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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:12 PM Original message |
Tin Foil Hat alert... why was the head of the IMF arrested? |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because he raped a maid? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. raped? that usually = vaginal or anal intercourse. i didn't hear anything like that took place. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. OK, tried to force his dick into her mouth, and held her against her will. You cool with that? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
171. It's not "rape-rape." |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You're going to nitpick? How bizarre! |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Sodomy includes oral copulation. Forced sodomy is rape. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #22 |
102. then why didn't they charge him with rape? |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:01 AM Response to Reply #102 |
121. Laws and legal charges vary from state to state |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. well, according to the charges listed for the court case, they didn't charge him because there was |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #122 |
161. Wrong--rape is genital to genital contact.*** Forcing his penis into her mouth--not touching lips, |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Forced oral sex is rape too...nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #26 |
103. but they didn't charge him with rape, sid. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
157. Because in New York State 'rape' means genital/genital. Contact of mouth to genital is |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Oh, sweet Jesu. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. wow. nt |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. I would not expect YOU of all people to make this argument |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. things *are* normally swept under the rug. which is why my first assumption in a case like this is: |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. Ahhh that make perfect sense then |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #76 |
173. Right, He's a great Socialist Hero, reforming the IMF, thus, he was targeted.... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #173 |
178. Spitzer? Seriously. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
168. I would. n/t |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. He has scratch marks on his chest and medical officiers have stated they |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
64. I heard they had some DNA evidence. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
85. Truth be told, I haven't heard the details. But if it were my daughter, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. And in the State of new york it is statutory rape |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #86 |
105. and in nyc grabbing someone's boobs, genital area & touching their mouth "twice" with penis = |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #105 |
162. Delete dupe |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #105 |
163. Nope---Criminal Sexual Abuse, from the forced penis/mouth penetration, |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
119. Yeah, something very much like that took place--he shoved his cock down her throat. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #119 |
130. if you read the court documents you'll find he did no such thing. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #130 |
158. Do you have a cite for the court documents? n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #130 |
160. "Forcibly made contact with his penis and defendant's mouth." Not her lips. Mouth. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
152. Did you seriously just write that.................... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #152 |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #152 |
164. Socialists can't "rape-rape" I guess....n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm? I thot it was a sign not to screw with |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. He cited this corredtly as the tin foil alert |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jeffrey Toobin pointed out that diplomatic immunity doesn't extend to all crimes |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh that is NEWS to me |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:44 PM Original message |
The IMF isn't a nation. Why would he have diplomatic immunity? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Because it is an international body |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
47. I read that he doesn't have diplomatic immunity. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:23 PM Original message |
Doesn't make any sense to me at all, actually. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Apparently he has a reputation for this in France... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yep, the French want him prosecuted |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
110. lol. what a bunch of crap. "THE FRENCH"? every last one of them? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. LINK? Juicy link? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Today in the morn in the MSNBC |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
112. there's no link, nadin. and your basis for the implied claim that "the french" |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. guardian uk |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
106. that's not a link. that's the name of a newspaper. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
87. he has a reputation for *rape*? more like for being a ladies man/adulterist i believe. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
179. Yes, because viral marketing hasn't been invented yet. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because there was enough evidence that he committed a nonconsensual sexual act that |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I presume that's a rape kit that WILL be processed? Immediately? |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. They collected DNA evidence but the nature of that material has |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
134. given that the court documents don't charge rape, and the sequence of events |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #134 |
166. Where, on the charge sheet, are her 'lips' mentioned? Show us how 'mouth' became 'lips' in your |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #134 |
169. BRAWK! why isn't he charged with rape? BRAWK! n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #169 |
174. Please the conures are not that obtuse |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
177. Are they allowed to make that public before jury selection? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. "enough evidence" = the maid said so. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. There would be more than that to take this on. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
135. well, if you look at the charges there's no allegation of any kind of penetration. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. It is enough to arrest the man. He will have a trial. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. In related news: |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. He's a French Socialist? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #60 |
128. Yup, yup. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
75. give them a day or so. the us iso isn't necessarily on top of what sinos in the french sp are |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #75 |
129. The wikipedia article on this guy says that he's on the right wing of a center-left party. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. lol. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. With all due respect, only the justice system has to hold to the presumption of innocence. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
124. Any judge that allows a jurer who proclaims guilt or innocence of the accused... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. And I have convicted nobody. I want this man to stand trial. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
126. Indeed, it appears people here want him to be able to leave the country... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #126 |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Saying we need more than the 'maid said it' |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
62. He's not locked up for life. He's locked up to await trial. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. Complete misrepresentation of my point. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:18 AM Response to Reply #81 |
125. One can presume guilt without all the facts. To say there are no facts available is simply not true. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #125 |
150. My response, to which you are responding, |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:42 AM Response to Reply #81 |
146. Since this thread, and this sub-thread *is* about detention before trial, you should have |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. Do you have anything to say to the commenter to whom I was |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. You've brought it on yourself with your strawman argument |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #153 |
155. 'You've brought it on yourself'. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. You think the man has already been locked up for life |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #156 |
170. Don't tell me what I think. Ask me and I will tell YOU. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #81 |
148. You were replying to a post of mine. Nowhere have I said |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. What you did was attempt to impune my integrity by asserting, |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #149 |
176. I asserted nothing. I asked you questions, which you answered. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
120. Persons arrested for sexual assault are released on bail all the time... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:42 AM Response to Reply #120 |
137. as is sarkozy's tight relationship with the US & its intelligence services. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Defending the bourgeoisie against the proles? Where am I? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Just assume he's a Republican...surely then you'd call him guilty nt |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
139. hardly. if he were a republican i just wouldn't post unless there was something i thought |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I know, you do not take a man such as this down just because |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Diplomatic immunity is complicated and I don't know much about it, but I don't think it applies |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Oh trust me, it is gets complicated |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. It is my understanding from an earlier news report that he was |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. I don't know... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. IBTM. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. Throw 'em all in prison, for all I care. They've done a lot to ensure poor countries stay poor. nt |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
36. I highly doubt this is an elaborate scheme. It's probably about the accusation and not much else |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. it is laughable, in a disgusting way, how we will defend the worst, if it meets agenda. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. Truer words were never posted on DU... n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
68. +100 |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
93. Sad but true. nt |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. it should certainly be worthwhile to find out what it might be |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. Because it appears he was a "Fucking Pervert" all these years... |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. well, most likely |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. And that matters how? nt |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. with respect to the OP |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Rich fuckwits, even those who've (maybe) seen the light, are not |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yep! +! |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I share your skepticism towards the rich |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. It's not about the "Money" it's about the Attitude of Entitlement! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. lol's...I read financial sites, mostly...so I definitely know who he is. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Given the severity of the charges |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
55. Seems pretty cut and dried to me: he tried to rape a housekeeper |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. Had he been in DC, he might not have been arrestable. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. My understanding is that your understanding is wrong. That is, violent crimes aren't covered |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. And we had to let go of a diplomat |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #57 |
79. Your understanding certainly seems more rational than my understanding. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #79 |
116. Some answers |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #79 |
147. Hmmm |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Well, had he been a contractor of a foreign government agency |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. "I'm sure many here..." depends on what you define as "many." |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. I didn't make any judgment in my post. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:23 AM Response to Reply #63 |
132. did people argue that in the blackwater case? |
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reorg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #132 |
154. yes |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because he was ready to drop the dime on the HAARP program and how it caused |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
96. LOL |
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Philippine expat (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
65. He has diplomatic immunity |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. You don't lose it that easily |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. Did Sarkozy set him up |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. he knew he was a rapist? so all he had to do was put maid in his way? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
98. CNN reported tonight that he had warned Sarkozy about his |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
100. Given his ahem... field trips were a .... an open secret |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #100 |
107. lol.. nadin knows all the gossip from french "polite society"!!!! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
73. BECAUSE HE IS A FUCKING RAPIST. End of Subject. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. ya. that. nt |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. can you point me to where he was convicted of that please? n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. Has George Bush been convicted of being a cowardly murdering opportunistic |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #73 |
140. then why didn't they charge him with rape? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
80. Because he was accused of sexual assault? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. Good points all. You know the guy has uber-elite attorneys on his side; |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #80 |
143. actually, it's interesting that the press is headlining "rape" & "sexual assault" charges |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #143 |
172. You amuse me |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
82. BURN him. he's as bad as that German guy who kidnapped the Lindbergh baby. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
83. The charges are so shocking...that a politician would act so is shocking... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Listenig to the BBC in the afternoon |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. "We also have an issue of testosterone, power and money." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Perhaps, not the correct phrasing |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #99 |
111. I was simply pointing out that most men have testosterone coursing through their veins, yet... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #111 |
113. My apologies for not making it clear |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #97 |
165. but power, money AND testerone sure seem to make it easy n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #83 |
118. sarkozy's stepmother (mother of his half-siblings) = now wife of (cia, aig) frank wisner jr. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #118 |
175. Well, there's the CIA and UBS, but where's the Gates Foundation, the Bilderbergers |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
88. LOL @ the defending of this creep. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Well I just brought here the tinfoil hattery regarding this |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:35 AM Response to Reply #94 |
145. if any forced sexual act is rape, then why isn't he being charged with rape? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #145 |
167. BRAWK! why isn't he charged with rape? BRAWK! n/t |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
91. Hmmmm.....Curious indeed..... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Yep, some of the things coming out from FRANCE |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
101. We don't know one way or the other. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. The BBC went ito the self destructive today |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
109. what i was told by a japanese expat living in paris was that both the japanese |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #109 |
114. There's "discreet", and there there's "discreet" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #114 |
117. that's "indiscreet". :>) |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #101 |
115. Well stated,woo me with science |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:28 AM Response to Reply #101 |
144. a remarkably stupid & self-destructive act. as was calling the hotel to get his cell phone |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
123. Strauss-Kahn wife famous in her own write (NY Post headline) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #123 |
127. Oh my lord |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #127 |
133. why? because she's a journalist? because they're rich? because she's jewish? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:10 AM Response to Reply #133 |
142. because she was born in new york? c'mon, nadin, clue me in. |
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