Daily Rotten Archives September 10, 2001 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 ASPCA slams Bonsai Kitten ASPCA | Submitted by: Soylent And so it goes, "Unfortunately, Bonsai Kitten's new service provider, www.rotten.com, refuses to remove the site on freedom of speech grounds. Since contacting the Web site directly has only increased the creators' resolve to maintain the site, and the new host is unwilling to remove it, we recommend that concerned citizens NOT contact the person running this site or any other Bonsai Kitten related sites." Read article... Doonesbury admits President Bush smart after all Fox News | Submitted by: Soylent The cartoon cited a nonexistent study as fact, that Bush has an IQ half that of Clinton. Also: Cartoons are real life, the cartoon hires a "fact checker" to make sure these things don't slip through. Oops. Read article... Lingerie Bandit Caught The State | Submitted by: Soylent A string of 21 house burglaries in South Carolina largely involving ladies undergarments has finally been solved. In some cases he tried on the garments in question. The underwear bandit, however, faces life imprisonment for each of these offenses -- the Carolinas taking a dim view of such behavior. Read article... Jess Helms Keeps the Nigger Down Indymedia | Submitted by: Soylent When a caller to CNN's Larry King Live show praised guest Jesse Helms for "everything you've done to help keep down the niggers," Helms' response was to salute the camera and say, "Well, thank you, I think." FAIR's litany of documentation regarding the media's treatment of senator Jesse Helms' racism. Read article... Middle English Dictionary Los Angeles Times | Submitted by: Soylent Academics have spent 70 years creating a dictionary of Middle English, a language extinct for 600 years. This goes beyond use by those at the Renaissance Faire, it tells us a lot about our own language, But mad, simply mad. Read article... Microsoft to own Internet error messages ZDnet | Submitted by: Soylent An insidious extension into the ownership of your internet desktop. Read article... Harry Potter Coins Reuters | Submitted by: Soylent This has got to be one of the dodgiest things ever. Read article... One Billionth Second Approaching electromagnetic.net | Submitted by: Soylent The epoch since January 1, 1970 rolls over, sorta. Does this matter at all? Not really. But in 2038, we will have another Y2K problem. Read article... Hank the Angry Dwarf dead The Smoking Gun | Submitted by: Soylent Autopsy report of Howard Stern's frequent guest. Read article... Spectrum Wars USA Today | Submitted by: Soylent Hidden battle over the airwaves. Read article... Christianity almost beaten Times | Submitted by: Soylent The Anglican Church finally admits defeat. Read article... Mother Theresa exorcised CNN | Submitted by: Soylent Church officials acknowledge Theresa had the devil inside. Read article... Nuke missing off Georgia The Australian | Submitted by: Soylent United States has admitted a 3450kg bomb was lost off the Georgia coast in 1958. And it's two orders of magnitude more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. Holy shit, mang. Read article... The Greatest Vendetta on Earth Salon | Submitted by: Soylent Riveting story of the Ringling Circus vendetta against a freelance author, involving the dirty tricks from former CIA agents. Read article... Millionaire Fatwa ABC News | Submitted by: Soylent A religious Fatwa was issued against Who Wants to be a Millionaire, the droll gameshow appealing to greed. While this isn't that interesting, we like to keep up on current Fatwa's. Read article... French Cult Crackdown BBC | Submitted by: Soylent The French Government has decided that unpopular religions will be the target of the state, under a new law enacted against those that use questionable methods such as "misleading publicity" or "psychological pressure to retain members". Of course the Catholic Church, among others, uses both of these techniques, but it is unlikely that it will ever be prosecuted. Read article...