"laughing at Courtney Love's batshit claim that Britney Spears was molested as a young girl, and the British tabloid who's paying an unnamed female Spears family member to argue that she did. "
@bowleserised: Got molested? The sentence construction is confusing, but kind of British-sounding. Like, "I haven't ever snorted Pixy Stix from the floor of a drained jacuzzi, but I have it on good authority that Courtney Love has done."
@TargetLady: I'm British ;) But it sounds like it's the unnamed female Spears family member who did something, rather than Britney who had something done to her.
@bowleserised: Oh! Sorry, it was meant with love for all things British. A semester in Norfolk gave me a whole new appreciation for the finer points of our common language. : )
@bowleserised: You don't say! That's really an interesting place. I was at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. Really miss it, in truth, especially after reading about Britney Spears and Courtney Love. :D
In 2003, shortly after Versace's murder, some pals and I were in South Beach walking south when we happened upon a mansion with a spotlight on it and maybe 15-20 people standing around staring at it. I didn't know right away this was Versace's old house, but suddenly this horrid white guy with a tilted baseball cap starts to loudly explain to his friend "Yea yea this is where that fashion faggot got gunned down!" and he proceeded to re-enact the shooting as if he were Cool Moe D cast in some thug ghetto shoot'em-up -- he crouched behind a pillar and jumped out and pretended to point a gun, er, sorry, gat, sideways at Versace, and yelled "Blam, blam, die, faggot!"
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1. Chad Wiggerton likely did not realize the shooter was Versace's ex-lover, and likely did not use the word "faggot"
2. The shooter probably did not hold his weapon sideways.
Nonetheless, his editorializing of the event was hilariously grand, and all of the onlookers made sure his role in the douchebaggery world was maintained.
@lobstr: Uh, that's not awful. Miami's full of characters. Always fun to see people go to South Beach who are otherwise total troglodytes, and how they experience it.
Also, where's that video of you and the Koala Pillow? I was trying to explain this to someone the other day and kept laughing too hard to find it.
@lobstr: The shooter wasn't Versace's ex-lover, he was some nut who maybe met him once at a charity event. I used to see Versace and his partner on the beach and walking the streets of South Beach, and he was always super gracious to people asking for pictures or autographs. He'd been in a long term relationship, and wouldn't have touched Andrew Cunanan with a ten foot pole.
@ParahSalin: ah, whoops, guilty as charged for being equally as uninformed as Glocky Douchebaggala.. I guess I was just recounting what I remember from the press.. (cuz, you know, wiki wasn't around in '03 to misinform us, heh) ..
but I still maintain Versace was probably not called a "faggot" and shot at with the sideways gangster-grip when he was being accosted.
@lobstr: No problem, it's just that I used to work in the fashion industry, and there were so many awful people who deserved to get shot in the head, and Versace wasn't one of them. Sadly, that's how it always seems to go (note the number of Bush death threats vs. Obama death threats). I'm pretty sure Cunanan didn't call Versace a "faggot" before he killed him since he was gay himself. I think he just wanted to go out in a blaze of glory after a killing spree, and decided Versace was an easy target because he was so accessible. I'll always remember walking behind him and his partner one day on Collins Avenue, and some young couple stopped him and the girl posed with Versace and his partner while her boyfriend snapped pictures and he gave them autographs. I remember when I heard he was murdered I felt like I'd been punched in the gut.
@AzureTexan: Shinshi shinshi. I can't find the video but you should see a great episode of SNL from like 2000 with a PHENOMENAL sketch starring Christopher Walken and I think Ana Gasteyer as lovers, guests of the wonderful LOVAHS Will Ferrell and Rachel Dratch. Jacuzzi. Native Drumming. I think its on Will Ferrell's best of collection.
"But then, when it was time to talk about the city's finance problem, Newsom seemed out of patience." Gee... you think?
And his off the record comments being broadcast, despite the anchor and reporter's lame attempts to justify, simply demonstrates a lack of professionalism and a lack of integrity.
Newsom has been good for that city, both politically and in terms of public relations. He has his shortcomings, as do we all, but he does not deserve to be raked over the coals by this Fox News wannabe.
@erebekah: He hasn't been too great for this city for those of us who are actual residents and remember his campaign promises and see the lack of concrete action because he's too busy jetting off to Davos to talk about his biodiesel limousine, while the unsolved murder rate skyrockets and 11 year old kids coming home from school on Muni are stabbed by psycho homeless guys.
@ngonzogo: Isn't it funny how you Palin supporters refer to any instance in which Ms. Palin makes an ass out of her self (which is to say whenever she opens her mouth) as an ambush?
And making the "mainstream media" the fall guy for your alleged ambush is like blaming the trees for a forest fire.
If there is shame to go around here, Champ, take a look in the mirror...
@Sleepyhead: With all due respect and contrition, I don't feel the least bit bad about not catching ngonzogo's sarcasm. I think it's because I have ODd on people voicing sentiments with that exact pitch/tone, and neutron microscopes couldn't find any sarcasm, irony, fill-in-the-subtext-of-your choice in those posts.
Another casualty of the state of the republic--sarcasm has been rendered moot.
@Iamdoingit: It would have been spectacular had Newsom had the presence of mind to say, "I tweet every damn public event I step in, Woodward. Why not earn the Pulitzer for investigative journalism by uncovering where I've been by - I donno - subscribing?!"
I seemed to remember that as soon as Paris went on Larry King, post-jail, the thunderstorm blew over and the
media backed off of her. I think the public saw a little glimmer of her humanity and not just a spoiled, dopey, racist heiress. I'm not defending her; just making an observation.
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Some notes:
1. Chad Wiggerton likely did not realize the shooter was Versace's ex-lover, and likely did not use the word "faggot"
2. The shooter probably did not hold his weapon sideways.
Nonetheless, his editorializing of the event was hilariously grand, and all of the onlookers made sure his role in the douchebaggery world was maintained.
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Also, where's that video of you and the Koala Pillow? I was trying to explain this to someone the other day and kept laughing too hard to find it.
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Did you mean the time the WB fell for my tale of how he saved my life from errant tornado-blown shards of glass: [haxxor.tv]
or this ol' ditty, same channel:
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then there's this'n:
[haxxor.tv] (that thar tornado got him a lot of exposure!)
the all-time classic Yolanda-distractor:
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and bonus points for the Koalie news hax via t-shirt: [haxxor.tv]
I was unaware you were a Koalie fan :[]
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but I still maintain Versace was probably not called a "faggot" and shot at with the sideways gangster-grip when he was being accosted.
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This is how rumours start, children.
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Aural sex?
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And his off the record comments being broadcast, despite the anchor and reporter's lame attempts to justify, simply demonstrates a lack of professionalism and a lack of integrity.
Newsom has been good for that city, both politically and in terms of public relations. He has his shortcomings, as do we all, but he does not deserve to be raked over the coals by this Fox News wannabe.
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And making the "mainstream media" the fall guy for your alleged ambush is like blaming the trees for a forest fire.
If there is shame to go around here, Champ, take a look in the mirror...
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Another casualty of the state of the republic--sarcasm has been rendered moot.
#tips
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Although it occurs to me that a red nose and floppy feet are rarely a bad fashion choice...
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Also, you need to post an update Pareene as he has basically become obsessed with tweeting every damn public event he steps foot in.
[twitter.com]
I swear he is going to drop a letter at the post office and write about the wonderful work those brave carriers are doing. Relax brah.
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media backed off of her. I think the public saw a little glimmer of her humanity and not just a spoiled, dopey, racist heiress. I'm not defending her; just making an observation.
Or Larry is magic.
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