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- Barack Obama says that blacks are pissed and there's a "quiet riot" brewing in LA and the rest of the country. Does that mean that the real trouble won't come for another 20 years when folks begin to finally "rage against the machine"? - AP
- Although the adult video world generates about $12 billion nationally, Vivid Video co-partner David James says, "Very few people make over $150,000 in this industry" - Daily News
- Speaking of public nudity, remember when Sarah Silverman during Sunday's MTV Movie Awards invited you to "google" Cisco Adler's balls? If you'd rather just click to a NSFW picture of the man and his nads, CityRag will educate you - CityRag
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