Wednesday, November 12, 2008—The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper™ extends its bemused congratulations and hearty best wishes to the audacious scamps who have temporarily and harmlessly appropriated the New York Times brand, and used it as a platform on which to indulge in some creative, useful, and reality-based re-interpretation of reality.

Talk about poetic justice. With its hidebound and blindered interpretation of reality, the hereditary stewards of the alleged “newspaper of record” have been the prime enablers over the past eight years of the Bush maladministration’s vicious and perverse reign.

They may or may not face legal prosecution for violation of trademark rights. This is clearly a brilliant example of the use of protected material for satirical purposes. As such, no prosecutor worth his salt would charge them—and no jury could rightly convict. “Pinch” would have to be an idiot to sic his lawyers on them—so they had better be prepared!

Kudos!