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Iran Considers Death Penalty for Bloggers, Russia Jails One
The beauty of the Internet is getting to say exactly what you want in a public forum, right?(Well that and stalking ex-boyfriends and shopping at work, but I digress.) The ability to speak one's mind in bytes and blips has landed one blogger with a jail sentence for extremism. A Russian man who called the local police “scum” and calling for the clean-up of the force he blogged that the police should be burned in the town square twice a day. For this posting, was convicted of “inciting hatred or enmity” and given a one-year suspended sentence.
Funny Man Al Franken's Campaign Flummoxed by Blogger
Al Franken, former SNL funny man turned face of Air America is the Senate candidate running for election in Minnesota, interested in discussing problems that concern his constituents. You know the good issues like jobs, health care, and the environment. Enter the blogosphere.
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Grab Bag: Jerk Sends His Ex's Nudie Pics as Xmas Card
- Man sends ex's naked pics as his Christmas card. — The Frisky
- Busty lady buys bra, finds enclosed note asking her out. Oh, brother!
Bad For Women? Online Name-Calling and Lawsuits
This is one of the most childish stories I've read in a while.
Rosemary Port, who used to blog anonymously for "Skanks in NYC," riled up a fellow fashionista, model Liskula Cohen, by calling her an "old hag," a "ho," a "skank," and a "lying psychotic whore." (You can't say Port doesn't know how to hurl insults!)
Why is there bad blood between the women?
Say What? Writer on Actresses Past Their "Expiration Date"
Okay, let’s be honest: Drew Barrymore was never really all that hot. In fact, hot was never the appropriate adjective for her. She was cute as a little kid in E.T.
Dominican Republic Bans Abortion, No Exceptions
As support for legal access to abortion in the US drops (with only 47 percent of Americans thinking it should be legal), the Dominican Republican has decided to go one better: they want to constitutionally ban the procedure altogether.
With support for the Catholic Church and the country's Catholic population, lawmakers recently ratified an amendment that makes it illegal for women to terminate pregnancy in all cases. Abortion is now constitutionally forbidden even if the mother or fetus's life is at risk.
Tweeting Your Miscarriage or Abortion: Good For Women?
When Penelope Trunk, a blogger who shares almost every detail of her life over the Internet, had a miscarriage, she decided to tweet about it. She wrote:
I'm in a board meeting. Having a miscarriage.
Do Shows Like Gossip Girl Accurately Reflect College Life?
In an article in the New York Post today, real-life NYU students respond to Gossip Girl's depiction of NYU freshman orientation. What do they think of the show's fictional keg parties on rooftops, characters requesting who they want to room with to the Housing Office, and the notion that NYU is cheaper than Yale? (Here's a Buzz recap of this week's goings-on to refresh your memories!)
Although one blogger gives the thumbs up to the show's reference to an "Art & the World" class he actually took his freshman year at Tisch, another one disses the idea of a rooftop party.
The Tale of Two Tents: Bloggers and the Traditional Media
In Denver we got a chance to check out both the blogger tent set up by Google, YouTube, Digg and DailyKos, as well as the traditional media tent set up right outside the Pepsi Center. And believe me, these two tents could not have been more different.
Over in the Google tent bloggers and laptops crowded together at long tables or comfy couches set up in a tent kept dark to make up for the lack of air conditioning.
Briefing Book! Mom Blogger in Gaza Shares Tales
- Blogging From Gaza: Laila El-Haddad is a Palestinian journalist, mother, and a blogger who is sharing her take of what's happening on the ground in Gaza. — Good
- It's Only Billions: A recap of 2008's biggest scandals in the world of finance and business. — Huffington Post
- Looking Ahead: It's never too soon to wonder who will challenge Obama in 2012?
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