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Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine Founder and Star of Girls Next Door, Dies at 91
"Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American global brands in history, peacefully passed away today [September 27] from natural causes at his home, The Playboy Mansion, surrounded by loved ones," a rep for the Playboy Enterprises founder said in a statement to PEOPLE.
[...] "My father lived an exceptional and impactful life as a media and cultural pioneer and a leading voice behind some of the most significant social and cultural movements of our time in advocating free speech, civil rights and sexual freedom. He defined a lifestyle and ethos that lie at the heart of the Playboy brand, one of the most recognizable and enduring in history. He will be greatly missed by many, including his wife Crystal, my sister Christie and my brothers David and Marston, and all of us at Playboy Enterprises," said Cooper Hefner, his son and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.
By putting up his furniture as collateral for a loan and borrowing the rest from family and friends, Mr. Hefner published the very first issue of Playboy in December of 1953, which featured a nude Marilyn Monroe.
The same year, Hefner launched media and lifestyle company Playboy Enterprises, Inc., on which he served as a board member until the time of his death.
[...] The magazine became known for its articles as well as the beautiful women that graced its pages, with Hefner asking some of the world's greatest and most progress literary figures to write for him including, Hunter S. Thompson, John Updike, Ian Fleming, Joseph Heller, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Margaret Atwood, Jack Kerouac and Kurt Vonnegut.
Also at The New York Times, NPR, BBC (obituary), The Guardian, and Reuters.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday September 28 2017, @05:07PM (5 children)
Well, I do think that many women would do a better job than the entities that are running things now. But that doesn't include those that go around seeking power.
Women are, in general, more able to deal with kids having tantrums, so they seem a reasonable candidate for running things. But in general doesn't mean in all cases, and some women, especially those who seek power, seem to be worse than even the men who seek power.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 28 2017, @05:22PM (1 child)
Competence in government = more competent at being corrupt.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2013/09/29/227560386/are-women-less-corrupt-than-men [npr.org]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @04:14AM
Wonderfully oblivious quote from Police Chief Carlos Ortega Carpinteyro near the bottom of that link. Relevent to this whole article really.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday September 28 2017, @05:41PM (1 child)
I agree, but with one exception: Sarah Palin [wikipedia.org].
OK, maybe two: Ann Coulter [wikipedia.org].
So, three at a push [wikipedia.org].
That'll be why many of them voted for Fake President Pull-My-Finger of the People's Democratic Republic of America [soylentnews.org].
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 28 2017, @10:44PM
What a brilliant coincidence.
"Everybody who's in the opposite political party are all stupid."
Then all of a sudden it's "Gee! We got our asses kicked and lost 1000 seats in 8 years. I dunno. Must be the Russians!"
The genius never stops from Team Tolerance.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 28 2017, @06:58PM
As usual it is about finding good and competent people, but politics seems to eschew those or at the least grind them into dust and reshaped into mudballs with some liberal application of whiskey and budweiser.