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• Celebrate Banned Books By Buying Everything On This List

  We forgot to remind you that it's Banned Books Week here on Earth... as opposed to on Mars, where some of these anti-First Amendment types like your future VP (the rumored basis for Voldemort in the oft-banned Harry Potter series) apparently hail from. Here's a list of banned books, plus events promoting authors rights in your area... Read More... Posted Oct 02 2008, 03:52 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: harry potter, books, parties, censorship, big brother, outer space, the bible, book club, conservative, banned, mars, freedom of speech, banned books

• The War On Sex Rages On...

  The War on Sex in this country has never been at more of a fever pitch. Church signs damn lesbians as hellbound. An accidental visit to a website that contains child pornography lands you in trouble with the law. A teacher is jailed, not without cause, for sleeping with a student of legal age. And on and on. This week, we interview author/sex therapist Dr. Marty Klein, PhD, about the State of the War on Sex, what we can expect under a McCain-Palin administration, and how we can win the war... Read More... Posted Sep 11 2008, 04:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: gay marriage, privacy, censorship, civil rights, arizona, bush administration, government, banned, sarah palin, war on sex, sexuality

• HGTV Star Prevented From Talking To Media Because He's Gay... Or Because He's In Gay Porn?

  Who knew HGTV's Design Star was so badass? First, ousted participant Michael Verdugo was put on administrative leave with his day job in the police department, where he has worked for years, after allegations surfaced that he appeared in gay porn. Now, Gawker and others are accusing HGTV of placing a gag order on their star to prevent him from talking about bonking dudes in the same breath that he promoted their show... Read More... Posted Aug 14 2008, 02:34 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: gay porn stars, television, censorship, florida, porn stars, gay porn, banned, hgtv

• Scanner Highs And Lows: Sweden Or Sexism?

  Scanner was inundated with bad craziness, sexism, hedonism, and Sweden-ism this week... ...and you enjoyed every minute of it, sweetness... Read More... Posted Aug 08 2008, 05:44 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: advertisements, booze, john edwards, sweden, australia, naked people, nude photos, chaos, handjobs, banned, misogynist, st. louis

• Eva Mendes: Too Hot For TV, Way Too Hot For Work

  The Eva Mendes Calvin Klein TV ad was never meant to be on TV. Come on, really? A big ol' flash of nipple and a naked woman writhing around on the floor? Even MTV couldn't run this as a Madonna video... Full video after the jump... Read More... Posted Aug 05 2008, 10:18 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: eva mendes, advertisements, television, nsfw, topless photos, topless model, banned, calvin klein

• By The Way, We Just Got Banned From Digg (Digg This Post For Us!)

  It's been a crazy day at Scanner. First, were confused and disoriented by the "brum"; later, upon our recovery, we received what appears to be a death threat after gleefully dancing and having gay sex on the grave of uber-Fascist Senator Jesse Helms. Then we got a letter from the powers that be at Digg, the website devoted to the promotion of doctored photos and unrestrained Obamania, telling us not to ever submit any of our dopey little stories again. Read More... Posted Jul 10 2008, 03:29 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: hillary clinton, Barack Obama, the internets, censorship, john McCain, digg, nude photos, topless photos, topless model, banned