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On Monday, Rupert Murdoch dispatched his minions to sweep down and acquire MySpace, extending the reach of his worldwide media empire into the computers of 18 million potential Fantastic Four ticket buyers and demographically desirable The O.C. viewers. We could speculate about how the conglomerate is going to utilize the power of a social networking site as a new advertising platform for its various entertainment products, but we've been so excited waiting for Rupe to miraculously appear in our Friend Space that we're spending our time preparing a welcoming Friend Comment instead. Here's what we have so far: "This guy is one crazy mofo! LOL! We were doing tequila shots on the beach in Sydney when he waded into the water and bit a fukkin shark! Then he was all, 'Take that, you toothy poofter, I am king of the goddamn ocean!' RUPE IS THE BADDEST! Newz Korp 4-eva!" We think he's really going to like it.