<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, superstars of the writers strike]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, superstars of the writers strike]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/superstarsofthewritersstrike http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/superstarsofthewritersstrike <![CDATA[Enraged Blizzard Carpenters Protest, Prefer Universal Music's Unrelated Locale]]>
Unsatisfied with Blizzard Entertainment's recent hiring of independent carpentry contractor All Star Installations in Irvine, Carpenters Local 1506 has strategically (albeit somewhat puzzlingly) staged a miniature "hired gun" protest outside Universal Music Group's Santa Monica office, a highly visible locale tangentially connected within the Vivendi family. It's always fun to see a protest unfold, but something's missing in the scene above given the whirlwind events of the last two weeks. Where's Ray Romano? Where's Picketing Baby!? Informational, rat-lingo-suffused flyers are currently being passed out in lieu of churros:

Shame on Vivendi for allowing its subsidiary, Blizzard Entertainment, to contribute to erosion of area standards for carpenter craft workers...

...ASK UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP TO CONTACT THEIR PARENT COMPANY VIVENDI. THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROFIT FROM BLIZZARDS (sic) USE OF ALL STAR INSTALLATIONS. ALSO ASK UMG WHY THE SECURITY AT THEIR OFFICE IS HARRASING (sic) US AND INTERFERING WITH OUR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS...

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Having recently energized weary strikers on the Paramount beat and at Friday's the Fox rally with her adorably galvanizing presence and unmatched slogan-authorizing abilities, the Incredible Picketing Baby was spotted just a little while ago at the still-in-progress, celebrity-studded event at Universal, where her presence is undoubtedly overshadowing that of the higher-billed TV stars trying to flag down photographers who might capture for posterity the special moment when they hand a still-steaming Dominos Pizza to a hungry-looking scribe. Should the WGA spokesbaby's popularity continue to explode, she may soon require the services of a publicist to handle a flood of demands for her presence at picket lines desperately in need of a morale boost.

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