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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    in regards to the underweight=no condom thing, could that possibly relate to an assumption that amenorrhoea means no pregnancy risk? #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    You know, in every other developed country people would laugh themselves to death at the concept of caring enough to conduct a poll to find the "least religious state." And we condemn Saudi Arabia for being a theocracy...bullshit. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    the idea of a "medical dessert" puts a smile on my face. I guess because I imagine a little kid with cancer eating it and feeling better. well, anyone, really, who would benefit from it! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    Is it wrong to be glad that the optimism slipped down? I actually met someone (granted an idiot about most things) who said that clearly there is no discrimination anymore against black people since Obama was able to get elected. It made me a little fearful that some people would decide there are no more problems to be worked on. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    I am suspicious of this Obama / Clinton story, because when Obama was actually vetting candidates for VP he and his team went out of their way to repeatedly state that they were not vetting Hillary. So this sounds revisionist to me: I'm sure she came up at some point (early) in the discussions, but it wasn't serious enough for her to be even in the top 5 or however many were vetted. I think that now that having her in his Administration has gone well, they're trying to make it look like they considered her seriously, because it clearly would not have been a political misstep. But I still remember those times, and you can't fool somebody who pays attention. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @yvanehtnioj: That would make me sad. Because first it would make me like Obama more if it was true and secondly, I have real big problems with people revising history. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @yvanehtnioj: He could have seriously considered her without her making the short list. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @yvanehtnioj: During the election, I think they were attempting to make sure it didn't look like they were getting bullied into considering her, that they were in control of the process. I think this story is probably true. #crackerbarrel
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    10/30/09

    @mommy_dearest: I think you're partly right, but not about being bullied. He won the primary, so the "bully", if there was one, would be him. But I do agree that they considered the outward image a lot, which could lead to this story (Obama saying, well if I want a good SoS, she's got the creds... but then for undisclosed reasons not even vetting her) being true. But not being complimentary. I just think, everyone knew she was "considered". And we knew she didn't make it to the vetting stage. So for him to say she was "considered seriously" just seems like a sop. The words have no meaning. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    Fun. More stupid policy that makes absolutely no sense from the standpoint of providing health benefits. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    OMG, poor, poor Safiya Abdulle. Suddenly I have a very bad taste in my mouth. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @yvanehtnioj: Apparently she agreed. And hey, if you're going to be married off to an older man, maybe it's better to marry one who'll die in the next five years. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Norton: Yeah, according to her new eleventy year old husband and her parents she agreed. No quote from her. Also, if the standard is, "if you're going to be married off to an older man," count me as a conscientious objector. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @yvanehtnioj: This entire conversation, and the fact that Abdulle probably (possibly) agreed to this as a best-of-a-bad-situation-deal makes me want to curl up in a corner and die just a little bit. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    If your team slogan is "Go Cocks!" then it is only right that you practice good sexual health. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @NellMood: And if your mascot is a Trojan. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    Dear Evangelists:

    STAY THE EFF AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND. WE WILL NOT SUCCUMB TO YOUR PLOYS! You don't want to see a Puritan get angry.

    Apathetically yours and proud of it,
    M.McC #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: I find proseletysing so rude and presumptive. It genuinely offends me, and does a lot more harm than good in terms of my opinion of them. Plenty of religions don't rely on invasive conversion efforts, and they're doing just fine. I wish evangelicals would mind their own holy business.
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    10/30/09

    @Mary McCarthyite: Here, here! We New Englanders already have something to be religious about: The Patriots. Or the Red Sox. Or the Celtics. Oh yeah, and at one time the Bruins. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    New Zealand is made of awesome? Now with ice cream awesome sauce! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Ailatan: Why thank you, we like to try. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane: We're fellow southern hemisphere dwellers, I see. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Ailatan: Indeed! I'm glad I'm not the only one who would be disadvantaged by the fact by the time we get up, it's the end of the day on Jezebel.

    And in relation to the ice cream, you'd really hope that New Zealand could do something good with it, our whole economy is based on dairy! (and it might go someway to rebalance karma after the Chinese baby formula/melamine situation) #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane: Oh! I'm actually fairly close to the timezone, with only an hour's difference. I'm in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    It's such a cool thing, ice cream + helping cancer patients = New Zealand rules! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Ailatan: Except for people like me that would hurt if they ate ice cream :( #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Lymed: really? lactose intolerance? #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Ailatan: No. Chronic pain condition and dairy increases my inflammation. I have to stay away from all cow dairy, even lactose free. But maybe the magic New Zealand ice cream would cure my pain! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Lymed: I'm sorry to hear that, let's hope it does!! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Ailatan: Or maybe I just need to head down to Buenos Aires and eat a diet full of Argentinean beef. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Lymed: I have to say my Mum's asado has cured many an ailment ;) #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Ailatan: I'll stop by next time I'm in Buenos Aires #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Lymed: Please do, I'm luring many Jezzies :) #crackerbarrel
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    10/30/09

    @Ailatan: I'm lactose intolerant. Ice cream is both delicious and problematic. Just like cheese. A glass of milk, though? Instant headache. (Plus assorted problems.) #crackerbarrel
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    10/30/09

    @yvanehtnioj: I'm sorry to hear that, I have many issues with dairy products, I don't want to call lactose intolerance because I'm not really sure. I don't eat it because afterwards I feel like crap. #crackerbarrel
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    10/30/09

    @Ailatan: just feel like crap, or feel like exploding? when ever I have any milk product I feel like my intestines are going to explode- and the pain is unreal. and I acquired lactose intolerance half way through life. when does that get fair, I liked chocolate.

    no one believes me either. I have given up saying I am lactose intolerant because people just scoff. so I say it a belief choice. #crackerbarrel
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    10/30/09

    @eleanor.riley: I know this is TMI but I get bloated and gassy, and my stomach hurts. #crackerbarrel
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    10/30/09

    @Ailatan: exactly. it is horrid. the pills for it are in the embarrassing aliments aisle at the drugstore- next to the laxatives and suppositories. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Girls At "Weight Extremes" Less Likely To Use Condoms • Obama Considered Clinton For VP
    What exactly is a "normal weight"? #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @FontWhore (the Great Nubling Hope): The weight at which you do everything normally? #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @FontWhore (the Great Nubling Hope): The weight at which you use condoms, apparently. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @FontWhore (the Great Nubling Hope): Ooo, I can answer this one. At least for my height (5'9"). I saw a casting call from the local film school here for a woman of my height and age, and then it specified "normal weight" and spelled out that that was "no more than 120 pounds".

    So there you go. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @FontWhore (the Great Nubling Hope): The one at which, as a girl, you don't get teased, harassed, and possibly attacked because your body is perceived as "wrong".

    (And in our society, good luck with that.) #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @redqueenmeg: I wouldn't be surprised if that was from Hollywood. But a film school? #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @lalie (apologetic mess): Throw out the scale, ladies! Just use a condom and your dieting days are done! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Lymed: www.fullsail.edu but the audition notice was written by students and not sanctioned by the school. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @mommy_dearest: how are we not already 'friends'?! #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @redqueenmeg:

    People always, always seem to think women either weigh 100 or 120 pounds. 100 if you are petite or taller and extremely skinny, 120 if you short but curvy or tall and normal. Unless you are underweight or overweight, people will always guess one of those two numbers. It's incredible. #crackerbarrel
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    10/29/09

    @Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Now we are! #crackerbarrel
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    07/23/09

    In reply to "Ultimate Obama Insider" Valerie Jarrett Gets The Job Done
    Dear Sarah Palin,
    THIS is what a pitbull in lipstick looks like.
    love,
    Attila
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    07/23/09

    In reply to "Ultimate Obama Insider" Valerie Jarrett Gets The Job Done
    Met her at Vanity Fair party after WH Corresopndent's Dinner cool cool cool cool -- and so beautifully dressed! A big diff from the Bush era...
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    07/22/09

    In reply to "Ultimate Obama Insider" Valerie Jarrett Gets The Job Done
    Great timing Megan. I just today decided to "get to know the White House staff", (even though I'm not American) and have made tentative searches on them all. Lots to read. Any chance of more write ups about the other women on the staff? That would be awesome.
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    07/22/09

    @CerebralMagpie: great idea!!!
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    07/22/09

    In reply to "Ultimate Obama Insider" Valerie Jarrett Gets The Job Done
    Jarrett sounds amazing, but it was incredibly frustrating to read about how much typical white dude bullshit she faced within Obama's campaign. At least to me, the reasons Plouffe, Axelrod, and Emmanuel dislike her sound flimsy, even ridiculous, and more like sexist backlash than legitimate complaints. It's getting harder and harder to think of the Democrats as the better ones, or even as the lesser of two evils.
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    07/22/09

    @somedisaster: I'm disappointed to hear there was some seeming sexist BS from Emmanuel. We were all touting him as so hawt earlier this year, and a real hard hitter as CoS.
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    07/22/09

    @somedisaster: I definitely agree that those dudes came across as dicks. But I can also see being annoyed at the presence of a free agent who is accountable only to the top. Imagine if it were an article about a Bush staffer who goes wherever and does whatever to keep Bush in touch with the Texan mentality, I'd be ralphing and calling it a constitutional crisis.
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    07/22/09

    @CerebralMagpie: you're surprised? It is classic Emmanuel. I have never been a fan.
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    07/22/09

    @J.D.Regent: Oh, I can definitely hear your criticism. I just don't think that's the criticism that Plouffe and Emmanuel and Axelrod were making- especially when it comes to stuff like Emmanuel being peeved over something that seems ridiculously unimportant in the grand scheme of things, or Axelrod excluding her from his "hard core politics" meetings. Those seem more like sexist slights than legit criticisms of her lack of accountability. It might just be that I'm super sensitive about this kind of stuff, because it happens so fucking much.

    Another thing to consider is that I think her unique position to remind Obama and his staff of the effect of public policy on women, POC, etc. supercedes any concern about her accountability. I have a hard time getting up in arms about her reporting only to Obama when she seems to be doing so much unequivocal good and making POC staffers feel so much more comfortable, because I think that's such an important function of any supposedly progressive presidency.
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    07/22/09

    @J.D.Regent: Right then, I retract my previous assessment. Mr RE, you have lost your hawtness rating. Most disappointing.
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