April 5, 2007

Wonkette Fumbles Fumble Recovery Over Faux Rove Photo?

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Is Wonkette trying to redeem themselves after an editorial flub over the Coptix-made fake Rove photo seen above? Is it possible that they have hatched their own little conspiracy in the process?

A person claiming to be Ken Layne, apparently the West Coast Bureau Chief of Wonkette, left a recent comment on Josiah's Irresponsible Journalism blog. If this person truly is Layne, his comment may unwittingly tell us more than he intended:

You're going to pretend we didn't post the Sleestak thing yesterday, long before the reporter who talked to us got his story posted?

It is important to emphasize that Layne's quote shows quite clearly that Wonkette posted their story before "the reporter who talked to [them] got his story posted." Is it possible that Wonkette became all-too keenly aware of the fact that they'd been hoaxed after talking to a Times Free Press Reporter? I suppose that it is possible that Layne took heat for it, explaining his apparent disdain for Coptix.

I've been following the drama here very closely, and while it is quite possible that one of their eagle-eyed readers spotted the anachronistic TV monsters, it seems somewhat doubtful because of timestamped screenshots of Wonkette's reader comments. I grabbed these using the freeware program Paparazzi!.

Here is a screenshot of Wonkette's initial post about the image from Apr 3, 2007 at 7:31 am.

Here is a screenshot of the same post taken Apr 3, 2007 at 3:02 pm.

Note that in the second screenshot, a comment has been inserted by a user with the handle "mattfr00ty" with a timestamp of 04/02/07 09:08 PM. mattfr00ty makes note of the "Sleestacks" [sic] and makes a few disparaging remarks about Coptix. It's worth noting that mattfr00ty has only posted this solitary comment at the time of this writing. Also, according to his user profile he joined on: Apr 2, 2007.

Also notice that in the first screen shot (Apr 3, 2007 @ 7:31 am) six comments had already been moderated through. So are we to believe that Wonkette waited until at least 10 hours later to post the comment of a conspicuously new user which contained an integral bit of information that clearly unmasked the hoax?

These screenshots seem to indicate the possibility that Ken Layne (or someone else associated with Wonkette) could be editing their own comments. Why would they do this? To make it look as though they had the hoax figured out before the Chattanooga Times Free Press contacted a certain Alex Pareene, a Wonkette blog editor, to comment on their front page story about this.

sleestaks_rule.gifFurthermore, If Wonkette was aware from the very beginning that the image was a hoax, why does it seem that they are keen on being belligerent now? -- see update below for more about this

It just doesn't add up.

At the end of the day, what is important to take away from all of this is that Sleestaks just might suck your face off in your sleep. Keep an eye open.

UPDATE:
Ace over at the blog Ace of Spades HQ also made note of the unusual tone of Wonkette in his post "Wonkette Taken In By Yet Another Photoshop" (link possibly NSFW):

I really can't get over the idea Wonkette was "mocking" the photo. Really?

So, you scary-smart hipsters are just incapable of foolin', huh? You were in on it the whole time?

Then why are you calling the guys who aided you in the prank you were always in on "idiots" and "stooges" and losers?

Seems to me you got punk'd again, but are simply too dishonest and childish to admit the obvious. No, it's always this "we were just kidding, everything we say is a joke, didn't you notice the exclamation points? See, exclamation points are like having your fingers crossed and stuff!" sort of third-grade twaddle.

The coverup is worse than the crime. It's no sin to make a mistake. It is a sin to be so taken with oneself as to be incapable of ever confessing even a trivial error.

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April 5, 2007

Emily Fox's World Record Cup Stacking Video Clip

I had no idea that such "Sport Stacking" competitions existed, but this girl can stack plastic dixie cups in what is literally record time — 7.43 seconds. This is one amazing movie.

For more about Sport Stacking, check out http://speedstacks.com/

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April 5, 2007

Crying Wrestling Fan Video: "It's still real to me, dammit!"

How does one express their gratitude to their favorite wrestling stars? This guy starts bawling. HILARIOUS.

"It's still real to me, dammit!"

Check out this article if you want some back story from the horse's mouth.

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April 5, 2007

Did you know that we've already paid for 45Mbps broadband to our homes?

U.S. Telcos have ripped off United States residents by promising fiber to the curb, resultingly getting all kinds of rate increases approved and breaks from the government. The American public was charged for services never delivered to the tune of $200,000,000,000 — making this one of the largest scandals in our history.

Starting in the early 1990's, with a push from the Clinton-Gore Administration's "Information Superhighway", every Bell company — SBC, Verizon, BellSouth and Qwest — made commitments to rewire America, state by state. Fiber optic wires would replace the 100-year old copper wiring. The push caused techno-frenzy of major proportions. By 2006, 86 million households should have had a service capable of 45 Mbps in both directions, (to and from the customer) could handle over 500 channels of high quality video and be deployed in rural, urban and suburban areas equally. And these networks were open to ALL competition.

It's time we demand our broadband!

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April 5, 2007

How to fold a t-shirt FAST (video)

This t-shirt folding video from Japan is awesome.

Folding my t-shirts used to drive me nuts, but now it's fun. This method is genius.

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April 5, 2007

Proof of a 9/11 conspiracy? You decide.

(If you have difficulty viewing the video above, you may also view it here.)

For more information about this video, visit http://loosechange911.com.

Reactions?

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