Gawker: glaring omissions

"I see you're already living in your little comfortable Communist world where freedom of speech in sensored"

Pareene — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:11:49 EDT

We don't know what this letter was even about (Glenn Beck probably?), but because we do not wish to Stifle Free Speech, like they do in North Korea, we will publish it.

The (Crazy) People Respond to Mikey Weinstein's Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Pareene — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:00:13 EDT

Remember Mikey Weinstein, the guy fighting radical evangelical Christians in the military? Here is a trenchant political cartoon his organization received on Monday.

A "Curt Thompson" sent this presumably self-assembled cartoon to Weinstein, at his Military Religious Freedom Foundation address, without additional context.

The MRFF, continuing to solidify their position as our favorite foundation made up entirely of people we are kind of scared of, had this to say in response:

Mr. Thompson,

Thanks for your cartoon submission to MRFF, depicting a person, possibly intended to represent a person of Jewish faith (Mr. Weinstein?) urinating on the Constitution. At least, that is what you appear to be trying to convey - difficult to say with that level of draftsmanship.

If you had bothered to read the MRFF's mission statement and were able to comprehend it (let alone the Constitution), you would be aware that contrary to your cartoon's apparent intended message, the MRFF supports the Constitutional divide between church and state that has existed from the time it was drafted, and specializes in supporting the right of servicemen and women of all faiths or none to be protected from undue influence (particularly from superiors acting under the color of authority) in matters of conscience and faith. In fact, 96% of MRFF's current cases are self-professed Christians, with mainstream Protestants in the main, followed by Catholics and other Christian denominations. The other 4% comprise Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and a Sikh, as well as Pagans of various types, and agnostics and atheists.

It might also interest you to know that the largely volunteer staff of MRFF, in addition to Mr. Weinstein, consists of people of all faiths and no faith. Most are veterans, including Mr. Weinstein, (who was FYI an honor graduate of the USAF Academy who has 130 years combined military service in his family, as well as service in the Reagan administration, and elsewhere). Some of us with combat, including close personal ground combat, as in my case. (USMC [Ret], served in RVN 1967-68, Khe Sanh, Hue, and elsewhere.)

I will at least give you credit for signing your anti-Semitic screed. Most of the misspelled, poorly punctuated dreck we receive is of much lower caliber than even yours, and is unsigned, as most of the people who are engaged in these practices are far too cowardly to sign their names or give valid contact information. (Of course, that is understandable since most are indubitably physical and moral cowards, and most of what they send us is legally actionable under a number of criminal and civil laws. I think yours is probably protected as "free speech" - albeit hate speech - but our legal people will be looking at that aspect of it.)

I am not of Jewish stock myself, BTW. I am of Celtic ancestry. Other MRFF volunteers and supporters are of various ethnic backgrounds. So next time you take a crack at us (hopefully after you have completed further courses in basic drawing skills), please remember to include the rest of us as well in your ethnic slurs. For example, you could draw me with red hair and a kilt and bagpipes! Since many of Scoto-Irish heritage have large noses, you wouldn't have to change the nose much.

Normally, when dealing with sane, rational individuals, I try to represent what we are doing in more measured terms, but when I encounter obvious neo-Nazis, crypto-fascists, or KKK members, etc., I don't really bother with the niceties, because it only encourages the bastards, and is an exercise in futility, as only reasonable people can be reasoned with. As Twain once wrote; "Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig." I do hope you aren't too annoyed - I know I am at wasting this much time on you. However, if your lobotomy ever heals, and you really want to support the Constitution (although with your obvious lack of understanding or respect for it, I don't see that as likely), please get in touch for an adult and rational conversation - something you are obviously incapable of at present.

Very Sincerely,

F. J. Taylor
USMC (Ret.)

So yes, between this sort of thing and the defection of Specter (did you know there is only one Jewish Republican congressman left?) it is kind of amazing how quickly the far-right has just dropped all pretenses and is openly being all antisemitic again. It seems like just yesterday that they were pretending to be concerned that Obama would nuke Israel or something!

Tom Wolfe Writes a Letter to The New Yorker In the Third Person

Pareene — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:53:23 EST

Well, partly in the third person. The famous youth culture expert wrote to complain about critic Alex Ross.

Ross wrote a little thing on Leonard Bernstein, the famous composer, and he mentioned the famous Tom Wolfe story about Lenny's fundraiser for the Black Panthers. That story is of course one of the most famous pieces New York ever ran, and it also basically marks the point at which Wolfe became completely insufferable. Anyways Ross points out that Wolfe maybe exaggerated some things, like Bernstein's adoption of "jive talk," and this dismissal of Wolfe's famous story upset him so much he wrote this letter. Let's watch him deftly and inexplicably switch from the first to the third-person:

I know Alex Ross to be a music critic so sublime that he should be spared from irksome toil. A random example: his sensitive reassessment of Leonard Bernstein’s career says that the journalist Tom Wolfe attended the now legendary party for the Black Panthers in Bernstein’s Park Avenue penthouse and wrote an article about it, “Radical Chic,” for New York (A Critic at Large, December 15th).

It goes on from there, with similarly flowery nonsense (the New Yorker presumably, and thankfully, edited out all the ellipses and italics). And then Ross responds, tersely. And then Daily Intel weighs in, which isn't fair, because they totally have a dog in that fight.

That is today's Amusing Letters To the Editor news.

Enough With the 'Semen Cookbook' Already

Richard Lawson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:52:00 EST

So we've gotten an aggravating amount of tips about some kind of hell book called Natural Harvest that is comprised entirely of recipes for meals involving semen. Like, human ejaculate. It's nothing short of horrifying. It's been covered in a bunch of other places already, but still everyone wants us to know about it. Except us! We don't want to know anything! So here, in the hopes of shooing you people away, is a brief acknowledgment:

THERE IS A SEMEN COOKBOOK.

So that's it. We ask you now to please, please, please, for the love of all that is holy and good in this shitty old world of ours, stop constantly reminding us that this hideous thing exists. It is such a profound bummer.

Preemptive Complaints of Media Bias Watch

Pareene — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:53:47 EST

Over at The Corner, Victor Davis Hanson is positive that now that Patrick Fitzgerald has arrested Democratic governor Rod Blagojevich and is looking at Tony Rezko, "Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald is just about on the verge on losing his near mythic status among the Washington-New York media." The fact that this hasn't happened yet, and that there is no evidence that this will happen, and the fact that a large number of the "Washington-New York media" (as opposed to liberal bloggers) were outraged at Fitz for trying to get journalists to reveal their sources in the Plamegate case? None of that changes the fact that the elite liberal media will refuse to report on ths thing they're already going nuts over. (Attached: another classic example of the preemptive bias complaint, from your day editor's inbox. It arrived shortly after the second of today's predicted 500 Blago posts ran. Keep 'em coming, America!) [The Corner]

Your Campaign '08 Rejected Comments

Pareene — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:08:22 EST

In the future the history books will say this election was fought across blog posts and in the comment trenches, via video links and perpetual forwards. History books will be full of shit, obv, because 99% of the internet noise about the election was barely readable garbage and nonsense. Our resident expert in garbage and nonense, is, of course, Comments Czar Kaila, who decides which of you get to live to comment another day. So below, for your Election Day, Kaila shares some of the very best of the best of insane rejected comments. "Fuck you you fucking liberal elitist fucks," after the jump!

Leave 'em hanging:
Palin Emails Real

Goes to show why I am a Republican...
R Respect
E Empathy
P Pride
U Understanding
L Liberty
I Integrity
C Country First
N

Sarah Palin's $150,000 Fashion Spree

10/22/08 05:55 PM
ur a hater u probably in old ass lady who is ugly
10/22/08 05:54 PM
shes hot would ppl rather have hill bill n those ugly suit pants.

And If Obama Loses... What Then, Medialand?

JinxyMcDeath you are more full of shit than a Christmas Goose! I hate people like you. Obama will destroy this nation. He's a hateful, arrogant, dumb-ass of a crook. In the Chicago area he's done nothing, and is nothing. He is a phony and a liar, like most Democrat shit heads.

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

YOU ARE A BUNCH OF FUCKING MORONS. GO CRAWL BACK INTO THE YOU CAME OUT OF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bounty On Terrorist Obama Muslim Tape Can Save Newspapers!
How sad that the Obama sympathizers have such filthy mouths. I did know that 13% of his supporters are illiterate, apparently you are not among them. However, you could probably benefit from a course in the proper use of the english language. Your comments do not bode well for the Democratic Party. Please clean up your mouths and refer to the subject at hand while keeping the personal feelings aside

You actually did make this shit up:
Tales from the Unemployment Line

It certainly will be Woeful if Hussein gets elected. Hundreds of people suffered under Clinton's program cuts when he was first elected. I preferred Hillary. P.S. I cannot understand a Muslim when they speak their langurge.

If you don't like America, you can just get out:
'Whassup' Remix Changes Things

Make another one in 4 years, but make it so its a crack whore, a welfare mom, a taliban, see them sitting on their fat asses while us middle class folks work 3 jobs so they ain't got to do a fu*king thing. If you want to live in a socialist country move your dumb asses to Cuba.

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

So when McCain wins in 7 weeks can we count on all you Liberal extremist Losers to head to Canada? you'll get free healthcare!!! or maybe you can gallop south to Mexico,I am sure you will feel comfortable there amongst all of your friends, and just think they won't have to hide under their beds everytime a siren goes by!!! It's a win win for you all!

Sarah Palin, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Dr. Evil in Awkward SNL Opener

I will laugh at your ignorance you wear like a badge of honor when B.O. sells you out to the Muslems. This is the last free election you will ever experience. Once BO and his croneys have all branches of government and the Supreme Court, you will realize too late what utter fools you have been. I am thinking seriously about trying to emmigate to Austrailia.

You show concern for Judaic peoples and the end of days:
Bloggy Obama Tells Absurdist Jokes

10/30/08 09:49 AM
Obama will soon take over the world. Beware the cult of personality.
10/30/08 09:53 AM
Obama is the anti-christ
10/30/08 10:00 AM
Jews should be very very afraid...
10/30/08 09:59 AM
You guys think this is all sarcasm. Just wait and see when Obama shows his true colors and reveals his true identity of the anti-Christ.

You're down with Jesus, Sarah Palin, and white supremacy:
Do Christians Care Whether Bristol Palin Smoked Pot?

Word to the mother (and Father and Son and Holy Spirit)!
We love you Sarah!
The Mighty Whitey Righties

And you love your fellow man with Christian goodwill:
Bounty On Terrorist Obama Muslim Tape Can Save Newspapers!

The gays will be the first to die when Osamas Muslim friends come to town.

Factsheet: Sarah Palin

Obama is a former Muslim who has ties to Islamic terrorists. That's true but of course the Gawkers will never print that! Fuck you all!

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

Nick Decton, I hope someone pisses in your coffee next time you go to a cafe, or spits a luggie in your food, next time you go out to eat.

So you are praying for us:
Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

I must be missing something here, I do not see any evidence that she used this account for her public duties as Governor. But then again, I am not a Democrat that reads something negative into every fiber of humanity! As for her Faith, let us not forget that this country that you and I live in was founded upon God. Even our forefathers predicted this day would come, take God away and watch us perish........ I will continue to pray over this country, as well as the people that live in it. One day, you will all be thankful that someone took the time to pray for you too!

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

I have read some of these e-mails and am apalled at the nerve of you people. I think Sarah Palin would say " Lord forgive them for they don't know what they do." Do you people know where you are going to spend eternity? You have two choices Heaven or hell. Which will you choose? Which ever you choose will be forever, no turning back.

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

Please leave Sarah alone or you WILL be sorry!!! He will punish!

You have a gentle temperament underneath it all:
Drug Addict Fathead Says Powell Endorsement is All About Race

socialism, nuff said
Barack hussein obama, dumb black guy
colin powell, dumb black guy.
YOU DO THE MATH!
STILL DELETING MY COMMENTS, THANKS. NONE OF YOU PUSSIES CAN READ ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH YOU POINT OF VIEW ANYWAY
i want you to know how stupid you are. especially come nov. 4
stop taking my comments off, ... you fucking commies

Sarah Palin Establishes Her Legacy

YOU FUCKING CUNTS CAN'T TAKE IT WHEN A CONSERVATIVE GIVES IT TO YOU, KEEP ON DELETING MY COMMENTS YOU FUCKING SCUM
you obamapologists better get used to her, cause YOU'RE gonna be WHINING about her for four years

Howard Stern Questions Marsha Brady About Her History of Anal Sex

fuck you you fucking liberal elitist fucks denton's a nazi and emily gould was the best thing that ever happened to this site. a little less bullshitting a little more julia allison's titty's awright! suck it spiegelman!

And appreciate the finer things in life:
Palin's Real American Shopping Spree

She may not know nuffin about politics.... she's one damn hot babe !

Worst Of Sarah Palin's Katie Couric Interview (So Far)

its so hot when she doesnt know the answer

You are bid welcome to the internet:
Palin Hacker May Have Left Traces

I hope they nail the bone head who hacked Palin's account. Only an idiot would do that. It was probably a liberal bone head like someone who reads the Daily Kos orThe Huffington Post.

You are ironic:
Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

I find this reprehensible. People who say they value privacy — except when it is someone they do not like.
HYPOCRITES! ALL OF YOU!
Joe Biden should have HIS email published. I bet THAT would be juicy.

You are caught at the crossroads between religion and social theory:
Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

09/17/08 08:43 PM
Good post!!! BLT is the heart and core of the "Messiah's" belief....Marxist and Re-distribution of wealth/income in this country... If the Messiah is elected all who love this country are F@#*&#;(#$*&KED
09/17/08 08:37 PM
If it was me it would be the .44 mag that I would use on you...............
09/17/08 08:32 PM
You left wing sickos need to have a sock stuck in your mouth.... If you had ever hacked my email, put photos of my daughter on your site.... I would spend whatever it took to track you down and then throw you feet first into an industrial wood chipper....then again, maybe I will do it anyway for attacking a woman that makes Obama the Messiah look like the piece of liberal shit that he is...

Senator Chris Dodd, Puffy Loser Hero Of Capitalism's Collapse?

Capitalism did not do this ...it was the leftist socialism that does not work that happen here with this mess...the democrates are hungry with hate to find a republican to blame this on... when it 's you democrats socialist that cause this mess to "give" house to people that could not afford. you socilist are stupid it's all coming out how democrats PROFITED ALL THESE YEARS! DEMOCRATES YOU ALL ARE LIARS...JUST FOLLOW THE PIPER YOU MIND DUMB ROBOTS...SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK!!!

You find yourself dwelling on alternative sexual practices:
Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

I can not wait until the authorities ascend upon the offendering (law breakers) like the wrath of GOD! It's kind of refreshing actually...
It does not get any better than when punks get BTICHED SLAPPED THE FUCK OUT OF. I hope prision has live anal cams to show them being slammed in the ASS OVER AND OVER...

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

Since you won't have the balls to post this, I will just have to be happy someone at this loser site will read this.
Hope you enjoy the fist ramming up your ass from the Secret Service you scumballs.

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

You all are sick low life MFing scum bag cock s—-ing sneaking Democrat SOBs

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

Denton is an ass, I hope some big bubba (when you get to prison) make's you the prison block's S & M bitch

You hate Democrats so hard, you even hate their moms:
Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

I AM ONLY ON THIS SITE TO SAY I HOPE THIS HORRIBLE THING HAPPENS TO ALL OF YOU OR YOUR MOMS WHO FEEL THAT THIS IS OKAY. THIS IS CORRUPT AND I AM NOT EVEN GOING TO LOOK. I SCROLLED ALL THE WAY DOWN. SHAME ON THIS SITE, SHAME ON ALL OF YOUR RETARDED COMMENTS.
SHE IS A BRILLIANT PERSON WHO HAS STRONG FAITH AND CONVICTIONS WHICH IS MORE THAN I CAN SAY FOR PEOPLE WHO HACK, POST AND LAUGH ABOUT THIS VILE CRAP.

You don't need no "eduacations":
The Truth About Those Sarah Palin Pregnancy Coverup Rumors!

blah blah blah...and you people seriously think Obama is qualified? What real experience does he have? What solid plans does he have? None....and how can he really relate? Most people I know don't have the ivy league eduacations that him and his wife have. To vote for someone based solely on the idea that we need "the first African American president" is wrong. I guess if Palin had aborted her Down's Syndrome child, you would be more on her side? As if....

You have a mounted singing fish in your home and so are voting for Norm Coleman:
Al Franken's Troublingly Goofy Campaign Ads

I'm from Minnesota and I have several of those talking and singing fish in my house(not my lake cabin). I have to say that I feel Norm Coleman has done a fine job for the state of Minnesota and will be proud to campaign for him and cast my vote for him.

The insults trip from your tongue:
McCain Bails on First Debate

what a whimp is Obama...he can careless ...because he is envolved in the mess... what socialist fascist!!! Obama needs a ten foot pole to get out of this mess. Democrats are the ones that cause this...that's why Obama is not calling for hearing... go ahead Obama..ignore the people that you and your democrats cronies stole money from.... OBAMA, WHAT A LOOSER!!!

Sarah Palin's Personal Emails

God this woman is so smart.to bad morons can't see it. hahhaha
09/17/08 11:08 PM
These comments make me sick.dumb would be the word for anybody that votes for Obama,. My god he gets advice from his wife , and grandmother to run the country give me a break. His 2 top advisors on his committee are the 2 big CEO's from freddie mac, and fannie may. WAKE UP PEOPLE. Thank god the majority has woke up to the pinhead senator or would that be the community worker. whoever he is who wants another Bill Clinton in office that committed adultry, couldn't capture bin laden after the 1st attack on the world trade center, but maybe thats because he was with Monica in the oval office learning where a cigar goes when you smoke it what a idiot.

You offer far too much information:
Sarah Palin Conspiracy Theories: The Ultimate Guide

I'd Hit That.
True? Yes.
Notable: Somewhat bored, yet sporting sizeable wood.

You see the big picture:
Sarah Palin Conspiracy Theories: The Ultimate Guide

Hey, She has great many fans at BillionaireCupid.com , a rich men, beauty queen dating site

You have been and are currently living under a rock:
Palin: Governing Alaska Just Like Waitressing

I LOVE HER !
thsi blog is so anti woman
OBAMA IS FRIEND TO THE SAUDIS and joe biden is finance by the credit card agency -mbna bought hsi house

Let's do a nice thing together amongst all this negativity!
"NY Girl of My Dreams" Update: Fashion Icon!

hey people i'm trying to find the girl of my dream her name is Mildred Millie Marti, i met her 35 summers ago when we were teens, i've been looking for her for years, no phone# no addresse, she used to live in Howard Beach, help me to find her.

Perhaps you style yourself as proudly free from party ideologies:
Michelle Obama Fist-Jabs All the 'View' Ladies

Hasselback is the only normal one on the show
Michelle is a racist and her husband is a communist - GO MCCAIN from this indepenedent (formerly democratic) yes white woman Hilary supporter!

Or you are insane:
Lou Dobbs For Governor

lou dobbs for president !
06/12/08 05:00 PM
I LOVE LOU DOBBS!!!!!! The people who do not like Lou dobbs are IGNORANT. The reason for the construction crane mishaps in NYC are because big corporations ie.. bloomberg et al are abusing the labor laws. The illegal influx has created a situation where corps can ignore the labor laws by hiring illegals and not american union workers -for all the stupid people that attack lou you are really just defendign corporate greed. In the 80's under nixon and RALPH NADER we had OSHA THE EPA ETC Now — I love when you attack obama or illegal you are called a RACIST in this country —oh and by the way i am an immigrant —a legal one LOU DOBBS FOR PRESIDENT LOU DOBBS IS FOR THE HARD WORKING AMERICAN

You paint ever-widening circles within circles:
Palin Had Affair, Says Enquirer

as far as i am concerned i will not vote for anyone who will not raise his hand to our flag, and took the flag off the demacratic plane. if you don't love this country as much as i do then get out go be president of somewhere you can be proud of lets see africa maybe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can anyone here even use there brain to think, everyone hates sarah because she actually has a life and she might just show idiots that being angry at someone should be because they have done something bad to you and not just because they think differently than you. that has always been the the problem with demacrats they can't think for themselves they are still in elementry school mentality, if you don'y like her i don't either!!!!!!!GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You found a thesaurus, but are still insane:
Sarah Palin's Wikipedia Whitewash

Let me describe each and every Obama brainwashed supporter: Asinine, halfwit, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, moron, imbecile, simpleton, dope, ninny, nincompoop, chump, dimwit, dumbo, dummy, dum-dum, loon, dork, sap, jackass, blockhead, jughead, bonehead, knucklehead, fathead, numbskull, numbnuts, dumb-ass, doofus, clod, dunderhead, ditz, lummox, dipstick, thickhead, meathead, meatball, woodenhead, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, peabrain, birdbrain, jerk, nerd, donkey, nitwit, twit, boob, twerp, schmuck, bozo, turkey, chowderhead, dingbat, stupid, foolish, brainless, mindless, senseless, idiotic, imbecilic, ridiculous, ludicrous, absurd, nonsensical, fatuous, silly, inane, witless, empty-headed, halfwitted, dimwitted, dumb, moronic!
Let me describe each and every McCain supporter: Clever, bright, brilliant, quick-witted, quick on the uptake, smart, canny, astute, intuitive, insightful, perceptive, perspicacious, discerning; knowledgeable; able, gifted, talented!

Learned about "no glove, no love" the hard way:
Teen Dad Levi Johnston: a Field Guide

All the hand-wringing and sympathy for "poor Bristol" yet nothing but vitriol for Levi. Teenage moms are always victims and teen dads are nothing but horny predators. Who's attacking Bristol? All anyone is saying is the truth: she's five months pregnant. Levi, on the other hand, is characterized as a stupid jock who should have kept his pants zipped up. With a girl, a pregnancy is a mistake for which she should be counseled and given choices but for the father, it's a huge character flaw for which he should be punished (now quit playing hockey and get to work to support that child).
"Poor little Bristol" is as much to blame for this situation as Levi. Or don't little 17 year old girls know what can happen when they have sex?

Touché:
Hey, What Better Time To Call "End Of History" On The Conservative Movement!

It's like to be a good publication you have to be a Michael Moore worshipping, hypocritically swift boating organization filled with people who faint at Obama rallies and find it against their morals to grab a coffee at Starbucks because it isn't a local hipster place run by tight-pants elitists.

You are a sad commenter who is sad:
The Truth About Those Sarah Palin Pregnancy Coverup Rumors!

It doesn't bother me even if she is covering up for her daughter. I would rather have Her and McCain in than have a Muslim that pretends to love America. If he becomes President, then we will have a very weak nation and there will be no more America, no more freedom.

I am sad:
Spawn of McCain Dines With Spawn of Satan

While Heidi Montag isn't the best role model for young republicans..at least she is going out there and asking young people to vote. It's more than other celebrites are doing at her age.

But it doesn't matter, because we're all going to die!!!
5 Reasons Why We Are So Fascinated By the Montauk Monster

i was told by god i talk with him this i just the beganing there will be many more of these monster it was writing this is hell's demon they are real people evil i reaching it point.i am the messenger

'Ask Kathie [Lee] To Take a Minute And Email Me Some Good Info.'

Richard Lawson — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:59:00 EDT

We get a lot of emails every day, and often times we just don't have the time, energy, or patience to respond to them, let alone report them to you, dear readers. So here, on this sun-soaked Friday, let's take a moment after the jump to look at a few of these once lost missives who have now found a home here, in Glaring Omissions.

"Subject: trying to find an email address for Kathie lee
JUST WANTED SOME POINTERS ON GOOD WED
AFTERNOON SHOWS.ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO FOR AN INEXPENSIVE LUNCH.kATHIE AND HODA ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OUT OF WAY PLACES THAT SOUND GREAT.WILL BE IN THE CITY WEEK OF OCT 13TH .dON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT BROADWAY,WOULD LOVE SOME SUGGESTIONS.ASK KATHIE TO TAKE A MINUTE,AND EMAIL ME SOME GOOD INFO."
"Real world kids were at highline ballroom last night..Theyre totally awkward & it was uncomfortable to even watch. One of the girls got thrown off of danger radio's tour bus for being an asshole & spilling beer."
"I am writing to give you gossip about a gossip columnist. Her name is Jo Piazza and she works for the New York Daily News. In the short time I've worked with her (I'm a publicist in the fashion industry), I've only had horrendously negative experiences, the bulk of which have resulted in my wanting to gouge her eyes out with a dull spoon. But that's not why I'm writing to you today, Gawker. I've recently heard some great tales about the lovely Jo that are too juicy to remain under my bonnet. Here we go: And the remainder of the email is a little too rich to run without corroboration—Ed.

Reader Response: We Are All Racist For Not Hating that 'New Yorker' Cover

Pareene — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:42:08 EDT

A reader is upset with Gawker for wholeheartedly embracing The New Yorker's terribly offensive cartoon about how Barack Obama is a terrorist. She writes:

I've become accustomed to Gawker's racism [really? -ed] — from articles tagging black rappers with "HNIC" [that's the name of Prodigy's album! From an item about Prodigy! -ed] to videos of kids playing and adults having conversations with each other in Chicago accompanied by the headlines "Gun Warfare!" and "Drug Dealing." [Well, those were maybe a bit more questionable. We're charitable today! -ed] Sadly, I continue to return for the occasionally funny, entertaining and/or informative posts (which are becoming fewer and farther between).

We're so sorry for your inability to stop reading our site.

However, your coverage of the New Yorker Obama cover has been nothing short of appalling. The bloggers who put up the posts killed themselves trying to argue that no matter how offensive the images, artistic and editorial freedom justified any offense to the public or to the Obamas themselves. They even went so far as to add a third post lamenting the imprisonment of a Dutch cartoonist for posting sickening and degrading images of Muslims that lacked any political value and served no purpose other than to nauseate the viewer. When your bloggers are bending over backwards to defend someone whose images clearly demonstrate that he barely sees Muslim people as human, it is clear that Gawker has missed the entire point of the outrage over the Obama cover. This isn't about the New Yorker's right to print anything or the cartoonist's right to draw anything. It's about whether the New Yorker cover adds anything meaningful to the ongoing conversation about the Presidential candidates. It doesn't.

Let's call the images what they are: cookie cutter racist stereotypes pasted together onto a page. In the endless round of commentary, the Gawker bloggers and commenters debated back and forth on whether the images should be withheld simply out of fear that they would be misinterpreted by "dumb" red-state Americans who don't subscribe to the New Yorker. Aside from a single commenter (American Dreamer) not a singe individual recognized that the images themselves — a caricature of black and muslim people as armed, be-afroed and anti-American — are offensive and insulting. Whether intentionally or not, the cartoon mocks blacks and muslims just as much as it does right-wingers. Why not face the fact that the cover is not cutting edge or avant-garde, but actually reproduces the same old, tired stereotypes that have been around for decades? Taking a racist image and putting it on liberal magazine does not suddenly make it not racist. It's sad that Gawker isn't willing to acknowledge that fact in any way. It's even more sad that only one person in the Gawker "community" is aware enough to see this.

The absurdity of this is demonstrated by how different the blog posts and comments are on Gawker, as compared with Racialicious, Daily Kos, Jezebel and the Huffington Post, among others. Take a look and quit your snarky self-congratulatory statements about editorial freedom. When you've sunk so low that you have to justify your position by defending an image of Jesus sodomizing Mohammed, it's just embarassing. That is all.

This is the kind of condescending bullshit that does actually encourage us to agree with the idiots who think the covers are a problem because everyone else in America won't get them. The rightness of our position—that if people refuse to understand obvious satire because they don't trust anyone else to understand obvious satire then we might as well all pack it up and go home because there's no intelligent way to contribute to the National Conversation anymore, at all—is demonstrated by how different the blog posts and comments are on Gawker, as compared with Racialicious, Daily Kos, Jezebel and the Huffington Post, among others. No offense to those sites (well, no offense to Racialicious and Jezebel), but yes, we have a different position, which is that there is somewhere out there still a nation of adults. Adults who understand how irony, absurdity, and, yes, context work.

The entire point is that while we don't find anything edifying or amusing about an image of Jesus sodomizing Mohammed (except inasmuch as an image of Jesus sodomizing anyone is inherently hilarious), we shouldn't be throwing crackpots who draw such an image in jail. And furthermore anyone who'd equate said cartoon (provocation with no point other than provocation) with the New Yorker's cover (provocation in the name of getting you to think about your response to the image) in a blanket condemnation of both is dense and dangerous.

If the image is offensive, it's because the smears and whispers the image illustrates are offensive, and that is the point of illustrating all of them at one—both to call attention to these "dark imaginings," in Remnick's nice little phrase, and, by exaggerating them, to defang them, slightly. And the commentariat's outright refusal to get it is disingenuous and utterly unsurprising.

But in the interests of mending fences or building bridges or whatever, we've commissioned this totally inoffensive and not at all racist photoshop of Barack Obama, in a library, wearing a Harvard shirt, that we will use from now on. We wanted him maybe playing polo, waving a French flag (Happy Bastille Day!), and drinking a latte with his pinkie extended, but this will have to do, for now.

Photoshop Credit: Steven Dressler

Jakob Lodwick Defenders Weigh In

Pareene — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:57:44 EDT

No, reader, thanK. yoU. for this refreshing honesty. [Previously]

"You Probably Live in Yorkville"

ian spiegelman — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:27:44 EDT

Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (that happens more often).

"You write about the McKibben lofts like a pussy. Was it that you got rejected by some hipster girl who lives there and you seek retribution by spewing your hate for the place on your lame fucking blog. I don't even live there, but I know you're nothing but little cunt. Oh, poor, poor Ryan Tate. You probably live in Yorkville you fucking assclown."

"You Are So Full of Bile and Hatred"

Richard Lawson — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:05:00 EDT

Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (that happens more often).

"We've been making Who Would You Rather? a little too easy on you lately, asking you to choose between two sexy, talented people. But sometimes we like to take it back to the What Would You Rather of our youth (you know, like, go down on your mom or lose a leg?). These two candidates came to mind after a recent conversation with friends ended with an argument over who is the most obnoxious female in the history of the world, Nancy Grace or Rachael Ray."

"fuck/marry/kill:
chuck
nate
dan"
"You are amazingly sad, you clearly have very little going on in your life that you would be stalking someone on the internet. Of course it was clear that you are were an older woman jealous of Julia. The fact that she is successful and attractive and I imagine life did not turn out the way you expected, I almost feel sorry for you. The fact that you are so full of bile and hatred that is just eating you up inside, cannot at all be fun.
It then turns out that you are a fortysomething Seattle lawyer, divorcée, that certainly makes sense, older, check, uglier, check, husband kicked your ass to the kerb, check. Yep pretty much as expected.

Of course once you are exposed then turnabout will clearly be fair play and you can't cry about it then when people are analyzing you online and posting you for ridicule. I for one look forward to that.

Bye bye for now."

And, this lovely piece of something:

"We're Trying to Plan It So We Are Pregnant Together"

Richard Lawson — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:26:00 EDT

We're bringing Glaring Omissions back! We get so many missives each week, that some things slip through the cracks by accident or completely on purpose. Today we have three little bits for you (just gaining momentum, I swears). Shotguns, marriages, and a Real Housewife await you after the jump.

"Friends of mine, who work at Victoria's Secret, have been emailing me about the 'housewife' Alex, from 'Real Housewives of New York City', who claims to be "a high-powered career woman". Apparently, she's just a freelancer in the graphics department, working for VS's beauty division - and when she tried to get access to the Victoria's Secret offices for Bravo to film her in action, she was met with a resounding NO! I've also been told that co-workers bet on a daily basis, as to how horrible/tacky her outfits will be that day."
"My friend was on the L train this morning and apparently they arrested a guy (total hipster kid by the way) who had a shotgun in his backpack and there was a possibility of a bomb!"
Someone forwarded this email to us, for some reason: "Funny you should say the beach, yep that is our plan. hawaii, very small and quaint. The entire trip for everyone invited is paid for by him. His name is [redacted] (haha) he is from [redacted], went to harvard and is a venture capitalist. he makes SERIOUS $$$$. I'm talking in the hundreds of millions. he has 2 pvt lehr jets, one of which he asked me to pick out the interior color. (I chose gray) anyway, honestly $$ in his case matters very little. he is the sweetest most amazing man i've ever met. We met on match.com believe it or not. he found me actaully. His first email was titled: Hola from san fran. amongst all the emails i got daily i found his to be the most sincere and kind. so we started chatting and then phone calls and he asked me to marry him!! i'm in the process of picking out my ring. pink, princess cut 7 carat set in platinum. i have to out do [redacted]'s ring from [redacted]!!! lol did you know she is also getting marrie d?? we're trying to plan it so we are pregnant together. this whole thing is i'm sure very amusing to all who know me well. I never thought i would meet the man of my dreams and here I am. I can't even believe it's happening to me to be honest i have to pinch myself. I am THE luckiest girl in the world. He also has a horse running in the derby this year (we think) we find out tonight if it's in or not, i will let you know. if so i am going to be on TV in the owners box. I don;t think the horse is a favorite but we'll see it's name is [redacted]
So life is grand!! what about you?? whats up??"

Even More Moms Are Blogging

ian spiegelman — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:48:53 EDT

First Liz Smith and some other "Greatest Generation"-aged women launched Wowowow. Then former Gawker Doree Shafrir started Post Cards From Yo Momma. Now this: "I am e-mailing you because u are the first blog. The very first one. You set the trend. But web 2.0 has changed everything. Mom Blogs are a growing voice and they are 'oh my god' sunny. really sunny. Just read them. They don't talk about Omarosa sightings, they don't give us the 411 on Star Jones leaving the view. But they are growing." The rest of the email after the jump.

(sic throughout, obvs).

http://moms.alltop.com/
I beg you to link to my blog as I try to understand the future of blogging.
How Ann Coulter, Liz Smith and Mommy Bloggers can co-exist.
And my question is, will is still be... Gawker?
Will you give me feedback on my blog? maybe mention these topics in a post?
www.CoolWebMoms.com
Do you have any advice for cool web moms like the ones below?
Im dying to here and will tell every mom I know.

There's such a glaring omission on nearly...

Pareene — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:50:14 EST

There's such a glaring omission on nearly all the "best of 2007" movies lists. Why will no one understand that Nicolas Cage's "Ghost Rider" was one of the bestest, awesomest, coolest, hilariousest, entertainingest movies of the year? Because it so was. (If it weren't for that darned holiday release date of "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," it might have been the best.)

There's such a glaring omission on nearly...

Choire — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:42:06 EST

There's such a glaring omission on nearly all the "best of 2007" movies lists. Why will no one understand that Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof" was one of the bestest, smartest, coolest, entertainingest movies of the year? Because it so was. (If it weren't for that darned "No Country For Old Men," it might have been the best.)

"I Can't Relate To You How Much I Hate Courtney Cox"

Choire — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:05:30 EST

Glaring Omissions sometimes reproduces tips received from readers that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (that happens more often).

I cant relate to you how much i hate courtney cox

all she does is stalk me and i cant get along with life. I hate it. I am in danger contantly , i am always reporting the mother fucking police for illegal harassment and for violence..

i am harrassed everywhere i go. I cannot eat, shit or without her knowing about it and sending a carryer to tell her and i hate her guts for following me. I hate her. i cant ask her to leave enough. There are at least two courtney coxs that i have met and i cant get rid or shake the one from freinds the TV show.

I hate her, and wish she would take off. Not with someone else?

I have nothing and all she does is steal from me. i am harrassed all day all night long even in my mind by her and i have only met her twenty times or so....... I have suffered great damage and identity fraud as a result of my interactions iwth her and i have never even spoken with her.

i used to date Jen aniston and i still see her every month... and i met Brad Pitt several times and had a confrontation with Vince Vaughn and several fo the magazines. can you help. she gives me no money.

All this is true.

D

Yo Gawker,

What is with all the white people committing crimes these days? You got Robert Chambers back in the news with his cocaine/crack den in which his acquaintance (another white) is involved? You got that irish fella in queens suspected of killing his infant daughter. And you got the usually crackers in Staten Island cracking the skulls and stabbing any non-white that comes their way? What's up with that?

Hi, is it possible to send me a list of all addresses of famous people in Hollywood I know it is sound not really normal ask, but I want to send them all a New Year and Christmas cards. It can be as e-mail, as a normal address.

Thank you.

You report on Media Events in and around NYC. How is your commentary regarding someone looking "jewier" in person relative to your mission? What does "jewier" mean exactly??? You obviously are not Jewish, since you feel it's OK to offer up anti-semetic commentary. Are you "Waspier" than most, plain Wasp, or mildly Wasp??

Perhaps you should go back to your roots as a reporter and report. You might have to open your Journalism 101 text to remember what reporting is. Leave the personal bias out of your reporting. Or better yet, buy a one-way ticket to Palestine, join Hamas and go blow yourself up. Perhaps your new status in the hereafter will give you what you're looking for here on earth but haven't yet achieved.

"They Gave Me A Crippled Dolphin"

Choire — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:10:53 EDT

Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (that happens more often).

Please read below for the worst email ever. A friend of a friend was sent the below, from a dude she met at H&M. I know, very random, but clearly this dude is never getting a response - or a girlfriend, EVER:
-Don't print my name or email, please!

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-

Dear [REDACTED],

Hi , this is David,I met uin the H&M clothing store last week. I thought u were very pretty. I don't have internet in my house. How long have u lived in N.Y. ? I studied advertising design.I do freelance design and customer service when the design field is slow.I also paint in oils.I know of a gallery i want to be rostered with in Soho.I started a design company, but have not made any money with the company yet. I have a business partner in China. My company name is Sciensun Inc. I designed 2 practical products and hope to sell them intens of thousands of stores accross america. If they are successful i will sell them in all of Asia , Europe and USA and Latin America. I have more products on the drawing board for the future.I was born and raised in NY. I live in Elmhurst Queens now. I eventually want to move to the upper east side of Manhattan or the Suburbs. Do u Have brothers and sisters ? Ilove dogs. I will definately buy a Golden Retriever or a German Shepherd puppy in the future. Do u have pets ? How was it growing up in Armenia ? Do u like animals ? I like dolphins also and horses and girraffes, lions, tigers and salt water aquarium hobby. I paid to swim with a dolphin 3 years ago in Florida. They gave me a crippled dolphin , it swam with a limp fin. The dolphin had a fin cast on. I would like to try bull riding as a challenge to myself. I want to see if i can stay on the bull for more than 8 seconds. Bull riding is in Texas.What fun activities do u enjoy doing ? I like cafes/lounges, amusement parks, bowling, play pool, motorboating.I don't have internet in my house, i have to use library computers , i have limited time with one. I would like tohave drinks with uthis week, coffee, or tea,is this alright ?
E-mail me back..or call me [REDACTED]

Take Care
David

And here is what is also weird about this: HE SENDS VARIANTS OF THIS EMAIL TO OTHER WOMEN.

"NothingMore than an EmptyDiary of Words for the Vapid&Bored."

Choire — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:40:01 EDT

Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (it happens more often, particularly in the case of ad hominem Internet biliousness).

To Whom It May Concern:
Good morning,

My name is Carolyn [REDACTED]. I reside in Naperville, Illinois. I am interested in applying for a celebrity assistant's position, and hope you can assist me. I can be reached at [REDACTED].or [REDACTED]. I would also be willing to send you my resume if required.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.
[To: Perez Hilton] BET YOU WISH SOMEONE WOULD "THREW" YOU A BONE!!!
WHIP OUT THAT CREDIT CARD AGAIN, PEZHEAD, AND PAY / ORDER UP SOME
DICK....YOU SOUND LIKE YOU REALLY NEED IT!

YOU NEED TO GET YOURSELF SOME CHAD HUNT SIZED COCK UP THAT FAT SLACK
STRETCH-MARKED BUTT OF YOURS TO EASE TO OBVIOUS TENSION!

XOXO,
GOSSIP GIRL
Hello. Goodbye...Hello. I am MisterArteest and I am an ApprehensiveBlogger, I will Announce this at TheOutset. TheApprehension is borne from an IdealSpirit, an IdealSpirit that believes in the OldWay, in the Authentic, in TheClassic, in the Atavistic&Bicameral, in TheForms of Literary Conquests ByPaper and ByPen, not ByComputer and MostCertainly not ByBlog ...I would prefer to do It like HenryMiller did It or JimmyCarroll, or Baudelaire or Bukowski... Maybe an adequate Analogy could be that of an AspiringThespian of TheStage or SilverScreen attempting to become a RealityTelevision Star...Part of Me thinks Blogging to be a ShortCut, a Fad, a Trend, a PopularInstrument of ArmchairDilettants... Part of Me thinks Blogging is NothingMore than an EmptyDiary of Words for the Vapid&Bored...Part of Me believes there are NoLiteraryPoints to be Earned in this Arena...Part of Me wants to save MyMaterial for a HardBack in a Bookstore...Part of Me thinks by becoming a 'Blogger', I am choosing to Chop my IdealSpirit off at TheKnees and dive into ThePool of Self Dilution that is the 'Blogosphere'...Part of Me believes Life is a Series of Resignations...Part of Me wants to cease flooding the EmailBoxes of MyFriends&Family and instead give Them a Choice...Part of Me thinks I will be Unsuccessful in Attracting a Readership...Part of Me doesn't think I will adequetly or comprehensively Articulate my Positions, and in turn, Be Misinterpreted...Part of Me thinks this will open some Doors that might otherwise RemainShut...Part of Me doesn't...I may not be here long, this GrandBloggingExperiment may be ShortLived...We will see...Whatever my PersonalHangups may be, in TheInterim, I hope You All will, at least in some S mallWay, be left with something to ChewOn...Cheers...
It is only ten minutes past and I am watching the Real World, and I want to jump through the screen and smack these bitches! These girls are more than the usual catty girls you see on TV...Trisha...You have a boyfriend, get over the guy that "you saw first" and let somebody who doesn't have one have him. These girls are so blind that they are being played by a very hot Aussie...The girls need to get a clue...And
lastly, this girl Shauvon is on my last nerve. She is ready to blow up during every conversation, and it's
just a bit much. ALL three of the girls with the exception of Parisa, who is the only one with any
sense, are HORRIBLE 2-Faced bitchy little girls...I've said my piece...good night.
P.S. The southern boy always seems to soothe me...even though I slightly detest the sound of his voice 9
times out of 10.
Went to Launch of "Rigged" new monster book by Ben Mezrich! Can't wait for the movie!
Mick Jagger's well fed bodyguard.
Not that Taylor Hicks is on anyones radar right now but this is a pretty big scandal and you guys should break this story. In May 2007 Splash News released photos of Taylor Hicks with some woman on the beach. The girl was some piece of ass. But Hicks camp lied to save his priest like image and said it was some Milwaukee newsnanchor named Caroline Lyders that was his girlfriend. The real girl is some chick from Kansas City and she was just a fling. She set him up with those pictures. [And so on and so on.]
What the hell? I was all nice and signed in, and I was watching the comments go by and commenting... and then it demanded I reload... now I see the stupid party, but no comments no matter how many times I reload.
Denton is going to die. And I'll be the guy standing over his corpse with a confusing look on his face.
Dear Tionna, I have a question and I wanted to know your opinion. I produce a home amateur sex series using mostly teenage girls. ([URL REDACTED] ) I'm 40-something years old and my best friend thinks I'm too old for this line of work and feels that these girls need to be experiencing sex with someone their own age. I feel that as long as the girl is 18+ and she consents to appear in my videos, that's her free will choice and age should not be a factor in whom I'm fucking. I'm not forcing them. I feel no moral duty to showcase females in my own age group. I question is simple: Does using teenagers to appear in my videos violate some 'moral code' or do you feel that my friend is simply playa hatin the fact that I can still pull young shawties?
Awaiting your insight and wisdom,

Big Belly Rick

"Lindsay, You Have To Please Your Self First To Be Happy With You"

abalk — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:21:14 EDT

Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (it happens more often).

To: Perez Hilton. Cc: Gawker: "WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU FUCKED???? PEZHEAD, 1999?"
"I really don't do this at all, but I saw this child who is so scared and full of hope on t.v. to night. I see a girl who is being pulled in all different ways who changes her looks to please who it is she's trying to impress the day before or the day she gets up. Lindsay you have to please your self first be happy with you? get to know your self frist.all the people who you hang around are just their to see there self's in your glory.you have your hole life a head of you but you seam to be on a road of self destrouction .you cant live your mothers life for her, i have been there too.my Mom said she gave up all she wanted to make sure i had the best, that she when threw a lot just to have me. Lindsay we did not ask to be born. can't change who we are but we can change our ways and stop hanging with trashy people. God says greater is he that's in me than he that's in this world.the bible is your basic instructions before leaving earth.laugh if you want but you need to find a sprit of God in you life be for the world takes your life a way. i see teens like you all the time in drugs alcohol and sex with who ever. there parents don't care or they have there own life's or there parents live in a 2nd child hood threw the child. trying to out smoke the child out drink the child or see how many boy friends or girl friends the parent can still. if your parents really love you they protect you from things that will destroy you not give the bad things to you. a good friend stops you from hurting your self so does a good parent. never saw any thing you have ever did in moves or any thing else just saw your eyeson t.v. so sad and looking for salvation. God is it so any time you need friends and would like to feel a high that is from God call freedomworship center in the small town of Gastonia n, c. it on oak hollow road in Gastonia off of new hope road. see God even gave you some NEW HOPE! get it look at the name."
"Is that jared kushner in the toyota camry ad I just saw?"
"GAWKER IS THE KKK YOU RACIST BASTARDS. YOUR PUBLICATION SMELLS OF UNINFORMED, LATE ON ART, NO CLASS, INFORMATION. YUCK."
"It occurred to me that Christianity was used as a bullshit get out of jail free card by those intent on harming others, but claiming to be working for a higher power, when in fact most that I have met are nothing more than carrying on their own devious revenge for the dissatisfaction with life, the eternal existentialistic question, so acting like the gods they pretend to worship to gain mass favor, they seek to be forces of nature.
Many groups use religion as a weapon although few actually believe in the theology. Many religions use angels and demons who ultimately belong to the same team, like an offense and defense similar to the tactic of good cop-bad cop in order to manipulate others, show the faiths strength or the ultimate goal in most religion seize power and make money. The church may forgive you but the demons from a similar sect will haunt you in order to prove a lack of vulnerability and God's principal of infallibility. The premise of being like God, infallible often supersedes the worship of the deity, there are many deities within the religion of Christianity, and if the U.S has its way of setting precedence with democracy, the seat of God will become an elected position.

My rumor started many years ago after being tormented my members of the mafia, the demon wing of the Catholic religion, playing on the same team as well fed evil henchmen. Catholics are not alone in their use of good and evil dining from the same trough, in fact, all religions have their henchmen who do the dirty work. My point was to show how Christianity, offering forgiveness by simply divulging to truth and exposing oneself to the evil henchmen although absolution is supposedly granted and the fact the sometimes by not prosecuting a criminal or alleged criminal, the outcome can be worse than the trial and possible punishment. My idea came from a film with Kevin Spacey playing a death penalty proponent who tricked everyone into thinking he murdered someone, sacrificing his life for the cause. I am not
that noble, I just wanted to prove a point. In my opinion the best case scenario for my experiment would have been to be charged with a high profile crime that I falsely admitted to committing, in fact the worst thing I ever did was juvenile delinquency, minor marijuana infractions and driving under the influence, supposedly. The crimes I slightly admitted to were murder, espionage, rape, being a drug lord, and I carefully flirted with being affiliated with Arabs who might be construed as enemy combatants, but in actuality I was attempting to generate a campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize through discussion and the enlightenment of atrocities of human rights, something that happened to me while being tortured and sequestered for no reason and while being charged with no crime.

So, I am admitting and my theorem was proven that confession is simply a way for the church to get inside of your head and make your punishment more direct and seemingly omnipotent. And there are worse things than being accused of a crime. In the US justice system, the some play good cop while the some do the dirty work and prosecute those that deviate from the law, or admit to things they never did. Like any scientist it takes years of trial and error, like looking at an X-Ray to see what lies beneath the skin of the religious affiliation or the judicial system. And by allowing the demons or the women to extract revenge and balance the equation, the Angels and the men stay clean and can scoff at the notions of injustice
that are the foundations of society. I learned that men and the church are not racist or gender biased they just do not want to lose their weapons while trying to keep a strangle hold on the building or development of current empires.

The separation of Church and state is a brilliant premise because it keeps each others hands clean of involvement and allows for the revenge factor. I often wonder when I watch people kneel in church and pray whether they are concerned for their own spiritual well being or are they praying for retribution and revenge upon someone who has done them wrong.

So instead of a fat lawsuit for being accused and persecuted for something that I never did, I am perusing the options for balancing an equation so heavily weighted that the outcome is astronomical in dimension."

Yeah, that occurred to us too.

"The Expectations That Truly Matter In This Word Are Your Own"

abalk — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:40:23 EDT

Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (it happens more often).

"You are truly a group of imbeciles, worthy of contempt. not sure if you were aware, just thought i'd 'tip' you off to that just in case."

"Yeah thats who i want to meet..ugly lesbian socialist. Ill stick to bars in murray hill."
"So you guys added another Jezebel post to lifehacker & again with the misandrous, incoherent ranting!? I could fill pages with my thoughts on the issue, but that's not my point here. Why is any of this relevant to lifehacker? It's completely off topic for such an otherwise insightful blog. I think I'm not alone in visiting lifehacker for ingenuity and wisdom, not poorly constructed hate speech.
Solutions are more constructive than accusations, so to the article I would offer this: the expectations that truly matter in this world are your own."
"SIR I LIKE TO KNOW IF I CAN SELL MY SPERM, YOUR REPLY WILL BE APPRECIATED, SAL"
"Have you heard about the new book "The Little Black Apron"? It is sort of Sex and the City meets Cooking Light...a fun, informational cookbook for hip single woman. I have added this to my "go to" gift idea list for my girlfriends and think everyone else should do the same! Check out the website..it is ADORABLE!!"
"Such a brutal act

I'm alarmed by the cool tone of your terse response regarding the disturbing nature of such a brutal act.

In what ways do you think you would respond if it was you or your child who was brutalized by a gang of armed zealots?"
[All from same sender] Sent Wednesday, Sept. 26, 13:48: "11:45am, L&O: CI filming on 70th btwn Park & Madison. 1:45, filming at 74th btwn Madison & 5th. Was told they're off to the park after that."
Sent Wednesday, Sept 26, 23:18: "What, just not interesting enough for you to post?"
Sent Thursday, Sept 27, 13:27: "Jimmy Kimmel is right about you guys"
"My name is Albert Howard.
This letter is an invitation to view my website at AlbertHoward.org

I am an official FEC candidate in the race to become the 44th President of the United States of America.

I would welcome the opportunity to speak with you in person regarding my 2008 campaign.

Check out this popular video, "Nigger: An Extremely Holy Word!" at break.com/nigger4prez

Thank you for your time.

Albert Benjamin Howard"
"please tell me mister that the things people say are not so about the Balk. if these things they say are so, i has some needs to tell my things to the Balk. the Balk owes me dolars that i am owed for the pig fights. there are 50 of the dolars to be very exact. the Balk knows about this thing and there are needs to tell him."
Scarily enough, I do know about this thing. And, no, I'm not telling you.