Today on The Daily What Geek: Wil Wheaton talks about his departure from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Elsewhere on the Internets:

• Skyrocketing: Negative political ads, up 750 percent over 2008
• Yanked: Ashton Kutcher's racist ad for Popchips, after a massive backlash
• Trailblazing: America's first Pirate Party candidates for office
• Licensed: Michael Jackson's likeness, for use in upcoming Pepsi ads
• Ditched: The "Fig" in Fig Newtons

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