Former MPAA chief Jack Valenti singlehandedly revises the U.S. Code: "Fair use is not in the law"  (10)

"By failing to see the difference between a winner and a hero, Paul Hamm gave the world a much more honest representation of what our American values have become in 2004." [via]  (1)

A computer on an Atkins diet: Apple unveils new iMac  (0)

Gothamist goes global: Chicagoist, DCist, LAist, SFist — and apparently on the boards, Bostonist. [Me, I'm still waiting for Istanbulist.]  (14)

Dumbster: famous social-software service Friendster goes antisocial, fires employee for blogging  (0)

Hot sauce ...  (15)

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Can you sum up John Kerry's position on the war in 15 words or less? Bob Somerby can.  (0)

From the streets of New York, a report on "the most beautiful construction site ... ever"  (0)

Remind me never to let Alan Keyes sing to my children.  (1)