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    Image of Andalucía Andalucía
    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    It's a bit frightening how many page views this story of that disturbing photograph of Crawford's daughter has gotten both here and on Jezebel.

    Also, why did the nanny who claims she "innocently" took these pictures keep that one?
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment Edited by Andalucía at 11/13/09 1:28 PM Andalucía was starred Andalucía was unstarred
    Image of Iamdoingit Iamdoingit
    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    Is there a painting of Cindy Crawford getting butt nasty ugly and old in her attic? #cindycrawford
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    A Message To Rudy promoted this comment Iamdoingit was starred Iamdoingit was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    @Iamdoingit: She is rather smouldering, isn't she? And she's from DeKalb, Illinois. I've been there. When she left, that was it. #cindycrawford
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    11/13/09

    @A Message To Rudy: And also apparently top in her class. Sad for DeKalb, great for Richard Gere's farse and America in general. #cindycrawford
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    About cindy crawford, if I were famous, I'd have to make a rule with my childcare workers to absolutely not take pictures. The description of the picture sounds really disturbing--- I can't wrap my head around the kind of game a nanny plays with kids that would have them bound to a chair 'in a revealing outfit' Odd. and scary. #cindycrawford
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    A Message To Rudy promoted this comment meg9 was starred meg9 was unstarred
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    11/13/09

    @meg9: "About cindy crawford, if I were famous, I'd have to make a rule with my childcare workers to absolutely not take pictures. "

    Only problem with that is you'd have to pretty much never let the kid and the nanny out of your sight, pretty much ruling out the need for a nanny. I'm going to guess she wasn't expected this nanny to start taking pictures of her daughter regardless of the type of photo. #cindycrawford
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    If they know that the nanny took the pictures, shouldn't they call the police and have the nanny arrested? #cindycrawford
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment jdelavan was starred jdelavan was unstarred
    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    Where's k.d. lang? She loves Cindy. She needs to go kick that nanny's ass since that Rande Gerber looks a bit milquetoast. #cindycrawford
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    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    What is the nanny doing taking a photo like that of her 8 year old charge? That is bizarre. I'd be more enraged at the nanny than the extortionist. However, I seem to recall seeing some kind of sexy-ish photos of Cindy's kid where she's sporting a henna tramp stamp. Or something like that. I don't think those people have the best judgment anyway.

    And of course, this just confirms that being rich and famous is as good as having a target painted on your back. #cindycrawford
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    If_I_Had_a_Poodle promoted this comment pollyannacowgirl was starred pollyannacowgirl was unstarred
    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/13/09

    In reply to Cindy Crawford Blackmailed with 'Sexy' Picture of Her 8-Year-Old Daughter
    I didn't realize till recently that Zombie Radar left many of my posts for old Radar up on RadarOnline.com. They just removed the FUCKING BYLINES. Skeevy bastards. #cindycrawford
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/13/09

    @RandomLunatic: That's NAAAAASSSSTYYYY! #cindycrawford
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/13/09

    @raincoaster: Well, now that I think about it, I was happy to be associated with the old magazine. I'm not sure I'd be happy to be associated with its new incarnation. So maybe them removing my byline ain't a bad thing after all. #cindycrawford
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    11/13/09

    @RandomLunatic: Misery loves company: A blog that is part of a much bigger web ring around the world--for whom I did considerable pro bono work during their launch--has conveniently left me off their listing of former bloggers. When I use them as a writing reference, I have to provide specific links to my work (which constantly and consistently change) because I am not "searchable" in their database. Fark you very much, jagweeds! #cindycrawford
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/08/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    I'm not sure that this post rises to level of post hoc fallacy, but it's kind of dumb.

    At first I thought there were going to be some Leopold/Loeb elements. One of them befriended the police during the investigation. That was ironic.
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    Edited by Seeräuber Jenny at 10/08/09 3:13 AM Seeräuber Jenny was starred Seeräuber Jenny was unstarred
    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    Wow, he had lunch with someone who is in law enforcement! What next: a story that says that, ironically, the week before he blackmailed a TV star, he watched some television?
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    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    Does anyone else think Halderman looks creepy?
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment bowel_and_the_obstructors was starred bowel_and_the_obstructors was unstarred
    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/08/09

    @bowel_and_the_obstructors:

    I know there's an extra "r," but does anyone else think Watergate everytime s/he hears his name?
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    I think Halderman was working up a war chest to go live some place where people wouldn't constantly mistake him for Phil Jackson.
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    Image of fitley fitley
    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    It's always the same. Paying alimony drives guys nuts. Simple as that.
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    NigelAstydameia promoted this comment fitley was starred fitley was unstarred
    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    10/07/09

    @fitley: Prenup!
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    10/07/09

    @NigelAstydameia:

    I asked my hubby of 17 years if he wanted me to sign a prenup, but he said when both parties are totally broke there isn't much need.
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    My theory is that he was fed up with the child support and alimony payments, had made bad investments, and had mounting variable rate mortgages on his home and the home where his ex-wife lived. He was in a financial hole. He was also embarrassed about being "cuckolded" by Letterman.

    Halderman knew he wouldn't succeed in blackmailing Letterman, but, if he attempted it, he could get himself sent to prison and embarrass Letterman in one blow. He'd go bankrupt and wait the whole thing out behind bars. No more bills, no more alimony payments, no more stress.

    In other words, Halderman isn't stupid so much as desperately self-destructive. He did it as a fucked-up exit strategy.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    10/07/09

    @iplaudius: My theory is he had Dry Rub BBQ pork, and the Cop had a tuna sandwich. This was corroborated by the 16% tip.
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    10/07/09

    @NotChoinski: My theory is that being called a "Nashville socialite" is to be damned with faint praise second only in offense to being called "governor of Alaska."
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    NotChoinski promoted this comment stew was starred stew was unstarred
    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    10/07/09

    @iplaudius: Except that I've heard prison can be a rather stressful experience. I'd rather be stressed-out in my home I can't afford.
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment Atilla the Bun was starred Atilla the Bun was unstarred
    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    10/07/09

    @iplaudius: As another of the perks of life behind bars, you neglected to mention endless reruns of "The Wire" shown on an endless loop.

    And speaking of "endless loops"....
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    Image of Seeräuber Jenny Seeräuber Jenny
    10/08/09

    @iplaudius:

    And he was going to do what -- teach video journalism courses to inmates at Otisville?

    A lot of us have had the incarceration fantasy; it's close kin to the coma fantasy, but actually commiting a possible felony to avoid financial obligations is a huge stretch.
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    10/08/09

    @Atilla the Bun:

    If you've ever been in a prison, even as a protected member of the media, it's scary.
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    Image of Atilla the Bun Atilla the Bun
    10/08/09

    @Seeräuber Jenny: I visited death row in Huntsville, Texas during law school as part of a capital punishment clinic. It was horrific. Granted, Halderman isn't going there, but prison is no place to "get away from things," I agree.
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    Did they order the clam chowder?! WE MUST KNOW!
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred
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    10/07/09

    @ElleL: Yes, Manhattan style. Coincidence? I think not!
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment blix was starred blix was unstarred
    Image of ElleL ElleL
    10/07/09

    @blix: Conspiracies abound!
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    Image of Dash7 Dash7
    10/07/09

    In reply to Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting
    But don't leave us hanging!! What did he order?
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    Seeräuber Jenny promoted this comment Dash7 was starred Dash7 was unstarred
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