Non-Sequiturs: 01.23.07

* Whatever the state of the current voting systems for Oscar nominations, at least Ryan Gosling was nominated for Half Nelson. Bleeding-heart inner-city teachers-slash-junkies are hot. Perhaps also a little paternalistic. But still really hot. [Concurring Opinions]
* Joe Francis, scapegoat. No, a martyr even. [AP via Yahoo! News]
* Blogs are like PBS: they need private donations because they only feature pseudo-ads. [TalkLeft]
* E-retailer sales assistant decides to editorialize — and once again, thinking outside the box ends up very, very badly. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
* You can be plenty creepy without violating any child pornography laws… [Althouse; Sex Crimes]
* …and just be a Paris Hilton wannabe, and violate those same laws. [Internet Cases]

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