Just So You Know
Some news that Google has been forced to reveal the actual name of a blogger who got too snarky with an uppity New York fashion model. The model did not appreciate the critic’s comments (which were Hilton-esque but not more so), and sued to find out who the author was.
Sheesh. Google appears to have fought hard to protect the identity of the blogger under freedom of speech rules, but a New York court ruled otherwise. Google gave the model the email address of, it turned out, a friend.
What a cheap move by the court. Rest assured, readers: the Mandarin, Ghettoputer, GorTechie, 孔夫子—the Œcumenical Volgi (The Notorious ŒV), and the Czar of Muscovy will always continue to use our real names and stand behind the awful stuff we write.
Божію Поспѣшествующею Милостію Мы, Дима Грозный Императоръ и Самодержецъ Всероссiйскiй, цѣсарь Московскiй. The Czar was born in the steppes of Russia in 1267, and was cheated out of total control of all Russia upon the death of Boris Mikhailovich, who replaced Alexander Yaroslav Nevsky in 1263. However, in 1283, our Czar was passed over due to a clerical error and the rule of all Russia went to his second cousin Daniil (Даниил Александрович), whom Czar still resents. As a half-hearted apology, the Czar was awarded control over Muscovy, inconveniently located 5,000 miles away just outside Chicago. He now spends his time seething about this and writing about other stuff that bothers him.