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An update. Didn't know this was going to happen -- like I said before, the best thing Fox can do is go back at Al with both guns blazing. Drudge up every little skull in his closet and have Bill and friends debunk everything possible in his book (assuming there is stuff to debunk)...: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A...anguage=printer NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday slammed Fox News' trademark infringement lawsuit against Al Franken and his publisher Penguin Group and refused to stop the sale of the liberal satirist's new book that pokes fun at the network and host Bill O'Reilly. Fox charged that Franken had violated its trademarked phrase "fair and balanced" by including it on the cover of his book entitled "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them." Fox is owned by News Corp. and Penguin is a unit of Pearson . The book went on sale on Thursday. "There are hard cases and there are easy cases. This is an easy case," said U.S. District Judge Denny Chin. "This case is wholly without merit both factually and legally." "Parody is a form of artistic expression protected by the First Amendment. The keystone to parody is imitation. Mr. Franken is clearly mocking Fox," said Chin. The judge said he thought it ironic that a media company that should be fighting to protect free speech would seek to undermine the First Amendment. He also said he thought the "fair and balanced" trademark is weak because the phrase is used so often. Although the judge refused to grant an injunction that could have stopped further books sales, he did not end the case. Fox could choose to pursue litigation while Penguin could file a motion asking that the case be dismissed. Both sides said they are considering their options. "We don't care if it's Al Franken or Al Lewis or Weird Al Yankovic. We're here to protect our trademark and our talent," said Paul Schur, a Fox spokesman, after the hearing. Fox argued in its suit that the cover's tag line, "A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right," was used to confuse consumers. During arguments held before his ruling, Chin asked Fox lawyer Dorie Hansworth if she really believed that the cover was confusing. "To me, it's quite ambiguous as to what the message is," she said. "It's a deadly serious cover ... This is much too subtle to be considered a parody." Floyd Abrams, a lawyer representing Penguin and Franken, strongly disagreed. "There is no way that any person not completely dense would be confused by this cover to think that Fox was accusing O'Reilly of being a liar," he said. Chin, siding with Abrams, pointed out that the word "Lies" in the title is printed in large red letters next to a photo of O'Reilly. He said that there was no likelihood that book buyers would think that the sponsor is Fox or O'Reilly. "We are talking about relatively sophisticated consumers here," he said of those who would be buying Franken's book. Chin also said that there was no evidence of bad faith by Franken to mislead consumers into thinking he works for Fox. "There is no intent by Franken to palm himself off as a Fox commentator," he said. Franken, who won four Emmy awards for his work on "Saturday Night Live," is the author of four previous books, including the recent best seller, "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot."

Pretty short column, and it didn't do that much for me. I'm an A.I. fan and think he should be on any national team if he wants the job. If he doesn't get on one of these "dream" teams, I can still sleep at night though...

Oh boy, let's beat this idea into the ground (although Alien v Predator has been around for a while now). Question: Which Myers will show up? The one from 1/2/H20/One with Busta, or the other goofy cult one from 1/2/4/5/6 (I may be a bit inaccurate with the sequels -- sue me). And will there be a Season of the Witch tie-in somewhere? Scriptwriters have their work cut out for them. And, by the way, which creature should face Jaws should the movie monster match-up fad ever decide to reach water?...

If I had it I'd watch it if there was nothing else on or if I was doing odds and ends around the house -- right now with digital cable I'm using soem music channels and that video game station for that purpose. Hey, it beats cable news repeating the same headlines over and over and over again...

Smoked pot 9 years ago -- haven't touched it since...

This reminds me of when some Lefty groups asked for your tax cut money so they can help oust Bush and pals in '04. Cute campaign ploy, and it gives me something to chuckle at...

Wow, what a slow, plodding pillow fight...

In the several years I've had credit cards, I only had to pay $1 or so worth of finance charges. You just have to be responsible -- you don't have a problem with that, do you?...

Speaking of Mel, I wonder if he was involved in this flick if there would be a psuedo-backlash because the movie would be portraying Mexicans in a negative light?...

I wasn't going to say I won -- don't want to get banned before the season even starts...

Breuner was a great blocker -- that's why he had his job for so long. But you're right -- the Steelers do need a more pass friendly TE on the field. Plus Mark was prone to injury...

That has to be the funniest thing I've read, well, this week -- even funnier than your post in the "gay" thread. Of course, what would be REALLY funny is if a soldier followed this insane idea, aimed for a possible terrorist's leg, missed and killed a bystander...

I wonder where the hands of the black guy and the chick he's next to are?...

Hey, if it means Pippen has sex with guys and not gals, thus not producing any spawn, I'm all for it...

To refresh: Submit your picks as to which teams will win each week to Bravesfan's contest. He is doing a highest-score-at-the-end-of-the-season-wins-all contest. I'm doing mine a little differently. With the picks you submit to Braves' contest, those are also the same picks submitted to my contest. Your picks of that week go up against another person's picks. The person you go up against for that week is the representative of the opponent of the football team you have selected. Example, in Week 1 I (steelers) will be facing off against Dr. Tom (ravens). Whoever correctly picked the most games between the two of us wins and goes up with 1 win and 0 losses for the season. Not only will you submit your picks each week, but, as a tiebreaker, predict how many points your team will score for that week. If, for example, Dr. Tom and I each correctly guessed 7 games in Week 1, whoever was closer to their team's point total prediction will win. Example: I predicted the Steelers will score 10 points, Tom predicts the Ravens will score 14. The Ravens win the game 17-3. Since Tom was 4 points off and I was 7, Tom wins. And like a regular NFL season, if you are either a division winner or wild-card team you move on to the playoffs. If there is a tie between two or more teams for a wild card spot, I have several tiebreakers in place...

Ever see a Pinto get hit?...

Oh just give your other kidney away and shut up...

Yeah, I'll be sending a reminder PM to all those involved later this week...

Nothing illegal with taking clothed pictures of kids, but tresspassing into a private, secluded area at 1:00 in the morning with a child, and not notifying said child's parents of your intentions, could be considered illegal. (tresspassing, kidnapping, endangerment) And the more I read about this case, the more damage it appears that the Angels got to inflict on Gordon. The Rolling Stone blurb mentioned that they were aiming their attacks on the most sensitive part of his anatomy. OK, the old not-with-the-dad's-permission line. May this pseudo-hippie burn in hell. Or do a duet with Michael Jackson. Oh, wait a minute, he took pictures of a prepubescent girl, not boy. Nevermind...

I have no idea what this is for, nor do I really want to know, but I want to get in. Damn, I had to go through several pages of Google searches to find any new pics. Why in the world is this under a "reach for the stars" Google search? or this? Oh well, I'll just go with this...

I used to be that way Ripper for a long time. Now I have three -- all cash back. The only thing about debit cards is that if it gets stolen and somebody else uses it watch your bank account plunge. And I'm sure you can get a credit card somewhere in this wild and crazy world...

I find it funny how I always hear Academia profs whine about how we rely too much on tests to gauge a student's learning ability, but yet they use the GRE's as a basis for their admissions policies...

Maybe I'm turning soft, but if he was just taking pics of this girl, with her clothes on I am assuming, then is there anything illegal with that? Strange and Creppy -- yes. Besides, the girl's dad is in the Hell's Angles -- I think the police should let this bassist go into the waiting arms of this biker gang. That'll be punishment enough...

Don't let Tyler see this post. Maybe they need Martin's inspiring personality to lead America's team onto victory...

Here's the rest of their schedule: 1 v Tex. 4 v Ana. 3 @ Cle. 3 v CWS 4 v Cle. 3 @ Tor. 3 @ NYY 4 v KC 3 v Tor. 3 @ Min. 3@ KC 4 v Min. 18 of these games are against teams not in postseason contention (Tex, Ana, Tor, Cle). 20 are (NYY, KC, MIN, CWS). I'll put my money in the 121+ column...