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And that Randy spent a month in jail for spousal abouse after he divorced his first wife before marrying the one that turned around and married Jermaine?<br><br> Jermaine was something else. He was married to Hazel, had 3 kids with her, and another one on the side during the marriage name Dawn, then he hooks up with this Maldnoado women, and she has a baby 4 mos younger than his youngest son with Hazel.  Him and Hazel divorce, and he hooks up with Randy's 2nd ex-wife and they have 2 sons, which means Randy's twins with this Alejandro woman are brother/sister vs. 1st cousins, since they all have the same momma. He then goes to Bahrain marries another woman before he divorces Alejandro.<br>The last wife, so far, is of Afgahan descent.<br><br>I was like DAYUM Jermaine, why you even get married..he has had outside kids everytime he is married...and no one even seems to know the name of the babymomma of Dawn during the Gordy marriage, which also had the babymomma Maldonado before Gordy finally divorced him.<br><br>And...Jermaine's last son with Randy's ex, is named JerMajesty.<br><br>See what I mean about the next singing group going to be the RoyalJacksons.<br><br>The only folks that have remained married are Rebbie and Marlon...all the rest are divorcees.<br><br>But Jermaine!  Eight kids...marrying your brother's ex.  bet those were some helluva family gatherings!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:06:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 25, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419596": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "catch this one<br><br><a href=\"http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1i1zk7\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1i1zk7</a><br><br>MLK was a Republican?????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12417028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So as part of the Ghana trip, the President and Mrs Obama are supposed to visit the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Coast_Castle\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ghana Cape Coat Castle</a><br><br>The Cape Coast Castle was built for trade in timber and gold, but it's now most known for it's later use in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. As were a number of other Ghanaian Slave Castles.<br><br>I read on some news org site, that Gibbs said that if the weather is too bad, then the President will not be able to go the the Castle. I hope the weather holds up, and the MSM actually takes the time to educate the viewers of the significance of the First African-American President visiting such a site. It would also be pretty significant if Michelle Obama is also there since she unlike Obama can trace her lineage to slaves ancestry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:26:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12419103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Malia and Sasha are already are becoming very sophisticated and refined young ladies of the world.   In fact, the world is their oyster from here on out.  These ignorant asses at jeeper freepers are jealous of that.   They know that no matter how much they flail and yell and send their kids to the local young kkk camp their kids will always be backwoods never rans tatooed from head to toe.   Love to see these idiots twitch their lives away.  Most of them have two chins also.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:50:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414438, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12421160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am totally convinced she quit for money.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_00:08:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12420496, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418647": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well when you only can raise $845....", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:31:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414152, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "we've been discussing it since the afternoon, Town. <br><br>I just....I wouldn't put it Front Page.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:30:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418463, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where dat \"bad chair\"?  <br><br>GreenLady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:47:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416847, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Blue Dogs aren't the only ones drawing lines in the sand on healthcare:<br><br><blockquote>A leading progressive in the House of Representatives said on Wednesday that she felt reassured that the White House would not pursue health care reform that tied a public plan to worsening economic triggers.<br><br>In an interview with the Huffington Post, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) said that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have been floating a \"trial balloon\" when he told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that a trigger option could be a compromise approach to health care reform. Judging by his interaction with progressives in the House of Representatives in the subsequent hours, she added, it seems that the administration has taken the proposal off the table.<br><br>\"The president wasn't talking about a trigger,\" said Woolsey. And when Emanuel floated the idea, she said, \"the balloon blew up. He got to the Democratic caucus and he heard loud and clear that that is not what we wanted. And he definitely heard it from myself and the progressives, very clearly, that we're talking about a robust public option.\"<br><br>The co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, Woolsey said that when Emanuel came to meet House Democrats on Tuesday evening -- hours after his interview with the Journal was published -- he did not receive a warm reception.<br><br>\"He was on the defensive because he got there and he had to explain that what the president really wants is a robust public plan,\" said Woolsey.<br><br>The California Democrat said that she has whipped the progressive caucus in the House and concluded that more than 60 of its members would vote against a health care reform plan that had a public option tied to economic triggers. It is a line in the sand that she and others expressed to Emanuel when he met with his former House Democrats.<br><br>\"Fortunately, when [Emanuel] left, we knew that he was not going to be out working for a trigger,\" said Woolsey. \"He didn't make excuses,\" she added. \"We [the progressive caucus] have already compromised. More than 90 percent of the progressive caucus would vote today for a single payer system. And so for us to compromise and get behind a really good strong public plan, I mean that's as far as we're going. And I started with that and he said, 'Lynn I know that.' He knows that we're very serious about this.\"<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/emanuels-public-plan-with_n_228941.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/emanue...</a><br></blockquote><br><br>Good job Progressive Democrats, keep it up because the conservadems are trying to block.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:54:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12460081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yeah that told that on the news. I think they say that Marlon and his family live in the compound and he stocks shelves at the market.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_13:24:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417350, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "News Alert<br>6:13 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009 <br>Sen. Roland Burris Won't Seek Reelection <br>Appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) will not seek reelection in 2010, according to a Democratic strategist, a decision that was all-but-certain given his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<br><br>For more information, visit <a href=\"http://washingtonpost.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">washingtonpost.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:23:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12417077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!!!!! I know what you meant.<br><br>BTW, I'm a she, and if I was Sanford's or Ensign's wives, after what I'd do to them, they would need  a Gyno", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:29:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416174, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think he got busted ain't no shame in it though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:24:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411310, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know that's right.  These folks really don't know what they're in for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:13:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414740, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418637": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "and he's a \"deacon\" in some secret Christian cabal like sect who thinks the political leaders like him are \"chosen\" and don't have to follow the rules us lesser mortals do.   This is the same religious group Hillary attached herself to....I hope she has decided this is not good for her future attempt at the presidency which I am convinced she will try for once again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:31:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415985, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "STRAIGHT.TO.THE.CORNER.   IN.THE.BAD.CHAIR!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:30:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416847, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO @ goldenpavillonanddiamonds the top of her thighs!<br><br>Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:10:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416471, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Another article about the Ghana trip:<br><br><a href=\"http://ghanabusinessnews.com/2009/07/06/obama%e2%80%99s-visit-electrifies-ghana/print/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama\u2019s visit electrifies Ghana</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:03:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12416098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ya know...sadly....I cant even fake like I find this unbelievable. I went to school with children from...well....let me put it this way: 2 sisters, lived next door to each other, 1 man....8 kids in one house, 9 kids in the other. I played at the wedding of one of the daughters - let's just say it was interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:49:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414987, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "New Plan for paying for health care (from the NYT):<br><br>\"Senators were also considering a plan to apply the Medicare payroll tax of 1.45 percent to non-wage income like dividends and capital gains.\"<br><br>UH OH - there goes my retirement money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:32:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12418674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Only I think the Sanford and Ensign women are the real Stepford wives.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:32:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417077, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said....<br><br>Micahel was wise to save his ENERGY, becaue Lupus zaps the energy.  Had he fought back the lies and inuendos, he probably would have died sooner.<br><br>I've taken care of plenty of patients with Lupus... mainly females.  It can be and etremely debilitating disease.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:54:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413397, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "another contribution to Racist Thursdays:<br><br> <a href=\"http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/conservatives-circulate-picture-obama\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/conserva...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:22:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Ladyvenoms", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12416124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They really are.....they really really are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:51:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414740, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I couldn't take reading the entire thread @ FreeRepublic. It was just too much!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:12:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414438, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12412549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After all the bullshit he went through fighting to get the seat and now he won't run.  Geez did he just want to have the title of Senator for awhile; was that his deal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:52:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411443, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes i knew all about Jermaines dallying LOL<br>he just couldn't keep it in his pants<br>well he's supposed to be a strict Muslim now<br>so i hope he's learned some discipline", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:31:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414987, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12430472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh I forgot to say- that the records they kept showed how many enslaved people went to various islands. For me it was crucial to witness the number of Africans sent to Puerto Rico and the Canary Islands.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_02:11:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417028, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12423819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What else could it be?  Where else could those remarks come from?<br><br>The nasty f-ing demons!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_01:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12423492, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did the dems call plantiffs in a case that Bork or Thomas presided over?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:33:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418336, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I heard about it on the TJMS.  Cybill said her father was buried there for decades, and she had to see what the hell was going on with her \"daddy\"<br><br>Now for me, here's the thing... since New Orleans is below sea level, we have mostly above ground cemetaries, mainly mauseleoms(sp) that house family members and such. For the few below ground cemetaries, unless you buy a family plot, but there is probably a good chance that you will be buried \"on top\", or \"above\" someone else.<br><br>In fact, I think that you actually have some family plots that are the same way.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:51:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415474, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interesting. I wonder if his parents are as devout Christians as Ensign tries to sound like. If so, they would have felt compassion. Particularly, as the Ensigns/Hamptons were neighbors and long standing friends AND...all of the Hamptons were on Sen Ensigns payroll.  So, they were all unemployed after Ensign let them all go due to the affair.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:38:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413625, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "His wiki page said he's had a career in obstetrics and has delivered more than 4,000 babies.<br><br><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Coburn#Early_life_and_career\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Coburn#Early_l...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:13:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416174, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12459169": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Excuse me, but Jermaine was getting it on with Randy's girl before Randy ever married her. He has no money and the exwife is trying to sue for money from the Arab woman that he is involved with. Jermaine has been something else for a long, long time. I have been waiting to hear music from Tito's boys. They have been a trio for a while and Rebie's son as well. There's got to be some of the kids from that family to continue that music legacy.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_13:19:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414987, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ctfu!!..she must've been Sunshine..and now she has nothing but Jacksons for babies...wonder if they have any talent with all that sunshine beaming down on them!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:14:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417442, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where'd you look at?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:53:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415985, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When does the Africa leg of the trip start?  I'm more excited by this than anything else (althougth, I'm looking for the Papal visit too)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909327,00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">CWelcome to OBamako: Africa Awaits Obama's Return</a><br><br><br><blockquote>Hamid Diarra is not a man who hides his passions \u2014 and these days one consuming love inspires him as he drives his taxi through the clogged streets of Mali's capital. He's crazy about Barack Obama. <br><br>During the final stretch of the presidential election last fall \u2014 when Diarra's fantasy of an African American in the White House began to seem probable \u2014 he downloaded a new ringtone onto his phone, of Obama chanting \"Yes we can! Yes we can!\" As the election results rolled in, Diarra joined the celebrations on Bamako's streets, and changed his ringtone again, to Obama's victory song by Stevie Wonder, \"Signed, Sealed, Delivered,\" which he has kept ever since. His taxi's dashboard is decorated with stickers of Obama's face. And during the hours he spends chugging through Bamako's streets, he has created his own jingles, which he belts out \u2014 windows rolled down, fist pumping the air to the rhythm \u2014 with a grin on his face: \"O-bama! O-bama! N\u00f4tre fr\u00e8re! N\u00f4tre ami!\" <br></blockquote><br><br>Read the whole article here: <a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1909327%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:43:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12414152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That would be US Senator! ...and you are absolutely right, he built a monument to his own achievements in death.  That is chutzpah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:40:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413675, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12423351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Colindres: Obama A \"Little Black Man\"<br><br>The U.S. ambassador to Honduras has objected strongly to the foreign minister for the de facto Honduran government, Enrique Ortez Colindres, calling President Obama a \"little black man who knows nothing,\" reports the Daily Kos.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/colindres-obama-a-little_n_228910.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/colind...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_00:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12413625": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow, this was some kinda gift!!! Can you say hush money?  it seems to me that the GOP has got to get rid of either Sanford or Ensign.  Looks like Sanford ain't going anywhere.  My money is on Ensign, unless Ensign's people can put the drop on Sanford.  Of course James Carville (who knew all along bout Clinton and Monica I bet) and Alex Castellanos (sp...repub strategist) say he can survive because Nevada is home to Las Vegas, and ya know what happens in Vegas...  Still I gotta think that Nevadians are damn tired of people assuming that just cause of Las Vegas, that Nevadians is \"looser on moral values\" than other states.<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/ensign_still_bringing_dirty_laundry_home_to_be_was.php?ref=m1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ensign Still Bringing Dirty Laundry Home To Be Washed</a><br><blockquote>It looks like John Ensign's sexual dignity -- which hasn't been high lately -- has plunged to new depths. His lawyer has just released a remarkable statement saying that Ensign's parents paid the Hamptons $96,000 after the 51-year-old senator told his Mom and Dad about the affair. <br><br>The senator's father, Mike Ensign, is a casino mogul who sold his shares in the Mandalay Group for around $300 million earlier this decade.<br><br>The statement is a response to Doug Hampton's claim that Ensign paid a severance package of over $25,000 to Cindy Hampton when she left his political committee -- which would be a felony violation of campaign finance law if he wasn't reimbursed. A good government group called today for a criminal probe into the matter.<br><br></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:24:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12412602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hah she actually got Harper to display a little color in his face.  What was running through his dirty mind I wonder.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:54:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12411797, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This stuff just writes itself......my goodness....they are a walking punchline.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:14:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415985, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I knew they were ultra chic....niiiiiiiiice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:35:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417350, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12460229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you have to wonder though why with all his brothers and sisters, and especially Rebie who has been a mother and wife whose husband has done well; Michael wouldn't have chosen one of his own family as guardian should something happen to his mother, instead of Diana Ross. I mean, I know he knew things that none of us would know but it seems strange.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_13:27:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12438483, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell me?    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA   My sweet mama woulda whipped my azz all the way out her house...  LOLOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:54:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413952, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Those people are ridiculous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:58:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418604, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "News Alert<br>8:25 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009 <br><br>AIG Prepares to Pay New Round of Bonuses <br>American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses this month to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.<br><br><br>For more information, visit <a href=\"http://washingtonpost.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">washingtonpost.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:15:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12430563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I loved this song! His women might have too...<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtxVT39fSc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtxVT39fSc</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_02:17:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414987, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama was not oogling,. Ever, the gentleman, he was looking to see if the woman was going to need help because the step is very high.<br><br>He only has eyes for Michelle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:41:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410650, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12430434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've been there and at Elmina right across from it. Most POWERFUL experience of my life. The records they kept. The size of the rooms. The door of no return. You can FEEL the pain. It is such an important trip.<br><br>FYI this is the site where the indie film Sankofa (from the 90s) was filmed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_02:09:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417028, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Girl,<br><br>You bet not even think it....they might read your mind! LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:15:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413952, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12422780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How so?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_00:26:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Micheline", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418668, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12438250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I. Love. Janet. <br><br>That. Is. All.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_08:05:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12419059, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep don't you remember his crazy tombstone.  Now he can officially add State Senator to it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:25:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412549, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep! And they were all like within the same ages so its not like one sister had the first 8 and the other had the last 9....they were all mixed in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:16:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416282, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Town,<br><br>I went to FreeRepublic to see the ugliness written but I couldn't finish reading. <br>It was too much. I couldn't take it.<br><br>This is an 11 year old girl. My Lord, they are pure demons over there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:38:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418463, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow...damn so the sisters kids, were all brothers/sisters....daYUM!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:56:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416098, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think that it is because Lupus is an invisible disability.  Because people don't see obvious signs there is a desire to look at the sufferer as being overly dramatic or faking their condition.  Furthermore feeling good one day does not mean feeling good everyday and there is often little respect for limitations.  When I found out he had Lupus it put so much of his so-called strange behavior into context.  If people were more aware of invisible disabilities and how difficult they are to live with perhaps they would not be so quick to judge.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:26:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413397, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah...does the Senate GOP realize how stupid this is?<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/senate-republicans-calling-new-haven-firefighters-as-witnesses-for-sotomayor-hearings.php#comments\" rel=\"nofollow\">Senate Republicans Calling New Haven Firefighters As Witnesses For Sotomayor Hearings</a><br><br>What exactly will these firefighters testify to? How can they give testimony on Judge Sotomayor's JUDICIAL JUDGEMENT.  If Karma is truly a bitch, then this will so backfire on GOP.  <br><br>I have never watched a confirmation hearing...EVER!!! Not even the Clarence Thomas \"pubes on a coke can\" hearing.  But I damn sure thinking about watching this one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12414740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "White folks are begging for an ass whoopin' before this month is out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:58:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414438, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now this is some (to quote Michael Baisden) \"frackle nackle bull...\"  Doctor/Patient privilege my ass.  What the hell kind doctor is Coburn anyway?<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/coburn_denies_that_he_urged_ensign_to_pay_restitut.php#more\" rel=\"nofollow\">Coburn Denies That He Urged Ensign To Pay \"Restitution\" For Affair<br></a><br><br><br><blockquote>Doug Hampton's (the husband of Ensign's mistress) allegation that Sen. Tom Coburn urged his friend Sen. John Ensign to pay \"restitution\" money to the Hamptons on account of Ensign's affair with Hampton's wife. And now Coburn is denying the claim.<br><br>Roll Call reports:<br><br><br>Coburn repeatedly denied allegations that he urged Ensign to pay Doug Hampton, the husband of his mistress Cynthia, millions in hush money following a confrontation with Hampton. \"I categorically deny everything he said,\" Coburn said.<br><br>Coburn also said he won't reveal -- even as part of a Senate ethics probe or legal proceeding -- what he told Ensign during the now-famous February 2008 confrontation over the affair, because he was acting in his capacity as a doctor and a deacon.<br><br>Said Coburn:<br><br><br>I was counseling him as a physician and as an ordained deacon. ... That is privileged communication that I will never reveal to anybody. Not to the Ethics Committee, not to a court of law, not to anybody.<br><br>When asked how he got involved, Coburn said: \"Ya'll don't know about all the <br></blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:26:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12420374": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "co-sign big time", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:41:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12419995, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12410650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/07/yep-obama-likes-booty.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yep Obama Likes the Booty </a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:00:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I'm with WRB. He was not oogling. I really do think PBO is way to smart for this kind of foolishness.</i> <br><br><i>He knows the cameras and th world are watching his every move.</i><br><br><br>You're so right, Spirit!  PBO is a gentleman indeed!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:19:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417836, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"deacon\" in some secret Christian cabal like sect <br><br>That description is so damn funny to me! that is hilarious! ROFLMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:39:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418637, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its called political payback for all the shyt that the democrats pulled with Bork and Thomas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:19:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417809, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418438": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I heard about this on xm radio POTUS channel today.    The firefighters lawyers won't allow them to give interviews prior to their testimony.     This is another avenue of attack on President Obama.   The more things the Republicans succeed at in bringing on negativity against the president is all they care about.   This has nothing to do with Sotomayor personally and remember that.   The Republican party will make hay any way they can and they think Sotomayor is one way to do it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:23:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417809, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw it over at free republic.  The comments are disgusting.<br><br>I'm with WRB.  He was not oogling.  I really do think PBO is way to smart  for this kind of foolishness.  <br><br>He knows the cameras and th world are watching his every move.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:57:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417001, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They better pay those bonuses to the US Treasury, so we can use them for the cost of healthcare.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HA HA HA HA HA <br><br>I'm telling GreenLady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:58:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417442, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12422964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "wonder how the almost ex son in law will affect Sarah's bid for the presidency..I make no mistake her sick ego thinks she can succeed to be the President.   Oh geez it hurts your head to think about it.<br><br>God forbid, we have to thank a great hero, John McCain, for blistering our country with this sickness...Sarah Palin.<br><br>One would think that a guy like McCain would care more about our country than his mealy assed ego.   Guess I got that one wrong BIG TIME.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_00:35:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12420496, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12423492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They are sexually excited by Malia.  I'm not trying to be nasty or disrespectful towards the girl, but all of the sexually charged comments (she's a whore, when's her first abortion, when is she going to start having sex etc) just tells me they are stimulated by this 11 year old girl and they need to release it.  That shows how sick they are by projecting their sexual thoughts and fantasies on an 11 year old girl.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_00:59:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418805, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And here's <a href=\"http://www.vanityfair.com/online/style/2009/07/why-donatella-versace-was-chosen-to-dress-the-jacksons-at-mjs-funeral.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">one of the reasons</a> why they looked so good during the memorial service....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:40:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415492, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said...\"<br><br>What good would it have done, people like you wouldn't have believed him anyway...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:40:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413397, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No that was for Lamh talking about the 'lasttime he looked'  I wannted to know WHERE he looked at, to know whether Ensign had a va-jay jay.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:19:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416669, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well said, womanist.<br><br>Add to all of that, if you have zero pigment from vitilago, I suppose skin cancer is a serious threat.   It must have hurt very much to have people say you wanted to be white, when you had vitilago.  It must have hurt to have people say you're gay like an accusation, when you're not..and to never defend yourself.  <br><br>It makes me very sad for him.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:45:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413703, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Hell No<br>can you imagine how bad my parents <br>would tell me about my azz\"<br><br>I was thinking the same thing... parents paying off the outside woman for their grown-ass, 240 year-old son?<br>That's too deep for me...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:20:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413952, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I knew about Jermaine!<br><br>Uh Uh Uh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:20:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414987, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sick...I just can't blame the man...I blame the sisters for sharing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:21:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416750, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12423551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As someone here says every once in a while...they are who we thought they were.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_01:02:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12419289, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:02:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12417350, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i wonder did he get that habit from Joseph?<br>i heard  about Joseph and Jermaine and Jackie sharing groupies during the J-5 dAYS<br>  after Joseph was finished with them<br>he would hand them off to Jermaine and Jackie<br>and sometimes they would be in the same hotel room<br>now if thats true that sh-t is just wrong", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:21:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416326, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12420496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Levi says Palin quit for the money, and while he was living with them, she talked about how nice the money would be.  If it's true? Heh.<br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resignation\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:45:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12416915": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok, now it's ON.  These muthafuckas are messing with the First Daughter.<br><br>Oh, Hell Nah!!!  JJPers I've ordered a few cases; help yourselves to a few cans.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.wayodd.com/can-of-whoop-ass/v/5029/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wayodd.com/can-of-whoop-ass/v/5029/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:21:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414438, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411797": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/242848.html?thread=4240800#t4240800\" rel=\"nofollow\">Adding more fuel to the fire</a>.  Berlusconi and Sarkozy were especially enjoying the view.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:33:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410650, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417430": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dayum.............................*dead*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:43:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416847, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You AIN'T lying, Wordsmith!<br><br>I saw him!  Yum Yum :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:41:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415492, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "hell no", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:27:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12419596, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes it is Spirit!<br><br>I have a cousin that was diagnosed @ 30 years old. Extremely debilitating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:22:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414582, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Malia Obama...is a ghetto whore<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/9/751767/-Obama-daughter-wears-t-shirt%2C-Freepers-call-her-ghetto-trash\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/9/7517...</a><br><br>Yes, wearing a Peace Sign T-shirt and shorts makes you a ghetto whore...but being the local party girl that got knocked up at 17 makes you a poster child for Christian purity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:24:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axfzRfKZWmQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">SUNSHINE!</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:43:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416598, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416326": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sure, he was married to his present Muslim wife for 4 years while still marrried to Alejandro!!  Two wives simultaneously. Him and MsAfghan were in Bahrain.<br><br>He never married Maldonado even though she stayed with him and had a second child.  <br><br>I understand they were all living in the family compound that Michael owned before he moved/built Neverland.  Imagine him, Randy, Maldonado and they kids plus the rest of the family...How the HELL you marry your brothers EX???!!<br>Jermaine is a siiiiiick puppy.  but you know what in the Jackson movie..it is only Jermaine they show with the groupie in the room, and Michael/Marlon under the bed listening.<br><br>Jermiaine developed some horrible sexual habits of mulitple partners and nothing else satisfied him.<br><br>What do they do to Muslims in Dubai when they committ adultery?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:58:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415623, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me neither. I do not need to get that upset.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:22:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12416640, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12419498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Malia and Sasha are already are becoming very sophisticated and refined young ladies of the world. In fact, the world is their oyster from here on out. These ignorant asses at jeeper freepers are jealous of that. They know that no matter how much they flail and yell and send their kids to the local young kkk camp their kids will always be backwoods never rans tatooed from head to toe. Love to see these idiots twitch their lives away. Most of them have two chins also. <br><br>And remember always, Malia and Sasha will always be treated like first class if not royalty...the freeper younguns...well just use your imagination.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:06:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418463, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12417451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In the words of Dana...<br><br>Stop That!  LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12412920, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't know for sure if he was checking out her butt or this pic was caught mid turn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:19:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "LTMidnight", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410650, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12412857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Perez on Beyonce and Tina's talk about family, class and the Jackson's:<br><br><i><blockquote>What kind of shit talk is this?????<br><br>They must have all been smoking some crazy shit that day!</blockquote></i><br><br>Well...that sums it right up...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:01:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12419006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its why I have posted here that the children of politicians should be off limits.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:46:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "mon_dieu_ishmael", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418463, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "African view: Shipshape for Obama? <br><br>We in Ghana are going to have our \"Obama Moment\" later this week. <br><br>Forget that talk about Ghana being the second country in Africa President Obama is visiting. We know better. That Egypt stopover does not count as a trip to Africa. He did not go there with his wife; he is coming here with Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha. <br><br>And he will be going to Cape Coast, which has been given a well-deserved makeover. <br><br>He did not sleep in Cairo and it was obvious he was using the city only as a backdrop to make a speech to the Arab world. <br><br>True, he is making a big speech here in our parliament aimed at Africa, but this is different. <br><br>He is coming to Ghana because, to borrow the words of his spokesperson: \"Ghana is a truly admirable example of a place where governance is getting stronger, a thriving democracy.\" <br><br>Their words, not mine. <br><br>Jealous pride<br><br>We are the envy of the whole continent and as for our cousins the Nigerians, this is the ultimate humiliation. <br><br>They will never be able to live this one down. <br><br>Then there is Kenya and I ought to tread gently for there might be some raw emotions here, since there are blood claims. <br><br>So we sympathise with our Kenyan brothers and sisters, but as the White House sees it, Kenya, like Nigeria simply doesn't make the good governance grade. <br><br>The trip to Ghana is intentional. It is worth quoting The White House on Ghana again: <br><br>\"An extraordinarily close election, decided ultimately by about 40,000 votes, the country remained peaceful, power was transferred peacefully, and they continue to pursue a development agenda and bolster the rule of law.\" <br><br>The Americans probably are aware many in Africa have wondered aloud that a sitting government could not find 40,000 votes to stay in power. <br><br>With such enthusiastic endorsement, it is not surprising that the government here is over the moon and is milking the Obama magic for all it is worth. <br><br><a href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8138641.stm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8138641.stm</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:43:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just saw this. His parents paid off his HO. <br><br>don't ya love those family values...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:04:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12413625, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12438483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chile! I will have to go all Benita Buttrell over some Miss Jackson...I LOVES me some Janet! Nobody bets not talk about her!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_08:19:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12438250, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12413397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So..it turns out \"The Freak\"(Michael Jackson) wasn't such a freak after all.<br><br>His dermatologist said he had Lupus.   The umbrellas, sensitivity to the sun, the wheelchair, joint and muscle pains, hair loss, psychosis, seizures, pain with deep breathing..   Heart disease is also a complication of Lupus.<br><br>It could be he was medicating himself to deal with the painful symptoms...and it became an addiction.   They're saying he was completely bald...so I guess that was a wig...he had the hair long to partially cover his face...probably as additional protection from the sun.<br><br>If he did have an active condition..then he must have felt like crap most days.   I noticed that MJ seemed to slow down in his dance movements...they were far less precise, with floppy wrists, and wobbly knees.  I thought it was just age...well, maybe not.  <br><br>Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:17:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12416471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well I was very surprised to read that tawdry tale. I just can't imagine a man going with his brothers exGF let alone marrying his exwife, that your brother has a set of twins with?  Lawd.<br><br>I do not know how the Jackson clan survived that.<br><br>I had to go on the net to find a pic of this women to see if she was dropdeadgorgeous..she must have had a goldenpavillonanddiamonds at the top of her thighs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:05:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415345, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12460367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And you better believe that Ghana is going to lay out the carpet and do their thing for this President.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_13:30:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414905, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just saw it on the news...I heard it on the radio on the way home. This is so sick and twisted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:44:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12415474, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414438": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From DailyKos:<br><br>Obama daughter wears t-shirt, Freepers call her ghetto trash  <br>by TheHalfrican [Subscribe] <br> Share this on Twitter - Obama daughter wears t-shirt, Freepers call her ghetto trash   Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 03:14:19 PM PDT<br><br><br>If you want for the blood pressure to rise, just click on the link.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/9/751767/-Obama-daughter-wears-t-shirt%2C-Freepers-call-her-ghetto-trash\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/9/751767/-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:50:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12417001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw it. Someone on another blog already posted it. <br><br>What man won't look at a woman's behind. *Sigh*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_21:25:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410650, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:25:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12414740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12418542": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It means chinking away at Obama's popularity in every policy possible, whether it his judicial nominations, health care, economic policy, foreign policy, etc.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:27:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418336, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BTW, I posted earlier about Sen Coburn saying he couldn't discuss what he said to Sen Ensign because of \"Doctor-Patient confidentiality\" or \"Spiritual guide\" (he's a deacon ya'll!  <br><br>Well Coburn is a damm OB/GYN!!!! <br><br>Last time I looked Ensign wasn't pregnant, and doesn't have a vagina.!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:45:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12415474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone see this - my sister just told me about it.  She's pissed.  They had just watched a couple of programs on Emmett Till, so I think that's why it caught her attention so quick.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news...</a><br><br><i>Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_20:25:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12419059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Like I said before, Janet is the one...    How thoughtful.  What a wonderful gesture to her family.   Like she said, to you he was an icon, to her, that was her brother.<br><br>And who among us, having to bury a close family member, hasn't asked the question -- \"What am I going to wear?\" <br><br>I could just hear Janet saying  'Don't worry about it, I GOT this.'<br><br>I STILL remember what I wore to my sweet momma's funeral.  And my daddy's too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_22:48:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12418751, "depth": 4, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12429812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ahh, the \"The Party of Lincoln!!!\" meme. You know, at first I thought that the people who pushed that were just trying to bullshit people, but now I'm beginning to believe that they really do think black people should vote for Republicans because Lincoln \"freed the slaves\" and the Southern segregationists of 40+ years ago were Democrats.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_01:30:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12420374, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12420085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is what reasonable and intelligent people think of the Obama girls...and I say Amen.<br>Angelar<br><br>America's Littlest Diplomats: Sasha and Malia Obama's Summer Vacation <br>Obama Girls Stay Busy With International Travel and Public Service<br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8045589&page=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8045589...</a><br><br>\"\"They're great travelers. Sasha was walking down one of the halls of the Kremlin,\" he said in an interview with ABC News. \"She had her trench coat on, had her pockets in her trench coat. We called her 'Agent 99.' She just looked like she knew where she was going. I thought she was going to pull out her shoe phone.\"<br><br>\"Camp Obama is not cheap. Like any guest of the president, his girls fly for free on Air Force One. But the Obamas pay for every extra room, meal and souvenir. <br><br>\"It's expensive to travel overseas,\" said ABC News' Ann Compton. \"Hotels have to be high class. They eat in better places. First families, when they do shell out from their own pocket, find international travel really pricey.\" <br><br><br>But that front row seat to history is priceless.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_23:30:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "12412920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "PBO: \"Do fries go with that shake?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:02:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410650, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12423162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes and no.<br><br>No, if the child is under 18 years old and has nothing to do with the parents' drama.  Examples include Chelsea Clinton, Bridget McCain, The Obama Girls, Willow, Trig and Piper Palin.<br><br>Maybe, if the child is doing something that directly contradicts the parent politician's positions and value statements.  Examples would include Bristol and Track Palin and the Bush Twins. Don't lecture about bad kids doing drugs and having sex when yours are too.  Don't lecture about how X class of people need to tighten up and act right when your kids are breaking the law and acting an ass.<br><br>Yes, if the child is over 18 and inserting themselves into the situation.  Examples include Bristol Palin and Meghan McCain.  Bristol can't come and give Greta Van Sustern and People magazine interviews and not expect any comments to be made about her because she's Sarah Palin's daughter.  If Bristol or Sarah feels that way, then Bristol needs to stay her ass out of the media.  If Meghan McCain goes on chat shows and says something stupid, she should expect to be smacked down, not treated with kid gloves because she's John McCain's daughter.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_00:44:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12419006, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12411902": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Howe soon before repub use this pic to say Obama had a roving eye like Bill Clinton.<br><br>Honestly, I can actually see this as a headline the Star tabloid...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_18:37:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12410650, "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": "24868329", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -2826294477792939138}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "evening_open_thread_44", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 120, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 24868329, "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=evening_open_thread_44' +
		'&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/evening_open_thread_44/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='	+ 'evening_open_thread_44'
			+ '&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/evening_open_thread_44/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">120</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/evening_open_thread_44/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/evening_open_thread_44/">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:24868329" 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/evening_open_thread_44/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:24868329" 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:24868329" 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'				: 'evening_open_thread_44',
			// 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/evening_open_thread_44/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='	+ 'evening_open_thread_44'
			+ '&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='	+ 'evening_open_thread_44'
			+ '&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='		+ 'evening_open_thread_44'
				+ '&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/24868329/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-12415985">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415985" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415985">lamh32</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415985" class="dsq-comment-message">BTW, I posted earlier about Sen Coburn saying he couldn\'t discuss what he said to Sen Ensign because of "Doctor-Patient confidentiality" or "Spiritual guide" (he\'s a deacon ya\'ll!  <br><br>Well Coburn is a damm OB/GYN!!!! <br><br>Last time I looked Ensign wasn\'t pregnant, and doesn\'t have a vagina.!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418637">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418637" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418637" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418637">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418637" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418637" class="dsq-comment-message">and he\'s a "deacon" in some secret Christian cabal like sect who thinks the political leaders like him are "chosen" and don\'t have to follow the rules us lesser mortals do.   This is the same religious group Hillary attached herself to....I hope she has decided this is not good for her future attempt at the presidency which I am convinced she will try for once again.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418846">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418846" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418846" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418846">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418846" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418846" class="dsq-comment-message">"deacon" in some secret Christian cabal like sect <br><br>That description is so damn funny to me! that is hilarious! ROFLMAO!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12416702">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416702" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416702">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416702" class="dsq-comment-message">This stuff just writes itself......my goodness....they are a walking punchline.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12416174">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416174">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416174" class="dsq-comment-message">Where\'d you look at?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12417077">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417077" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417077">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417077" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!!!! I know what you meant.<br><br>BTW, I\'m a she, and if I was Sanford\'s or Ensign\'s wives, after what I\'d do to them, they would need  a Gyno</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418674">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418674" class="dsq-comment-message">Only I think the Sanford and Ensign women are the real Stepford wives.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416669">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416669" class="dsq-comment-message">His wiki page said he\'s had a career in obstetrics and has delivered more than 4,000 babies.<br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Coburn#Early_life_and_career" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Coburn#Early_l...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416847">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416847" class="dsq-comment-message">No that was for Lamh talking about the \'lasttime he looked\'  I wannted to know WHERE he looked at, to know whether Ensign had a va-jay jay.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417109">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417109" class="dsq-comment-message">STRAIGHT.TO.THE.CORNER.   IN.THE.BAD.CHAIR!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417430">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417430" class="dsq-comment-message">Dayum.............................*dead*</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417582" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417582">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417582" class="dsq-comment-message">Where dat "bad chair"?  <br><br>GreenLady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418463">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418463" class="dsq-comment-message">Malia Obama...is a ghetto whore<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/9/751767/-Obama-daughter-wears-t-shirt%2C-Freepers-call-her-ghetto-trash" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/9/7517...</a><br><br>Yes, wearing a Peace Sign T-shirt and shorts makes you a ghetto whore...but being the local party girl that got knocked up at 17 makes you a poster child for Christian purity.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418805">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418805" class="dsq-comment-message">Town,<br><br>I went to FreeRepublic to see the ugliness written but I couldn\'t finish reading. <br>It was too much. I couldn\'t take it.<br><br>This is an 11 year old girl. My Lord, they are pure demons over there.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12423492">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12423492" class="dsq-comment-message">They are sexually excited by Malia.  I\'m not trying to be nasty or disrespectful towards the girl, but all of the sexually charged comments (she\'s a whore, when\'s her first abortion, when is she going to start having sex etc) just tells me they are stimulated by this 11 year old girl and they need to release it.  That shows how sick they are by projecting their sexual thoughts and fantasies on an 11 year old girl.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12423819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12423819">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12423819" class="dsq-comment-message">What else could it be?  Where else could those remarks come from?<br><br>The nasty f-ing demons!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419498">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419498" class="dsq-comment-message">Malia and Sasha are already are becoming very sophisticated and refined young ladies of the world. In fact, the world is their oyster from here on out. These ignorant asses at jeeper freepers are jealous of that. They know that no matter how much they flail and yell and send their kids to the local young kkk camp their kids will always be backwoods never rans tatooed from head to toe. Love to see these idiots twitch their lives away. Most of them have two chins also. <br><br>And remember always, Malia and Sasha will always be treated like first class if not royalty...the freeper younguns...well just use your imagination.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418604">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418604" class="dsq-comment-message">we\'ve been discussing it since the afternoon, Town. <br><br>I just....I wouldn\'t put it Front Page.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419289">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419289" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419289" class="dsq-comment-message">Those people are ridiculous.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12423551" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12423551">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12423551" class="dsq-comment-message">As someone here says every once in a while...they are who we thought they were.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419006">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419006" class="dsq-comment-message">Its why I have posted here that the children of politicians should be off limits.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12423162">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12423162" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes and no.<br><br>No, if the child is under 18 years old and has nothing to do with the parents\' drama.  Examples include Chelsea Clinton, Bridget McCain, The Obama Girls, Willow, Trig and Piper Palin.<br><br>Maybe, if the child is doing something that directly contradicts the parent politician\'s positions and value statements.  Examples would include Bristol and Track Palin and the Bush Twins. Don\'t lecture about bad kids doing drugs and having sex when yours are too.  Don\'t lecture about how X class of people need to tighten up and act right when your kids are breaking the law and acting an ass.<br><br>Yes, if the child is over 18 and inserting themselves into the situation.  Examples include Bristol Palin and Meghan McCain.  Bristol can\'t come and give Greta Van Sustern and People magazine interviews and not expect any comments to be made about her because she\'s Sarah Palin\'s daughter.  If Bristol or Sarah feels that way, then Bristol needs to stay her ass out of the media.  If Meghan McCain goes on chat shows and says something stupid, she should expect to be smacked down, not treated with kid gloves because she\'s John McCain\'s daughter.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413397">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413397" class="dsq-comment-message">So..it turns out "The Freak"(Michael Jackson) wasn\'t such a freak after all.<br><br>His dermatologist said he had Lupus.   The umbrellas, sensitivity to the sun, the wheelchair, joint and muscle pains, hair loss, psychosis, seizures, pain with deep breathing..   Heart disease is also a complication of Lupus.<br><br>It could be he was medicating himself to deal with the painful symptoms...and it became an addiction.   They\'re saying he was completely bald...so I guess that was a wig...he had the hair long to partially cover his face...probably as additional protection from the sun.<br><br>If he did have an active condition..then he must have felt like crap most days.   I noticed that MJ seemed to slow down in his dance movements...they were far less precise, with floppy wrists, and wobbly knees.  I thought it was just age...well, maybe not.  <br><br>Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12417357" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417357" class="dsq-comment-message">"Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said..."<br><br>What good would it have done, people like you wouldn\'t have believed him anyway...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414582">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414582" class="dsq-comment-message">"Funny how he never defended himself, no matter what the rumours said....<br><br>Micahel was wise to save his ENERGY, becaue Lupus zaps the energy.  Had he fought back the lies and inuendos, he probably would have died sooner.<br><br>I\'ve taken care of plenty of patients with Lupus... mainly females.  It can be and etremely debilitating disease.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416514" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416514">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416514" class="dsq-comment-message">You right Spirit, not to mention.<br><br>Can\'t no one defend themselves from the tabloid media frenzy...they lie.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416925" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416925">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416925" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes it is Spirit!<br><br>I have a cousin that was diagnosed @ 30 years old. Extremely debilitating.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12413703" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413703" class="dsq-comment-message">I think that it is because Lupus is an invisible disability.  Because people don\'t see obvious signs there is a desire to look at the sufferer as being overly dramatic or faking their condition.  Furthermore feeling good one day does not mean feeling good everyday and there is often little respect for limitations.  When I found out he had Lupus it put so much of his so-called strange behavior into context.  If people were more aware of invisible disabilities and how difficult they are to live with perhaps they would not be so quick to judge.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414292">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414292" class="dsq-comment-message">Well said, womanist.<br><br>Add to all of that, if you have zero pigment from vitilago, I suppose skin cancer is a serious threat.   It must have hurt very much to have people say you wanted to be white, when you had vitilago.  It must have hurt to have people say you\'re gay like an accusation, when you\'re not..and to never defend yourself.  <br><br>It makes me very sad for him.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12410415" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410415" class="dsq-comment-message">Blue Dogs aren\'t the only ones drawing lines in the sand on healthcare:<br><br><blockquote>A leading progressive in the House of Representatives said on Wednesday that she felt reassured that the White House would not pursue health care reform that tied a public plan to worsening economic triggers.<br><br>In an interview with the Huffington Post, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) said that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel might have been floating a "trial balloon" when he told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that a trigger option could be a compromise approach to health care reform. Judging by his interaction with progressives in the House of Representatives in the subsequent hours, she added, it seems that the administration has taken the proposal off the table.<br><br>"The president wasn\'t talking about a trigger," said Woolsey. And when Emanuel floated the idea, she said, "the balloon blew up. He got to the Democratic caucus and he heard loud and clear that that is not what we wanted. And he definitely heard it from myself and the progressives, very clearly, that we\'re talking about a robust public option."<br><br>The co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, Woolsey said that when Emanuel came to meet House Democrats on Tuesday evening -- hours after his interview with the Journal was published -- he did not receive a warm reception.<br><br>"He was on the defensive because he got there and he had to explain that what the president really wants is a robust public plan," said Woolsey.<br><br>The California Democrat said that she has whipped the progressive caucus in the House and concluded that more than 60 of its members would vote against a health care reform plan that had a public option tied to economic triggers. It is a line in the sand that she and others expressed to Emanuel when he met with his former House Democrats.<br><br>"Fortunately, when [Emanuel] left, we knew that he was not going to be out working for a trigger," said Woolsey. "He didn\'t make excuses," she added. "We [the progressive caucus] have already compromised. More than 90 percent of the progressive caucus would vote today for a single payer system. And so for us to compromise and get behind a really good strong public plan, I mean that\'s as far as we\'re going. And I started with that and he said, \'Lynn I know that.\' He knows that we\'re very serious about this."<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/emanuels-public-plan-with_n_228941.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/emanue...</a><br></blockquote><br><br>Good job Progressive Democrats, keep it up because the conservadems are trying to block.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415943">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415943" class="dsq-comment-message">African view: Shipshape for Obama? <br><br>We in Ghana are going to have our "Obama Moment" later this week. <br><br>Forget that talk about Ghana being the second country in Africa President Obama is visiting. We know better. That Egypt stopover does not count as a trip to Africa. He did not go there with his wife; he is coming here with Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha. <br><br>And he will be going to Cape Coast, which has been given a well-deserved makeover. <br><br>He did not sleep in Cairo and it was obvious he was using the city only as a backdrop to make a speech to the Arab world. <br><br>True, he is making a big speech here in our parliament aimed at Africa, but this is different. <br><br>He is coming to Ghana because, to borrow the words of his spokesperson: "Ghana is a truly admirable example of a place where governance is getting stronger, a thriving democracy." <br><br>Their words, not mine. <br><br>Jealous pride<br><br>We are the envy of the whole continent and as for our cousins the Nigerians, this is the ultimate humiliation. <br><br>They will never be able to live this one down. <br><br>Then there is Kenya and I ought to tread gently for there might be some raw emotions here, since there are blood claims. <br><br>So we sympathise with our Kenyan brothers and sisters, but as the White House sees it, Kenya, like Nigeria simply doesn\'t make the good governance grade. <br><br>The trip to Ghana is intentional. It is worth quoting The White House on Ghana again: <br><br>"An extraordinarily close election, decided ultimately by about 40,000 votes, the country remained peaceful, power was transferred peacefully, and they continue to pursue a development agenda and bolster the rule of law." <br><br>The Americans probably are aware many in Africa have wondered aloud that a sitting government could not find 40,000 votes to stay in power. <br><br>With such enthusiastic endorsement, it is not surprising that the government here is over the moon and is milking the Obama magic for all it is worth. <br><br><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8138641.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8138641.stm</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12410650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12410650" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12410650" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/07/yep-obama-likes-booty.html" rel="nofollow">Yep Obama Likes the Booty </a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414180">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414180" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama was not oogling,. Ever, the gentleman, he was looking to see if the woman was going to need help because the step is very high.<br><br>He only has eyes for Michelle.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12411310" href="http://themidnightsolution.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">LTMidnight</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411310" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t know for sure if he was checking out her butt or this pic was caught mid turn.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411446" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12411446" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411446" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411446" class="dsq-comment-message">I think he got busted ain\'t no shame in it though.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411797" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411797" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411797">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411797" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411797" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/242848.html?thread=4240800#t4240800" rel="nofollow">Adding more fuel to the fire</a>.  Berlusconi and Sarkozy were especially enjoying the view.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12412602" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12412602" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12412602" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412602" class="dsq-comment-message">Hah she actually got Harper to display a little color in his face.  What was running through his dirty mind I wonder.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12411902" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411902" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411902">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12411902" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411902" class="dsq-comment-message">Howe soon before repub use this pic to say Obama had a roving eye like Bill Clinton.<br><br>Honestly, I can actually see this as a headline the Star tabloid...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12412920" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12412920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12412920">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412920" class="dsq-comment-message">PBO: "Do fries go with that shake?"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417451" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417451">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417451" class="dsq-comment-message">In the words of Dana...<br><br>Stop That!  LMAO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417001" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417001" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417001">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417001" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417001" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it. Someone on another blog already posted it. <br><br>What man won\'t look at a woman\'s behind. *Sigh*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417836" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417836">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417836" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw it over at free republic.  The comments are disgusting.<br><br>I\'m with WRB.  He was not oogling.  I really do think PBO is way to smart  for this kind of foolishness.  <br><br>He knows the cameras and th world are watching his every move.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418333" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418333">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418333" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I\'m with WRB. He was not oogling. I really do think PBO is way to smart for this kind of foolishness.</i> <br><br><i>He knows the cameras and th world are watching his every move.</i><br><br><br>You\'re so right, Spirit!  PBO is a gentleman indeed!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12411443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12411443">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12411443" class="dsq-comment-message">News Alert<br>6:13 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009 <br>Sen. Roland Burris Won\'t Seek Reelection <br>Appointed Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) will not seek reelection in 2010, according to a Democratic strategist, a decision that was all-but-certain given his ties to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.<br><br>For more information, visit <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" rel="nofollow">washingtonpost.com</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12412549" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12412549" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12412549" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412549" class="dsq-comment-message">After all the bullshit he went through fighting to get the seat and now he won\'t run.  Geez did he just want to have the title of Senator for awhile; was that his deal.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413675">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413675" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep don\'t you remember his crazy tombstone.  Now he can officially add State Senator to it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414152">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414152" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414152" class="dsq-comment-message">That would be US Senator! ...and you are absolutely right, he built a monument to his own achievements in death.  That is chutzpah!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418647" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418647">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418647" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418647" class="dsq-comment-message">Well when you only can raise $845....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12412857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12412857">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12412857" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12412857" class="dsq-comment-message">Perez on Beyonce and Tina\'s talk about family, class and the Jackson\'s:<br><br><i><blockquote>What kind of shit talk is this?????<br><br>They must have all been smoking some crazy shit that day!</blockquote></i><br><br>Well...that sums it right up...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12413559" href="http://ladyvenoms.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Ladyvenoms</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12413559" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413559" class="dsq-comment-message">another contribution to Racist Thursdays:<br><br> <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/conservatives-circulate-picture-obama" rel="nofollow">http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/conserva...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413625" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413625">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413625" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, this was some kinda gift!!! Can you say hush money?  it seems to me that the GOP has got to get rid of either Sanford or Ensign.  Looks like Sanford ain\'t going anywhere.  My money is on Ensign, unless Ensign\'s people can put the drop on Sanford.  Of course James Carville (who knew all along bout Clinton and Monica I bet) and Alex Castellanos (sp...repub strategist) say he can survive because Nevada is home to Las Vegas, and ya know what happens in Vegas...  Still I gotta think that Nevadians are damn tired of people assuming that just cause of Las Vegas, that Nevadians is "looser on moral values" than other states.<br><br><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/ensign_still_bringing_dirty_laundry_home_to_be_was.php?ref=m1" rel="nofollow">Ensign Still Bringing Dirty Laundry Home To Be Washed</a><br><blockquote>It looks like John Ensign\'s sexual dignity -- which hasn\'t been high lately -- has plunged to new depths. His lawyer has just released a remarkable statement saying that Ensign\'s parents paid the Hamptons $96,000 after the 51-year-old senator told his Mom and Dad about the affair. <br><br>The senator\'s father, Mike Ensign, is a casino mogul who sold his shares in the Mandalay Group for around $300 million earlier this decade.<br><br>The statement is a response to Doug Hampton\'s claim that Ensign paid a severance package of over $25,000 to Cindy Hampton when she left his political committee -- which would be a felony violation of campaign finance law if he wasn\'t reimbursed. A good government group called today for a criminal probe into the matter.<br><br></blockquote></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414927" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414927">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414927" class="dsq-comment-message">I just saw this. His parents paid off his HO. <br><br>don\'t ya love those family values...LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413952">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12413952" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413952" class="dsq-comment-message">no he didn\'t<br><br>he really had the nerve to get his parents to pay his woman<br>damn them repubs know they are something else<br><br>now if i decided to step out on my husband <br>could i get my parents to pay my side man?<br><br>Hell No<br>can you imagine how bad my parents <br> would tell me about my azz</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416870" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416870">sagittarius</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416870" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416870" class="dsq-comment-message">"Hell No<br>can you imagine how bad my parents <br>would tell me about my azz"<br><br>I was thinking the same thing... parents paying off the outside woman for their grown-ass, 240 year-old son?<br>That\'s too deep for me...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416200">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416200" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell me?    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA   My sweet mama woulda whipped my azz all the way out her house...  LOLOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416744" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416744">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416744" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl,<br><br>You bet not even think it....they might read your mind! LMAO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12414100" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414100" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414100">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414100" class="dsq-comment-message">Interesting. I wonder if his parents are as devout Christians as Ensign tries to sound like. If so, they would have felt compassion. Particularly, as the Ensigns/Hamptons were neighbors and long standing friends AND...all of the Hamptons were on Sen Ensigns payroll.  So, they were all unemployed after Ensign let them all go due to the affair.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12413717" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12413717">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12413717" class="dsq-comment-message">Now this is some (to quote Michael Baisden) "frackle nackle bull..."  Doctor/Patient privilege my ass.  What the hell kind doctor is Coburn anyway?<br><br><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/coburn_denies_that_he_urged_ensign_to_pay_restitut.php#more" rel="nofollow">Coburn Denies That He Urged Ensign To Pay "Restitution" For Affair<br></a><br><br><br><blockquote>Doug Hampton\'s (the husband of Ensign\'s mistress) allegation that Sen. Tom Coburn urged his friend Sen. John Ensign to pay "restitution" money to the Hamptons on account of Ensign\'s affair with Hampton\'s wife. And now Coburn is denying the claim.<br><br>Roll Call reports:<br><br><br>Coburn repeatedly denied allegations that he urged Ensign to pay Doug Hampton, the husband of his mistress Cynthia, millions in hush money following a confrontation with Hampton. "I categorically deny everything he said," Coburn said.<br><br>Coburn also said he won\'t reveal -- even as part of a Senate ethics probe or legal proceeding -- what he told Ensign during the now-famous February 2008 confrontation over the affair, because he was acting in his capacity as a doctor and a deacon.<br><br>Said Coburn:<br><br><br>I was counseling him as a physician and as an ordained deacon. ... That is privileged communication that I will never reveal to anybody. Not to the Ethics Committee, not to a court of law, not to anybody.<br><br>When asked how he got involved, Coburn said: "Ya\'ll don\'t know about all the <br></blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414237">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414237" class="dsq-comment-message">When does the Africa leg of the trip start?  I\'m more excited by this than anything else (althougth, I\'m looking for the Papal visit too)<br><br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1909327,00.html" rel="nofollow">CWelcome to OBamako: Africa Awaits Obama\'s Return</a><br><br><br><blockquote>Hamid Diarra is not a man who hides his passions — and these days one consuming love inspires him as he drives his taxi through the clogged streets of Mali\'s capital. He\'s crazy about Barack Obama. <br><br>During the final stretch of the presidential election last fall — when Diarra\'s fantasy of an African American in the White House began to seem probable — he downloaded a new ringtone onto his phone, of Obama chanting "Yes we can! Yes we can!" As the election results rolled in, Diarra joined the celebrations on Bamako\'s streets, and changed his ringtone again, to Obama\'s victory song by Stevie Wonder, "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," which he has kept ever since. His taxi\'s dashboard is decorated with stickers of Obama\'s face. And during the hours he spends chugging through Bamako\'s streets, he has created his own jingles, which he belts out — windows rolled down, fist pumping the air to the rhythm — with a grin on his face: "O-bama! O-bama! Nôtre frère! Nôtre ami!" <br></blockquote><br><br>Read the whole article here: <a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1909327%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414438" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414438">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414438" class="dsq-comment-message">From DailyKos:<br><br>Obama daughter wears t-shirt, Freepers call her ghetto trash  <br>by TheHalfrican [Subscribe] <br> Share this on Twitter - Obama daughter wears t-shirt, Freepers call her ghetto trash   Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 03:14:19 PM PDT<br><br><br>If you want for the blood pressure to rise, just click on the link.<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/9/751767/-Obama-daughter-wears-t-shirt%2C-Freepers-call-her-ghetto-trash" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/9/751767/-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414740">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414740" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414740" class="dsq-comment-message">White folks are begging for an ass whoopin\' before this month is out.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416124">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416124" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416124" class="dsq-comment-message">They really are.....they really really are.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419644" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419644">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419644" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419644" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that\'s right.  These folks really don\'t know what they\'re in for.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415466">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415466" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415466" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416915" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416915">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416915" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416915" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, now it\'s ON.  These muthafuckas are messing with the First Daughter.<br><br>Oh, Hell Nah!!!  JJPers I\'ve ordered a few cases; help yourselves to a few cans.<br><br><a href="http://www.wayodd.com/can-of-whoop-ass/v/5029/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wayodd.com/can-of-whoop-ass/v/5029/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416640">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416640" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416640" class="dsq-comment-message">I couldn\'t take reading the entire thread @ FreeRepublic. It was just too much!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416936" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416936">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416936" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416936" class="dsq-comment-message">Me neither. I do not need to get that upset.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419103">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419103" class="dsq-comment-message">Malia and Sasha are already are becoming very sophisticated and refined young ladies of the world.   In fact, the world is their oyster from here on out.  These ignorant asses at jeeper freepers are jealous of that.   They know that no matter how much they flail and yell and send their kids to the local young kkk camp their kids will always be backwoods never rans tatooed from head to toe.   Love to see these idiots twitch their lives away.  Most of them have two chins also.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414905">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414905" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414905" class="dsq-comment-message">Another article about the Ghana trip:<br><br><a href="http://ghanabusinessnews.com/2009/07/06/obama%e2%80%99s-visit-electrifies-ghana/print/" rel="nofollow">Obama’s visit electrifies Ghana</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12460367" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12460367" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12460367">khrish</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12460367" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12460367" class="dsq-comment-message">And you better believe that Ghana is going to lay out the carpet and do their thing for this President.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414987">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12414987" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414987" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone else know that Jermaine Jackson had 8 kids, that he  married his brother\'s Randy second ex-wife a year after their divorce. And that Randy spent a month in jail for spousal abouse after he divorced his first wife before marrying the one that turned around and married Jermaine?<br><br> Jermaine was something else. He was married to Hazel, had 3 kids with her, and another one on the side during the marriage name Dawn, then he hooks up with this Maldnoado women, and she has a baby 4 mos younger than his youngest son with Hazel.  Him and Hazel divorce, and he hooks up with Randy\'s 2nd ex-wife and they have 2 sons, which means Randy\'s twins with this Alejandro woman are brother/sister vs. 1st cousins, since they all have the same momma. He then goes to Bahrain marries another woman before he divorces Alejandro.<br>The last wife, so far, is of Afgahan descent.<br><br>I was like DAYUM Jermaine, why you even get married..he has had outside kids everytime he is married...and no one even seems to know the name of the babymomma of Dawn during the Gordy marriage, which also had the babymomma Maldonado before Gordy finally divorced him.<br><br>And...Jermaine\'s last son with Randy\'s ex, is named JerMajesty.<br><br>See what I mean about the next singing group going to be the RoyalJacksons.<br><br>The only folks that have remained married are Rebbie and Marlon...all the rest are divorcees.<br><br>But Jermaine!  Eight kids...marrying your brother\'s ex.  bet those were some helluva family gatherings!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415492" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415492" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12415492" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415492" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415492" class="dsq-comment-message">That Marlon is STILL  a looker.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415898" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415898" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415898">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415898" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415898" class="dsq-comment-message">You AIN\'T lying, Wordsmith!<br><br>I saw him!  Yum Yum :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417350" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417350" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417350">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417350" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417350" class="dsq-comment-message">And here\'s <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/style/2009/07/why-donatella-versace-was-chosen-to-dress-the-jacksons-at-mjs-funeral.html" rel="nofollow">one of the reasons</a> why they looked so good during the memorial service....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417926" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417926" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417926">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417926" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418751" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418751" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418751">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418751" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418751" class="dsq-comment-message">I knew they were ultra chic....niiiiiiiiice.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419059">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419059" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419059" class="dsq-comment-message">Like I said before, Janet is the one...    How thoughtful.  What a wonderful gesture to her family.   Like she said, to you he was an icon, to her, that was her brother.<br><br>And who among us, having to bury a close family member, hasn\'t asked the question -- "What am I going to wear?" <br><br>I could just hear Janet saying  \'Don\'t worry about it, I GOT this.\'<br><br>I STILL remember what I wore to my sweet momma\'s funeral.  And my daddy\'s too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12438250" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12438250" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12438250">Sepia</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12438250" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12438250" class="dsq-comment-message">I. Love. Janet. <br><br>That. Is. All.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12438483" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12438483" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12438483">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12438483" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12438483" class="dsq-comment-message">Chile! I will have to go all Benita Buttrell over some Miss Jackson...I LOVES me some Janet! Nobody bets not talk about her!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12460229" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12460229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12460229">khrish</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12460229" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12460229" class="dsq-comment-message">you have to wonder though why with all his brothers and sisters, and especially Rebie who has been a mother and wife whose husband has done well; Michael wouldn\'t have chosen one of his own family as guardian should something happen to his mother, instead of Diana Ross. I mean, I know he knew things that none of us would know but it seems strange.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12460081" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12460081">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12460081" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12460081" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah that told that on the news. I think they say that Marlon and his family live in the compound and he stocks shelves at the market.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415345">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415345" class="dsq-comment-message">I knew about Jermaine!<br><br>Uh Uh Uh!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416471">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416471" class="dsq-comment-message">Well I was very surprised to read that tawdry tale. I just can\'t imagine a man going with his brothers exGF let alone marrying his exwife, that your brother has a set of twins with?  Lawd.<br><br>I do not know how the Jackson clan survived that.<br><br>I had to go on the net to find a pic of this women to see if she was dropdeadgorgeous..she must have had a goldenpavillonanddiamonds at the top of her thighs.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416598" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416598" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416598">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416598" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416598" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO @ goldenpavillonanddiamonds the top of her thighs!<br><br>Stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417442" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417442" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417442">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417442" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417442" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axfzRfKZWmQ" rel="nofollow">SUNSHINE!</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417840" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417840">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417840" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417840" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA HA HA <br><br>I\'m telling GreenLady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418218" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418218">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418218" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418218" class="dsq-comment-message">ctfu!!..she must\'ve been Sunshine..and now she has nothing but Jacksons for babies...wonder if they have any talent with all that sunshine beaming down on them!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415623" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415623" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415623">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415623" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415623" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes i knew all about Jermaines dallying LOL<br>he just couldn\'t keep it in his pants<br>well he\'s supposed to be a strict Muslim now<br>so i hope he\'s learned some discipline</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416326" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416326">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416326" class="dsq-comment-message">Sure, he was married to his present Muslim wife for 4 years while still marrried to Alejandro!!  Two wives simultaneously. Him and MsAfghan were in Bahrain.<br><br>He never married Maldonado even though she stayed with him and had a second child.  <br><br>I understand they were all living in the family compound that Michael owned before he moved/built Neverland.  Imagine him, Randy, Maldonado and they kids plus the rest of the family...How the HELL you marry your brothers EX???!!<br>Jermaine is a siiiiiick puppy.  but you know what in the Jackson movie..it is only Jermaine they show with the groupie in the room, and Michael/Marlon under the bed listening.<br><br>Jermiaine developed some horrible sexual habits of mulitple partners and nothing else satisfied him.<br><br>What do they do to Muslims in Dubai when they committ adultery?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416903">danadevin74</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416903" class="dsq-comment-message">i wonder did he get that habit from Joseph?<br>i heard  about Joseph and Jermaine and Jackie sharing groupies during the J-5 dAYS<br>  after Joseph was finished with them<br>he would hand them off to Jermaine and Jackie<br>and sometimes they would be in the same hotel room<br>now if thats true that sh-t is just wrong</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416098">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416098" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya know...sadly....I cant even fake like I find this unbelievable. I went to school with children from...well....let me put it this way: 2 sisters, lived next door to each other, 1 man....8 kids in one house, 9 kids in the other. I played at the wedding of one of the daughters - let\'s just say it was interesting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416282" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416282">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416282" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416282" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow...damn so the sisters kids, were all brothers/sisters....daYUM!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416750" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416750">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416750" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416750" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep! And they were all like within the same ages so its not like one sister had the first 8 and the other had the last 9....they were all mixed in.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416890">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416890" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416890" class="dsq-comment-message">Sick...I just can\'t blame the man...I blame the sisters for sharing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12430563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12430563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12430563" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12430563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12430563" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved this song! His women might have too...<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtxVT39fSc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQtxVT39fSc</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12459169" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12459169" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12459169">khrish</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12459169" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12459169" class="dsq-comment-message">Excuse me, but Jermaine was getting it on with Randy\'s girl before Randy ever married her. He has no money and the exwife is trying to sue for money from the Arab woman that he is involved with. Jermaine has been something else for a long, long time. I have been waiting to hear music from Tito\'s boys. They have been a trio for a while and Rebie\'s son as well. There\'s got to be some of the kids from that family to continue that music legacy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12415474" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415474" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone see this - my sister just told me about it.  She\'s pissed.  They had just watched a couple of programs on Emmett Till, so I think that\'s why it caught her attention so quick.<br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31832393/ns/us_news...</a><br><br><i>Three gravediggers and a cemetery manager unearthed hundreds of corpses from a historic black cemetery south of Chicago, dumping some in a weeded area and double-stacking others in existing graves, in an elaborate scheme to resell the plots, authorities said Thursday. All four were charged with felonies.</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12415964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12415964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12415964">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12415964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12415964" class="dsq-comment-message">I just saw it on the news...I heard it on the radio on the way home. This is so sick and twisted.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12416143">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416143" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416143">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416143" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard about it on the TJMS.  Cybill said her father was buried there for decades, and she had to see what the hell was going on with her "daddy"<br><br>Now for me, here\'s the thing... since New Orleans is below sea level, we have mostly above ground cemetaries, mainly mauseleoms(sp) that house family members and such. For the few below ground cemetaries, unless you buy a family plot, but there is probably a good chance that you will be buried "on top", or "above" someone else.<br><br>In fact, I think that you actually have some family plots that are the same way.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416730">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416730" class="dsq-comment-message">News Alert<br>8:25 PM EDT Thursday, July 9, 2009 <br><br>AIG Prepares to Pay New Round of Bonuses <br>American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars in bonuses this month to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.<br><br><br>For more information, visit <a href="http://washingtonpost.com" rel="nofollow">washingtonpost.com</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12416814" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12416814" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12416814">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12416814" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12416814" class="dsq-comment-message">They better pay those bonuses to the US Treasury, so we can use them for the cost of healthcare.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12417028">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12417028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417028">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417028" class="dsq-comment-message">So as part of the Ghana trip, the President and Mrs Obama are supposed to visit the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Coast_Castle" rel="nofollow">Ghana Cape Coat Castle</a><br><br>The Cape Coast Castle was built for trade in timber and gold, but it\'s now most known for it\'s later use in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. As were a number of other Ghanaian Slave Castles.<br><br>I read on some news org site, that Gibbs said that if the weather is too bad, then the President will not be able to go the the Castle. I hope the weather holds up, and the MSM actually takes the time to educate the viewers of the significance of the First African-American President visiting such a site. It would also be pretty significant if Michelle Obama is also there since she unlike Obama can trace her lineage to slaves ancestry.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12430434" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12430434" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12430434" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been there and at Elmina right across from it. Most POWERFUL experience of my life. The records they kept. The size of the rooms. The door of no return. You can FEEL the pain. It is such an important trip.<br><br>FYI this is the site where the indie film Sankofa (from the 90s) was filmed.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12430472" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12430472" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh I forgot to say- that the records they kept showed how many enslaved people went to various islands. For me it was crucial to witness the number of Africans sent to Puerto Rico and the Canary Islands.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12417809" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12417809">lamh32</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12417809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12417809" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah...does the Senate GOP realize how stupid this is?<br><br><a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/07/senate-republicans-calling-new-haven-firefighters-as-witnesses-for-sotomayor-hearings.php#comments" rel="nofollow">Senate Republicans Calling New Haven Firefighters As Witnesses For Sotomayor Hearings</a><br><br>What exactly will these firefighters testify to? How can they give testimony on Judge Sotomayor\'s JUDICIAL JUDGEMENT.  If Karma is truly a bitch, then this will so backfire on GOP.  <br><br>I have never watched a confirmation hearing...EVER!!! Not even the Clarence Thomas "pubes on a coke can" hearing.  But I damn sure thinking about watching this one.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418336">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418336">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418336" class="dsq-comment-message">Its called political payback for all the shyt that the democrats pulled with Bork and Thomas.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418542">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418542" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418542" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418542">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418542" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418542" class="dsq-comment-message">It means chinking away at Obama\'s popularity in every policy possible, whether it his judicial nominations, health care, economic policy, foreign policy, etc.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418702">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418702" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418702">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418702" class="dsq-comment-message">Did the dems call plantiffs in a case that Bork or Thomas presided over?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418438">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418438" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418438" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418438">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418438" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418438" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard about this on xm radio POTUS channel today.    The firefighters lawyers won\'t allow them to give interviews prior to their testimony.     This is another avenue of attack on President Obama.   The more things the Republicans succeed at in bringing on negativity against the president is all they care about.   This has nothing to do with Sotomayor personally and remember that.   The Republican party will make hay any way they can and they think Sotomayor is one way to do it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12418668">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12418668" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12418668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12418668">mon_dieu_ishmael</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12418668" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12418668" class="dsq-comment-message">New Plan for paying for health care (from the NYT):<br><br>"Senators were also considering a plan to apply the Medicare payroll tax of 1.45 percent to non-wage income like dividends and capital gains."<br><br>UH OH - there goes my retirement money.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12422780">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12422780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12422780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12422780">Micheline</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12422780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12422780" class="dsq-comment-message">How so?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12419596">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419596" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419596" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419596">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419596" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419596" class="dsq-comment-message">catch this one<br><br><a href="http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1i1zk7" rel="nofollow">http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1i1zk7</a><br><br>MLK was a Republican?????</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12419995">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12419995" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12419995" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12419995">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12419995" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12419995" class="dsq-comment-message">hell no</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12420374">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12420374" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12420374" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12420374">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12420374" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12420374" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign big time</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12429812" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12429812" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12429812">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12429812" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12429812" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahh, the "The Party of Lincoln!!!" meme. You know, at first I thought that the people who pushed that were just trying to bullshit people, but now I\'m beginning to believe that they really do think black people should vote for Republicans because Lincoln "freed the slaves" and the Southern segregationists of 40+ years ago were Democrats.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12420085" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12420085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12420085">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12420085" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12420085" class="dsq-comment-message">This is what reasonable and intelligent people think of the Obama girls...and I say Amen.<br>Angelar<br><br>America\'s Littlest Diplomats: Sasha and Malia Obama\'s Summer Vacation <br>Obama Girls Stay Busy With International Travel and Public Service<br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8045589&page=1" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8045589...</a><br><br>""They\'re great travelers. Sasha was walking down one of the halls of the Kremlin," he said in an interview with ABC News. "She had her trench coat on, had her pockets in her trench coat. We called her \'Agent 99.\' She just looked like she knew where she was going. I thought she was going to pull out her shoe phone."<br><br>"Camp Obama is not cheap. Like any guest of the president, his girls fly for free on Air Force One. But the Obamas pay for every extra room, meal and souvenir. <br><br>"It\'s expensive to travel overseas," said ABC News\' Ann Compton. "Hotels have to be high class. They eat in better places. First families, when they do shell out from their own pocket, find international travel really pricey." <br><br><br>But that front row seat to history is priceless."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12420496" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12420496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12420496">vulcan_girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12420496" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12420496" class="dsq-comment-message">Levi says Palin quit for the money, and while he was living with them, she talked about how nice the money would be.  If it\'s true? Heh.<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resignation" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us...</a></div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12422964">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12422964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12422964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12422964">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12422964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12422964" class="dsq-comment-message">wonder how the almost ex son in law will affect Sarah\'s bid for the presidency..I make no mistake her sick ego thinks she can succeed to be the President.   Oh geez it hurts your head to think about it.<br><br>God forbid, we have to thank a great hero, John McCain, for blistering our country with this sickness...Sarah Palin.<br><br>One would think that a guy like McCain would care more about our country than his mealy assed ego.   Guess I got that one wrong BIG TIME.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12421160">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12421160" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12421160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12421160">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12421160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12421160" class="dsq-comment-message">I am totally convinced she quit for money.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12423351">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12423351" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12423351" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12423351">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12423351" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12423351" class="dsq-comment-message">Colindres: Obama A "Little Black Man"<br><br>The U.S. ambassador to Honduras has objected strongly to the foreign minister for the de facto Honduran government, Enrique Ortez Colindres, calling President Obama a "little black man who knows nothing," reports the Daily Kos.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/colindres-obama-a-little_n_228910.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/colind...</a></div>\
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	// 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');
}

})();




