09.01.11 | 4:43 pm
First Shots Fired

Everyone loves Netflix — except the content creators who think they’re not getting paid enough for their wares and the folks who own the Internet pipes who are miffed that they’re not getting their own piece of the action. Here’s one of the early shots in the unfolding war.

09.01.11 | 2:58 pm
Sorry, Still Bogus

Justice Department responds with bogus argument in support of wildly excessive sentencing recommendation for Abramoff associate Kevin Ring.

Yep, I know he’s not popular. But this is still an utter crock. Twenty years in prison for free meals and sports tickets to members of Congress and staffers? Really?

It’s almost like the DOJ is acting out in this case because most of the real players in the scandal got off scott-free.

09.01.11 | 1:49 pm
Berlusconi to Italy: I’m Too Big for You, Baby!

Endlessly disgraced Italian PM caught on sex investigation phone transcript vowing to leave Italy because it’s a “sh*tty country” which has “sickened him.”

09.01.11 | 1:32 pm
Sigh