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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    10:19 AM

    In reply to It Gets Worse: Meg Whitman's Sons' Racism and Entitlement Were Stuff of Legend
    Raising the the Twitmans in an environment of spoiled white privilege has done a disservice to spoiled white privilege.
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    09:43 AM

    In reply to Lola Karimov: The Surprisingly Glamorous Daughter of a Brutal Uzbek Dictator
    The Surprisingly Glamorous Daughter of a Brutal Uzbek Dictator. . .

    . . . that was receiving until recently (for over a decade) about $150 million in US taxpayer money (military aid) not counting the law-enforcement training we provided Karimov's security apparatus and, in one case, a free gift of thousands of police batons and riot shields. USA! USA! USA!
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    09:15 AM

    In reply to It Gets Worse: Meg Whitman's Sons' Racism and Entitlement Were Stuff of Legend
    Griff? Will? Tagg? Is there some terminal-double-consonant rule for sons of famous, wealthy assholes?
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    08:27 AM

    In reply to It Gets Worse: Meg Whitman's Sons' Racism and Entitlement Were Stuff of Legend
    It's kind of important to document stuff like this now, before they start running for office or getting CEO positions at public companies.

    Wonder what sorta hijinks Meg got up to in school? Hmm?
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    Image of Charolastra Charolastra
    10:27 AM

    @BettyCrocker: Isn't it tragic though that with the right strategist at the helm their appalling behavior would be tagged as "youthful indiscretions"?

    The rule of thumb among American oligarchs seems to be that as long as you embrace Jesus and adopt folksy mannerisms, you can still have a shot at national office even if there's a paper record as long as the Great Wall of China of your doucehbaggery
    (See George W. Bush)
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    BettyCrocker promoted this comment Edited by Charolastra at 12/18/09 10:29 AM Charolastra was starred Charolastra was unstarred
    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    10:29 AM

    @Charolastra: And Palin. And Huckabee. And, well, all the rest.
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    Image of NowMyButtHurts NowMyButtHurts
    08:24 AM

    In reply to Tiger Woods Girl + Ronn [sic] Torossian = This (Updated)
    wait.. Three Olives Root Beer Vodka(?)

    i'm pretty sure THAT is my Fear Factor
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    03:23 AM

    In reply to How a Fake Twitter Death Report Tragically Came True
    My condolences to Chris Henry's loved ones. It must have been terrible having to experience a loss overshadowed by something like this; especially if you bought into the news 12 hours earlier, only to be short-changed your relief by something this tragic.

    Edit: Took out a lame joke about Fake Gerry. It wasn't funnier than the tragedy of the situation.
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    12/17/09

    In reply to Snooki on Leno: So Dumb She Must Be Acting
    What's sad is that Snooki is a Rhodes Scholar compared to your average Battle of the Jaywalk Allstars contestant.
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    12/17/09

    In reply to More on Meg Whitman's Fratty Princeton Son
    I'm skeptical about that "bodyguard roomie" story. It sounds too far fetched. Why get another 18 year old kid to protect your son when you can hire all the security you want? And unless the roommate was getting paid, why would he care if Griff got kidnapped?
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    12/17/09

    In reply to How a Fake Twitter Death Report Tragically Came True
    I hope that means that is not Gerry's real picture.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Decade Reality Evolved into a Beautiful Beast
    Just adding my own sidenote: obviously the British need their own category, because they've basically got this whole reality thing sealed up over there, and they freaking own it (so sayeth Snooki). Besides giving us the proto-AI with Pop Idol (and improving the format with the X-Factor), they've birthed the "...Got Talent" franchise, and also given us those ridiculous BBC3 documentaries that sometimes get shown here in America (Me and My Big Breasts, Super Botox Me, What's Eating Victoria Beckham?). Katie Price's (nee Jordan's) line of television shows, in their own right, are a gift to the human race, especially when coupled with her appearances on Graham Norton, which rank as both the most cringe-worthy and hilarious examples of a reality personality literally piercing the lexicon and worming their way into it headfirst. And unlike our meandering results of competition shows, their winners actually achieve greatness: Girls Aloud (and subsequently Cheryl Cole), Leona Lewis, Will Young all have done surprisingly well. While their formats might be dying (Big Brother just got canned), I don't think they have the diminishing returns of American reality, as evidenced by the strength of the X-Factor alongside the general weakness of American Idol. So, long live the Queen and all that horseshit.
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    12/17/09

    @ampersandparade: I should also add the British have a tendency to be somewhat self-aware with their reality programming, and not so goddamn serious about it as we are in America. For those that need evidence, please Google or YouTube Dead Set for all your zombie Big Brother horror/hilarity.
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    12/17/09

    In reply to Snooki on Leno: So Dumb She Must Be Acting
    Is Gawker actually mildly surprised that she's sorta dumb, ignoring for a moment the fact that that's why they were put on television in the first place, for us to ridicule and feel better about ourselves?
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    12/17/09

    In reply to The Beatrice Inn Diaspora
    Tell me they weren't dancing in that photo, because that semi-pointer finger would be too Travoltaish.
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    Image of transomist transomist
    12/17/09

    In reply to The Beatrice Inn Diaspora
    Bummed to hear this about White Slab. That place actually gets some great DJs (real DJs, not of the Alexandra Richards/Matt Levine/Sam Ronson ilk) to play its back room. Hopefully the Bea Fleas won't ruin that.
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    12/17/09

    In reply to The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
    wow, I didn't realize anyone cared...
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    12/17/09

    In reply to Who's Crazier: Palin-ites or Scientologists?
    I have read the comments and thought his over

    Palinities- angry, possible packing heat, and my allegiance elite english grammar might make them unbearable, easily bribed with promise of tickets to Glen Beck.

    Scientologist-crazy, i don't speak their language, the possibility of a potentially dangerous person with a metal illness highly likely, crazy people are strong, easily distracted with shiny new e-meter.

    Palinites , grudgingly, but psychotics are tricky to handle.
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