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Ooo, I just got spam from someone abusing the Habeas marks. Since their business model depends on aggressively pursuing anyone who does this, I suspect a spammer is going to be paying heavy penalties soon.

An unfortunate way of putting it

Michael Moore has become closely identified with the phrase 'Stupid White Men' in the minds of the general public. -- HarperCollins, in a legal demand to the tiny company publishing "How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office"

I'm a fan of his stuff, but I think that's hilarious (and probably true). Too bad they had to put it that way. As the NYT article says:

Mr. Moore - whose current best seller, "Dude, Where's My Country?" does some borrowing of its own from the movie "Dude, Where's My Car," - says he does not object to the latest iteration of "Stupid White Men," as long as there is no confusion about who wrote it.

The Sellingest Series

Dang! Except for Eragon, Phoenix, and Despereaux, all of the bestselling children's chapter books this week are from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.