Flutterby™! : Random notes

Random notes:

1. Production of the original rear-engined Volkswagen Beetle to end.
2. The Rev reminds us that we need to band together in these times of oppression and Free Martha.
3. Now that everyone's a journalist, what happens when professional journalists honor "off-the-record" remarks and bloggers aren't told that such remarks are off-the-record?
4. Occasionally, Kansas Republicans get it right: Senator Sam Brownback introduces a bill to require judicial intervention in discovering the names of alleged copyright infringers, and slows down the race to DRM