Ron Burkle, the not-so-secret secret financier of the now-defunct Radar, is most famous for his BFF'ness with the Clintons. So his panties would naturally be in a twist after reading The National Enquirer's constant smears of Bill Clinton and his "secret orgies."

His counter-attack: sending the snark brigade at Radar after AMI's scent, and specifically after David Pecker, the chief of AMI (which owns National Enquirer, along with Star magazine). Ooh, AMI is running out of money!

So how come Pecker and Co. were able to buy Radar's online domain, now that Maer Roshan has run the magazine into the ground? And is it good business sense or just sweet, sweet revenge?

The latter. AMI's first objective in the <1 hour since it's become sole proprietor of RadarOnline.com was to fire any of the original staff left at the blog. And with the website's relaunch in 2009, you can bet there won't be any more snark commentary about Star, National Enquirer, or any other AMI publications on Radar's site.

Funny, the two guys making out like kings after this are Ron and Dave: After Pecker's acquisition, Burkle is going to reap in the financial rewards of selling his company to the Clinton's enemy. Muwahahahaha.