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Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred)
08:49 AM

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I adore Byrd. Seriously, the man's a comic genius. With just one well placed "Mmhmm" he can have the entire jury in stitches.

Give the man his own show! #judgejudymichaellohan
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JessickerFletcher
11/06/09

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Strip No. 5 may be the closest thing to perfection ever. Ever. There are no words. #judgejudymichaellohan
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JessickerFletcher
11/06/09

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In other TV news, has anyone else been plagued by those Idaho Potatoes commercials? I seldom watch daytime TV but I was sick so today was an exception. Anyway, there are these crazy commercials stressing the health benefits of Idaho potatoes ("not just any potatoes!") with this really raspy-voiced lady who pronounces Idaho like "eye-ho" and it drove me nuts (it could also be my cold). She also claims that "exercise and a diet with potatoes" help you to stay trim, which is true in some contexts but it nonetheless made me laugh because I can totally see somebody going to a grocery store, looking at potatoes, and remembering, "oh yeah, potatoes help you lose weight!" #tyrafaketoenails
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MIXED
11/06/09

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Did Mariah think casually wiping her cleavage and smelling it would go unnoticed? #tyrafaketoenails
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Snowbunny
11/06/09

@MIXED: I usually do. I'm just never on film or famous, so it doesn't matter. #tyrafaketoenails
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MIXED
11/06/09

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I worked at a tanning salon in high school (ooooh the stories) and knew a couple girls that came in who had acrylics on their toenails, but never as long and gaudy as that. I'm not sure the reasoning behind it, as I was always too weirded out to ask. #tyrafaketoenails
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1979semifinalist
11/06/09

@MIXED: I will have nightmares for years over those toenail images. Thank you Tyra. Thank you. #tyrafaketoenails
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JessickerFletcher
11/06/09

@1979semifinalist: They look like bear claws! (not the good kind) #tyrafaketoenails
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1979semifinalist
11/06/09

@JessickerFletcher: EXACTLY. That is exactly what I was picturing. #tyrafaketoenails
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morninggloria
11/06/09

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Whoa. That Sandals commercial's version of "I've Had The Time Of My Life" sounds like the Kidz Bop version. Except, sung by adults who should know better. #tyrafaketoenails
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JinxyMcDeath
11/06/09

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Framebang!!!! #tyrafaketoenails
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hovy
11/06/09

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Kirstie Alley on her coke days.

What are days ending in 'y', Alex? #tyrafaketoenails
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Understater
11/06/09

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Is this supposed to be sexy? Chest stubble and exaggerated nipples?

Ugh, really, Tracie?

And yes to the latter part ::hangs head in shame:: #tyrafaketoenails
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GirlFailer
11/06/09

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Can anyone tell me what's going on in the Michelle Obama video? #tyrafaketoenails
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Ruby_de_la_Booby
11/06/09

@GirlFailer: This was during the campaign, and she was in Iowa trying to get some votes (From the HBO documentary "By the People"). I think she is interrupting him/poking fun when he won't commit. #tyrafaketoenails
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GirlFailer
11/06/09

@Ruby_de_la_Booby: Gotcha, I think the sound isn't caught up with the picture for some reason. Thank you! #tyrafaketoenails
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GirlFailer
11/06/09

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This is pretty embarrassing, but I have had an acrylic tip on my toe. My cleats were too tight when I played lacrosse, and after a long game, I lost my big toe-nail. I was super self conscious about it, so I went to the nail salon and those nice ladies fixed me up with a new talon. I'm glad I'm not alone. Thanks Ty-Ty. #tyrafaketoenails
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Dorilys
11/03/09

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I'm really starting to think that JJ doesn't like other women in any capacity.
She told a woman today who claimed that her ex-boyfriend threatened her life if she told the police the drugs she held were his that "if that was true, you wouldn't be here today."
Which, I don't know, may or may not be true, but JJ's casual dismissal of what the woman was claiming bothered me intensely. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
11/03/09

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It's alarming that JJ, as well as so many people on here, seem to be saying that she gave up the right to be taken seriously in the sexual abuse case when she made bad decisions in unrelated areas of her life. I feel like by not taking her seriously, she is being punished for decisions she's already been punished for and not getting justice when she may very well have been a victim. As for the inconsistencies, it often happens with abuse victims that the memories blur together into one event instead of separate days. The remark that she knew him from a previous foster situation should give her claims MORE credence, not less, since he would likely be more comfortable joking around inappropriately with someone he already knew outside of work. Honestly, I feel like JJ really dropped the ball on this one, letting her feelings about the morality of the rest of this woman's life dictate her feelings about the alleged sexual assault. And the "bitchface" everyone is talking about looks like she's simply trying not to cry. If she indeed was a victim of sexual abuse, which i believe she is, she might have been fighting back a PTSD flashback. Come on, people. With the number of sexual assault victims on this forum, I am shocked with the amount of victim-shaming and moral judgy-ness around here.
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Gavagirl
11/03/09

@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: If she isn't a victim, it's liar-shaming, not victim-shaming. Not everyone tells the truth about these things, and the attitude that every single charge of abuse should be taken seriously (or automatically believed) is exactly the kind of attitude that can make it easy for a manipulative, malevolent person to destroy other people's lives. Claiming that since some people tell the truth about abuse, we should believe everybody claiming abuse is just as irrational as claiming that since some people lie about it, we should believe nobody.

Furthermore, a court is not supposed to use "feelings" to come to judgment about cases. Nor does the court system exist to take care of people's feelings, or improve those feelings. Cases are supposed to be decided according to evidence, statute, and legal precedent. People with problems with their feelings go to therapists. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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11/03/09

@Gavagirl: um, come back to me when you've actually read my comment. Nothing you responded to there were things I actually said.

I do agree with your point about how the court's shouldn't use their feelings. The only time I mentioned anyone's "feelings" was in reference to JJ letting her feelings about other choices this woman has made dictate her judgment here instead of looking at the facts and precedent and how that was a problem. So since, I agree with you, i really don't get what you're trying to argue with me about. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Gavagirl
11/03/09

@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: My argument is the assumption that she must be a victim. She would have to be for anyone to be "victim-shaming", right? She apparently already failed to prove she is a victim, legally speaking, since after she had him arrested but he was acquitted, so why should JJ treat her as a victim now? The facts don't bear that out, and she isn't the plaintiff here anyway. Her claim against him has already been dealt with.

Now, I don't know that she necessarily should have found in HIS favor, since if he's the plaintiff it's his job to prove she made all this up. That is a tough thing to do, and I don't think he met that burden of proof. He'd need something like an email or MySpace post where she stated she made it up to really support his case.

I think a dismissal would have been a better outcome. I definitely agree with you that JJ's interpretation of her past and her behavior in court seem to have inappropriately influenced her $2500 judgment, but that's because his case was weak, not because that judgment is traumatizing to the defendant. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Nancy Sin
11/03/09

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All I know is that my next job better let me watch Guiding Light while laying stomach-down on two office chairs. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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esthergreenwood
11/03/09

@Nancy Sin: Seriously! My job is one fully-backed office chair away from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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JinxyMcDeath
11/03/09

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"the burden of proof for the plaintiff was much heavier than "beyond a reasonable doubt."

Nope. The burden of proof is less in civil court and merely requires the plaintiff to prove her/his case by the "preponderance of evidence." Meaning, crudely, that it's 51% likely the plaintiff is correct.

This is why O.J. lost his civil court case, the burden of proof was a lot less than in a criminal case wherein the jury has to determine "beyond a reasonable doubt." #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Cairn
11/03/09

@JinxyMcDeath: Tracie has it right, but its worded in a confusing way. You are correct that the burden on the plaintiff in a civil case is lower than the burden on the state in a criminal case, but here the plaintiff in the civil case was the *defendant* in the criminal case. The important point here is the burden on the store owner in each case.

In the criminal case, all this gentleman had to do was introduce reasonable doubt into the mind of the judge/jury. That's a very low bar for the defendant (which corresponds to the high bar for the state).

In this civil case, the store owner is now the plaintiff, and has to meet a preponderance of the evidence. That bar is, as you say, only 51%, but it's higher than the bar he had to meet when he was a defendant in criminal court. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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JinxyMcDeath
11/03/09

@Cairn: I'm aware. I'm a trial attorney. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
11/03/09

@JinxyMcDeath: Best. Response. Ever. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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