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Ernesto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:27 AM
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Jailed Judith Miller's hubby off to cruise the Mediterranean
"One passenger with his mind soberly on home is the literary icon Jason Epstein. ... Ms. Miller would have been on the cruise had she not gone to jail."

His wife's in the slammer and he cruises the Med?

"We all serve our time in our own way," quipped Miller's attorney Robert Bennett.


http://nydailynews.com/front/story/331819p-283554c.html
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:29 AM
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1. Non-refundable tickets?
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:30 AM
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2. Why should her husband miss out on.........
Edited on Wed Jul-27-05 11:54 AM by TheDebbieDee
enjoying life just because Judith Miller decided to go to jail rather than rat out the treasonous bastard that outed Valerie Plame?

ETA - Thanks for the correction, Connecticutt Yankee!
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connecticut yankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:46 AM
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7. It's Valerie, not Judith
Ms. Plame's first name is Valerie.
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Binka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:30 AM
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3. ROTFLMAO
I'm sure Jason will have his mind "soberly on home" while he's high on Mai Tais and stoopin his girlfriend. Holy shit this is fucking RICH!
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Clovis Sangrail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:36 AM
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4. so..
lots of people buy cruise tickets a year or more in advance... and there are usually (from what I've seen) no refunds.

Judy'll be right where he left her when he gets back. :rofl:
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:42 AM
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6. ridiculous!! many many seniors buy cruising packages
and get ill or something comes up that they can't make the trip..they may not get their money back but they can postpone their trip for another date!

my husband and i have had to change our plans numerous times with cruise plans..we have never had a problem changing the dates..and we cruise alot!

total nonsense!!

people who cruise have children who get sick and they have to change their plans..this is nonsense.
he could have changed the date he went! for extenuating circumstances!
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Clovis Sangrail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 02:25 AM
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12. glad it worked out for you
I suppose it depends on the line and the tickets you've bought.

I've known people who change dates on plane tickets too... but I've never been able to afford the tickets that allow you to do that.

I would guess it's similar with cruise tickets; some people pay extra for the luxury of flexiblity.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 02:38 AM
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14. Somehow, I do not see them as too poor to pay a penalty
to change the date, or put the trip on hold..:)
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Clovis Sangrail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 03:10 AM
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15. probably not
I'm sure between Judy's fellati... err... 'reporting' money and his editing money that they don't have to buy the cheap tickets....
though that doesn't mean they didn't anyways.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:39 AM
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5. Let her rot while he cavorts!
She prostituted her journalism to the Bushistas. I don't see her as a martyr, I see her as preferring jail to being outed for what she knows.

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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:47 AM
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8. Why should he worry
she's in protective custody, now safe from harm. :shrug:
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11cents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:54 AM
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9. Her husband is Jason Epstein???
Co-founder and former editor of the New York Review of Books? The NYRB has been more critical of media reporting of pre-war reporting, and of Miller/the NY Times in particular, than any other significant publication. Barbara Epstein, Jason Epstein's former wife, is now NYRB editor.
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11cents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:04 PM
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11. I don't mean to suggest, BTW ...
... that the NYRB coverage is an ex-wife's payback. Jason Epstein and Barbara Epstein are supposedly on good terms. I just found the whole connection remarkable, and I wasn't aware of it.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:03 PM
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10. Hmm. He may never come back.
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ngGale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 03:20 AM
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16. Have to agree with you, maybe ...
this is the straw that broke the camel's back where their marriage is concerned. Or, could be he's trying to distance himself from his wife's fallout.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 06:56 AM
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17. Or maybe he knows too much.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-28-05 02:32 AM
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13. This is just hilarious
Not only don't these people have any social conscience, they don't give a sh*t about each other. Yeah yeah yeah, she said go (says he mingling with the "frothy" guests on board). What a bunch of losers.
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