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The Right to Be Offended
I continue to be astounded at the number of people who choose to be offended by things that don't exist. I refer this time to a story in the 31 August 2008 issue about the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin:
Missing In Action
So, there was no free edition on Friday, August 22. There were definitely reasons for that, and at first I decided I wasn't going to say all the reasons why. But after thinking about it, and recovering from the problem I'm about to tell you about, I decided I owed you an explanation.
Yahoo Debacle Update
Last week I announced a major disaster, and asked for your help in getting the word out about True to help reverse the problem. A good number of you listened, and helped. Thank you. While the threat isn't gone, this newsletter will be able to continue.
Yahoo Alert: True's Biggest Crisis Ever
I've given up trying to work with Yahoo, which represents the largest domain subscribed to True. There are more than 20,000 addresses within simple Yahoo.com domain on True's distribution (plus a couple thousand more on variants such as yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.ca, etc.)
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Funny YouTube Irony
Something fairly funny happened with my latest video, which was about a homophobe politician running for re-election while under the cloud of felony indictments over his first election.
A Family of Readers
Felix in California sent me an error report Monday (I left a confusing extraneous word when I recasted a sentence when I was writing). He posted the error just 11 minutes and 44 seconds after the Premium edition was sent out, and his report enabled me to fix the error for the free edition.
Janet Jackson 'Wardrobe Malfunction' Update
You all remember the Janet Jackson 2004 Super Bowl "Wardrobe Malfunction", I'm sure. The Federal Communications Commission slapped CBS television with a $550,000 fine over that, but today a federal appeals court threw out the forfeiture, ruling the FCC "acted arbitrarily and capriciously" in fining the network.
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ZT v. Savannah Redding: a Court Decision
A tremendous number of zero tolerance stories pass in front of me as I search for stories for True, and (contrary to what some readers think) I pass by most of them. I've previously encouraged those who are truly wronged by ZT to consider suing their schools.
The family of Savana Redding, who was 13 when she was ZTd, did just that, suing the school district and school officials with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union. The suit was thrown out, but they appealed, and after two rounds got a strongly worded victory from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit -- but with a shockingly thin 6-5 margin.
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Denver Mensa A.G.
Kit and I are back from Denver, where we both spoke at U.S. Mensa's Annual Gathering. Several readers have asked what a Mensa gathering is like. Mensans simply have one thing in common: they're all in the 98th percentile of intelligence -- pretty smart people.
One Strange Fetish
I just had to post this guy's mug shot after a subscriber wrote to say he thought it was odd that the woman so quickly thought the man was suspicious. First, here's the story:
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