This day in history

#20yrsago Harpercollins orders Michael Moore to remove criticism of GWB from his new book https://web.archive.org/web/20020110204753/https://www.salon.com/books/feature/2002/01/07/moore/index.html

#15yrsago John McCain: lying extremist http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/9541.html

#10yrsago Lamar Smith: if you oppose SOPA, you don’t matter https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120105/04462117287/rep-lamar-smith-decides-lying-about-insulting-dismissing-opposition-to-sopa-is-winning-strategy.shtml

#5yrsago This NES Classic jailbreak is a perfect parable of our feudal future of disobedient dishwashers https://memex.craphound.com/2017/01/07/this-nes-classic-jailbreak-is-a-perfect-parable-of-our-feudal-future-of-disobedient-dishwashers/

#5yrsago Wayne County, NY man tries to corner market on local newspaper when it prints his DUI mugshot https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/01/03/man-buys-stacks-of-local-newspapers-following-dwi-arrest/

#5yrsago Bible references make very weak passwords https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2017/january/beware-of-making-jesus-your-password.html

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