T/S: Defamer v. Gawker

You know, it would've been Patriot missiles during the first Gulf War

um whut

oh actually yeah, when you think about it, defending israel from scud missiles is a bit like the phoenix program. my bad.

what?

But the problem isn't specifically with the joke itself. It's a sort of generic joke about the executive's unconstrained power that any postwar president could've delivered. You know, it would've been Patriot missiles during the first Gulf War, or jokes about the CIA or Secret Service disappearing people during the Cold War.

i guess my memory could be off, but was there something terribly unconstitutional/comparable-to-secret-assassinations-programs about the use of patriot missiles?

oh i dont think so--i mean their use was controversial--but i think i think its kind of beside the point he wants to make

i can remember the war, but not any controversy, and their use doesn't seem to have any relation to "the executive's unconstrained power" (cough healthcare cough) nor be comparable to bad things the CIA did off the books

my guess is pareene was going all out relentless for the zing -- which is exactly what barry obam's "daily show" speechwriters were doing

game should recognize game

mm

patriots shoot down other missles. he shoulda said tomahawks or the b2 bomber or something for a 90s tip /warnerd

max!!!!!!!!!

:-O

o shi

congrats dude

get that money

;^)

whoa just noticed that... right on my man

don't forget us little guy tumblr followers

Now I have to read you BOTH? Sheeeeeit.

What the where

front page of Gawker!!

hey man, congrats! that's nuts! i'm sure the blog will be more popular "for the writing" now! :-D

front page of Gawker!!

Never knew Max was Rekers' second rentboy oh wait.

Congratulations!

fwiw, if i click on your name next to your posts, the url sez "g4wk3r.com/p3op1e/some other dude's name," but your posts still show up. weird

max always stumping for gawker : )

― velko, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:25 PM

max, gonna continue to try to push you to the left, hon. :D

http://gawker.com/5545716/thai-movie-you-will-never-watch-wins-cannes-film-festival

this is p weak

what an asshole

first comment pretty otm

Did they copy and paste that article from the Fox News op-ed page? Yikes.

max how do u miscreant gawker writers get reprimanded?

i probably shouldnt say mean things about my coworkers in public so i wont say anything at all

was Maureen Tkacik's CJR piece discussed somewhere?

this is it: http://www.cjr.org/cover_story/look_at_me.php?page=all

http://gawker.com/5556254/congratulations-rush-limbaugh

ha

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lol

Kinda wish they'd gone w/ WHERE'S THE MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

classic idea

http://m.gawker.com/5568891/the-poker-hand-that-cost-a-web-millionaire-a-fortune

This is the laziest article gawker has ever run -- are you trying to tell me that a poker player in the wpt lost a high stakes hand??????? Someone fire up the laptop!!!!

13k hits 1k new visitors

not really making an argument here or disagreeing with you... just saying

i mean plus its more than just "a poker player"

yeah, a "web millionaire"

plus, this post is by far the laziest

http://gawker.com/5568682/third-journalist-murdered-in-philippines

I think the point of the post was more to zing calacanis than to break the news that somebody lost a lot of money playing poker

that vid was A+++ - always thought calacanis was kind of a douche and you can sort of pinpoint the moment in his eyes when brunson rips his heart out

I have no idea who this guy is, but he plays poker, not sure how its gworthy of a post that he, you know, lost a hand -- I hope gawker keeps me updated on all the celebs that lose hands at the world series l8r this month

let it go bro

I'm just sayin

Always happy whenever I see Brunson put the beat-down on a jackass.

I think, in the future, gawker should first clear all updates past j0rd to make sure that j0rd thinks they are worthy posts...that would be a good solution imo

just sayin its a bit of a pick your battles situation imo

Ha well I generally have no battles to pick w gawker

this has dented my faith in the journalistic integrity of www.gawker.com

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OMG 4CHAN JUST TOOK DOWN GAWKER--WHERES MY GUN

DONT WORRY WERE BACK UP