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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/02/09

    In reply to Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
    Bah! Since I've yet to hear any really crazy things about her in the last twenty years, and she's mostly stayed away from all things VH1 reality, then yeah, I'm gonna call this one true...until Cornell releases their own statement otherwise. Or the Real Roxanne says she has a Ph.D. from Georgetown and there is some sort of fight to the death marked by door knocker earrings and Le Coq Sportif tracksuits.
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    09/02/09

    In reply to Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
    Well, shit. Here I was about to paste in [www.news.cornell.edu] from Cornell itself in 2008 saying that she had earned her PhD. But it no longer says that! But it does say "This article was modified on Sept. 2, 2009."
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    Edited by oudemia at 09/02/09 5:23 PM oudemia was starred oudemia was unstarred
    Image of utensil42 utensil42
    09/02/09

    @oudemia: But why would Cornell say she graduated if she never even attended? Are their records really so lousy that they don't know if someone attended their school? Is their PR dept. so bad that they can't fact-check before posting a news story on the school's website? Something does add up here.
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    Edited by utensil42 at 09/02/09 6:44 PM utensil42 was starred utensil42 was unstarred
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    09/02/09

    @oudemia: God bless google cache! [74.125.93.132]

    "Shanté retired from hip-hop in 1995 and went on to earn a Ph.D. in psychology at Cornell."

    BTW I was totally at that event last year (I am a grad student at Cornell), although I don't remember if she ever explicitly said that she got her PhD at Cornell.
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    raincoaster promoted this comment saya was starred saya was unstarred
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    09/02/09

    @utensil42: No - they keep good records. I could do some asking around with folks I know in administration. My guess is that she does have the degree but it may be under an assumed identity, which would compromise her physical or financial safety somehow. This smells like a coverup on Cornell's end, not on Shante's end.
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    Tremonius promoted this comment Edited by saya at 09/02/09 7:39 PM saya was starred saya was unstarred
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    09/02/09

    @saya: Dubius. I knew a screenwriter once. She used an alias in the online group where I met her, and wouldn't reveal her true name. She said she had to do that, because her real last name was the same as her father's, who was the chief of the Dept of Corrections in CA, and if ex-cons knew her name, she would be stalked. Real criminals would stalk her if they somehow encountered our group of 250 souls and realized there was a Chavez there. Hey, I know that name ...

    Are you believing yet? She was a screenwriter, and she had no credits. She was actually the ex-wife of a teevee producer. They're all screenwriters without credit. Else they'd be stalked.
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    09/02/09

    In reply to Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
    I hope she finds a licensed therapist to determine why she is a congenital liar.
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    09/02/09

    @IamnotStarJones: I'm not really sure it has everything to do with genitals, despite the new Bernie tell-all.
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    09/02/09

    In reply to Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
    Wouldn't it be super easy for her to just say what her "alias" is and call it a rest? Can you really attend college under an alias? I attended college with a few Hollywood actresses (and actors) that didn't use their legal name as their professional name. If you'd look them up in the alumni directory under their acting name nothing would show up. When they were students, they had their name removed from the campus directory for "privacy" reasons. But they were students, and some of them did manage to graduate.
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    Hydroceph promoted this comment Edited by Jezebabe at 09/02/09 5:20 PM Jezebabe was starred Jezebabe was unstarred
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    09/02/09

    @Jezebabe: I like that. "Managed to graduate."
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    09/02/09

    In reply to Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
    Roxanne was unable to substantiate such claims?

    She's all stuck up. Why do I say that? Cause she wouldn't give a site like Slate no rap.
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    09/02/09

    In reply to Roxanne Shante's Feel-Good Story a Fake?
    She can have my Ph.D. I'm not doing anything with it. She'll have to jump from social sciences to the humanities, however. Or she could just lie about that, too.
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    08/03/09

    In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
    Thank God for Amy Goodman.
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    08/03/09

    In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
    "... the big picture in all of this: that we now shamelessly live in an age when ..."

    Where you been, son?
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    08/02/09

    In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
    Oh, and Glenn Greenwald is actually principled and honest -- not to be mentioned in the same breath as the toady Rose and whore Wolffe.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    08/02/09

    In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
    I guess I'll have to read the Glenn's column to get some instances where Wolffe had, and didn't acknowledge, a conflict of interest. Until I do, I'll have to be scouring my internal tapes for times I thought he was sucking up to power. My superficial memory can't bring one up to me now.

    But, yeah, Dan Bartlett? Really?
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    08/02/09

    In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
    I admire Glenn Greenwald. I think he over-writes by about 25%, but it's part of his wonkish knowledge to lay it all out. I appreciate his sincerity and his sense of justice in this compromised world. He has an intense sense of right and wrong, and is not afraid to offend powerful people in pointing it out.

    Disappointed about Wolffe- I had rather liked him on TV. But I suppose Washington is full of whores, nothing new there.
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    08/04/09

    @Baroness: Well said. GG's posts occasionally seem to be written in such a furious reverie of indignation that he skimps on the editing, but I am a loyal reader. I even flipped him a few nickels during his last fund drive so he could buy the equipment required for him to be more of a presence on American television from his home in Brazil.
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    08/02/09

    In reply to The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
    The Glenn (la-de-da he has an extra n) Greenwald I know is not doing this for altruistic reasons, yo.

    He never says anything without an ulterior motive. Probably to keep the feud going.
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    Edited by Iwillnotauditionforastar at 08/02/09 4:24 PM Iwillnotauditionforastar was starred Iwillnotauditionforastar was unstarred
    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    08/02/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: Substantiate! Seriously. I'd like to hear more. What do you have?
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    Image of WretchedGnu WretchedGnu
    08/02/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: Uh... What the fuck are you talking about? Greenwald is one of the few political bloggers who actually knows something about the law.

    If you're a right-wing knob, just say that...
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    08/02/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar:

    Glenn is only 20% superfluous letterage, while Wolffe is 33%, since he has that extraneous f and a silent e.
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    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/03/09

    @WretchedGnu: He knows the law. Read what I write and then figure out what the words I mean say.

    I stand by he's not doing it for altruistic reasons.

    Stop. Go to MerriamWebster.com and learn those words.

    Not one of them mentions the law. Awww. Don't cry about being spanked.
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    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/03/09

    @Foster Kamer: I'm not saying you are wrong in your analysis.

    I'm not saying Glen(n) is wrong in his analysis.

    I'm simply making a qualitative analysis (geez, never expected to use that phrase on Gawker) based on my experience debating Glen(n) on multiple blogs that he is pushing this to destroy the agreement.

    Keep the left/right shout machine going. Shame then rally the troops to continue. Just my opinion based on my experience.

    Give me a sec to goog from 2006 for the perfect example.
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    Edited by Iwillnotauditionforastar at 08/03/09 2:24 AM Iwillnotauditionforastar was starred Iwillnotauditionforastar was unstarred
    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/03/09

    @Foster Kamer: I got 21,800 google results to go through.

    Send Glen(n) an e-mail and tell him to defend himself and we can have a mano e mano right here.
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    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    08/03/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: One could say this about any kind of political criticism, that all it does it "keep the shout machine going." So what's the alternative, if we want to avoid such an interpretation? To never be critical?
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    Edited by skt.smth at 08/03/09 2:54 AM skt.smth was starred skt.smth was unstarred
    Image of Iwillnotauditionforastar Iwillnotauditionforastar
    08/03/09

    @skt.smth: When I'm critical I'm clear about it. When some are critical they are disingenious about it.

    This is just my personal opinion, but I prefer an open battle of ideas that lets people decide on their own.

    Regardless of the outcome. My ideas win, YAY! My ideas lose, I sucked at presenting them or the ideas sucked. No biggee. The audacity of informed choice.
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    Edited by Iwillnotauditionforastar at 08/03/09 3:22 AM Iwillnotauditionforastar was starred Iwillnotauditionforastar was unstarred
    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    08/03/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: We're not understanding why you think Glenn Greenwald is disingenuous, though. That's the problem.
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    08/03/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: If he's correct and reporting stories other media can't or won't touch, why would his motives matter? I think it's very much in the interest of Fox News viewers and MSNBC viewers for him (for someone) to report this story. Same with his work on privacy and torture, both during Bush administration and continuing, sadly, under Obama.

    I'm not sure if that fits your definition of altruism, but it does strike me as a mark of integrity, which is something I value a lot more than altruism in any case. Especially in a journalist.
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    Mediahohoho promoted this comment Edited by Mediahohoho at 08/03/09 10:37 AM Mediahohoho was starred Mediahohoho was unstarred
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    08/03/09

    @Mediahohoho: We are starting to get very loose with who is a reporter and who is an editorialist, now aren't we?
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    08/04/09

    @Iwillnotauditionforastar: I'm not. He reports stories.
    You, on the other hand, are just kind of an ass.
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    06/29/09

    In reply to Happy Blogiversary to Mickey Kaus!
    If the Gawker comments worked, I wouldn't have bothered tumbling this.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06/29/09

    In reply to Happy Blogiversary to Mickey Kaus!
    Commence Phyllis Nefler freakout in 3, 2...
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    06/29/09

    @Foster Kamer: I already printed out his 10 year blogiversary post and taped it on the ceiling above my bed. The John-John fake rememberance (click here) is nectar of the gods. Mother's milk.


    Mickey can do no wrong. His word makes it so. Down with Rattner! Down with the LA Times! Down with John Edwards! Down with whatever immigration thing - I understand none of it - that Mickey doesn't like! I'm in love I'm in love and I don't care who knows it!

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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06/29/09

    @Phyllis Nefler: You need help. Maybe an intervention.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    06/29/09

    @Foster Kamer:


    C'mon it could be worse... Imagine what form a Cary Tennis crush would take?

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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    06/26/09

    In reply to Eddie, Woody, & Michael: Do We Even Care About Geniuses Anymore?
    All it would take is one great comedy to bring Eddie Murphy roaring back. The problem is, there aren't that many of them out there -- and he seems more interested in coasting through childish pap anyway.


    And, of course, we're all waiting for Woody to write another great comedy -- but we've seen all his tricks before, and it's starting to seem as if he's gotten too old to learn any new ones.

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