Youka Nitta has admitted to tracing photos, has cancelled her appearance at Yaoi-Con, and is quitting manga for the time being, while her publisher has evidently pulled her back catalog (or at least the direct links to it).

President George Bush: 'Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter'

George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan ( Read more... )

I know approximately jack and shit about contract law and even I think that's appalling. Tokyopop really has no shame.

(More here. Via here.)

Okay, I know this is Newsarama we're dealing with here, but WTF? "Is she on a jihad mission?" Why would you even ASK a question like that, especially right after the book's writer went out of his way to explain that he was specifically avoiding the Evil Muslims cliches? Good on the writer for immediately shutting down that bit of idiocy, but ( Read more... )

After Tara died, he said, he discovered that “there was a whole cliché about lesbians being killed.”

Somewhere, Vito Russo is headdesking[Note: That first link has spoilers for the latest Buffy Season Eight comic ( Read more... )

Court: Disabled Can't Escape Student Loans
America's seniors and disabled cannot escape debts from old student loans, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, freeing the government to pursue Social Security benefits as part of an effort to collect billions in delinquent loans ( Read more... )

I was wondering when Spitzer would get involved.

In other news, Sony and First4Internet were apparently notified about the security risks of their rootkit on 4 October, but were too busy looking for ways to keep things quiet to actually DO anything about it. (Sony is, naturally, spinning like mad, with Thomas "Most people, I think, don't even ( Read more... )

Note to GEICO, re: your latest radio ad:

Since when are geckos amphibians?

Evolution suffers Kansas setback
"...Tuesday's vote in Kansas was the third time in six years that the Kansas board has rewritten standards with evolution as the central issue ( Read more... )

"Ineptware." Hee hee hee.

Also, Amazon.com shoppers are (understandably) pissed. The VanZant brothers probably aren't loving any of this, either; this cannot be the sort of notoriety they want, especially as it really isn't their fault.

I just hope Sony and company don't get away with this. It really does cross an ethical line.