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more about #ronburkleownsradar more comments → BxgrlJeri: I continue to have a serious lawyer girl hard on for Patrick Fitzgerald. I call him "Gerald Fitzpatrick" when I'm speaking in code around the office w... more » sweetpiece: Will this bring Sam Zell down? Oh, please, please, please! more » DevilsAvocado: Hey - why don't we all pitch in and buy it? It's still for sale, right? more » Alex Blagg: I think you're missing someone. more » Mike_Jahn: I assume that Blago kept his socks on. more » Mike_Jahn: I'd like to buy a bowel, Pat. more » CriminallyWindy: Julia Allison is from IL, right? more » FracturedAcetabulum: I thought this would involve Alex Blagg in some way. more » naugahydeinplainsight: And they say no one pays attention to the old print media these days! more » BullfightsOnAcid: ...and Kelly Preston was in Space Camp which also had Jinx the robot who just wanted to be friends with Joaquin Phoenix. "Max and Jinx, friends foreve... more » J-No: Where did he touch you? Where? I'll kill him! more » GirlyWhirl: Photoshop morph Ron Jeremy and Thomas Friedman together = Lee Abrams. more » kitkatsplash: While I was once quite sad that circumstances brought me to Chicago from NYC, I'm now happy to be at the center of everything. more » scarletmenace: Kind of annoying actually...when does Gawker's fuck 'em all attitude humorously tying Obama to all this cross the line to actual Fox-news style guilt-... more » rocknrollunicorn: Tried to get a writer fired, but it never happened. Brought down by wiretaps after he was looked into because of Rezko, while everyone in the country ... more » -
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Blagojevich Touched Us All
Usually the arrest of a corrupt Chicago politician would afford, at best, a paragraph of coverage here at Gawker. It's Dog-bites-man news. But Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is a magical figure, who is connected, directly and indirectly, with so many beloved Gawker characters. Steve Dressler put together this little illustration of Blago's Web of Deceit, and all those who've been caught in it. Join us for explanations, below. More » -
#billionairepervs
The Company Ron Burkle Keeps
Supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle's name keeps popping up in the oddest places, doesn't it? When conman Rafaello Follieri was finally busted last week, the suit filed against him by his former business partner Burkle kept coming up. Jeffrey Epstein—finally sentenced yesterday for sex with a minor—used to be "very friendly" with Ron. They compared notes on planes! In that Vanity Fair story that upset Bill Clinton so much, it was Burkle who had those unnamed staffers worried about the appearance of impropriety. Now—the oddest one yet?—King of Pop Michael Jackson announced in a court deposition that it was Ron Burkle, along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who saved his life when he ran out of money. Burkle brought in the Reverend to help, and Burkle's also done quite a bit of business with the Reverend's son Yusef (they own Radar together!). What a cast of unlikely characters! Did this rogues' gallery of amoral power-junkies select Ron, or vice versa? Why does the ostensibly liberal do-gooder zillionaire associate with these guys? More » -
