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September 15, 2009

The Perfect Crime Revisited

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It is 2009, so it just makes sense that the FCC wants to re-open the 2004 Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake Superbowl halftime show obscenity case. IT JUST MAKES SENSE. Justice must be served. Some of the kids who were irremediably scarred from seeing a flash of Janet Jackson's disgusting HUMAN WOMAN BREAST haven't even graduated from college yet, so. From Broadcasting and Cable (via Defamer):

"The evidence in this case strongly suggests that CBS had access to video delay technology at the time of the 2004 Super Bowl," the commission said Tuesday in a brief to the Third Circuit Appeals Court in the Janet Jackson Super Bowl Reveal case. The FCC asked the court to remand the decision back to the FCC so it could investigate further its assertion that the violation was "willful."

And they would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for those pesky gunshots to my face is this seriously still happening? Let's get it together, America. Women are allowed to vote now, and one day they might even get to have their own drivers' licenses and work as secretaries (in flying offices). But the FCC wants to reopen an investigation into whether or not a woman's breast was flashed on television for two seconds five years ago? Shut it down, Horatio Cane. Shut it all down.

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Four years at Princeton, three government internships, two mid-level aministrative posts from 1999-2003, all that to wind up working on one nipple conspiracy.

Posted by: Skillet profile link at 09/15/09 5:51 PM  | Reply
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you act like this "little nipple conspiracy" couldn't have killed you and everyone you love.

Posted by: IkilledMichael profile link  in reply to  Skillet's comment at 09/15/09 11:48 PM  | Reply
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I had just gotten a Tivo for Christmas two months earlier. The SuperBowl party I had was one that will live in infamy. Let's reopen all of 2004 again, Horatio.

Posted by: krull_nugget profile link at 09/15/09 5:52 PM  | Reply
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I thought WE ALREADY had a major NATIONAL ISSUE GOING on right now! AMERICA, WE CANNOT multi task THIS SHIT. WE will revisit this GODDAMNED NIGHTMARE (the POOR children!) when WE HAVE PUT to rest the NATIONAL CONCERN THAT is Kanye fucking WITH TAYLOR Swift. One after THE OTHER, IN due time, America, WE WILL SOLVE this pressing issues.


BUt let's NOT GET FUCKIN ahead of ourselves. Wait. I MEAN behind. I mean. WHAT?

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link at 09/15/09 5:54 PM  | Reply
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horror

Posted by: werttrew profile link at 09/15/09 5:55 PM  | Reply
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I don't think I'm strong enough to see Janet Jackson's breasts again.

Posted by: itsnotfunny profile link at 09/15/09 5:56 PM  | Reply
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Oh wait, you don't want to see it again? Sorry. . .

Posted by: abby r. profile link  in reply to  itsnotfunny's comment at 09/15/09 6:05 PM  | Reply
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted by: itsnotfunny profile link  in reply to  abby r.'s comment at 09/15/09 6:55 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: kiss the pan profile link at 09/15/09 6:08 PM  | Reply
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Why is it that HERE IT LOOKS like Janet is about TO KISS MAX. Speaking OF WHICH, where THE FUCK is Max the KING OF ALL Wild Things AT? Dude has BEEN E-MISSING!

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link  in reply to  kiss the pan's comment at 09/15/09 6:17 PM  | Reply
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He has! So has Jawbone and a few others. I'm assuming they've been lost to the vortex of school, but that is a bullshit excuse. I'm a grad student have at least 50 pages of reading to do a day, but what do I do instead of the schoolwork I am paying tens of thousands of dollars for? I Photoshop a little boy's head onto Janet Jackson's bare breast. I'm not saying I'm an American hero, but I'm not not saying it.

Posted by: kiss the pan profile link  in reply to  An American Patriot's comment at 09/15/09 6:26 PM  | Reply
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I REFUSE to put ANYTHING but into MY book.

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link  in reply to  kiss the pan's comment at 09/15/09 6:31 PM  | Reply
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actually, I remember Jawbone making a very :( comment not too long ago. wherever you are, I hope you're doing OK, lil' vacuum.

Posted by: whoa! profile link  in reply to  kiss the pan's comment at 09/15/09 6:34 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, but DUDE WAS ALSO talking about GOING TO NYC in November or SOME SHIT. It's not WEIRD AT all that I REMEMBER that.

Posted by: An American Patriot profile link  in reply to  whoa!'s comment at 09/15/09 6:45 PM  | Reply
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I'll never forget the moment afterward where I asked my sister, "Did we just see Janet Jackson's boob?" and she said, "No."

Posted by: freckle profile link at 09/15/09 6:48 PM  | Reply
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"That throwing star (removes sunglasses) might be the murder weapon."

Posted by: jimjbollocks profile link at 09/15/09 7:10 PM  | Reply
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(shivers go down my spine as those Florida boats with huge fans on them inexplicably race across the screen.)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Posted by: IkilledMichael profile link  in reply to  jimjbollocks's comment at 09/15/09 11:53 PM  | Reply
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I, for one, am appalled CBS may have had this super secret "tape delay" technology back in 04. I assumed the tiny versatile actors that are inside every TVs weren't able to that until 2008, at least.

Posted by: talkingstove profile link at 09/15/09 7:27 PM  | Reply
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Mike Teevee has been doing it since the 70's.

Posted by: ber profile link  in reply to  talkingstove's comment at 09/15/09 8:21 PM  | Reply
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DIRTY, DIRTY TITTY. Clothe that! Put cloth on it!

Posted by: JollyRancher profile link at 09/15/09 7:58 PM  | Reply
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I renew the call for a Right On Time tag.

Posted by: Mcluskyist profile link at 09/15/09 8:49 PM  | Reply
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It's really important that we keep abreast of developments in this case.

Posted by: Elliot profile link at 09/15/09 9:24 PM  | Reply
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Not to get all "I went to nipple school" on you but generally a claim will take that long to get as far as the 3rd Circuit. If I remember correctly, under Fed. R. Civ. P. 448(a)(6) it's somehwere around four years per nipple.

Posted by: Vin Dusen at 09/15/09 9:43 PM  | Reply
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+1 just because you found a way to write "nipple school" in a comment.

Posted by: abby r. profile link  in reply to  Vin Dusen's comment at 09/15/09 10:16 PM  | Reply
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My college experience was essentially "Nipple School" anyway. I stuck around, and landed a position as Professor Nipples. It's been a while since I was granted tenure, but now I'm maneuvering to take over for the Dean of NU (Nipple University). Wish me luck, guys!

Posted by: That One profile link  in reply to  Vin Dusen's comment at 09/15/09 10:45 PM  | Reply
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I believe they're completely justified.
Football's about grabbing ass, there's no place for titty.

However, I recorded this game in 2004 then watched it later, with full knowledge of the oncoming boob. Does that mean I should be prosecuted for having access to 'Video Delay Technology" too?

Oh what a prickly dilemma i find myself in once again!

Posted by: Missouri Mustache profile link at 09/15/09 10:46 PM  | Reply
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I said it before and I'll say it again (at least Janet put a ring on it Beyonce!)

Posted by: Calliwell profile link at 09/15/09 11:31 PM  | Reply
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Now that Michael is dead the FCC thinks it a good time to look at his sisters nipple again? These guys are so offensive.

Posted by: Rollo Tony profile link at 09/16/09 9:29 AM  | Reply
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