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Colander
01/26/09

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Testing.
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ifstone
01/24/09

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So Gawker's stealing ideas directly from the Daily Show now?
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merriesttherapist
01/24/09

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back off owen thomas. barry is a human, like all of us. when someone fucks-up the most important moment of his life, so far, he gets annoyed. when reporters press him at inappropriate times, he gets annoyed. when his VP makes stupid jokes, he gets annoyed. big fucking deal. at least he doesn't smirk, swagger and giggle like a child.

personally, i find him totally hot. a little temper tells me he's got passion...lucky michelle!
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Owen Thomas
01/26/09

@merriesttherapist: I just like that you call him "Barry," too.
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LucilleMcGillicuddy
01/24/09

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I love his STFU face because that is exactly what he is thinking - he looks

as if he is very slowly chanting - shut the FUCK UP. And in every instance

it was entirely appropriate.
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BxgrlJeri
01/24/09

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Obama has that "Don't make me go medieval on your ass" look in him. I just know it. And it's a good thing to see from our hopey prez. Gobama!

(Yeah, I'm still on the love train and will be til he f's up majorly. ie no time soon).
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Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux
01/24/09

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It's funny...earlier today I was reading a thread about someone who I didn't really know. I clicked on the link to a Gawker story last year about the same person. There was something funny about it...and then I realized what it was.

The thread had 5 pages commenting on Ayelet Waldman. 5 pages about the spouse of a fiction writer. The Honorable Judge, Drunken Ex-Pat, Hippity, Helman, A.Altman, Bookish, Ian, etc., were like little humorous spitfires. A little round table as it were. Now, other than the election I don't think we have had that many pages of anything. And the old guard are dying away...all to be replaced by various trolls.

Several stalwarts were killed this week. Their only crime was being funny and lippy. Pretty soon it's just going to be A.D. in her various guises making love to Owen.
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katastic
01/24/09

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Oh Jesus, Owen. He's not pissed most of these times, he's just reacting to the circumstances. Stop blowing things out of proportion just to cobble together a post.
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Owen Thomas
01/26/09

@katastic: I disagree -- why on earth would I have posted the item if I believed that? Furthermore, I think you're silly to blow a difference in opinion out of proportion into some insinuation of disingenuousness on my part.
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mfnher
01/24/09

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I guess it's just me. These videos don't work. I click, and eventually they work, but all I get is the audio.
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Owen Thomas
01/26/09

@mfnher: Please send details of your OS and browser to tips at gawker dot com. Thanks!
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Jared LeClaire
01/23/09

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Am I the only one that thinks Biden was a bit tipsy at :33?
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Trixie from Toronto
01/24/09

@Jared LeClaire: I just assumed he was totally smashed. Isn't he?
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Helman
01/23/09

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Ok, Owen. This is the message from "Smith" I found tonight on my page tonight. I have not engaged this particular incarnation at all, notwithstanding the blinding obviousness that it is American Dreamer. This is the same person you defended last week, and whose flattery of you was your undoing.

Is it true that this character is a Gawker creation to generate page views? Because I am sick of it creepily showing up on my home page. Over the last bloody year. Please, Gawk, either admit this is a freak show your editors do for fun, or shut it down. And if it is the former, you should be ashamed: You have no idea what some of us have endured. (And if you want to punish me for being off-topic, fine.).

"and don't forget to come visit me in espoo no?

the frosted appletiinis are on ME....i don't think you could afford to buy your own on your housewive's allowance.

Smith on Jan 23, 2009

Thanks for the star Helman! In case you hadn't heard Owen officially awarded me the star he took away from you on Friday night (tonight). Well I suppose you can at least drag your cauliflower ass out of bed each morning to read my posts and live your life vicariously through me.

Say hi to Booklookish...oops! I guess that wont be possible anymore will it? I arranged that too FYI."

Check out my public page if you doubt me.
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BxgrlJeri
01/24/09

@Helman: Me too. I got one and as soon as I got it (without knowing about yours) I knew it was AD. He's obsessed with me and always has been.
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M. Pompadour
01/24/09

@Helman: Frustrating, I'm sure. But, perhaps, time to step away from the gawker?
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Owen Thomas
01/26/09

@Helman: I appreciate your bringing this to my attention. Another commenter already had, in a more appropriate manner, and the matter has been dealt with.

However, I am quite serious about the problematic behavior for which you've already lost a star. If you keep leaving this kind of off-topic comment, the next step will be a ban. And I would regret that greatly, since you've made many great contributions to Gawker's comments.

You can private-message me, or, better yet, write to the email address on the masthead if you need to air concerns about a commenter.
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Owen Thomas
01/26/09

@M. Pompadour: Well said.
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DevilsAvocado
01/23/09

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I have two young children. And they are both well acquainted with my equivalent of Obama's death stare, transl: "If you know what's good for you, you'll cut that out IMMEDIATELY. Oh, and don't think this is the last you've heard of it. Damned if I'm going to air our dirty laundry in public, but just you wait until we get home!'

All parties involved retain their dignity, so escalation of hostilities in the name of hollow pride is avoided, and outsiders are deprived of fodder to fuel schadenfreude.

If only all politicians were so wise as to exercise such restraint. I'm with Spiegelman. May this herald a new era of composed, considered and even-tempered statesmen/women. Give me intelligent and impassive over inflamed and temperamental any day.
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Heneage
01/23/09

@DevilsAvocado: Is there a FNFF slated for this evening? Have we chosen a post yet?
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DevilsAvocado
01/23/09

@Heneage:

Dunno. I'm always very late to the party because for me, it's a SAPOGWIRSBWIFF (Saturday Afternoon Procrastinating On Gawker When I Really Should Be Writing Instead Fuck Fest).

Since Spiegelman left us, and the formal FNFF disappeared, they seem to be occurring less frequently.
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Heneage
01/23/09

@DevilsAvocado: Yeah, but every now and then they'll designate a post, and Spiegelman has been popping up on this very post...
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DevilsAvocado
01/23/09

@Heneage:

Ah - I see. I've been missing the action, possibly because I've been o/s for work, and having a lovely Antipodean outdoorsy summer, so much less time spent in front of the old iMac. I'm trying to come up with a reason to avoid work this afternoon, so I'll keep my eyes peeled... as icky and painful as that concept is.
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Dagrolord
01/24/09

@Heneage: I'm not often available during the prime happy hours of the FNFF. I'm in CST, so even when I make it to the FNFF, I'm usually a cocktail or two behind the core EST group. I love the FNFF and they're much more stimulating than a few drinks down at one of the local bars. Cheaper too, and I'm in love with the bartender.
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Wrapitup
01/23/09

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What we need now is the Peter Sarsgaard version of Charles Lane from Shattered Glass. A taciturn, intelligent fellow who holds assholes accountable and takes careful yet decisive action at the risk of looking like a jerk for coming down on the popular kids. Behind that cheery facade and dazzling smile, it's very possible that Obama is that way.
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Mount_Prion
01/23/09

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He is absolutely a vulcan. He gave Leonard Nimoy, the ultimate vulcan, the vulcan salute.

Nimoy said so!

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Lysergic Asset
01/24/09

@Mount_Prion(allrightsreserved):
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Mount_Prion
01/25/09

@Lysergic Asset: Um yeah that is just terrifying.
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OwenKlient
01/23/09

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I'm mad at Barack Obama. Nobody reacts to my Joe Biden with pursed lips!
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Owen Thomas
01/23/09

@OwenKlient: He picked Biden, after all. No buyer's remorse, Barry!
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ian spiegelman
01/23/09

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Well, good! We've had too much damn emotion! I want a Vulcan. I want someone who hears bullshit and just processes it and moved forward. Now that the Daily Show isn't remotely funny anymore, we need a leader who gives them no decent fodder. It means we're grown-ups with a grown-up for President.

I mean, come on, did you ever see FDR do anything but twist his lips? Emotionless 1930s people who speak in clipped monotones are what we need. Not a lot of ideologue morons and barking subterranean goons.

A guy who says nothing but tells himself, "I'll deal with that idiot later" is exactly what we need.

And if, for an extra benefit, such an attitude catches on and puts every single stand-up comedian out of work, America will be a paradise. Because if I hear one more "blue-collar" fucking retard go on about, "Here's what I don't get..." I'm gonna just blow up everyone.
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Trixie from Toronto
01/23/09

@ian spiegelman: Right on. "I'll deal with this idiot later" was exactly what was going on there, and even as a member of the working press, it titillated me. Because that was bad form. You don't start aggressively scrumming the president when he drops in to say hello for the first time since the election.
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Owen Thomas
01/23/09

@ian spiegelman: But you say we've had too much damn emotion.
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htotheomo
01/23/09

@Trixie from Toronto: Politico has a slant. You can see it if you look.
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Trixie from Toronto
01/23/09

@htotheomo: Some of them do. Not all of them.
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Xylo
01/23/09

@ian spiegelman: Honestly, I don't see "angry" at all during his swearing-in. He looks a bit startled and sorts tucks his chin, more like "WTF?" than "STFU!"

But all those shrieking reporters, yeah; I wanted to gut them.
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Trixie from Toronto
01/23/09

@Xylo: No, it was more like a nudge, I thought. A little nod to let him know he'd messed it up.
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
01/24/09

@ian spiegelman: my kid's kindergarten teacher makes the exact same face; of course so now does my kid
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