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14 hrs ago | Feministing

Why do conservative media-makers use rape metaphors?

Via Broadsheet. How often do we find individuals and entities using loaded metaphors for their own benefit while entirely disregarding or missing the point altogether, distorting the original meaning in the process.

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Yesterday | The Sun Online

I traced my dad... and discovered he is Charles Manson

LIKE many adopted children, Matthew Roberts set about finding his biological parents with a mix of nerves and excitement.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Celebrity Dirty Laundry

Polanskia s Wife & Children Upset Over Dada s Imprisonment NOT the Rape

Oh dear me! When Roman Polanski drugged and raped the little 13-year-old child was he thinking about how upset she or her family would be? Imagine the gall on the part of Roman's shyster lawyer Herve Temime for trying to gain sympathy for Polanski by appealing to the suffering of his wife and 2 children due to his imprisonment awaiting extradition ...

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Fri Nov 20, 2009

IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com

Oh Boo Hoo

Director Roman Polanski is still sitting in a Switzerland jail awaiting extradition to the United States for drugging and sodomizing a 13-year old girl in 1977.

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Related Topix: Prison, Family, Kids

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WFTV Orlando

Lawyer Says Polanski's Family Suffering

The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday.

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Mydd.com

Annals Of Shark-Jumping

Glenn Beck edition, via Media Matters : Beck on health care: "We're the young girl saying 'no, no, help me,' and the government is Roman Polanski" He's almost beyond parody.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Swiss Court To Rule On Polanski Bail In 2-3 Weeks

A Swiss court will decide in two or three weeks whether to release film director Roman Polanski on bail pending a decision on his extradition to the United States, a court official said Tuesday.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Salon.com

Plouffe: Edwards camp wanted to deal for veep slot

David Plouffe, President Obama's former campaign manager, is just full of revelations -- or at least his new book, "The Audacity to Win," is.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John Edwards, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Chinatown, Thriller, Mystery Movies

Sun Nov 15, 2009

The Victoria Star

Taking a Roman Holiday

The TV show where the under aged meet the over respected. How can anyone think Polanski should be let off? A17 HOST: Its Blind Date: Roman Holiday edition! The show where we take Roman Polanski and a 13-year-old girl who he's never met - and see if they click! I'm your host, Skip Sparkle! Lets meet our first contestant.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Democrat & Chronicle

Turn your computer into an art house

Have you thought about your computer as an art-house movie theater, a showcase for classic silent films, unusual documentaries, a wide range of horror flicks and more? 'Tis true.

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Related Topix: Arts, Cinema, Greta Garbo, Film Noir, Horror Movies, Midnight, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Brattleboro Reformer

The prevalence and relevance of porn

You know how you never think about something, and then something happens to wake you up, and then you notice that it has been there all along? Well, I'm having one of these moments.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

E! Online - The Awful Truth

Bitch-Back! Will the Real Natalie Please Step Up?

Dear Ted: Am I the only one that found it ironic when Natalie Portman basically compared eating meat to condoning rape, considering that as a signer of the Roman Polanski petition she actually is condoning rape? I like her as an actress but that kind of crap is seriously making me rethink.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

UPDATED with video, Polanski Hearing Set For December & Roman Polanski appeals bail rejection

A hearing has been scheduled for next month in director Roman Polanski's effort to win dismissal of the 1977 sexual assault case that led to his arrest in September.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Independent

Thompson 'talked out of support for Polanski' by 19-year-old student

Actress Emma Thompson said she would remove her name from a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski enlarge Emma Thompson is an Oscar-winning actress whose charisma and outspoken personality have earned her admiration and a reputation as a "strong woman". But when one of her fans realised that Thompson had signed a petition calling for ...

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Examiner.com

List of celebrities who openly admit how old they were when they first had sex

Angelina Jolie was recently implicated in a sex scandal stemming from her teenage years.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

What Michael Haneke owes to Kafka | Peter Bradshaw

As the Austrian director's Cannes-winning The White Ribbon arrives in UK cinemas, a long-overdue viewing of his film of The Castle has opened my eyes to another thread running through his work Funny games a scene from The Castle Michael Haneke 's new film The White Ribbon is to be released next week.

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Related Topix: The White Ribbon, Susanne Lothar

Telegraph.co.uk

Roman Polanski makes second bail attempt

The Swiss Criminal Court declined to comment on the contents of the appeal, but the justice ministry said it was an offer that the government has already turned down in part because it lacked a cash guarantee.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Bennington Banner

Still a fair distance to go

Remember those old ads forsome brand of cigarette that the tobacco industry was pitching at women that crowed"You've come a long way, baby?" I suppose that the catch phrase was true enough, even if it was encouraging women to buy a product designed for their use that probably ended up killing a lot of them.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

Surprise! Warren Beatty & Jack Nicholson are Super Virgins

Very TL;DR. But Gore Vidal does make mention of ONTD's favorite Director, Roman Polanski.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Polanski lawyer submits new bail offer to Swiss

A French lawyer for Roman Polanski says he has submitted a new bail offer to a Swiss court to try to free the filmmaker from jail.

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