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As to his drinking Marcus definitely over imbibed but it was social drinking that often led to over consumption not the self medication that one might expect to see in an individual suffering from a bipolar disorder.  And also not the drinking behavior one would expect from an alcoholic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:22:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "royola", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\u201cI hope he can live it down,\u201d said Taylor of American Renaissance. \u201cI would have thought Dick Morris would never live down his $150 an hour hooker. I would never have thought Bill Clinton would live down what happened between him and Monica Lewinsky. In the end, those people were welcomed back into the fold. It\u2019s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.\u201d<br>The notion that sexual  indiscretions are even close to proactive racism that is barely kept under control by not drinking are equal in the mind of Taylor speaks volumes about the deep seated prejudice ingrained in the character of these people and they see nothing else through the prism with which they view politics, policy and people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:10:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "24aea1be2f8e2dca8c8f0fa8a57d30c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10389570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not hard to forgive sexual misadventures by consenting adults, even those on the right.  It is the relentless debasing of the debate about important issues by name calling and denigrating a person's intelligence because of their last name that is abhorent and unforgiveable, by any decent person's standards, left or right.  When these extremists begin to feel the slap of disapproval from all decent Americans, perhaps the people who are provided a platform to spew this hate speech will either be denied a national platform or excoriated for using it thusly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_12:17:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "5df7147683bc714908c8d0d4277be21d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10388230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, those pesky people who vote democratic----in droves----tend to think that calling, the most experienced federal judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court in a hundred years a racist, is somehow not a good thing to do.  The republican party is so out of touch with America outside of the deep south that they think if they send their non elected minions to do the wet and dirty work of calling Sotomayer a racist that people won't figure out that it's a ploy.  Elected republicans, for the most part, would certainly do this too if they thought it would work for them.  Mitch McConnell looked pretty silly claiming that he was so busy governing a small body of republican senators that he had no time to say that it was a bad thing for Limbaugh and Gingrich to use the dirty words in reference to a well respected and long time federal judge.  Get real Mitch.  That may play in Dixie, but you're not in Dixie and the whole country is listening.  2010 is coming and you're shrinking, shrinking, shrinking.  I don't think the republican party noticed, but a large majority of those minorities they so dislike are voting democratic.  After this they should expect an even larger shift.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:38:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "karela", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "12204039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are we going to get an update before or after Marcus's July 8 courtdate?<br>Thanks!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-06_13:19:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "GuyBertram", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "10561931": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\" It\u2019s typical of the other side and it\u2019s an ungentlemanly way to conduct politics.\u201d<br><br>Wow, is that rich.  Gentlemen do not attack women, for any reason, nor do they defend nasty little racist twerps who do attack women. <br><br>Do these people not hear themselves talk?  Not only do they appear, after all, not to believe in \"personal responsibility\" for themselves (only for others), but they also appear to be politically tone deaf and very, very childish.  <br><br>There is no excuse for that Epstein has done, either for the crime he committed or the lies and incitement he has spread for years.  His career is now ruined, and he'll become a sort of minor David Duke figure on the far, far right, I'm sure.  That's rich, though -- a half Jewish, half Korean white nationalist. Pathetic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-06_08:42:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "bebe978c5522a629e47c85e298297f72", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10395586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bipolar my ass!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_15:25:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "14a5d1a289678e54b11405326c40ab14", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10389263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"immigration restrictionist\": WOW! talk about P.C. talk... Right up there with \"vertically challenged\" and \"erectile dysfunction\". The proper term, people, is RACIST. Period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_12:08:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "62d2949ed1be8b2e43d2b66ae102d3c2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10504976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Sticks and stones'.<br>Hey wait a minute I thought name calling was the problem in the first place.<br>It's ok when you do it, alright if you say so.<br>My people find the name 'idiot' racially offensive, so I suppose that makes you a 'hate criminal'.<br>You better hand in your resignation by Monday morning please.<br>Or perhaps you're just implying that the n-word spelt with the 'gga', is a African American lie.<br>Well that's not nice.<br>So can a white person say it that way too, or not because it's just 'their word'?<br>You Liberals have so many confusing one-sided racial rules,<br>please \"can't we all just get along\".", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-04_22:13:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae750e3a517abdb67bdffe3b13cbb069", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10432546, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10432600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're a plague.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_11:17:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8c3bacd1e22ab1669ebc3847b1cbc37", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10396071, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10534675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Daryl Jenkins is himself a frightening, race-baiter ....look at the website of One People's Project and the hate it spews...they are anarchists who follow around and stalk those who publicly oppose illegal immigration.....he's been in Lakewood, NJ, he''s harrassed lawmakers in Harrisburg, PA, he's harrassed Joey Vento and others as well...me thinks One People's Project works undercover for the ACLU, the SPLC and makes its life mission to smear anyone who disagrees with the open-borders agenda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-05_17:17:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "19d0ac839a3ffc9f78b121d91b097e35", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10387476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It may be worth pointing out - which this article doesn't - that the kid comes from a bi-racial background, with Korean and Jewish parents. Talk about self-hatred. This kid is acting out fantasies of racial supremacy to make up for being part of two minority groups - Asians and Jews - who have always have had a very ambivalent reception in mainstream WASP America, but are also touted as \"model minorities.\" Looks like this kid picked up a bit too much white supremacist ideology and is hoping that if he hits black people from time to time, no one will notice that he's part of multi-racial America himself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:17:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "b97f4879321ead20d81de2c8929eabc3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10561558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pat Buchana, Tom Tancerdo, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of conservative America are losing the debate as well as crediblity. Their vision of this country will not suceed because their ideals are simply  outdated. If these people ideals had any traction there would not had been a Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Jackie Robertson and the rest of the great African-American ballers. They would have fought to keep the NBA,NFL and MLB from intergration, that would have been a huge lost for this country. Thank God we have rational and progresive white Americans that see beyond the color line. Thank God the Union won the civil war and the defeat of the confederacy was the defeat of ultra conservatism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-06_08:11:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "kruboy44", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10390617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't why anyone would be surprised at this guy. Look who his mentors are and  who he pals around with. Tancredo and Pat Buchanan. These guys are two of the most disgusting and vile racists in America. Pat needs to be asked about this the next time he debates Lawrence O'Donnell or Bob Shrum on MSNBC.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_12:48:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "8eecda4eef57d40063ac9a8a16c99abc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Epstein's ancestors are rolling in their graves over how far from his roots he has moved. If they were'nt already dead, they'd die if shame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:07:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "4efe14070bef4a51424ba3be0bab4bf1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&gt; For Epstein\u2019s friends, this aspect of the Supreme Court debate has simply been surprising and sad. \u201cI hope he can live it down,\u201d said Taylor of American Renaissance. \u201cI would have thought Dick Morris would never live down his $150 an hour hooker. I would never have thought Bill Clinton would live down what happened between him and Monica Lewinsky. In the end, those people were welcomed back into the fold. It\u2019s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.\u201d<br><br>Oh right, because consensual sex is just as bad as violent racism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:26:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "15811801daffcb4bad7aaab42f9885cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10432546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And I'm sure he said nig'ga' as opposed to 'ger'.' <br><br>Oh, right because thats sooo much better.  You're an idiot.  He better be happy he was able to WALK away from that one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_11:16:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8c3bacd1e22ab1669ebc3847b1cbc37", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10408445, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10414883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "amazing how they expect people to 'forgive' but they never do. they never stop. they hate and hate and wonder why people hate them back. bay has botoxed what little humanity she has away.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_04:05:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "bc0e848e55207f47389f67bea1f1856b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10390436": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well Mr. Pinkerton, there were Latinos within the modern borders of the USA even before the people whose faces are on Rushmore were ever born. So whatever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_12:43:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "1951aa9beec3eaeef308bf11b93d820a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10396071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Clobbering a black woman and calling her a nigger is compared by right-wing freaks to Bill Clinton having an affair?<br><br>Totally skewed morals.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_15:39:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "316c9198058ae79735c2baa826a901ca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11066409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kevin Deanna said, \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate that he\u2019s getting hit from this now, years after he stopped doing this kind of thing.\u201d<br><br>Bay Buchanan said, \u201cThis is something that happened two years ago that Marcus has paid a price for. Are people allowed a second chance in this life when they realize their mistakes and their errors? I think so.\u201d<br><br>Not to be a stickler, but won't the date have to reach July 7, 2009 before the plural \"years\" can be correctly used?<br><br>Epstein committed a hate crime, a racially-motivated verbal and physical assault. He verbally abused and struck an apparent stranger because she was black.  He  has not paid for this crime: he has barely had a slap on the wrist. This needs to be referred to the Justice Department to see if undue influence was used to keep this cretin out of jail. He should have at least been placed in custody for psychological evaluation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-17_19:08:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdmsr", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10396295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, those faces on Mt. Rushmore aren't even supposed to be up there, trespassers!<br><br>So what about Sotomayer, I know if I ever was nominated for the Supreme Court I would bring the knowledge and life experiences of the indigenous people of this country to my rulings.  After all, who in the history of Supreme Court judges have been Natives' peers when making rulings concerning our treaty rights?  Americans tend to have short term memory where Native people are concerned.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_15:47:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "4b94de5714e67f75f577d2a0d0f7e9a3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10387570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wasn't he a member of \"Young Racists for McCain?\" He's kind of homely. No wonder he's such a frustrated little twerp.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:20:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "4985da3138f8b11d8400c5de468812b1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10410033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Epstein certainly sounds like someone who made a mistake and should have found another job.<br><br>However, the question becomes, \"why is TWI so ardently following this story? Are they reporters, or are they something else?\"<br><br>Then, you realize who funds this pseudo-paper: Soros and Rockefeller. Groups funded especially by the former constantly support massive illegal activity. Whyever could that be?<br><br>Wait! Could it be that Soros sees illegal aliens as a power base for him or the Democratic Party (basically the same thing) and is using this case to smear his opponents?<br><br>Could it be that <a href=\"http://24ahead.com/what-dave-weigel-doesnt-want-you-see\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dave Weigel is just a hack?</a> (Hint: your answer is at that link).<br><br>Could it be that those Soros-funded groups realize that <a href=\"http://24ahead.com/reform-immigration-america-business-labor-cap-nclr-chirla-be\" rel=\"nofollow\">their arguments don't hold water</a> and are just trying to achieve their ends through highlighting stupid things people have done while drunk?<br><br>I think we have the answer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_23:49:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "LonewackoDotCom", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391867": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Amazing.  Simply amazing.  <br><br>What is even more amazing is that many in the Republican party believe people like this are blazing the path to regain political power.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:29:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "c070e0173b9a715aa3e59f685414047a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Does this Taylor character really believe that screwing a hooker or getting a blow job are comparable to attacking someone in the street and screaming racial epithets at her?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:12:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "f498c17ec701f49d5cfc906d746f22f6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"... It\u2019s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.\u201d ... hmmm I guess Mr. Epstein's friends either never learned about the slavery period that is associate with the n- word, or the kind of insult that the word brings... how would Mr. Epstein feel if someone call him a nasty nickname just because of his last name? Will he be as forgiving? Just hearing the response from Mr. Epstein's friend shows that they are doing all of this apologetic stuff for PR purposes, he is not truly sorry...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:04:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "36dbe4e81f80ae9c5b3b3204ae4b6d43", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10395970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm so sick of Pat Buchanan that I've stopped watching Hardball and Morning Joe. I hop that Rachel Maddow and Olbemann stay clear of him or I'll stop watching MSNBC entirely,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_15:36:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Chico_Brisbane", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10432708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup.  Its when their children marry one of \"them\" and they meet their grandchildren.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_11:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "c8c3bacd1e22ab1669ebc3847b1cbc37", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 10389706, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10389706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do they have rehab for racists?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_12:21:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "KDee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "12200403": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Jared Taylor shows his sickening hypocrisy. He is always condemning blacks for committing violent crimes. But he refuses to condemn Epstein's violent behaviour.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-06_12:08:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "e2a553802f42a838b73d34202ab847ae", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "11620950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Democrats get off your arses and slap those Republicans down for their folly. They cry about the financial burden to our country. Where were their financial laments to support the lying war in Iraq. Whenever it's time to serve the citizenry then come the cries of financial hardship from the Republicans, tell our lame democrat health care leaders, it's time to slap back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_10:57:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "samasapienza", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10397272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If only those damned liberals would just let the right spew their hate, racism, obfuscation, and missinformation without interferring (you know, those typical liberal tactics), we wouldn't be having these discussions.  This poor, young, maligned, soft-assed son-of-a-bitch doesn't hate black people anymore.  Get over it.  Just because he pens hate speech for others doesn't mean HE hates minorities.  He just feels better when they're not around, or at least out of the majority.  Why do liberals hate America?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_16:15:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "219902170c9acf0576350cda5c6b0646", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10434905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"It\u2019s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.\u201d <br><br>Let's see:  illicit sex vs. race-hatred motivated assault. <br><br>I wonder why Mr. Taylor finds the distinction between the two categories of behavior so hard to grasp.<br><br>I will not say the word; as Newt has said in a mirror-image context, you read; you decide.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_12:25:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "91f77d174af1f236f8c7e85c2f41dbda", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10388956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bay Buchanan is full of s**t. The right always pulls out the \"shouldn't people be given a second chance?\" meme whenever it is convenient, but if it is someone they object to like Bill Clinton, Bill Ayers, or anyone else who did something wrong a long time ago, they must be forever punished and made an example of.<br><br>Republicans sicken me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:59:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "e641a52f63f8e86746fc70b87230338a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10431226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's see if I can lower myself to Epstein's, um, level<br>of 5'5\" or is it 5'3\" of functioning.  It's the little guys who<br>you have to watch & it's guys who have been accused of<br>racism in the past like Buchanan, Gingrich, Tancredo, Limbaugh<br>who are jumping on Judge Sotomayor.  Her comment, when read<br>in it's entirety are NOT anywhere near racist.  That term in connection<br>with the judge is basically for people who can't & won't read & depend<br>on conservative talkers to tell them what today's talking & thinking<br>points are acceptable.  I don't depend on any one point of reference.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_10:36:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "10d9c1f6e3df5ac3bdb95eadd8ccbd7f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10387394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Karl Rove just called again and Loser Tancredo and his Loser assistant Marcus Epstein are FAIR GAME.<br><br>Dick Morris is STILL a disgrace, even more so as BillO'Reilly's DEMOCRAP, and so is David Diapers Vitters, Newt Gingrich, Liddy AND Little Bill Clinton for getting caught.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:15:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GuyBertram", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10405351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How ironic and disgusting that Epstein espouses the same kind of intolerance that probably drove his great-grandparents to leave Eastern Europe in search of more tolerance here. Shame on you, Epstein!<br>                         -- Another Jew", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_20:47:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "f4c1eb02d860b5d9386f937ab1cf08cd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anyone who has ever over indulged knows that alcohol always brings out the truth in any person. <br>Sure, people can change BUT the fact that he still associates with groups with questionable qualities shows that he has not changed at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:18:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "lvdragonlady", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10393067": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Repubs????   Take your meds !!!   heeeee heeeeeee", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_14:02:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "7036ce74dcf4b692fdb48af2b1d975a8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10397165": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Republicans sicken me.\" -- posted by Conservatoire<br><br>Republicans don't sicken me, but Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, does. <br><br>Ditto Charles Johnson of \"Little Green Bigotballs.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_16:12:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "852d7a58ba988496d37db6b2e81784f0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10391023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Mel Gibson Defense.<br><br>Gotta love it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_13:01:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "6343db29166bdeb7a037309177803048", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10387569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've had too much to drink before on many occassions and never once called anyone such a foul word. Blaming alcohol for being a racist is lame. Super lame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:20:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "RightDownTheMiddle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10388850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When ever some thing goes wrong for republicans; blame it on Alcohol.<br><br>Mark Foley Pedophilia? NO, alcohol problems.<br><br>Pastor Ted Haggard, Prostitute and Meth problems?  No, alcohol problems.<br><br><br>Where is responsibility that they are always talking about?<br><br>Republicans are only good at talking out of their A$$.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:57:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "malghani", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "6 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10402291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GOP = HATE & BIGOTRY<br>Always has been. Always will be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_18:39:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "20c149e02cd9a99246d8f824eb9b68c8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10388085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A 16 year old black kid does something, Bay Buchanan wants him in jail for life.  A 24 year old friend of hers does this, \"forgive him!\"<br><br>Why doesn't Mr. Epstein show his true contrition by doing something meaningful, like volunteer for the U.S. Army & head for Afghanistan?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_11:35:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "40b1d9fb4f007f0eabd6471bcdf374c6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10535544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One People's Project has published phone numbers, home addresses and workplace addresses of some individuals. <br>On July 28, 2007, blogger Robb Pearson sponsored a rally to support a plan by the mayor of Morristown, New Jersey to deputize law enforcement officials to enforce immigration laws. A notice on the One People's Project website called the event an \"anti-immigrant rally\", although Pearson described it as a rally against illegal immigration. During the rally, counter-demonstrators chanted while rally participants sang the United States national anthem. At the end of the rally, two of Pearson's supporters were attacked by counter-demonstrators. After the rally, the One People's Project website included the following statement: \"[w]e don't think anyone is going to lose any sleep over people chanting during the anti-immigrant side's salute to the flag, Nazis getting slapped around a bit or the pain Robb Pearson & Co. feel over being called racist all the time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-05_17:34:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "19d0ac839a3ffc9f78b121d91b097e35", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "10394361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As part of his sentence, maybe the woman he slapped should be able to knock him upside the head with the AA Big Book...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_14:47:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "8d688336bec37a3869faf78747746066", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10435066": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How long will MSNBC retain Pat Buchanan as a commentator?  Not long, I hope.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-03_12:30:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "e9c9bd17324043ab3b81771a0c174e24", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}, "10408445": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's the big deal, alcohol is poison.<br>And it should be illegal along with tobacco.<br>And I'm sure he said nig'ga' as opposed to 'ger'.'<br><br>Right wingers aren't the 'only' source of political evil.<br>We're actually all getting screwed.<br>You guys are our heart, but we are the voice of caution, the 'brakes' if you will.<br>And a country filled with the majority of either of us would be hell.<br><br>And you think that it will only be the blue-collared workers who get usurped from unabated immigration, think again.<br>Our elites just want a ever growing army of consumers and tax payers, and flooding the work force is to simply depresses wages.<br>Look at how the older h1b1 visa workers get thrown on the scrapheap when they become too old and expensive.<br>Do you think they care about you and your expensive educations? Right.<br><br>And Jared Taylor would have brought up the sexual indiscretions as an examples of lack of self control, but I suppose as the outcomes were pleasure V pain, you guys don't see the harm.<br>But it did hurt some things, that you obviousily care nothing about.<br>Nothing matters, anything goes, hate the haters=means you are good. Hooray!<br>Enjoy your future and you better learn Chinese and/or Spanish.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-02_22:50:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "ae750e3a517abdb67bdffe3b13cbb069", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "6 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}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "20104082", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -4135587834473932493}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 2, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 70, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 20104082, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "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 = '21bc467119200cb06806902fa8e2f5b0';
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;



// 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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217/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/washingtonindependent/_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 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">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">50</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">70</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217/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" >Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" selected="selected">Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217/">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">\
	 </div>\
		';

		
			html = Dsq.Templates.authPost() + html;
		

		
		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.reactions();

		

		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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217/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 '';
	};

	//
	// 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 are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on The Washington Independent" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</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:20104082" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</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'				: 'washingtonindependent',
			't'				: 'tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217',
			// 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/washingtonindependent/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/washingtonindependent/tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217/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/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217'
			+ '&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/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217'
			+ '&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/washingtonindependent/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217'
				+ '&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/washingtonindependent/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/20104082/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;
	};
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<ul id="dsq-comments">\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12204039" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12204039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12204039">GuyBertram</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12204039" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12204039" class="dsq-comment-message">Are we going to get an update before or after Marcus\'s July 8 courtdate?<br>Thanks!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12200403">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12200403" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12200403" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12200403">Donny</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12200403" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12200403" class="dsq-comment-message">Jared Taylor shows his sickening hypocrisy. He is always condemning blacks for committing violent crimes. But he refuses to condemn Epstein\'s violent behaviour.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11620950">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11620950" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11620950" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11620950">samasapienza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11620950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11620950" class="dsq-comment-message">Democrats get off your arses and slap those Republicans down for their folly. They cry about the financial burden to our country. Where were their financial laments to support the lying war in Iraq. Whenever it\'s time to serve the citizenry then come the cries of financial hardship from the Republicans, tell our lame democrat health care leaders, it\'s time to slap back.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11066409">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11066409" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11066409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11066409">cdmsr</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11066409" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11066409" class="dsq-comment-message">Kevin Deanna said, “It’s unfortunate that he’s getting hit from this now, years after he stopped doing this kind of thing.”<br><br>Bay Buchanan said, “This is something that happened two years ago that Marcus has paid a price for. Are people allowed a second chance in this life when they realize their mistakes and their errors? I think so.”<br><br>Not to be a stickler, but won\'t the date have to reach July 7, 2009 before the plural "years" can be correctly used?<br><br>Epstein committed a hate crime, a racially-motivated verbal and physical assault. He verbally abused and struck an apparent stranger because she was black.  He  has not paid for this crime: he has barely had a slap on the wrist. This needs to be referred to the Justice Department to see if undue influence was used to keep this cretin out of jail. He should have at least been placed in custody for psychological evaluation.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10561931">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10561931" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10561931" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10561931">A. Fuchs</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10561931" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10561931" class="dsq-comment-message">" It’s typical of the other side and it’s an ungentlemanly way to conduct politics.”<br><br>Wow, is that rich.  Gentlemen do not attack women, for any reason, nor do they defend nasty little racist twerps who do attack women. <br><br>Do these people not hear themselves talk?  Not only do they appear, after all, not to believe in "personal responsibility" for themselves (only for others), but they also appear to be politically tone deaf and very, very childish.  <br><br>There is no excuse for that Epstein has done, either for the crime he committed or the lies and incitement he has spread for years.  His career is now ruined, and he\'ll become a sort of minor David Duke figure on the far, far right, I\'m sure.  That\'s rich, though -- a half Jewish, half Korean white nationalist. Pathetic.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-10561558">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10561558" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10561558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10561558">kruboy44</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10561558" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10561558" class="dsq-comment-message">Pat Buchana, Tom Tancerdo, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of conservative America are losing the debate as well as crediblity. Their vision of this country will not suceed because their ideals are simply  outdated. If these people ideals had any traction there would not had been a Micheal Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Jackie Robertson and the rest of the great African-American ballers. They would have fought to keep the NBA,NFL and MLB from intergration, that would have been a huge lost for this country. Thank God we have rational and progresive white Americans that see beyond the color line. Thank God the Union won the civil war and the defeat of the confederacy was the defeat of ultra conservatism.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10535544" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10535544" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10535544">dds</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10535544" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10535544" class="dsq-comment-message">One People\'s Project has published phone numbers, home addresses and workplace addresses of some individuals. <br>On July 28, 2007, blogger Robb Pearson sponsored a rally to support a plan by the mayor of Morristown, New Jersey to deputize law enforcement officials to enforce immigration laws. A notice on the One People\'s Project website called the event an "anti-immigrant rally", although Pearson described it as a rally against illegal immigration. During the rally, counter-demonstrators chanted while rally participants sang the United States national anthem. At the end of the rally, two of Pearson\'s supporters were attacked by counter-demonstrators. After the rally, the One People\'s Project website included the following statement: "[w]e don\'t think anyone is going to lose any sleep over people chanting during the anti-immigrant side\'s salute to the flag, Nazis getting slapped around a bit or the pain Robb Pearson & Co. feel over being called racist all the time.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10534675">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10534675" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10534675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10534675">dds</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10534675" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10534675" class="dsq-comment-message">Daryl Jenkins is himself a frightening, race-baiter ....look at the website of One People\'s Project and the hate it spews...they are anarchists who follow around and stalk those who publicly oppose illegal immigration.....he\'s been in Lakewood, NJ, he\'\'s harrassed lawmakers in Harrisburg, PA, he\'s harrassed Joey Vento and others as well...me thinks One People\'s Project works undercover for the ACLU, the SPLC and makes its life mission to smear anyone who disagrees with the open-borders agenda.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10435066">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10435066" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10435066" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10435066">Jonna Mackin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10435066" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10435066" class="dsq-comment-message">How long will MSNBC retain Pat Buchanan as a commentator?  Not long, I hope.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10434905">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10434905" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10434905" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10434905" href="http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Tom Levenson</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10434905" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10434905" class="dsq-comment-message">"It’s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.” <br><br>Let\'s see:  illicit sex vs. race-hatred motivated assault. <br><br>I wonder why Mr. Taylor finds the distinction between the two categories of behavior so hard to grasp.<br><br>I will not say the word; as Newt has said in a mirror-image context, you read; you decide.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10431226">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10431226" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10431226" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10431226">longnow</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10431226" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10431226" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s see if I can lower myself to Epstein\'s, um, level<br>of 5\'5" or is it 5\'3" of functioning.  It\'s the little guys who<br>you have to watch & it\'s guys who have been accused of<br>racism in the past like Buchanan, Gingrich, Tancredo, Limbaugh<br>who are jumping on Judge Sotomayor.  Her comment, when read<br>in it\'s entirety are NOT anywhere near racist.  That term in connection<br>with the judge is basically for people who can\'t & won\'t read & depend<br>on conservative talkers to tell them what today\'s talking & thinking<br>points are acceptable.  I don\'t depend on any one point of reference.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10414883" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10414883" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10414883">catherine</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10414883" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10414883" class="dsq-comment-message">amazing how they expect people to \'forgive\' but they never do. they never stop. they hate and hate and wonder why people hate them back. bay has botoxed what little humanity she has away.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10410033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10410033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10410033" href="http://24Ahead.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">24AheadDotCom</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10410033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10410033" class="dsq-comment-message">Epstein certainly sounds like someone who made a mistake and should have found another job.<br><br>However, the question becomes, "why is TWI so ardently following this story? Are they reporters, or are they something else?"<br><br>Then, you realize who funds this pseudo-paper: Soros and Rockefeller. Groups funded especially by the former constantly support massive illegal activity. Whyever could that be?<br><br>Wait! Could it be that Soros sees illegal aliens as a power base for him or the Democratic Party (basically the same thing) and is using this case to smear his opponents?<br><br>Could it be that <a href="http://24ahead.com/what-dave-weigel-doesnt-want-you-see" rel="nofollow">Dave Weigel is just a hack?</a> (Hint: your answer is at that link).<br><br>Could it be that those Soros-funded groups realize that <a href="http://24ahead.com/reform-immigration-america-business-labor-cap-nclr-chirla-be" rel="nofollow">their arguments don\'t hold water</a> and are just trying to achieve their ends through highlighting stupid things people have done while drunk?<br><br>I think we have the answer.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10408445">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10408445" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10408445" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10408445">GenX</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10408445" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10408445" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s the big deal, alcohol is poison.<br>And it should be illegal along with tobacco.<br>And I\'m sure he said nig\'ga\' as opposed to \'ger\'.\'<br><br>Right wingers aren\'t the \'only\' source of political evil.<br>We\'re actually all getting screwed.<br>You guys are our heart, but we are the voice of caution, the \'brakes\' if you will.<br>And a country filled with the majority of either of us would be hell.<br><br>And you think that it will only be the blue-collared workers who get usurped from unabated immigration, think again.<br>Our elites just want a ever growing army of consumers and tax payers, and flooding the work force is to simply depresses wages.<br>Look at how the older h1b1 visa workers get thrown on the scrapheap when they become too old and expensive.<br>Do you think they care about you and your expensive educations? Right.<br><br>And Jared Taylor would have brought up the sexual indiscretions as an examples of lack of self control, but I suppose as the outcomes were pleasure V pain, you guys don\'t see the harm.<br>But it did hurt some things, that you obviousily care nothing about.<br>Nothing matters, anything goes, hate the haters=means you are good. Hooray!<br>Enjoy your future and you better learn Chinese and/or Spanish.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10432546">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10432546" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10432546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10432546">gmorris</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10432546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10432546" class="dsq-comment-message">And I\'m sure he said nig\'ga\' as opposed to \'ger\'.\' <br><br>Oh, right because thats sooo much better.  You\'re an idiot.  He better be happy he was able to WALK away from that one.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10504976">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10504976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10504976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10504976">GenX</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10504976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10504976" class="dsq-comment-message">"Sticks and stones\'.<br>Hey wait a minute I thought name calling was the problem in the first place.<br>It\'s ok when you do it, alright if you say so.<br>My people find the name \'idiot\' racially offensive, so I suppose that makes you a \'hate criminal\'.<br>You better hand in your resignation by Monday morning please.<br>Or perhaps you\'re just implying that the n-word spelt with the \'gga\', is a African American lie.<br>Well that\'s not nice.<br>So can a white person say it that way too, or not because it\'s just \'their word\'?<br>You Liberals have so many confusing one-sided racial rules,<br>please "can\'t we all just get along".</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10405351">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10405351" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10405351" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10405351">Elagins</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10405351" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10405351" class="dsq-comment-message">How ironic and disgusting that Epstein espouses the same kind of intolerance that probably drove his great-grandparents to leave Eastern Europe in search of more tolerance here. Shame on you, Epstein!<br>                         -- Another Jew</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10402291">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10402291" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10402291" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10402291" href="http://firmelife.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JP</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10402291" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10402291" class="dsq-comment-message">GOP = HATE & BIGOTRY<br>Always has been. Always will be.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10397272">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10397272" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10397272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10397272">Gern</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10397272" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10397272" class="dsq-comment-message">If only those damned liberals would just let the right spew their hate, racism, obfuscation, and missinformation without interferring (you know, those typical liberal tactics), we wouldn\'t be having these discussions.  This poor, young, maligned, soft-assed son-of-a-bitch doesn\'t hate black people anymore.  Get over it.  Just because he pens hate speech for others doesn\'t mean HE hates minorities.  He just feels better when they\'re not around, or at least out of the majority.  Why do liberals hate America?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10397165">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10397165" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10397165" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10397165">S Lee</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10397165" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10397165" class="dsq-comment-message">"Republicans sicken me." -- posted by Conservatoire<br><br>Republicans don\'t sicken me, but Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, does. <br><br>Ditto Charles Johnson of "Little Green Bigotballs."</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10396295">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10396295" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10396295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10396295">katchat</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10396295" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10396295" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, those faces on Mt. Rushmore aren\'t even supposed to be up there, trespassers!<br><br>So what about Sotomayer, I know if I ever was nominated for the Supreme Court I would bring the knowledge and life experiences of the indigenous people of this country to my rulings.  After all, who in the history of Supreme Court judges have been Natives\' peers when making rulings concerning our treaty rights?  Americans tend to have short term memory where Native people are concerned.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10396071">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10396071" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10396071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10396071">Chaya</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10396071" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10396071" class="dsq-comment-message">Clobbering a black woman and calling her a nigger is compared by right-wing freaks to Bill Clinton having an affair?<br><br>Totally skewed morals.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10432600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10432600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10432600">gmorris</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10432600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10432600" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re a plague.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10395970">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10395970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10395970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-10395970" href="http://www.chicobrisbane.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Chico_Brisbane</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10395970" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10395970" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m so sick of Pat Buchanan that I\'ve stopped watching Hardball and Morning Joe. I hop that Rachel Maddow and Olbemann stay clear of him or I\'ll stop watching MSNBC entirely,</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10395586">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10395586" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10395586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10395586">carl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10395586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10395586" class="dsq-comment-message">Bipolar my ass!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10394361" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10394361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10394361">sparky09</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10394361" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10394361" class="dsq-comment-message">As part of his sentence, maybe the woman he slapped should be able to knock him upside the head with the AA Big Book...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10393067" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10393067" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10393067">christopher</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10393067" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10393067" class="dsq-comment-message">Repubs????   Take your meds !!!   heeeee heeeeeee</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391867">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391867" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391867" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391867">Target</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391867" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391867" class="dsq-comment-message">Amazing.  Simply amazing.  <br><br>What is even more amazing is that many in the Republican party believe people like this are blazing the path to regain political power.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391783">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391783" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391783" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391783">Brannon</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391783" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391783" class="dsq-comment-message">&gt; For Epstein’s friends, this aspect of the Supreme Court debate has simply been surprising and sad. “I hope he can live it down,” said Taylor of American Renaissance. “I would have thought Dick Morris would never live down his $150 an hour hooker. I would never have thought Bill Clinton would live down what happened between him and Monica Lewinsky. In the end, those people were welcomed back into the fold. It’s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.”<br><br>Oh right, because consensual sex is just as bad as violent racism.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391529">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391529" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391529" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391529">lvdragonlady</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391529" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391529" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone who has ever over indulged knows that alcohol always brings out the truth in any person. <br>Sure, people can change BUT the fact that he still associates with groups with questionable qualities shows that he has not changed at all.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391360">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391360" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391360" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391360">SqueakyRat</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391360" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391360" class="dsq-comment-message">Does this Taylor character really believe that screwing a hooker or getting a blow job are comparable to attacking someone in the street and screaming racial epithets at her?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391299">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391299" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391299" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391299">E Joyce</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391299" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391299" class="dsq-comment-message">“I hope he can live it down,” said Taylor of American Renaissance. “I would have thought Dick Morris would never live down his $150 an hour hooker. I would never have thought Bill Clinton would live down what happened between him and Monica Lewinsky. In the end, those people were welcomed back into the fold. It’s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.”<br>The notion that sexual  indiscretions are even close to proactive racism that is barely kept under control by not drinking are equal in the mind of Taylor speaks volumes about the deep seated prejudice ingrained in the character of these people and they see nothing else through the prism with which they view politics, policy and people.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391193">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391193" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391193">elaygee</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391193" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391193" class="dsq-comment-message">Epstein\'s ancestors are rolling in their graves over how far from his roots he has moved. If they were\'nt already dead, they\'d die if shame.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391105">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391105">Logic&amp;Reason</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391105" class="dsq-comment-message">"... It’s just that liberals tend to be very unforgiving about things of this kind.” ... hmmm I guess Mr. Epstein\'s friends either never learned about the slavery period that is associate with the n- word, or the kind of insult that the word brings... how would Mr. Epstein feel if someone call him a nasty nickname just because of his last name? Will he be as forgiving? Just hearing the response from Mr. Epstein\'s friend shows that they are doing all of this apologetic stuff for PR purposes, he is not truly sorry...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10391023">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10391023" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10391023" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10391023">jvill</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10391023" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10391023" class="dsq-comment-message">The Mel Gibson Defense.<br><br>Gotta love it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10390617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10390617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10390617">Lagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10390617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10390617" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t why anyone would be surprised at this guy. Look who his mentors are and  who he pals around with. Tancredo and Pat Buchanan. These guys are two of the most disgusting and vile racists in America. Pat needs to be asked about this the next time he debates Lawrence O\'Donnell or Bob Shrum on MSNBC.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10390436">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10390436" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10390436" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10390436">myerman</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10390436" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10390436" class="dsq-comment-message">Well Mr. Pinkerton, there were Latinos within the modern borders of the USA even before the people whose faces are on Rushmore were ever born. So whatever.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10389706">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10389706" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10389706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10389706">KDee</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10389706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10389706" class="dsq-comment-message">Do they have rehab for racists?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10432708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10432708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10432708">gmorris</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10432708" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10432708" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup.  Its when their children marry one of "them" and they meet their grandchildren.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10389570" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10389570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10389570">soso08</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10389570" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10389570" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not hard to forgive sexual misadventures by consenting adults, even those on the right.  It is the relentless debasing of the debate about important issues by name calling and denigrating a person\'s intelligence because of their last name that is abhorent and unforgiveable, by any decent person\'s standards, left or right.  When these extremists begin to feel the slap of disapproval from all decent Americans, perhaps the people who are provided a platform to spew this hate speech will either be denied a national platform or excoriated for using it thusly.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10389263">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10389263" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10389263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10389263">DR</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10389263" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10389263" class="dsq-comment-message">"immigration restrictionist": WOW! talk about P.C. talk... Right up there with "vertically challenged" and "erectile dysfunction". The proper term, people, is RACIST. Period.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10388956">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10388956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10388956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10388956">Conservatoire</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10388956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10388956" class="dsq-comment-message">Bay Buchanan is full of s**t. The right always pulls out the "shouldn\'t people be given a second chance?" meme whenever it is convenient, but if it is someone they object to like Bill Clinton, Bill Ayers, or anyone else who did something wrong a long time ago, they must be forever punished and made an example of.<br><br>Republicans sicken me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10388850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10388850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10388850">malghani</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10388850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10388850" class="dsq-comment-message">When ever some thing goes wrong for republicans; blame it on Alcohol.<br><br>Mark Foley Pedophilia? NO, alcohol problems.<br><br>Pastor Ted Haggard, Prostitute and Meth problems?  No, alcohol problems.<br><br><br>Where is responsibility that they are always talking about?<br><br>Republicans are only good at talking out of their A$$.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10388230">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10388230" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10388230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10388230">karela</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10388230" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10388230" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, those pesky people who vote democratic----in droves----tend to think that calling, the most experienced federal judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court in a hundred years a racist, is somehow not a good thing to do.  The republican party is so out of touch with America outside of the deep south that they think if they send their non elected minions to do the wet and dirty work of calling Sotomayer a racist that people won\'t figure out that it\'s a ploy.  Elected republicans, for the most part, would certainly do this too if they thought it would work for them.  Mitch McConnell looked pretty silly claiming that he was so busy governing a small body of republican senators that he had no time to say that it was a bad thing for Limbaugh and Gingrich to use the dirty words in reference to a well respected and long time federal judge.  Get real Mitch.  That may play in Dixie, but you\'re not in Dixie and the whole country is listening.  2010 is coming and you\'re shrinking, shrinking, shrinking.  I don\'t think the republican party noticed, but a large majority of those minorities they so dislike are voting democratic.  After this they should expect an even larger shift.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10388085">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10388085" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10388085" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10388085">Paul</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10388085" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10388085" class="dsq-comment-message">A 16 year old black kid does something, Bay Buchanan wants him in jail for life.  A 24 year old friend of hers does this, "forgive him!"<br><br>Why doesn\'t Mr. Epstein show his true contrition by doing something meaningful, like volunteer for the U.S. Army & head for Afghanistan?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10387648">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10387648" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10387648" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10387648">royola</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10387648" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10387648" class="dsq-comment-message">I lived with Marcus Epstein for a year, during that time he never exhibited the kind of behavior one would associate with a bipolar disorder.  As to his drinking Marcus definitely over imbibed but it was social drinking that often led to over consumption not the self medication that one might expect to see in an individual suffering from a bipolar disorder.  And also not the drinking behavior one would expect from an alcoholic.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10387570">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10387570" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10387570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10387570">Jasper</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10387570" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10387570" class="dsq-comment-message">Wasn\'t he a member of "Young Racists for McCain?" He\'s kind of homely. No wonder he\'s such a frustrated little twerp.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10387569">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10387569" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10387569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10387569">RightDownTheMiddle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10387569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10387569" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve had too much to drink before on many occassions and never once called anyone such a foul word. Blaming alcohol for being a racist is lame. Super lame.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-10387476">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10387476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10387476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10387476">Multi-racial America</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10387476" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10387476" class="dsq-comment-message">It may be worth pointing out - which this article doesn\'t - that the kid comes from a bi-racial background, with Korean and Jewish parents. Talk about self-hatred. This kid is acting out fantasies of racial supremacy to make up for being part of two minority groups - Asians and Jews - who have always have had a very ambivalent reception in mainstream WASP America, but are also touted as "model minorities." Looks like this kid picked up a bit too much white supremacist ideology and is hoping that if he hits black people from time to time, no one will notice that he\'s part of multi-racial America himself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-10387394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-10387394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-10387394">GuyBertram</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-10387394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-10387394" class="dsq-comment-message">Karl Rove just called again and Loser Tancredo and his Loser assistant Marcus Epstein are FAIR GAME.<br><br>Dick Morris is STILL a disgrace, even more so as BillO\'Reilly\'s DEMOCRAP, and so is David Diapers Vitters, Newt Gingrich, Liddy AND Little Bill Clinton for getting caught.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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(function() {
	
	





Dsq.Debug.profile(function() {
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	}
	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'));
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	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.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
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			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(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; }
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	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
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				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=washingtonindependent&t=tancredo_buchanan_bruised_by_racist_8216karate_chop8217&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
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	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
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			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
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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');
}

})();




