview with the New York Observer, Nick […]
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Sarah Palin in a Taiwanese CGI Nutshell
From the folks that made the Tiger Woods brouhaha so eerily visual comes a new Palin primer. I particularly love the would-be footage of the Palin family’s would-be reality show (starting at :40.)
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Daniel Schorr is Dead at 93
The legendary newsman and NPR commentator covered the Cold War, Watergate and the formation of NATO after World War II. He’s worked in newspapers and radio, and I remember hearing his distinctive voice on the radio from an early age. I only wish I had been around to see him breaking stories a few decades […]
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Dear Reporter: You’re Off the Skateboarding Beat
A reporter covering a skateboarding event accidentally PWNS a kid—or was it an accident? Maybe he’s going undercover as a pedophile?