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1 hour ago, SongbirdHollow said:
Yeah I worked in a molecular biology lab and I’m not sure how this came about either.
On 5/6/2021 at 10:10 AM, Peper81 said:Can someone explain to me how it is that Jeremiah was abled to be matched with his bio-dad from a DNA/paternity test? I know you can be matched with the ancestry dna kits but I don't think that acts as a paternity test where you are comparing 2 samples. Also, I thought with those ancestry kits, they can only match people with others in their pool of samples of people who've done the same kit over the years. If Jeremiah's dad died in the 80s, it's not possible for him to be in said pool. I feel like this whole story with Dennis was just a set up to introduce the drama of Jeremiah's bio-dad. I feel like everyone already knew there was no relationship but they all played their part for the storyline.
I know a relative who died before giving DNA can be found through familial DNA going down the family tree, like with the Golden State Killer, but that requires a lot of samples, a lot of time and expertise. My assumption was that it was either Dennis or the real father, and ruling out Dennis meant the real father was the other possibility. But who knows.
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4 minutes ago, BitterApple said:
If Mrs. Reber is Filipina, it's even more horrible given the nature of the particular file Josh downloaded. When the guy who created the imagery was prosecuted, it was a huge case over there. Wow. Her husband is a total asshole for allowing this.
Is that the case that I read on another website, which is referred to for the child’s privacy as the “D.D tape?” I could only bring myself to skim through it as it was too awful, but I did see that there was one main guy who created or distributed that content and was arrested. I didn’t pay close enough attention so I didn’t realize any of this emanated from the Philippines. No matter where or from whom it originated, it was really too much for me to read carefully. I just don’t want to believe this stuff exists on earth.
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5 hours ago, Lady Whistleup said:
Mrs. Reber is Asian? Josh won't like her. I'll never forget what assfaces the Duggars were in Japan.
Complete speculation on my part. Mrs. Reber does appear to be Asian, and I’m wondering if perhaps she is Filipina? Unless Maria is an Anglicization of an Asian name, a Latin name like Maria suggests a Philippine heritage. The Philippine culture is very community and hospitality oriented. For Mrs. Raber to have expressed reluctance in court, she must so deeply not wish this burden to be thrust upon her.
Again, mere speculation on my part and irrelevant anyway, since she is stuck having to accept this role regardless of her heritage.
I feel terrible for her, having her own life in upheaval now due to Josh’s actions. Everyone pays the price but him.
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2 minutes ago, Churchhoney said:
He can get education, too....oh, wait. He's a Duggar.
I’ll bet he enrolls in a community college now. Just to escape more frequently.
What a burden he is on everyone in his orbit.
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15 minutes ago, 3 is enough said:
He has unlimited access to the kids as long as Anna is there? Are you kidding me?
I have no words.
The thread is moving too quickly for me, so this has probably already been asked and answered: this unlimited access to his kids while Anna is present——does that take place at the Reavers’ home only? It can’t possibly be at his house as long as Anna is there, right?
What would happen when Anna needs the bathroom, or to escort a toddler to the bathroom?
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3 minutes ago, Tuxcat said:
NOT OK!!!
I need a much stronger Primetimer emoji than the “sad” one.
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My cousin is a Federal agent and my brother-in-law is a NYPD captain. They have guns, and that’s the extent of my knowledge of any firearms that have been in my vicinity.
I do understand that in other regions of the country, legal guns are more common. Therefore I don’t know what to say about the Reavers having guns in a closet, but it certainly seems like if Josh spins out he can harm them or himself. Just lock him up, Judge. Please.
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1 minute ago, crazy8s said:
also they have 6 firearms and the bedroom he would have has an outdoor exit.......
from the cross exam 2nd witness recap
CX: Probation Officer Nguyen
Reavers have no criminal history
No minors reside at the Reaver home
Reavers said they would do whatever they needed to do to be Josh’s third-party custodians
“If the firearms were removed from the home and if the piano lessons cease, would that be a suitable third party residence?” “Quite possibly.” -Justin Gelfand looks forlorn-
In the 17 months Josh has been aware of the investigation, Josh has not left the country.
I bristle at the idea that anyone at all should have to forfeit their time, freedom to come and go, their means of earning a living, all to be a guardian for this jerk. Although I’d prefer family friends to do it rather than forcing Jana into the role, my deep preference is for them to march Josh into jail as of now and forever.
Oh, yeah, the Constitution. Okay he can appear in court for trial but not bailed out at all.
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I'm baffled by so much of this. How can one individual be savvy enough to divide internet stuff so that it’s hidden from someone who is supposed to be overseeing him, and yet use his birth year as a password? On not just his disgusting stuff but his bank accounts?
If in any universe, the Feds showed up at my house with a warrant to search my IPhone and my ancient IPad (my only devices), I would literally not know what to think. I certainly wouldn’t say “oh hey, howdy, officers, are you here to ask about child sexual abuse on my computer?” That absolutely seems to be a preemptive strike, gearing up for an excuse when they find it.-
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Thanks to everyone who is explaining what Tor is about. I didn’t know either and really didn’t want to Google it. I was going to ask why it’s allowed to exist, but several of you have answered that it was meant to give assistance to those in repressive regimes.
I feel the same sick that we all feel and I don’t know how much more I even want to know. I’ve got three grandkids and spent 25 years teaching 8th grade English in Coney Island. When Bloomberg became the mayor in 2002, we weren’t supposed to deviate at all from the scripted curriculum. I did always insert some life lessons when I felt I could, and one thing I ALWAYS said was that If anyone touched you inappropriately, etc., they should tell their parents or teachers etc. These were 13 and 14 year old kids, and some gruesome things did happen. I was thankful that they came to me to tell me and I could tell the appropriate personnel.
That Josh will have seven children, the first six of whom love him and are being taught to respect him, is highly damaging to their sense of safety and to the worldview that parents take care of them. The older ones will need honest and helpful counseling for years.
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So this is so sickening and also stupid! I don’t do anything illegal or horrifying, online or IRL, and even I know that no one uses an easily deciphered password. Josh’s heart is missing and so is his brain.
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1 minute ago, Crochetlady said:
I found this on Twitter. I don't know how true it is.
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I’m happy that AJ’s mother is a candidate for targeted therapy, and I hope that goes right. I know I’m supposed to care about Rose, and I don’t know why she annoys me, but she does. Maybe because she’s a plotline for the business plan for the hospital.
I’m also getting annoyed by Conrad and Nic lately, and I also don’t know why.
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11 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said:
They also contend that he's not a flight risk because he'd be easily recognized. 😂
He may be a celebrity of sorts in NW Arkansas. If he drove over to NYC and I passed him on the sidewalk, I wouldn’t recognize him even though I’ve watched the show. With a mask on, he’d be even more anonymous.
I think if I asked all my family and friends if they knew who Josh Duggar was, the answers would range from “Who”? to “ is that the family with like a lot of kids?”-
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1 hour ago, mynextmistake said:
I expect the defense will put forth either Jana (with JB proposing a new address she can live at with Josh during the pendency of the case) or Jed. None of the other kids would be suitable because they have children, and I honestly can’t imagine any of them signing up for this duty anyway.
Again, collateral damage. Poor Jana has spent a lifetime raising all her younger siblings, and now would have to supervise her one older sibling. All because of choices she did not make. She may finally be in an actual courtship and I’d hate this to ruin her happiness. Jed also is living more independently. They likely are the best choices to harbor Josh, but why should monitoring him be their lives now? So unfair.
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1 hour ago, coconspirator said:
According to TMZ Smuggar wants to be released so that he can be with Anna while she's pregnant. Surely the feds won't allow her to be his third party and won't allow him to be around his children while on bail. I expect him to be delusional and entitled, I just hope the prosecutors hold the line and burst his little smug bubble.
Maybe that’s why Josh has kept Anna pregnant all the time. He knew what filth he was involved in and thinks her pregnancy is a hedge against staying in jail. So Anna always pregnant = no jail for Josh whenever the hammer came down.
kidding/not kidding
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2 hours ago, sainte-chapelle said:
Good for Rosanna for not wanting to make out with the English boy, even for the cameras. She was right though, his overacting was off putting. I laughed when she thought that the man commenting on her dress was flirting when he was actually making fun of her.
I know, it was very revealing that she took that guy’s sarcastic comment as a compliment and thought that Nick was jealous. He certainly did overdo it with the flirting, but Rosanna is just not ready for the English world. Even if this date was just for Nick to get on camera, I doubt he’ll be pleased when he sees how Rosanna called him “creepy”‘ten times on TV.
Yech to Maureen and her first time with Danny. Ugh.
ETA: I agree that Jeremiah didn’t resemble his cousin but very much looked like his father.
That family history is tragic all around, and we will never know the truth about why his aunt murdered him. It would be so much better if Jeremiah could look forward now to having bio relatives and even meeting his grandma, rather than agonizing that his birth caused his father’s death. If I were Carmella I’d be mighty tired of hearing Jeremiah say that no one is ever there for him, when she’s the one who researched and arranged for him to meet his family.
Now go see your own kids, Jeremiah, or do you really want them to feel the way you’ve always felt?
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26 minutes ago, Jynnan tonnix said:
My thoughts, on reading the past few pages:
Anna and the M&M's; riding out a series of despicable events
Anna, the M&M's, and He Who Shall not be Named.
I can’t think of anything right now that would lead to a thread title. My mind keeps going to songs but they wouldn’t include Anna. “Bad to the Bone.” “Josh Fought the Law, But the Law Won.”
I’ll leave this to the people who are more clever than I am. The original title was good, but sadly it’s way beyond “unfortunate” now.
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8 minutes ago, Scarlett45 said:
Responding to what @Arkay said in the Josh thread:
I firmly believe that someone can not have a heart for children yet care for their own kids. Most people have children (I think it’s about 80% of women have a bio child before the age of 40).
I think in another social milieu JB & Michelle would’ve been either Childfree, OR had 1 child (maybe 2 for the chance to have a boy and a girl) but getting their emotional and social needs met through other avenues. Michelle LOVES attention most of all- had she been a woman who received attention from being a world class brain surgeon, she would’ve spent her energy on that, not having kids. I think getting dragged into Gothardism combined with their fertility as a couple FUELED their commitment to being “open to children”. Conceiving healthy twins right after a miscarriage was seen as a “sign” and then all of the pregnancies after that were an affirmation they had chosen the right path. (in their heads) Anyone with actual concern for the well being of PEOPLE not the notion of being right, wouldve shut the baby train down (or at least really slowed it) after Michelle’s laundry room breakdown- that’s when Joseph was a baby. And there are women that do enjoy being pregnant- they feel wonderful.
Michelle was concerned with Josie to the extent that she was a micro-premie and having her was traumatic, but she still fostered her care onto Jana, when Jana had a bunch of little kids to care for!
I think it so happened that they were both egotistical, got dragged into a cult that promoted breeding, were very good at it, got attention for it, and didn’t have any serious medical issues until Josie came along and that’s how we got here.I appreciate your take on it.
I don’t think I even knew there was a thread for JB & M. I never really came to this particular forum until the latest Josh atrocity.
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5 minutes ago, Oldernowiser said:You’re too kind...literally. Michelle has admitted she “never had a heart for children” and YMMV, obviously, but I take her at her word.
I think they’re both narcissists but in varying degrees. Most teens are endlessly self-absorbed and JB and Michelle were just teens when they got together. After that, neither one matured much because they turned to Gothard’s cult and apparently never had an independent thought again.
I do think they’re very much alike and that’s probably both a blessing and a curse.
Maybe it’s because I just can’t fathom it, but none of us knew of them before they became the Kardashians of Gothardism. I know M did say that about not having a heart for children. I agree she loves Josh and she certainly put all her attention on Josie when she was a fragile preemie. I know everyone will say that it was to keep her number up, trying to get to 20 kids, but IMO she did seem to have true love and concern for Josie back then.
My minor grievance with Michelle (omitting for now all the obvious issues) is another small thing that to me is telling, like JB and hairspray. It’s the many, many times she has displayed that bikini lawn picture of which she’s allegedly so ashamed. Needless to say, if you feel shame about that picture, you don’t periodically show it on TV to say how ashamed you are.-
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1 hour ago, Tikichick said:
Contemplating this really amuses me because I know JB's personality doesn't take well to not being able to dominate and control how things are going to happen, or being face to face with the idea he's not the smartest guy in the room either.
He’s a wannabe king who created a kingdom so he could rule. From the very beginning, with the excessive hairspray, we knew he was all about JB and JB alone. Vanity is wrong but he could spend a can of hairspray at a time so he looked what he deemed handsome?
UO I know, but I think Michelle had it in her, somewhere, to be a loving and engaged mother. Maybe 30 years and 16 kids ago. She probably had true Christian leanings but ran into a husband who was haughty instead of humble.
Now the Crown Prince will take the whole kingdom down.
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43 minutes ago, MamaMax said:
I wonder if any of the other Duggar wives and daughters w young kids are putting pressure on JB and Michelle to leave Josh out to dry. I think they should all let him go to prison without comment, as it will keep him away from the kids, then when he gets out, shun him. If his parents want to see him, they can go to him. Let him live alone in some sad apartment somewhere as a registered sex offender. Hopefully the intervening years will give Anna the time and space to wake up from her cult indoctrination.
I’m wondering about some of the female in-laws who married into this family. I think of Kendra, who seems to me a real innocent. Or Abbie, who strikes me as someone who would find this appropriately sickening. Then Lauren, who figured marrying Josiah would put her on that gravy train. I can’t imagine Kendra or Abbie being willing to have Josh not only near their kids but being part of the family in any way, shape or form. Their husbands, Joe and JD, seemed truly anguished at the first round of Josh revelations and I think would want absolutely nothing to do with him now. Lauren, I think, would feel she got the bait-and-switch.
Obviously these are just my TV impressions and I could be really off base. But giggly little Kendra, especially, I just can’t see her ever accepting this. And I hope the parents of the in-laws step in to help support those women.
I’m sure I’m leaving somebody out and I don’t know anything about the latest wives.
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1 minute ago, shapeshifter said:
I think you just made a case for the writing actually being worse than the acting.
But I do agree that Lost was better and did have some better actors —but few went on to have Emmys after Lost.But all the “Walt! Walt! Walt!” is arguably more memorable than the “Zeke!!!! Mick!!!! Cal!!!! Grace!!!!! Pete!!!!! Jace!!!!!” although not necessarily in a good way. 😉
What is wrong with me???? How did I neglect to mention the AWFUL writing???? 🤦♀️ Thank you for fixing that for me!
I didn’t mind the Walt! Walt! Walt! because if I recall it was just that one time With the boat and just with the father. But this AWFUL writing has many characters doing this all show long.
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5 minutes ago, Soaper410 said:
As a total (but maybe not really) side note.
I was 99% Anna was going to name her kid Magnolia (and call her Maggie) which I know others think too because of her love of Chip & Joanna.
Now I'm sure its going to be Mercy (for what Josh should be given) or Mia (as in Josh will be M.I.A since he's going to prison).
That’s cute. Awhile back I think someone commented that the name should be “Martyr,” which I think is apropos.
Personally I think she should name the baby “MyTubesAreTied.”
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S46.E18: Elon Musk / Miley Cyrus
in Saturday Night Live
I have no feelings for Elon Musk either way. Richest guy, a weirdo, no bearing on my life, but he’s not an actor so who knows why he’s hosting. Maybe Lorne wants something. I’m sure he can afford a Tesla, so maybe he wants a ticket to Mars. Who knows.