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willwriteforfood
08/27/09

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Aw, this photo broke my heart. I wish I were in Boston today because I am angry now. Laura Ingraham hosted O'Reilly tonight and she started out talking about how Kennedy was on the wrong side of history in all his endeavors. I almost threw my iPod at the TV. The wrong side of history? Which part, Laura? Civil rights, women's rights, AIDS funding, equal pay, gay rights. health care, disability rights? You wouldn't have a fucking job on TV if not for him, you moron.

Yesterday I mourned. Today, I got angry.
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CollegeCamel
08/27/09

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I wish I could've gone into town for this today...go figure I was born to the only two Republicans in Boston. There hasn't been one nice thing said about him in my house by anyone but me.
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Nariel
08/27/09

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It's so good to see a legitimate display of grief, rather than someone whining about how they 'want their country back'.
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BitchIsTheNewBlack
08/27/09

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That has been me since I heard the news, but at random moments. In the metro BAM I start to cry, washing the dishes BAM I start to cry, reading before bed BAM I start to cry :/
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PinkSoxHat
08/27/09

@BitchIsTheNewBlack: I was driving out of my (suburban Boston) apartmant complex this morning, and a maintance worker was lowering the flag to half staff, and I burst out in tears. That motivated me to use vacation time to see the motorcade. So, so worth it. I love you Teddy, may you rest in peace.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
08/27/09

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I feel like the girl in white.
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dcdulce
08/27/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I've been like that all day...damn you death!
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curiousgeorgiana
08/27/09

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Seeing all the flags at half-staff around DC today was heart-breaking and so touching. I'll be listening to taps as it's played for Ted on Saturday in Arlington. May he rest in peace.
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
08/27/09

@curiousgeorgiana: I cried yesterday when I saw the flag @ half-mast on the Capitol Building.
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curiousgeorgiana
08/27/09

@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Totally. It is such a simple tribute, but so beautiful. I saw the Capitol right at sunrise--just a few moments after I had heard the news on NPR. Many, many tears.
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partiegrl
04/22/09

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Like some others here, I am curious why Jezebel is covering this story so heavily when in 2007, another "Craigslist Killer" murdered an alumna from my college, Katherine Olson...which got no coverage on Jez. This is sad and appalling, yes, but it has happened before and we're being inundated here on Jez with information about this Craigslist murder when this is really, an ugly reality that happens more frequently than we'd like.
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Trulymadlyme
04/22/09

@partiegrl: See my comments above.
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That_little_attention_whore
04/22/09

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Also, I haven't seen the threat about the fiancee defending him, but is anyone actually surprised that she's saying he's a nice gentle guy? Like what was she supposed to say "oh, yeah, I always knew he was a sociopath, but I'm going to marry him anyway." WTF?
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JinxyMcDeath
04/22/09

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Not funny...but nerdy high school bully now automatically makes me picture Liz Lemon saying "How's your mom's pill addiction?"
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inabook
04/22/09

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The thing about him that shocks me isn't that he's clean-cut.

Its that he's a med student. As in, supposedly devoted to helping the lives of others. That, more than anyhting else, is what makes me doubt. Med student. How can you devote your life to the lives of others, and then also kill others?
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sciencerules
04/22/09

@inabook: Don't forget the God complex, belief that you're smarter/more capable than most people, competing with your entire class for everything, and the unbelievable stress of classes, boards, matching, etc. I'm biased because I know some incredible asshole medical students, but I wish "helping others" was higher on their list of priorities.
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SarahMC
04/22/09

@inabook: For real? Not all doctors are in it to devote their lives to others.
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inabook
04/22/09

@sciencerules: Oops, my idealism is showing. :-/
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Liz11685
04/22/09

@inabook: He might just be going to med school for the prestige if he really is a sociopath. He is also extremely young to be a second year med student so who knows what his long-term plans are.
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Jessica Haas
04/22/09

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Another thing I'm curious about, why is Jezebel covering this NOW? Like after he's caught and on trial? I e-mailed this to them right after Julissa died (I live in Boston)... Tbh, I care a lot more about Julissa than I do this guy and I think it's sort of messed up that they're giving more coverage to this guy being a sociopath than Julissa dying.
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Trulymadlyme
04/22/09

@Jessica Haas: I think it's a national media story because it's not simply a case of a sex worker murder. It's a double life living All American Blond Blue Eyed Boy that is driving this shit. Most of the interest in this story is about this guy and why or why not he is the murderous type.

Putting aside the obvs. issue of sex worker crimes, people are interested in this story because he doesn't "look" dangerous. I find that kind of troubling. The CNN anchor this morning was like, he doesn't look like a murderer. I yelled at the TV, "What then, does a murderer look like?" I asked this upthread, but I still don't really know.
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elephantshoes
04/22/09

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I wonder how many times this guy has seen American Psycho. It seems to me that he was attempting to live a version of that story.
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royaume de coeur
04/22/09

@elephantshoes: Quincy ain't no Upper West Side, believe me. But the stories are eerily similar.
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jigglyball
04/22/09

@royaume de coeur: Great Gatsby + American Psycho. What does that mean about F. Scott Fitzgerald and Bret Easton Ellis?
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utensil42
04/22/09

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I'm not sure what first lead the police to see him as a suspect, or what other evidence they have on him, but simply having "a semi-automatic weapon, ammunition, duct tape, and zip ties" does not a murder/kidnapper/robber make. That had best not be any part of their "damning" evidence against him, otherwise half the people I know (myself included) will be suspects next time someone in the area is murdered/kidnapped/robbed.
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stacyinbean
04/22/09

@utensil42: The email address used to set up the account that contacted both of these women was traced to his home using IP address identification. His cell phone was also tracked and was used in the vicinity of the hotels. They aren't just going on him owning a weapon and tape.
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bluebears
04/22/09

@utensil42: frankly all the evidence I've heard (and I'm sure they have evidence no one knows about) has me suspicious but FAR from convinced. FAR.
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amphora
04/22/09

@utensil42: the same type of gun as the robbery weapon, zip ties, ammunition, duct tape, emails, IP addresses, cell phone tracking, gambling debts plus personal issues like a roommate who has never heard of his fiancee and a fiancee whose best friends/bridesmaids have never meet him... all point to this dude as THE dude. I don't think the police are jumping the gun in arresting this guy. They've got some compelling evidence.
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Maritsa
04/22/09

@utensil42: The first victim also identified him. And there are pictures of him leaving the hotel after the second victim was killed. Of course no one piece of evidence is "beyond a reasonable doubt." But put it together cumulatively with other evidence, and it starts to get there.
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doodley is not amused
04/22/09

@utensil42: MSNBC.com is reporting now that some items from two victims have been found in his apartment.
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truckasaurus
04/22/09

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Jeez, his fiance must be a little off her rocker as well. Her reasoning for why her betrothed is in this situation reads like a paranoid delusion.

I understand she must be (rightfully) devastated, but to think that he's being set up by cops selling their story to "companies" is completely bizarre.
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SarahMC
04/22/09

@truckasaurus: She's telling the media to leave him alone. She's clearly not his intellectual equal because, eh, that's not how the justice system operates. It's not like ABC News put him in handcuffs. What an idiot.
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Sev
04/22/09

@truckasaurus: I feel really bad for her and I don't think she's an idiot. I think she's naive and "in love" and therefore, in denial.

Markoff could have told her "They're doing this to us for the money!" and she, blinded by love and the life she thinks they're going to have together, believes him.
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stacyinbean
04/22/09

@Sev: But how do you get money out of this at all? Yesterday she was saying the police were making money off of it, not sure how that's even possible!
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truckasaurus
04/22/09

@Sev: I didn't say she was an idiot, but I do think she's delusional and has the crazy idea that the world is - for some reason - conspiring against her and her boyfriend.

If my boyfriend was arrested for murder, I MIGHT maintain that he's innocent against some of the odds but I wouldn't blame his arrest on the police's intention on selling their story to "companies".
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lalaland13
04/22/09

@truckasaurus: Yeah, I'd tend to agree with you. I understand not wanting to believe your fiance did this. I really do-I mean, what do we expect her to say in response to this? "Oh yes well duh." It's going to take her a while to come to terms with what police are accusing him of doing. But police don't arrest someone because they want to sell that story to magazines. If you arrest someone, it's public information. Anyone has access to it. So I don't get why she's claiming police are "selling it to companies" when anyone who wants it is supposed to be able to walk into the prosecutor's office/police department and look at the arrest reports/affidavits, etc.
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sciencerules
04/22/09

@truckasaurus: Delusional? Or abused? This whole "world against us" story is a common one told by abusers. I don't want to presume his guilt, but if he *was* meeting sex workers on the side, and if he *was* violent and moody, it stands to reason that she might bear the brunt of some of that as well.

Regardless, I have nothing but sympathy for this girl. It must be so painful to watch your most loved one get torn apart so publicly, and to have yourself dragged into it too.
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Liz11685
04/22/09

@sciencerules: I mentioned this briefly yesterday- I think she possibly could have been abused by him and fears for her own safety if she doesn't cover up for him
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
04/22/09

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If Law and Order: SVU taught me anything its that the rich university blonde kid is always guilty.
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WaltzingMatilda
04/22/09

@mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: But! You always have to harass the minority custodian first. And then you are proved wrong, and the audience learns a helpful lesson. Then you arrest the blonde white guy just when he thinks he outwitted you. DUN DUN.
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Peace.Love.Hair Grease
04/22/09

@mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it:

So is the socialite wife of the alleged suspect in the first 30 minutes of the show. It is never the scruffy ex-heroin addicts or registered sex offenders they interrogate in the first 15 minutes. Never.
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Maritsa
04/22/09

@WaltzingMatilda(theOriginal): And half the time there is a woman who made the man do it (either by driving him to it or actually inciting him) or actually did it herself.

I don't have stats, obviously, but I've got to guess that women commit sex crimes on SVU waaaay more frequently than the do in reality.
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That_little_attention_whore
04/22/09

@Peace, Love, and Hair Grease: or it turns out to be the mother of the minority lacrosse, I mean football, player who is falsely accused of rape.

Damn, that was a great episode.
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