A once-Salon-subscribing friend o' Gawker passed along this odd solicitation, which arrived in his inbox this morning:

Dear former Salon Premium member,

Three weeks ago, Salon released 18 photos from Abu Ghraib prison that had never been publicly available, along with documentation of the Army's own investigation into the disturbing images....

We're planning to release hundreds more photos taken inside Abu Ghraib....

I'm contacting you and other former Salon Premium members to make sure these photos reach a large audience. Your expired Premium membership supported our ongoing mission to speak truth to power, but we need your help again now.

Wait. So if we don't subscribe we won't have to look at more Lynndie England pix? Yeah, we think we'll keep our $35, thanks.

Salon.com

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