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    Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children

    Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up

    Jon & Kate Plus 8: Jon Prefers 2 Phones Over 8 Kids

    Jon Says TLC's Hands Should Be "Amputated" For Breaking Child Labor Laws

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    Kathy Griffin, Hailey Glassman Face Off Over Facebook

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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    #4 is absolutely awful. I really hope those girls don't end up with daddy issues... judging from Jon's actions, though, I don't know how much hope I can have.
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    Image of Zulkey Zulkey
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    fuck this documentary: I can't wait for the documentary that comes 10 years ago where these kids and the Gosselin children get to give their point of view on all of this. I'm sure they'll all be remarkably comfortable in front a camera.
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    Image of HereComesMyBaby HereComesMyBaby
    11/24/09

    @Zulkey: Oh yes, the ol' documentary from 10 years ago where these unfertilized eggs and sperm spoke their minds!

    Just had to make fun of the typo.
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    Image of maude_flanders maude_flanders
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    On whose dime?

    Why should the state indulge a woman whose children could probably benefit from the presence (if not serious intervention/removal from the home) of child services anyway?
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    Image of mah365001 mah365001
    11/24/09

    @maude_flanders: i wish people would think a little harder before throwing that out there. do you know what happens after "removal from the home"? they aren't dropped into a pile of rainbows and cupcakes. they're sent to foster homes, with strange adults, strange kids, and strange social workers who are then trusted to take care of them. A huge number of these kids are being abused in care by other kids and by foster parents. Even the foster parents who aren't abusing them are usually overworked, most of them are overcrowded and can't possibly support and supervise the amount of kids in care. Imagine Octomom without any love or familiarity or family.

    i'm not saying she isn't crazy. and i'm not saying it isn't warranted sometimes. but there's a serious, lonely, and sometimes deadly set of problems that occur after "removal from the home" that all of us well-loved morally outraged people ignore so we can feel the parents are being sufficiently punished for their inadequacy or negligence.

    do you really think it costs less or is more helpful to sever all connections a child has (including the familiarity and comfort of other friends, family, teachers, neighbors) than to provide genuine and extensive support and education to the parents?
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    Jon: Cocaine is a helluva drug.
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    Image of Rona Rona
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: I wondered if he was on something. He was very twitchy.
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    Image of Jenloveshercurves Jenloveshercurves
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: I was just about to say that. Seriously, he's on something and my bet is cocaine. Straight up.
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    11/24/09

    @Jenloveshercurves: @Rona: He HAS to be, right?? It seems so obvious.

    #tips
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    Image of Jenloveshercurves Jenloveshercurves
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: Boy has a fondness for the white stuff. Seriously.
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    Image of Flackette Goes Retro Flackette Goes Retro
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: He definitely seems wired and tweaky.
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    Image of The Plain People of Ireland (formerly cheerfulp is always...) The Plain People of Ireland (formerly cheerfulp is always...)
    11/24/09

    @Jenloveshercurves: Wonder how many potty breaks they needed for THAT interview.
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    Image of Mrs. Robinson Mrs. Robinson
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: hells to the yes. my first thought.
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    Image of formergr formergr
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: Reminded me so much of my brother, and it kind of freaked me out because while I knew when he was supposedly back on drugs, I didn't know that was what that behavior was. Eerily similar...
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    Image of prettycool prettycool
    11/24/09

    @ElleL: God I hope not. Not really for his well-being, but because you know that in the next year or so, he'll be back in the news going to rehab and he'll be on my tv again.

    That's way harsher than I'd thought it sound...
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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    11/25/09

    @ElleL: I hope kate now has the mony protected for the kids sake.
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    Image of limber limber
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    "Unappreciative"? You're punishing both twins because they're being "unappreciative" about running a lemonade stand? You're their father, you dillweed. This isn't a reward, it's an activity. And snatching a marker away from a child like that makes me want to kick you -- never mind the casual smackdown that you're going to throw her hard work in the trash. Dick.

    Also, your children can read. They know exactly why you're wearing a shirt that reads "Lies", they're not fooled about your paparazzi whining, and they want their mom.
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    Image of lermanzo lermanzo
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    know what, jon? life is defined by choices. you made lots of them.

    grow up. your kids are more mature than you.

    also, i felt really badly for poor kate. she seems like she still loves jon and was heartbroken.

    he, on the otherhand, seemed like a douchnozzle.
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    Image of BetteD BetteD
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    My first thought upon viewing Clip #2: Snort Adderall much Jon?
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    Image of Katxyz Katxyz
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    I'm kind of confused as to how she goes through eight loads of laundry a day. Is she washing the babies in the machine?
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    Living in New York is like going to work? Clubbing and partying is considered "work" now?

    Also, where do I send a resume?
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    Image of Skellatrix Skellatrix
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    Every single one her octuplets has the middle name "Angel," as though they're special little miracles from the heavens. They're the result of expensive medical technology! Their middle names should be "Science."
    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of rednrowdy rednrowdy
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    dear nadya,

    you, again, missed the fucking point. it's not murder, it's ETHICS..a word that you might need to look up in the first place since you clearly don't know what it means.

    you need prayer,
    rednrowdy
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    Image of kellybones kellybones
    11/24/09

    @rednrowdy: thanks be to jeebus for saying something, rednrowdy! i hate that when people call it murder and then refer to the child by the name that was given them AFTER the birth.
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    Image of rednrowdy rednrowdy
    11/24/09

    @kellybones: her whole scenario highlights why there needs to be a legal limit on how many embryos can be implanted at one time. three, for example, might be a good number to start with.

    #tips
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    Image of WashingMyHair WashingMyHair
    11/24/09

    @rednrowdy: The overwhelming majority of docs only transfer 2 embryos at the most. I've heard of 3 in a few cases, but that's rare. Her doc was just as crazy as she is.
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    Image of TubOfTaft TubOfTaft
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    Duggar vs Suleman

    Whoever wins … we lose.
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    Image of PaintedTrollop PaintedTrollop
    11/24/09

    In reply to Jon & Kate Plus 8 Finale: A 32-Year-Old Father Considers Growing Up
    There isn't going to be enough money in the world to pay for the therapy these kids are going to need.
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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    Snubbing the baby hold at 2:58.
    You have FOURTEEN kids woman, don't Bogard the cuddles.
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    Image of BabyJane BabyJane
    11/24/09

    @Kali Mama: I'm glad that I'm not the only one that noticed that. Is there contraband in the kid's diaper that she's afraid of becoming dislodged or does she just think the interviewer has cooties?
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    Image of queenjulie queenjulie
    11/24/09

    @BabyJane: She may have been saving the baby from fear--lots of babies are terrified of being held by strangers and will scream bloody murder if you hand them over to someone else.
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    Image of Kali Mama Kali Mama
    11/24/09

    @queenjulie: It's not like she's really facilitating the conditioning of the babies to strangers.
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    Image of BetteD BetteD
    11/24/09

    In reply to Nadya Suleman Says She May Have More Children
    She's batshit, but those kids are damned cute. It frightens me to realize that she has more kids in her home than exist on my block. Like, nearly twice as many. She has more kids than came trick-or-treating to my house this year!
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