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Tanya Devereaux claims she’ll do every virgin that takes an oath of internet neutrality.

I will make love with every virgin who defends the Internet. Certain ISP’s are planning to limit internet access in a way that infringes upon internet freedom or ‘net neutrality’. Description of Services The services consist of Tania performing sexual intercourse with the applicant, the form and style of the performance will be discussed prior to the act, Tania tries to allow as much freedom as possible in this area but she does reserve the right to decline suggestions. Tania covers all her personal expenses, including travel. Any sort of recording (video, audio or photographs) of the performance is allowed for non-commercial use. Tania adheres to high standards of service but due to time limitations each performance can last no longer than 30 minutes, no exceptions will be made under any circumstance.

I think I could fake the whole virginity thing. So I’m in. Terms of service and a better pic of below.
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A torn and tangled parachute was discovered by some children in southwest Washington – the heart of D.B. Cooper country.

Many believe the parachute belonged to the legendary D.B. Cooper, an aircraft hijacker who on November 24, 1971 jumped from the back of a Boeing 727 with $200,000 in ransom money and was never found.

Cooper made his legendary jump as the plane was flying over the Pacific Northwest of the United States somewhere over the Cascade Mountains, possibly over Woodland, Washington.

The case is famous for its utter lack of evidence, but a few clues have been gathered over the years. In February 1980, a family found $5,800 in decaying $20 bills on the banks of the Columbia River beach. In October of 2007, the FBI announced it obtained a partial DNA profile of Cooper from the tie he left on the hijacked plane.

The FBI is currently analyzing the parachute to determine if it belonged to Cooper. If this really is Cooper’s parachute it will solve the mystery of where he landed, but it will also fan the flames of D.B. Cooper lore.

No need for BitTorrent, South Park fans will soon be able to watch all the free, legal episodes they want on the newly relaunched website, southparkstudios.com. The website will feature free, streaming, full-length episodes and clips from the entire 12 seasons of the series.

Due to some contractual issues, new episodes will be available soon after they premiere and remain available for seven days. The new episodes will then return to the site permanently 30 days after they premiere. The website will also feature other video and behind-the-scenes information.

Clips of South Park have been on YouTube or BitTorrent for years. The new website just makes it easier for people to see and share South Park. According to Anne Garefino, General Manager of South Park Digital Studios:

“One goal in moving forward is to make every episode of ‘South Park’ available world-wide. Currently, full episodes are not available in the UK, Australia and a few other foreign territories but we’re not far off from making that happen. We have some contractual issues to sift through but we’re getting there.”

When asked about the launch of the new site, Stone and Parker said, “We got really sick of having to download our own show illegally all the time so we gave ourselves a legal alternative.”

A special thanks to Matt and Trey.

I would have to agree with Napoleon Dynamite in that the Liger is “”pretty much my favorite animal” as well.

Lira, a three-month-old liger cub has become a bit of a celebrity in the Russian city where she’s kept as a pet. The cub currently lives with her trainer, Pavel Zabelkin, in a flat in the eastern Russian city of Yekaterinburg. Pavel’s parents work with wild cats in a circus in a nearby city.

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As Homer Simpson once said, “Beer. The cause of and solution to all life’s problems.”

Well, there may be more truth to that sage advice after all according to some new research by the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. The study found that non-drinkers who begin taking the occasional drink live longer and are less likely to develop heart disease.

People who started drinking in middle age were 38 percent less likely to have a heart attack or other serious heart event than abstainers — even if they were overweight, had diabetes, high blood pressure or other heart risks, Dr. Dana King of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and colleagues found.

Don’t rush out and bong a six pack. The benefits are greater for wine drinkers and people who drink in moderation.

[Yahoo]

Here is great story about a man and his love for comic books. The article is written by the wife of John Borger, a man who has just donated his collection of more than 40,000 comic books to the University of Minnesota.

After John had made all the arrangements to donate the books, I visited their final resting place. A delightful young woman took me to the lowest cavern, which is two stories high and the length of two football fields. This is where the books are kept at the optimum 62 degrees Fahrenheit and approximately 50 percent relative humidity, in acid free boxes on shelves lit by lights on timers like the knob you turn in a hotel bathroom for a sunlamp. Collections appraised at more than $100,000 carry the donor’s name.

[MinnPost]

A one-of-a-kind collection of pop culture memorabilia is about to hit the auction block in Las Vegas. The collection includes important items from movies, music, television, and other significant historical items. The event is billed as the best pop culture collection ever assembled.

The collection of 850 lots was pieced together over the past 25 years by South Florida property developer Anthony Pugliese. The eclectic collection includes items ranging from Liberace’s Mink coat to Houdini’s straight jacket [pictured], including the Gun used by Jack Ruby to kill Lee Harvey Oswald. You can view some of the collection here.

The collection is estimated to fetch more than $5 million when it goes to auction at The Palms Resort and Casino on March 15 and 16.

Don’t miss your chance to own an important piece of Pop Culture history. I personally have my eye on “Super” Dave Osborne’s jumpsuit.

Reuters

Fans will be sorry to hear that the long-awaited JLA movie is not going to happen, according to Variety. Budget, timing and the writer’s strike all had a hand in the demise of the Justice League.

Warner Bros. let the options lapse on the cast that director George Miller chose to play the DC superheros. The studio had set Tuesday as its greenlight deadline for the pic, but confirmed Wednesday that the project is on indefinite hold.

We probably will not see it get underway until late summer or fall, but that seems overly optimistic.

A few of the studio’s reasons for forestalling the project are: They were unable to get the official response required on tax breaks for shooting in Australia. Another problem was the script. WB execs like it, but think it would benefit from a little more work, something that isn’t possible because of the current writers’ strike.

A major problem down the road: The studio risks losing the cast to other film jobs, despite the starmaking potential of “Justice League.”

One day we may see this film. But it’s not looking good today. Where’s the justice I ask you?

[Variety]

Yesterday Myspace launched it’s Celebrity Channel(celebrity.myspace.com), a move that will allow the site’s 110 million users a one-stop access to the personal pages and blogs of more than 300 actors, musicians, athletes and other high-profile types.

The channel will include exclusive star content ranging from interviews to video. They are hoping to attract big advertisers so that it will serve as a promotional platform for Fox films and TV.

I think stars hanging out on Myspace is lame, personally. And smart people know that it’s the PR people who will be the ones blogging.

I’m concerned that this will detract from the various and numerous skanks that call Myspace home. I’d hate to see them put out of work. Then they’d have to go tend to their kids and go back to bars at night, instead of sending useless *hugs* and *kisses* to some other loser who’s typing in Dorito stained undies.

[Celebrity.MySpace.com]