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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:45 AM
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There was a Democratic Analyst on MSNBC just now named 'Krystal Ball.'
She was nice and pretty smart.

Did I mention that her name was 'Krystal Ball?'
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:50 AM
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1. She ran for Congress last year:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/10/07/candidates-sexy-santa-photos-leaked-sexism-in-action/
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:12 PM
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20. I know someone called Allison Wonderland.
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moondust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:53 AM
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2. The National Weather Service has a job waiting for her.
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 11:43 AM by moondust
:rofl:


(Incidentally, that is not meant to be a slight on the NWS. They have some mighty good tools available to them but...they do not have a Krystal Ball.)
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DirkGently Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 10:56 AM
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3. Oh sure, her analyses are far-seeing. But first, you must cross her palm with silver . . .
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Sheepshank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 11:12 AM
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4. Some parents really aren't all that clever n/t
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 11:20 AM
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5. I would SO sue my parents if they did that to me... n/t
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Union Scribe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 11:29 AM
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6. I assume if she'd been a boy, it would have been Harry.
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Fuddnik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:44 PM
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18. Nah, that's her husband.
I used to know a barmaid named Brandi. And she married and took her husbands last name. Alexander.
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 11:29 AM
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7. Should an analyst look so surprised?
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 11:36 AM
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8. That's my fault. I got a bad, mid-talk screenshot of her.
A better photo of her:
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banned from Kos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:04 PM
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9. give her a show MSNBC - she is definetly better than Sharpton
(My first choice was Melissa for Sharpton's time slot)
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SavWriter Donating Member (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:07 PM
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10. Agreed
Nothing against Sharpton, but he's not really ready for prime time.
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:10 PM
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11. Agreed!
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:17 PM
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14. WHERE IS CENK UYGUR???????
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 01:59 PM
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19. Ezra Klein or Sam Seder would be my votes for a replacement.
I enjoy the Reverend in segments as an analyst, but he gets tiring fast as an anchor.
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snooper2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:11 PM
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12. I bet grade school sucked :)
Yo Krystal, am I going to pass this test?
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:11 PM
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13. She changed her name after leaving Goldman Sachs
where she was known as "Tara Cards".
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:34 PM
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15. More likely her parents listened to Styx too much at parties in college...
Edited on Mon Aug-29-11 12:35 PM by cascadiance
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:36 PM
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16. Faith Popcorn's daughter?
:rofl:
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 12:39 PM
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17. At least they didn;'t name her "Melon", "Wrecking" or "Bowling".
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:13 PM
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21. I went to high school with Crystal Kleer.
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:25 PM
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23. My dad dated a girl named Candi Barr..NT
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:30 PM
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24. She was at my high school too!
What a sweetie!
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:37 PM
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27. I kind of figured there would be many Candi Barrs...
no imagination. I'd murder my parents. I'm guessing Candi's middle name was worse...
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:19 PM
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22. What if Ivana Trump married someone named Ball?



:shrug:


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IndyPragmatist Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:31 PM
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25. Why did her parents name her that? I don't get it
Stuff like that hurts you in the long run. The book Freakonomics talks about studies that show how black names (lashonda, demarcus, etc) can limit a persons job prospects in the future. I would think "Krystal Ball" would have the same effect. I'm sure there have been many instances where she submitted a resume, and the person who reviewed it had a nice laugh at her expense.

I understand that you want your child to be unique, but I think this is too much.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 02:33 PM
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26. there is a patty hamburger at ou.
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-29-11 03:20 PM
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28. I went to Jr. High
With a girl named Dusty Memory.
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