BAAPS Press Release

London, UK — 15 June, 2007 - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), the not-for-profit organisation established for the advancement of education and practice of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for public benefit, today denounced a website offering free breast augmentations as ‘degrading’ and warned British women that the process was entirely inappropriate for what should be a life-changing decision.

The BAAPS have learned that UK women are being lured into joining the myfreeimplants.com site, where they post photos of themselves and a personal profile, meant to entice men to donate money to pay for their breast augmentation surgery. Benefactors are then allowed unrestricted access to all profiles, are able to ‘send messages to the ladies’ as well as ‘purchase any personal products the ladies may have for sale’ and even ‘receive custom photos of your favourite girls (you may even request specific outfits)’.

cates: etymological note: the word “benefactor” comes from the mediaeval english for “moneyed sex pest”.

jay: i like the kids who post at subnerd. they help me learn about new things, like what ‘gummy bear’ implants are.

On Aug. 17, 1998, after relentless media attention, leaks, and news of Lewinsky’s upcoming testimony, Clinton made history by becoming the first U.S. president to testify in front of a grand jury in an investigation of his own possibly criminal conduct. In an address to the nation, he admitted to having had an “inappropriate relationship” with Lewinsky, but reaffirmed that he did not ask anyone to lie about or cover up the affair.

dan: what’s this, you ask?

Kenneth Starr, the special prosecutor in the case, pursued the matter.

dan: why, it’s the entry on bill clinton from conservapedia, the wiki without all that nasty trotskyite bias.

Clinton became the second sitting president to be impeached by the US House of Representatives. During his second term Clinton was accused of perjury in connection to the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit. The US Senate voted to acquit him. He later lost his law license in Arkansas.

dan: and what’s funny about that? nothing, really. the funny part is the discussion going on behind the wiki:

I am going to have to rewrite this article for obvious reasons.Geo. 00:37, 5 March 2007 (EST)

Too even-handed?McTavidge 22:37, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

Well, I tend to think that the fact that the article claims that Clinton was impeached isn’t greatly even-handed. I’m a conservative like any other person with reasonable political ideals, but I think we’re sort of stretching credibility with this one. Karalius Nyder 22:31, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

Sorry, my apologies - he was impeached! I need to brush up on my American politics. Karalius Nyder 00:45, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

dan: i would imagine it’s hard to keep up with the leftist press covering this stuff up…

jay: conservapedia? huh? holy crap, dan. you didn’t just make that up! it exists! haha. yuck.

BBC — The creator of a website which allows people to pay tribute to dead family members and friends has apologised after online adverts upset users.

The Leeds-based website www.gonetoosoon.co.uk was bombarded with complaints after adverts started appearing on Wednesday.

They included an advert for a motorcycle on a tribute page for a man who died in a motorbike crash.

Creator Terry George said he would remove the adverts.

Nightclub owner Mr George, from Halifax, said he introduced advertising in an effort to keep the website free for users.

He introduced Google ads on to the site, not realising that Google finds adverts related to words used on a particular page.

The site also included adverts for self-defence classes on a tribute page for murdered Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman and adverts for airline Ryanair on sites for dead boys and men called Ryan.”

cates: i’m almost tempted to set up some fake memorials to explore all the comic possibilities here.

Yo, Rocky, Or Rambo, Gonna Fly Now at 60
Allison Hope Weiner

rob: i’ll skip to the important bit, wherein peter sealey, a former film executive who is now a professor of marketing at uc berkeley, weighs in on the latest rocky movie:

Mr. Stallone has also tried to widen Rocky’s audience by going virtual. Rocky is drawn back to the ring after a national sports show features a digital boxing match between Rocky Balboa and the current champ, Mason (the Line) Dixon. ”It’s a high-technology, Google-blogging, iMac-type of premise going on there mixed with the classic underdog versus the establishment,” offered Mr. Sealey.

rob: it’s amazing that i didn’t manage to see this film, as i’m a total sucker for both google-blogging and imac-types of premises.

dan: i love google-blog flicks too, but sarah always wants to rent the iVillage-pod ones. we work it out, because that’s what being a high-tech couple is all about.