"The (subpoena's) chilling effect on expressive e-commerce would frost keyboards across America," U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker wrote. Even better, prosecutors made their case anyway, without trampling on the First Amendment.

BAGHDAD — On Sept. 9, the day before Army Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker told Congress that things were getting better, Batoul Mohammed Ali Hussein came to Baghdad for the day.

I know this is getting a bit plaid out, but it's now hit mainstream as Seth Green takes on a Chris Crocker spoof. It's a lot funnier and better done then everything else so far of course, as is to be expected of him.

Collectors of kitchenalia always have a place for Betty Crocker, the grand dame of American cookbooks. Who conjures up the image of classic nurturing kitchen queen better than good ol' Betty Crocker?

Chris Crocker (born December 1987) is an American Internet personality and openly gay "edutainer" who produces and acts in transgressive videos. The Tennessee-based Crocker, a stage name, keeps his identity and exact location private because according to him there are safety concerns and death threats in response to his YouTube and MySpace vlogs and profile.His work consists mainly of short-form self-directed "monologues about life" shot in his grandparents' home. As of January 2008, Crocker's videos have received a combined 43.4 million plays on MySpace, and his vlog channel on YouTube is the 19th most viewed of all time in all categories, with over 65 million views. Although he has produced dozens of videos, Crocker gained international notoriety from his viral video tearfully defending Britney Spears's "lackluster MTV comeback" with over four million views in two days. The video received international media attention, hundreds of parodies, criticism and generated death threats for the androgynous performer.On September 18, 2007, Variety revealed that Crocker has signed a development deal with 44 Blue Productions to star in a documentary-style reality television show.