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Go Home Meet "mr. ***k"

THE PLANK OCTOBER 23, 2007

Meet "mr. ***k"

BY TNR STAFF AND TNR STAFF

I've gotten around to this a little late, but for those who haven't had the guilty pleasure of reading David Segal's Washington Post exploration of the less-than-amicable divorce proceedings of Clinton-tormenting billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife, you can find it here. It is, as advertised, "like a visit to Gettysburg, minus the gravitas."

--Christopher Orr 

Update:  If you're wondering about the coy title of this post, it's the result of a not-yet-disabled obscenity filter on our new blog software. (I'm assured it will be attended to.) The asterixes took the place of a four-letter, diminutive form of "Richard" that begins with "D." This is the name by which motel employees would refer to Mr. Scaife when he would use their facilities to meet with his alleged mistress, a woman once arrested for prostitution. (Yes, the story's that good.)

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I hope the  obscenity filter will recognize "dimunitive form of Richard" and replace it with "&^%$# form of #$@%$."

- stgla

October 23, 2007 at 12:22pm

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Obscenity filter? *** me.

- adamvaught

October 23, 2007 at 12:24pm

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Was obscenity really a problem around here before the filter?  Or has the filter always been active, and I've just never noticed?

- ejbenjamin

October 23, 2007 at 12:26pm

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ejbenjamin,

Nope. It's part of our software overhaul, and I'm told it should be disabled fairly soon.

Chris Orr

- tnrstaff

October 23, 2007 at 12:36pm

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Chris, I don't think anyone will be more relieved to hear that than Jared Fuckin' Diamond.

- adaglas

October 23, 2007 at 1:03pm

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Holy ***! The filter has been disabled.

- adamvaught

October 23, 2007 at 1:11pm

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*** balls! Apparently not.

- adamvaught

October 23, 2007 at 1:12pm

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I told you guys it was a bad idea to run that goddamn Steven Pinker story.  Look what you've done to adam!

- ratnerstar

October 23, 2007 at 1:28pm

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So, to sum up so far: "fuckin'" "balls" and "goddamn" pass muster, but ***, ***, and ********, do not.  Can we get a ruling on this from the back judge?  Is George Carlin available?

- adaglas

October 23, 2007 at 1:47pm

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Fellahs, fellahs, fellahs!  Don't get too hung up on the obscenity filter!  You run the risk of being censored for being off topic!

And what a wonderful, wonderful topic it is.  It seems that this public humiliation couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.  I'm delighted to have been able to read the details.

- drdannyu

October 23, 2007 at 1:51pm

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We may now publish the first name of the vice president without compunction. Watch: Dick Cheney. Please

- Anonymous

October 24, 2007 at 10:02am

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