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From the page: " It may be personal experience in my own relationships with abuse survivors - and how oafish I found Micah - but the movie seemed like an allegorical piece about an douchebag "nice guy" boyfriend who screws up once he discovers his girlfriend is a trauma survivor. He pushes too hard in controlling way until she has an emotional breakthrough - which she might have seeing but not that way - and she finds resolution in part by dumping his ass. " - Lisa Fortuner

From the page: "Indeed there is a demon in this movie. We never see the actual demon, but we know where it comes from â€" the female body, as represented by the buxom Katie. There is nothing paranormal about this movieâ€s basic plot structure. Itâ€s fairly textbook, and weâ€ve seen it dozens of times before (think The Exorcist and Carrie)." - Lisa Fortuner

Rightwinger OUTRAGED that children's character is dressed less sexily. - Lisa Fortuner

"This guy is Manson-level Crazy. Good thing he didn't have a cult." - Lisa Fortuner

"@willtheway -- Except Tiller had been personally singled out as a babykiller by those conservative voices, and had been the target of incredibly inflammatory coverage. There was a discussion to be had about responsible speech. This guy killed someone he personally knew, that no national voices had singled out. There's no discussion beyond the guy's personal responsibility." - Lisa Fortuner

pls have u a invitations for Google Wave??? - Surfab

Nope, sorry guys. Gave them out to people I already know. - Lisa Fortuner

"--"He seems to be complaining that he placed a series of calls to the bank in New York and received inconsistent information from a 'Spanish womn,'" the judge wrote. "He apparently alleges that checks have been rejected because of incomplete routing numbers."-- A "Spanish womn". I bet he's the sort of person who's mad he had to press 1 for English." - Lisa Fortuner

"amirman -- Rick Sanchez also has a brain, and some sanity. Those are big differences as well." - Lisa Fortuner

"Which just adds to Beck being full of shit, because he's the one who first said "white culture." What he really meant was "American culture" and that's what his listeners heard, but he KNOWS that its racist to equate white and American and doesn't want to be caught having done that." - Lisa Fortuner

"(Posted this below, but for the sake of third party observers I'll answer it here too) That says precisely what the TPM article says. She went to an Urgent Care Clinic, which is not the same as going to get in-depth care. Those places are for problems too serious to wait until the practitioner's office opens but not serious eneough for an emergency room. They will send you home with some symptom treatment and tell you to contact your regular doctor in the morning (for an injury) or if symptoms persist for more than a few days (for things like cold and flu symptoms, so this is most likely what she was told). Obviously, when the medicine didn't clear up the symptoms and she was supposed to see a general practitioner, she didn't because she couldn't afford it. That turn for the worse may never have happened if she had sought in-depth care. And even if it wasn't actually H1N1, it was still something that KILLED HER, and is therefore a serious illness." - Lisa Fortuner

"(Posted this below, but for the sake of third party observers I'll answer it here too) That says precisely what the TPM article says. She went to an Urgent Care Clinic, which is not the same as going to get in-depth care. Those places are for problems too serious to wait until the practitioner's office opens but not serious eneough for an emergency room. They will send you home with some symptom treatment and tell you to contact your regular doctor in the morning (for an injury) or if symptoms persist for more than a few days (for things like cold and flu symptoms, so this is most likely what she was told). Obviously, when the medicine didn't clear up the symptoms and she was supposed to see a general practitioner, she didn't because she couldn't afford it. That turn for the worse may never have happened if she had sought in-depth care. And even if it wasn't actually H1N1, it was still something that KILLED HER, and is therefore a serious illness." - Lisa Fortuner

"All of that was in the TPM article. Urgent Care Centers treat symptoms and tell you to see your normal doctor if the symptoms persist more than a few days. She didn't seek in-depth treatment the first week because she had no insurance. By the time they got her to the hospital and the hospital sent her to the clinic, it was too late because she hadn't sought in-depth care early enough. It's not twisting it to argue that the lack of insurance that prevented her from seeing a normal doctor after the UCC is what caused her death." - Lisa Fortuner

"(Posted this below, but for the sake of third party observers I'll answer it here too) That says precisely what the TPM article says. She went to an Urgent Care Clinic, which is not the same as going to get in-depth care. Those places are for problems too serious to wait until the practitioner's office opens but not serious eneough for an emergency room. They will send you home with some symptom treatment and tell you to contact your regular doctor in the morning (for an injury) or if symptoms persist for more than a few days (for things like cold and flu symptoms, so this is most likely what she was told). Obviously, when the medicine didn't clear up the symptoms and she was supposed to see a general practitioner, she didn't because she couldn't afford it. That turn for the worse may never have happened if she had sought in-depth care. And even if it wasn't actually H1N1, it was still something that KILLED HER, and is therefore a serious illness." - Lisa Fortuner

"That says precisely what the TPM article says. She went to an Urgent Care Clinic, which is not the same as going to get in-depth care. Those places are for problems too serious to wait until the practitioner's office opens but not serious eneough for an emergency room. They will send you home with some symptom treatment and tell you to contact your regular doctor in the morning (for an injury) or if symptoms persist for more than a few days (for things like cold and flu symptoms, so this is most likely what she was told). Obviously, when the medicine didn't clear up the symptoms and she was supposed to see a general practitioner, she didn't because she couldn't afford it. That turn for the worse may never have happened if she had sought in-depth care. And even if it wasn't actually H1N1, it was still something that KILLED HER, and is therefore a serious illness." - Lisa Fortuner

"Ugh! My normally intelligent Aunt was spewing that story too. I kept trying to explain, that's not even what socialism is, let alone what Obama's policies were for. She kept telling me I didn't understand the evils of socialism." - Lisa Fortuner

"Because she's not dumb enough to accept their shit, but she's not someone they can scream at and demonize. They don't know how to handle this unassuming woman gently asking them easy and obvious questions they hadn't prepared for." - Lisa Fortuner

"And yet my coworkers insist the Drudge Report is unbiased." - Lisa Fortuner

"Dude, he said "fake libertarians"." - Lisa Fortuner

"If milk and juice are cheaper to buy than soda, then the poor people will buy milk and juice rather than soda. And be healthier as a result. I'm not in favor of sin taxes, but this is not a proposal to stick it to the poor. There's still affordable alternatives to soda, people just prefer the sweet soda." - Lisa Fortuner

"@theuber1337 Or "if you don't like it, vote for the guy who promises to change it." Which we did. But it's hard to get that through the heads of the people voted against that platform." - Lisa Fortuner

"This wasn't a pro-or-anti public option post. This was a "respect the wishes of the dying" post." - Lisa Fortuner

From the page: "And I don't know how to stop it. All I can suggest is awareness. I'm not giving up the "Sex, Drugs & Rock n'Roll" playlist on my iPod, but I need to recognize that most of those songs are problematic. Most of my favorite films/TV shows don't pass the Bechdel Test, but I'm looking for ones that do. If I want to be a good feminist, I can't simply call out the missteps of others. I have to look to my own, as well." - Lisa Fortuner

"Error. The yes answer for "Is the main character super-whiny?" doesn't lead to a question that distinguishes a Luke or an Anakin movie, just two Anakin movies. Come on." - Lisa Fortuner

"Composition-wise, those may be the most horrible photos I've ever seen. This woman is a professional?" - Lisa Fortuner

"Composition-wise, those may be the most horrible photos I've ever seen. This woman is a professional?" - Lisa Fortuner

"Yes, with a video camera." - Lisa Fortuner

"That context makes the photo less funny, though." - Lisa Fortuner

"Works for me. Next we should see them fire Halliburton, Blackwater/Xe and replace those assholes guarding the embassy at Kabul with real Marines, right? Right?" - Lisa Fortuner

"Wasn't this one during campaign season?" - Lisa Fortuner

"I took it as a description of only the two prominent Republican women mentioned." - Lisa Fortuner

"Hutchinson down in Texas? Less moderate than the Maine, but still pretty sane. I'd probably not vote for her, but her as President wouldn't make me want to go into a coma for four years," - Lisa Fortuner