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Now all he needs is the Obama interview.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:04:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087777": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:     <b>OBAMA    I-N-S-P-I-R-E-S. . . </b><br><br>That's \"WHYCOME\" HE/THEY bring out the CREATIVE BEST in sooooo many people!! :&gt;)<br><br><i>The display, with 44 new works from 44 African-American artists, celebrates the historic thread that quilts weave through many families -- with their folksy stories and cherished fabric of years gone by.<br><br>One of the quilts in the display, exhibit organizers say, is from Carrie Nelson, the oldest member of Michelle Obama's family.</i><br><br>THIS PROJECT IS  <b>A- M - A -Z -I -N -G</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br><br>GOD BLESS THE ARTISTS/QUILTERS!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:51:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085909, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can't forget about Biden.<br><br>Biden visits Iraq as bombs highlight ongoing war<br>The Associated Press<br>Vice President-elect Joe Biden conferred today with Iraqi leaders after a trip to Afghanistan, capping a tour of U.S. battlefronts on a day when police reported bombings killed 10 people in Baghdad. The four attacks were a reminder that major violence...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/iraq/bal-biden0112,0,1667071.story", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:54:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085223": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dawn of Obama era forces Republicans to take stock<br>James Rosen <br><br>WASHINGTON \u2014 Republicans who just four years ago boasted of nearing \"permanent majority rule\" now watch a dynamic leader move into the White House at the helm of a resurgent Democratic Party with new footholds in longtime Republican bastions.<br><br>For Republican activists across the country, Barack Obama's inauguration as the first black president produces dread, bewilderment and grudging admiration.<br><br>\"I'm in a deep depression,\" said Josephine Schmidt, a mother of three and a small-business owner in Atascadero, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco in California's Central Valley.<br><br>\"Obama is going to lead this country on a path we've never seen before, the path of socialism,\" Schmidt said. \"It's going to take years and years for us to recover, if we ever do.\"<br><br>Schmidt and her husband, Donald, whose company makes vanilla extract, already are laying off workers in anticipation of the tax increases, health-care mandates and burdensome regulations that they're certain Obama will enact.<br><br>In Florida, where Obama became the first Democrat to win more than half the presidential vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, the prognosis is less grim.<br><br>\"I felt that Obama just did not have enough experience, but he's surprised me,\" said Jeffrey Gordon, a lifelong Republican retiree in Coral Springs, north of Miami. \"I've been by and large impressed by him.\"<br><br>He and other Republicans like Obama's Cabinet picks \u2014 especially Hillary Clinton as secretary of state \u2014 and they're pleased by the Illinois Democrat's pledge to wrap $300 billion in tax cuts into his economic stimulus plan.<br><br>\"He's inheriting a horrific environment,\" Gordon said. \"He's got a rough two years ahead of him, but so far, without him even having taken the oath, I give him high marks.\"<br><br>In Ohio, another red state that turned blue for Obama, Josh Keezer is struck by the president-elect's energy and sense of command.<br><br>\"He's not even president yet, but he's been all over the place,\" said Keezer, who lives outside Toledo and teaches English to immigrants. \"He's been at the White House, and he's met with Congress. He's building his experience now. He's about the best nominee the Democrats have had in quite a few years. Hopefully, his learning curve won't be as big as I thought it would be.\"<br><br>Obama, 47, defeated Sen. John McCain of Arizona on Nov. 4 by 53-46 percent. Obama carried nine states that President George W. Bush won in 2004, while McCain failed to turn any states that had gone for Democratic nominee John Kerry.<br><br>Obama's emphatic victory has left Republicans searching for answers.<br><a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/349/v-print/story/59386.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/349/v-print/story/59...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:31:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, what Al said.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:06:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086067, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:   Thanks!     :&gt;)    :&gt;) [credit TI :&gt;)]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:52:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087362, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I KNEW THIS FOOL WAS TRYING TO FAKE HIS DEATH AND RUN AWAY FROM A PENDING INVESTIGATION!<br><br> (CNN) -- A man whose financial management business is under investigation faked a life-or-death emergency in his private aircraft before secretly parachuting out and letting his plane crash in the Florida panhandle, authorities said Monday.<br>Marcus Schrenker exited his small plane before it crashed, and investigators are looking for him, police say.<br><br>Marcus Schrenker exited his small plane before it crashed, and investigators are looking for him, police say.<br>The pilot, identified as Marcus Schrenker, 38, later checked into a hotel in Alabama under a fake name and then put on a black cap and fled into woods, authorities in Alabama said, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office in Milton, Florida.<br>Authorities are searching for Schrenker.<br>The manager of the airport in Indiana from which the six-seat Piper PA-46 took off Sunday said that no one else was on board at takeoff. <br>The plane crashed Sunday night in a swampy, wooded area within 50 to 75 yards of some homes in East Milton, Florida, the sheriff's office said. <br><br>An Indiana judge on Monday froze Schrenker's assets at the request of investigators looking into his business dealings, said Jim Gavin, spokesman for the Indiana secretary of state.<br>Public documents list Schrenker as president of an Indianapolis agency called Heritage Wealth Management. Records also show Heritage Insurance Services at the same address. The address is listed in the telephone directory as the site of Icon Wealth Management.<br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/florida.plane.crash/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/florida.plane....</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:06:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah I remember that. I admit it has kinda soured me on Ugly Betty. don't get me wrong still watch it, but it's not as must see tv as it used 2 b", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:08:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086837, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hahahaaaa!<br><br>I'm.with. you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:47:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087665, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:   RAOTFL!!!!!     :&gt;)        :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>U    R    CRAZY!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:56:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086367, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/todays-great-picture.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Today's Great Picture</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:55:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bush Punts CAFE to Obama, Makes Life Even More Uncertain for Automakers<br>MotorTrend Magazine<br>DETROIT - Before oil tickled the $150/barrel level last summer, before the financial industry burned up most of the Detroit Three's cash last fall, domestic and foreign automakers were anxious about 2011-15 Corporate Average Fuel Economy proposals. The...http://blogs.motortrend.com/6410965/government/bush-punts-cafe-to-obama-makes-life-even-more-uncertain-for-automakers/index.html", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:54:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "evita, I'm so glad you get it.  I did't mention that child's name for naught.  If it stuns or disappoints, or shocks, I make no apologies.  <br><br>I don't have anything against kids dancing.  Both my daughters started dance classes when they were 4 years old right up until they gratduated high school. <br><br>There wasn't any self-ass slapping  and sexually suggestive gyrations gong up in the classroom and certainly not at home.  <br><br>The kind of dancing the little girl was doing is so inapproriate for a child-Miranda's right.  It's not the least bit cute or funny to me either. The  parents are opening their child up for a host of trouble, precocousius sexuality, for one.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:57:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087473, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The vanilla extract lady and her hubby need to just shut up.  How do they blame laying people off in Obama?   UHHH, were they paying attention for the last 2-3 years?<br><br>Besides, how much $$ do you make from Vanilla extract anyway?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:53:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085223, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lamh31:   I posted an article [2-day] that described all the stations that will have INAUGURATION coverage.  Hope it will help.<br><br>Otherwise,  \"What Sepia said!\"      LOL!      :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:58:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085782, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I really want to watch the Inauguration thingy that iwill be shown on HAB, but I don't have HBO, doe anyone know if they will be doing another HBO free weekend in honor of the inauraguration, or if HBO will be showing the program online?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:18:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There's a whole lot of fineness in that picture.  Maybe the PEOTUS and Mayor can start a Bringing Sexy Back party.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:32:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084740, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol@ vanila extract lady.  So sad V.E lady & hubby are running old 8 track tapes while PEO sporting an IPOD!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:53:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086289, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Japanese have been reeling for several years now financially.<br><br>The Chinese are not far behind.  Remember, their holding our paper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:51:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088264, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama's green team, including a Marylander<br><a href=\"http://baltimoresun.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">baltimoresun.com</a><br>Carol Browner is back! The former Environmental Protection Agency chief and Maryland resident has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be his climate \"czar.\" She's pictured above, third from left, in the Associated Press photo of Obama's press...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/news_local_bayenvironment/~3/HR5Foem4qw0/obamas_green_team.html", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:57:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5091953": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Obama is going to lead this country on a path we've never seen before, the path of socialism,\" Schmidt said. \"It's GOING TO TAKE YEARS AND YEARS FOR  US TO  RECOVER, if we ever do.\" (my caps) Socialism ROTFLMAO<br><br>I have a great deal of sympathy for small business as they really suffer from regulations and relationships that make their business success but this is a classic example of cognitive dissonance(http://www.habermas.org/cncgndis.htm).<br><br>How does she think she got to this situtation such that her business has declining or no  additional demand for her products? Whom through nonfeasance, failed to protect her ability to borrow money? Republicans have no shot if this their base.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_09:56:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085223, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084786": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well,...... He was \"Misunderestimated\".......?  Tha tis all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:59:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084539, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086837": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I read that...I know that she and America whatsherface on <i>Ugly Betty.</i> supported Hillpatine.  Now she finds out that she made the wrong career move backing the wrong candidate?  <br><br>The girl is not to be trusted...reminds me of Celia Cruz who couldn't stand blacks even though she herself was...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Check with local churches  or  groups that worked on the campaign.  I  know in Phila, there are several who organized around their campaign offices.     But also check that chartered buses have the proper parking certificate.  There are a BOATLOAD of regulations they needed to follow to be allowed anywhere close to the mall.  <br><br>If you have the $$, you might be surprised on what you can do on Amtrak.  I talked with a reservation agent, and the closer you get to the day, the more people let their reservations slide (mistakenly or otherwise) <br><br>Besides, Union Station in DC is not that far a walk to the Capitol and Mall area.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:58:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084902, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "whaaaaaaa??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:13:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086837, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What a beautiful labor of love.  Kudos to Ms. Freeman<br><br>As GreenLady says:  He can have whateva he likes! :-))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:12:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085909, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Far out!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:55:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You may wanna call Pookie and nem for a hookup.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:59:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085782, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Senate hearings to evaluate Obama's pending nominations scheduled for Tuesday<br>The five committee hearings scheduled Tuesday to evaluate President-elect Barack Obama's pending nominations. ___ \u2014 Peter Orszag for Office of Management and Budget director and Robert Nabors II for deputy director of the OMB by the Senate...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/sns-ap-confirmation-hearings-glance,0,1553864.story", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:02:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know, right?   He gets no love, NO LOVE, from the media.   I guess by now, he's used to it.    But this didn't even make the news this morning.    WHASSSUP with that??", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:58:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084710, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084829": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I feel sorry for him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:00:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084539, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You may wanna call Pookie and nem for a hookup.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:59:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085782, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5089446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's going to be broadcast on regular stations during that time period so everyone will be able to watch it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_04:29:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085782, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JLo is an attention whoring opportunist who will jump on the first black bandwagon if it will get her some attention.  She must think Obama is the political version of Puffy who's going to put her back on.  This is nothing but trying to get her name back in the spotlight.  Look at her wearing low cut stuff again trying to get back in the headlines.  JLo must still think it's 1999 when she was wearing bedazzled headbands rolling with Puffy and his crew.  Somebody needs to inform her it's 2009 and ERRYBODY got her number.<br><br>As far as Marc Anthony, I don't know too much about him but I guess he needs a hit, he hasn't had one in a while...maybe since 1999.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_03:02:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087010, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Likely closure of Guant\u00e1namo raises question of what to do with inmates<br><a href=\"http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0110/1231515470065.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're soooo right, rikyrah.  If it weren't for George W. Bush leaving DC in 8 days, Barack Obama and his family wouldn't be able to move into the WHITE HOUSE!!!<br><br>ONE MORE WEEK!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083586, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I tried.  It was about 15 mins of the last half hour.  I think Hannity was asking why more black people don't vote Republican, and Sharpton started to bring up up voting and civil rights issues, Meatloaf tried to make a point about Repubs lack of enthusiasm for funding things like education and healthcare, but Michelle Bachmann got very shouty about something so I changed the channel because no one else could talk.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:18:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "17d38a9bec20bbbf3fa16e256880eec2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087151, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5091618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh PE O should grant him an interview!  thank you.  this brought a smile to my face.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_09:22:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "zackboston", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087259, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>OBAMA INSPIRES! . . .. . .</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1372903,CST-NWS-hair12.article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Extreme makeover: Ossama's hair salon now Obama's </a><br><br><i><b>What a difference a \"B\" makes.<br><br>A downtown Chicago hair salon has changed its name from Ossama's Hair Design to Obama's Hair Design -- for exactly the reason you'd think:<br><br>Business is better when your name evokes one of the nation's most popular figures, not one of its most hated.</b><br><br>\"A lot of customers stopped coming after Sept. 11,\" owner Mike Elsheikh said. \"Old customers have come by and said, 'We like it much better.' ... This is going to work for me for sure. The name is absolutely making a huge difference.\"<br><br>Elsheikh, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen from Plainfield, worked as a stylist at Ossama's when Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida launched the 2001 terrorist attacks.<br><br>Business plummeted 50 percent in the months that followed as customers shunned the suddenly unfortunately named salon, Elsheikh said.<br><br>The old owner eventually sold the business to Elsheikh, who licensed the \"Obama Hair Design\" name on spec during the campaign: \"I had a good imagination he would win.\"<br><br>When Barack Obama did win the presidency, Elsheikh, 42, got moving. He officially opened the newly renamed salon at 433 S. Dearborn on Printers Row two weeks ago. Business has improved already, he said, adding people have stopped by to snap pictures of his new neon sign.<br><br>Elsheikh said he met Obama a few years ago when they both lived in the Hyde Park area. He hasn't heard anything from the president-elect since the new name went up -- and doesn't expect him to object.<br><br>\"It makes a lot of sense to me to name it Obama's rather than Ossama's,\" Elsheikh said. \"Plus Obama's gonna get Osama.\"</i><br><br>I'm sure that this kind of activity will CONTINUE!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:10:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5259471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The user deleted this comment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-18_06:54:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "be0ffac9d16defb07bd6ff26f5c3d773", "has_been_anonymized": true, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That baby should be getting a dance scholarship instead of being in front of the TV! She looks to be about 4 years old and she can dance. But when will folks learn this stuff maybe maybe maybe cute at home in front of your friends in the living room when you say \"Look what she's doing now\". It is NOT CUTE when you put in on Youtube. Have some sense people...<br><br>What disturbs me about this video:<br>1. My sneaking suspicion that the little girl wasnt coming back from ballet class but rather that the adults in her life made her put on that leotard for the ensuing video.<br><br>2. She knows alot of the lyricss. Who told her what Beyonce was singing and let her watch that damn video over and over and over again? <br><br>3. The hair flips and ass slapping<br><br>Lawd lawd lawd", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:04:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086096, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084882": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:   ***V - - \"eye - 2 -eye\"***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)  Thanks!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:04:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084636, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "eww.....ouch....but you are SOOOOOO right!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:21:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama Inspires Quilts<br><br><a href=\"http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1363311.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1363311....</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Per Chris Matthews<br>Value of Obama Blackberry endorsement is worth $50 Million Dollars.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:33:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Any JJPers from NYC heading to DC on Monday ? Or know of rideshares posted somewhere? I need a ride to the inauguration festivities. I have never had problems with the Chinatown bus but I am a little worried it might be overwhelmed on Monday.  Bolt bus seems shady and anyway its sold out. Also have never used Megabus though it has spots open  I am a little worriedbecause it only leaves from NYC every few hours. Im scared it wont show up and I'll be stranded in NYC.<br><br>Thoughts??<br><br>Thoughts?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:06:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122009/news/regionalnews/knicks_sex_scandal_shock_149861.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ballers acting the fool, take 278,662:  Knick Eddy Curry slapped with sexual harassment suit by male chauffeur.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:41:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Had a lot of fun reading this article at Gawker about the \"Obama Merchandise Classification System.\" <a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/7hgvs5\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/7hgvs5</a><br><br>The categories include: Official Crap; Media Crap; Knick-Knack Crap; and Offensive Crap. <br><br>(Personally, I do not feel as if I have acquired enough Obama knick-knacks yet. I saw this key chain the other day and I thought, \"oooh, wait till payday!\" and every time I see a bootleg Obama shirt, I have to stop and take a look. My self-control is just going out the window...)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:58:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "awe.<br><br>JonBenet issues are on a totally different level. This little girl didn't wear heels or make up. My niece, who is 3, loves to dance and imitates every dance. I frequently make up dances for her because she loves to dance so much. Though content wise on the song... I get it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:23:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "claudia_m:     VIRTUAL  \"DAP\"!     :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Feeding the <b>\"ONE MAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE\"</b> concept!    :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:14:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086332, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And some of JLo's supporters are saying that Rihanna didn't donate so why isn't anyone complaining about that?<br><br>The answer is Rihanna is NOT an American citizen and thus cannot donate or vote.<br><br>Some people are just tacky and JLo & Skeletor are some of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_03:09:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088944, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dr. Rachel just announced that 5 Republican Senators will not seek reelection in 2010.<br><br>Mel Martinez - FL  (not new news)<br>George Voinovich - OH<br>Kit Bond - MO<br>Sam Brownback - KS<br>Kay Bailey Hutchinson - TX. She's running for governor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:22:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "17d38a9bec20bbbf3fa16e256880eec2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5089022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Her business is going broke due to a combination of her own poor business keeping skills and Bush, but instead of admitting that, she wants to blame Obama.<br><br>What brand of Vanilla Extract does she make?  Because I want to help put her totally out of business so I can see if she will have her hand out for Obama's socialist welfare checks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_03:15:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086251, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Schmidt is a piece of work, firing people at her company because of what she THINKS might happen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:51:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "b45f45c3d16eaa32e1783c1d1798a893", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085223, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama to star in Spider-Man comic  <br><a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7819726.stm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_a...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:36:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Maybe, he was awfuly giddy.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:52:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084539, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You can buy tickets early but its first come, first served. Usually there are several bus companies operating in Chinatown so I just take whoever is leaving first or who has seats open. But it can sometimes get Third World ( and I say that lovingly) and I am worried about that happening on Monday.<br><br>I thought some enterprising black folk would be chartering buses up the wazoo. I only see one guy on Craigslist who has been doing it for several weeks now and it seems like no one is buying.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:31:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085579, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5089043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is Rihanna singing/miming or whatever it is hse does or tries to do?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_03:18:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088980, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chills, ,just, chills. :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:25:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087001, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<A HREF=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/tuskegee-airmen-to-take-salute-from-new.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tuskegee Airmen to take a salute from the new Commander-in-Chief on Inaugural Day</a></A>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:45:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No hookup.  I have digital cable, but I cancelled by premium channel line-up a year ago, since I realized that I was paying extra for them, but I wasn't even watching those channels much.  So I got rid of them.<br><br>I guess it would be really sad to order hbo, for the weekend, and then cancel it on Wednesday", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:09:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086347, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh.........I already disliked them for entirely different reasons, so this doesn't really bother me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:44:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow, Craig, what an honor and a blessing.  I'm so happy for you!<br><br> I'll be cheering and saluting these fine Amercan Service Men.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:43:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  On Chris Matthews\"<br><br><br><b>IFFFF</b>  Mr. P-EO was endorsing \"BLACKBERRIES\",  at this point, his ADVERTISING would be worth- - - -<br><br><b>\"BIG NUMBER- - - - - $50 MILLION!!</b><br><br>I'm just sayin'        ------  HE IS a <b>ONE MAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE!!</b>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Good on him!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:38:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack Obama 'kidnaps' 24 hero Jack Bauer <br>US conservatives claim that the 24 character Jack Bauer has been 'kidnapped' by the new liberal agenda of President-Elect Barack Obama. <br><a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4213789/Barack-Obama-kidnaps-24-hero-Jack-Bauer.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/north...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:38:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "vulcan girl:  WATCHIN' 2  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>According to a REpug Analyst - - they are getting out of \"races\" where states are \"leaning BLUE\" 'cause they fear a loss annnnnnd they don't want to invest their BENJAMINS in a loss!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:26:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087482, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I cant do anything but smile at that.........so cool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:12:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084740, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok, I'm gonna cry.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:37:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087001, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They cannot piegonhole Obama, here another political analysis, trying in vain to describe him:<br><br>\" the attempts to pinpoint Obama along the ideological spectrum have been similarly unrelenting. The right looks at his economic-stimulus plans and spies an old-school, big-government liberal. The left looks at the tax cuts in that same plan, his hawkish foreign-policy appointments and decidedly nonprogressive economic ones, and his invocation invitation to Rick Warren, and wonders, \u201cHey, was this guy really serious about all that centrist talk during the campaign? We thought he was only kidding, that he was one of us all along!\u201d<br><br><br>Hahaha...and then they have to marvel at how he harnessed the power of the internet to create an entirely new political machine that fueled his meteoric rise to the Presidency:<br><br>\"The huge sums the Obama campaign harvested from small donors via the web are justly famous. But the scale of its web-enabled grassroots network was nearly as prodigious\u2014and just as consequential. A database containing a staggering 13 million e-mail addresses, at least 3 million of them belonging to donors. Two million active users and 35,000 self-starting affinity groups on MyBarackObama .com. A million cell-phone numbers of people who requested the campaign send text messages to them. Countless names on volunteer lists from Obama\u2019s sprawling get-out-the-vote effort on Election Day\u2014by which time fully 25 percent of the people who pulled the lever for him were already connected to the campaign electronically.<br><br>The political implications of this network are impossible to overstate. \u201cThey have basically invented their own party that is compatible with the Democratic Party but is bigger than the Democratic Party,\u201d the Republican media savant Stuart Stevens, who helped to elect George W. Bush twice, argues. \u201cTheir e-mail list is more powerful than the DNC or RNC. In essence, Obama [was] elected as an independent with Democratic backing\u2014like Bernie Sanders on steroids.\u201d<br><br><a href=\"http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53380/index1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53380/in...</a><br><br>Obama doesn't owe anyone...they all want his network database of donors...he has the power to act politically independent because of that base.  Transformational political power being welded in a never before seen manner.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:37:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack Obama will need something to say when he talks to Iran<br><br><a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article5504961.ece?openComment=true\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/column...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:40:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "val:  OOPS!   I di'int   C this!!  Sorry!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:39:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmmm.....well this is a different twist........I may have to lift my ban on the Bspn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:47:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088486": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Did we have this discussion B4??<br><br><a href=\"http://forums.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=627630\" rel=\"nofollow\">Award-Winning Journalist Cynthia Gordy Named First-Ever Washington Correspondent for ESSENCE</a><br><br><i>NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ --<b> Award-winning journalist, Cynthia Gordy, has been named the first-ever Washington Correspondent for ESSENCE, it was announced today by Angela Burt-Murray, Editor-in-Chief, ESSENCE. Previously serving as the News Editor for ESSENCE, she will continue to report to Tatsha Robertson, Deputy Editor, News for ESSENCE. In this new role, Gordy will be responsible for developing and maintaining key relationships on behalf of ESSENCE with the Obama administration, as well as the First Lady's staff and cabinet level officers; covering issues of importance to the African-American community. As the brand's Washington Correspondent, Gordy will generate features and report breaking news for both ESSENCE magazine and Essence.com; including a monthly column in the magazine and a daily \"Obama Watch\" section online.</b><br><br>\"We are so excited to have Cynthia Gordy, one of our most talented and highly-regarded editors, take on this new and exciting challenge,\" says Angela Burt-Murray, Editor-in-Chief, ESSENCE. \"Given her extensive news experience, especially as it relates to coverage of the 2008 Presidential campaign, I am confident ESSENCE and its readership of over 8 million African-American women will be well represented at the White House.\"<br><br>As a member of the ESSENCE editorial team since 2004, Gordy was most recently the News Editor for ESSENCE, during which time she covered the 2008 Presidential campaign and scored exclusive interviews with political leaders from both parties. Gordy followed the campaign from the primaries to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions through election day; culminating in live coverage of Obama's victory rally in Chicago's Grant Park.<br><br>Through the years, Cynthia has broken a number of enterprise stories: she got the first print interview with Nicole Paultre Bell; she was also the first print reporter to talk with Genarlow Wilson after he was released from jail. She nabbed one of the first interviews with Desiree Rogers, the incoming White House social secretary. Cynthia has won a number of national honors, including NABJ and NYABJ awards for her narrative about how environmental racism plagued one rural community. She was also honored for her spot report -- \"An American Tragedy: The Heartbreaking Death of Sean Bell,\" which won an NYABJ award.<br><br>Gordy has also reported and edited news on current events, international affairs, and a wide variety of social issues including criminal justice, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS in the Black community, police brutality, and hate crimes. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Non-fiction Writing and Africana Studies from the University of Pittsburgh and now resides in Harlem. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_02:05:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and there you have it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:21:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5083586, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5091048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I read somewhere (either the WSJ OR CNN I think) that the Chinese wasn't too thrilled about holding our paper anymore. that is DEFINITELY not what we need to hear right now.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_08:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088362, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086067": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Another Good Post From Al @ The Field.<br><br>Check it out: \"dean-was-snubbed-enough-already...\"<br><br><a href=\"http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/dean-was-snubbed-enough-already-high-school-drama#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/dean-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Was Bush drunk today?<br><br>That is all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:42:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As some of you know, my father was a Tuskegee Airman. Flight navigator. <br><br>I'll be there for him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:27:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087001, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087104": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love how Al always puts it down. :o)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:53:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086067, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085065": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama's inauguration resonates in the South<br><br>WASHINGTON \u2014 Keylon Simpkins, cooking catfish and country-fried steak at Ajax Diner in Oxford, Miss., said he really won't believe the United States has its first black president until Barack Obama takes the oath of office. <br><br>Simpkins, a 26-year-old African-American, graduated in 2007 with a political science degree from Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi, just down the road from the popular eatery.<br><br>In late September 1962, President John F. Kennedy sent thousands of federal troops to Oxford to quell riots that killed two people and injured 300 when James Meredith attempted to register as the university's first black student. <br><br>\"To say that we went from having the first African-American at Ole Miss just 40-some years ago to now having the first African-American president \u2014 that's one of those things . . . \" Simpkins' voice caught for a moment \". . . I don't know how to describe it. I know it happened, but I'm still waiting on the inauguration for it to sink in. It's like a shining moment in history.\"<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/59546.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/59546.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:19:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My sister ONLY uses Megabus when she comes visiting from Minneapolis. I don't know about the East Coast Megabus, but I can vouch for the Midwest Megabus. They are reliable. <br><br>I know about the Chinese bus - did you go down and try and buy a ticket early? I have a friend who has done that  - when she goes to Boston.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:59:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084902, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Andrew Sullivan has a video of a splitscreen with  Beyonce and some little girl doing her own dance to ' Put a Ring on it'. <br><br>Disturbing on so many levels.<br><br><a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/01/mental-health-5.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:39:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My apologies.  I repeated something I read in regards to Cruz when she died in 2003.  For all intents and purposes, Cruz was a musical heroine in many eyes and a fraud in others.  She was not perfect, she was just enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:38:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087356, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dr. Madowis laing down with a play by play timeline of Bush's whereabouts during Katrina.  Get'em Rachel!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:40:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This plays like a horror show, Scary! <br><br>Two words.  JonBenet Ramsey", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:53:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086096, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "At Obama's inauguration, activists will walk a fine line<br><br>WASHINGTON \u2014 Peace activists in the nation's capital met for weeks last fall, brainstorming how they'd demonstrate their opposition at the inauguration of John McCain as president. <br><br>Then Barack Obama won the election.<br><br>What's a liberal protester to do? <br><br>\"It was a happy dilemma,\" said Barbra Bearden, spokeswoman for Peace Action, which is affiliated with the Activist Coalition of D.C.<br><br>Washington is a town of protests, and not a week goes by, it seems, that a group isn't in front of the U.S. Capitol with bullhorns and signs calling for better education, or cheaper health care, or the beginning of peace, or an end to abortion.<br><br>With Obama's election, however, liberal organizations that have spent eight years blocking streets now find themselves working to change their message for this inauguration.<br><br>\"We're not doing a protest,\" Bearden said. \"We're working on having a progressive presence.\"<br><a href=\"http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/59547.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/59547...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_21:21:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HAHAHAHAHA!!! So is Superman liberal or conservative? What about Batman? I do believe Tony Sparks was a real pro-war conservative until he invented Ironman and then he was clearly a wussy liberal.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:45:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084458, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084577": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:47:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "icebergslim:   I know that Ima B  **laughin'**,  **cheerin'*** annnnnnnnnd, ***cryin'**<br><br>ALL DAY LONG!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>It's gonna be a <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWglE_dkRTc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>\"Great Day\"</b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  THEY SANGIN'  :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:40:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087001, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5091749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That means he was trained to fly the bombers, correct? Son of a Red Tail.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_09:36:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5088125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anybody catch rev al on fox<br><br>i refuse 2 watch fox", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:57:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Christopher Buckley is <a href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/the-presidents-blackberry-is-missing/2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">hilarious</a>.<br><br><blockquote><i>Okay, it\u2019s called \u2018The President\u2019s BlackBerry Is Missing.\u2019 The daughter takes his by mistake when she\u2019s rushing off to school. And he\u2019s got her BlackBerry, but he doesn\u2019t know it. So when he goes to send the critical message to the Kremlin telling Putin to kiss his black ass, the text message goes to the English teacher at Sidwell Friends School. You with me?</blockquote></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:41:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084605": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bush, acting at Obama's behest, asks Congress for final $350B from bailout fund<br><br><a href=\"http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-obama-economy%2C0%2C1421651.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/po...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:49:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, <br><br>I just watched Shrub's last press conference.<br><br>I said it in my endorsement of Obama before Iowa that we must thank George W. Bush. <br><br>For if he weren't on track of being called the WORST President in United States History..<br><br>This country wouldn't have even considered giving a Black man a chance. <br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:52:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They are grapplin with ways to characterize Obama's strategic brillance...calling him Mr. 'indirect direction'<br><br>\"He has shown time and again that unique skill of being able to guide people toward his desired conclusion with what I will call indirect direction. When the issue was his race, his name, his religion, his inexperience or what have you, he rarely (except in the big \"race speech\") tried to assuage voters by addressing these points directly. After the financial crisis hit in mid-September, for example, he rarely said, \"Yes, I can handle this, and here's why.\" He laid out a few proposals, let his superior debate performances speak for themselves - and let the public watch John McCain flail. The voters reached his desired conclusion (that he was better prepared to handle the crisis) without his having to write it across the sky in letters.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/12/comment-obama-us-tomasky\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/12/co...</a><br><br>Sorta reminds me of the 'nolookpass'  they just are unable to predict who will have the ball when Obama is running up court with it..no telling who or where or how he will pass it off.<br><br>Interesting to watch them try to define Obama....I imagine at some point, they are going to have acknowledge like Bird did...\".that was God as  magic johnson, out there\"<br><br>I am loving how innovative Obama is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:27:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5085638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They.Just.Didn't.see.Barack.Coming. <br><br>Hee, hee!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_22:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085223, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I loved this comment on another thread regarding Obama's consumate political skills.<br><br><br>'Not only does Obama have political capital to accomplish his goals, he has a political genius that puts him in league with Clinton. How soon people forget! This is a man who transformed his preacher's political suicide pact into a transcendent teaching moment.<br><br>He has thoroughly cornered, killed, stuffed and mounted every political enemy who ever had the error in judgement to threaten him.'<br><br><br><br>hehehehehe, and then turned around and made HRC ..SOS..after whipping her butt from sea to shining sea...her AND Bill were trounced....hahahahaha", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "funny is funny, and this is funny", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:36:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5087665, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5083607": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Ima re-post this.  This is UNBELIEVABLE!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/french-group-uses-obama-d_n_157226.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">French Group Uses Obama 'Double' To Highlight Racial Profiling</a><br><br><i><b>PARIS \u2014 A French black group is parading a Barack Obama-lookalike at the lower house of parliament and in Paris in a campaign to highlight its concerns about <u>alleged racial profiling by police in France.</u></b><br><br>After a stout \"Yes We Can!,\" American actor Michael Lamar met lawmakers at the National Assembly for Monday's start of a media blitz by the Representative Council of Black Associations.<br><br>For years, the group, known by the French acronym CRAN, has raised questions about a country that has championed a colorblind standard that sees all citizens as just French, regardless of ethnic origins _ and where collecting racial data is banned.<br><br>The group wants a meeting with Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie to discuss a survey it commissioned last year that showed \"visible minorities\" say they get stopped by police more often by police than other people.<br><br>Playing along after meeting Lamar, Green party lawmaker Yves Cochet said: \"The presence at our side of 'Mr. Obama' is the sign that France should become as generous and egalitarian as the United States can be.\"<br><br>Lamar, a San Francisco native who now lives in Philadelphia, was being taken _ dressed neatly in suit and tie _ to a police station and other parts of the capital, and CRAN was filming the reactions of passers-by for an upcoming publicity spot, the group said.<br><br>The videos were also planned \"to prompt dialogue on these issues that expose the backwardness of our country and its decision-makers when public opinion is concerned,\" it said.<br><br>Interior Ministry spokesman Gerard Gachet said French police do not stop people based on ethnic or racial backgrounds, and it would be \"unthinkable\" that such a policy could ever be put in place.</i><br><br>Baratunde JUST addressed this topic.!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama - - - -REPRESENTIN'  in PARIS!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_19:54:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5087192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This wasn't cute regardless of the audience.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_00:01:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086417, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Girl you know I don't mind.  We here <br><br>two fingers in a V going back and forth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:49:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5084486, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "who knew<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/j-lo-to-speak-at-inaugura_n_157168.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">reason to dislike J. Lo and her hubby </a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:21:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5086801": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh thank you.  my friend lmerchie from the museum of af am history in boston was commissioned to make one. . . it was so beautiful!  i thought it was such a great idea.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_23:32:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "zackboston", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5085909, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5084656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama meets with Mexican president Calderon to discuss NAFTA, border security, immigration<br>Associated Press Writer<br>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 President elect Barack Obama said Monday that his administration will begin work immediately to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship. He characterized the existing friendship between the two border nations as strong, but said...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-obama-calderon,0,1856241.story", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-12_20:52:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5088248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "definitely part of the most interesting gossip placed here. Makes you go hmmmmmm", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-13_01:40:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5086952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "9808008", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -1250322778709799276}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 112, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9808008, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
	DsqLocal = {};
}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comment", {num:num, total:total});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> of <span id='dsq-total-posts'>%(total)s</span> comments", {num:num, total:total});
		}
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comment", {num:num});
		} else {
			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
		}
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s comment'
				: '%(num)s comments'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_LIKES = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s like'
				: '%(num)s likes'
			), {num:num});
	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_POINTS = function(num) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
			(num == 1
				? '%(num)s point'
				: '%(num)s points'
			), {num:num});
	};
};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '3a1994e3330279e78957da82fb64f754';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



var FragmentPacket = function(reader, writer, writer_url, is_child, receiveCallback) {
	var that = this;
	this.reader = reader;
	this.writer = writer;
	this.writer_url = writer_url;

	this.is_child = is_child || false;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

	this.READY		= 0x1;
	this.WRITING	= 0x2;
	this.FIN		= 0x4;
	this.ACK		= 0x8;

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
		that.recv();
	};
	return window.setInterval(listener, 10);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
	var hash;
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

		var hashIndex = this.reader.location.href.indexOf('#');
		if (hashIndex == -1) {
			return;
		}
		hash = this.reader.location.href.substring(hashIndex+1);
	}
	var flags = parseInt(hash.substring(0, 4), 10);
	var seqno = parseInt(hash.substring(4, 24), 10);
	var data  = hash.substring(24);

	if (this._lastHash !== hash) {
		this._lastHash = hash;
		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

		this.log(' flags: ' + flags);
		this.log(' seqno: ' + seqno + ' len: ' + hash.substring(4, 24).length + ' (' + hash.substring(4, 24) + ')');
		this.log(' data: ' + data + ' len: ' + data.length);

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

		if (flags & this.WRITING) {
			this._accumMsg += data;
			this.sendFlag(this.ACK, seqno);
			if (flags & this.FIN) {
				this.log('recv finished: ' + decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));
				this.receiveCallback(decodeURIComponent(this._accumMsg));

				this._accumMsg = '';

				this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
			}
		}
	}

	return {
		flags: flags,
		seqno: seqno,
		data: data
	};
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendRawPacket = function(packet) {
	if (/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
		this.writer.name = packet;
	} else {

		this.writer.location.href = this.writer_url + '#' + packet;
	}

};

FragmentPacket.prototype.sendFlag = function(flag, seqno) {
	this.sendRawPacket(this._zerofill(flag, 4) + this._zerofill(seqno, 20));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {
	this._send(0, encodeURIComponent(msg));
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._send = function(packetNum, msg) {
	var that = this;
	var recvBuf = this.recv();

	if (packetNum === 0) {

		if (!(recvBuf.flags & this.READY)) {
			this.log('client is not ready, waiting...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		}
	} else {

		if (!( (recvBuf.flags & this.ACK) && (recvBuf.seqno === this._lastSeqno) )) {
			this.log('waiting for ack from client...');
			window.setTimeout(function() { that._send(packetNum, msg); }, this.WAIT_TIME);
			return;
		} else {
			this.log('received ack: ' + this._lastSeqno + ' ' + recvBuf.seqno);
		}
	}

	var flags = this.WRITING;
	var num_packets = Math.ceil(msg.length / this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	this.log('num_packets: ' + num_packets);

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

		this.log('message successfully sent!');
		this.sendFlag(this.READY | this.ACK, this._lastSeqno);
		return true;
	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + disqus_default_text +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_post = Dsq.Templates.prependPost(post_id);
	var append_post = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(post_id);

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may select one to log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">112</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9808008" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9808008" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-comment-reply-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		return '';
	}

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9808008" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread',
			// Do we need encodeURIComponent here?
			'ifrs'			: encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css),
			'to_redirect'	: encodeURIComponent(window.location),
			'cbp'			: disqus_callback_params,
			'ff'			: Dsq.Thread.ff,
			'fc'			: Dsq.Thread.fc,
			'ac'			: Dsq.Thread.ac,
			'default_text'	: disqus_default_text
		};

		base_url += '?' + (new Date()).getTime();
		// Add params to default_params.
		if(params) {
			for(var key in params) {
				if(params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					default_params[key] = encodeURIComponent(params[key]);
				}
			}
		}
		// Build querystring.
		for(var key in default_params) {
			if(default_params[key] && default_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				base_url += '&' + key + '=' + default_params[key];
			}
		}

		return [
			'<iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" frameborder="0"',
			(' allowtransparency="true" src="' + base_url + '"'),
			this._makeAttributes(attributes),
			'</iframe>'].join('');
	};

	this.frameLogin = function(opt_attributes) {
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/login.html';
		var attributes = opt_attributes || {};
		attributes['class'] = 'dsq-post-login';

		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameReply = function(post_id, extra_params, attributes) {
		// Returns the HTML for a reply iframe. Called by Dsq.Iframes.setReplyIframeToContainer
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY;
		var params = {
			'def_email'		: disqus_def_email,
			'def_name'		: disqus_def_name
		};
		if(extra_params) {
			for(var key in extra_params) {
				if(extra_params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
					params[key] = extra_params[key];
				}
			}
		}
		if(_meta) {
			params['parent_post'] = post_id;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			params['per_page'] = disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			attributes['class'] += '-authenticated';
		}
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
	};

	this.frameEdit = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = (typeof post_id != 'undefined') ? Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] : false;
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/embed/edit.html';
		var params = {
			'p' : post_id
		};
		return this._frameGeneric(base_url, params, {'class': 'dsq-post-edit', 'name': 'dsq-edit_' + post_id + '-frame'});
	};

	//
	// Menus
	//

	this.menuMore = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: "Remove post" button should hide menu.
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')">Link</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Profile</a></li>'
	+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
		? '	<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>' + (_meta.email ? '<li class="dsq-admin-email">' + _meta.email + '</li>' : '')
		+ '	<li class="dsq-admin-ip">' + _meta.ip + '</li> \
			<li class="dsq-menu-sep"></li>'
		+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
			? ' <li class="dsq-admin-edit"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
			: '')
		+ ' <li class="dsq-remove"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Remove Comment</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-report-spam"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li class="dsq-block-user"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li>'
		: '');
	};

	this.menuMedia = function(post_id) {
		return ' \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(this, ' + post_id + ', \'seesmic\'); return false;">Record video</a></li> \
		';
	};

	this.dropProfile = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};


		var menu = '<li class="dsq-drop-showlnk"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">Expand &#8663;</a></li>';
		var pointsMessage = '';
		if (userData['registered']) {
			pointsMessage = 'with ' + userData['points'] + ' points (more points are better).';
		}

		if (userData['is_remote']) {
			var domain = userData['remote_domain_name'];
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' is a ' + domain + ' user ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
			menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-' + domain.toLowerCase() + '">' + domain + '</span></li>';
		} else if (userData['registered']) {
			if (userData['verified']) {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a verified commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span></li>';
			} else {
				menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has a registered, but unverified, commenter profile ' + pointsMessage + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()">';
				menu += '<span class="dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span></li>';
			}
		} else {
			menu += '<li class="dsq-drop-badge" title="' + userData['display_name'] + ' has not claimed this commenter profile." onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges()"><span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span></li>';
		}

		menu += _includeServices();
		return menu;
	};

	//
	// Popups
	//

	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-top"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-body" class="clearfix"> \
				<div class="dsq-popup-body-padding"> \
					<div class="dsq-popup-header"> \
						<a class="dsq-close-link" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/modal-close.png" alt="" /></a>'
						+ content['header']
					+ '</div>'
					+ content['body']
					+ '<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
				</div> <!-- padding --> \
			</div> <!-- body --> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-bottom"></div> \
		</div> \
		';
	};

	this.popupProfile = function(user_key) {
		var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(user_key, null);
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var html = '';
			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == 0
					? '<h4>Connections</h4><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li> \
					<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" title="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" /> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>'
				+ (i+1 == userServices.length ? '</ul>' : '');
			}
			return html;
		};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<table> \
				<tr> \
					<td> \
						<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><img class="dsq-popup-profile-avatar" src="' + userData['avatar'] + '" alt="" /></a> \
					</td> \
					<td> \
						<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user"> \
							<h3>' + userData['display_name'] + '</h3> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats" id="dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + user_key + '">Loading...</div> \
						</div> \
					</td> \
				</tr> \
			</table> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-state"> \
				This is a&nbsp;<span class="'
					+ (userData['registered']
						? (userData['verified']
							? ' dsq-badge-verified'
							: (userData['is_remote']
								? ' dsq-badge-' + userData['remote_domain_name'].toLowerCase()
								: ' dsq-badge-registered')
							)
							: ' dsq-badge-guest') + '">'
			+ (userData['registered']
				? (userData['verified']
					? 'Verified'
					: (userData['is_remote']
						 ? userData['remote_domain_name']
						 : 'Registered')
					)
				: 'Guest')
			+ '</span>&nbsp;commenter profile.'
			+ '&nbsp;<a class="dsq-profile-userurl" href="' + userData.url + '"><strong>View more comments </strong></a>'
			+ (!userData['points']
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice">If this is you, <a href="http://disqus.com/profile" target="_blank">claim it now</a> to manage your comments.</p>'
				: '')
			+ ((userData['registered'] && !userData['verified'] && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username && (Dsq.jsonData.request.username == userData['username'])) && !userData['is_remote'])
				? '<p class="dsq-popup-notice"><strong>Alert</strong>: You have not verified this account. <a href="http://disqus.com/verify">Verify it now.</a></p>'
				: '')
			+ '</div> \
			<div id="dsq-profile-status-' + user_key + '" class="dsq-popup-profile-status" style="display:none"></div> \
			<div class="dsq-popup-profile-snapshot"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td> \
							<div id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Most active sites</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
						<td>'
							+ _includeServices()
							+ '<div id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + user_key + '"> \
								<h4>Moderator of</h4> \
								<ul id="dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + user_key + '"> \
									<li>Loading...</li> \
								</ul> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupReblog = function() {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<cite><span>Reblog this comment</span></cite> \
		';

		bodyHtml = ' \
			<div id="dsq-reblog-form" class="dsq-reblog-form"> \
			</div> \
		';

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.popupModal = function(title, message) {
		var headerHtml = '';
		var bodyHtml = '';
		var content = {};

		headerHtml = ' \
			<h3>' + title + '</h3> \
		';

		bodyHtml = message;

		content = {
			'header': headerHtml,
			'body': bodyHtml
		};

		return this._popupGeneric(content);
	};

	this.alertContent = function(name, post_id) {
		var alert = {
			'post_not_approved': {
				'title': 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator',
				'message': 'Thanks for posting. Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.'
			},
			'post_has_profile': {
				'title': 'Use your existing commenter profile',
				'message': 'You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> commenter profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a>'
			}
		};
		return alert[name] || false;
	};

	//
	// Actions
	//

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {
		// Update number of points
		Dsq.$('dsq-points-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.';

		// Update link text
		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.';
		}
	};

	this.subscribed = function(status) {
		var title, message;

		if(status) {
			title = 'Subscribed!';
			message = 'You have subscribed to this comment thread. New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox, where you may read and respond by email.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">Unsubscribe</a> \
			';
		} else {
			title = 'Unsubscribed';
			message = 'You have unsubscribed to this comment thread. New comments will no longer be sent to your email inbox.';
			Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe').innerHTML = ' \
				<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a> \
			';
		}

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);

	};
	
	this.highlighted = function() {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('This comment has been highlighted.', 'Highlighted comment');
	};

	//
	// Media
	//

	this.mediaSeesmic = function(id, thumb) {
		return ' \
			<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_preview" class="dsq-seesmic-preview"><a href="http://www.seesmic.com/video/' + id + '" target="_blank" class="see_link">&nbsp;</a> \
				<div style="display:block;width:160px; height:120px; border:none; background-image:url(http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/' + thumb + ')"> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_hide" class="seePlayOverlay" style="display:none;"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',false)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/stopOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
					<div id="dsq-seesmic-' + id + '_show" class="seePlayOverlay"><img onclick="see_play_video(\'' + id + '\',true)" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/seesmic/playOverlay.png" width="50" height="50" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand; border:none; padding-top: 30px; padding-left: 50px" alt="" /></div> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			<div id="' + id + '_content" style="display:block; width:100%; padding-top:5px"></div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Callbacks
	//

	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(parent_post_id) {
		// Increment post count
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');
		
		if (num_posts) { 
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) { 
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML) + 1;
		}
	};
};
// Dsq.Templates


/**
 * Dsq.Post
 */
Dsq.Post = new function() {
	this.openedMenu = {};
	this.menuEventListener = null;
	this.stateReplyToggled = {};
	this.stateEditToggled = {};
	this.stateRecordLink = {};

	/**
	 * Inserts a new post into the document.
	 *
	 * @param after_id {Number}	Insert a post before specified id.  If after_id
	 *							evaluates to false, then post in the front.  If
	 *							after_id is -1, post at the end.
	 */
	this.insert = function(after_id, id, message, author) {
		// Skeleton template from thread_posts.html.
		var skeleton = ' \
			<li id="dsq-comment-%(id)s"> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-header-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-header"> \
					<cite id="dsq-cite-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-cite"> \
						<a id="dsq-author-user-%(id)s" href="%(author_url)s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">%(author_name)s</a> \
					</cite> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-comment-body-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-body"> \
					<div id="dsq-comment-message-%(id)s" class="dsq-comment-message">%(message)s</div> \
				</div> \
			</li> \
		';
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var _user_meta = Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key];
		var markup = Dsq.Utils.interpolate(skeleton, {
			id: id,
			message: message,
			author_url: _user_meta.blog,
			author_name: _user_meta.display_name
		});
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		markup = markup.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
		div.innerHTML = markup;

		if (after_id === -1) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').appendChild(div);
		} else if (!after_id) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-comments').insertBefore(div, Dsq.$('dsq-comments').firstChild);
		} else if (Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + after_id)) {
			// Get next node after "after_id", so we can insert before it.
			// If "after_id" is the last comment, the target node is the
			// last node.
			
			// var append_post_id = Dsq.Templates.appendPost(after_id).replace('<div id="','').replace('"></div>', '');
			var append_post_id = 'dsq-append-post-' + after_id;
			var node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			while (node = node.nextSibling) {
				if (!node || node.nodeType == 1) { // 1 == Node.ELEMENT_NODE
					break;
				}
			}
			if (!node) {
				node = Dsq.$(append_post_id);
			}
			node.parentNode.insertBefore(div, node);
		}
	};

	this.incrementPostCount = function() {
		
		var num_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-num-posts');
		var total_posts = Dsq.$('dsq-total-posts');

		if (num_posts) {
			num_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(num_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
		if (total_posts) {
			total_posts.innerHTML = parseInt(total_posts.innerHTML, 10) + 1;
		}
	}
	
	this.outlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className += ' dsq-comment-outline';
		setTimeout("(function () { Dsq.Post.clearOutlineComment(" + post_id + ") })()", 3000);
	};
	
	this.clearOutlineComment = function(post_id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-' + post_id).className.replace('dsq-comment-outline', '');
	};

	this.showMenu = function(el, id, name) {
		var anchorPos = Dsq.Utils.findPos(el);
		var menu = document.createElement('ul');

		if(this.openedMenu) {
			if(this.openedMenu.linkClicked) {
				this.openedMenu.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		switch(name) {
			case 'more':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMore(id);
				break;
			case 'media':
				menu.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.menuMedia(id);
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}

		// Add menu to document body
		menu.id = 'dsq-menu-' + id;
		menu.className = 'dsq-menu';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(menu);

		// Position and show
		anchorPos[1] += 15;
		menu.style.left = anchorPos[0] + 'px';
		menu.style.top = anchorPos[1] + 'px';
		menu.style.display = 'block';

		// Set global reference
		this.openedMenu = {
			'el' : menu,
			'id' : id,
			'name' : name,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};

		// Set listener
		this.menuEventListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._hideMenu);
	};

	this._hideMenu = function(e) {
		var el = e.target || e.srcElement;
		var openedMenu = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el;
		var id = Dsq.Post.openedMenu.id;

		if(!id) {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link';
		} else {
			var link = 'dsq-' + Dsq.Post.openedMenu.name + '-link-' + id;
		}

		if(!openedMenu) {
			return;
		}

		if(!Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, openedMenu.id)) {
			openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Post.menuEventListener);
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(openedMenu);

		} else {
			// Hide the menu if a link was clicked inside the menu.  We can't
			// completely remove the menu until the onclick event on the link
			// fires, but the menuEventListener will prevent multiple menus
			// from polluting the DOM.
			if(el && typeof el.href != 'undefined') {
				openedMenu.style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Post.openedMenu.el = null;
			}
		}

		if(Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Post.openedMenu.linkClicked = true;
		}
	};


	this.getUserServices = function(user_key, id) {
		if(!user_key && id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
			user_key = _meta.user_key;
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][user_key];
		var userServices = [];

		// Keep a full list of supported services. This is the order they will display in the drop-profile.
		// Each service must have a corresponding case in _buildServiceUrl()
		var supportedServices = ['blog', 'twitter', 'facebook', 'tumblr'];

		function _buildServiceUrl(serviceName) {
			var data = userData[serviceName];
			var services = {
				blog:		function(d) { return d; },
				twitter:	function(d) { return d; },
				facebook:	function(d) { return d; },
				tumblr:		function(d) { return 'http://' + d + '.tumblr.com'; }
			};
			return services[serviceName](data);
		}

		for(var i = 0; i < supportedServices.length; i++) {
			if(userData[supportedServices[i]]) {
				var serviceUrl = _buildServiceUrl(supportedServices[i]);
				userServices.push({'name' : supportedServices[i], 'url' : serviceUrl});
			}
		}
		return userServices;
	}

	this.dropProfile = function(id) {
		var dp = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-profile-' + id);

		// IE6 needs JS to display/hide. All other browsers use CSS.
		if(dp) {
			if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) dp.style.display = (dp.style.display == 'inline') ? 'none' : 'inline';
			return false;
		} else {
			dp = document.createElement('ul');
		}

		dp.id = 'dsq-drop-profile-' + id;
		dp.className = 'dsq-drop-profile';

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) { dp.style.display = 'inline'; }

		var container = Dsq.$('dsq-header-avatar-' + id);
		dp.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.dropProfile(id);
		container.appendChild(dp);
	};

	this.dropProfileMore = function(el, id) {
		var hiddenItems = Dsq.$('dsq-drop-hidden-' + id);

		hiddenItems.style.display = 'inline';
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
	};

	this._updateReplyLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "reply / cancel" links based on state.
		var displayDict = {};

		if(id) {
			if(this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				el.innerHTML = 'Cancel';
				displayDict['media'] = 'inline';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'none';
			} else {
				el.innerHTML = 'Reply';
				displayDict['media'] = 'none';
				displayDict['edit'] = 'inline';
			}
		}

		for(var key in displayDict) {
			if(displayDict.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var	linkEl = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-el-' + id),
					spacer = Dsq.$('dsq-' + key + '-spacer-' + id);

				if(linkEl) {
					linkEl.style.display = displayDict[key];
					if(spacer) spacer.style.display = displayDict[key];
				}
			}
		}
	};

	this._updateMediaLinks = function(el, id) {
		// Update "use media / cancel" links based on state.
		var appendId = (id) ? ('-' + id) : '';
		var link = Dsq.$('dsq-media-link' + appendId);

		if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			link.innerHTML = 'Cancel Media';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.toggleMediaReply(link, id); return false; };
		} else {
			link.innerHTML = 'Use Media <small>&#9660;</small>';
			link.onclick = function() { Dsq.Post.showMenu(link, id, 'media'); return false; };
		}
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(el, id) {
		// Create reply IFrame
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			if (!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				// Create IFrame if it doesn't exist.
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-frame-' + id), id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].init();
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + id].setState(id, _meta.depth);
				}
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
			}
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			if(!this.stateReplyToggled[id]) {
				// Reply toolbar
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'block';
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id), id);
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-reply-bar-' + id).style.display = 'none';
				Dsq.Iframes.hideAllInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id));
				if(this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
					// HACK: Cancel media before canceling self.
					this.toggleMediaReply(Dsq.$('dsq-media-link-' + id), id);
				}
			}
		}

		this.stateReplyToggled[id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[id];
		this._updateReplyLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-reply-' + id); }

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[id]
		});
	};

	this.toggleMediaReply = function(el, id, xtype) {
		id = id || 0;
		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(!this.stateRecordLink[id]) {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id, {xtype:xtype}, 'dsq-post-video');
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, id);
		}
		this.stateRecordLink[id] = !this.stateRecordLink[id];
		this._updateMediaLinks(el, id);

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};

	this.edit = function(el, id) {
		Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.frameEdit(id);
		el.parentNode.style.display = 'none';
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE('dsq-comment-message-' + id); }
	};

    this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
                Dsq.$('dsq-rate-cont-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
            }

            Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/vote.js'
                + '?post_id='    + id
                + '&vote='        + vote);

		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login(Dsq.Strings.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN);
		}
    };

	this.report = function(id, confirmed) {
		if(confirmed) {
			Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread/post_report/', {'post_id': id});
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Thank you. This comment has been flagged for moderator attention.', 'Successfully flagged');
			Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$('dsq-post-report-' + id));
		} else {
			var title = Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT;
			var message = Dsq.Strings.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR + '? \
			<br /><br /> \
			<button onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + id + ', true);"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.YES + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT + '</button><br /><br />'
			+ Dsq.Strings.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION + '. \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, id);
		}
	};



	this.showAlert = function(id, msg) {
		var msgEl = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + id);
		var alert = '<div class="dsq-comment-alert">' + msg + '</div>';

		msgEl.innerHTML = alert + msgEl.innerHTML;
	};

};
// Dsq.Post


/**
 * Dsq.Thread
 */
Dsq.Thread = new function() {
	this.fc = null;
	this.ff = null;
	this.ac = null;

	
	this.adminIsOn = false;

	
	
	

	this.hlComment = null;
	this.hlCommentClass = null;

	this.getNextComment = function(el) {
		var start_id = el.id;
		while(el = el.nextSibling) {
			if(el.id && el.id.indexOf('dsq-comment-') != -1 && el.id != start_id) {
				return el;
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.getActiveCommentId = function() {
		if (document.URL.indexOf('#comment-') >= 0) {
			var anchor = document.URL.slice(document.URL.indexOf('#') + 1);
			return anchor.replace('comment-', '');
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.highlightAnchor = function() {
		var i = this.getActiveCommentId();
		if (i == null) return false;
		var id = 'dsq-comment-' + i;
		var hash = window.location.hash;

		// Toggle the hash incase the comment isn't available when the page loads
		// for WebKit-based browsers.
		if (Dsq.Utils.webkit) {
			window.location.hash = '';
			window.location.hash = hash;
		}

		this.hlComment = Dsq.$(id);
		// Adding this conditional guard pending #289
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlCommentClass = this.hlComment.className;
		this.hlComment.className += ' dsq-hl-anchor';

		setTimeout("Dsq.Thread.highlightClear()", 3000);
	};

	this.highlightClear = function() {
		if (!this.hlComment) {
			return;
		}
		this.hlComment.className = this.hlCommentClass;
	};

	this.login = function(toggle) {
		// toggle id is #dsq-reply-login-[id]
		var postId;
		if(toggle.id.indexOf('dsq-reply-login') != -1) {
			postId = toggle.id.slice(16);
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-reply-' + postId);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-post-add');
		}

		if(toggle) {
			if(toggle.className == 'dsq-login-active') {
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed(container, postId);
				toggle.className = '';
			} else {
				Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
				toggle.className = 'dsq-login-active';
			}
		} else {
			Dsq.Iframes.showLoginIframeInContainer(container, postId);
		}

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
	};


	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked, per_page) {
		// Use extra_params to pass any override parameters that we need to persist.
		var extra_params = '';

		// "Per page" can either be overriden by providing it as an argument
		// (per-call) or setting the disqus_per_page override variable (global).
		if(typeof per_page == 'undefined') {
			per_page = null;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined' && per_page === null) {
			per_page = disqus_per_page;
		}

		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}
		if(per_page !== null) {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + per_page;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			el_clicked.style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};

	this.sortBy = function(sort) {
		var disqus_script = document.createElement('script');
		var disqus_date = new Date();

		if (location.hash != '') {
			location.hash = '#disqus_thread';
		}

		if(typeof(disqus_url) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_url = disqus_href;
		}
		disqus_script.type = 'text/javascript';
		disqus_script.src = 'http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread'
			+ '&sort='	+ sort
			+ '&title='
			+ '&'		+ disqus_date.getTime();

		Dsq.$('dsq-comments').innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif">';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(disqus_script);
	};

	this.subscribe = function(status, email) {
		// `status` is an int -- 1 to subscribe, 0 to unsubscribe
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || email) {
			// If authenticated user OR anonymous email provided

			if(email) {
				Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
			}

			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'countdown_to_the_inauguration_8_days_8212_open_thread'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

Dsq.Events = function() {
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/9808008/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

	this.update = function(timestamp, posts, users) {
		ongoing_request = false;
		last_checked = timestamp;

		if (users) {
			for (var user_id in users) {
				if (users.hasOwnProperty(user_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.users[user_id] = users[user_id];
					}
				}
			}
		}

		if (posts) {
			for (var post_id in posts) {
				if (posts.hasOwnProperty(post_id)) {
					if (!Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id]) {
						Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id] = posts[post_id];
						new_posts.push(post_id);
					}
				}
			}

			if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				insertNewPosts();
			} else {
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
		}
	};

}();

// DEPRECATED
Dsq.Iframes = function() {
	// Different style of object from the above. Hoping to switch to this for some reason.
	var obj = {};

	// Private
	var showIframeInContainer = function(container, id, markup) {
		// Look through container for iframes, hiding them, except show one that matches id
		// If none of them matched id, create a new iframe using markup and insert it.
		// Returns the iframe node if and only if it was newly created.
		var found = false;
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				if (child.id == id) {
					child.style.display = 'block';
					found = true;
				} else {
					child.style.display = 'none';
				}
			}
		}
		if (found) {
			return;
		}
		// The iframe wasn't found, so construct it and add it to the container.
		// Don't use innerHTML because it might reload iframes
		var div = document.createElement('div');
		div.innerHTML = markup;
		var iframe = div.childNodes[0];
		div.removeChild(iframe);
		container.appendChild(iframe);
		return iframe;
	};

	// Public
	obj.makeReplyIframeId = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var id = 'dsq-post-add-iframe';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			id += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			id += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return id;
	};
	obj.makeLoginIframeId = function(opt_postId) {
		if (!opt_postId) {
			return 'dsq-login-iframe';
		}
		return 'dsq-login-iframe-' + opt_postId;
	};
	obj.makeReplyIframeName = function(opt_postId, opt_xtype) {
		var name = 'dsq-reply-frame';
		if (opt_xtype) {
			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
		}
		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
		}
		return name;
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId, opt_extraParams, opt_className) {
		// Construct the id so we can check if it's already present.
		// Hide any other iframes we find, and show this one if it's found.
		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeId(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
		var attributes = {
			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
			};
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameReply(opt_postId, opt_extraParams, attributes);
		var iframe = showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
		// It was newly created
		if (iframe) {
			Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED, {
				postId: opt_postId,
				node: iframe,
				xtype: params.xtype
			});
		}
	};
	obj.showLoginIframeInContainer = function(container, opt_postId) {
		var id = Dsq.Iframes.makeLoginIframeId(opt_postId);
		var markup = Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: id});
		showIframeInContainer(container, id, markup);
	};
	obj.showReplyIframeInContainerIfAllowed = function(container, opt_postId) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			obj.showReplyIframeInContainer(container, opt_postId);
		} else {
			obj.hideAllInContainer(container);
		}
	};
	obj.hideAllInContainer = function(container) {
		for (var i=0; i<container.childNodes.length; i++) {
			var child = container.childNodes[i];
			if (child.nodeName == 'IFRAME') {
				child.style.display = 'none';
			}
		}
	};

	return obj;
}();

Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._twitterWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/twitter/begin/', 'twitterWindow', popupParams);
		that._twitterInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeTwitterConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeTwitterConnect = function() {
		if (that._twitterWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._twitterInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Yahoo = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startYahooConnect = function() {
		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=400';
		that._yahooWindow = window.open(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/yahoo/begin/', 'yahooWindow', popupParams);
		that._yahooInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeYahooConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeYahooConnect = function() {
		if (that._yahooWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._yahooInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.OpenID = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.requestURL = function() {
		var message = '<table class="dsq-openid-form"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="2"><img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url + '/images/openid-icon-100x100.png" /></td>';
		message += '<td><label for="dsq-openid-url">OpenID URL:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-url" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td><label for="dsq-openid-username">Display name:</label></td><td><input type="text" id="dsq-openid-username" /></td></tr>';
		message += '<tr><td class="dsq-openid-submit" colspan="3"><input type="button" value="Sign in" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.startConnect();" /></td></tr>';
		message += "</table>";

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sign in using OpenID');
	};

	this.startConnect = function() {
		var isblank = function(str) {
			return /^\s*$/.test(str);
		};

		var openid_url = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-url').value;
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-openid-username').value;

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

		var popupParams = 'location=0,status=0,width=800,height=500';
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/_ax/openid/begin/' + '?url=' + encodeURIComponent(openid_url) + '&username=' + encodeURIComponent(username);
		that._openidWindow = window.open(url, 'openidWindow', popupParams);
		that._openidInterval = window.setInterval(that.completeConnect, 1000);
	};

	this.completeConnect = function() {
		if (that._openidWindow.closed) {
			window.clearInterval(that._openidInterval);
			window.location.reload();
		}
	};
};

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.hide = function(id) {
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/hidereaction.js?' + 'reaction_id=' + id);
	};

	this.reportMissingReactions = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled) {
			return;
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.queued) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('Your report has been received. The system will automatically search for new reactions; if any are found, they will be displayed on this comment thread.<br/><br/>Thank&nbsp;you.',
												 'Reported missing reactions');
			return;
		}

		Dsq.Utils.execScript(Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/forums/jackandjillpolitics/queueurl.js');
	};
};

Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
	};

	return obj;
}();


if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
	(function() {
		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
		Dsq.Templates.registerFilter('postPrependHeader', function(html, post_id) {
			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
					+ inner
					+ ' onmouseout="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')">';
			}
			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
			return html;
		});
	})();
}





	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
	seesmic.widget = new function () {
		this.callback = function (data) {
			playerVersion = data.disqusplayer;
		};
	};

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5083586">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5083586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5083586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5083586">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5083586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083586" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, <br><br>I just watched Shrub\'s last press conference.<br><br>I said it in my endorsement of Obama before Iowa that we must thank George W. Bush. <br><br>For if he weren\'t on track of being called the WORST President in United States History..<br><br>This country wouldn\'t have even considered giving a Black man a chance. <br><br>LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5084011">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5084011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084011">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5084011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084011" class="dsq-comment-message">and there you have it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5084856">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5084856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5084856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084856">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5084856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084856" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re soooo right, rikyrah.  If it weren\'t for George W. Bush leaving DC in 8 days, Barack Obama and his family wouldn\'t be able to move into the WHITE HOUSE!!!<br><br>ONE MORE WEEK!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5083607" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Ima re-post this.  This is UNBELIEVABLE!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/french-group-uses-obama-d_n_157226.html" rel="nofollow">French Group Uses Obama \'Double\' To Highlight Racial Profiling</a><br><br><i><b>PARIS — A French black group is parading a Barack Obama-lookalike at the lower house of parliament and in Paris in a campaign to highlight its concerns about <u>alleged racial profiling by police in France.</u></b><br><br>After a stout "Yes We Can!," American actor Michael Lamar met lawmakers at the National Assembly for Monday\'s start of a media blitz by the Representative Council of Black Associations.<br><br>For years, the group, known by the French acronym CRAN, has raised questions about a country that has championed a colorblind standard that sees all citizens as just French, regardless of ethnic origins _ and where collecting racial data is banned.<br><br>The group wants a meeting with Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie to discuss a survey it commissioned last year that showed "visible minorities" say they get stopped by police more often by police than other people.<br><br>Playing along after meeting Lamar, Green party lawmaker Yves Cochet said: "The presence at our side of \'Mr. Obama\' is the sign that France should become as generous and egalitarian as the United States can be."<br><br>Lamar, a San Francisco native who now lives in Philadelphia, was being taken _ dressed neatly in suit and tie _ to a police station and other parts of the capital, and CRAN was filming the reactions of passers-by for an upcoming publicity spot, the group said.<br><br>The videos were also planned "to prompt dialogue on these issues that expose the backwardness of our country and its decision-makers when public opinion is concerned," it said.<br><br>Interior Ministry spokesman Gerard Gachet said French police do not stop people based on ethnic or racial backgrounds, and it would be "unthinkable" that such a policy could ever be put in place.</i><br><br>Baratunde JUST addressed this topic.!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama - - - -REPRESENTIN\'  in PARIS!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084099">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084099" class="dsq-comment-message">They are grapplin with ways to characterize Obama\'s strategic brillance...calling him Mr. \'indirect direction\'<br><br>"He has shown time and again that unique skill of being able to guide people toward his desired conclusion with what I will call indirect direction. When the issue was his race, his name, his religion, his inexperience or what have you, he rarely (except in the big "race speech") tried to assuage voters by addressing these points directly. After the financial crisis hit in mid-September, for example, he rarely said, "Yes, I can handle this, and here\'s why." He laid out a few proposals, let his superior debate performances speak for themselves - and let the public watch John McCain flail. The voters reached his desired conclusion (that he was better prepared to handle the crisis) without his having to write it across the sky in letters."<br><br><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/12/comment-obama-us-tomasky" rel="nofollow">www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/12/co...</a><br><br>Sorta reminds me of the \'nolookpass\'  they just are unable to predict who will have the ball when Obama is running up court with it..no telling who or where or how he will pass it off.<br><br>Interesting to watch them try to define Obama....I imagine at some point, they are going to have acknowledge like Bird did...".that was God as  magic johnson, out there"<br><br>I am loving how innovative Obama is.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084389">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084389" class="dsq-comment-message">Per Chris Matthews<br>Value of Obama Blackberry endorsement is worth $50 Million Dollars.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084486">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084486" class="dsq-comment-message">val:  OOPS!   I di\'int   C this!!  Sorry!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084636">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084636" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl you know I don\'t mind.  We here <br><br>two fingers in a V going back and forth.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084882">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084882" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:   ***V - - "eye - 2 -eye"***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)  Thanks!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084577">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084577" class="dsq-comment-message">DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084420">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084420" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama to star in Spider-Man comic  <br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/7819726.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_a...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084465">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084465" class="dsq-comment-message">They cannot piegonhole Obama, here another political analysis, trying in vain to describe him:<br><br>" the attempts to pinpoint Obama along the ideological spectrum have been similarly unrelenting. The right looks at his economic-stimulus plans and spies an old-school, big-government liberal. The left looks at the tax cuts in that same plan, his hawkish foreign-policy appointments and decidedly nonprogressive economic ones, and his invocation invitation to Rick Warren, and wonders, “Hey, was this guy really serious about all that centrist talk during the campaign? We thought he was only kidding, that he was one of us all along!”<br><br><br>Hahaha...and then they have to marvel at how he harnessed the power of the internet to create an entirely new political machine that fueled his meteoric rise to the Presidency:<br><br>"The huge sums the Obama campaign harvested from small donors via the web are justly famous. But the scale of its web-enabled grassroots network was nearly as prodigious—and just as consequential. A database containing a staggering 13 million e-mail addresses, at least 3 million of them belonging to donors. Two million active users and 35,000 self-starting affinity groups on MyBarackObama .com. A million cell-phone numbers of people who requested the campaign send text messages to them. Countless names on volunteer lists from Obama’s sprawling get-out-the-vote effort on Election Day—by which time fully 25 percent of the people who pulled the lever for him were already connected to the campaign electronically.<br><br>The political implications of this network are impossible to overstate. “They have basically invented their own party that is compatible with the Democratic Party but is bigger than the Democratic Party,” the Republican media savant Stuart Stevens, who helped to elect George W. Bush twice, argues. “Their e-mail list is more powerful than the DNC or RNC. In essence, Obama [was] elected as an independent with Democratic backing—like Bernie Sanders on steroids.”<br><br><a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53380/index1.html" rel="nofollow">http://nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53380/in...</a><br><br>Obama doesn\'t owe anyone...they all want his network database of donors...he has the power to act politically independent because of that base.  Transformational political power being welded in a never before seen manner.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084453">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084453" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  On Chris Matthews"<br><br><br><b>IFFFF</b>  Mr. P-EO was endorsing "BLACKBERRIES",  at this point, his ADVERTISING would be worth- - - -<br><br><b>"BIG NUMBER- - - - - $50 MILLION!!</b><br><br>I\'m just sayin\'        ------  HE IS a <b>ONE MAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE!!</b>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Good on him!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084458">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084458" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama \'kidnaps\' 24 hero Jack Bauer <br>US conservatives claim that the 24 character Jack Bauer has been \'kidnapped\' by the new liberal agenda of President-Elect Barack Obama. <br><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4213789/Barack-Obama-kidnaps-24-hero-Jack-Bauer.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/north...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084571">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084571" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HAHAHAHAHA!!! So is Superman liberal or conservative? What about Batman? I do believe Tony Sparks was a real pro-war conservative until he invented Ironman and then he was clearly a wussy liberal.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084478">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084478" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama will need something to say when he talks to Iran<br><br><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article5504961.ece?openComment=true" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/column...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084539">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084539" class="dsq-comment-message">Was Bush drunk today?<br><br>That is all.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084786">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084786" class="dsq-comment-message">Well,...... He was "Misunderestimated".......?  Tha tis all.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084829">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084829" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel sorry for him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085448">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085448" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe, he was awfuly giddy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084531">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084531" class="dsq-comment-message">Likely closure of Guantánamo raises question of what to do with inmates<br><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0110/1231515470065.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084627">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084627" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved this comment on another thread regarding Obama\'s consumate political skills.<br><br><br>\'Not only does Obama have political capital to accomplish his goals, he has a political genius that puts him in league with Clinton. How soon people forget! This is a man who transformed his preacher\'s political suicide pact into a transcendent teaching moment.<br><br>He has thoroughly cornered, killed, stuffed and mounted every political enemy who ever had the error in judgement to threaten him.\'<br><br><br><br>hehehehehe, and then turned around and made HRC ..SOS..after whipping her butt from sea to shining sea...her AND Bill were trounced....hahahahaha</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084605">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084605" class="dsq-comment-message">Bush, acting at Obama\'s behest, asks Congress for final $350B from bailout fund<br><br><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-obama-economy%2C0%2C1421651.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/po...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084656" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama meets with Mexican president Calderon to discuss NAFTA, border security, immigration<br>Associated Press Writer<br>WASHINGTON (AP) — President elect Barack Obama said Monday that his administration will begin work immediately to strengthen the U.S.-Mexico relationship. He characterized the existing friendship between the two border nations as strong, but said...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-obama-calderon,0,1856241.story</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084673">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084673" class="dsq-comment-message">Bono, Beyonce, Wonder, Springsteen, Usher lined up for inaugural event<br>AP Television Writer<br>NEW YORK (AP) — Judging by the lineup, Sunday\'s inaugural celebration for Barack Obama at the Lincoln Memorial is a coveted gig for music\'s top names. Beyonce, U2, Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Usher, Shakira, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban and...http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/sns-ap-hbo-inauguration,0,6297386.story</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084689">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084689" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama to change how bailout is spent<br>The Associated Press<br>Seeking to reassure wary lawmakers, President-elect Barack Obama said today he will fundamentally change the way the second half of the $700 billion financial bailout fund is spent, focusing some of the relief on housing and small businesses. Obama asked...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-bailout0112,0,4893585.story</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084743">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084743" class="dsq-comment-message">Bush Punts CAFE to Obama, Makes Life Even More Uncertain for Automakers<br>MotorTrend Magazine<br>DETROIT - Before oil tickled the $150/barrel level last summer, before the financial industry burned up most of the Detroit Three\'s cash last fall, domestic and foreign automakers were anxious about 2011-15 Corporate Average Fuel Economy proposals. The...http://blogs.motortrend.com/6410965/government/bush-punts-cafe-to-obama-makes-life-even-more-uncertain-for-automakers/index.html</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084710" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t forget about Biden.<br><br>Biden visits Iraq as bombs highlight ongoing war<br>The Associated Press<br>Vice President-elect Joe Biden conferred today with Iraqi leaders after a trip to Afghanistan, capping a tour of U.S. battlefronts on a day when police reported bombings killed 10 people in Baghdad. The four attacks were a reminder that major violence...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/iraq/bal-biden0112,0,1667071.story</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086358">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086358" class="dsq-comment-message">I know, right?   He gets no love, NO LOVE, from the media.   I guess by now, he\'s used to it.    But this didn\'t even make the news this morning.    WHASSSUP with that??</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5084740" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084740" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/todays-great-picture.html" rel="nofollow">Today\'s Great Picture</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084974">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084974" class="dsq-comment-message">I cant do anything but smile at that.........so cool.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086821" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s a whole lot of fineness in that picture.  Maybe the PEOTUS and Mayor can start a Bringing Sexy Back party.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084784">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084784" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s green team, including a Marylander<br><a href="http://baltimoresun.com" rel="nofollow">baltimoresun.com</a><br>Carol Browner is back! The former Environmental Protection Agency chief and Maryland resident has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be his climate "czar." She\'s pictured above, third from left, in the Associated Press photo of Obama\'s press...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/news_local_bayenvironment/~3/HR5Foem4qw0/obamas_green_team.html</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084817">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084817" class="dsq-comment-message">Senate hearings to evaluate Obama\'s pending nominations scheduled for Tuesday<br>The five committee hearings scheduled Tuesday to evaluate President-elect Barack Obama\'s pending nominations. ___ — Peter Orszag for Office of Management and Budget director and Robert Nabors II for deputy director of the OMB by the Senate...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/sns-ap-confirmation-hearings-glance,0,1553864.story</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5084902">Trumystique</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5084902" class="dsq-comment-message">Any JJPers from NYC heading to DC on Monday ? Or know of rideshares posted somewhere? I need a ride to the inauguration festivities. I have never had problems with the Chinatown bus but I am a little worried it might be overwhelmed on Monday.  Bolt bus seems shady and anyway its sold out. Also have never used Megabus though it has spots open  I am a little worriedbecause it only leaves from NYC every few hours. Im scared it wont show up and I\'ll be stranded in NYC.<br><br>Thoughts??<br><br>Thoughts?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085579">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085579" class="dsq-comment-message">My sister ONLY uses Megabus when she comes visiting from Minneapolis. I don\'t know about the East Coast Megabus, but I can vouch for the Midwest Megabus. They are reliable. <br><br>I know about the Chinese bus - did you go down and try and buy a ticket early? I have a friend who has done that  - when she goes to Boston.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085964">Trumystique</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085964" class="dsq-comment-message">You can buy tickets early but its first come, first served. Usually there are several bus companies operating in Chinatown so I just take whoever is leaving first or who has seats open. But it can sometimes get Third World ( and I say that lovingly) and I am worried about that happening on Monday.<br><br>I thought some enterprising black folk would be chartering buses up the wazoo. I only see one guy on Craigslist who has been doing it for several weeks now and it seems like no one is buying.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086331">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086331" class="dsq-comment-message">Check with local churches  or  groups that worked on the campaign.  I  know in Phila, there are several who organized around their campaign offices.     But also check that chartered buses have the proper parking certificate.  There are a BOATLOAD of regulations they needed to follow to be allowed anywhere close to the mall.  <br><br>If you have the $$, you might be surprised on what you can do on Amtrak.  I talked with a reservation agent, and the closer you get to the day, the more people let their reservations slide (mistakenly or otherwise) <br><br>Besides, Union Station in DC is not that far a walk to the Capitol and Mall area.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085065">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085065" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama\'s inauguration resonates in the South<br><br>WASHINGTON — Keylon Simpkins, cooking catfish and country-fried steak at Ajax Diner in Oxford, Miss., said he really won\'t believe the United States has its first black president until Barack Obama takes the oath of office. <br><br>Simpkins, a 26-year-old African-American, graduated in 2007 with a political science degree from Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi, just down the road from the popular eatery.<br><br>In late September 1962, President John F. Kennedy sent thousands of federal troops to Oxford to quell riots that killed two people and injured 300 when James Meredith attempted to register as the university\'s first black student. <br><br>"To say that we went from having the first African-American at Ole Miss just 40-some years ago to now having the first African-American president — that\'s one of those things . . . " Simpkins\' voice caught for a moment ". . . I don\'t know how to describe it. I know it happened, but I\'m still waiting on the inauguration for it to sink in. It\'s like a shining moment in history."<br><br><br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/59546.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/59546.html</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085082">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085082" class="dsq-comment-message">At Obama\'s inauguration, activists will walk a fine line<br><br>WASHINGTON — Peace activists in the nation\'s capital met for weeks last fall, brainstorming how they\'d demonstrate their opposition at the inauguration of John McCain as president. <br><br>Then Barack Obama won the election.<br><br>What\'s a liberal protester to do? <br><br>"It was a happy dilemma," said Barbra Bearden, spokeswoman for Peace Action, which is affiliated with the Activist Coalition of D.C.<br><br>Washington is a town of protests, and not a week goes by, it seems, that a group isn\'t in front of the U.S. Capitol with bullhorns and signs calling for better education, or cheaper health care, or the beginning of peace, or an end to abortion.<br><br>With Obama\'s election, however, liberal organizations that have spent eight years blocking streets now find themselves working to change their message for this inauguration.<br><br>"We\'re not doing a protest," Bearden said. "We\'re working on having a progressive presence."<br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/59547.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/59547...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085200">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085200" class="dsq-comment-message">Inauguration details.<br><br>Love this site for inauguration news.<br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/inauguration/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/inauguration/</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085223">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085223" class="dsq-comment-message">Dawn of Obama era forces Republicans to take stock<br>James Rosen <br><br>WASHINGTON — Republicans who just four years ago boasted of nearing "permanent majority rule" now watch a dynamic leader move into the White House at the helm of a resurgent Democratic Party with new footholds in longtime Republican bastions.<br><br>For Republican activists across the country, Barack Obama\'s inauguration as the first black president produces dread, bewilderment and grudging admiration.<br><br>"I\'m in a deep depression," said Josephine Schmidt, a mother of three and a small-business owner in Atascadero, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco in California\'s Central Valley.<br><br>"Obama is going to lead this country on a path we\'ve never seen before, the path of socialism," Schmidt said. "It\'s going to take years and years for us to recover, if we ever do."<br><br>Schmidt and her husband, Donald, whose company makes vanilla extract, already are laying off workers in anticipation of the tax increases, health-care mandates and burdensome regulations that they\'re certain Obama will enact.<br><br>In Florida, where Obama became the first Democrat to win more than half the presidential vote since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, the prognosis is less grim.<br><br>"I felt that Obama just did not have enough experience, but he\'s surprised me," said Jeffrey Gordon, a lifelong Republican retiree in Coral Springs, north of Miami. "I\'ve been by and large impressed by him."<br><br>He and other Republicans like Obama\'s Cabinet picks — especially Hillary Clinton as secretary of state — and they\'re pleased by the Illinois Democrat\'s pledge to wrap $300 billion in tax cuts into his economic stimulus plan.<br><br>"He\'s inheriting a horrific environment," Gordon said. "He\'s got a rough two years ahead of him, but so far, without him even having taken the oath, I give him high marks."<br><br>In Ohio, another red state that turned blue for Obama, Josh Keezer is struck by the president-elect\'s energy and sense of command.<br><br>"He\'s not even president yet, but he\'s been all over the place," said Keezer, who lives outside Toledo and teaches English to immigrants. "He\'s been at the White House, and he\'s met with Congress. He\'s building his experience now. He\'s about the best nominee the Democrats have had in quite a few years. Hopefully, his learning curve won\'t be as big as I thought it would be."<br><br>Obama, 47, defeated Sen. John McCain of Arizona on Nov. 4 by 53-46 percent. Obama carried nine states that President George W. Bush won in 2004, while McCain failed to turn any states that had gone for Democratic nominee John Kerry.<br><br>Obama\'s emphatic victory has left Republicans searching for answers.<br><a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/349/v-print/story/59386.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mcclatchydc.com/349/v-print/story/59...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085638">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085638" class="dsq-comment-message">They.Just.Didn\'t.see.Barack.Coming. <br><br>Hee, hee!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086251">Kat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086251" class="dsq-comment-message">Schmidt is a piece of work, firing people at her company because of what she THINKS might happen.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5089022">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5089022" class="dsq-comment-message">Her business is going broke due to a combination of her own poor business keeping skills and Bush, but instead of admitting that, she wants to blame Obama.<br><br>What brand of Vanilla Extract does she make?  Because I want to help put her totally out of business so I can see if she will have her hand out for Obama\'s socialist welfare checks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086289">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086289" class="dsq-comment-message">The vanilla extract lady and her hubby need to just shut up.  How do they blame laying people off in Obama?   UHHH, were they paying attention for the last 2-3 years?<br><br>Besides, how much $$ do you make from Vanilla extract anyway?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088359">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088359" class="dsq-comment-message">lol@ vanila extract lady.  So sad V.E lady & hubby are running old 8 track tapes while PEO sporting an IPOD!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5091953">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5091953" class="dsq-comment-message">"Obama is going to lead this country on a path we\'ve never seen before, the path of socialism," Schmidt said. "It\'s GOING TO TAKE YEARS AND YEARS FOR  US TO  RECOVER, if we ever do." (my caps) Socialism ROTFLMAO<br><br>I have a great deal of sympathy for small business as they really suffer from regulations and relationships that make their business success but this is a classic example of cognitive dissonance(http://www.habermas.org/cncgndis.htm).<br><br>How does she think she got to this situtation such that her business has declining or no  additional demand for her products? Whom through nonfeasance, failed to protect her ability to borrow money? Republicans have no shot if this their base.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085782">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085782" class="dsq-comment-message">I really want to watch the Inauguration thingy that iwill be shown on HAB, but I don\'t have HBO, doe anyone know if they will be doing another HBO free weekend in honor of the inauraguration, or if HBO will be showing the program online?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086367">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086367" class="dsq-comment-message">You may wanna call Pookie and nem for a hookup.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087804">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087804" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   RAOTFL!!!!!     :&gt;)        :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>U    R    CRAZY!!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086347">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086347" class="dsq-comment-message">You may wanna call Pookie and nem for a hookup.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086492">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086492" class="dsq-comment-message">No hookup.  I have digital cable, but I cancelled by premium channel line-up a year ago, since I realized that I was paying extra for them, but I wasn\'t even watching those channels much.  So I got rid of them.<br><br>I guess it would be really sad to order hbo, for the weekend, and then cancel it on Wednesday</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087826">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087826" class="dsq-comment-message">lamh31:   I posted an article [2-day] that described all the stations that will have INAUGURATION coverage.  Hope it will help.<br><br>Otherwise,  "What Sepia said!"      LOL!      :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5089446" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5089446" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s going to be broadcast on regular stations during that time period so everyone will be able to watch it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5085909">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5085909" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama Inspires Quilts<br><br><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1363311.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1363311....</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086801">zackboston</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086801" class="dsq-comment-message">oh thank you.  my friend lmerchie from the museum of af am history in boston was commissioned to make one. . . it was so beautiful!  i thought it was such a great idea.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087362">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087362" class="dsq-comment-message">What a beautiful labor of love.  Kudos to Ms. Freeman<br><br>As GreenLady says:  He can have whateva he likes! :-))</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087787">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087787" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   Thanks!     :&gt;)    :&gt;) [credit TI :&gt;)]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087777" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:     <b>OBAMA    I-N-S-P-I-R-E-S. . . </b><br><br>That\'s "WHYCOME" HE/THEY bring out the CREATIVE BEST in sooooo many people!! :&gt;)<br><br><i>The display, with 44 new works from 44 African-American artists, celebrates the historic thread that quilts weave through many families -- with their folksy stories and cherished fabric of years gone by.<br><br>One of the quilts in the display, exhibit organizers say, is from Carrie Nelson, the oldest member of Michelle Obama\'s family.</i><br><br>THIS PROJECT IS  <b>A- M - A -Z -I -N -G</b>    :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br><br>GOD BLESS THE ARTISTS/QUILTERS!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086067">lamh31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086067" class="dsq-comment-message">Another Good Post From Al @ The Field.<br><br>Check it out: "dean-was-snubbed-enough-already..."<br><br><a href="http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/dean-was-snubbed-enough-already-high-school-drama#comments" rel="nofollow">http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/dean-...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087104">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087104" class="dsq-comment-message">I love how Al always puts it down. :o)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087274">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087274" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087274" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, what Al said.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086096">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086096" class="dsq-comment-message">Andrew Sullivan has a video of a splitscreen with  Beyonce and some little girl doing her own dance to \' Put a Ring on it\'. <br><br>Disturbing on so many levels.<br><br><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/01/mental-health-5.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086417">Trumystique</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086417" class="dsq-comment-message">That baby should be getting a dance scholarship instead of being in front of the TV! She looks to be about 4 years old and she can dance. But when will folks learn this stuff maybe maybe maybe cute at home in front of your friends in the living room when you say "Look what she\'s doing now". It is NOT CUTE when you put in on Youtube. Have some sense people...<br><br>What disturbs me about this video:<br>1. My sneaking suspicion that the little girl wasnt coming back from ballet class but rather that the adults in her life made her put on that leotard for the ensuing video.<br><br>2. She knows alot of the lyricss. Who told her what Beyonce was singing and let her watch that damn video over and over and over again? <br><br>3. The hair flips and ass slapping<br><br>Lawd lawd lawd</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087192">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087192" class="dsq-comment-message">This wasn\'t cute regardless of the audience.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087125">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087125" class="dsq-comment-message">This plays like a horror show, Scary! <br><br>Two words.  JonBenet Ramsey</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087444">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087444" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087444" class="dsq-comment-message">eww.....ouch....but you are SOOOOOO right!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5087473" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087473" class="dsq-comment-message">awe.<br><br>JonBenet issues are on a totally different level. This little girl didn\'t wear heels or make up. My niece, who is 3, loves to dance and imitates every dance. I frequently make up dances for her because she loves to dance so much. Though content wise on the song... I get it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087820">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087820" class="dsq-comment-message">evita, I\'m so glad you get it.  I did\'t mention that child\'s name for naught.  If it stuns or disappoints, or shocks, I make no apologies.  <br><br>I don\'t have anything against kids dancing.  Both my daughters started dance classes when they were 4 years old right up until they gratduated high school. <br><br>There wasn\'t any self-ass slapping  and sexually suggestive gyrations gong up in the classroom and certainly not at home.  <br><br>The kind of dancing the little girl was doing is so inapproriate for a child-Miranda\'s right.  It\'s not the least bit cute or funny to me either. The  parents are opening their child up for a host of trouble, precocousius sexuality, for one.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086100">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086100" class="dsq-comment-message">Dr. Madowis laing down with a play by play timeline of Bush\'s whereabouts during Katrina.  Get\'em Rachel!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086332" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5086332" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5086332" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086332" class="dsq-comment-message">Had a lot of fun reading this article at Gawker about the "Obama Merchandise Classification System." <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7hgvs5" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/7hgvs5</a><br><br>The categories include: Official Crap; Media Crap; Knick-Knack Crap; and Offensive Crap. <br><br>(Personally, I do not feel as if I have acquired enough Obama knick-knacks yet. I saw this key chain the other day and I thought, "oooh, wait till payday!" and every time I see a bootleg Obama shirt, I have to stop and take a look. My self-control is just going out the window...)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087986" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087986">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087986" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia_m:     VIRTUAL  "DAP"!     :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>Feeding the <b>"ONE MAN ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE"</b> concept!    :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5086685">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086685" class="dsq-comment-message">who knew<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/j-lo-to-speak-at-inaugura_n_157168.html" rel="nofollow">reason to dislike J. Lo and her hubby </a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086837" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5086837" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086837" class="dsq-comment-message">I read that...I know that she and America whatsherface on <i>Ugly Betty.</i> supported Hillpatine.  Now she finds out that she made the wrong career move backing the wrong candidate?  <br><br>The girl is not to be trusted...reminds me of Celia Cruz who couldn\'t stand blacks even though she herself was...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087283" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087283">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087283" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087283" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah I remember that. I admit it has kinda soured me on Ugly Betty. don\'t get me wrong still watch it, but it\'s not as must see tv as it used 2 b</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087356">denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087356" class="dsq-comment-message">whaaaaaaa??</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087634" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5087634" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087634" class="dsq-comment-message">My apologies.  I repeated something I read in regards to Cruz when she died in 2003.  For all intents and purposes, Cruz was a musical heroine in many eyes and a fraud in others.  She was not perfect, she was just enough.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5087010" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087010" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087010">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087010" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087010" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh.........I already disliked them for entirely different reasons, so this doesn\'t really bother me.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088944">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088944" class="dsq-comment-message">JLo is an attention whoring opportunist who will jump on the first black bandwagon if it will get her some attention.  She must think Obama is the political version of Puffy who\'s going to put her back on.  This is nothing but trying to get her name back in the spotlight.  Look at her wearing low cut stuff again trying to get back in the headlines.  JLo must still think it\'s 1999 when she was wearing bedazzled headbands rolling with Puffy and his crew.  Somebody needs to inform her it\'s 2009 and ERRYBODY got her number.<br><br>As far as Marc Anthony, I don\'t know too much about him but I guess he needs a hit, he hasn\'t had one in a while...maybe since 1999.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088980">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5088980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088980" class="dsq-comment-message">And some of JLo\'s supporters are saying that Rihanna didn\'t donate so why isn\'t anyone complaining about that?<br><br>The answer is Rihanna is NOT an American citizen and thus cannot donate or vote.<br><br>Some people are just tacky and JLo & Skeletor are some of them.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5089043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5089043" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5089043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5089043" class="dsq-comment-message">Is Rihanna singing/miming or whatever it is hse does or tries to do?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5086952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5086952" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5086952" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122009/news/regionalnews/knicks_sex_scandal_shock_149861.htm" rel="nofollow">Ballers acting the fool, take 278,662:  Knick Eddy Curry slapped with sexual harassment suit by male chauffeur.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087058">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087058" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmmm.....well this is a different twist........I may have to lift my ban on the Bspn.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088248" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088248">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088248" class="dsq-comment-message">definitely part of the most interesting gossip placed here. Makes you go hmmmmmm</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087001" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5087001" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087001" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087001" class="dsq-comment-message"><A HREF="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/tuskegee-airmen-to-take-salute-from-new.html" rel="nofollow">Tuskegee Airmen to take a salute from the new Commander-in-Chief on Inaugural Day</a></A></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5087512" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087512" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087512">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087512" class="dsq-comment-message">Chills, ,just, chills. :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087650">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087650" class="dsq-comment-message">icebergslim:   I know that Ima B  **laughin\'**,  **cheerin\'*** annnnnnnnnd, ***cryin\'**<br><br>ALL DAY LONG!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>It\'s gonna be a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWglE_dkRTc" rel="nofollow"><b>"Great Day"</b></a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  THEY SANGIN\'  :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5088125" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5088125" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088125" class="dsq-comment-message">As some of you know, my father was a Tuskegee Airman. Flight navigator. <br><br>I\'ll be there for him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088265" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088265">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5088265" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088265" class="dsq-comment-message">CraigHickman:  Much HONOR and RESPECT.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088273" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088273">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5088273" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088273" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, Craig, what an honor and a blessing.  I\'m so happy for you!<br><br> I\'ll be cheering and saluting these fine Amercan Service Men.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5088392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5088392" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088392" class="dsq-comment-message">Far out!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5091749">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5091749" class="dsq-comment-message">That means he was trained to fly the bombers, correct? Son of a Red Tail.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088221">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088221" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, I\'m gonna cry.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087151">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5087151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087151" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anybody catch rev al on fox<br><br>i refuse 2 watch fox</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087425">vulcan girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087425" class="dsq-comment-message">I tried.  It was about 15 mins of the last half hour.  I think Hannity was asking why more black people don\'t vote Republican, and Sharpton started to bring up up voting and civil rights issues, Meatloaf tried to make a point about Repubs lack of enthusiasm for funding things like education and healthcare, but Michelle Bachmann got very shouty about something so I changed the channel because no one else could talk.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5087259" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5087259" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087259" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/10-year-old-reporter-damo_n_157311.html" rel="nofollow">Ten-year-old Damon Weaver gets his press credentials from the White House.  Now all he needs is the Obama interview.</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5091618">zackboston</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5091618" class="dsq-comment-message">oh PE O should grant him an interview!  thank you.  this brought a smile to my face.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087276">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087276" class="dsq-comment-message">I KNEW THIS FOOL WAS TRYING TO FAKE HIS DEATH AND RUN AWAY FROM A PENDING INVESTIGATION!<br><br> (CNN) -- A man whose financial management business is under investigation faked a life-or-death emergency in his private aircraft before secretly parachuting out and letting his plane crash in the Florida panhandle, authorities said Monday.<br>Marcus Schrenker exited his small plane before it crashed, and investigators are looking for him, police say.<br><br>Marcus Schrenker exited his small plane before it crashed, and investigators are looking for him, police say.<br>The pilot, identified as Marcus Schrenker, 38, later checked into a hotel in Alabama under a fake name and then put on a black cap and fled into woods, authorities in Alabama said, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff\'s Office in Milton, Florida.<br>Authorities are searching for Schrenker.<br>The manager of the airport in Indiana from which the six-seat Piper PA-46 took off Sunday said that no one else was on board at takeoff. <br>The plane crashed Sunday night in a swampy, wooded area within 50 to 75 yards of some homes in East Milton, Florida, the sheriff\'s office said. <br><br>An Indiana judge on Monday froze Schrenker\'s assets at the request of investigators looking into his business dealings, said Jim Gavin, spokesman for the Indiana secretary of state.<br>Public documents list Schrenker as president of an Indianapolis agency called Heritage Wealth Management. Records also show Heritage Insurance Services at the same address. The address is listed in the telephone directory as the site of Icon Wealth Management.<br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/florida.plane.crash/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/12/florida.plane....</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087482">vulcan girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087482" class="dsq-comment-message">Dr. Rachel just announced that 5 Republican Senators will not seek reelection in 2010.<br><br>Mel Martinez - FL  (not new news)<br>George Voinovich - OH<br>Kit Bond - MO<br>Sam Brownback - KS<br>Kay Bailey Hutchinson - TX. She\'s running for governor.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087533">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087533" class="dsq-comment-message">vulcan girl:  WATCHIN\' 2  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>According to a REpug Analyst - - they are getting out of "races" where states are "leaning BLUE" \'cause they fear a loss annnnnnd they don\'t want to invest their BENJAMINS in a loss!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5087665" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087665" class="dsq-comment-message">Christopher Buckley is <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/the-presidents-blackberry-is-missing/2/" rel="nofollow">hilarious</a>.<br><br><blockquote><i>Okay, it’s called ‘The President’s BlackBerry Is Missing.’ The daughter takes his by mistake when she’s rushing off to school. And he’s got her BlackBerry, but he doesn’t know it. So when he goes to send the critical message to the Kremlin telling Putin to kiss his black ass, the text message goes to the English teacher at Sidwell Friends School. You with me?</blockquote></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088213">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088213" class="dsq-comment-message">funny is funny, and this is funny</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088257">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088257" class="dsq-comment-message">That was hilarious. There\'s plenty of ways to poke fun at Obama w/out using his race. People just have to be more creative.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088308">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088308" class="dsq-comment-message">Hahahaaaa!<br><br>I\'m.with. you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5087950">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5087950" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>OBAMA INSPIRES! . . .. . .</b><br><br><a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1372903,CST-NWS-hair12.article" rel="nofollow">Extreme makeover: Ossama\'s hair salon now Obama\'s </a><br><br><i><b>What a difference a "B" makes.<br><br>A downtown Chicago hair salon has changed its name from Ossama\'s Hair Design to Obama\'s Hair Design -- for exactly the reason you\'d think:<br><br>Business is better when your name evokes one of the nation\'s most popular figures, not one of its most hated.</b><br><br>"A lot of customers stopped coming after Sept. 11," owner Mike Elsheikh said. "Old customers have come by and said, \'We like it much better.\' ... This is going to work for me for sure. The name is absolutely making a huge difference."<br><br>Elsheikh, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen from Plainfield, worked as a stylist at Ossama\'s when Osama bin Laden\'s al-Qaida launched the 2001 terrorist attacks.<br><br>Business plummeted 50 percent in the months that followed as customers shunned the suddenly unfortunately named salon, Elsheikh said.<br><br>The old owner eventually sold the business to Elsheikh, who licensed the "Obama Hair Design" name on spec during the campaign: "I had a good imagination he would win."<br><br>When Barack Obama did win the presidency, Elsheikh, 42, got moving. He officially opened the newly renamed salon at 433 S. Dearborn on Printers Row two weeks ago. Business has improved already, he said, adding people have stopped by to snap pictures of his new neon sign.<br><br>Elsheikh said he met Obama a few years ago when they both lived in the Hyde Park area. He hasn\'t heard anything from the president-elect since the new name went up -- and doesn\'t expect him to object.<br><br>"It makes a lot of sense to me to name it Obama\'s rather than Ossama\'s," Elsheikh said. "Plus Obama\'s gonna get Osama."</i><br><br>I\'m sure that this kind of activity will CONTINUE!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088264">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088264" class="dsq-comment-message">Sony posts first loss since 1995 -----1.1 Billion</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5088362" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088362" class="dsq-comment-message">The Japanese have been reeling for several years now financially.<br><br>The Chinese are not far behind.  Remember, their holding our paper.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5091048">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5091048" class="dsq-comment-message">I read somewhere (either the WSJ OR CNN I think) that the Chinese wasn\'t too thrilled about holding our paper anymore. that is DEFINITELY not what we need to hear right now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5088486">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5088486" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Did we have this discussion B4??<br><br><a href="http://forums.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=627630" rel="nofollow">Award-Winning Journalist Cynthia Gordy Named First-Ever Washington Correspondent for ESSENCE</a><br><br><i>NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ --<b> Award-winning journalist, Cynthia Gordy, has been named the first-ever Washington Correspondent for ESSENCE, it was announced today by Angela Burt-Murray, Editor-in-Chief, ESSENCE. Previously serving as the News Editor for ESSENCE, she will continue to report to Tatsha Robertson, Deputy Editor, News for ESSENCE. In this new role, Gordy will be responsible for developing and maintaining key relationships on behalf of ESSENCE with the Obama administration, as well as the First Lady\'s staff and cabinet level officers; covering issues of importance to the African-American community. As the brand\'s Washington Correspondent, Gordy will generate features and report breaking news for both ESSENCE magazine and Essence.com; including a monthly column in the magazine and a daily "Obama Watch" section online.</b><br><br>"We are so excited to have Cynthia Gordy, one of our most talented and highly-regarded editors, take on this new and exciting challenge," says Angela Burt-Murray, Editor-in-Chief, ESSENCE. "Given her extensive news experience, especially as it relates to coverage of the 2008 Presidential campaign, I am confident ESSENCE and its readership of over 8 million African-American women will be well represented at the White House."<br><br>As a member of the ESSENCE editorial team since 2004, Gordy was most recently the News Editor for ESSENCE, during which time she covered the 2008 Presidential campaign and scored exclusive interviews with political leaders from both parties. Gordy followed the campaign from the primaries to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions through election day; culminating in live coverage of Obama\'s victory rally in Chicago\'s Grant Park.<br><br>Through the years, Cynthia has broken a number of enterprise stories: she got the first print interview with Nicole Paultre Bell; she was also the first print reporter to talk with Genarlow Wilson after he was released from jail. She nabbed one of the first interviews with Desiree Rogers, the incoming White House social secretary. Cynthia has won a number of national honors, including NABJ and NYABJ awards for her narrative about how environmental racism plagued one rural community. She was also honored for her spot report -- "An American Tragedy: The Heartbreaking Death of Sean Bell," which won an NYABJ award.<br><br>Gordy has also reported and edited news on current events, international affairs, and a wide variety of social issues including criminal justice, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS in the Black community, police brutality, and hate crimes. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Non-fiction Writing and Africana Studies from the University of Pittsburgh and now resides in Harlem. </i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5101069" class="dsq-comment-message">Vid of the P-E back in the day (5-12-06) talking to Conan O\'Brian.  He seemed so joyful and carefree then.  And funny.  Really, truly funny. Except, am I the only one who winces every time he relates how Michelle puts him down?  Especially in front of the kids?  I guess home is where you hang your head.<br><br><a href="http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%2527Brien/video/clips/barack-obama-51206/661228/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%27Br...</a></div>\
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			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




