Two prominent booksellers are hawking a demeaning anti-LGBT calendar that also makes a joke about people with aids. You can let the booksellers know how you feel about this.

Hello, Late Night crew! This is Phoenix and I’ll be your tour guide on the Good Ship FDL tonight. Mind the paintwork! Last week I referenced the, ahem, delicate situation of one fair-haired lad by the name of John Hinderaker, better known to us as The Man Formerly Known As Assrocket over at the PowerLine [...]

As part of the budget passed this week, California will begin compelling online retailers to collect sales tax from purchases by California residents. Major online retailers like Amazon simply don’t want to collect the tax and pass it on to the state, nor do they want to charge their customers sales tax. So they’re taking it out on their affiliates. Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Texas have already passed bills requiring online sales taxes, and Amazon promptly shut down affiliate programs in those states.

So, Amazon, Visa, and PayPal–was it worth it?