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WIN!: Don’t Look Down WIN
WIN!: Don’t Look Down WIN : If you didn’t have to go #2 before, this glass floor will certainly help.
92 year old WWII vet is DVD bootlegger who sent 300,000 pirated discs to US troops
92 year old WWII vet is DVD bootlegger who sent 300,000 pirated discs to US troops : photo: Todd Heisler/The New York Times The New York Times has a profile of Long Island resident Hyman Strachman , "a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II veteran trying to stay busy after the death of his wife." He is one of the world's most prolific movie bootleggers, and has shipped hundreds of thousands of discs to US troops stationed overseas, at great personal expense. The man doesn't exactly fit the MPAA's pirate stereotype, in age, appearance, or motivation. Better still, who helped him distribute the copied DVDs to soldiers? Army chaplains. Snip: “It’s not the right thing to do, but I did it,” Mr. Strachman said, acknowledging that his actions violated copyright law. “If I were younger,” he added, “maybe I’d be spending time in the hoosegow.” And of course you want to know what the MPAA says about the nonagenarian widower megapirate! Howard Gantman, a spok...
Enterprise lands in New York
Enterprise lands in New York : The Space Shuttle Enterprise has landed in New York and look who was on board! Ok, they weren't. But this magnificent 1976 photo, previously seen on BB, turned up today in a CNN.com article pegged on the Shuttle's journey to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. " Shuttle Enterprise has a 'Star Trek' legacy "
Freddie Mercury Tribute of the Day
Freddie Mercury Tribute of the Day : Artist Pablo Stanley ‘s comic “Mr. Fahrenheit,” starring legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, gets soundtracked by the song that inspired it: “Don’t Stop Me Now.” [ aggregate .]