Gawker: let freedom ring!

For The Workforce!

Foster Kamer — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:05:47 EDT

True story: tomorrow's my fifth day off in 133 days, since starting this gig on May 9th! As such, Gawker's going dark. Kidding! But we are going dark in honor of the workforce. Enjoy Labor Day. We'll see you Tuesday.

And for those who clicked through, a little love from Sally Field.

"We Can't Be Consumed By Our Petty Differences Anymore"

Foster Kamer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:02:16 EDT

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.True story: tomorrow's my second day not working in 62 days! Take a wild guess what I'll be doing tonight! Meanwhile, if any news breaks, uh, just read the comments in this thread. We'll be back on Sunday.

Meanwhile, if you're reading this, go outside and celebrate our freedom from alien persecution everywhere. Have a great holiday, and Sarah Palin, please stop fucking up and resigning so I can get drunk during the day in peace tomorrow.

Celebrate Black History Month With Ham Hocks and Other Black People Food!

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:03:41 EST

Did you know that African-Americans made many contributions to the grocery industry? Such as collard greens, pork hocks, and bologna. All celebrated on this grocery store's Black History month flier. African-Americans love that pork!

Some "PC" types say this ad is "racist," but a company rep explains that "this ad was intended to celebrate Black History Month and African American culture by sharing with our customers some of the contributions African Americans have made to the grocery industry." Stay tuned for some of their future diversity-celebrating ads for sales:
Polish History Month: Kielbasa, Glue (for sniffing), Light bulbs (How many Poles to screw one in? Ha.).
Russian History Month: Vodka, AK-47s, Vodka.
Women's History Month: Tampons, Kitchen Items, (Go Make Me) A Sandwich.

Diversity! [via Brandfreak]

Be the Lucky Millionth Petitioner Who Ends Uwe Boll's Career

STV — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Behind the facade of those vacant eyes and the kind of resume that would have had most filmmakers changing careers years ago, we knew there was a reasonable man hiding somewhere inside Uwe Boll. In a recent interview with the horror Web site FEARnet, the critic-boxing director of such celluloid atrocities as BloodRayne, In the Name of the King and Postal made a modest proposal for an early retirement we can all get behind:

FN: Are you aware that there is a petition online, signed by 18,000 people, requesting that you stop making movies?
UB: Yeah, I know that. 18,000 is not enough to convince me.

FN: How many would it take?

UB: One million. Now we have a new goal.

Naturally, the troops have mobilized around the Web: At the aforementioned petition, nearly 1,300 signatures have accrued in the 10 minutes it took to write this item, bringing the total to nearly 58,000 at press time. Considering that the average Boll film draws around 15,000 theatrical viewers, we don't imagine there are 1 million people in the world who would bother to be this offended by House of the Dead. However, you also can't turn off the lush bloom of fan democracy once it's on, so here's your pen. Do your duty.

Stop Dr. Uwe Boll [Petition Online via Vulture]