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007 Dis(Gold)members Austin Powers
gpinzone writes, "MGM and Danjaq, the British company that controls the Bond
film license, have obtained a cease-and-desist order against New
Line Cinema that prohibits New Line from calling the latest
installment of
Mike Myers' shagadelic spy series
Austin Powers in Goldmember . The full
article is available from E!-Online."
Also:
Activist site raisethefist.com raided and shut down by the FBI... last Thursday.
* 2002-01-27 00:27:10 Raisethefist.com Shut Down by FBI (yro,usa) (rejected)
I normally don't complain about my own rejected submissions, but this one sat in the queue for two days, with links to three different items on the raid. K5 posted a piece on this. Meanwhile, Slashdot editors drool over... a stupid studio fight, among other things.
Just this once, can I find out why the story was rejected? Is it because three IMCs were the sources, one of which took the time to contact the FBI and confirm the raid? Was it not "geeky" enough? I would think FBI raids on sites would be news, regardless of how extreme or controversial the sites are.
Some discussion in the items on SF IMC related to the raid indicate a few possible reasons for the raid, including protesting tactics, some Anarchist Cookbook-like material on making weapons and explosives on a budget, and the timing - one week before a major anti-corporate globalization demonstration in New York City, which brings up the spectre of scapegoating should anything get out of hand. In fact, I'm personally pretty sure the main reason for the raid was to collect "evidence" of activist sites encouraging violence in the event the situation degenerates, regardless of which side provokes the violence.
Someday, you're going to die. Get over it.
Whoever modded the above post as flamebait is a good example of why Slashdot moderation is broken. Kubla2000 makes some very valid points.
Worked on Carl Sagan. Didn't it?
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?