So, unless you live under some sort of rock that doesn’t have a wireless connection, you’ve probably read about this whole Digg mess — basically, some dude hero figured out the AACS key that keeps people from ripping HD-DVDs, and links to this information kept getting posted on Digg. Digg responded by censoring the posts […]
While I have plenty of issues with the MPAA’s ratings system, I’m still a bit sad that Jack Valenti has died at 85. Valenti was part of the LBJ powerset, and he instituted the current Motion Picture Association of America rating system. This system, although not overtly censorship, has resulted in some pretty troubling self […]
As though of you who know me will have likely guessed, I’m more than a little irate about today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision. To that end, I would like to point to Bitch Ph.D.’s excellent response, which came to me via the smart-as-a-whip msmsgirl.
Aside from being terrified and frightened by the implications of this […]
The above is Joe Rogan taking Carlos Mencia to task for stealing other comics’ jokes. Even worse than the joke stealing, though, is the fact that Mencia really just isn’t very funny. His act is more “racist” than “racial,” and his humor about women is of the cheapest, sexist brand. Dr. Jorge Mariscal, writing during […]
“I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults,” Molly Ivins, March 1992
At the age of 62, columnist and amazing Texan Molly Ivins has gone on to the big newspaper desk in the sky. I’m going to miss her. She […]