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Douglas Allen-Taylor<br><br>In a situation as fast-moving as the Oscar Grant/BART shooting death and its aftermath, it's important to continue to collate and evaluate information on the run, even as we move forward. Such evaluation is going to be imperfect, of course, both because many things are still unknown, and we don't yet have the historian's benefit of the time and space needed to trigger the clarity of hindsight. But if we don't take our breaths and look around and make some preliminary conclusions as we go, there are many important things that will be forever lost.<br>       <br>I am not one who was surprised, not at all, by this week's arrest of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle for the New Years Day shooting death of Mr. Grant. After a Wednesday meeting with Oakland community leaders in which he did the usual District Attorney thing, merely say he was conducting an investigation and revealing nothing else, Alameda DA Tom Orloff reversed field at a Thursday Mayor Ron Dellums press conference and gave himself a two week deadline to complete his review of the facts in the case and decide whether or not to bring charges against Mr. Mehserle. I thought that self-imposed deadline was the key, giving the community a date-certain, put-up-or-suffer-the-consequences target for an outraged community. Mr. Orloff left himself no wiggle room, and I left the City Hall press conference that day convinced that a Mehserle arrest was almost certain.<br>     <br>There were other signs, of course, that Mr. Mehserle had lost the closing-of-ranks protection normally afforded a police officer in such cases. One was the extraordinary moment of silence called in memory of Mr. Grant by BART Board president Thomas Blalock at the beginning of last Thursday's board meeting, as well as the expressions of sympathy for Mr. Grant's family by Mr. Blalock and other board members. When have you ever heard such universal response from an agency for the victim of a shooting by one of their police officers? Another sign was a statement by the BART Police Officers Association where the police union did not specifically denounce the shooting, but appeared to be distancing themselves from the event, with BART POA president Jesse Sekhon saying, in part, \"It is our hope that this brings everyone one step closer to finding out all relevant details and ensuring this type of incident never repeats itself.\" Not wanting an incident to repeat itself is a clear indication that something was wrong with the original incident, a far cry from the usual police union proclamations that anything done by a police officer is automatically justified and justifiable.<br>      <br>So what brought us to this point?<br>      <br>The first was the horrendous reality of the Mehserle shooting of Mr. Grant itself, captured on so many citizen cellphone cameras and spread on websites and television newscasts around the country and the world.<br>     <br>The second was the actions of community leaders-the radical, activist young folks-who pressed and publicized the issue in its first few days, and organized the Wednesday afternoon protest march from the Fruitvale BART station where the shooting occurred to the former BART headquarters at the Lake Merritt station. As is always the case, it took much of the area's community and leadership a longer time to realize the horrific nature of the Grant killing and react. Had it not been for those young activists (and, remember, 35 is young to a 60 year old like myself), the Oscar Grant shooting death might not have come to the full public's attention. The Coalition Against Police Executions (CAPE) is one of the groups that has been specifically identified in that role; if there are others, they should be identified as well. We owe those young activists a debt, and should acknowledge them for their leadership.<br>      <br>The district attorney's abrupt turnaround from Wednesday to Thursday-from a general refusal to give up any information on the investigation to the self-imposed two week deadline-was certainly fueled in large part by the events following the Wednesday meeting, first the march between the Fruitvale and Lake Merritt BART stations, and then the night of vandalism in downtown Oakland. But Mr. Orloff's Thursday press conference announcement also showed the deft political hand of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums in the background. We have seen this before, more than once, Mr. Dellums somewhere in the mix of things working out compromises no-one else seemed were possible, while never revealing what role he actually played. We saw it in the settlement of the Waste Management workers lockout, when both management and union officials gave Mr. Dellums the credit for bringing a successful conclusion, while many in the local media were castigating the mayor because, in their opinion, they didn't think Mr. Dellums was doing anything. But that's been the mayor's style for most of his political life. By now, we ought to understand it, and be used to it.<br>       <br>That's why I believe critics were incorrect when they criticized Mr. Dellums for not coming out with a statement more forceful about the Grant killing. Some of the most powerful moments we've seen in the early stages of this event was the appearance of Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks before the BART Board last Thursday, both of whom made emotional statements characterizing the killing of Mr. Grant as an \"execution.\" However, those who were disappointed that Mr. Dellums did not make a similar statement miss an important point. Mr. Dellums has officially brought the City of Oakland into this situation by directing the Oakland Police Department to conduct an investigation into the Grant killing. If the mayor, at any point before that OPD investigation is completed, made any statement indicating he had already made up his mind concerning Mr. Mehserle's actions on the Fruitvale BART station platform that night, the former BART police officer's attorney would almost certainly bring such a mayoral statement before the jury at trial, arguing that not only the OPD investigation, but every investigation of the Grant shooting was prejudiced, with a predetermined outcome to arrest and indict Mr. Mehserle. Neither Mr. Carson nor Ms. Brooks were irresponsible in their statements, but Mr. Dellums, with a different role in this matter, had a different standard of care to exercise. We ought to use more care and understanding in evaluating the roles and actions of the various leaders and public officials in these events.<br>   <br>But Mr. Dellums is taking a lot of unfair hits in this situation, in part because of misreporting.<br>     <br>In an eyewitness account of the Wednesday night downtown Oakland events published in San Francisco's BayView newspaper, reporter JR Valrey (who was arrested that night and charged in some of the vandalism, a charge he has denied) wrote in part \"during the rebellion [on Wednesday night], Mayor Dellums had a secret meeting with many of these suit-types, then proceeded to walk through the rebellion like Black Jesus, with about 50 primarily Black people in suits following him across Broadway to City Hall, where he held a press conference.\" I witnessed most of Mr. Dellums' walk through the chaotic scenes along upper 14th Street between Oak and Broadway on the Wednesday night of violence, and did not see the same things Mr. Valrey witnessed. There was no entourage of 50 people following him in suits, Black or otherwise, only a handful of staffers, including interim City Administrator Dan Lindheim, the mayor's bodyguard (who would have been able to provide no protection if the crowd had turned against the mayor), and Councilmembers Larry Reid and Jean Quan. Mr. Dellums walked the streets virtually by himself, in an attempt to talk with the demonstrators and mediate their immediate concerns, including getting the riot police to stand down at that particular spot. His press conference at City Hall was held long after he had finished talking directly with people in the street, and then on the City Hall steps (I have written about my observations of that walk, and other events on Wednesday night, in another article). Mr. Dellums' walk was an act of enormous courage and responsibility which is impossible to imagine any other Oakland leader or political figure duplicating or even attempting, and I will go to my grave convinced that in so doing, the mayor prevented what had the potential to be the most violent clash on upper 14th Street between angry protesters and riot squad police armed with automatic assault rifles. We all see different things from different angles in these chaotic situations. But it's my opinion that Mr. Valrey, in his BayView report, flat-out got it wrong.<br>   <br>Finally, I'm not one of those who was overly concerned that Mr. Orloff's announcement that he would take two weeks to complete the investigation into the Grant killing and decide what, if any, charges would be brought. I think it was entirely proper for people to demand that the district attorney move swiftly, and to keep up the pressure. However, I didn't characterize the two week self-imposed deadline by Mr. Orloff as a \"delay,\" but an exercise by the district attorney in caution and care. Mr. Orloff, professionally and personally, cannot afford another mistrial and/or outright acquittal in this case as happened five years ago with the prosecution of three of the members of the \"Oakland Riders\" police group. And Oakland could not afford an outright acquittal of Mr. Mehserle as occurred in Southern California in the case of the videotaped police beating of Rodney King. Given the circumstances surrounding this situation that I outlined earlier in this column, it's my belief that Mr. Mehserle has already been cast out of the fold of protection normally afforded police officers in these situations, and Mr. Orloff wanted to take as much time as he could before bringing charges in order to ensure that a conviction is obtained on whatever is charged. That is my belief, but in this instance, I'm a committed Reaganite. While I trust my judgment in these things, I also watch carefully, to make sure it's verified.<br>       <br>I've got some thoughts and words about the trashing of Oakland on Wednesday's chaotic night, but that will have to wait for another time.<br><br>__________________________________________________________<br><br>From the January 15, 2009 UnderCurrents column of the Berkeley Daily Planet newspaper<br><br><a href=\"http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Berkeley Daily Planet is available here.</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.safero.org/undercurrents.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesse's other UnderCurrents columns are found here.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:57:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5142023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A number of posters have been very concerned about US foreign policy in regards to israel. It rose w/ the knowledge that Gaza has offshore gas deposits. IMO, this is not a real issue for the US right now. Israel had Eygtptian oil in the Sinai at one time but had to relinquish it withe the withdrawal. In the case of the GAZA gas there are no rigs, the cost of installing them is beyond the Israeli capital markets pockets and if they succeeded in finding backers, forgetting about the ineternational outcry, the time to market is a couple of years.<br><br>The more serious problem lies w/ Russia, Ukraine and Europe. Most of Europe's natural gas comes from Russia via piplines in the Ukraine. It is currently one of the coldest winters in Europe. The gas is not going through the pipeline. This is not a commercial dispute about cost(Europe pays their bill) but whether or not the Ukraine is an western leaning outpost tied to Europe or a vassal state of Russia. Like Georgia, which has the only independent pipeline for nautral gas(neither Iranian or Russian territory is crossed) for the Stan states(uzbekistan, etal) to Europe, Ukraine wishes to join NATO to prevent military resolution of their independent status. <br>The problem for Europe is that they now find their national security and economic prosperity threatened by their reliance on Russian gas. This will be a far bigger problem for Obama than the Palestian issue because of the parallels to US dependency on foreign oil and the stability of the governments from which this oil comes from(http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html). You will notice Mexico, Venezuela  and Nigeria are in the top five.<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rosemary_righter/article5518959.ece\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/column...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/markets/commodities/2009/01/14/gazprom-loss-politics-markets-equity-cx_vr_0114markets12.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.forbes.com/markets/commodities/2009/...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1009/42/373541.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1009/42/37354...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:12:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In addition to what djchefron replied, historically, the US has severely punished US servicemembers who engaged in waterboarding techniques.  <br><br>\"Water boarding was designated as illegal by U.S. generals in Vietnam 40 years ago. A photograph that appeared in The Washington Post of a U.S. soldier involved in water boarding a North Vietnamese prisoner in 1968 led to that soldier's severe punishment.\" (ABC news, 11/29/05)<br><br>Even back in 1901, an Army general was sentenced to 10 years hard labor for waterboarding.<br><br>And  John McCain himself, who you supported claimed that  waterboarding was a \"very exquisite torture\" that should be outlawed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:42:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140836, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/43419/2576/171/684280\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Kos diarist has created next week's cover of <i>The Nation</i> to commemorate the Obama Inauguration with historical figures from civil and human rights struggles.</a><br><br>King is right behind him.  Chief Joseph is there.  So is Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm and Gandhi and Reverend James Reeb.<br><br>Emmett Till and the four little girls from the Birmingham church bombings are in the front row.<br><br>This is a keeper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:47:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5224365": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Truly a great pic", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-16_18:06:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "a42e2866d4bfe27fc4cedcd502f16eb2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5154051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is that the Sarah-draped -in-a-towel action figure?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:39:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5152905, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "blsista, thanks for the hook up.  I get the Nation magazine.   And this definitely is a keeper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:19:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:59:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142050": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You could probably make the same argument for the techniques that are currently approved for use, because they all-in one way or another-go beyond verbal interrogation.<br><br>But what does that leave us to use?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:12:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141814, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "To Poster:  LOL!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><i><b>If Palin was left off the guest list, it's not clear whether the snub came from McCain or the Presidential Inaugural Committee. But it's not terribly hard to imagine why she might not make the cut. There appears to be lingering bad blood between the McCain and Palin factions, over such issues as the profligate spending spree to attire the vice presidential candidate and her family (Silk boxers for the first dude?) and the McCain campaign's botched media roll-out of Palin. <u>The Alaska Governor still appears to be holding a grudge</u> against the McCainiacs, as evidenced by recently released excerpts from her interview with conservative filmmaker John Ziegler, whose forthcoming documentary explores the \"media malpractice\" that supposedly paved the way for Obama's election.</b> In the interview, she lashed out at the media, but also criticized her McCain campaign handlers for allowing her to become a campaign punchline in multiple disastrous interviews with CBS News' Katie Couric.</i><br><br>A couple of thoughts:<br><br>1.  She won't B there to \"SPOIL the ENVIRONMENT!\":  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crowd Cheer And Applause</a><br><br>2.  SHE <b>HOLDS GRUDGES!</b>  Annnnnd she openly acknowledges it!  Her <b>smarmy/snarky/sarcastic ATTITUDE</b> SHOULD take her down a peg in terms of viablity for upward mobility.  Her Alaskan staff/colleagues have spoken about this trait -anonymously, in many cases!<br><br>In addition, SHE is -er,   -ummmmmm   \"not the sharpest knife in the drawer!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:20:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149230, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"A happy ending.\"<br><br>That's too funny.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:25:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139642, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The whole situation is a cluster fuck.<br><br>The people at Daily Kos have every reason to whine this time. The PIC isn't telling anyone anything and it's terribly frustrating. And yes there's been a surprising lack of transparency and organization.<br><br>The PIC rep never told me why some delegates won't be getting tickets. Remember I have no other long record of activism with the party so I guess I'm being \"punished.\" I haven't even received my invite to a special event for Maine delegates activists and politicians at the New Zealand embassy which the news last night said we would ALL be invited to.<br><br>Let them whine or complain. This time, it's probably justified.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:15:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140964, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I seriouly am not trying to pick a fight over this, and you should know I love a good debate with you......But historically waterboarding has widely been considered torture.  So when you asked what is Holder basing this on, he has a helluva lot to base in on, from a historical and legal standpoint.<br><br>And  I know many Bush supporters like to chalk up the criticism to Americans who are \"terrorist sympathizers\" but I think many like me are interested in our leaders respecting international standards.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141842, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So when you were waterboarded, you compared that to what to determine it wasn't severe pain and suffering?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:44:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141421, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree.  You cannot judge if someone's in pain by what you see.  I have 30 years of nursing experience to back that up.  It's individual/subjective.  It's nursing 101.  <br><br>The patient tells you he's in pain, not the other way around.  And you get to ask them where, what, how, when,.We give a pain scale to use to help us help them manage it.<br><br>Your response will likely be people can fake it, and that's true.  But we don't get to tell folks they're faking it.  There are other ways to work with drug seeking behaviors.<br><br>anyhooo.  Pain can lead to suffering, and if you are intentionally causing pain and suffering, it's torture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:59:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142278, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Arlen Specter is being most ridiculous. He really doesn't want Holder to lead the Justice Department. Sen. Leahy should be punished for caving into Specter and delaying this hearing so Specter could turn it into a trial 8 years after the fact.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:48:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5148510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think it's been acknowledged that KSM was waterboarded on a couple of occasions, and that some of the intelligence taken from him has proved to be actionable.<br><br>I think the last 5-6 years have shown the country what we will have to become to prosecute a war on an ideal. While I think the sacrifice is worth our safety, I know that eventually we're all going to have to reconcile what we've become with what we've gained.<br><br>And if our leaders determine that the costs outweigh the benefits, so be it, no matter how much I agree or disagree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:16:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148331, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5157944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenLady, you know we gotta TCB.  :-)))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_22:10:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5154735, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am not a Republican and I have a problem with Clinton!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:55:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148490, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You mean McCain?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:10:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149230, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5145669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "blksista,  you da bomb!  Hooking all those sunny warm folks up with winter wear.<br><br>It's cold as a well diggers ass here in MINNESOTA!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:43:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142281, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Just received this:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.colorofchange.org/link/?id=2354-589506&cat=inaug&link=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.colorofchange.org/link/?id=2354-5895...</a><br><br>Announcing Inaugural Parties!    Whooo!   Hooo!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:29:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "About that \"Black and bitter\"...<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/top_dojer_called_voting-rights_official_black_and.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:52:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "a467514886b7e0129a29898ae02e3050", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "His hate for the Clinton's is deeper than that for Barack. There are people without blood on their hand's Obama can appoint and whom will definitely watch his back better.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:16:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141744, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL...I got mine Monday....thank goodness I already had the heads up from y'all that it was commemorative! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:46:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140964, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree; it makes an excellent teaching tool.  They should blow that cover up to poster-size and hang it in every history/social studies classroom in the country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:52:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Because dissing black women appeals to a racist, a sexist bigot, or both.    &gt;:-/<br><br>Don't even get me started! LMAO<br><br>  :: sits down, closes eyes, inhales deeply  ::", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:11:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149791, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:    <b>ABSOLUTELY!</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><b>5  MORE DAYS!!</b>    <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMhU64HMUA\" rel=\"nofollow\">And the Crowd Goes Wild</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:36:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148654, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "...and Rice, and Powell, and Gonzales, and Ashcroft, and Yoo, and Tenet, and GEN Hayden.....<br><br>Heard it all before.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:16:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141992, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "oz:  <b>YOU JUST SPEAK TRUTH!!</b>   :&gt;)           CO-SIGN!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:02:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149319, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm surprised Scalia and Unca Clarence reportedly stuck it out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:32:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142222, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5147226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Guantanamo/Detainees<br>How a Military Prosecutor Changed From Gung Ho Terrorism Fighter to Gitmo Critic<br>Posted 4 hours, 36 minutes ago <br>By Debra Cassens Weiss <br><br>A military prosecutor who quit his post at Guantanamo due to ethical qualms tells of his transformation from gung-ho terrorism fighter, brushing off tales of detainee abuse as \u201chyperbole,\" to a critic of the system who is providing declarations helping defense lawyers.<br><br>Writing in the Washington Post, former military prosecutor Darrel Vandeveld says he ignored early warning signs, such as complaints by the chief military prosecutor, Col. Morris Davis, that he was being bullied by Bush political appointees who wanted him to bring charges before he was ready. Vandeveld dismissed as \u201cidiotic\u201d claims of abuse by detainee Mohammed Jawad, who said he was 16 at the time of arrest. And he viewed Jawad\u2019s defense lawyer as a terrorist sympathizer.<br><br>But Vandeveld\u2019s views began to change as he saw the evidence. \u201cJawad had been hooded, slapped repeatedly across the face and then thrown down at least one flight of stairs,\" Vandeveld writes. \u201cDetainee records show that once at Guantanamo, he was subjected to a sleep deprivation regime during which he was moved to different cells 112 times over a 14-day period--an average of every 2 1/2 hours. It was called the frequent flier program.\u201d<br><br><a href=\"http://www.abajournal.com/news/how_a_military_prosecutor_changed_from_gung_ho_terrorism_fighter_to_gitmo_c\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.abajournal.com/news/how_a_military_p...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:46:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140836, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let them whine. I don't even have a ticket to the swearing in (I thought it would come after my invite, but it hasn't) and if I don't get one, I'll be heartbroken and will probably jump off a cliff. But if I don't I'll pull myself up and celebrate anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:51:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139728, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "oz:  ***eye-to-eye***   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:24:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149585, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Perfect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:47:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140306, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I really don't think waterboarding is the equivalent of a baptism - the description of it seems to be more than merely pouring water over someone's face....but isn't the whole point of torture to keep the person alive?...otherwise its just killing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:17:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141664, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5147648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Stimulus Bill Draft Circulated By Dems: Full Text<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/stimulus-bill-draft-circu_n_158145.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/stimul...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:47:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some biofuels have a tendency to freeze....", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:24:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140370, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148777": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wasn't talking about <i>vous</i>, but<i>ils</i>.<br><br>Thirty-six isn't warm to certain people.  I didn't add the wind chill factor or the Alberta clipper's arrival.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:31:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148653, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141624": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think folks had to call their US representative for tickets to the swearing in. I called mine...the inframous MichelleBachmann and received purple tickets.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:47:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141430, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:   Oooooo-eee!     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Let's see now:<br><br>Napkin, tucked neatly under my chin!  CHECK!!<br><br>Knife/spoon, in my right hand!   CHECK!<br><br>Fork(s), in my left hand!!   CHECK!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4VW2wZcuM&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">the doorbell</a><br><br>spirit!   Spirit!    R   U  there?   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:02:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150347, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "blksista:   WOW!   The COVER is GREAT!!  :&gt;)   Thank you for \"bringin' it!\"   :&gt;)<br><br>It is a \"keeper!\"   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:47:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-biden-tipped-over-to-supreme.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama, Biden tip over to the Supreme Court</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:19:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5154948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Only if Justice does mine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:31:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5153973, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So Ya boy Tanner just issued an apology for his Comments about black and bitter coffee. Why do republican men continually bash all things black women then issue some shitty ass apology sayinf if i offended anyone im sorry, bitch you offended everyone and regardless if someone took offense it was a dumb ass thing to say.<br><a href=\"http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/tanner_sends_letter_to_berry_apologizing_for_racist_email.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:57:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "86846660249df8847cf00be468b03a33", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5152905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "dj:   The <i>MUDFLATS</i>  is still on her case:   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/14/sarah-palin-action-figure-has-a-friend/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sarah Palin Action Figure Has a Friend!</a><br><br><i><b>We knew it had to happen.  Brace yourself for the Sarah Palin Action Figure Collection. (Are you braced?)</b><br><br>You can order your very own at <a href=\"http://HeroBuilders.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">HeroBuilders.com</a>.  And you\u2019re not stuck with just one option, either.  There\u2019s black suited \u201cBusiness Sarah\u201d, there\u2019s \u201cI-don\u2019t-want-to-know-what-people-are-doing-with-this\u201d Schoolgirl Sarah, and there\u2019s some kind of strange \u201cSuperhero Sarah\u201d in a flowing trench coat and a white satin micro-mini.<br><br>And don\u2019t worry.  Sarah won\u2019t be lonely.  She has a companion.  Todd Palin? Noooo.  Um\u2026  Lt. Governor Sean Parnell? Noooo.  Press flack Bill McAllister?  Nooooo\u2026.   <b>It\u2019s none other than Joe the Plumber.  You can create all kinds of fun adventures with Sarah and Joe.</b>  They can pop over to Israel and talk about how lame the media is.  They can jet back to Anchorage and talk about how lame the media is.  They can stare into each other\u2019s painted eyes.  <b>Or they can stand around and enjoy their plastic craniums, just like the real ones do</b></i> <br><br>There is a Doonesberry cartoon to further \"pile on!\"    :&gt;)       :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Love me some MUDFLATS!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:39:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150444, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not craig, but my Jamican hubby recommends the following if you have the ingredients:<br><br>1.  shredded carrots<br>2.  diced shallots or onions<br>3.  shredded ginger-  (very warming and aids digestion)<br>4.  curry powder<br>5.  Worstershire sauce-  ad lib <br><br>Toss all the goodies in a pan and stir fry for a hot minute<br>Mix in with rice and viola'!<br><br>BON APETIT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:50:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149581, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/i-sho-nuff-knows-boss.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">I Sho Nuff Knos Boss:</a>  Looking at various privileges that whiteness exists with.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/unravelling-clich-of-single-parent.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unraveling the Clich\u00e9 of the Single Parent:</a>  A black man documents his experiences with single motherhood by speaking of his mothers and grandmothers struggle", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:26:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Vitter is quickly shaping up to be one of the biggest thorns in the incoming Obama administration's side.\"<br><br>No, Vitter is shaping up to be one of the biggest gifts to the incoming Obama administration.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:35:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148490, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know.<br><br>My general opinion on waterboarding is that if there's a compelling reason for it to be used, and there's a reasonable expectation that we will gave viable information from its use, then it's a tool to be considered.<br><br>Knowing how often \"confessions\" can be given just to prevent more intensive interrogations, though, there's not that many times where there's a need for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:21:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142061, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140638": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "pssh im not worried, Eric Holder is the man, he was appointed by reagan worked under bush 1 and clinton. dude knows his stuff. He shouldve walked into the meetings with The Mans Right here blasting lol just kidding.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:54:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "allamr18", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139823, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Haven't had the experience, which was why I bolded the words \"my opinion.\"<br><br>Looking at the technique of it, though, you're talking about pouring water over someone's covered face. Last I checked, the act of pouring water didn't cause pain.<br><br>Now, there is an element of suffering, because I see how it can make a person feel like they were drowning. Is it \"severe\" suffering? I don't know, but when I think of someone who's severely suffering, I think of something that eventually does-or could-lead to death.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:49:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141550, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If someone's being tortured-the way we all understand torture-they're going to be in obvious, visible pain.<br><br>From a physical standpoint, I <i><b>don't think</i></b> waterboarding hurts as much as it does from a mental standpoint....which is where I think the suffering comes into play.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:04:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148209, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5138598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cheney: War deaths worth it, 'I think so'<br><a href=\"http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/01/cheney_war_deaths_worth_it_i_t.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_09:39:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5141161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just a wild guess but we executed Japanese Officers in WW2 for water boarding because we consider it torture and a war crime.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:23:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140836, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Poll: Solid support for Obama's economic plan<br>Would love to see Karmi head explode LOL<br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28657844/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28657844/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:57:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5148331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As far as what was used for KSM, I am not sure what methods they used rior to waterboarding and in which order, since the Bush administration has not been forthcoming or truthful.<br><br>Secondly, as much as bin Laden is despised by me and likely everyone else on here, I would rather they employ other LEGAL techniques still.<br><br>KSM's confessions from waterboarding may have given way to some leads, but still the the top of alQaeda's hierarchy are still not captured yet.....so exactly in the larger scheme of things , how effective was the method.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:06:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148086, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But do you not feel that there are other methods that can be just as effective?<br><br>I think that is the issue many Americans have.....why is it necessary to even have to employ a method that has  had such a storied and controversial history?<br><br>I've read about the different viewpoints of waterboarding (as much as I cringe at articles that support the actions of the Bush administration, I still read them for knowledge), and the article by the one former Navy interrogator in Iraq, who spoke out against torture, and actually used other unconventional, but LEGAL techniques that worked  and eventually led to al- Zarqawi's capture in Iraq.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:37:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142172, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,I propose as parting gifts for the Bush administration free gift certificates for a <br><br>DELUXE  ROUND OF  WATERBOARDING .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:33:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148323, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140152": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was really tempted to log on and leave a really smart azz comment on that one but I left it alone. I swear, I believe some of those folks have deluded themselves into thinking they know Barack personally.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:26:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139728, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Help me out, is anyone watching this Holder confirmation know why this MarcRich pardon is being made such a deal of?  I know the guy was tax fraud and that Holder has acknowledged it was a mistake. However, I haven't been able to discern why they keep making a big deal.<br><br>THEN. Specter just said something about Iranian arms deals...is that how Rich made his money?<br><br>If so, is that why this is SUCH a big deal...once again it boils down to Israeli's vs. Iran...or Jews vs. Muslim...and here we go again...with Middle East crap?<br><br>Just wondering.  Why it was so unpardonable to pardon Rich.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:55:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139642, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139642": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's interesting to see Eric Holder's hearing. It is not the love fest we saw with Senator Clinton. They did everything but give her a rub down and a happy ending. Politics lol gotta love it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:56:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "245857794a8d4da90a73fbb64352b916", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5148347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>DAY  -5; On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY 20, 2009!\"</b> <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Crowd Cheer And Applause</a><br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17477.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dem Congress likely for Obama's term</a><br><br><i><b>Barack Obama is likely to spend the next four years with one big advantage over his recent predecessors \u2014 a first term in the White House with his party in uninterrupted control of both the House and the Senate.<br><br>It\u2019s an advantage no president has enjoyed since Jimmy Carter, and one that would offer Obama a unique opportunity to carry out his agenda.</b><br><br>In the House, where Democrats currently enjoy a 79-seat advantage, to regain control the GOP would need to pick up at least 40 seats, a result that has occurred just four times since 1950 \u2014 and would significantly surpass the Democratic routs in 2006 and 2008.<br><br>In the Senate, Republicans will likely need a 10-seat pickup in a chamber where double-digit gains have occurred just twice since 1950. Complicating matters, the GOP will be defending more seats than the Democrats in 2010 and must defend four open seats \u2014 three in key battleground states after a spate of recent retirements \u2014 compared to none as yet for the Democrats.<br><br>While the prospect of four uninterrupted years with his party in control of Congress is no guarantee of success, it would give Obama a luxury that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush did not enjoy in their own first terms, even though both began with their party in control of Capitol Hill.<br><br><b>\u201cPresident-elect Obama has a wonderful opportunity to do what he wants as president,\u201d said former Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-Texas), who served in Congress under five presidents, beginning with Carter. \u201cObviously the larger majority makes a lot of difference.</b>\u201d</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>2.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/hartland_trip_4f7aad16-1cdb-479f-9ec7-67030e620f87.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Travel like a president (Obama pitches stimulus in Ohio)</a><br><br><i>He\u2019s not the president yet, but that doesn\u2019t mean he can\u2019t make a presidential-style visit to the heartland.<br><br>President-elect Barack Obama will travel to Bedford Heights, Ohio, Friday for an invitation-only meeting with workers to drum up support for his economic stimulus plan, facing some tough sledding here in DC. He\u2019ll tour the Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co., which manufactures parts used to build wind turbines \u2013 just the kind of firm that could benefit from his pledge to create a half-million clean energy jobs, the transition says.</i><br><br>3.  <a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/inside_the_transition_office_of_public_liaison/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inside the Transition: Office of Public Liaison</a><br><br><i>Today we\u2019re launching a series of videos to give you a feel for the some of conversations we\u2019ve been having over the course of the Transition. Check out our videos from recent meetings with advocates for women small business owners, LGBT and youth issues, and let us know what you think.</i><br><br><b>[Speaking of TRANSPARENCY!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)  This is a UNIQUE and CREATIVE PROJECT!!  YES HE CAN!!]</b><br><br>4.  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/michelle-obama-all-dolled_n_157639.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michelle Obama: All Dolled Up (PHOTOS)</a><br><br><i>What will Michelle wear to the inauguration? Since we still don't know the answer, here's a look back at formal wear she has donned in the past. Which one is your favorite?<br><br>RELATED SLIDESHOWS:<br><br>Inaugural Gowns: A Look Back<br><br>Inaugural Day Wear: A Look Back<br><br>Or see other inauguration style news or read more about Michelle Obama's style.</i><br><b>[Isn't SHE LOVELY!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)]</b><br><br>5.  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/obamas-citizens-briefing_n_158035.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Obama's Citizen's Briefing Book</b> Changes the Flow Of Information</a><br><br><i>Earlier this week, the Obama transition team launched a<b> \"Citizen's Briefing Book\"</b> <u>on their Change.gov website.</u> The venture aimed to create a virtual white paper, authored by engaged citizens, to pitch ideas to the incoming administration. Topics that were voted the most popular would make there way to Obama's desk.<br><br>As lines of Oval Office communication go, the concept is certainly novel. There are, usually, very few avenues by which individuals can directly engage the president. The Obama team is seeking to not only open up that the pipeline of communication but democratize it as well.<br><br>On Wednesday, the president-elect's team took the next logical step in the process: posting a video reply to some of the more popular suggestions made by website viewers. In a nearly four-minute YouTube clip, chair-designee for the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley, addressed issues on green jobs, mass transit and energy efficiencies.<br><br>The video was, in some ways, a way of recognizing and rewarding those who have participated in the Citizen's Briefing Book process. Though Sutley did not say much about how these topics will be approached legislatively -- save a few remarks about covering them in the forthcoming economic stimulus package -- she did provide a sense of the views among Obama's environmental and energy advisers.<br><br>This online tool and others are opening up the process by which the public obtains access to a presidential administration. They are also changing the dynamics of how a presidential administration interacts with the public.<br><br>Traditionally, the White House uses public statements, televised speeches and press conference to disseminate information broadly. These all rely, to a certain degree, on a media filter.<b> By using the Internet to solicit ideas, and then by posting videos in response, the Obama team is removing that middleman. The public gets to present the policy suggestions that they deem most popular -- just as, with Change.gov's Open Questions site, they get to ask the questions bubbling most on their minds.</b><br><br>But the engagement goes only so far -- there remains a crucial limitation on follow up interactions, whether it be about policy pitches or question, unless another user else picks up the baton.<br><br>On Sunday, for instance, George Stephanopoulos asked Obama about the most popular question on his website: whether or not he would prosecute members of the Bush administration for breaches of the constitution. Obama fielded the question -- his website, citing a policy of not commenting on national security matters during the transition, had offered a previous response from Joe Biden -- but then was pressed twice more to explain his answer.</i><br><br><b>[Again, a UNIQUE and CREATIVE ENDEAVOR!!  :&gt;)]</b><br><br>6.  <a href=\"http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1243705446?bclid=1201016315&bctid=7407587001\" rel=\"nofollow\">Eric Holder On A Game of 1 -on  1</a><br><b>[A ONE -of -a - kind \"question\" annnnnnnnnd, \"answer!\"  :&gt;)     :&gt;)]</b><br><br>THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:08:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5149884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nope, ppl are too interested in the \"racisim\" of Reid. 8/", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:26:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148166, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep.  Say grace and eat, GreenLady!  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:06:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5153406, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why have the edit buttons disappeared on the entire thread?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:53:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5141702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br><br>Would you be willing to be waterboarded in order to see whether it's torture? You know, to see if it's cruel, inhuman or degrading. Would you be willing to be tested?<br><br>I'm just asking!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:51:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141421, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know what the point of torture is, so I can't answer that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:23:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142114, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:  YEP!!!  That's \"WHYCOME\" I cain't understand WHO would want ta campaign with her.  BUT, I guess there are ALL kinds of people. . . . <br><br>She has that SHRUB \"LEOPARD GENE\" - - - cain't/won't CHANGE their SPOTS!  YUK!!!<br><br>U   R  correct - - -<i>bullet dodged!</i>     WHEW!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:45:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150576, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I disagree with his overall point, but I can't really discount most of what he's saying, since he was there after I was.<br><br>Thanks for this.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:08:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5147226, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Alito is a punk.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:21:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142146, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral, or BRIEF.  ROTFLMBAO!!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:19:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149516, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i cried", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:03:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148741": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clinton-nomination-passes_n_158132.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clinton Nomination Passes Committee</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with lawmakers saying they were hopeful her leadership would mark a turn from warfare toward diplomacy.</i><br><br><b>SORRY, spirit!</b>  I didn't see YOUR post.   OOPS!!  Annnnnd, MY BAD!!<br><br>***heading to the BAD CHAIR***   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:28:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Got this \"little tune\" from a friend this morning.  :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCySZO4zy9A&eurl\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mem Shannon: \"Goodbye Mr. President (Time For You To Go)\"</a><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)        :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Ima play THIS during  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/bushs-farewell-address-bu_n_158097.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bush's Farewell Address Airing Tonight</a>        :&gt;)        :&gt;)         :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:55:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's OK. I'm sure she'll be able to see the dinner from her house.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:52:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149230, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150444": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A Cry for Help from Rural Alaska. Where Is Sarah Palin?<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/a-cry-for-help-from-rural_b_157997.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/a-cry...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:54:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149230, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hatch is now making a fool of himself. He's asking irrelevant questions. It's clear to me he's taking out all his hate for Barack on Holder. He couldn't stop us from electing Barack but he's going to do his best to try to create drama for Holder.<br><br>What a fool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:54:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5141745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Agree.  Chenney and Rumsfeld too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:56:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141509, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Eric Holder: Waterboarding IS torture. <br><br>It's about damn time we had somebody as AG who states that unequivocally.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:32:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 40, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey Justice!!<br><br>Glad to see you are back and feeling better.  It is cold as hell here...negative 20 temperature and the wind chill down in the neg 30's....this is the frozen tundra.<br><br><br>Did you see Holder's wonderful family?<br><br>I thought it was so moving how he said his son was not named after him but his dad as he was born the day he died.<br><br>Then to hear Holder talk about how his sister-in-law having to integrate UofAlabama with George Wallace...was nothing but a real civil rights preview of our lives!<br><br>Holder's family has a true appreciation of our struggle in this country.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:00:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139823, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The crowds won't keep these six inauguration-seekers away<br>Neither rain nor sleet nor the prospect of 4 million pairs of feet will stay these six souls from soaking in history: the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Arriving by planes, trains, automobiles and buses, they'll document their inaugural experiences as citizen journalists for USA TODAY. <br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-14-inaugural-profiles-index_N.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-14-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:26:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I disagree. I mat not be able to distinguish suffering, but you can generally see when someone is in pain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:27:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141940, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Interrogation techniques of this nature(http://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/def331.htm", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:26:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142050, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142281": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay yall. <br><br>This is for those planning on being there when Obama is sworn in.<br><br>Those planning to stand <i>in the elements.</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.weather.com/activities/recreation/outdoors/extreme/layerintro.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Learn how to layer, especially if you are going to stand up for a long period of time, whether assembled, watching the parade, and etc.</a><br><br>Check what you are going to wear, especially that gear for your extremities: head, hands, feet.  Take a visit to your local North Face, L.L. Bean, REI., and that Wisconsin mainstay, Land's End.  Wear tights, long johns.  Invest in a muffler, something that covers half your face and your neck.  Make sure those shoes can still wick moisture and withstand cold.  This won't be a time to be cute.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/tenday/USDC0001?from=36hr_fcst10DayLink_outdoors\" rel=\"nofollow\">They're predicting partly cloudy, highs 36 degrees or more, on Tuesday in D.C.</a><br><br>Yall living in Maine, Minnesota, the Dakotas and in Illinois, yall know what I am talking about.  But the rest of the fools will go over there and freeze their natural ass off.<br><br>But the Alberta clipper hasn't really hit the East Coast yet.<br><br>Okay, I'm a stopping.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:26:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5147916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't think that waterboarding and other \"torture\" techniques worked anyway so why do it? From what I have those people still don't snitch!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:48:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142708, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139728": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/84346/4498/134/684309\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/84346/4...</a><br><br>The Daily Kos crew is whining and complaining that after all the blood, sweat and tears they poured into getting Obama elected, they didn't get tickets to the ball.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:00:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "cf7bae6d73a9683724ae6c0669683475", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2009/01/11768_sarah_palin_not_attending_obama_dinner_for_mccain.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/20...</a><br><br>Maybe she didn't want to pal around with terrorists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:54:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here is more on Vivian Malone Jones fhe first black U of Alabama grad that is Holder's sister-in law:<br><br>\"n the same interview, she said one of her strongest memories of Alabama was that she often smiled at white students, but got no response.<br><br>The university hired a driver for her, a student at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa named Mack Jones. They later married, and he became an obstetrician. He died last year.<br>...snip<br>After graduating from Alabama, Ms. Jones worked for the United States Justice Department in its civil rights division. She also worked at the Environmental Protection Agency as director of civil rights and urban affairs and director of environmental justice before retiring in 1996 to sell life insurance.<br><br>In 1996, former Governor Wallace presented the Lurleen B. Wallace Award for Courage, named for his late wife, to Ms. Jones. He told her that he made a mistake 33 years earlier and that he admired her. They discussed forgiveness.<br><br>In a speech to University of Alabama graduates in 2000, Ms. Jones suggested one lesson that might be taken from her historic experience: \"You must always be ready to seize the moment.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/national/14jones.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/national/14jo...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:29:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It leaves us with the need to use our intelligence (brains) perhaps invoke Jedi mind tricks. (only half kidding here.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:27:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142050, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   On MSNBC:  <b>SENATOR ROLAND BURRIS JUST SWORN IN!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:02:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/desiree-rogers-what-obama-social.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Desiree Rogers, Social Secretary</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5148967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep.  It's hard to take threats seriously from someone who likes to wear diapers to get his freak on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:42:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148843, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Woo hoo!!! Let me pull out My Adidas in honor of this occassion!! LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:13:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141443, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<A HREF=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-in-wax-at-madame-tussauds-already.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">OBAMA IN WAX, PICS</A>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:07:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I showed my wife that story and even though times are hard for us we are going to send 10 or 20 dollars to help.Its not much but hopefully it can do some good.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:54:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5152905, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:03:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  By definition, isn't it a \"technique\" that is used \"BEYOND\" verbal INTERROGATION as a COERCIVE means to extract INFORMATION from an UNWILLING PARTICIPANT??<br><br>IFFF so, that feel like a definition of \"torture!\"<br><br>I'm just askin'. . . . <br><br>While \"standing down.\"  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:01:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141664, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5152062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Say it, Oz!<br><br>I'm tired of the disrespect towards black women.  The stupid  a-hole!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:35:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149319, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139775": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "UN Compound in Gaza Hit by Israeli White Phosporus Shells<br><a href=\"http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/3028\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/3028</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:04:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course your opinion is subjective, but since you evoked the United Nation and their definition of torture:<br><br>\"The United Nations' Report of the Committee Against Torture: Thirty-fifth Session of November 2006, stated that state parties should rescind any interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, that constitutes torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.\"  (Wilkpedia)<br><br>In essence you can have an opinion all day long but waterboarding is WIDELy considered  as torture by numerous legal experts, military personnel, human rights organizations and others. And historically the US has stood AGAINST the practice.....that is until Bush and em wrecked shyt, like they have everything else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:00:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141421, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "God, how I hate these half-assed apologies.  How can \"bitter\" not be construed as anything but disrespectful?  And I also see Tanner fell back on the old \"I thought it was okay to say because i heard a black person say it\" defense.<br><br>Ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:10:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149319, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5138761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a really weak answer.<br><br>I agree with him.....but damn. Just say \"yes,\" and call it a day.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_09:53:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5138598, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Clinton's Nomination Opposed Only By David Vitter<br><br>The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve Sen. Hillary Clinton's nomination to serve as Secretary of State and pass that nomination to the Senate floor. <br>The vote was nearly unanimous. Sixteen Senators said they favored the New York Democrat's appointment. One Republican was against it. <br>That Republican would be Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, who registered his opposition through a proxy.<br>Vitter is quickly shaping up to be one of the biggest thorns in the incoming Obama administration's side. In addition to being the only Republican who had a problem with Clinton, he is leading the opposition to handing over the second $350 billion in TARP money.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clintons-nomination-oppos_n_158162.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clinto...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:13:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5149516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Depends.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:10:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148490, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain's knowledge on the subject runs much deeper than mine.<br><br>What I stated (and said to Miranda below) is what I think, based on what I've read (and been told, by people smarter than I) on waterboarding.<br><br>Don't get me wrong; I can outline the argument for why it <i>could</i> be considered torture as well. I've heard the arguments for/against.<br><br>I've never really delved into the \"waterboarding is torture\" argument, because there's never been a need to. You can judge for yourself whether you consider it to be, and I won't knock that...<br><br>...<i>until</i> you say \"it's torture\" at a hearing where your predecessor said he didn't have enough info to make a call, based on what was publically available.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:03:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141513, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/live-video-stream-of-eric-holder-senate.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Live video stream, CSPAN and NPR links of Eric Holder Confirmation Hearing.  It is getting hot.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:02:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5140824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He just got a sofball question from Sen Kohl<br>He handled it delighfully well...loved that smooth answer, nat archibald, connie hawkins and ps121 in the queens.<br><br>Go Holder....", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:02:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140531, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Spirit!<br><br>Thanks! The swelling is going down too. Yay! I'm beginning to look like me again. <b>:)</b><br><br>A person could easily turn into an icicle (ME)  with those kind of temps. omfg!<br><br>Keep warm both you & Whiterose!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:03:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141418, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL...its funny.....cuz its true...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:47:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148843, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141342": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is the commemorative invitation right...just for sho?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:32:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140964, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Love to know what he's basing that on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:00:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 39, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140218, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Have it all BUT curry powder... off to knock on my Trini neighbor's door. Sounds yummy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:59:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150347, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "whiterosebuddy:  Just letting you know that the \"EDIT\" button did appear once I made my post.  Otherwise, \"Ms. Technologically-ChallengedHere\" has no other response.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:15:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141694, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sho nuff!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:02:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140821, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140332": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Definitely blksista... a lot of people here on JJP seem to forget how massive dkos is in size.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:38:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140137, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5154157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know that's right.  Because we will not be SILENCED by being called bitter or any other such nonsense.  <br><br>Words hold power and our VOICES will not be MUTED.<br><br>I'm keeping my Can opener close at hand, cause, I can open a can of WHOOP ASS on'em PRN (whenever needed)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:43:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5151826, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>They did everything but give her a rub down and a happy ending.</i><br><br><br><br>Yes, I saw that. I thought.....can they get anymore mushy?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:09:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139642, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GLH, during the campaign they said Palin holds grudges and is very petty. It's either her way or the highway, and if you go against her, she'll try to get even with you. <br><br>We dodged a major bullet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:59:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149734, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL @ \"Jedi mind tricks.\"<br><br>But you're suggesting taking away some of the tools that interrogators-the people with the brains-use.<br><br>How is that helpful?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:31:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142298, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5151806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've heard that about stock but it never seems to work right for me. I use a 1 cup rice to 1 1/2 cup ratio on cooking my brown rice. How does this translate with stock when I use the same amount with stock-- it burns.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:31:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150700, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't try and make sense outta nonsense. Go with your gut...this is not about Marc Rich no matter HOW many times they say it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:34:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140665, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  U'ALL R    2  kind!   Bless YOU as YOU bless others!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:06:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5153245, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5152251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:36:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150796, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL. no! <br><br>\"dkos sucks!\" <br><br>heh", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:37:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Naomi Campbell settles lawsuit filed by ex-maid <br><br>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Naomi Campbell has ended her legal tussle with a former maid who accused the supermodel of hitting her and calling her names.<br>Terms of the settlement are confidential, but a lawyer for the 38-year-old Campbell says both sides were pleased with the outcome.<br><br>A lawyer for Gaby Gibson, who worked for Campbell from November 2005 through January 2006, didn't immediately return a message asking for comment.<br><br>Gibson claimed in her lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, that the British catwalker also threatened to charge her with theft after being unable to find a pair of designer jeans.<br><br>Campbell denied the claims. She was never charged with any crime in the incident Gibson alleged.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-15-campbell_N.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-15-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:31:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5157887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "evita, glad you enoyed your rice dish.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_22:08:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5157446, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:35:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140638, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey all!<br><br>I'm making brown rice for dinner today with some steamed cabbage (southern style.) Any ideas on what I can do to the brown rice that makes it seem more special. It's SO cold outside I'm trying to use what I have versus go to the supermarket?<br><br>Craig- where are you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:13:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LIve in Maine. Grew up in Wisconsin. I'm good to go. <br><br>36 degrees or more is warm.<br><br>Thanks for hooking us up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:24:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142281, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "shit makes me mad. republican politicians went after michelle not the media not news outlets republican politicians. They said everything they could about her, to scare people off, they did the same with every black educated female out there. Black women work just as hard if not harder than their conservative white trophy i mean wife counterparts and get nothing but ridiculed.  Sarah palin whines about the damn media yet no democratic official attacked her anywhere near the way repubs did michelle, and repubs had the nerve to say that palins treatment is sexist but michelles is perfectly fair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_15:13:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "86846660249df8847cf00be468b03a33", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149369, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/inside-cadillac-one-the-obama-mobile-will-it-run-on-biodiesel/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/inside-cadillac-one-...</a><br><br>Cadilac one runs on biodiesel ...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5141918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are the only person who would ask that question. And I'm almost certain you-and a few others here-would sign up for that experiment.<br><br>But, sure....why the hell not. I'm weird that way.<br><br>I've read Christopher Hitchens' report on the subject, if that helps.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:07:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141702, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CHIP-ing Away at Bush<br>The long-awaited expansion of SCHIP could be the first tangible victory for black folks in the new Obama era<br><a href=\"http://www.theroot.com/views/chip-ing-away-bush\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.theroot.com/views/chip-ing-away-bush</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:10:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5152672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br><br>MsKitty, MsKitty!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:39:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148967, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was thinking the same thing this morning.  Listening to NPR it sounds like the Repubs are ready to GRILL him  with southern hot and spicy BBQ Sauce.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:10:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139642, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:10:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139626, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5157446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tried it- DELICIOUS!<br><br>I used ground ginger instead of fresh because that is what I had.... YUM. Oh I added some seasoning salt too.<br><br>THANK YOU!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_21:38:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150347, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She is SO fly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:36:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi Justice,  glad to hear you're feeling better today!  <br><br>Whiterose is telling it.  It's cold as a witches tit in a brass bra here.<br><br>It's called layering to stay warm.  I've got these nice silk T-shirts and long undies called \"Cuddle Duds\"  <br><br>I'm at work, so can't watch the hearings.  I'll catch it later on C-Span.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:36:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140991, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>My opinion</b>: I don't think it meets the threshold of \"severe pain and suffering\" that's part of the <a href=\"http://www.hrweb.org/legal/cat.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">UN's definition of torture.</a><br><br>Is it cruel, inhumane, or degrading? I could argue for that (more so degrading than the other two). <br><br>Now, if you're just waterboarding someone repeatedly for sport, I'd call <i>that</i> torture, just because of the reasoning behind the act (there's not one except the enjoyment of the person doing the act).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:37:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 21, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140992, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5154735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:   U    R     Waaaaaaay      2    CRA - Z!!!!   LOL!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_18:16:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5154157, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE.  <br><br>No other human can determine whether someone else is in pain PERIOD.  It doesn't matter what degrees of severity one is speaking of.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:08:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141664, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:    . . . . . . . annnnnnd, bless spirit/family and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg7TdGYm0ck&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Bless this House\" - Naturally 7</a><br><br>  Aaaaaaa-man!!!   <br><br>Grub time!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:19:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5153482, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141430": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yes exactly. lol  I got faked out!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:38:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141342, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Looking forward to seeing it  hang in my government office. After 8 years of working for Bush and Cheney,  I'm thrilled to see it. I was first hired under Clinton. I remember the good spirits we had as Clinton as our boss when we knew that our ultimate boss cared for us and the work we did. The past 8 years has seen a lot of hiring freezes and outsourcing and hostility towards our pay and working conditions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:43:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "af6a26cff0b8f758a1a49ab0b987200a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A lot of those folks are beyond help.  Period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:42:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139728, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's going to be very lonely in short order.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:21:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148490, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  Re \"Defense Budget\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003011434\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama To Defer on Big Defense Changes for a Year</a><br><br><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama \u2019s incoming defense team will submit a budget request this spring that closely follows the plans of the outgoing administration, pushing major changes back to next year, his top nominees said Thursday.</b><br><br>The current draft of the fiscal 2010 budget, prepared last fall by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will largely stand this year, top Pentagon nominees said during their confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.<br><br>That $584 billion estimate, an increase of about $57 billion over previous Bush administration proposals, was never assessed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense or the outgoing White House.<br><br><b>William Lynn, Obama\u2019s nominee for deputy secretary, in written responses to committee questions, said the new administration won\u2019t have much time to change the current draft. Therefore, changes will be limited to reviewing the size of ground forces, military quality of life programs, and some specific large weapons programs.</b><br><br>A more complete review will have to wait for the Quadrennial Defense Review and the fiscal 2011 budget process, Lynn said.<br><br>Lawmakers and aides are expecting the new administration to release the draft estimate in early February and submit a revised formal fiscal 2010 budget request in April. But during that time, the Pentagon will be busy with transition details, reviewing the Pentagon\u2019s next fiscal 2009 supplemental war funding request, and beginning work on the review, Lynn wrote.</i><br><br>He's ON TOP of ALL that has been left 4  him ta do!!  <b>LEADERSHIP!!</b>   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:58:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5150658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ITS A MIRACLE!!! 5days before the criminals leave guess what they found?<br>Missing White House E-Mails Traced, Justice Aide Says<br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/AR2009011401957_pf.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:03:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "RUN DMC is getting inducted in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-quick15-2009jan15%2C0%2C2528337.story\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-quic...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:38:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 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}, "5148086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, yeah. I don't doubt that. <br><br>But what do you do when those unconventional, legal methods don't work? I'm fairly certain we didn't waterboard KSM off the bat.<br><br>That's not an argument for breaking the law, but if you have a tool that is extreme, but could prove useful, why <i>not</i> use it (with the caveat that you stop if it doesn't work)?<br><br>If we capture bin Laden and he doesn't have an \"accident\" on his way back stateside, would you support waterboarding him if necessary?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:52:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142708, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'd like to follow up on one thing that just burns when we discuss the budget and deficit spending; ......reviewing the Pentagon\u2019s next fiscal 2009 supplemental war funding request, .....<br>this has been treated as though it doesn't matter as far as the budget goes. In short we can spend money for a sitution we should never have been in but if we spend it on people in our own country the congress is irresponsible.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:14:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5151826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Denise:  \"TA-RUTH!!\"   But WE just gonna keep CALLIN' them out!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>ONE DAY!!    ONE DAY!!  They got  ta STOP!!  'cause the \"beat down\" will be 2  severe!!  :&gt;)<br><br>**move ova**  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:30:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150796, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5151735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yum Yum!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:30:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150347, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5147598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well I disagree if you are saying the interrogators all have brains. Like you, I am no expert on this topic but I am suggesting that using one's brains and creativity are best utilized when the notion of physical torture is taken off the table.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:47:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142387, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5149144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let the Nurse Speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:50:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148209, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:  <b>I  'on't know!</b>   :&gt;)<br><br>I don't do military.   :&gt;)<br><br>I'm just responding to the CONCEPT of TORTURE!  <br><br>Mr. Holder said:<br>BREAKING: Eric Holder, the attorney-general nominee, said waterboarding is torture, under questioning from Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee,. \"I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture,\" Holder said in what amounts to a dramatic reversal of the Justice Department's policy under President Bush. Holder also rejected the argument made by Bush administration officials that the president's power in an a national emergency overrode constitutional restrictions. \"No one is above the law,\" Holder said. Read more in Politico Live.<br><br>***shrug??***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:21:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142050, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5139194": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/news/articles/police_black_men_killings?xid=011509-ENews-Thursday-GrimesCopy\" rel=\"nofollow\">Essence magazine article on the 'rash' of police shootings of young black men, starting with the Adolph Grimes III case in New Orleans.</a><br><br>Sorry.  Earlier,in the Wednesday Night Open Thread, I said that the Grimes case was in Houston.  It happened in N.O.<br><br>The NOPD have closed ranks around the shooter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_10:29:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:    LOL!      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:42:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5150442, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5153762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert M:  I know!  ***shakin' my head***", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_17:23:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5153612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5154787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  4 - ABSOLUTELY - SURE!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I'm waitin' for HER \"bobble-head figurine\" ta B on the market!!  :&gt;)   ::&gt;)<br><br>NO!   I won't buy 1!   Uh   -uh!  :&gt;)   NOT defilin' my house!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_18:20:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5154051, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I got the \"official invitation\" to the PUBLIC events. It totally faked me out. I thought I got a random real invite. LOL I even got teary then I re read and it said invitation to the public events. hehehhehehehe", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:11:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140574, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, no one is above the law!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:10:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141745, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5150700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The easiest way to make rice special is to cook it in your favorite broth or stock. Bouillon cubes or powder can do the trick if you don't have broth or stock.<br><br>spirit's hubby is on point with a quick stir fry. Diced celery and bell peppers (any color) always make their way into my fried rices.<br><br>I always cook rice in broth or stock, even if I fry it later. Make sure the rice is as cool as it can be, given your time constraints, before frying it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_16:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5149581, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well Miranda,<br><br>Here's one that made me say...ok...I can leave this stupid diary now.<br><br><b><i>Oh for heaven's sake...yes you were complaining.. </b></i><br><br><i>If YOU had received an invitation you wouldn't have written this diary. This isn't about the 'homeless', its about you, just like other comments and diaries that bitch about what they are getting or not getting.<br><br>We're getting a new era, a new promise, a new future. We're getting a country that won't torture, that will respect the constitution. That's reason enough to celebrate no matter where you are.<br><br>This inauguration is going to be imperfect because you can't please everyone and you can accomodate everyone. I'm okay with that because I know the true good comes the first day Barack Obama steps into that Oval Office as President of the United States.<i><br><br>comment by: Morgan Sandlin</i></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:37:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140152, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5148654": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady, good stuff.  I'm facinated and inspired  bythe Citizen's Briefing Book.<br><br>Our First Lady and the POTUS are da BOMB!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_14:23:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5148347, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5142001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, Miranda, congratulations on the commemorative invite.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_13:11:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5141578, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5141494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The White House Social events are in phenominal hands.<br><br>There is a history and tradition to these events,\" said Rogers\u2014the Christmas-tree lighting, for example, and the Easter-egg hunt. \"Yes, we are about change and about finding a new way, but 'new' doesn't mean that we walk away from history.\"<br><br>I LOVE THIS LADY.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140137": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Much ado about nothing.<br><br>This poster is a D.C. resident and Obama supporter.  She's not a DK front pager, i.e., crew like Meteor Blades, Kos himself, Bill in Portland, Maine, BarbinMD, SusanG or Mcjoan.  They're not sweating over it.  This diary is not even among the Recommended.<br><br>I do remember reading, however, that the Kossacks are sponsoring a ball themselves, but I may be wrong.<br><br>She just didn't get to Ticketmaster fast enough.  Sounds like what happened when MSNBC announced that they were going to show the Inauguration in certain cities.  It was HARD to find that website, and then again, registering on the website doesn't guarantee that you get a ticket.  You have to get there hours ahead of time just to be assured of a ticket.<br><br>Lots of stuff happening--and blaming going around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_11:25:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5139728, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5156863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Unca Thomas just can't contain his pride of Barack.  I see it.  :-)))", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_20:52:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5142146, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5140991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey Whiterose,<br><br>Thanks for  the well wishes.<br><br>Oh God, How can you deal with that kind of cold! <br><br>Major Co-Sign on Holder!  Arlen Specter has gotten on my last nerve! Ugh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-15_12:13:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5140739, "depth": 3, "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": "9940768", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -7568888600898023134}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_133", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 176, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9940768, "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=thursday_open_thread_133' +
		'&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/thursday_open_thread_133/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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_133'
			+ '&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/thursday_open_thread_133/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">176</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_133/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/thursday_open_thread_133/">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:9940768" 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/thursday_open_thread_133/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:9940768" 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:9940768" 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'				: 'thursday_open_thread_133',
			// 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/thursday_open_thread_133/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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_133'
			+ '&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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_133'
			+ '&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='		+ 'thursday_open_thread_133'
				+ '&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/9940768/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-5138598">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5138598" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5138598" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5138598">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5138598" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5138598" class="dsq-comment-message">Cheney: War deaths worth it, \'I think so\'<br><a href="http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/01/cheney_war_deaths_worth_it_i_t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5138761">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5138761" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5138761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5138761" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5138761" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5138761" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a really weak answer.<br><br>I agree with him.....but damn. Just say "yes," and call it a day.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5138947">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5138947" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5138947" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5138947">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5138947" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5138947" class="dsq-comment-message">What a Nice Pic of President Obama! Woo Hoo!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5139194">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139194" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139194" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5139194" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139194" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139194" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/news/articles/police_black_men_killings?xid=011509-ENews-Thursday-GrimesCopy" rel="nofollow">Essence magazine article on the \'rash\' of police shootings of young black men, starting with the Adolph Grimes III case in New Orleans.</a><br><br>Sorry.  Earlier,in the Wednesday Night Open Thread, I said that the Grimes case was in Houston.  It happened in N.O.<br><br>The NOPD have closed ranks around the shooter.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5139384">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139384" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139384" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139384">Carol Duhart</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139384" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139384" class="dsq-comment-message">Looking forward to seeing it  hang in my government office. After 8 years of working for Bush and Cheney,  I\'m thrilled to see it. I was first hired under Clinton. I remember the good spirits we had as Clinton as our boss when we knew that our ultimate boss cared for us and the work we did. The past 8 years has seen a lot of hiring freezes and outsourcing and hostility towards our pay and working conditions.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139468" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5139468" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139468" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139468" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/43419/2576/171/684280" rel="nofollow">Daily Kos diarist has created next week\'s cover of <i>The Nation</i> to commemorate the Obama Inauguration with historical figures from civil and human rights struggles.</a><br><br>King is right behind him.  Chief Joseph is there.  So is Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm and Gandhi and Reverend James Reeb.<br><br>Emmett Till and the four little girls from the Birmingham church bombings are in the front row.<br><br>This is a keeper.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139531" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5139531" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139531" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139531" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree; it makes an excellent teaching tool.  They should blow that cover up to poster-size and hang it in every history/social studies classroom in the country.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139994" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139994" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139994">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139994" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139994" class="dsq-comment-message">blsista, thanks for the hook up.  I get the Nation magazine.   And this definitely is a keeper.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141632">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141632" class="dsq-comment-message">blksista:   WOW!   The COVER is GREAT!!  :&gt;)   Thank you for "bringin\' it!"   :&gt;)<br><br>It is a "keeper!"   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5149394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5149394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149394">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5149394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149394" class="dsq-comment-message">i cried</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140356" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140356" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL. no! <br><br>"dkos sucks!" <br><br>heh</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139525" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139525">BTx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139525" class="dsq-comment-message">About that "Black and bitter"...<br><br><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/top_dojer_called_voting-rights_official_black_and.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139642" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139642" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139642">Miss- Opinion </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139642" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139642" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s interesting to see Eric Holder\'s hearing. It is not the love fest we saw with Senator Clinton. They did everything but give her a rub down and a happy ending. Politics lol gotta love it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139823" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139823">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139823" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>They did everything but give her a rub down and a happy ending.</i><br><br><br><br>Yes, I saw that. I thought.....can they get anymore mushy?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140638" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140638" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140638">allamr18</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140638" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140638" class="dsq-comment-message">pssh im not worried, Eric Holder is the man, he was appointed by reagan worked under bush 1 and clinton. dude knows his stuff. He shouldve walked into the meetings with The Mans Right here blasting lol just kidding.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141388" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141388" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141388">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141388" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141388" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140739" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140739">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140739" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Justice!!<br><br>Glad to see you are back and feeling better.  It is cold as hell here...negative 20 temperature and the wind chill down in the neg 30\'s....this is the frozen tundra.<br><br><br>Did you see Holder\'s wonderful family?<br><br>I thought it was so moving how he said his son was not named after him but his dad as he was born the day he died.<br><br>Then to hear Holder talk about how his sister-in-law having to integrate UofAlabama with George Wallace...was nothing but a real civil rights preview of our lives!<br><br>Holder\'s family has a true appreciation of our struggle in this country.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140991" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140991" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140991">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140991" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140991" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Whiterose,<br><br>Thanks for  the well wishes.<br><br>Oh God, How can you deal with that kind of cold! <br><br>Major Co-Sign on Holder!  Arlen Specter has gotten on my last nerve! Ugh!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141418" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141418" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141418">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141418" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141418" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Justice,  glad to hear you\'re feeling better today!  <br><br>Whiterose is telling it.  It\'s cold as a witches tit in a brass bra here.<br><br>It\'s called layering to stay warm.  I\'ve got these nice silk T-shirts and long undies called "Cuddle Duds"  <br><br>I\'m at work, so can\'t watch the hearings.  I\'ll catch it later on C-Span.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141850">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141850" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit!<br><br>Thanks! The swelling is going down too. Yay! I\'m beginning to look like me again. <b>:)</b><br><br>A person could easily turn into an icicle (ME)  with those kind of temps. omfg!<br><br>Keep warm both you & Whiterose!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139875">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139875" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking the same thing this morning.  Listening to NPR it sounds like the Repubs are ready to GRILL him  with southern hot and spicy BBQ Sauce.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140665" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140665" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140665">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140665" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140665" class="dsq-comment-message">Help me out, is anyone watching this Holder confirmation know why this MarcRich pardon is being made such a deal of?  I know the guy was tax fraud and that Holder has acknowledged it was a mistake. However, I haven\'t been able to discern why they keep making a big deal.<br><br>THEN. Specter just said something about Iranian arms deals...is that how Rich made his money?<br><br>If so, is that why this is SUCH a big deal...once again it boils down to Israeli\'s vs. Iran...or Jews vs. Muslim...and here we go again...with Middle East crap?<br><br>Just wondering.  Why it was so unpardonable to pardon Rich.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141371" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141371">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141371" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141371" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t try and make sense outta nonsense. Go with your gut...this is not about Marc Rich no matter HOW many times they say it is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5148713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5148713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148713" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5148713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148713" class="dsq-comment-message">"A happy ending."<br><br>That\'s too funny.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139626" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139626" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139626">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139626" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139626" class="dsq-comment-message">Poll: Solid support for Obama\'s economic plan<br>Would love to see Karmi head explode LOL<br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28657844/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28657844/</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139876" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139876" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139876">Micheline </span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139876" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139876" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5139728" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5139728" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139728">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5139728" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139728" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/84346/4498/134/684309" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/15/84346/4...</a><br><br>The Daily Kos crew is whining and complaining that after all the blood, sweat and tears they poured into getting Obama elected, they didn\'t get tickets to the ball.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140137" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140137" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140137" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140137" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140137" class="dsq-comment-message">Much ado about nothing.<br><br>This poster is a D.C. resident and Obama supporter.  She\'s not a DK front pager, i.e., crew like Meteor Blades, Kos himself, Bill in Portland, Maine, BarbinMD, SusanG or Mcjoan.  They\'re not sweating over it.  This diary is not even among the Recommended.<br><br>I do remember reading, however, that the Kossacks are sponsoring a ball themselves, but I may be wrong.<br><br>She just didn\'t get to Ticketmaster fast enough.  Sounds like what happened when MSNBC announced that they were going to show the Inauguration in certain cities.  It was HARD to find that website, and then again, registering on the website doesn\'t guarantee that you get a ticket.  You have to get there hours ahead of time just to be assured of a ticket.<br><br>Lots of stuff happening--and blaming going around.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140332" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140332" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140332" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140332" class="dsq-comment-message">Definitely blksista... a lot of people here on JJP seem to forget how massive dkos is in size.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140152" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140152" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140152">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140152" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140152" class="dsq-comment-message">I was really tempted to log on and leave a really smart azz comment on that one but I left it alone. I swear, I believe some of those folks have deluded themselves into thinking they know Barack personally.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140306" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140306">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140306" class="dsq-comment-message">Well Miranda,<br><br>Here\'s one that made me say...ok...I can leave this stupid diary now.<br><br><b><i>Oh for heaven\'s sake...yes you were complaining.. </b></i><br><br><i>If YOU had received an invitation you wouldn\'t have written this diary. This isn\'t about the \'homeless\', its about you, just like other comments and diaries that bitch about what they are getting or not getting.<br><br>We\'re getting a new era, a new promise, a new future. We\'re getting a country that won\'t torture, that will respect the constitution. That\'s reason enough to celebrate no matter where you are.<br><br>This inauguration is going to be imperfect because you can\'t please everyone and you can accomodate everyone. I\'m okay with that because I know the true good comes the first day Barack Obama steps into that Oval Office as President of the United States.<i><br><br>comment by: Morgan Sandlin</i></i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141600">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141600" class="dsq-comment-message">Perfect.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140409" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140409">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140409" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140409" class="dsq-comment-message">A lot of those folks are beyond help.  Period.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5140574" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140574" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140574" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140574" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140574" class="dsq-comment-message">Let them whine. I don\'t even have a ticket to the swearing in (I thought it would come after my invite, but it hasn\'t) and if I don\'t get one, I\'ll be heartbroken and will probably jump off a cliff. But if I don\'t I\'ll pull myself up and celebrate anyway.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140964" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140964" class="dsq-comment-message">I got the "official invitation" to the PUBLIC events. It totally faked me out. I thought I got a random real invite. LOL I even got teary then I re read and it said invitation to the public events. hehehhehehehe</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141035" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141035" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141035" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141035" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141035" class="dsq-comment-message">The whole situation is a cluster fuck.<br><br>The people at Daily Kos have every reason to whine this time. The PIC isn\'t telling anyone anything and it\'s terribly frustrating. And yes there\'s been a surprising lack of transparency and organization.<br><br>The PIC rep never told me why some delegates won\'t be getting tickets. Remember I have no other long record of activism with the party so I guess I\'m being "punished." I haven\'t even received my invite to a special event for Maine delegates activists and politicians at the New Zealand embassy which the news last night said we would ALL be invited to.<br><br>Let them whine or complain. This time, it\'s probably justified.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141342" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141342">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141342" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141342" class="dsq-comment-message">That is the commemorative invitation right...just for sho?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141430" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141430" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141430" class="dsq-comment-message">yes exactly. lol  I got faked out!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5141624" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141624" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141624">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141624" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141624" class="dsq-comment-message">I think folks had to call their US representative for tickets to the swearing in. I called mine...the inframous MichelleBachmann and received purple tickets.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141578">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141578" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL...I got mine Monday....thank goodness I already had the heads up from y\'all that it was commemorative! LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5142001">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142001" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, Miranda, congratulations on the commemorative invite.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139761">.</span>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139775">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139775" class="dsq-comment-message">UN Compound in Gaza Hit by Israeli White Phosporus Shells<br><a href="http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/3028" rel="nofollow">http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/3028</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5139871">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139871" class="dsq-comment-message">CHIP-ing Away at Bush<br>The long-awaited expansion of SCHIP could be the first tangible victory for black folks in the new Obama era<br><a href="http://www.theroot.com/views/chip-ing-away-bush" rel="nofollow">http://www.theroot.com/views/chip-ing-away-bush</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5139968" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5139968" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1216_detainees_wittes.aspx" rel="nofollow">The Current Detainee Population of Guantánamo: An Empirical Study</a><br><br><i>	If the government’s allegations against detainees are uniformly credited, the following picture of the current population emerges: <br>81 detainees traveled to Afghanistan for jihad. <br><br>130 stayed in Al Qaeda, Taliban, or other guest- or safehouses. <br><br>169 detainees took military or terrorist training in Afghanistan. <br><br>84 actually fought for the Taliban, many of them on the front lines against the Northern Alliance. <br><br>88 were at Tora Bora. <br><br>71 detainees’ names or aliases were found on computers, hard drives, physical lists of Al Qaeda operatives, or other material seized in raids on Al Qaeda safehouses and facilities. <br><br>64 detainees were captured under circumstances—military surrenders, live combat actions, traveling in a large pack of Mujahideen, or in the company of senior Al Qaeda figures, for example—that strongly suggest belligerency. <br><br>28 detainees served on Osama Bin Laden’s security detail</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140111" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140111" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/i-sho-nuff-knows-boss.html" rel="nofollow">I Sho Nuff Knos Boss:</a>  Looking at various privileges that whiteness exists with.<br><br><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/unravelling-clich-of-single-parent.html" rel="nofollow">Unraveling the Cliché of the Single Parent:</a>  A black man documents his experiences with single motherhood by speaking of his mothers and grandmothers struggle</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140218">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140218" class="dsq-comment-message">Eric Holder: Waterboarding IS torture. <br><br>It\'s about damn time we had somebody as AG who states that unequivocally.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5140836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140836" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140836" class="dsq-comment-message">Love to know what he\'s basing that on.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140992">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5140992" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140992" class="dsq-comment-message">what is your rationale that it is NOT torture?  I am seriously curious.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141421" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141421" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>My opinion</b>: I don\'t think it meets the threshold of "severe pain and suffering" that\'s part of the <a href="http://www.hrweb.org/legal/cat.html" rel="nofollow">UN\'s definition of torture.</a><br><br>Is it cruel, inhumane, or degrading? I could argue for that (more so degrading than the other two). <br><br>Now, if you\'re just waterboarding someone repeatedly for sport, I\'d call <i>that</i> torture, just because of the reasoning behind the act (there\'s not one except the enjoyment of the person doing the act).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141550" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141550">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5141550" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141550" class="dsq-comment-message">So when you were waterboarded, you compared that to what to determine it wasn\'t severe pain and suffering?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141664" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141664" class="dsq-comment-message">Haven\'t had the experience, which was why I bolded the words "my opinion."<br><br>Looking at the technique of it, though, you\'re talking about pouring water over someone\'s covered face. Last I checked, the act of pouring water didn\'t cause pain.<br><br>Now, there is an element of suffering, because I see how it can make a person feel like they were drowning. Is it "severe" suffering? I don\'t know, but when I think of someone who\'s severely suffering, I think of something that eventually does-or could-lead to death.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141814">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141814" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  By definition, isn\'t it a "technique" that is used "BEYOND" verbal INTERROGATION as a COERCIVE means to extract INFORMATION from an UNWILLING PARTICIPANT??<br><br>IFFF so, that feel like a definition of "torture!"<br><br>I\'m just askin\'. . . . <br><br>While "standing down."  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5142050" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142050" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142050" class="dsq-comment-message">You could probably make the same argument for the techniques that are currently approved for use, because they all-in one way or another-go beyond verbal interrogation.<br><br>But what does that leave us to use?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5142279">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142279" class="dsq-comment-message">Interrogation techniques of this nature(http://www.ncjrs.gov/policing/def331.htm</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142298" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142298" class="dsq-comment-message">It leaves us with the need to use our intelligence (brains) perhaps invoke Jedi mind tricks. (only half kidding here.)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142387" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142387" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL @ "Jedi mind tricks."<br><br>But you\'re suggesting taking away some of the tools that interrogators-the people with the brains-use.<br><br>How is that helpful?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5147598" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5147598" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5147598" class="dsq-comment-message">Well I disagree if you are saying the interrogators all have brains. Like you, I am no expert on this topic but I am suggesting that using one\'s brains and creativity are best utilized when the notion of physical torture is taken off the table.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5148635">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148635" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  <b>I  \'on\'t know!</b>   :&gt;)<br><br>I don\'t do military.   :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m just responding to the CONCEPT of TORTURE!  <br><br>Mr. Holder said:<br>BREAKING: Eric Holder, the attorney-general nominee, said waterboarding is torture, under questioning from Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee,. "I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, waterboarding is torture," Holder said in what amounts to a dramatic reversal of the Justice Department\'s policy under President Bush. Holder also rejected the argument made by Bush administration officials that the president\'s power in an a national emergency overrode constitutional restrictions. "No one is above the law," Holder said. Read more in Politico Live.<br><br>***shrug??***</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141940">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141940" class="dsq-comment-message">D, WATERBOARDING IS TORTURE.  <br><br>No other human can determine whether someone else is in pain PERIOD.  It doesn\'t matter what degrees of severity one is speaking of.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5142278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142278" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5142278" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142278" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree. I mat not be able to distinguish suffering, but you can generally see when someone is in pain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5148209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5148209">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148209" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree.  You cannot judge if someone\'s in pain by what you see.  I have 30 years of nursing experience to back that up.  It\'s individual/subjective.  It\'s nursing 101.  <br><br>The patient tells you he\'s in pain, not the other way around.  And you get to ask them where, what, how, when,.We give a pain scale to use to help us help them manage it.<br><br>Your response will likely be people can fake it, and that\'s true.  But we don\'t get to tell folks they\'re faking it.  There are other ways to work with drug seeking behaviors.<br><br>anyhooo.  Pain can lead to suffering, and if you are intentionally causing pain and suffering, it\'s torture.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5148323" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148323" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5148323" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148323" class="dsq-comment-message">If someone\'s being tortured-the way we all understand torture-they\'re going to be in obvious, visible pain.<br><br>From a physical standpoint, I <i><b>don\'t think</i></b> waterboarding hurts as much as it does from a mental standpoint....which is where I think the suffering comes into play.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153973">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153973" class="dsq-comment-message">D,I propose as parting gifts for the Bush administration free gift certificates for a <br><br>DELUXE  ROUND OF  WATERBOARDING .</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5154948" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5154948" class="dsq-comment-message">Only if Justice does mine.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149144">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149144" class="dsq-comment-message">Let the Nurse Speak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5142114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5142114">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5142114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142114" class="dsq-comment-message">I really don\'t think waterboarding is the equivalent of a baptism - the description of it seems to be more than merely pouring water over someone\'s face....but isn\'t the whole point of torture to keep the person alive?...otherwise its just killing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5142216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142216" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5142216" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142216" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know what the point of torture is, so I can\'t answer that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141702">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141702" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>Would you be willing to be waterboarded in order to see whether it\'s torture? You know, to see if it\'s cruel, inhuman or degrading. Would you be willing to be tested?<br><br>I\'m just asking!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5141918" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141918" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141918" class="dsq-comment-message">You are the only person who would ask that question. And I\'m almost certain you-and a few others here-would sign up for that experiment.<br><br>But, sure....why the hell not. I\'m weird that way.<br><br>I\'ve read Christopher Hitchens\' report on the subject, if that helps.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141826">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141826" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course your opinion is subjective, but since you evoked the United Nation and their definition of torture:<br><br>"The United Nations\' Report of the Committee Against Torture: Thirty-fifth Session of November 2006, stated that state parties should rescind any interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, that constitutes torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment."  (Wilkpedia)<br><br>In essence you can have an opinion all day long but waterboarding is WIDELy considered  as torture by numerous legal experts, military personnel, human rights organizations and others. And historically the US has stood AGAINST the practice.....that is until Bush and em wrecked shyt, like they have everything else.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141161">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141161" class="dsq-comment-message">Just a wild guess but we executed Japanese Officers in WW2 for water boarding because we consider it torture and a war crime.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141513">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141513" class="dsq-comment-message">In addition to what djchefron replied, historically, the US has severely punished US servicemembers who engaged in waterboarding techniques.  <br><br>"Water boarding was designated as illegal by U.S. generals in Vietnam 40 years ago. A photograph that appeared in The Washington Post of a U.S. soldier involved in water boarding a North Vietnamese prisoner in 1968 led to that soldier\'s severe punishment." (ABC news, 11/29/05)<br><br>Even back in 1901, an Army general was sentenced to 10 years hard labor for waterboarding.<br><br>And  John McCain himself, who you supported claimed that  waterboarding was a "very exquisite torture" that should be outlawed.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141842" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141842" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain\'s knowledge on the subject runs much deeper than mine.<br><br>What I stated (and said to Miranda below) is what I think, based on what I\'ve read (and been told, by people smarter than I) on waterboarding.<br><br>Don\'t get me wrong; I can outline the argument for why it <i>could</i> be considered torture as well. I\'ve heard the arguments for/against.<br><br>I\'ve never really delved into the "waterboarding is torture" argument, because there\'s never been a need to. You can judge for yourself whether you consider it to be, and I won\'t knock that...<br><br>...<i>until</i> you say "it\'s torture" at a hearing where your predecessor said he didn\'t have enough info to make a call, based on what was publically available.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5142061">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142061" class="dsq-comment-message">I seriouly am not trying to pick a fight over this, and you should know I love a good debate with you......But historically waterboarding has widely been considered torture.  So when you asked what is Holder basing this on, he has a helluva lot to base in on, from a historical and legal standpoint.<br><br>And  I know many Bush supporters like to chalk up the criticism to Americans who are "terrorist sympathizers" but I think many like me are interested in our leaders respecting international standards.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142172" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142172" class="dsq-comment-message">I know.<br><br>My general opinion on waterboarding is that if there\'s a compelling reason for it to be used, and there\'s a reasonable expectation that we will gave viable information from its use, then it\'s a tool to be considered.<br><br>Knowing how often "confessions" can be given just to prevent more intensive interrogations, though, there\'s not that many times where there\'s a need for it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5142708">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142708" class="dsq-comment-message">But do you not feel that there are other methods that can be just as effective?<br><br>I think that is the issue many Americans have.....why is it necessary to even have to employ a method that has  had such a storied and controversial history?<br><br>I\'ve read about the different viewpoints of waterboarding (as much as I cringe at articles that support the actions of the Bush administration, I still read them for knowledge), and the article by the one former Navy interrogator in Iraq, who spoke out against torture, and actually used other unconventional, but LEGAL techniques that worked  and eventually led to al- Zarqawi\'s capture in Iraq.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5147916">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5147916" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t think that waterboarding and other "torture" techniques worked anyway so why do it? From what I have those people still don\'t snitch!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148086" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148086" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, yeah. I don\'t doubt that. <br><br>But what do you do when those unconventional, legal methods don\'t work? I\'m fairly certain we didn\'t waterboard KSM off the bat.<br><br>That\'s not an argument for breaking the law, but if you have a tool that is extreme, but could prove useful, why <i>not</i> use it (with the caveat that you stop if it doesn\'t work)?<br><br>If we capture bin Laden and he doesn\'t have an "accident" on his way back stateside, would you support waterboarding him if necessary?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5148331">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148331" class="dsq-comment-message">As far as what was used for KSM, I am not sure what methods they used rior to waterboarding and in which order, since the Bush administration has not been forthcoming or truthful.<br><br>Secondly, as much as bin Laden is despised by me and likely everyone else on here, I would rather they employ other LEGAL techniques still.<br><br>KSM\'s confessions from waterboarding may have given way to some leads, but still the the top of alQaeda\'s hierarchy are still not captured yet.....so exactly in the larger scheme of things , how effective was the method.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148510" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148510" class="dsq-comment-message">I think it\'s been acknowledged that KSM was waterboarded on a couple of occasions, and that some of the intelligence taken from him has proved to be actionable.<br><br>I think the last 5-6 years have shown the country what we will have to become to prosecute a war on an ideal. While I think the sacrifice is worth our safety, I know that eventually we\'re all going to have to reconcile what we\'ve become with what we\'ve gained.<br><br>And if our leaders determine that the costs outweigh the benefits, so be it, no matter how much I agree or disagree.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141509">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141509" class="dsq-comment-message">Bush need to be investigated!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141745">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141745" class="dsq-comment-message">Agree.  Chenney and Rumsfeld too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141992">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141992" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, no one is above the law!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142098" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142098" class="dsq-comment-message">...and Rice, and Powell, and Gonzales, and Ashcroft, and Yoo, and Tenet, and GEN Hayden.....<br><br>Heard it all before.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5147226">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5147226" class="dsq-comment-message">Guantanamo/Detainees<br>How a Military Prosecutor Changed From Gung Ho Terrorism Fighter to Gitmo Critic<br>Posted 4 hours, 36 minutes ago <br>By Debra Cassens Weiss <br><br>A military prosecutor who quit his post at Guantanamo due to ethical qualms tells of his transformation from gung-ho terrorism fighter, brushing off tales of detainee abuse as “hyperbole," to a critic of the system who is providing declarations helping defense lawyers.<br><br>Writing in the Washington Post, former military prosecutor Darrel Vandeveld says he ignored early warning signs, such as complaints by the chief military prosecutor, Col. Morris Davis, that he was being bullied by Bush political appointees who wanted him to bring charges before he was ready. Vandeveld dismissed as “idiotic” claims of abuse by detainee Mohammed Jawad, who said he was 16 at the time of arrest. And he viewed Jawad’s defense lawyer as a terrorist sympathizer.<br><br>But Vandeveld’s views began to change as he saw the evidence. “Jawad had been hooded, slapped repeatedly across the face and then thrown down at least one flight of stairs," Vandeveld writes. “Detainee records show that once at Guantanamo, he was subjected to a sleep deprivation regime during which he was moved to different cells 112 times over a 14-day period--an average of every 2 1/2 hours. It was called the frequent flier program.”<br><br><a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/how_a_military_prosecutor_changed_from_gung_ho_terrorism_fighter_to_gitmo_c" rel="nofollow">http://www.abajournal.com/news/how_a_military_p...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148362" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148362" class="dsq-comment-message">I disagree with his overall point, but I can\'t really discount most of what he\'s saying, since he was there after I was.<br><br>Thanks for this.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140370" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140370" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/inside-cadillac-one-the-obama-mobile-will-it-run-on-biodiesel/" rel="nofollow">http://gas2.org/2009/01/12/inside-cadillac-one-...</a><br><br>Cadilac one runs on biodiesel ...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5149800" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149800" class="dsq-comment-message">Some biofuels have a tendency to freeze....</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140531" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140531" class="dsq-comment-message">Arlen Specter is being most ridiculous. He really doesn\'t want Holder to lead the Justice Department. Sen. Leahy should be punished for caving into Specter and delaying this hearing so Specter could turn it into a trial 8 years after the fact.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140824">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140824" class="dsq-comment-message">He just got a sofball question from Sen Kohl<br>He handled it delighfully well...loved that smooth answer, nat archibald, connie hawkins and ps121 in the queens.<br><br>Go Holder....</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140771" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140771" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/desiree-rogers-what-obama-social.html" rel="nofollow">Desiree Rogers, Social Secretary</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141417">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141417" class="dsq-comment-message">She is SO fly.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141494">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141494" class="dsq-comment-message">The White House Social events are in phenominal hands.<br><br>There is a history and tradition to these events," said Rogers—the Christmas-tree lighting, for example, and the Easter-egg hunt. "Yes, we are about change and about finding a new way, but \'new\' doesn\'t mean that we walk away from history."<br><br>I LOVE THIS LADY.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5140821" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140821" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/live-video-stream-of-eric-holder-senate.html" rel="nofollow">Live video stream, CSPAN and NPR links of Eric Holder Confirmation Hearing.  It is getting hot.</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5140843">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5140843" class="dsq-comment-message">Sho nuff!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5141270">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141270" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is more on Vivian Malone Jones fhe first black U of Alabama grad that is Holder\'s sister-in law:<br><br>"n the same interview, she said one of her strongest memories of Alabama was that she often smiled at white students, but got no response.<br><br>The university hired a driver for her, a student at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa named Mack Jones. They later married, and he became an obstetrician. He died last year.<br>...snip<br>After graduating from Alabama, Ms. Jones worked for the United States Justice Department in its civil rights division. She also worked at the Environmental Protection Agency as director of civil rights and urban affairs and director of environmental justice before retiring in 1996 to sell life insurance.<br><br>In 1996, former Governor Wallace presented the Lurleen B. Wallace Award for Courage, named for his late wife, to Ms. Jones. He told her that he made a mistake 33 years earlier and that he admired her. They discussed forgiveness.<br><br>In a speech to University of Alabama graduates in 2000, Ms. Jones suggested one lesson that might be taken from her historic experience: "You must always be ready to seize the moment."<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/national/14jones.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/national/14jo...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141443" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141443" class="dsq-comment-message">RUN DMC is getting inducted in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.<br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-quick15-2009jan15%2C0%2C2528337.story" rel="nofollow">http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-quic...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5148457">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148457" class="dsq-comment-message">Woo hoo!!! Let me pull out My Adidas in honor of this occassion!! LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141694" class="dsq-comment-message">Why have the edit buttons disappeared on the entire thread?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148522" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy:  Just letting you know that the "EDIT" button did appear once I made my post.  Otherwise, "Ms. Technologically-ChallengedHere" has no other response.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5141744" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141744" class="dsq-comment-message">Hatch is now making a fool of himself. He\'s asking irrelevant questions. It\'s clear to me he\'s taking out all his hate for Barack on Holder. He couldn\'t stop us from electing Barack but he\'s going to do his best to try to create drama for Holder.<br><br>What a fool.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5142086">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142086" class="dsq-comment-message">His hate for the Clinton\'s is deeper than that for Barack. There are people without blood on their hand\'s Obama can appoint and whom will definitely watch his back better.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5141722" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Got this "little tune" from a friend this morning.  :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCySZO4zy9A&eurl" rel="nofollow">Mem Shannon: "Goodbye Mr. President (Time For You To Go)"</a><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)        :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Ima play THIS during  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/bushs-farewell-address-bu_n_158097.html" rel="nofollow">Bush\'s Farewell Address Airing Tonight</a>        :&gt;)        :&gt;)         :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142023" class="dsq-comment-message">A number of posters have been very concerned about US foreign policy in regards to israel. It rose w/ the knowledge that Gaza has offshore gas deposits. IMO, this is not a real issue for the US right now. Israel had Eygtptian oil in the Sinai at one time but had to relinquish it withe the withdrawal. In the case of the GAZA gas there are no rigs, the cost of installing them is beyond the Israeli capital markets pockets and if they succeeded in finding backers, forgetting about the ineternational outcry, the time to market is a couple of years.<br><br>The more serious problem lies w/ Russia, Ukraine and Europe. Most of Europe\'s natural gas comes from Russia via piplines in the Ukraine. It is currently one of the coldest winters in Europe. The gas is not going through the pipeline. This is not a commercial dispute about cost(Europe pays their bill) but whether or not the Ukraine is an western leaning outpost tied to Europe or a vassal state of Russia. Like Georgia, which has the only independent pipeline for nautral gas(neither Iranian or Russian territory is crossed) for the Stan states(uzbekistan, etal) to Europe, Ukraine wishes to join NATO to prevent military resolution of their independent status. <br>The problem for Europe is that they now find their national security and economic prosperity threatened by their reliance on Russian gas. This will be a far bigger problem for Obama than the Palestian issue because of the parallels to US dependency on foreign oil and the stability of the governments from which this oil comes from(http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html). You will notice Mexico, Venezuela  and Nigeria are in the top five.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rosemary_righter/article5518959.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/column...</a><br><a href="http://www.forbes.com/markets/commodities/2009/01/14/gazprom-loss-politics-markets-equity-cx_vr_0114markets12.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forbes.com/markets/commodities/2009/...</a><br><a href="http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1009/42/373541.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1009/42/37354...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142146" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-biden-tipped-over-to-supreme.html" rel="nofollow">Obama, Biden tip over to the Supreme Court</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142222" class="dsq-comment-message">Alito is a punk.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142372" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m surprised Scalia and Unca Clarence reportedly stuck it out.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5156863">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5156863" class="dsq-comment-message">Unca Thomas just can\'t contain his pride of Barack.  I see it.  :-)))</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142276" class="dsq-comment-message">The crowds won\'t keep these six inauguration-seekers away<br>Neither rain nor sleet nor the prospect of 4 million pairs of feet will stay these six souls from soaking in history: the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Arriving by planes, trains, automobiles and buses, they\'ll document their inaugural experiences as citizen journalists for USA TODAY. <br><br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-14-inaugural-profiles-index_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-14-...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5142281" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142281" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay yall. <br><br>This is for those planning on being there when Obama is sworn in.<br><br>Those planning to stand <i>in the elements.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.weather.com/activities/recreation/outdoors/extreme/layerintro.html" rel="nofollow">Learn how to layer, especially if you are going to stand up for a long period of time, whether assembled, watching the parade, and etc.</a><br><br>Check what you are going to wear, especially that gear for your extremities: head, hands, feet.  Take a visit to your local North Face, L.L. Bean, REI., and that Wisconsin mainstay, Land\'s End.  Wear tights, long johns.  Invest in a muffler, something that covers half your face and your neck.  Make sure those shoes can still wick moisture and withstand cold.  This won\'t be a time to be cute.<br><br><a href="http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/outdoors/tenday/USDC0001?from=36hr_fcst10DayLink_outdoors" rel="nofollow">They\'re predicting partly cloudy, highs 36 degrees or more, on Tuesday in D.C.</a><br><br>Yall living in Maine, Minnesota, the Dakotas and in Illinois, yall know what I am talking about.  But the rest of the fools will go over there and freeze their natural ass off.<br><br>But the Alberta clipper hasn\'t really hit the East Coast yet.<br><br>Okay, I\'m a stopping.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5145669">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5145669" class="dsq-comment-message">blksista,  you da bomb!  Hooking all those sunny warm folks up with winter wear.<br><br>It\'s cold as a well diggers ass here in MINNESOTA!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148653" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148653" class="dsq-comment-message">LIve in Maine. Grew up in Wisconsin. I\'m good to go. <br><br>36 degrees or more is warm.<br><br>Thanks for hooking us up.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148777" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148777" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t talking about <i>vous</i>, but<i>ils</i>.<br><br>Thirty-six isn\'t warm to certain people.  I didn\'t add the wind chill factor or the Alberta clipper\'s arrival.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5142406" class="dsq-comment-message">Naomi Campbell settles lawsuit filed by ex-maid <br><br>NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Campbell has ended her legal tussle with a former maid who accused the supermodel of hitting her and calling her names.<br>Terms of the settlement are confidential, but a lawyer for the 38-year-old Campbell says both sides were pleased with the outcome.<br><br>A lawyer for Gaby Gibson, who worked for Campbell from November 2005 through January 2006, didn\'t immediately return a message asking for comment.<br><br>Gibson claimed in her lawsuit, filed in Manhattan, that the British catwalker also threatened to charge her with theft after being unable to find a pair of designer jeans.<br><br>Campbell denied the claims. She was never charged with any crime in the incident Gibson alleged.<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-15-campbell_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2009-01-15-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5147648" class="dsq-comment-message">Stimulus Bill Draft Circulated By Dems: Full Text<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/stimulus-bill-draft-circu_n_158145.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/stimul...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5148166" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148166" class="dsq-comment-message">This is from a friend of mine, UnderCurrents columnist Jesse Douglas Allen-Taylor, on the Oscar Grant killing.<br><br>ANALYZING THE BART OUTRAGE<br><br>J. Douglas Allen-Taylor<br><br>In a situation as fast-moving as the Oscar Grant/BART shooting death and its aftermath, it\'s important to continue to collate and evaluate information on the run, even as we move forward. Such evaluation is going to be imperfect, of course, both because many things are still unknown, and we don\'t yet have the historian\'s benefit of the time and space needed to trigger the clarity of hindsight. But if we don\'t take our breaths and look around and make some preliminary conclusions as we go, there are many important things that will be forever lost.<br>       <br>I am not one who was surprised, not at all, by this week\'s arrest of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle for the New Years Day shooting death of Mr. Grant. After a Wednesday meeting with Oakland community leaders in which he did the usual District Attorney thing, merely say he was conducting an investigation and revealing nothing else, Alameda DA Tom Orloff reversed field at a Thursday Mayor Ron Dellums press conference and gave himself a two week deadline to complete his review of the facts in the case and decide whether or not to bring charges against Mr. Mehserle. I thought that self-imposed deadline was the key, giving the community a date-certain, put-up-or-suffer-the-consequences target for an outraged community. Mr. Orloff left himself no wiggle room, and I left the City Hall press conference that day convinced that a Mehserle arrest was almost certain.<br>     <br>There were other signs, of course, that Mr. Mehserle had lost the closing-of-ranks protection normally afforded a police officer in such cases. One was the extraordinary moment of silence called in memory of Mr. Grant by BART Board president Thomas Blalock at the beginning of last Thursday\'s board meeting, as well as the expressions of sympathy for Mr. Grant\'s family by Mr. Blalock and other board members. When have you ever heard such universal response from an agency for the victim of a shooting by one of their police officers? Another sign was a statement by the BART Police Officers Association where the police union did not specifically denounce the shooting, but appeared to be distancing themselves from the event, with BART POA president Jesse Sekhon saying, in part, "It is our hope that this brings everyone one step closer to finding out all relevant details and ensuring this type of incident never repeats itself." Not wanting an incident to repeat itself is a clear indication that something was wrong with the original incident, a far cry from the usual police union proclamations that anything done by a police officer is automatically justified and justifiable.<br>      <br>So what brought us to this point?<br>      <br>The first was the horrendous reality of the Mehserle shooting of Mr. Grant itself, captured on so many citizen cellphone cameras and spread on websites and television newscasts around the country and the world.<br>     <br>The second was the actions of community leaders-the radical, activist young folks-who pressed and publicized the issue in its first few days, and organized the Wednesday afternoon protest march from the Fruitvale BART station where the shooting occurred to the former BART headquarters at the Lake Merritt station. As is always the case, it took much of the area\'s community and leadership a longer time to realize the horrific nature of the Grant killing and react. Had it not been for those young activists (and, remember, 35 is young to a 60 year old like myself), the Oscar Grant shooting death might not have come to the full public\'s attention. The Coalition Against Police Executions (CAPE) is one of the groups that has been specifically identified in that role; if there are others, they should be identified as well. We owe those young activists a debt, and should acknowledge them for their leadership.<br>      <br>The district attorney\'s abrupt turnaround from Wednesday to Thursday-from a general refusal to give up any information on the investigation to the self-imposed two week deadline-was certainly fueled in large part by the events following the Wednesday meeting, first the march between the Fruitvale and Lake Merritt BART stations, and then the night of vandalism in downtown Oakland. But Mr. Orloff\'s Thursday press conference announcement also showed the deft political hand of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums in the background. We have seen this before, more than once, Mr. Dellums somewhere in the mix of things working out compromises no-one else seemed were possible, while never revealing what role he actually played. We saw it in the settlement of the Waste Management workers lockout, when both management and union officials gave Mr. Dellums the credit for bringing a successful conclusion, while many in the local media were castigating the mayor because, in their opinion, they didn\'t think Mr. Dellums was doing anything. But that\'s been the mayor\'s style for most of his political life. By now, we ought to understand it, and be used to it.<br>       <br>That\'s why I believe critics were incorrect when they criticized Mr. Dellums for not coming out with a statement more forceful about the Grant killing. Some of the most powerful moments we\'ve seen in the early stages of this event was the appearance of Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks before the BART Board last Thursday, both of whom made emotional statements characterizing the killing of Mr. Grant as an "execution." However, those who were disappointed that Mr. Dellums did not make a similar statement miss an important point. Mr. Dellums has officially brought the City of Oakland into this situation by directing the Oakland Police Department to conduct an investigation into the Grant killing. If the mayor, at any point before that OPD investigation is completed, made any statement indicating he had already made up his mind concerning Mr. Mehserle\'s actions on the Fruitvale BART station platform that night, the former BART police officer\'s attorney would almost certainly bring such a mayoral statement before the jury at trial, arguing that not only the OPD investigation, but every investigation of the Grant shooting was prejudiced, with a predetermined outcome to arrest and indict Mr. Mehserle. Neither Mr. Carson nor Ms. Brooks were irresponsible in their statements, but Mr. Dellums, with a different role in this matter, had a different standard of care to exercise. We ought to use more care and understanding in evaluating the roles and actions of the various leaders and public officials in these events.<br>   <br>But Mr. Dellums is taking a lot of unfair hits in this situation, in part because of misreporting.<br>     <br>In an eyewitness account of the Wednesday night downtown Oakland events published in San Francisco\'s BayView newspaper, reporter JR Valrey (who was arrested that night and charged in some of the vandalism, a charge he has denied) wrote in part "during the rebellion [on Wednesday night], Mayor Dellums had a secret meeting with many of these suit-types, then proceeded to walk through the rebellion like Black Jesus, with about 50 primarily Black people in suits following him across Broadway to City Hall, where he held a press conference." I witnessed most of Mr. Dellums\' walk through the chaotic scenes along upper 14th Street between Oak and Broadway on the Wednesday night of violence, and did not see the same things Mr. Valrey witnessed. There was no entourage of 50 people following him in suits, Black or otherwise, only a handful of staffers, including interim City Administrator Dan Lindheim, the mayor\'s bodyguard (who would have been able to provide no protection if the crowd had turned against the mayor), and Councilmembers Larry Reid and Jean Quan. Mr. Dellums walked the streets virtually by himself, in an attempt to talk with the demonstrators and mediate their immediate concerns, including getting the riot police to stand down at that particular spot. His press conference at City Hall was held long after he had finished talking directly with people in the street, and then on the City Hall steps (I have written about my observations of that walk, and other events on Wednesday night, in another article). Mr. Dellums\' walk was an act of enormous courage and responsibility which is impossible to imagine any other Oakland leader or political figure duplicating or even attempting, and I will go to my grave convinced that in so doing, the mayor prevented what had the potential to be the most violent clash on upper 14th Street between angry protesters and riot squad police armed with automatic assault rifles. We all see different things from different angles in these chaotic situations. But it\'s my opinion that Mr. Valrey, in his BayView report, flat-out got it wrong.<br>   <br>Finally, I\'m not one of those who was overly concerned that Mr. Orloff\'s announcement that he would take two weeks to complete the investigation into the Grant killing and decide what, if any, charges would be brought. I think it was entirely proper for people to demand that the district attorney move swiftly, and to keep up the pressure. However, I didn\'t characterize the two week self-imposed deadline by Mr. Orloff as a "delay," but an exercise by the district attorney in caution and care. Mr. Orloff, professionally and personally, cannot afford another mistrial and/or outright acquittal in this case as happened five years ago with the prosecution of three of the members of the "Oakland Riders" police group. And Oakland could not afford an outright acquittal of Mr. Mehserle as occurred in Southern California in the case of the videotaped police beating of Rodney King. Given the circumstances surrounding this situation that I outlined earlier in this column, it\'s my belief that Mr. Mehserle has already been cast out of the fold of protection normally afforded police officers in these situations, and Mr. Orloff wanted to take as much time as he could before bringing charges in order to ensure that a conviction is obtained on whatever is charged. That is my belief, but in this instance, I\'m a committed Reaganite. While I trust my judgment in these things, I also watch carefully, to make sure it\'s verified.<br>       <br>I\'ve got some thoughts and words about the trashing of Oakland on Wednesday\'s chaotic night, but that will have to wait for another time.<br><br>__________________________________________________________<br><br>From the January 15, 2009 UnderCurrents column of the Berkeley Daily Planet newspaper<br><br><a href="http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com" rel="nofollow">The Berkeley Daily Planet is available here.</a><br><br><a href="http://www.safero.org/undercurrents.html" rel="nofollow">Jesse\'s other UnderCurrents columns are found here.</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5149884" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148347" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>DAY  -5; On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY 20, 2009!"</b> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc" rel="nofollow">Crowd Cheer And Applause</a><br><br>1.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17477.html" rel="nofollow">Dem Congress likely for Obama\'s term</a><br><br><i><b>Barack Obama is likely to spend the next four years with one big advantage over his recent predecessors — a first term in the White House with his party in uninterrupted control of both the House and the Senate.<br><br>It’s an advantage no president has enjoyed since Jimmy Carter, and one that would offer Obama a unique opportunity to carry out his agenda.</b><br><br>In the House, where Democrats currently enjoy a 79-seat advantage, to regain control the GOP would need to pick up at least 40 seats, a result that has occurred just four times since 1950 — and would significantly surpass the Democratic routs in 2006 and 2008.<br><br>In the Senate, Republicans will likely need a 10-seat pickup in a chamber where double-digit gains have occurred just twice since 1950. Complicating matters, the GOP will be defending more seats than the Democrats in 2010 and must defend four open seats — three in key battleground states after a spate of recent retirements — compared to none as yet for the Democrats.<br><br>While the prospect of four uninterrupted years with his party in control of Congress is no guarantee of success, it would give Obama a luxury that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush did not enjoy in their own first terms, even though both began with their party in control of Capitol Hill.<br><br><b>“President-elect Obama has a wonderful opportunity to do what he wants as president,” said former Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-Texas), who served in Congress under five presidents, beginning with Carter. “Obviously the larger majority makes a lot of difference.</b>”</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>2.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/hartland_trip_4f7aad16-1cdb-479f-9ec7-67030e620f87.html" rel="nofollow">Travel like a president (Obama pitches stimulus in Ohio)</a><br><br><i>He’s not the president yet, but that doesn’t mean he can’t make a presidential-style visit to the heartland.<br><br>President-elect Barack Obama will travel to Bedford Heights, Ohio, Friday for an invitation-only meeting with workers to drum up support for his economic stimulus plan, facing some tough sledding here in DC. He’ll tour the Cardinal Fastener & Specialty Co., which manufactures parts used to build wind turbines – just the kind of firm that could benefit from his pledge to create a half-million clean energy jobs, the transition says.</i><br><br>3.  <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/inside_the_transition_office_of_public_liaison/" rel="nofollow">Inside the Transition: Office of Public Liaison</a><br><br><i>Today we’re launching a series of videos to give you a feel for the some of conversations we’ve been having over the course of the Transition. Check out our videos from recent meetings with advocates for women small business owners, LGBT and youth issues, and let us know what you think.</i><br><br><b>[Speaking of TRANSPARENCY!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)  This is a UNIQUE and CREATIVE PROJECT!!  YES HE CAN!!]</b><br><br>4.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/michelle-obama-all-dolled_n_157639.html" rel="nofollow">Michelle Obama: All Dolled Up (PHOTOS)</a><br><br><i>What will Michelle wear to the inauguration? Since we still don\'t know the answer, here\'s a look back at formal wear she has donned in the past. Which one is your favorite?<br><br>RELATED SLIDESHOWS:<br><br>Inaugural Gowns: A Look Back<br><br>Inaugural Day Wear: A Look Back<br><br>Or see other inauguration style news or read more about Michelle Obama\'s style.</i><br><b>[Isn\'t SHE LOVELY!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)]</b><br><br>5.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/obamas-citizens-briefing_n_158035.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Obama\'s Citizen\'s Briefing Book</b> Changes the Flow Of Information</a><br><br><i>Earlier this week, the Obama transition team launched a<b> "Citizen\'s Briefing Book"</b> <u>on their Change.gov website.</u> The venture aimed to create a virtual white paper, authored by engaged citizens, to pitch ideas to the incoming administration. Topics that were voted the most popular would make there way to Obama\'s desk.<br><br>As lines of Oval Office communication go, the concept is certainly novel. There are, usually, very few avenues by which individuals can directly engage the president. The Obama team is seeking to not only open up that the pipeline of communication but democratize it as well.<br><br>On Wednesday, the president-elect\'s team took the next logical step in the process: posting a video reply to some of the more popular suggestions made by website viewers. In a nearly four-minute YouTube clip, chair-designee for the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley, addressed issues on green jobs, mass transit and energy efficiencies.<br><br>The video was, in some ways, a way of recognizing and rewarding those who have participated in the Citizen\'s Briefing Book process. Though Sutley did not say much about how these topics will be approached legislatively -- save a few remarks about covering them in the forthcoming economic stimulus package -- she did provide a sense of the views among Obama\'s environmental and energy advisers.<br><br>This online tool and others are opening up the process by which the public obtains access to a presidential administration. They are also changing the dynamics of how a presidential administration interacts with the public.<br><br>Traditionally, the White House uses public statements, televised speeches and press conference to disseminate information broadly. These all rely, to a certain degree, on a media filter.<b> By using the Internet to solicit ideas, and then by posting videos in response, the Obama team is removing that middleman. The public gets to present the policy suggestions that they deem most popular -- just as, with Change.gov\'s Open Questions site, they get to ask the questions bubbling most on their minds.</b><br><br>But the engagement goes only so far -- there remains a crucial limitation on follow up interactions, whether it be about policy pitches or question, unless another user else picks up the baton.<br><br>On Sunday, for instance, George Stephanopoulos asked Obama about the most popular question on his website: whether or not he would prosecute members of the Bush administration for breaches of the constitution. Obama fielded the question -- his website, citing a policy of not commenting on national security matters during the transition, had offered a previous response from Joe Biden -- but then was pressed twice more to explain his answer.</i><br><br><b>[Again, a UNIQUE and CREATIVE ENDEAVOR!!  :&gt;)]</b><br><br>6.  <a href="http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1243705446?bclid=1201016315&bctid=7407587001" rel="nofollow">Eric Holder On A Game of 1 -on  1</a><br><b>[A ONE -of -a - kind "question" annnnnnnnnd, "answer!"  :&gt;)     :&gt;)]</b><br><br>THAT\'S ALL FOR NOW!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148654" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady, good stuff.  I\'m facinated and inspired  bythe Citizen\'s Briefing Book.<br><br>Our First Lady and the POTUS are da BOMB!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148856" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:    <b>ABSOLUTELY!</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><b>5  MORE DAYS!!</b>    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMhU64HMUA" rel="nofollow">And the Crowd Goes Wild</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148490" class="dsq-comment-message">Clinton\'s Nomination Opposed Only By David Vitter<br><br>The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve Sen. Hillary Clinton\'s nomination to serve as Secretary of State and pass that nomination to the Senate floor. <br>The vote was nearly unanimous. Sixteen Senators said they favored the New York Democrat\'s appointment. One Republican was against it. <br>That Republican would be Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, who registered his opposition through a proxy.<br>Vitter is quickly shaping up to be one of the biggest thorns in the incoming Obama administration\'s side. In addition to being the only Republican who had a problem with Clinton, he is leading the opposition to handing over the second $350 billion in TARP money.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clintons-nomination-oppos_n_158162.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clinto...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148603" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s going to be very lonely in short order.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148843" class="dsq-comment-message">"Vitter is quickly shaping up to be one of the biggest thorns in the incoming Obama administration\'s side."<br><br>No, Vitter is shaping up to be one of the biggest gifts to the incoming Obama administration.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148967" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep.  It\'s hard to take threats seriously from someone who likes to wear diapers to get his freak on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5152672" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br>MsKitty, MsKitty!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149071" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL...its funny.....cuz its true...LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149243">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149243" class="dsq-comment-message">I am not a Republican and I have a problem with Clinton!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149516" class="dsq-comment-message">Depends.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150928" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral, or BRIEF.  ROTFLMBAO!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5148741" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/clinton-nomination-passes_n_158132.html" rel="nofollow">Clinton Nomination Passes Committee</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become the next secretary of state, with lawmakers saying they were hopeful her leadership would mark a turn from warfare toward diplomacy.</i><br><br><b>SORRY, spirit!</b>  I didn\'t see YOUR post.   OOPS!!  Annnnnd, MY BAD!!<br><br>***heading to the BAD CHAIR***   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149230" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2009/01/11768_sarah_palin_not_attending_obama_dinner_for_mccain.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/20...</a><br><br>Maybe she didn\'t want to pal around with terrorists.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149522" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean McCain?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149734" class="dsq-comment-message">To Poster:  LOL!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><i><b>If Palin was left off the guest list, it\'s not clear whether the snub came from McCain or the Presidential Inaugural Committee. But it\'s not terribly hard to imagine why she might not make the cut. There appears to be lingering bad blood between the McCain and Palin factions, over such issues as the profligate spending spree to attire the vice presidential candidate and her family (Silk boxers for the first dude?) and the McCain campaign\'s botched media roll-out of Palin. <u>The Alaska Governor still appears to be holding a grudge</u> against the McCainiacs, as evidenced by recently released excerpts from her interview with conservative filmmaker John Ziegler, whose forthcoming documentary explores the "media malpractice" that supposedly paved the way for Obama\'s election.</b> In the interview, she lashed out at the media, but also criticized her McCain campaign handlers for allowing her to become a campaign punchline in multiple disastrous interviews with CBS News\' Katie Couric.</i><br><br>A couple of thoughts:<br><br>1.  She won\'t B there to "SPOIL the ENVIRONMENT!":  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc" rel="nofollow">Crowd Cheer And Applause</a><br><br>2.  SHE <b>HOLDS GRUDGES!</b>  Annnnnd she openly acknowledges it!  Her <b>smarmy/snarky/sarcastic ATTITUDE</b> SHOULD take her down a peg in terms of viablity for upward mobility.  Her Alaskan staff/colleagues have spoken about this trait -anonymously, in many cases!<br><br>In addition, SHE is -er,   -ummmmmm   "not the sharpest knife in the drawer!"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150576" class="dsq-comment-message">GLH, during the campaign they said Palin holds grudges and is very petty. It\'s either her way or the highway, and if you go against her, she\'ll try to get even with you. <br><br>We dodged a major bullet.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153124" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  YEP!!!  That\'s "WHYCOME" I cain\'t understand WHO would want ta campaign with her.  BUT, I guess there are ALL kinds of people. . . . <br><br>She has that SHRUB "LEOPARD GENE" - - - cain\'t/won\'t CHANGE their SPOTS!  YUK!!!<br><br>U   R  correct - - -<i>bullet dodged!</i>     WHEW!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150442" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s OK. I\'m sure she\'ll be able to see the dinner from her house.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153031" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:    LOL!      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150444" class="dsq-comment-message">A Cry for Help from Rural Alaska. Where Is Sarah Palin?<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/a-cry-for-help-from-rural_b_157997.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/a-cry...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5152905" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:   The <i>MUDFLATS</i>  is still on her case:   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/14/sarah-palin-action-figure-has-a-friend/" rel="nofollow">Sarah Palin Action Figure Has a Friend!</a><br><br><i><b>We knew it had to happen.  Brace yourself for the Sarah Palin Action Figure Collection. (Are you braced?)</b><br><br>You can order your very own at <a href="http://HeroBuilders.com" rel="nofollow">HeroBuilders.com</a>.  And you’re not stuck with just one option, either.  There’s black suited “Business Sarah”, there’s “I-don’t-want-to-know-what-people-are-doing-with-this” Schoolgirl Sarah, and there’s some kind of strange “Superhero Sarah” in a flowing trench coat and a white satin micro-mini.<br><br>And don’t worry.  Sarah won’t be lonely.  She has a companion.  Todd Palin? Noooo.  Um…  Lt. Governor Sean Parnell? Noooo.  Press flack Bill McAllister?  Nooooo….   <b>It’s none other than Joe the Plumber.  You can create all kinds of fun adventures with Sarah and Joe.</b>  They can pop over to Israel and talk about how lame the media is.  They can jet back to Anchorage and talk about how lame the media is.  They can stare into each other’s painted eyes.  <b>Or they can stand around and enjoy their plastic craniums, just like the real ones do</b></i> <br><br>There is a Doonesberry cartoon to further "pile on!"    :&gt;)       :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Love me some MUDFLATS!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153245" class="dsq-comment-message">I showed my wife that story and even though times are hard for us we are going to send 10 or 20 dollars to help.Its not much but hopefully it can do some good.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153514" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  U\'ALL R    2  kind!   Bless YOU as YOU bless others!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5154051">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5154051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5154051" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that the Sarah-draped -in-a-towel action figure?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5154787">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5154787" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  4 - ABSOLUTELY - SURE!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>I\'m waitin\' for HER "bobble-head figurine" ta B on the market!!  :&gt;)   ::&gt;)<br><br>NO!   I won\'t buy 1!   Uh   -uh!  :&gt;)   NOT defilin\' my house!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5149319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5149319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149319">oz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149319" class="dsq-comment-message">So Ya boy Tanner just issued an apology for his Comments about black and bitter coffee. Why do republican men continually bash all things black women then issue some shitty ass apology sayinf if i offended anyone im sorry, bitch you offended everyone and regardless if someone took offense it was a dumb ass thing to say.<br><a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/tanner_sends_letter_to_berry_apologizing_for_racist_email.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149369">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149369" class="dsq-comment-message">oz:  <b>YOU JUST SPEAK TRUTH!!</b>   :&gt;)           CO-SIGN!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149585">oz</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149585" class="dsq-comment-message">shit makes me mad. republican politicians went after michelle not the media not news outlets republican politicians. They said everything they could about her, to scare people off, they did the same with every black educated female out there. Black women work just as hard if not harder than their conservative white trophy i mean wife counterparts and get nothing but ridiculed.  Sarah palin whines about the damn media yet no democratic official attacked her anywhere near the way repubs did michelle, and repubs had the nerve to say that palins treatment is sexist but michelles is perfectly fair.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149791">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149791" class="dsq-comment-message">oz:  ***eye-to-eye***   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5150796">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150796" class="dsq-comment-message">Because dissing black women appeals to a racist, a sexist bigot, or both.    &gt;:-/<br><br>Don\'t even get me started! LMAO<br><br>  :: sits down, closes eyes, inhales deeply  ::</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5151826">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5151826" class="dsq-comment-message">Denise:  "TA-RUTH!!"   But WE just gonna keep CALLIN\' them out!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>ONE DAY!!    ONE DAY!!  They got  ta STOP!!  \'cause the "beat down" will be 2  severe!!  :&gt;)<br><br>**move ova**  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5154157">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5154157" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that\'s right.  Because we will not be SILENCED by being called bitter or any other such nonsense.  <br><br>Words hold power and our VOICES will not be MUTED.<br><br>I\'m keeping my Can opener close at hand, cause, I can open a can of WHOOP ASS on\'em PRN (whenever needed)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5154735">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5154735" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   U    R     Waaaaaaay      2    CRA - Z!!!!   LOL!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5157944">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5157944" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady, you know we gotta TCB.  :-)))</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5152251">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5152251" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149510">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149510" class="dsq-comment-message">God, how I hate these half-assed apologies.  How can "bitter" not be construed as anything but disrespectful?  And I also see Tanner fell back on the old "I thought it was okay to say because i heard a black person say it" defense.<br><br>Ass.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5152062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5152062">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5152062" class="dsq-comment-message">Say it, Oz!<br><br>I\'m tired of the disrespect towards black women.  The stupid  a-hole!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149344">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149344" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Re "Defense Budget":<br><br><a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=cqmidday-000003011434" rel="nofollow">Obama To Defer on Big Defense Changes for a Year</a><br><br><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama ’s incoming defense team will submit a budget request this spring that closely follows the plans of the outgoing administration, pushing major changes back to next year, his top nominees said Thursday.</b><br><br>The current draft of the fiscal 2010 budget, prepared last fall by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will largely stand this year, top Pentagon nominees said during their confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee.<br><br>That $584 billion estimate, an increase of about $57 billion over previous Bush administration proposals, was never assessed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense or the outgoing White House.<br><br><b>William Lynn, Obama’s nominee for deputy secretary, in written responses to committee questions, said the new administration won’t have much time to change the current draft. Therefore, changes will be limited to reviewing the size of ground forces, military quality of life programs, and some specific large weapons programs.</b><br><br>A more complete review will have to wait for the Quadrennial Defense Review and the fiscal 2011 budget process, Lynn said.<br><br>Lawmakers and aides are expecting the new administration to release the draft estimate in early February and submit a revised formal fiscal 2010 budget request in April. But during that time, the Pentagon will be busy with transition details, reviewing the Pentagon’s next fiscal 2009 supplemental war funding request, and beginning work on the review, Lynn wrote.</i><br><br>He\'s ON TOP of ALL that has been left 4  him ta do!!  <b>LEADERSHIP!!</b>   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153612">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153612" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d like to follow up on one thing that just burns when we discuss the budget and deficit spending; ......reviewing the Pentagon’s next fiscal 2009 supplemental war funding request, .....<br>this has been treated as though it doesn\'t matter as far as the budget goes. In short we can spend money for a sitution we should never have been in but if we spend it on people in our own country the congress is irresponsible.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153762">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153762" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert M:  I know!  ***shakin\' my head***</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5149402">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149402" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   On MSNBC:  <b>SENATOR ROLAND BURRIS JUST SWORN IN!!</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5149483" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5149483" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149483" class="dsq-comment-message"><A HREF="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/obama-in-wax-at-madame-tussauds-already.html" rel="nofollow">OBAMA IN WAX, PICS</A></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5149581" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5149581" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey all!<br><br>I\'m making brown rice for dinner today with some steamed cabbage (southern style.) Any ideas on what I can do to the brown rice that makes it seem more special. It\'s SO cold outside I\'m trying to use what I have versus go to the supermarket?<br><br>Craig- where are you?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5150347">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150347" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not craig, but my Jamican hubby recommends the following if you have the ingredients:<br><br>1.  shredded carrots<br>2.  diced shallots or onions<br>3.  shredded ginger-  (very warming and aids digestion)<br>4.  curry powder<br>5.  Worstershire sauce-  ad lib <br><br>Toss all the goodies in a pan and stir fry for a hot minute<br>Mix in with rice and viola\'!<br><br>BON APETIT!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5150569" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150569" class="dsq-comment-message">Have it all BUT curry powder... off to knock on my Trini neighbor\'s door. Sounds yummy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5151735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5151735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5151735">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5151735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5151735" class="dsq-comment-message">Yum Yum!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153406">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153406" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   Oooooo-eee!     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Let\'s see now:<br><br>Napkin, tucked neatly under my chin!  CHECK!!<br><br>Knife/spoon, in my right hand!   CHECK!<br><br>Fork(s), in my left hand!!   CHECK!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4VW2wZcuM&feature=related" rel="nofollow">the doorbell</a><br><br>spirit!   Spirit!    R   U  there?   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153482">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153482" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep.  Say grace and eat, GreenLady!  lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153694">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153694" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:    . . . . . . . annnnnnd, bless spirit/family and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg7TdGYm0ck&feature=related" rel="nofollow">"Bless this House" - Naturally 7</a><br><br>  Aaaaaaa-man!!!   <br><br>Grub time!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5157446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5157446" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5157446" class="dsq-comment-message">Tried it- DELICIOUS!<br><br>I used ground ginger instead of fresh because that is what I had.... YUM. Oh I added some seasoning salt too.<br><br>THANK YOU!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5157887">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5157887" class="dsq-comment-message">evita, glad you enoyed your rice dish.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5150700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5150700" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150700" class="dsq-comment-message">The easiest way to make rice special is to cook it in your favorite broth or stock. Bouillon cubes or powder can do the trick if you don\'t have broth or stock.<br><br>spirit\'s hubby is on point with a quick stir fry. Diced celery and bell peppers (any color) always make their way into my fried rices.<br><br>I always cook rice in broth or stock, even if I fry it later. Make sure the rice is as cool as it can be, given your time constraints, before frying it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5151806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5151806" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5151806" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve heard that about stock but it never seems to work right for me. I use a 1 cup rice to 1 1/2 cup ratio on cooking my brown rice. How does this translate with stock when I use the same amount with stock-- it burns.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5150527">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150527" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5150658">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5150658" class="dsq-comment-message">ITS A MIRACLE!!! 5days before the criminals leave guess what they found?<br>Missing White House E-Mails Traced, Justice Aide Says<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/AR2009011401957_pf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5153859">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5153859" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5153859" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Just received this:<br><br><a href="http://www.colorofchange.org/link/?id=2354-589506&cat=inaug&link=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.colorofchange.org/link/?id=2354-5895...</a><br><br>Announcing Inaugural Parties!    Whooo!   Hooo!    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5224365">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5224365" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5224365" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5224365" href="http://www.rapmonster.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Top Rap Songs</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5224365" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5224365" class="dsq-comment-message">Truly a great pic</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
';

(function() {
	
	





Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
	if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page == 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.is_initial_load) {
		Dsq.container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.header() + Dsq.container.innerHTML + Dsq.Templates.footer();
	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=thursday_open_thread_133&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

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


	


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

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

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

})();




