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Hero Journalist Doesn't Let Mom Get Away With Wanton Baby-Having

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lobstr
02/11/09

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the real headline is that she gave birth to twin Roy Orbisons!
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The Real JR
02/11/09

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She's open the site to comments.

Yeah, absolutely that's going to go well.
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friend_of_a_friend
02/11/09

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I will gladly donate if I can specify that my money will only be spent on the kids' future therapy bills.
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BxgrlJeri
02/11/09

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It's bizarre to the extreme. No these babies won't have a dysfunctional upbringing.

"My disabled crackpot mom and invisible sperm-donor father will raise us to be happy, healthy adults."
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blix
02/11/09

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I'm waiting for the poetic justice of Park Slope mommies being run off the sidewalks by the OctoStroller.
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BadUncle
02/11/09

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I'm sorry, parents, but those pictures only confirm my long-held belief that newborns look like rhesus monkeys.
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miss_msry
02/11/09

@BadUncle:

None of those kids look right in the head, if you get my drift.
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jdelavan
02/11/09

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I wonder if this is something she even set up herself? It could just be someone else out there who got these pictures off of the Internet and decided that they would make some money.
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mathnet
02/11/09

@jdelavan: She hired the PR firm.
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mathnet
02/11/09

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And another thing. Shouldn't this be the Killeen & Furtney Group's, like, breakout case? The site is ugly, annoying and uninformative.
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contradicto
02/11/09

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I'm not one to tell a woman what to do with her body, but god damn, woman, stop doing things with your body!

But since she's on the web, I suggest she cover the mommy beat on Nonsociety.com.
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CodePink
02/11/09

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The church choir director at my childhood church was always pregnant. I never saw her NOT pregnant. She brought all her kids to church and they all sang in the choir and sat in the front pew and looking at all of them--always gave me the feeling that I was watching ants. Crawling across the earth. Like an icky "They're like bugs!" feeling came over me. Does this make me scary?
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Calraigh
02/11/09

@CodePink: Nope, that makes you an incredibly sane human being.

Have you seen the website? It's like a viral for a remake of a remake of Invasion of The Bodysnatchers. Only the aliens are babies and they are wearing wraparound sunglasses and Tim Burton designed the graphics.

I'm not joking.
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BlinkyMcChuck
02/11/09

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The worst is going to be when they grow up and realize their mom is a bipolar media stuntwoman and scam artist.
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mathnet
02/11/09

@Koreanish: And didn't want these last eight. She said herself that she just couldn't bear to let the embryos go to waste.
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jiminy.peep
02/11/09

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That is so fucking crazy and horrifying. Also, somebody went a little crazy perusing the Old Testament for names...
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mathnet
02/11/09

@jiminy.peep: Except for McCai--will somebody please give me an amen here?
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jiminy.peep
02/11/09

@mathnet: amen, amen
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mathnet
02/11/09

@jiminy.peep: @tigolbitties: @jiminy.peep: But she ran out of religion so they all have the same middle name--Angel.
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TurtleWexlerKickedMe
02/11/09

@jiminy.peep: The Duggars must be pissed. She totally ripped off some of their names.
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mathnet
02/11/09

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I'm surprised they didn't set up some sort of quickie non-profit foundation to encourage tax-deductible donations.
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
02/11/09

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Yes, I also keep wondering where the hell CPS is. And what are the anti-choice freaks doing for this woman? (I'll answer the latter myself, probably what they always do: love the embryo/fetus above all else).

My heart just aches for all 14 of these children.
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pinkteapot
02/11/09

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So, after a media tour, she's got a website to beg for donations? Is this what she meant by work? This infuriates me because it's just so irresponsible. It's not that she's non-white (I didn't even realize), or single, or has spent all this money on lip injections and in-vitro (after having 6 kids already). It's that she has no income, no logical plan, and seems completely detached from reality. Sadly, these children will end up in the system... either child protective services, foster care or on welfare of some kind. It's just not fair to them. How sad.
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Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux
02/11/09

@pinkteapot: I'm predicting black market baby selling, but with a twist. Her website will soon have a blinking banner that says, "You are the 1 millionth visitor to this site! Click here to receive a FREE child!"
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Kitten_Witawip
02/11/09

@Steve Holt's Mother Part Deux: I wonder why she doesn't take Paypal?
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KatieMick
02/11/09

@Kitten_Witawip: She's using student loans at the moment to finance her family. STUDENT LOANS. Why should she be able to DO that?
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miss_msry
02/11/09

@KatieMick:

What are the chances she'll pay that back in a timely manner?
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