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Posts in category "Court of Public Opinion"

"Swastika on the ballot": American Nazi Party lobbyist registers in Washington

File this under Scary. Also, Things People Are Not Sufficiently Outraged About. Apparently on Tuesday, a new Washington lobbyist registered under the American Nazi Party. That’s right, the Nazis now have a lobbyist in Washington. You know, the guys who openly hate Jews and gays? Wow. The lobbyist, John Bowles, a 2008 “other” party presidential... Read more »
By Jenna Myers Karvunidis,
April 15, 2012 at 8:28 am
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Dara-Lynn Weiss: Vogue Mom will not have a fat kid!

My plan to get a book deal was going to be teaching my little girls the way to mix martinis and how to french inhale cigarettes, but apparently I have been one-upped by a one Dara-Lynn Weiss who not only (regretfully) shamed and humiliated her 7-year-old into losing 16 pounds by slapping hot chocolate out... Read more »
By Jenna Myers Karvunidis,
March 26, 2012 at 7:06 pm
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Down Syndrome "wrongful birth" suit is bad parenting, backlash uncalled for

As is being reported pretty much everywhere, a couple is was awarded $2.9M in a lawsuit against their hospital on the grounds of the “wrongful birth” of their child. They had prenatal testing done in the first trimester of the pregnancy, but a lab mistake falsely deemed their daughter to be chromosomally normal. She was... Read more »
By Jenna Myers Karvunidis,
March 11, 2012 at 10:26 am
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Ohio school shooting: Time to ban handguns, guys

You know what a gun is, right? A tiny killing machine that just about any person can use against another, whose only purpose is to cause death or the fear thereof? Which is exactly what happened in a school in Ohio this morning and many other high schools beginning with the spree at Columbine in... Read more »
By Jenna Myers Karvunidis,
February 27, 2012 at 3:38 pm
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It took me a year to figure out I was "roofied"

Advice columnist Dear Prudence gave some shaky advice to an alleged rape victim’s friend who is conflicted about the victim changing her story of a drunken encounter. Originally the alleged victim said she had a regrettable one-night-stand then later flip-flopped to rape accusation mode after talking to a crisis line. Dear Prudence and most of... Read more »
By Jenna Myers Karvunidis,
January 31, 2012 at 6:14 pm
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