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LINK You might have thought that the White House had enough on its plate late last month, what with its search for a new Supreme Court nominee, the continuing war in Iraq and the C.I.A. leak investigation. But it found time to add another item to its agenda - stopping The Onion, the satirical newspaper, from using the presidential seal. The newspaper regularly produces a parody of President Bush's weekly radio address on its Web site (www.theonion.com/content/node/40121), where it has a picture of President Bush and the official insignia. "It has come to my attention that The Onion is using the presidential seal on its Web site," Grant M. Dixton, associate counsel to the president, wrote to The Onion on Sept. 28. (At the time, Mr. Dixton's office was also helping Mr. Bush find a Supreme Court nominee; days later his boss, Harriet E. Miers, was nominated.) Citing the United States Code, Mr. Dixton wrote that the seal "is not to be used in connection with commercial ventures or products in any way that suggests presidential support or endorsement." Exceptions may be made, he noted, but The Onion had never applied for such an exception. The Onion was amused. "I'm surprised the president deems it wise to spend taxpayer money for his lawyer to write letters to The Onion," Scott Dikkers, editor in chief, wrote to Mr. Dixton. He suggested the money be used instead for tax breaks for satirists. More formally, The Onion's lawyers responded that the paper's readers - it prints about 500,000 copies weekly, and three million people read it online - are well aware that The Onion is a joke. "It is inconceivable that anyone would think that, by using the seal, The Onion intends to 'convey... sponsorship or approval' by the president," wrote Rochelle H. Klaskin, the paper's lawyer, who went on to note that a headline in the current issue made the point: "Bush to Appoint Someone to Be in Charge of Country." Moreover, she wrote, The Onion and its Web site are free, so the seal is not being used for commercial purposes. That said, The Onion asked that its letter be considered a formal application to use the seal. No answer yet. But Trent Duffy, a White House spokesman, said that "you can't pick and choose where you want to enforce the rules surrounding the use of official government insignia, whether it's for humor or fraud." O.K. But just between us, Mr. Duffy, how did they find out about it? "Despite the seriousness of the Bush White House, more than one Bush staffer reads The Onion and enjoys it thoroughly," he said. "We do have a sense of humor, believe it or not."

Thats ancient history now it was like 4 years ago "

LINK TOKYO--Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed that the company is aiming for a simultaneous worldwide release of its next-generation gaming console, the Revolution. Iwata also confirmed that the system will be coming out after March in 2006. Talking about the Revolution in an interview with Nikkei Business, Iwata stated, "I can only say that it's coming out during 2006, but it will be after the current fiscal year. We hope to make it a simultaneous worldwide release as much as it's possible." Since the current fiscal year for Nintendo ends on March 31, 2006, it means the Revolution, as predicted by analysts, will likely be released somewhere between April 1 and December 31, 2006. When asked by Nikkei Business if he has any specific sales figure targeted for the Revolution, Iwata stated that he hopes the console will sell at least more than the GameCube, which has shipped 18.76 million units as of June. "It [the Revolution] would be a complete failure if we didn't sell more units than the Nintendo GameCube," said Iwata. The system's controller, which was revealed in September, was the focus of much of the console's buzz. Surprisingly, Iwata revealed to Nikkei that Nintendo's former president, Hiroshi Yamauchi, was not involved in any way with the creation of the Revolution's controller. Iwata told Nikkei Business that the Revolution's controller uses several different types of technology, though he did not go into specifics. However, he did note that the controller can be used with any kind of monitor, even digital projectors. By Hirohiko Niizumi -- GameSpot

Dumped a girl a couple of weeks before her prom but I had a good reason. Kinda. Funny story. I'll tell it sometimes.

anyone notice how crazy the 'stros park is? There is a hill in the outfield. A yellow line the drops 15 feet siginals a homerun. A foul poll type thing in just past the wall in mid-field. weird park man

if no one else will, I'll do it in the next few days

And what makes you think you know one of the alts, but not the other..? In reality, you don't know who you're talking to, no matter what name the person takes on a message board on the internet, alt or not. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What? I like to have one account per IP. You know who (not in the specific sense) your dealing with alt accounts are acting

And the two people would have to be slightly crazy <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm pretty sure, on these forums, thats not a problem. Seriously, Alt accounts are dumb, I like to know who I'm talking to. Alt accounts are to a forum with not enough to talk about what genetic defects are to inbreeding.

He'll use that argument to give him a reason to invade. His real agenda is oil. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've always wanted 54 states

It would be funny if there was only 2 people posting, just with many alts and neither knew it

You guys play nice, or I'll tell Bush you have weapons of Uber-massive destruction.

Why? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mainly because it makes me feel bad that people can have 2 personalities better than mine. but honestly, dunno, it just bothers me

I H8 alts

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hicks Learn your history, one of the most insightful comedian ever. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nothing like a encyclopedia to make you appreciate a comedian

Your mouth is talking. You might want to see to that. - Mal

Would be interesting, make it a la fahrenheit

not geeky so much as jockey

Just, you know, not retarded I mean, a guy with a musket I can reluctantly buy, but.... ah **** it

The Cardinals, the team the Astros beat to get to the world series, had the best record. Chisox were #2

How about: I changed my name from Lawman for awhile at least

your sig doesn't really work now

But...your my alt account..... OMG, Your my Tyler Durden!

Well, it was mostly because that wasnt really a world series thread, it was a play off thread <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not sure the World Series isn't technically part of the playoffs regardless, where's my money Lebowski?

You can vote for which game you want to be a movie and what movie you want to be a game.