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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N18HZJLG9jg

Hello, this song is exactly in F major ? 198.105.104.145 (talk) 14:21, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Please change my username to Lil Beat.

Hello Guys! I want to change my username to Lil Beat and please help me, change my username (LilBeatOfficial) to Lil Beat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LilBeatOfficial (talk • contribs) 18:24, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi, this is not the proper forum for this request, please see Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username for more information on how you can go about this. ^{Market St.⧏} _{⧐ Diamond Way} 18:43, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Does this album really exist?

I heard a while ago about an album which has several volumens called: Bono: The Complete Solo Projects. Is that true? Does it really exist? Miss Bono ^{[hello, hello!]} 19:04, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Indeed they do (all 5 volumes of it)! Seems to be bootlegs, not official issues.--TammyMoet (talk) 22:01, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

What song did George Clinton sing when he kidnapped Cleveland Brown's mother?

I heard the song several times while In college but never found out its title. The episode was "When a Man (or a Freight Train) Loves His Cookie" (episode 75) from season 4 of The Cleveland Show.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:24, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Campaign commercials and politics

Approaching the presidential primary elections in the United States, there may be political advertisements that seem to really humiliate the opponent, sometimes making fun of the opponent's name or deeds and providing partial information. I am just wondering if the opposing politician has the right to sue, if the advertisement becomes annoyingly too personal. 140.254.226.192 (talk) 20:55, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Well, they can try to sue, and they certainly have the right to. Read about what happened when her opponent ran an ad claiming Kay Hagan was an atheist. Hagan sued, and once she won the election she dropped the suit. In general, politicians seldom sue each other, possibly due to another old axiom: "Never sue... they might prove it." ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 23:20, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Not just the politicians it seems...one news network itself is suing over a campaign ad. interesting. [1]--Mark Miller (talk) 23:33, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

If you're a "public person" it is virtually (tho not impossible) to prove defamation (libel or slander). See Wikipedia's take on it at Defamation: "There are several ways a person must go about proving that libel has taken place. For example, in the United States, the person must prove that the statement was false, caused harm, and was made without adequate research into the truthfulness of the statement. These steps are for an ordinary citizen. For a celebrity or a public official, the person must prove the first three steps and that the statement was made with the intent to do harm or with reckless disregard for the truth,[12] which is usually specifically referred to as "proving malice". There are some very famous cases like Westmoreland v CBS (Mike Wallace in particular) and others that you can look up. If you are a "public figure" in the United States the first amendment pretty much protects 95%+ of "speech" against you as 'satire' or 'parody', just look at the late night shows including Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, even Thomas Nast going back a century. If it is a political opponent they usually run the ads through a 3rd party as George HW Bush did for the Willie Horton attacks in 1988, not so much for fear of a lawsuit but more that he could deny being so harsh and cruel. President Andrew Jackson was so ticked at how he was portrayed that he said something to the effect that he could eventually forgive what they said about him but never what they said about his wife Rachel. ^{Market St.⧏} _{⧐ Diamond Way} 23:50, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

Also anyone can sue anyone but it will cost thousands of dollars just to run the case yourself, and in the neighborhood of millions if you have a legal team and take anywhere from 6 months to 2-3 years just for the 5% chance that you can prove all 4 things with a 'preponderance of evidence'. So basically it's much much cheaper and stress free just to focus on running in the next election in 18 months then fight something you will probably not win and if you do win probably not be paid much of anything for it (since even after you prove you were defamed you have to prove what monetary damages it caused which for a public figure is much less than a million despite most multi-year cases costing more than a million if you have top flight legal counsel, dozens of depositions, etc.) ^{Market St.⧏} _{⧐ Diamond Way} 23:58, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

In the Hagan case, the firestorm over the foolish ad the Dole team ran only helped Hagan. Negative is one thing, below-the-belt is another. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 00:49, 26 October 2013 (UTC)