dre in the morning

A Letter to Rush Limbaugh
You should be horse-whipped for the insult you have paid to the highest office of our nation. (roger ebert)

RIP, Journalistic Integrity
The entire Jeff Gerstmann fiasco is a shining example of how infantile and unprofessional the industry really is, and why video games will be considered infantile, despite out-grossing the Hollywood movie industry these days. You don’t get respect if you behave like infants. (gamestooge)

How to Make a Michael Cera Movie
Be awkward! Cue Indie music! (huffingtonpost)

Google agrees to take down racist site
He tried to modify the entry on Encyclopedia Dramatica, a satirical and extremely racist version of Wikipedia, but was blocked from doing so. (theage)

Weight Watchers clinic floor collapses under dieters
The floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members of the weight loss programme who were gathered for a meeting. (telegraph)

Marvels from Mars: Stunning postcards from the Red Planet
These are gorgeous! (mailonline)

Doomsday Clock set back by a minute
Humanity inched away from Armageddon on Thursday morning. The Doomsday Clock was set back one minute, from 11:55 to 11:54, reversing a precipitous slide toward midnight, the zero hour, ultimate self-destruction. (washingtonpost)

$2 Million in Donations for Haiti, via Text Message
Anyone with a mobile phone and an account with a major wireless carrier can text the phrase “Haiti” to the number 90999 and donate $10 to the Red Cross. That amount is charged to the donor’s cellphone bill. (nytimes)

China Cautions Internet Companies
After Google announced it would quit China unless the nation’s censors eased their grip, the government on Thursday offered an indirect but unambiguous response: Companies that do business in China must follow the laws of the land. (nytimes)

Google May Totally Withdraw From China
The company said it found evidence to suggest that a primary goal of the attackers was accessing the Gmail accounts of Chinese human-rights activists.” The attack may be the last straw for Google in China, since the search engine has begrudgingly put up with Chinese censorship policies for a while. (reuters)

RealNetworks’ Founder Rob Glaser Steps Down as CEO
After nearly 16 years, I’ve decided it’s time for me to step away from day-to-day operations,” said Glaser. “I’m grateful to all of our stakeholders – customers, partners, shareholders, and most of all, employees – for the supp – *buffering* (prnewswire)

How many minutes until Doomsday?
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has kept track of our impending doom for over 60 years. They use a clock to represent our current time, where midnight is complete catastrophe. Back in the good old days, this meant something prosaic like global nuclear conflagration. Nowadays, there are plenty of other things to add to the list, including global climatic collapse, avian swine ebola, and grey goo. The current time is 11:55pm. Uncomfortably late. (discover)

High court bans TV, YouTube from Prop. 8 trial
The U.S. Supreme Court pulled the plug Wednesday on plans for camera coverage of the same-sex marriage trial in San Francisco and said any televising of federal court proceedings should start with a more humdrum case. (sfgate)

Astronauts’ urine clogs space station water recycler
Astronauts’ urine is clogging the £150 million water recycling system on the International Space Station, Nasa scientists said. (telegraph)

‘Always Sunny’ actors reportedly mirroring show, buying bar
Three different Web sites, including Eater — a pretty reputable foodie site — are reporting that Rob McElhenny and his wife, fellow cast member Kaitlin Olson, are buying a bar in Old City, very close to where the show takes place. (pbpulse)

Michael Cera Is The New Spiderman?
My common sense is tingling. (imgur)