Via Rock and Rap Confidential from Reuters

The rock band Nine Inch Nails said on Friday it canceled plans to appear on next week’s MTV Movie Awards after the network questioned the band’s plans to perform in front of an image of   President Bush

The band was slated to perform “The Hand That Feeds,” the first single from its latest album.

A Los Angeles Times review called the song “a warning against blind acceptance of authority, including that of a president leading his nation to war.”

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We’re at the breakfast table, reading the morning paper, listening to the Dorktones podcast. They are a Rotterdam garage-pop band that also does a podcast of obscure, amazing rock from all eras, stuff you’ll never hear elsewhere. I used to have a mail order business selling rare 60’s rock, and the Dorktones podcast plays 60’s rock I’ve never heard before. Impressive.

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Vatican attacks on Spain’s gay marriage law

A senior Vatican cardinal has today condemned as “iniquitous” plans to allow gay marriages and adoptions in Spain, one of Europe’s most Catholic countries.

The attack on the Spanish Government’s Bill to legalise same-sex marriages is an early indication of how the new papacy can be expected to adhere rigidly to the precedents put in place by Pope John Paul II, and supported by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in his role as Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith.

The new Pope has described homosexuality as objectively disordered and an intrinsic moral evil.

Pope wants exemption from U.S. criminal law

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I just installed CounterSpy on two computers that were running other spyware programs. On the first scan, it found dozens of cookies and a couple of trojans the other programs had missed. CounterSpy is currently the best spyware killer, bar none.

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Viagra linked to blindness risk

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Good morning from Gate 54 in Terminal B at Orlando International Airport where they have a very strong, free, wifi signal. Most surprising, and most excellent! [Scripting News]

Here in L.A. there’s free wifi in Pershing Square, downtown Culver City, and I’m sure lots more locations too. If you know of any, please post them in the comments.

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