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DevilsAvocadoRedux
10/30/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
oh, jesus christ people - have you never heard of the white parties, miami palm springs and elsewhere? and blaaack in NYC? where have you been? it's OVER already #pressreleaseoftheday
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
10/30/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: #pressreleaseoftheday
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
10/30/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: whoa - I just posted as a straight guy in australia. strange !!! #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@MncinglyWhordL'mer: Well, that's a relief Mins. Thought the multiple personalities were back. Or the acid blackouts. I'd much rather that it was due to the actions of a mind-crashingly gorgeous gay pink-haired troll-doll on the West Coast. #pressreleaseoftheday
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AndIAmTellingYou
10/29/09

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Epic Fail #pressreleaseoftheday
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Elektra
10/29/09

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This is why God invented the en-dash. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Hamilton Nolan
10/29/09

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THE JOKE IS THE PRESS RELEASE HEADLINE, SEE. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Perhaps Not
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Oh, Hamilton. I fear that you have expected from us a level of sophistication that most of us have never indicated possessing. #pressreleaseoftheday
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topsy
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Oh dear, where are all the gayz at? The White party has been around for ever; it's on the circuit. I believe there's even a Black party too. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Choire
10/29/09

@topsy: Indeed. Hamilton is EXTREMELY heterosexual (God bless him!) and has no idea what is going on here. Adorable. #pressreleaseoftheday
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BadUncle
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
This White Party - does it have a big tent? #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
10/29/09

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Guest of honor President Obama will be welcomed for half the party's duration. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: But only if he spends the rest of the night serving canapes and cocktails to the other, paler guests. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/03/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: Make sure they count the silverware at the end of the evening! #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: I know. Just can't trust the hired help these days. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: Today it's the silverware, tomorrow, the Treasury. OutRAGEOUS. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/03/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: He keeps this up and he's not getting his 40 acres OR a mule. We don't have to stand for this, you know. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: One thing I cannot countenance... absolutely makes my blue blood boil and my milky-white complexion mottle with rage... is when the indentured classes seek to rise above their station. We must convene something. Immediately. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/03/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: I'll get the bunting put up, you cull together the guest list of the outraged and melanin-challenged and we'll storm the WH.

*also, why are you redux? Born again? #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/03/09

@scroll_lock: Because, much to my enduring sorrow, after several months' inactivity due to work and travel commitments, I logged back on to my original DA account, only to find that my 'ability to comment was not enabled'. It can't have been anything I said - I hadn't said anything for some time. Most likely fell through the cracks when the system overhaul took place. I've tried to find out what went wrong via a couple of editors, but received no response. A kind-hearted fellow commenter bequeathed me a seldom-used identity, which I rebranded. But here I am, my comments stuck in grey-fonted limbo, with no friends or followers, far less a well-burnished star. I am bereft. But determined to work my way up the food chain once more. Provided real life doesn't intrude and render procrastination redundant. Towards that end, if you feel so inclined, I would welcome a re-hearting from you under my new identity. Always a pleasure, Scrolly. #pressreleaseoftheday
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scroll_lock
11/04/09

@DevilsAvocadoRedux: Rehearted with heart! You'll have your star back in no time. #pressreleaseoftheday
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DevilsAvocadoRedux
11/04/09

@scroll_lock: Hart to Hart. Indebted. But not indentured. #pressreleaseoftheday
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Claire Buoyant
10/29/09

In reply to Attention, White Party-Goers
Unfortunate concatenation of words from the hotel, but a little Googling shows the White Party has been around for years and supports a good cause.
[www.whiteparty.org]
[en.wikipedia.org]
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DahlELama
10/29/09

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Wow, this could be the basis for a whole new version of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Never underestimate the power of a poorly placed hyphen! #pressreleaseoftheday
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Claire Buoyant
10/29/09

@DahlELama: Wiki (see above) tells me party-goers are required to wear white. Maybe they'll be in sheets. #pressreleaseoftheday
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drunkexpatwriter
10/29/09

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I'm pretty sure that's a gay party instead of a white party.

They probably just didn't want to have people have to type "gay" or something else that could be embarrassing if they are trying to book from work and are worried their computers are monitored. #pressreleaseoftheday
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
10/30/09

@drunkexpatwriter: baby, these parties started BEFORE the internet #pressreleaseoftheday
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Mediahohoho
07/21/09

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I thought that we built this city on rock and roll.
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FormerEnglishMajor
07/21/09

@Mediahohoho: damn you....now I have that POS going through my head......
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ArleenCookies
07/21/09

In reply to Rachel Maddow Eviscerates Pat Buchanan Again
It seems to me that Sonia Sotomayor is a shining example of how AA is supposed to work. Sure, affirmative action may have helped her get into Princeton and Yale, and also may have helped her pay for the education, however, Justice Sotomayor still had to do the work to graduate at the top of her class and receive the honors she received. She still had to practice law exceptionally well to become a judge in the first place, and she still had to judge in a consistent and reasoned manner in order to be named to the 2nd circuit and now to the Supreme Court. In other words, affirmative action doesn't mean that the individual in question is somehow absolved of doing any of the hard work to get ahead, but rather gives them the opportunity to excel when they might not have had it in the first place. For centuries we squandered the intelligence and industriousness of underprivileged men and women, and affirmative action is one way, maybe imperfect, but a way nonetheless to tap into the vast unused potential within this country. I hope that one day we won't need affirmative action, but after watching the hearings I sadly realize we aren't there yet.
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maddoxhair
07/21/09

In reply to Rachel Maddow Eviscerates Pat Buchanan Again
i have to take issue with some of the finer points. e.g. for yale law review to say that sotomayor's appointment having something to do with affirmative action is buchannan's "opinion" is not really a refutation of his statement. ideally, i would like to see this taken further. as constructed, this was a bit of a stretch, and this and a few other minor points weren't really necessary to make the obvious point, that pat buchannan is a buffoon.

HOWEVER, big picture, buchannan, despite his credentials, merits, experiences, insights etc. (let's give the devil his due), really screwed the pooch on this one and maddow called him out on it eloquently.

i think i'm in love
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thefilth
07/21/09

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I think the thing that gets lost in Affirmative Action discussions is the acknowledgment that minorities rarely have any network in the job market.

My brother in law is ready to get into his field, having completed his education and the family quickly composed a list of contacts of people that would hire him because of their personal relationship.

I don't have that or anything like that. In my family, I'm only the second person to have finished my college education. My parents didn't pay for it, I worked in a factory and got some grants. I couldn't find work, and when I did, I was usually immediately mistrusted by some members of the staff.

At one job, in my first week, I overheard some employees saying they didn't trust me and wouldn't work for me. Most critics don't anything about going through this.
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TomRegan
07/21/09

@thefilth:

Couldn't that be a socio-economic difference rather than a race one?
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allyzay
07/21/09

@TomRegan: Of course socio-economics are involved, but minorities are more disproportionately affected by socio-economic disadvantages overall.
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MissNormaDesmond
07/21/09

@TomRegan: Huh? Why is it important to you to split hairs in this way? The point is that race and SES are interrelated.
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