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MrInBetween
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
In that photo, Hitch is getting his quarterly liver-cleanse.
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Mediahohoho
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
Anyone who has been to Lebanon--or anywhere in the Middle East for that matter--knows that Hitchens was begging to get the shit stomped out of him when he did what he did where he did it. Total dog bites man. Asshat.
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BookishLookish
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
Chrissy Hitchens once threw up on my shoes. I am still seeking my revenge.
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smithhimself
03/30/09

@BookishLookish:

I'd help with that effort, BL. If you'd watch the door while I gave a wedgie to Salman Rushdie.

So what writer have you enjoyed meeting at a party?

For me, Roy Blount, Jr. And, yes, I know the Gawker crowd hates his success, but Dave Eggers is pretty good egg.
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BookishLookish
03/30/09

@smithhimself: I met Salman R. once and thanked him for the stress relief all the overworked editorial assistants enjoyed in the form of petting the bomb-sniffing female black Lab that checked the mail every day at Viking Penguin. He thought that was funny.
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Mount_Prion
03/30/09

@BookishLookish: "He thought that was funny. Then he threw up on the dog."
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Smitros
03/30/09

@BookishLookish:

That could be an intriguing title for a memoir.
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Baroness
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
I could swear I've read of this incident at least 210 times since it happened, plus Hitchens not shutting up about it. I believe he was Twittering it as it occurred.
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Mr. Bar
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
Anyone see him on Real Time with Bill Maher Friday? Ass and a half! And a total dick towards Mos Def...thats not cool. Mos Def may not always know what hes talking about, but you dont just act like a complete asshole towards someone like he did.
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Stream Of Consciousness
03/30/09

@Mr. Bar: For sure I caught it. Mos was pretty well spoken though...mostly valid points. But yeah he was a total prick to Mos.

LOL..Mos was running the show for a bit though.
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RonMwangaguhunga
03/30/09

@Stream Of Consciousness: I love the guy, but Mos def(initely) needed to let Salman Rushdie get in a word edgewise ...
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bytememehard
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
That isn't Andrew Lloyd Weber?
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iplaudius
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
The comparison to American mega-churches is a strange one, because everybody knows Hezbollah and its ilk have nothing at all to do with religious fanaticism.
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apikores
03/30/09

@iplaudius: The comparison to American mega-churches is a strange one, because everybody knows Hezbollah and its ilk, unlike American mega-churches, actually have people of another religion right across the border who hate them and have stirred up countless amounts of shit in Lebanon throughout the years. Thus their religious fanaticism and general lunacy is at least provoked by, and opposed to, another brand of religious fanaticism. American megachurches just hate for the sake of hating.
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apikores
03/30/09

@apikores: There. Fixed that for you.
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iplaudius
03/30/09

@apikores: I think you should change your username to procrustean.
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gawkimo
03/31/09

@iplaudius: He wasn't attacked by Hezbollah. He was attacked by a group of hardcore Nazi CHRISTIANS. Read the article.
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depardoo
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
I would pay to see him beaten. I predict that this will become a prominent spectator sport. He is a porcine, sweaty, angry bloviator. That photo, by the way, is inexplicable yet fascinating and funny.
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SidAndFinancy
03/30/09

@depardoo: I believe that picture was taken immediately after the man in the ski mask informed Hitchens that they only have Johnnie Walker Red in stock.
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depardoo
03/30/09

@SidAndFinancy:

Ha! That would explain the look of terror and desperation.
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Botswana Meat Commission FC
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
Hitch's reaction to being attacked by Hezbollah vigilantes sort of reminds me of the perverse glee that a certain type of guy gets when a well-paid dominatrix stomps on his testicles.
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gawkimo
03/31/09

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: He wasn't attacked by Hazbollah vigilantes. He was attacked by a hardcore group of Nazi CHRISTIANS.
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Awesome X
03/30/09

In reply to Hitch's Epic Battle
Brit Dandies in the HOUSE, muthafckaz!
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Smitros
03/30/09

@Awesome X:

Brit Dandy to the Rescue?
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