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England Bans Loud Ads; "Don't You Touch That Volume," Says Government

The UK government body that regulates advertising passed new rules this month banning TV commercials that are too loud. That's right; ads shouldn't be "excessively noisy or strident." Nor should they be excessively blaring, deafening, roaring, or stentorian, if the thesaurus has anything to say about it. The ostensible reason for the rule is to prevent your neighbors from hearing commercials on your television. "This might sound straightforward," says the New York Times. Um, no it doesn't. Has the British government come up with a magic volume button-disabling law? More »

9:38 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
670 views, 20 comments

Latest by zaky: This is genius. We NEED this here. If I hear 'In The Heights' one more fucking time explode in top volume while watching channel 4 in the morning, I'm going to kill myself. more »

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Sensitive State Dept. Document Explains What Happens When Cars Stop Being Police, Start Going Boom

Slate found this 2005 State Department brochure on car bombs at the closed and then re-opened Wikileaks. Its amazing subtitle speaks for itself. Perhaps we could've averted a national catastrophe if, back in 2001, President Bush had been handed a national security briefing headlined "Bin Laden Determined to Make US E'Splode!"

10:54 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Pareene
843 views, 6 comments

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Anderson Cooper, International Man of Mystery

Before he was hosting The Mole and crusading around New Orleans, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was just a rich kid with a whitebread dream: to be a spy. Radar reports (correctly, we hope) that after his sophomore and junior years at Yale, Anderson Cooper eschewed paper-shuffling summer internships in lieu of some quality time in Langley, Virginia, at the CIA's headquarters, where he was part of a CIA summer program for student interested in intelligence work. (And, as an aside, doesn't the concept of a CIA summer program give you the chills? Like Space Camp meets WarGames meets Silence of the Lambs.) More »

11:28 AM on Wed Sep 6 2006
By Jessica
482 views, 2 comments

Latest by Steverino: Already Over: Anderson Cooper more »