On this special day, we honor veteran Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl, our military parents, siblings and friends, and all those who served.
Odds are you don't know the name Michael Strobl. But you may have heard of the essay he wrote, A Marine's Journey Home, which was subsequently turned into the moving film Taking Chance. Occasionally, there are "reality" stories that should be told. This was one of them.
Wrote Strobl: "I didn't know how to express my sympathy for their loss and my gratitude for their sacrifice. Now, however, they were repeatedly thanking me for bringing their son home and for my service. I was humbled beyond words. I told them that I had some of his things and asked if we could find a quiet place. The five of us ended up in what appeared to be a computer lab -- not what I had envisioned for this occasion.
After we had arranged five chairs around a small table, I told them about our trip. I told them how, at every step, Chance was treated with respect, dignity, and honor. I told them about the staff at Dover and all the folks at Northwest Airlines. I tried to convey how the entire nation -- from Dover to Philadelphia to Minneapolis to Billings and Riverton -- expressed grief and sympathy over their loss."
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Deanna said the parchment paper initials was for allergies. So to me it sounds like a catering company made the food. Regular cooks don't have that kind of parchment paper indicating different allergies in their homes. Busted!
Honestly? It looked like it had been written on the parchment paper with a sharpie. And it's very easy to get quality parchment paper from Williams Sonoma, which, if memory serves, is one of Kate's places to shop.
That doesn't mean it was catered, but it doesn't mean it was either. Even if someone could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that she had the meal catered or that it was picked up, (say, a receipt from the catering company or the restaurant or a photo of it being delivered or picked up), it wouldn't matter to the fans she has left. They would just say that Kate deserves to have someone make a special meal for her for a change. After all, she slaves from morning til night for her 8, count 'em, 8 kids.
If people want to keep talking about this, fine but I personally think it's time to move on. Could we have a Thanksgiving thread where we all share our favorite recipes? Talk about our family traditions? There's been some of that happening already today, but it might be fun.
If you want to put a twist of Kate on it, then talk about Kate Thanksgiving Pasts where we know for a fact it was catered (I seem to remember there being pics of the delivery van dropping off food, but my memory can be shoddy, so I apologize if I'm incorrect.)
Or discuss what you think will be on her (catered) menu this year. Will she be sharing Thanksgiving with the kids? Or will they be at Jon's? How soon after Thanksgiving until the "pap" photos she takes (or hires someone to take) are released? Will they be picked up this year? Or will Radar/Star/US simply pass?
That doesn't mean it was catered, but it doesn't mean it was either.
Shoot. That should have been:
That doesn't mean it wasn't catered, but it doesn't mean it was either.
The biggest indication Kate didn't make it isn't the initials or the paper, it's how the food looks. Edible. Little she has tweeted before looks anything close to that. That's all I need to know.
She's tweeted about DWTS about a dozen times but never once wished Tony luck or said something nice about him. Effectively she's rolled her window up on him.
Remember her Coupon Cabin post she treated like a press release to respond to Tony and Andersen JUST JOKING AROUND about her? LOL. That was definitely one of her biggest WTF moments at that job. A job which she recently lost, sheeple, now that you mention those who can't keep a job.
As for the dig about bankruptcy? Arrogant twats. I hope you are never in such dire straights that you have to turn to that. You never know what the future holds.
If those JIK letters were put there by Katherine in a heroic attempt to give Kate directions for opening the packets for a lovely presentation, it was all for naught. That one looked like Kate ripped it open with her teeth.
If people want to keep talking about this, fine but I personally think it's time to move on.
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I would like to hear what people have to say about it as long as they want to talk about it.
When everyone's done they'll stop talking about it.
No one has to move on. The story is not that old, it only just happened this weekend, and Deanna just added another wrinkle just TODAY. If people are still taking about it in a month I'll ask them to move on, LOL. Until then parchment paper gate is alive and well!
Diane Downs' lover Lew Lewiston's real name was Nick Knickerbocker. He moved to Ohio and apparantly is on his 3rd wife.
Lots of good info here: http://www.findadeath.com/forum/showthread.php?11591-Diane-Downs/page5
Diane is so much like Kate it's eerie.
Actually her reply was very polite.
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Kate actually let someone else take credit for something. Baby steps.
I walked with my Great- grand-father,in a parade when I was 8...He was a WW2vet.In a very small town,in Hillsboro Wis...My grandpa was the only one who could walk...He didn't want to go.He said he had no such honor coming to him...He did what every man "should" do.
I wave my flag proudly in honor of my grandfather (yes my great-grandpa). I hope I can make such a mark as he did. To give my all for a country who has lost it's honor.
All vet's deserve respect...they gave their lives for our freedom....if we agree or not!
The sermon this Sunday was called Just Doing My Duty, Sir. It tied in with a Bible verse but was about Veterans Day too.
If you have never seen "Taking Chance" . It's a must.This movie will give you such a insight.After I watched this movie...I made my teenagers sit down and watch it to!Both my teens said they had NO clue. Both my teens said they really didn't understand what it ment to give their life for their country.
I also had no idea how much respect was given to the dead.The escort home is what it should be...complete honor and respect...
This is one of the best movies every....A movie who showcases a true hero.
He wasent looking for awards...he wasn't looking for kudos, he was just looking to survive!.
Catfish guy is on Leno.
In case anyone is interested, Christie, the daughter that testified against Diane Downs, is married to a police officer, had a son in 2005 and is working as a social worker.
Danny, the son who was paralyzed, was an athlete in college. Not sure what he's doing now.
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Until then parchment paper gate is alive and well!
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"parchment paper gate" made me laugh out loud!
I took all you ladies on vacation with me! I stayed up last night reading ALL the posts.
What now? Deanna is now lying for Kate? If that meal was marked for allergies, why not just out a "D" on hers? I like the theory the marking was a diagram to open up the parchment. KATE DID NOT COOK THAT DINNER.
I made a pact with myself that I would not look at her pictures. So, I really appreciated all the speculation and the descriptions.
My guess -- conversation at Kate's dinner table would involve a lot of hand flapping and a monologue or two.
Dmasy...
aww...feeling some Tx love today?? Was it you that had the ostrich avatar? that one was hilarious. It's how I imagine Kate looking when she gets older!
Hey, aggiemom...wanted to say a belated congrats to you on Saturday's win...From an Auburn grad.
Aggiemom - I do have the ostrich photo. We visited an ostrich farm on the island of Aruba. Those birds are full of spunky personality. I got to hold a baby. We ate some egg dish in the attached restaurant. Couldn't tell the flavor difference.
Paula..
Thanks! It was an awesome game. Upsets are always great, no matter who is playing.
The Aggies have wildly exceeded expectations this year. I credit our new coaching staff and a red-shirted QB.
We are going to the game this Sat., I'll get to see my kids this weekend! yea!
<------------------Hey Kate.
I got to hold a baby.
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Dmasy,
Did you squeal and sob? Did you get to name it? possibly Honey??
lol
There was a quote that Kate has passed around on many interviews that makes my blood boil, and I yet again came across it again in a recent thread. It's when Kate states that she could not go back to nursing because 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week could not support her family, also how all she made would go to pay the babysitter.
As someone who works in the nursing profession, I take major offense to her accusations. First of all, 3 and only 3, 12 hour shifts a week is full time. She is not a medical resident that works 80 hour weeks and gets paid very little. If she could actually work 6, 12 hour shifts, that's 72 hours a week, she would be making 32 hours overtime! No hospital in the world would pay that. But let's go with this. A nurse that has experience, which she does can make minimum 30$/hr, probably more, but I'm going low. 30x40hr is 1200/wk. Overtime is time and a half, so 45$/hr. 45x32hr is 1540/wk. Total is 2740/wk and 10,960$ a month, before taxes. Is that what a babysitter makes?!? Should I be changing professions. According to her, a babysitter who watches children after school, makes six figures a year. Screw college! What a complete moron.
So now that we have returned from lalaland let's figure something actually plausible. Full time, is 3, 12 hour shifts, and she could pick up 4 hours somewhere for a full 40. Done. That's 1200/wk and 4800/month. That is totally livable if she stopped pretending she needs, 3 cars, million dollar homes, 26 acres and all the bells and whistles. Plus, she only has her children 50% of the time. She could arrange work hours so she works when they are with dad and home with her. NO BABYSITTER. But we all know Kate alters reality to benefit and often make her point for her. 5000$ a month. I know many people who can live off that very well. And, yes she could pick up a few hours of overtime if she wanted. My calcs are also the lowest end. I made more than that, a couple years out of nursing school. Does she even realize how many people she insults with these ridiculous comments? Like I said, my blood was boiling and I had to vent. Thanks for listening.
Dmasy said... 20
I made a pact with myself that I would not look at her pictures. So, I really appreciated all the speculation and the descriptions.
My guess -- conversation at Kate's dinner table would involve a lot of hand flapping and a monologue or two.
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Dmasy, just being curious. Why have you decided not to look at the pics?
Ally thanks for that. Reminds me of CNN after the debates when they did a sort of fact or fiction about what the candidates said!
Ally said... 27
You are completely right. However - do you really want a A #1 Germaphope with the bedside manner of a lava rock attending to you when you're sick? I for one am glad she's not working as a nurse again as it would only serve to give nurse's a bad name.
I do hope she gets a hell of a comeuppance though. My popcorn is ready.
Greedy Gosselins...
I read your thread about a shady ex. I have the most sympathy for anyone in that situation. My ex husband, who I was with for 12 years, one day, mind you I was injured and about to undergo major open knee surgery, tells me he does not love me anymore, no reasons why, wants a divorce, destroys me and my family, made my mother leave work to come get me I was so upset, took me to her house, could not get any answers out of him, when I went back later in the evening to pick up clothes to stay at my moms, was eating dinner in front of the tv and laughing. Then I told him to stay away from the hospital, I was having a big surgery and did not want him anywhere near me. My parents picked me up, and we left. 15 minutes after I get to the hospital for my surgery, he walks in, sits down and starts talking to us like nothing happened. My surgeon actually thought we reconciled because of hs behavior. I couldn't throw him out without a scene. He apparently sat with my parents in the waiting room for over 3 hours, trying to chat them up. They wanted to strangle him. He tried to send me flowers and gifts in the hospital. He even tried to show up and visit. I ignored him, I had a roommate, I couldn't yell at him. Hindsight I should have told the hospital to keep him away. He was feeling guilty about his lowsy timing and wanted to make himself feel better, not me. I was in for over 6 weeks and kept getting harassed for a divorce. He wanted me to get on it, in the hospital. That was a low point for me. I sympathize with you. There are some really lousy men out there. Just so happens it is the 4 year anniversary of that event for me right now. It was November 10. All my best to you.
Mel said... 197
Something I really have no respect for is how Milo refers to Robert Hofman as robbieh.
It's so demeaning, much like Mr. Kiwi House Man.
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Or Purseboy.
Buttercup...
I totally, 100% agree with you. I would never want a person like her as my nurse. I work in pediatrics and thinking about her around sick children, is frightening, sad and horrible. But, it was what she went to school for. There are plenty of nursing jobs that are more managerial and less patient care. If she went back, I would advise a non patient contact end of nursing. But who are we kidding. She needs a job that requires no HUMAN contact at all. She should sit in front of a computer and not talk to or interact with anyone. Are there jobs like those or is she totally screwed ;)
Ally said... 27
I have tons of respect for nurses.
But I think Kate rather shoot herself in the foot be for she had return to nursing.
She doesn't want to work for her money.
Life Tools @LifeTools
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Well this platitude should be easy for Kate since she doesn't give a rip about anyone else in the first place let alone cares what they're doing.
Great Minds Quotes @GreatestQuotes
"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." - Thomas Edison
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LOL! Guys these are great! Yeah that's the problem, Kate just isn't living up to her full potential.
Justin Timberlake was getting married and on his honeymoon when Sandy struck. They just got back the other day. Jet-lagged after what is it, a 14 hour flight to Africa? What's the first thing he did? Started helping out relief efforts:
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel handed out relief backpacks to survivors of Hurricane Sandy in Far Rockaway, N.Y., E! Online reported.
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The two spent 3 1/2 hours handing out the supplies until all the relief trucks were emptied, E! reported Saturday.
Timberlake and Biel just arrived back in New York City from a honeymoon in Tanzania.
They were married in Italy.
Kate sounds like she's just going on as normal, no thought to the Kendra backlash, or the RH stuff, CC fiasco...is she putting on a front or is she just non-reactive? Detached?
And another Pit Pit Bull RT :(
HuffPo has another article about KG - this time what Robert revealed about her multi-million dollar earnings (but how can a single struggling mother of 8 count them 8 children be a multi-millionaire?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/kate-gosselin-earnings_n_1967633.html
I love the comments. They are unforgiving! LOL
Doh! I just realized that that article has been up for about a month. It came on my news alert because CBS21 basically reprinted it. Sorry for the old news.
MsGoody2Shoes21 @msgoody2shoes21
@kateplusmy8 BREAKING NEWS ABOUT PIT BULLS RT @ChicagoBreaking: Suit: Pit bull has Willmette neighbors on edge http://po.st/TmfkYD
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Wow. She just tweeted this last night. Will she STOP? Kate, you "won" this one. Liz backed off and shut down her twitter account. She knows full well she is encouraging her fans to get all in a tizzy. It's immature and passive aggressive. Enough already. She is the ex wife from hell.
Oh and since we're retweeting the rare and non-representative dog attack stories almost always due to owners, here are a few very recent German Shepherd stories I'd like to retweet to hypocritical Kate:
Four hours ago, Connecticut:
Two German Shepherds escaped from a yard on Porters Hill Road and ran into the street, attacking a 56-year-old neighbor who was taking a walk, biting the man several times before the owner's son could get control of the dogs.
http://monroe.patch.com/articles/german-shepherds-attack-a-neighbor
October 25, Vancouver: German Shepherd attacks toddler's face, he may need surgery http://www.vancouversun.com/German+Shepherd+attacks+toddler+face+Calgary+family+home/7445246/story.html
Nov 4, Australia: A woman walking her two Shih Tzu dogs was attacked by a large German Shepherd, leaving one of her dogs fighting for its life.
http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/breaking-news-blog/woman-walking-dogs-attacked-by-german-shepherd/20121105-28teb.html
There are many more, especially several where German Shepherds just attacked and seriously injured or killed people's pets out walking.
In fact, it was easier to find German Shepherd attack stories over the past few weeks than pit bull ones.
Note: I don't think German Shepherds raised right are unsafe to be around kids, I just think Kate is a hypocritical too. I'd love to see a retweet blast of those stories to her.
Ally, you make all the sense in the world, but we're talking about Kate, who lives in her own reality. In her world, she has convinced herself of this absolute lie that she can't go back to nursing.
Of course she can, but she would rather chase fame.
What has made me the most perplexed is not Kate spewing lies over and over again, because I truly believe she's not "all there". I don't even think she'd fail a lie detector at this point. But what gets me is all of the supposedly intelligent professionals that never once said, "hmm...this makes no sense at all" and really question her.
Most media is in bed together so they're not going to bite any hand that feeds them.
I totally get your frustration, but nursing is but one of Kate's lies that she's told over the years. She's actually been very successful at projecting an image, with a very large, very rich company pushing said image for profit.
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That German Shepard story in Connecticut is the town right next to mine. I know the road. I'll check it out. Monroe, CT.
Oh wow, Ally. I'd love to know more. Especially if anyone knows how he was treated.
And because I'm in a snarky mood, I'd love for anyone on twitter to retweet blast it to Kate.
Kate and this pit bull story--she's the proverbial dog that won't let go of the bone. How ironic.
Tweet-le Dee -- I don't go to her blog either. I didn't check out Coupon Cabin until they terminated her. I am always glad when someone reports here, because I do have a morbid interest!
Many threads ago, someone posted the statistics of "hits" -- peeks to her photos. Most of twitter attachments were posed pictures of the children. I just decided that I would not contribute to a number that measured the attention she was getting.
I am very curious. I just don't want to encourage Kate.
This poster is someone who knows Liz,
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I don't think they know Liz. I think they are just a rabid Kate fan fringe group willing to post outright lies to make their point. They posted Liz filed for bankruptcy but someone here checked the public records and reported back that's not true.
By the way, going around saying someone declared bankruptcy if not true is without a doubt libelous.
And even if it were true, it's none of their business.
There's a new KG related post on Radar discussing the GosselinBook blog being shut down.
I'm of two minds about it. It's clear to me that Robert Hoffman went to Radar with this story. I understand his irritation and frustration. I sympathize and understand that he feels like David battling Kate and Discovery's Goliath and selling stories to Radar is his way of trying to show the world the real Kate Gosselin.
That being said, I am upset that he is a large part of why she is still relevant at this time. It felt like she was starting to fade back into obscurity and bam! He's given her narcissism another opportunity to reign unchecked, e.g. Look at me! I shut down the bullies blog! I'm just made of awesome! When in reality it was likely Discovery's team that got it removed (I'm surprised they haven't come after your blog, Admin).
As I said, I'm torn. I really wish she would just go away. There isn't anything that can be done to help the kids at this point, I frankly don't think the rest of the world gives a flying flip and I would rather she just be allowed to hang herself because she was doing a pretty good job without Robert's help, IMO.
However, I don't like corporate America bullying the little guy and that's what this feels like. It's frankly overkill on both sides, IMO. I think Discovery and Kate are using this situation to keep her relevant and Robert, in his zealous righteousness, is playing right into it.
Sigh. It's just so junior high school and sad to see adults behave this way.
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Further research, I could that in July, 2 German shepherds on the same road attacked a 13 year old boy who was visiting that house. The bite was not serious and ultimately did not need sutures. Dogs were quarantined for 2 weeks and then given back to the owner. Now those same dogs attack a 56 year old man walking in the street. The owners now say they won't return to the neighborhood. NOW!! Attacking a child was not good enough? This man should sue that family. This is negligence by many. Does someone halve to die first! I'm appalled!
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/11/kate-gosselin-strikes-back-author-who-criticized-her-has-all-his-posts-wiped-web
Yup, the saga continues. Apparently someone/some firm/entity got Roberts posts taken down. Appears he did not chose to do it himself.
It sounds like Discovery put their muscle behind this.
It appears Kate still has her teflon coating.
I'm surprised they haven't come after your blog, Admin).
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Really? I'm not. I've been very careful since day one to protect us from lawsuits. We mostly just report what Kate says. Nothing wrong with that. I didn't write a book revealing shocking secrets. We simply talk about what's already been revealed, like blogs do every day all day all around the net about a variety of celebs. They gave up on us years ago.
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When in reality it was likely Discovery's team that got it removed
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I don't know, I don't think that's the reality at all. You would have to file suit and get a court order to get it removed, and that would be public record. No one has seen anything of the sort in the public record. Whatever happened happened pre-court, pre-trial, pre-lawsuit.
Could they, pre-lawsuit, ask, threaten and bully to get it removed, threatening million dollar lawsuits? Yes. And he could have relented to avoid a lawsuit. That's different.
ROL has an article regarding Robert Hoffman's blog. It says he was surprised all of his posts were removed. This is really getting mysterious. I hope she does not run out of money for lawyers. Maybe it is Discovery that is footing the legal bills.
Could they, pre-lawsuit, ask, threaten and bully to get it removed, threatening million dollar lawsuits? Yes. And he could have relented to avoid a lawsuit. That's different.
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Robert shared with radar that a message to got told him all of his posts were reset to "draft" status.
What is a DCMA complaint?
What is nice about ROL is that they keep choosing those very unflattering photo's of Kate to go with their stories.
He revealed he received this message at the top of his account page: "We have received a DMCA complaint for one or more of your blogs. Emails with the details were sent to you and all affected posts have been reset to "Draft" status (you may find them by selecting "Drafts" on the "Edit posts" page for each of the affected blogs). You may re-publish the posts with the offending content and/or link(s) removed. If you believe you have the rights to post this content, you can file a counter-claim with us."
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This is legit. I got something like this for posting a photo of that Disney World Dolphin cove thing. They put the post on draft status--no one noticed because it was an old post.
Disney got their panties in a bunch. LOL, wow Disney sure wants to disassociate with kate huh? So I simply removed the photo of the Cove and republished and everything was fine. The post was indeed put to draft status put I just had to republish it.
This is standard practice for blogger and actually I think very fair.
Robert shared with radar that a message to got told him all of his posts were reset to "draft" status.
What is a DCMA complaint?
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A COPYRIGHT complaint!!! Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Which is HYSTERICAL because how can you claim copyright in something you never said or did. BAW-HAHAAH!!!
Folks, it's not a libel complaint. It's not a defamation/slander complaint. It is a COPYRIGHT complaint, period. It's all they got.
Does anyone know how to contact Robert? I think the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) may be able to help him since there was a DCMA takedown of his website. Also - there might be a chance he could rehost his blog on a server outside the US.
https://www.eff.org/ for more info.
Honestly - this is a free speech issue. She threw away the computers - he passed a lie detector test regarding how he came across the material. She's using her big expensive powerful lawyers (with TLC in cahoots) to "take down the little guy".
By the way I always suspected some bored sheeple were the ones who emailed Disney to bellyache I stole their photo and have tried the same thing with other photos we've posted.
How else would Disney find some random photo of theirs on an obscure blog when a million other blogs have done the same thing and they didn't care?
I don't want to advise Robert, he really should consult a copyright attorney (COPYRIGHT, SHEEPLE, not LIBEL). But this may be as simple a matter as removing any photos he doesn't have the rights to and any portions of contracts that are too long to make the point. This may be very simple to take care of. I took care of my DMCA claim in about 10 minutes, simple as that.
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Further research, I could that in July, 2 German shepherds on the same road attacked a 13 year old boy who was visiting that house. The bite was not serious and ultimately did not need sutures. Dogs were quarantined for 2 weeks and then given back to the owner. Now those same dogs attack a 56 year old man walking in the street.
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See. Negligent owners, just like I thought.
With the One Bite Rule (your dog bites once, you're libel for future incidents) they could be in a lot of trouble with this guy.
Although there's been some bashing of Rachael Ray recently, I happened to catch her show today. She and her team did a kitchen makeover for a beautiful, sweet, caring ,single mom of 9 (count 'em 9) foster children, all who have disabilities. And what this mom wanted above all was a kitchen table big enough so that they could all eat together at one time. Suck it, Kate. When was the last time you gave back to anyone in need? Fish in paper, trips to New York for ugly hair, grifting for free stuff. Sickening witch.
You know it does kind of bug me that I can literally see the children's money being eaten up dollar by dollar by Marty Singer.
Kate will have a fine excuse when she doesn't have any money for them left. She spent it kids defending your honor.
Speaking of doughnuts with poor grammar,
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I can honestly say I've never heard someone say that before.
Dmasy there is no way I know of that viewing photos can be counted as hits like on the bogus hit counter you see on her website. Did you see the Google trending chart that someone posted yesterday? Kate is so low on the chart she's almost non-existent. She's about to enter the "lower than pond scum" category. About 60% of her Twitter followers are fake. Just so you know, you're not contributing to anything that could be construed as Kate being popular if you look at her pictures. And also remember, even though we may have looked at her CC blog she got fired.
Admin....is it getting time to post another chapter review?
And we can post the link on celebrity sites.
I really hope some top lawyer steps up and helps Robert pro bono.
Ally...27 Kate always says she can't go back to nursing because the money would go right to the babysitter. However, here she sits more than a year after having her ass fired from TLC and she is not bringing in an income. She doesn't seemed concerned about money at all because she knows she doesn't have to be. She's loaded. She doesn't want to be a nurse she wants to be a "stah". Saying the money she makes as a nurse would go to the sitter sounds better than admitting she wants to be on TV.
I chuckled when I read the tweet from Deanna that the "bullies" (us, don't you guys feel proud) spend all day and night talking about Kate. She just outed herself that she reads here. We know Kate and the sheeple do but now it is confirmed that Deanna does as well. So Deanna, I have a question: J/K on a piece of parchment paper denotes a food allergy. Please elaborate. What ingredient in "fish in paper" is someone allergic to? If it's the fish, then they are not eating "fish in paper". The vegetables or herbs? Probably not. You and Kate really need to think before you tweet this shit. The sheeple may be stupid but the ladies on this blog are quite intelligent. I thought you were smarter than that.
Just saw the picture of the girls reading Kate's book. How many copies of this crap does she have? I noticed that the chair the girls were sitting in was shoved in front of a door (you can see the handle) blocking the door but affording a view of a doghouse. Scripted much Kate. Just like your show and your life. We're on to you and have been for quite awhile.
TO ROBERT HOFFMAN
Have u been in touch with either of these organizations to discuss your book and blog?
Electronic FrontierFoundation
Chilling Effects.
Paul Peterson
Eff.org
Chillingeffects.org
minorcon.org
Let me think about the next chapter review. It might be better to wait until we have a better idea what is going on with the legal issues first. I'm not implying we're in trouble, but this is all part of being the mother hen of this blog and being careful and cautious--though not paranoid. Sillimom is surprised they haven't come after this blog, but I'm not, because we're careful and cautious.
Again, I'm not advising Robert, but I Think the biggest problem he ran into was reposting so much of the contracts. You know what, those ARE their contracts and they do have a right to keep them private other than important points that are matters of public concern. For instance, protections or lack thereof for the children (i.e. the sick days provisions that were so appalling) and whether the children were paid are important points that you can probably get away with publishing.
He should have pulled two or three important points from the contracts, two or three matters of public concern, and left the rest off--and then I don't think they would have a leg to stand on in a copyright suit.
But by posting it ALL, every word, word for word, so much of which we really don't need to know? Yeah, it's an issue.
And what's a shame is that now it has bogged down other parts of the book where there really isn't any legal issues that could have been posted freely.
I think this proves the point that a layman really should be 100% up to speed on applicable copyright laws and libel/defamation laws, of which there are many and of which it's all very complicated, or you might find yourself up a creek without a paddle.
Admin-If only a few posts on blog contain items that may be subject to copyright infringement, is it usual for all the posts to be set to draft status?
I'm trying to remember what was on the blog that would be subject to copyright infringement. The only thing right now I can think of would be pictures that Robert himself did not take. He did publish the pap photos of Jon and Hannah(?) without giving credit. Could that be one of the posts in question?
Is posting the Lane contract, or Steve's bill to TLC really a copyright issue?
Ally...27 Kate always says she can't go back to nursing because the money would go right to the babysitter. However, here she sits more than a year after having her ass fired from TLC and she is not bringing in an income.
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And she admits she has a babysitter now. So woudn't it be better to at least work and get SOME money coming in to pay her even if you break even? Because as it stands now by her logic she is bleeding money out in the red. Half of nothing is nothing.
If I recall, he used pap photos or some kind of photo on nearly every post. That's an issue if he didn't have permission.
Is posting the Lane contract, or Steve's bill to TLC really a copyright issue?
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Could be.
Admin said...
This is legit. I got something like this for posting a photo of that Disney World Dolphin cove thing. They put the post on draft status--no one noticed because it was an old post.
Disney got their panties in a bunch. LOL, wow Disney sure wants to disassociate with kate huh? So I simply removed the photo of the Cove and republished and everything was fine. The post was indeed put to draft status put I just had to republish it.
This is standard practice for blogger and actually I think very fair
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How does the content get removed from one's blog without them knowing about it? How is it accomplished, who has access to someone else's blog that can remove content?
To Sillimommy, if you are so concerned about Kate being relevant why are you here? Some of us want to be here and snark on Kate and it is annoying to hear such complaints from someone who is a regular posting many times all day. Thanks for listening.
So is it possible that Kate's lawyers had nothing to do with it? Robert's blog was still up over a month after the book was pulled. Why would Kate's lawyers wait so long to send a DCMA complaint? They got the book pulled after 2 days, why wait until now to get the blog posts removed?
Let me think about the next chapter review. It might be better to wait until we have a better idea what is going on with the legal issues first. I'm not implying we're in trouble, but this is all part of being the mother hen of this blog and being careful and cautious-
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I was just going to post the same thing...it's a wait and watch situation. Being a Mother Hen is always wise.
Capecodmomma...
I respectfully have to disagree about Kate's rationale for not going back to nursing. I know she wants to stay on tv. So she should just state that and state she is not interested in nursing as a career anymore. I can't stand her, but I could respect a truthful answer, rather than belittle her former profession and nursing in general. I know the woman lies so much that her lies are her truths, but this is not something everyone does not already know. She wants tv, fame, stardom and MONEY!, not self respect.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 73
Is posting the Lane contract, or Steve's bill to TLC really a copyright issue?
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But then why did everything have to be removed? Many of the posts had no copyright issues.
How does the content get removed from one's blog without them knowing about it? How is it accomplished, who has access to someone else's blog that can remove content?
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This was two years ago, I'm trying to remember what happened.
I believe I got an email that "Walt Disney Company" had filed a DMCA complaint about a post I made. I do remember they identified Walt Disney as the maker of the complaint. They also linked to the photo they were having a problem with and explained that if I fixed the post I could republish. It was clear what I needed to do. I believe there was also an option to contest it, but I chose not to. I'm not going to fight over a stupid dolphin photo.
They only put the Dolphin Cove post on draft status. Everything else was left undisturbed.
I went into the post, removed the photo, and republished. I never heard from them again.
Who knows if Google's policies are the same at handling this. Perhaps they do things a little differently and remove all your posts until you fix the issues, but that's how I imagine they do it with me. They were specific about what needed to be done at least to me.
Jane, I don't know what google's policies are, but they may remove all posts now when there is an issue to get you to act faster.
For instance someone may not act immediately on a Disney photo from awhile ago if the blog is otherwise up and running. But take a blog down and it tends to get people moving. Just speculation.
Lancaster thanks, I agree.
This blog means too much to us to jeopardize it over one chapter review.
Admin, when I said I was surprised they hadn't come after you I was referring to DCMA violations. Not that you abuse it or anything - you do a great job protecting this blog - but just that it's very easy to file that sort of complaint and, as was demonstrated in Robert's case, easy to get a blog, etc. shut down, especially when the site owner doesn't have the saavy you do. In most cases, it's corporate bullying, plain and simple and it's wrong, IMO.
My husband is very passionate on this subject (Don't get him started on the BSA (Business Software Alliance)) and so it raises my hackles when I hear about things like this.
I applaud your handling of the situation when it happened to you and I wish Robert had done the same rather than rushing to sell the story to Radar. I will say this - Radar doesn't seem to be overly concerned with Kate's legal team's threats anymore. They've run several negative pieces about her as has the Huffington Post.
I wonder what caused the 180?
I have also said this many times before as well. KG is NOT interested in a nursing career of any kind. That was then and this is now. It is just irritating that she can't be honest and say so when asked about nursing. Many people change career paths. Now we also know she is never going to be a media stah but talking about how she could return to nursing is just beating a very dead horse.
Tweet oh if I wasn't clear, Google/Blogger removes it.
Blogger protects your identity so the only way DMCA complaints can be filed is to write to google about it. Google then makes a decision what to do about it. One thing they can do is temporarily remove your posts and ask you to make changes, which is what they did to me.
In my situation, I thought it was a reasonable, fair solution. Shutting down the entire blog permanently for one mistake would be very harsh.
Just saw this on twitter - interesting stats about how many of K8's followers are inactive or fake vs. some other celebrities.
Zipper McGee @zippermcgee
@SchmeckyGirl @kateplusmy8 Interesting stats of how many of K8's followers are actually inactive and fakes. http://imgur.com/a/j7oAd
This is the album: http://imgur.com/a/j7oAd
Admin, when I said I was surprised they hadn't come after you I was referring to DCMA violations
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What DCMA violations?? I didn't write the book or post any contracts or photos. We're essentially just "reporters" like everyone else.
Everyone all over the net is talking about what Robert said, including Huffington Post and Radar Online. I NEVER reposted anything but tiny snippets of contracts. It makes no sense to single out this blog when the whole internet has talked about this story in the exact same manner we have. I would seriously be shocked if they came after this blog. Shocked.
You're ALLOWED to comment on a public story. That has nothing to do with DMCA. Now, being the author of that story is a whole other matter.
Admin...
My thoughts exactly. I read Roberts book and my biggest, ugh oh moment was when I read all the contracts. He literally posted all the contracts in their entirety. If the bulk of the contracts were eliminated or just omitted, the meat and potatoes of what he was trying to accomplish was still there. If the contracts were out, I don't think the book ever would have gotten pulled from amazon. It was tlc/discovery that got the book pulled, not Kate. Libel was never the issue, which her defenders never understood. The information is all true. Now this contracts stuff, overshadows the abuse and so her supporters say, see all lies. I really wish Robert had thought that part through better.
Admin, thanks for the reply. After I posted my questions I figured it out. DUH!
In Radar's article they make it sound like Robert had no warnings. That seems odd to me.
Buttercup...
Thanks. 63% of her twitter followers are fake or inactive, only 37% are usable accounts. Interesting...
Buttercup - Very interesting info. So 67% of her followers aren't following her really at all. 37% still seems like a high number. How many people would that actually be? How many followers does she claim to have? 100,000 or something? So that would mean she really only has 37,000 active followers. And of those 37,000 with active accounts how many actually pay attention to her?
This is Blogger's copyright policy:
http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=157218
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 85
Tweet oh if I wasn't clear, Google/Blogger removes it.
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But since you have your own website now (realitytvkids.com) and are not on blogger or blogspot, can Google/blogger still remove the posts? Just trying to figure out how this works.
Blogger still hosts us but allows us to use our own name.
Ally & Orangecrusher...I agree with you that Kate doesn't want a career in nursing, however, that didn't come across in my post. Apologies.
She should just come right out and say it but we all know she won't do that.
I have to post a Kate retweet. "Not everyone that started with you, will finish with you. Be prepared to go alone."
If she really believes this that is a lonely, depressing way to live life. Sounds like the mantra of someone who is bitter and alone, not a happy person.
Ally said... 96
Kate did say a one point and I quote "Stand with me or against me".
I believe she said to John when they were arguing in on epi.
Kate's newest twitter fan is...wait for it...
12 years old and she has been her biggest fan since 2008!
This is really pathetic. And what is a 12 year old doing on twitter. Kate welcomes her, yet her own 12 year olds are not allowed anywhere near twitter. Hypocritical much?
So I was online this morning looking for an e-card to send to my friend for her birthday, and one was labeled "unicorn farting rainbows". I nearly fell off my chair, and immediately thought of you ladies (and any gentlemen lurking here).
Did anyone watch "Bones" last night? If you didn't, you should check it out. The episode had me in tears through most of it. It's available on Hulu today, and it is well worth watching. Very fitting for Veterans' Day. It didn't go in quite the direction I was expecting it to, but that's what makes it such a good show, IMO.
Hi, just a thought, Robert had a photo of Kendra posted on his blog. Maybe she complained he didn't have permission.
readerlady:
I like Bones a lot too but have missed a couple. Often catch up on Hulu...have you read the books? Or did we discuss that? My mind ain't what she used to be!
Kate tweeted that she is welcome to go to DWTS anytime she wants. Maybe...but somehow I think she has to foot the airfare and hotel and that's why she has never been back. She actually told Milo she can go whenever she wants. So go then!
I have a platitude for Kate. A packed funeral is a life well lived.
But since you have your own website now (realitytvkids.com) and are not on blogger or blogspot, can Google/blogger still remove the posts? Just trying to figure out how this works.
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Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 94
Blogger still hosts us but allows us to use our own name.
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I see. Thanks!
I know the guy who repatriates all our Canadian fallen
What a heart-breaking job he does. When I asked him how he could keep doing it, he said for the families. Our Highway of Heroes lined with thousands of supporters help immensly.
I have not seen Taking Chance, but the minute I can afford inter.et I will.
OT: thanks twit for answering my question last thread
Tbanks for all who have served and their families, I owe my freedom and my dd's to you...butterfly..thanks
franky
Formerly -- I've read most of the books by Reichs. I'm in the middle of listening to "Flash and Bones" right now, and haven't read or listened to the most recent. The books really don't have much relevance to the show, other than the name of the central character. On a timeline, the show takes place before the books. The books are really good, though. Some are better than others, but I haven't read one yet that I would call bad. If you've read and liked them, try books by Beverly Connor. She has a couple of series and they are similar to Reichs' books.
Franky, "Taking Chance" is available on DVD. Your library might have a copy that you can borrow.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 56
Robert shared with radar that a message to got told him all of his posts were reset to "draft" status.
What is a DCMA complaint?
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A COPYRIGHT complaint!!! Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Which is HYSTERICAL because how can you claim copyright in something you never said or did. BAW-HAHAAH!!!
Folks, it's not a libel complaint. It's not a defamation/slander complaint. It is a COPYRIGHT complaint, period. It's all they got.
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For now. I think it is just the beginning.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 103
I have a platitude for Kate. A packed funeral is a life well lived.
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Or good food at the buffet afterwards! :)
Readerlady thanks I'll look into it...though living in a french ' hood may nog help, I may be able to order it from the west ( english) 'hood though. Thanks for the suggestion..=)
franky
Thanks Administrator for your explanation (#56) re Robert's posts. Hopefully this means 'stay tuned, there is more to come'.
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Readerlady and formerly duped
I watched Bones last night...if you read the books..first case happed 2 houses south of where I lived waaay back then..thanks for reminder
ps..she rules!
franky
Silimom said... 91
Buttercup - Very interesting info. So 67% of her followers aren't following her really at all. 37% still seems like a high number. How many people would that actually be? How many followers does she claim to have? 100,000 or something? So that would mean she really only has 37,000 active followers. And of those 37,000 with active accounts how many actually pay attention to her?
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I agree that 37000 still seems very high considering her Google Trends info which says that people looking for her are back to about 2007 levels. I believe that she has <100 unique people writing to @kateplusmy8 on any given week. Of those it's very obvious that MOST people are "non-fans". I will see if there are any tools out there that can evaluate unique tweets per twitter feed so we can realistically see what impact she is actually having.
For me this data is very eye opening - she's got to be aware that her star ("stah") is fading quickly. She needs a game change or she's REALLY going to be in the dumper by next year (She's pretty close to being irrelevant now!)
Considering that lots of advice has been given to her, which she then ignores, it's obvious that the best she can hope for is to occasionally pop up on mainstream TV but that is not enough to pump her back up to 2009 levels. People are genuinely sick of hearing about her. Look at the comments on any given online article about her.
Just wondering said... 108
For now. I think it is just the beginning.
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Kate may be able to use the kids' money to silence Robert and others...for now. But the truth is out there. She abused her children in the past and is most likely doing so now, if not physically then emotionally, she used and discarded family and friends, is a proven liar, the list is endless of the damage she's done to her children and others. If you'd prefer not to believe Robert Hoffman's book, watch the UNEDITED shows. It's right there, in your face.
I'm one who believes what Robert wrote and support his efforts in getting the truth about Kate out there, although like others, wish he had used a reputable publisher. But there are other 'Roberts' who haven't come forward yet. In time they will. Kate can't hide, the kids money for lawyers won't last forever and her ability to make a decent income continues to circle the drain.
Annabelle said... 100
Hi, just a thought, Robert had a photo of Kendra posted on his blog. Maybe she complained he didn't have permission.
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I just wanted to re-post this so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle.
Following up on what Jane just said...and she can't use a lawyer to silence all 8 kids once they are 18.
readerlady:
I have read a couple of the Reichs books and will try Beverly Connor. Thanks for the recommendation- I am almost out of mysteries!!
For now. I think it is just the beginning.
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I think you're right. It's the beginning of the end of the kids' money that she's spending on high-priced law firms. The book is out. Her deeds are known. To keep this thing going by having attorneys do hours and hours of billing is nonsense. What is it going to accomplish? They may try to prove libel/defamation, but in order to do this, SHE has to prove that those weren't his words. So he may be guilty in copyright infringement. How does that help her? How does it clear her name? It doesn't.
All she is doing is spending money to try to stop him. This is drawing more attention to the book. Not a wise move, unless her motive is to get her name out there, but at what price?
Buttercup - I'm perfectly fine with her becoming irrelevant and the sooner the better.
Jane - I for one believe the evidence presented in Robert Hoffman's book because I saw the original unedited shows. Many people don't realize that the DVDs/Netflix shows are very edited from what was originally aired.
Her behavior was always suspect and Hoffman's book simply confirmed what many of us already knew or suspected - that Kate is a very ill woman who lives in her own fantasy world that revolves around her and when she's confronted with reality she loses it. She will never change. She is like all the other mediocre narcissists in the world.
I have a dream that someday I will log onto this site and find it has been closed to comments and new posts because there is no longer a need to show the world the real Kate Gosselin because there is no new information about her. She will have faded back into obscurity, possibly showing up on a "Whatever happened to?" List.
Sadly, neither she nor the damage she has caused will ever "fade away" from her children's lives. It is something they will carry with them the rest of their days.
In my years on this planet, however, I have learned that kids can survive a lot and I pray it is the case for Jon and Kate's kids.
IMO, Kate let a big opportunity go by last night to show that she doesn't hold a grudge and to show that she has "grown up".
She tweeted that she was watching DWTS, but not one shout out to Tony and Melissa who scored perfect 30's for both their dances. In fact, for last week and this week, they scored 99 out of 100 points. Len made the "bees knees" comment to Tony & Melissa during their first dance, so she did watch them dance, but all she could tweet about it was Mady commenting on Len's statement.
Her silence on their dancing is very telling.
New Naugty but Nice Rob article on Huff Post. Sorry, can't cut and past. Dated today.
Sorry, Jane @114. I was reading down and hadn't gotten to your post when I commented @118. We were thinking the same thing...!! GMTA, and all that!
SaveThe9FromEvillKate said... 121
Thanks for letting us know about the Huff Post article. Here is the link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/kate-gosselin-show-reality-tv-pilot_n_2123189.html
Does anyone have an idea of how much it would cost to fund a pilot/ Would Kate be on every episode I wonder- that would get old fast. And who in their right mind would let their kids have Kate as mom for the week- oh yes, Kendra, and a lot of money & fame- hungry bitches.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/kate-gosselin-show-reality-tv-pilot_n_2123189.html
Meh....SSDD (same sh*t, different day).
It's amazing that Kate continues to maintain such a visible presence in the tabloids. What I do find interesting is the notion that basically, Kate has overexposed herself. What else is there to learn about someone who has had her life documented on Reality TV for years, has had her life written about in tabloids and books, has made innumerable tv appearances decrying all the travesties that she has endured, and who continues to use Twitter as a means of over-sharing everything from what she has for breakfast in the morning, to the one whole low-fat Fig Newton she indulges in at night on her leather sofa with 8 kids lined up behind tape on the rug while they watch TV.
It's exhausting just attempting to aggregate all of this together. Who needs more?
I think that because of her abject fear of obscurity, Kate has officially made the vast majority of TV viewers absolutely sick of her.
Tired of Kate. Today I am making do-ahead turkey gravy, which I will freeze in my one freezer for the big day. My house smells divine: turkey, onions, sage, thyme, etc, simmering on the stove.
Best wshes to Robert, he may have exposed too much in his eagerness, hope he is not shut down.
...and would the G kids have a different 'mother' every filming week? That would surely screw up their heads even further. How dreadful. Some dream sealed with a kiss.What on earth is Jon thinking of this?
Not only is she spending the children's money on high priced lawyers, according to Naughty But Nice Rob, Huffington Post, she(the children) are financing the pilot show she has been forced to make in the hope of selling it to a cable network because the networks have previously turned down her proposed projects.
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If she is filming a pilot does that mean one episode or a few episodes? Seems to me Deeana was working with her this weekend. And stayed in a hotel..some friend!
Isn't her show just a rip-off of "Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy"? Couldn't FOX or whomever came up with the concept for that show go after her if it's the same thing? Trading Kids? Same thing different name.
Rob says that Kate is funding the pilot. Ugh, wish I had a better memory, was that said before. I know it speculated about here, but did R. Hoffman ever mention that. I can't go back and look because some idiot chose to spend her kids money to hide her beating the crap out of them.
Not only is she spending the children's money on high priced lawyers, according to Naughty But Nice Rob, Huffington Post, she(the children) are financing the pilot show she has been forced to make in the hope of selling it to a cable network because the networks have previously turned down her proposed projects.
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Yes, and she doesn't have money for the kids to enroll in gymnastics or go to summer camp, or even to movies, or take a vacation over spring break (which she conveniently forgot about).
Oh and I forgot to say we always have wild rice as one of our sides with Thanksgiving dinner. I swear between being sick and taking new meds I'll be lucky if I remember to put the turkey in.
Some dream sealed with a kiss.What on earth is Jon thinking of this?
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Maybe he's not stressing over it because, like the cruise, he knows it ain't happening!
Delusion or wishful thinking or both? I can't help it, but her tweets make me laugh.
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 Mainstream America is startin 2see RH as really creepy and weird...& judges are startin 2 ask "What's wrong w/this man?"
miloandjack
@Kateplusmy8 Mainstream America is startin 2see RH as really creepy and weird...& judges are startin 2 ask "What's wrong w/this man?"
Kind of like lookin in the mirror, huh, Milo? Those on the blogs and Twitter look at this Milo person as creepy and weird, and have bee asking for some time, "What's wrong w/this obsessed fan?"
Actually Kate's own actions both on the show and Twitter is all I need to see and read to know that she's not right.
Kate likes those sayings, well I've got one for her:
"The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them." - Maya Angelou
Lol. There is no judge involved with a simple DMCA request. In fact the whole point is to try to resolve disputes before running to a judge.
There was no judge in Florida who tapped his gavel and told me to take down that dolphin cove photo and pronto! Lol. It was simply a request from disneys lawyers.
Oye...smaks head
should have said thanks buttercups for your service
need more rympringas now...thank goodness we have delivery
so gonna get rumspringa-bad today
today.
franky
If she weren't so despicable, I'd almost feel sorry for her. She doesn't wear "desperation" very well. It must be horrible to go through life knowing that you are despised because of your own doing, putting the blame on everyone else, and then believing that someone actually is willing to take the chance and lose money on what will be a failing show.
She really doesn't get it.
One more comment and I'm taking a nap and maybe then I'll start thinking somewhat straighter. That's a big maybe, lol
As far as copyright issues and trade secrets, the info about the divorce was quite telling also. I imagine that would make TLC and especially Kate as mad as a wet cat that the public is aware that the vow renewal was a total sham. Yes kids, Mommy and Daddy will be together forever.
Along with the scam that Jon was suppose to file for divorce first but that was all part of TLC's and Kate's trickery to fleece Jon out of a good public image. Kate's horrid and so is TLC/Discovery.
Lol. There is no judge involved with a simple DMCA request. In fact the whole point is to try to resolve disputes before running to a judge.
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Milo isn't really the sharpest tack in the shed. She still hasn't figured out the difference between libel and slander, so what can you expect?
Blowing In The Wind said... 134
well, but it did happen with Kendra, and that's pretty bad IMO
Savethe9:
Don't know if you explained but is that 9 for Shoka? I like that. Feel better1
Milo also doesn't realize that "mainstream" America couldn't care less about Kate Gosselin or even knows who she is.
"I imagine that would make TLC and especially Kate as mad as a wet cat that the public is aware that the vow renewal was a total sham."
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Is "mad as a wet cat" a regional saying? We always say "mad as a wet hen," maybe because we're in farm country. I never heard the wet cat thing, but it does make sense!
Formerly Duped said... 124
Would Kate be on every episode I wonder- that would get old fast. And who in their right mind would let their kids have Kate as mom for the week
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I can't see anyone being the star of her show but her. She wouldn't allow it. I suspect her guests would be of the Zlist or totally unknown kind and portrayed as inept unorganized idiots. Gotta make Kate look the perfect mom of course. Maybe she will try to get some of her delusional fanatics to appear on it. They could make 900 loaves of bread a day, tweet, wash 56 loads of dishes a day etc. That could be a hoot. They would probably steal souvenirs. (pieces of 'the globe', kate's thong, empty wine boxes, Shoka's poop...)
I was throwing around names for the show and thought of something like, "A Walk in my Shoes". As in you think you have it bad try 8 kids-rather than using a Swap kind of name. We will have to see if any ideas written here are used IF-IF-IF it is picked up.
Let's look at that 37% of "good followers". Of that how many are teenage girls or boys who will go on to something else as they mature and lose interest and how many are non-fans who post to Kate on a regular basis? Then factor in those who are employed by Kate such as Deanna and Ted Gibson or is it Jason whatever his last name is? Now what percentage do you have of really true fans that will stay for the long haul? And of those true fans how many have multiple accounts? The percentage lessens even further. Looking pretty dismal for Kate, isn't it?
Did Deanna not see the DC Cupcake episode? Where Kate puts her nose in the air when the guy rejected her cupcake because it wasn't gluten-free? Her remark (paraphrased): I have no time for food allergies? So SHE isn't the one with food allergies. More likely, one of her visitors. No wonder SHE couldn't cook for that. It was a catered meal, no doubt.
I gotta say - Who, when having company, takes a picture of one plate of food? A particularly table set, OK, but dished food on one table? I'm still hosting the large Thanksgiving dinner (I KNOW - adding insult to injury. My wonderful DIL is helping with cooking...so she taste test for me). Two Turkeys - one in convection oven, one deep fried weather permitting (if not, I have two GE (roasters from the '50s with stands. Hmmm, 1950's heirloom GE Roaster, not as cool as the 1980's heirloom faux ultra suede brown Lazy-Boy recliner, but...) and a Tofuky "roast" for my vegan daughter and SIL, vegan/gluten free side dishes (I have SisIL with gluten allergy) along with the all the usual side dishes. Also a vegan pumkin (gluten free crust) so EVERYONE can delight in dessert. Still, I am NOT going to make people wait for a picture to be taken of one plate of food for a photo op. We WILL happily take pics of the my whole family, all 41 of them, at the tables happily enjoying their meal.
One year, as a joke, my one Sister-in-Law bought all 5 of us girls walking windup salt/pepper shaker robots. It is tradition the they all bring their S/P robots. One for each of the tables for "easier" passing of the salt and pepper - not really easier though since the darn things don't go in a straight line. They fall off the table multiple times during the meal. My B'sIL make bets on how many times one'll walk off the table...Better than Thanksgiving Day football. And I LIKE football.
I am so frikkin' mediocre I demand a medal.
Ingrid said... 146
Any show that Kate produces would have to have "Kate" or "8" in it. Remember, she has to remind everyone she has 8, count em, 8 kids.
If the show is a mom swap type of show, how about "Rotate the 8 with Kate"?
Good one Kate is a twit
More Twitter statistics:
http://www.tweetstats.com/graphs/Kateplusmy8
The stats clearly show that she mostly tweets when the kids are home (no surprise). Also she had a drop off of activity in October when she went into twitter silence. Since I was the first one to query @kateplusmy8 there was no data on followers (day to day) but if we go back to tweetstats.com tomorrow we will see that data.
Here is another good report from tweetreach:
http://tweetreach.com/reports/5668369?v=2 for the report I generated and
http://tweetreach.com/reach?q=kateplusmy8&v=2 which auto-updates (so you can compare to the one I generated)
Most of her most "influential contributors" are non-fans with the exceptions being Milo and - the one Robert branded a "lunatic" - msgoody2shoes21
Anyone else getting the picture that MOST of the active people following Kate are actually not fans of hers?
I read the HuffPost article. It does beg the question just how much of the kids' money did Katie sink into this vanity pilot? Oh, but she did have so much fun. Last time I looked she was down to 0 paid promoters. Spin that one Milo/Deanna.
Flight of the Kiwi said... 148
You get a medal from me.
Slander? How many of you have slandered Kate s on this Blog and being watched? You should let the so called atty keep making money and you should all hide. Find a safe blog not slandering Kendra or Kate and her children.
You trust the admin? Even Disney is watching her/him. Several advertisers have dropped this blog.
Now forwarned. This post will be erased. Who advised me? Huffington post employees watching this blog with the Gosselin children being spoken about. FBI? Terroristic threats to Kendra, Kate?
Be careful.
I read the HuffPost article. It does beg the question just how much of the kids' money did Katie sink into this vanity pilot? Oh, but she did have so much fun.
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But there isn't enough money so the kids can buy their lunches once in a while like the rest of their classmates. Meanwhile, she sinks it into a project so she can put her face out there on national television, staying in the spotlight, living her lifestyle of the rich and famous.
I wonder if CC got wind of this before her firing. Makes sense -- a multi-millionaire, funding her own production company, while preaching to the mediocre moms of America how to clip coupons. It was a farce, and they knew it.
Slander? How many of you have slandered Kate s on this Blog and being watched?
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None. As far as I know, this isn't an audio blog. Look up the definition. You may learn something.
Anonymous said... 154
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Why is it that all of Kate's fans have the worst grammar and spelling?
The latest post that supposedly Disney is watching just goes to show how desparate the sheeple are getting... there is no way a multibillion dollar company like Disney is watching this blog because of one dolphin picture posted once then removed. This little bit of made-up nonsense just validates that the crap sheeple are posting are just a way of venting their frustration because their kween is circling the drain.
MelissaNV said... 140
If she weren't so despicable, I'd almost feel sorry for her. She doesn't wear "desperation" very well. It must be horrible to go through life knowing that you are despised because of your own doing, putting the blame on everyone else, and then believing that someone actually is willing to take the chance and lose money on what will be a failing show.
She really doesn't get it.
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No, she really does not get it, MelissaNV.
It would be a different story if Kate was talented, personable, able to carry a topical, intelligent & interesting conversation.
BUT, she has nothing to bring to the table- and feels entitled to boot.
I believe that Kate is going to finally understand when she hits rock bottom- and she's obviously not there yet. It's inevitable.
If I was Kate, I would take up painting. Afterall, Grandma Moses started painting in her golden years ;o)
(P.S. sadly, she'll probably make enemies in the art world too...)
Anonymus@154 said (in part): Now forwarned. This post will be erased. Who advised me? Huffington post employees watching this blog with the Gosselin children being spoken about. FBI? Terroristic threats to Kendra, Kate?
Be careful.
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Thanks for my laugh of the day. I'm really glad that you warned us OH YES I AM!!!
@154...
You trust the admin? Even Disney is watching her/him.
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Pluto, Goofy, or Mickey?
"Now forwarned. This post will be erased. Who advised me? Huffington post employees watching this blog with the Gosselin children being spoken about. FBI? Terroristic threats to Kendra, Kate?
Be careful. "
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Hey, New Sheriff In Town! Does Quantico now train Deputy Dawgs?
Anonymous said... 154
Slander?
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Slander is oral, meaning spoken.
Anonymous said... 154
I don't often post but I'd better alert my husband to this. Butterfly will understand and some others might...he's a SA CI/CE. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Really, what is the mental IQ of these trolls?
You are dealing with experienced adults here, trolls. We pretty much know how stuff works.
Thanks for the laughs.
Lol Disney is watching!! I'm flattered.
No advertisers have dropped us and even if they did they wouldn't tell you.
ooops...Tofurkey NOT tofukey... my bad! And here I was hoping for a whole foods grift of the thing.
Dutch Tulip - I shall wear the medal of mediocrity always. Thank you for it.
Realitytvkids.com (Administrator) said... 63
Speaking of doughnuts with poor grammar,
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I can honestly say I've never heard someone say that before.
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Glad I could add to the minutiae clogging your brain!
As far as not reviewing the next chapters of the book just yet, it isnt like we wont find tons of other things to chat about!
Hey the reason Disney watched is because some sheeple probably emailed them back in the day desperate to somehow some way shut this blog down. I know for a fact they were emailing TLC until they finally sent me a letter. Both attempts failed sheeple.
Flight of the Kiwi said... 167
ooops...Tofurkey NOT tofukey...
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I read it as tofuckey...I guess I'd better get my mind out of the gutter! You can take the girl out of Jersey but you can't take the Jersey out of the girl!
Why is it that all of Kate's fans have the worst grammar and spelling?
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It's a requirement for the Sheeple Club. They take a test. If they incorrectly spell/use "your," "loose," and "their," and begin their tweets with "me and my mom are big fans," and "I seen you on television," they are guaranteed acceptance into the group.
Someone promised to post a recipe for potato soup with bacon. Still waiting.
Also, every time the word swap is used to describe the pilot my eyes read swap as swamp.
Anonymous said... 154
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oh noooooooooo! I'm scared!! I'm going to never ever ever say another thing about that animal abusing, child abusing, stuck on stupid, waste of skin KK!!!
Quoting Buttercup
''BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!''
drbutchiewong said...
Someone promised to post a recipe for potato soup with bacon. Still waiting.
Also, every time the word swap is used to describe the pilot my eyes read swap as swamp.
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that was me! Please hold...
OMG....lol...Milo calling someone "creepy and weird".
I did notice months ago, google would remove the most unflattering photos of KK. I wonder if she googles herself everyday and then buys the rights to the photos...:)
Anonymous said... 154
Slander? How many of you have slandered Kate s on this Blog and being watched? You should let the so called atty keep making money and you should all hide. Find a safe blog not slandering Kendra or Kate and her children.
You trust the admin? Even Disney is watching her/him. Several advertisers have dropped this blog.
Now forwarned. This post will be erased. Who advised me? Huffington post employees watching this blog with the Gosselin children being spoken about. FBI? Terroristic threats to Kendra, Kate?
Be careful.
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Hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahaha!
Oh, yes- because we all know that Kate's ass is SO damn important.
Um, I can asure you that they have bigger fish to fry. Kate is not even a blip on the map of concerns in this world. Her entitlement issues, abusive personality, and bucket list of wishes & dreams are nothing but a little doodie to them.
Sorry. Trust me, anything having to do with Kate is UNIMPORTANT.
It's interesting that like Kate, her sheeple people also suffer from visions of grandeur...
One of the best soups I've ever had is Ina Garten's Cream of Wild Mushroom Soup. It is to die for. I use more muchrooms than called for and use Harvey's Bristol Cream instead of the wine becasue everything's always better when Harvy comes to the party. I tried the wine and like it better with the sherry.
http://tinyurl.com/qwxklw
Does anyone else wonder who is really protecting Kate? If she is truly able to say the magic words and things happen, its actually quite scary!
It probably took Disney lawyers three minutes to fire off a DMCA letter to shut up a few sheeple who are Disney fans who threatened never to go to their park again. They don't care, were just providing good customer service.
@154...
You trust the admin? Even Disney is watching her/him.
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All together now!
♪♫ It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small world after all
It's a small small world ♪♫
Run along now you mouth breathing,sheeple. Know your role. You are supposed to entertain us with your bizarre spelling and lack of grammar and logic, I'll give you a pass on everything but creativity, you let us down, shame on you.
Anonymous #154, we "slander" Kate? Sorry to burst your bubble, but what we talk about are all the things that Kate herself put on her show, said in interviews and on TV shows, tweeted on her phone. The definition of slander is a "malicious, FALSE statement. No slander involved when she does this herself - TO herself!
Trolls really are funny, though, especially the one who showed up here. They remind me of court jesters, professional or licensed fools. In this case, they are performing for their queen, but doing only a mediocre job.
Still, it's an amusing act. Bring in the jugglers.
Dwindles Potato Soup
6 Large Potatos, peeled and cut into bite size pieces
2small onions, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
2 TBlsps chives plus additional chives for garnish (double the amount if fresh)
2 TBLSpns chopped parsley (or flakes)
3C water
3 chicken bullion cubes
1 tsp pepper
2Cups strong flavored beer, do not use lite beer
1 - 13oz can Evap Milk
2Cups Extra Sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
12 oz crumbled, cooked bacon, crisp.
Put potatoes, onions, celery, carrots, parsley, water, bullion, chives into large pot. Stir in beer. Cover. Simmer until vegetables are well done, approx 2-3 hours. During final hour of cooking, add evaporated milk and cheddar. Stir frequently. Serve topped with crumbled bacon and additional chives if desired.
WARNING, cheese will eventually seperate and soup may not appear photo-pretty! But still really good!
Dwindle -- crock pot friendly? Thanks!
LoriT said... 178
Does anyone else wonder who is really protecting Kate? If she is truly able to say the magic words and things happen, its actually quite scary!
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What things are happening for Kate?
Ironically, by stating that several advertisers dropped us, anonymous actually libeled ME. Now who is the one "slandered"??? Lol
Cached copies of Robert's blog are still available for September and October 2012. Nothing more recent is available - yet.
In case anyone is interested:
Oct: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://gosselinbook.blogspot.com/
Sept: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gosselinbook.blogspot.com/2012_09_01_archive.html
Thanks for posting the recipe, Dwindle; it sounds delicious! Can't wait to try it.
Moose Mania, I have done it many times in the crock pot. It does take a very long time for some reason, like 10 hours.
I FORGOT TO ADD TO LEAVE THE LID OFF DURING THE LAST HOUR OF COOKING.
If using the crock pot, use boiling water to give the cooking a head start. It might help to warm the beer a bit too. For me, using the crock pot led to a thinner soup, less creamy, probably because ya dont stir it as much and the potatoes dont break down to thicken it.
Ho hum. Ms Kreider is boring. And despicable and not intelligent enough to care for a pet rock.
Fun stuff to talk about: Dancin With Them Thar Stars, love that Saint Tony of the Ballroom! He it's so so so very happy that he has a partner who can do the choreography he is capable of!
Thanksgiving and beyond plans: I am going to check out the recipe thread for more ideas.
Fun stuff: the oldest dd and I are going to see Joseph Gordon-Leavitt and his group Hitrecord on Wednesday night! Squeeeeee!!! It is going to be an interactive experience, some members of the audience will get cam corders and what they film will be on screen!
Just a soup tip to all of you fellow soup and chowder lovers: I have found that with potato soups and chowder recipes with potatoes that if you use canned whole white potatoes (cut them into chunks) that soups/chowders will not become pasty or be undercooked and crunchy and the cooking time will be cut in half.
Robert's blog is back up!! Haven't looked yet to see what if anything has been deleted.
http://gosselinbook.blogspot.com/
Robert's GOSSELIN BOOK blog has content again!
Kate is a twit said... 192
Robert's blog is back up!! Haven't looked yet to see what if anything has been deleted.
http://gosselinbook.blogspot.com/
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Fantastic! The truth will always come out -- didn't we just remind one of the trolls about that?
Kate is a twit........GMTA!!
Dwindle, that looks amazing. Thank you. Has anyone tried the Tastefully Simple products? There's a website. I don't sell it, but I have bought several of the items and have never been disappointed. It's a little bit pricy, but so worth it. Dwindle's potato soup recipe reminds me of their potato soup mix. They also have bountiful beer soup mix. I add bacon to it and it's wonderful. Their beer bread is great, and their chocolate pound cake is to die for. Simple to make, and so good. I bought the creamy wild rice soup mix but haven't tried it. I'm a soup person.
After reading that potato soup recipe, I am so hungry! The recipes here always look so good.
Deck The Halls, I've bought a number of items from Tastefully Simple and they are very good. Their corn and black bean salsa is to die for!
Robert's blog is back up!! Haven't looked yet to see what if anything has been deleted.
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Oh, no! Whatever will Milo do? She's been gloating. She'll have to wipe that smirk off her face. Poor thing.
Thanks for a good laugh, anon!
FBI, seriously? Do yall never look at the news? The FBI is busy explaining to Congress exactly why they took so long to report the investigation that led to general Petraeus! Oh my goodness, how stupid can people be? The entire tale is very funny if it want so sad. and a spokesman who knows the family said Holly Petraeus, his wife of thirty eight years, was... Well,.the quote was ” enraged doesn't even begin to come close.”
It is to convoluted to explain here, so y'all just go to Washington Post or Huffington or Time or any other publication. Just a bizarre tale.
I'm going from memory here, but the only things that seem deleted from Robert's blog are the Lane Furniture contract and his response to Polly's blog post.
Anyone else think anything else is missing?
Yay, Robert!!!
Thanx Dwindle you inspired me to make soup. Went to AllRecipes.ca and found Italian Saugage soup with Tortellini... first time making it but it's on the stove and smells fantastic :)
Up here in Canada it's one of the things I love about winter, comfort food :)
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