New stories by BBMSN, IsoGAYCop, Otaru_grower, R Christopher Cooper and Tyler Bernard

New stories:

• Adam 2: The Secret Shared by R Christopher Cooper
• College Finals 4 by BBMSN
• The First Time Abroad 3 by Tyler Bernard
• Hypno Cop 5 by IsoGAYCop
• Stepping Into Dad's Shoes 4 by Otaru_grower

BP-ty boppity boo

• BP shifts to new strategy to cap Gulf spill --Their "top kill" option failed.
• Documents Show Early Worries About Safety of Rig
• AP: Spill grew, BP's credibility faded
• BP contractor denies beefing up workers for Obama visit
• Ex-EPA Officials: Why Isn't BP Under Criminal Investigation
• Limits on access to oiled waters, coast frustrates journalists
• Nature pays the price
• BPGlobalPR--Public relations in 140 characters or less

  "Flying Rand Paul in to consult. Evidently he's an expert at keeping black out of places. #bpcares"
  

  "This horrible spill wouldn't be happening in the gulf of AMERICA! Arizona knows what I'm talking 'bout!! #fistpound #bpcares"

  "Our company psychiatrists say now is the time to move onto the last phase of experiencing a tragedy, acceptance mixed with forgetfulness. #bpcares"

• What should be British Petroleum's new logo

New stories by Jaypat, Londonboy , R Christopher Cooper, Tyler Bernard and Wordshop

New stories:

• Adam: At the Gym by R Christopher Cooper
• The First Time Abroad 2 by Tyler Bernard
• Green Legacy 9 by Jaypat
• My Protector 3 by Londonboy
• Tim's Adventure 3 by Wordshop

Happy Draw Mohammed Day!

Republicans

• Right Wing Reacts With Rage To First Muslim American Miss USA: ‘An Odd Form Of Affirmative Action’--Even though she grew up Catholic, she apparently ain't American enough as blue-eyed, blonde-haired Miss Oklahoma.
• Even After Law Aimed At Banning It, RNC Still Sending Misleading 'Census' Mailer
• Some right-wingers ignore facts as they rewrite U.S. history
• Proud Of Being Ignorant
• Obama health care supporters: Florida doctor tells Obama health care supporters to go elsewhere

7 Gay Sex Scandals of Career Anti-Gay Crusaders--Including Baptist minister George Rekers

Teabaggers

• Republicans and the Tea Party of No
• Are Tea Partiers Racist?
• The Tea Party's Phony Populism
• The Only Tea Party Stat You Need to Know
• Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated---Follow the money.

How the GOP Purged Me

New stories by IsoGAYCop, Otaru_grower and Tyler Bernard

New stories:

• The First Time Abroad by Tyler Bernard
• Hypno Cop 4 by IsoGAYCop
• Stepping Into Dad's Shoes 3 by Otaru_grower

Think for the Children

• Young photography whiz's art worries church
• Springstead High valedictorian's graduation speech rejected as too real
• Jolly Rancher lands Brazos ISD third-grader in detention for a week--"[T]he school was abiding by a state guideline that banned 'minimal nutrition' foods."

Lower Merion School District

• Spying school took "thousands" of photos of students with covert webcam app, caught kids sleeping, half-dressed
• School district admits installing covert webcam activation software on student laptops, denies wrongdoing
• School Spying Scandal Gets Even More Bizarre: Student In Question Was Disciplined For Eating Candy
• Lower Merion report rips “overzealous” Web cam use
• Students, Parents Allowed to View Webcam Scandal Photos

New stories by Drakkenfyre, Londonboy, R Christopher Cooper, rtrose and Wordshop

New stories:

• Compewter by Drakkenfyre
• Fitness Plus Spa and Resort by R Christopher Cooper
• My Protector 2 by Londonboy
• Tim's Adventure 2 by Wordshop
• The Speeding Ticket by rtrose

Men and Women

• When A Guy Does Something Wrong
• If Men Wrote Women’s Magazines
• Advice About Relationships
• 6 Absurd Gender Stereotypes (That Science Says Are True)
• 9 Deadly Words Used By Women

Facebook

• Facebook Adds Two Privacy Tools--A result of the "all-hands meeting" that could have gotten quite hairy.
• 'Firestorm of anger' hits Facebook after EU condemns privacy policy
• Looking to Delete Your Facebook Account? You’re Not Alone
• Four Nerds and a Cry to Arms Against Facebook
• A Bewildering Tangle of Options
• How Facebook Pulled a Privacy Bait and Switch
• Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won't Help Facebook's Privacy Problems--"Dumb fucks."

New stories by BBMSN, dymondbolt, ISOGayCop, Otaru_grower and R Christopher Cooper

New stories:

• College Finals 3 by BBMSN
• Fine Tuning the Bull 3 by dymondbolt
• Hypno Cop 3 by IsoGAYCop
• Stepping Into Dad's Shoes 2 by Otaru_grower
• Magic Man of Maui by R Christopher Cooper

The iPad, and the Staggering Work of Obviousness--And can it finally kill print?

Apple vs. Adobe v.2

• Thoughts on Flash
• Adobe scraps work to bring Flash apps to iPhone--Raising the white flag--But not without one parting shot across the bow.
• Sorry, Adobe, you screwed yourself
• Flash is not a Right
• On Adobe, Flash CS5 and iPhone Applications
• Will iPad kick Adobe Flash off the Internet?
• BBspot - Adobe Tweaks Photoshop EULA to Protect from Substandard Computers Using CS5
• "Superman, this is the iPad. It's the future of comics. It's going to save you."

Why Apple Needs to Loosen Up --They're already losing their "cool".

AppStore

• Cartoonist: Apple Backs Down After Denying iPhone App--Steve Jobs calls it a mistake.
• Creepy Steve Jobs May Not Want You to Read This (or Will Break Down Your Door)
• Steve Jobs Reiterates: “Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone”--Sliding doown slippery slope of censorship.
• It's Not the Control, It's the Secrecy
• Non-Apple’s Mistake--What the other companies can learn.
• Steve Jobs Replies to Email: There Won’t Be A Mac App Store
• The User’s Manifesto: in defense of hacking, modding, and jailbreaking

How Apple sells their products--Reminds me of an oldie but goodie.

New stories by baboonfan, Londonboy, Markjo342, Peterbilt and Wordshop

New stories:

• The Island of Dr. Mortimer 4 by baboonfan
• My Protector by Londonboy
• A Story for Jack by Markjo342
• Tim's Adventure by Wordshop
• Truck Driver by Peterbilt

Password protection

• Please Do Not Change Your Password
• How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords
• A Baffling Collection of the 500 Worst Passwords
• Are you password protected?
• Are users right in rejecting security advice?

Vote machinations

• Sequoia Voting Systems hacks self in foot
• Diebold Quietly Patches Security Flaw in Vote Counting Software
• Firm to Give D.C. Information About Its Voting Devices
• Voting System Adds Nearly 5,000 Ballots to Tally
• Is Internet Voting Safe? Vote Here
• Irish reject e-voting, go back to paper
• Voting machine expert criticizes "clueless" industry report
• Finnish Court Dismisses E-Voting Result
• Most electronic voting isn't secure, CIA expert says
• Philippines elections marred by violence and voting chaos--"[T]he leading presidential candidate had to wait five hours to cast his vote [...] as the countrywide automated voting system — being used for the first time — caused chaos."

New stories by Aardvark, BBMSN, Cicero, dymondbolt, fillups44, hypnoboy, IsoGAYCop, Londonboy, Otaru_grower, R Christopher Cooper and zulator

New stories: Sorry for the lack of updates lately as I just had wrapped up a months-long project that culminated last week, but I've been working behind the scenes as well in inviting new contributors to archive their stories on this site. Some of you may have noticed some new names on here like Gentry DuVane, Markjo342 and Seekingsometruth over the past few weeks, and so I'd like to formally welcome them as well us the guys who'll be joining us today: Otaru_grower, R Christopher Cooper, hypnoboy and IsoGAYCop.

• Alphaman Meets Mr. Cole Lector 2 by Cicero
• College Finals: 1 | 2 by BBMSN
• The Destroyers 3 by fillups44
• Fine Tuning the Bull 2 by dymondbolt
• Getting Used To Being Unstoppable 11 by Londonboy
• Hunter: Hello, Houston by Aardvark
• Hypno Cop: 1 | 2 by hypnoboy and IsoGAYCop
• A Magical Mid-Life Crisis by zulator
• Stepping Into Dad's Shoes by Otaru_grower
• The Thrill of the Hunt 2 by R Christopher Cooper

Your mom

• Happy Mother's Day
• My Son is Gay?
• The Phone Call
• The Christmas Tree
• Make Your Mom Proud

Losing your Facebook

• Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook
• Facebook’s Gone Rogue; It’s Time for an Open Alternative
• What Happens When You Deactivate Your Facebook Account
• Facebook Exec Extols the Virtues of Setting Privacy To ‘Everyone’
• Understanding Facebook's privacy aftershocks