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Same sex, different habits - who gives a fucking shit
This won't make the species unfurl

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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I love how he says that they are doing this so they don't have to pay it to Hulk Hogan who rightfully won it against them.

These guys don't bring out much sympathy do they?

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What is the next step operationally for Gawker? Purge contributors and editors? They seem too stubborn to sell off one of their sites.

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Wait a bit ... whoever owns it buys it back through a shell company ... put a new name on it and they're right back to churning out fuckery by the barrel-full. Easy.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Gawker just filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy....

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gawker-media-files-bankruptcy

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Same sex, different habits - who gives a fucking shit
This won't make the species unfurl

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Here's Logical Sports Person Barry Petchesky offering the exact same hackneyed, reductive, utterly nonsensical tripe every other star-slurping hipster basketblogger is demanding we swallow this morning--but with his unique flair for unwarranted condescension:



This is the sports equivalent of "the federal budget is just like your household budget." The whole piece is full of thunderously stupid little bon mots just like that, all of them greased with an inch-thick layer of Bernsteinian why-can't-you-idiots-understand-this smarm. It's also generously peppered with internal contradictions (the Warriors are villains, but Durant isn't [?]) and outright elitism (apparently the residents of Oakland are "techno-libertarian scum," which is news to me). Truly a Deadspin piece par excellence.

BONUS: Ley just posted a mopey diary entry in which he attempts to suppress his repulsively plebian impulse to actually give a shit about things with his certain knowledge that athletes are great, and the things they do are great, and we should all support their quest to expand their personal #brands.

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Stop comparing your work to athletes!

Compare your work to athletes!

Deadspin overuses exclamation points.

Great post.

All I can add is the part where he says you can hate against and root against the Warriors and you should but only for his approved reasons.

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The most annoying way they do it, which I made sure to fit into my last Senor Columnist joint, is when they do that faux-reassuring thing. "You can hate this move and lots of people do. And it's totally fine if you think that! But it means you hate all black people."

Thanks for the heads-up on the Petchesky. Always been one of my least favorite bloggers along with Lambert. And that's okay!

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Because you hate women!

That's exactly how they use them. Damn, you nailed it!

Petchesky's Wade post isn't nearly as bad as the one discussed above but it's still pretty bad. "Naive Dwayne Wade is finally learning the hardscrabble realities of business world that I, Barry Petchesky, have been intimately familiar with for years!" It's like he knows he can't bash Wade too much given that whole players as laborers" crap he spewed earlier in the week, but he also needs to be able to frame it in a way that allows for maximum self-aggrandizement.

A rejected injunction motion likely means personal bankruptcy for the Gawker founder.

Gawker founder Nick Denton appears headed for personal bankruptcy after a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday refused to stop Hulk Hogan's collection pursuits.

Denton had hoped that Gawker's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed on June 10 would give him temporary relief from his portion of a $140 million judgment in favor of Hogan, who prevailed in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit over the posting of a sex tape.

In conjunction with Gawker's bankruptcy, Denton's company brought an adversary case against its legal foes and warned that if Hogan was allowed to pursue Denton, it would distract from the planned sale of Gawker. The two sides stipulated to a temporary restraining order, but when it came time to determine whether a judge would convert this into a preliminary injunction, Hogan fought back.

On Tuesday, Denton took the witness stand and was questioned about his ongoing involvement with Gawker. He also faced cross-examination from Hogan's lawyers about whether he was really indispensable to Gawker's reorganization. Despite Denton's word that he has had to reassure staff about what's been happening at the company as well as communicate with potential bidders including stalking horse Ziff Davis, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Stuart Bernstein denied the injunction motion.

Denton, who has gotten a $200,000 loan and has at least prepared bankruptcy papers, may now move quickly to file for personal bankruptcy so as to take advantage of an automatic stay that will result in pausing Hogan's collection pursuits. Denton has testified that his main assets are Gawker stock holdings and his New York City apartment, which he recently listed for sale.

While Gawker and Denton both figure to be in bankruptcy together, the company still has hopes of overturning the Hogan judgment on appeal and battling back efforts by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, who funded the Hogan lawsuit and has reportedly made it a mission to sink the company.

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, Denton said: "As I've said, Peter Thiel's vendetta against my company may well require me as well as the company to file for bankruptcy protection until the Florida appeals court can rule on the extraordinary $140 million judgment. I'm focused now on the sale process which will conclude in a month, and maintaining the value of the business. This story will conclude with Gawker Media's popular brands sheltered under new ownership and the importance of a free and critical press reaffirmed by the courts. In the end, the Facebook board member will have nothing to show for his petty grudge other than legal expenses and a reputation for thin skin."

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I found this to be a strange one.

http://gawker.com/buzzfeed-news-reminds-writers-to-conceal-that-they-want-1784495844

Shouldn't news sites do their best to appear/act neutral?

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That is pretty funny.

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http://gawker.com/nick-denton-founder-a ... 1784660321

Nick Denton, the British expatriate who independently founded Gawker Media in 2002 and has served as its chief executive officer for its entire 14-year history, filed today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.

In March, a Florida jury found him culpable of invading the wrestler Hulk Hogan’s privacy, nearly four years after this website published excerpts of a tape in which Hogan can be seen having sex with Heather Clem, the wife of Hogan’s ex-best-friend, the Tampa-area radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge. The filing comes after several attempts on Denton’s part to temporarily halt the enforcement of the $140,100,000 verdict that jury handed down.

Denton is personally responsible for $10 million, and jointly responsible, along with former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio, and Gawker Media itself, for $115 million. Chapter 11 bankruptcy will prevent Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, from draining Denton’s bank accounts or seizing any of his assets. Gawker Media filed under the Chapter 11 statute in early June for the same reason. Both moves are intended to lay the groundwork for the company’s appeal of the jury’s verdict, in Florida’s Second District.

Daulerio, who published the excerpts of the Hogan tape and adjacent commentary about its contents, is personally on the hook for an additional $100,000 in damages. At the trial, he told jurors he had a negative net worth, due to outstanding student loans. In an email to Gawker, he confirmed that he plans to file for bankruptcy as well.

So does this mean the Hulkster is still broke until this case makes its way to the Supremes or Gawker's new handlers direct Denton to settle?

Nice little loophole he found there in the bankruptcy law.

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It's happening!

http://gawker.com/welcome-to-senior-week-1784979018

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I don't think I've ever had more contempt for a writer than I do Ashley Feinberg. So unbelievably contrived and annoying.

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You'd hit it.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I don't think there's enough booze in the world.

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Wouldn't it be easier on everybody if the judge just allowed Thiel to fuck Denton up the ass without lube once a week for the next 10-15 years, and forget all this money drama?

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal