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    Image of Btwbfdimho Btwbfdimho
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Huffington Post Unveils Its New Local Strategy: Unpaid Bloggers
    Wow, where did you get that pic of Nidal Hasan? #huffingtonpost
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    11/11/09

    In reply to The Huffington Post Unveils Its New Local Strategy: Unpaid Bloggers
    HuffPo will never work until it stops censoring comments so much; the sameness makes it as boring as the comments on, oh, CuteOverload, for example. It's become more about boobs and provocative titles and giving hacks of every kind a chance to "post" their inane comments or flog their latest book/product/agenda. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of Nigerian Business Executive Nigerian Business Executive
    11/11/09

    @Novaload: I am proud to have been banned from HuffPo for calling Alec Baldwin a douche! #huffingtonpost
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    11/11/09

    @Nigerian Business Executive: OMG, I went after him, Jamie Lee Curtis, Maria Shriver, and the feel-good fake doctors of everything promoting their books and tapes. I didn't get banned, they just refused to approve the comments, so it became a challenge to me to find the key flag words. Apparent "fatuous pinheaded fame whore hack" is a no-no, but that's just my working hypothesis. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of Maryscary Maryscary
    11/11/09

    @Novaload: There are comments on Cute Overload?
    Edit: Yes, and there's currently a raging controversy about whether human babies should be allowed!
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    Novaload promoted this comment Edited by Maryscary at 11/11/09 9:27 PM Maryscary was starred Maryscary was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/12/09

    @Maryscary: OMG yes. But it's a cult, wherein you are only allowed to say "OMG!" and "Oh, my head will asplode from teh qute!" and they exchange sunshine tofu recipes and give each other imaginary cookies-- and if you say anything that strikes anyone negatively you are a terrible, terrible person. It's notorious for requiring that the rear end be kissed of the Megan and her henchman, Theo. I know this because of painful experience with a cousin. They also had a huge argument over whether people's faces should ever be included. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of triplethreat triplethreat
    11/12/09

    @Novaload: Except for when people go crazy saying "That toy has a sequin on it that COULD HAVE KILLED THAT CAT. Turn the owner in!" #huffingtonpost
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    11/12/09

    @triplethreat: Yes, yes! Those are called 'nuffers' there--If I recall right. "That's enough with the poor kitties who are posed precariously on a piano! That's enough of wet kitties" yadda yadda yadda. I know it's evil, but I sometimes wish 4chan would go after them.
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    11/12/09

    @Novaload: Nuffers! Everything is cute! #huffingtonpost
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    Image of Magister Magister
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Huffington Post Unveils Its New Local Strategy: Unpaid Bloggers
    So, if any of us had bothered to answer the ad and if we made the cut, we could be getting a Huffington Post?
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/11/09

    In reply to The Huffington Post Unveils Its New Local Strategy: Unpaid Bloggers
    I have a friend since high school whose late mother was a best-selling writer and whose father was his wife's business manager. Years ago, while still a whelp, I placed an article in a highly local newspaper, an article I wasn't paid for but that gave me experience and a small platform. When I proudly told my friend's parents about this, her father gravely said, "You're a writer when you get paid for it." #huffingtonpost
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/11/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: As a Greek-American writer, I offer my very distant relative Homer to refute your statement, TBG. Then again, you are TheBusinessGuy--what else are you going to posit?

    Your post brings up an interesting debate. Next time you're in L.A., first rounds on me... #huffingtonpost
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/11/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: I didn't say I agreed with it. But I will take the round, and thanks. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of TheSometimesWhy TheSometimesWhy
    11/11/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: You didn't. As someone whose income is falling more steadily than a pair of cosmetically enhanced breasts, the whole "when is a writer a writer" debate takes on renewed meaning. It is a touchy subject, as my Mother would say.

    Anyway, you're welcome. Keep up the great posts... #huffingtonpost
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    11/11/09

    @TheSometimesWhy: Hey, some of my best friends, etc., etc., etc. Thanks for the kind words, which I return in kind. And good luck! #huffingtonpost
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/11/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: You're a writer when you don't need other people to tell you if you're a writer or not. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/11/09

    @raincoaster: I like that. But what about all of those people who think they can write poetry? #huffingtonpost
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    Image of Spy from the Land of Rainpeople Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
    11/12/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: when you get paid for it. Interesting hypothesis.

    The other one that I've heard is that you cannot tell during your own life whether you are a writer or a copywriter. Only your thombstone will tell the truth on that question. #huffingtonpost
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    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: Please retract your statement above. You've clearly forgotten about graphomaniacs.

    This isn't a jab about your writing in general, just about the single above sentence. It is just wrong. #huffingtonpost
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    11/12/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: Nobody said they were GOOD writers. #huffingtonpost
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    11/12/09

    @Spy from the Land of Rainpeople: Nope, I just expanded on it. You can be a writer without being a talented writer, same as you can be a dreadful actor, an appallingly bad painter, a really clumsy dancer. #huffingtonpost
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    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: After all, we need those kinds of people in the industry to make US look good. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of atlasspanked atlasspanked
    11/12/09

    @raincoaster: "You haven't seen enough to be a writer." --Wolf Larsen, The Sea Wolf, by Jack London #huffingtonpost
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/12/09

    @atlasspanked: That'll school that uppity Emily Dickinson. #huffingtonpost
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    I'm sorry that looks less like a protest and more like a line at the godforsaken Starbucks.

    And knowing Fox they'll say, "Tens of two showed up! See, that means something!"

    Yes, seven people now need bus fare back to their homes in "Twister" country. #protests
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    Methinks it would take 3/5 more people to get Fox News to cover a more heavily-pigmented protest.
    Some of our rich traditions die hard. #protests
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    Image of nicepony nicepony
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    Thats not a protest. Its just a lady in a TJ Maxx coat. #protests
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    Image of TheMediaMob TheMediaMob
    11/11/09

    @nicepony: Maybe she's protesting name brands at full retail prices? #protests
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    You know what I love most about karma? Her sense of irony. Really. #protests
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    Image of manchops manchops
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    who's the drag queen in the white wig and fur shouldered white coat? And is that Roman Polanski next to her/him? I think Fox is being punked here #protests
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    Image of manchops manchops
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    What exactly is "long legged mack daddy" supposed to mean? Sometimes extreme racism just goes to a place I can't even figure out--like that sound that makes dogs bark that humans can't hear.
    Right? #protests
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/11/09

    @manchops: Yeah I'm not getting it either. Protest fail. #protests
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    11/11/09

    @manchops: I was wondering that too. Turns out it's some pastor's nickname for Obama. #protests
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    11/11/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: That makes NO sense. Barry's a mack daddy to... His beautiful wife and mother to two wonderful kids.
    Which should be a-OK to the pastor-folk, shouldn't it?
    Trying to parse out where these people's thought train leads to results in mental derailment. #protests
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    Image of heywhat heywhat
    11/11/09

    @Gabriel Snyder: Is this the same guy that called Obama's mom a "trashy white woman who messed around with Africans"? He managed to be self-hating and racist at the same time. #protests
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    11/11/09

    @Trai_Dep: Their train makes express stops in Crazytown, Nutterville, and LaLooney. #protests
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    Image of DennyCrane DennyCrane
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    I'm sorry, but every time I see "Orly Taitz," my mind first registers "Oily Taintz."
    I'm not kidding. #protests
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    11/11/09

    @DennyCrane: ORLLY? T'AINT #protests
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    11/11/09

    In reply to Fox News Is Ready for Your (Update: Birther) Protest
    This is no laughing matter. I've heard Taitz can fell six men with the single bat of an eyelash. #protests
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    Image of maximillianchampion maximillianchampion
    11/01/09

    In reply to Spooky Scientology Center Opening Today in D.C. to Protests and Pissed-Off Commuters
    Hehe. And just when Scientology thought they'd weathered the worst of it:
    An Anonymous protester in Nashville sues for $6m for assault, wrongful arrest and malicious prosecution - [www.wsmv.com]

    And the St Petersburg Times begins another ass-whooping 3-part series of articles, commencing today with articles and videos about how Scientology tracks down staff who leave without permission - using private investigators and tracing their credit cards... www.truthrundown.org
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    11/01/09

    @maximillianchampion: You know, I was having kind of a crappy day. Thanks for cheering me up! #scientology
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    Image of entasser entasser
    11/01/09

    In reply to Spooky Scientology Center Opening Today in D.C. to Protests and Pissed-Off Commuters
    Couple of things. One, their Rome opening that they keep referring to has not been mentioned by any corroborating source that I have seen. It's just been a flood of press releases on free news services. They can't even afford PR Newswire anymore, it seems.

    Second, any out of work journalists - Scientology's Freedom Magazine is hiring! It says they cover human rights and social betterment issues, but really their specialty is a good smear. Perhaps a place to go if your ethics aren't good enough for TMZ?
    [www.journalismjobs.com]
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/31/09

    In reply to Spooky Scientology Center Opening Today in D.C. to Protests and Pissed-Off Commuters
    I find it interesting that I am in NYC for the week and this opens up in my hood. Nicely played Xenu. #scientology
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