http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/freakshow/ en-us Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:10:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421010/posts Octuplets Mother's Beverly Hills Fertility Doctor Accused of Gross Negligence by State January 4, 2010 The Beverly Hills fertility doctor who helped Nadya Suleman give birth to 14 children, including octuplets, has been accused by the California Medical Board of repeated gross negligence. Both Suleman and Dr. Michael Kamrava made international headlines last January, after the Southern California woman gave birth to only the second set of octuplets ever delivered in the United States. Her babies, who will turn 1 on Jan. 28, are the longest-surviving set. Suleman is a single mother who was unemployed and living with her parents.... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421010/posts#comment Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:10:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420697/posts Political Punch Jake Tapper President Obama Names Transgender Appointee to Commerce Department. President Obama recently named Amanda Simpson [Pic in URL] to be a Senior Technical Advisor to the Commerce Department. In a statement, Simpson, a member of the National Center for Transgender Equality's board of directors, said that "as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others." While Simpson is clearly one of the first transgender presidential appointees, Democratic officials say they're unsure if she is... ABCNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2420697/posts#comment Mon, 4 Jan 2010 18:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373679/posts Most people would provoke a shudder by dressing up as a pregnant nun for Halloween. But when it is 'Octomum' Nadya Suleman and she also disguises her eight babies as little devils, the shudder becomes more of a convulsion. The mother of fourteen - including her octuplets born in January this year - poked fun at herself as she headed out with her eight IVF babies to celebrate Halloween. The effort of thinking up eight different costumes for the babies was apparently too much for her, however, as she dressed them all the same - as little red devils. Complete... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373679/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:27:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371032/posts California is a mess, but I love it all the same--especially the Bay Area, where I lived for 15 years. I went to Berkeley in 1962--a refugee from Amherst College, which at that time was dominated by frat boys with high SAT scores. I didn't go to Berkeley to go to school, but to be a bus ride away from North Beach and the Jazz Workshop. In a broader sense, I went to California for the same reason that other émigrés had been going since the 1840s. I was knocking on the Golden Door. Immigrants from Europe had come to... TNR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371032/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:53:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312372/posts The homosexual lobby is serious about changing society by force of law. You never really get used to men being called "her". But that was just the beginning of a long day of an upside-down world where normalcy is abnormal. This is what the GLBT movement has in store for you and your children. Men trying to be women. Women trying to be men. There's something tragically wrong inside when people feel the need to do this to themselves. These people need help, not an absurd law to encourage them to continue their destructive behaviors -- and to punish those... Mass Resistance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312372/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:13:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292750/posts Without a vote from shareholders, one of America's largest corporations has decided to grant its transgender employees special protected status. Memphis-based FedEx has agreed to implement a shareholder resolution proposed by Huffington Post blogger Sara Whitman that would add "gender identity" to the company's non-discrimination policy. Whitman is a self-proclaimed "married lesbian mother of three boys" in Massachusetts. one news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2292750/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2288375/posts Enough! You got two for the price of one if you attended Michael Jackson's spectacular dog-and-pony show yesterday -- a memorial as dignified as a Vegas lounge-lizard act combined with the entertainment value of a carnival freak show. How soon one forgets, given the opportunity to participate in this mass hysteria. From the accolades, prayers and cries of grief, you'd think you were witnessing the death of a saint, not an accused serial pedophile who hated the skin in which he lived. New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2288375/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:58:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270129/posts CNN) -- Chastity Bono, gay-rights activist and child of performer Cher and the late entertainer and politician Sonny Bono, is in the early stages of transitioning from a female to a male and will be known as Chaz, his spokesman said Thursday. Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," Howard Bragman said in a written statement. "He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270129/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:29:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2261459/posts It’s official: Nadya Suleman and her brood of 14 are coming to a TV near you. After weeks of meetings and negotiations, Suleman’s attorney Jeff Czech confirmed exclusively to Usmagazine.com that Suleman signed a deal Thursday night to star in her own reality series. "[Nadya and the producers] are hoping to have an arrangement whereby several events in the children's lives would be filmed in a documentary series," Czech told Us. “One of the events in the children's lives might be their first birthday.” usmagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2261459/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 02:33:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2258860/posts Jon Gosselin didn't leave his job to be a stay-at-home dad, as he claimed on the season premiere of "Jon & Kate Plus Eight." Us Weekly tracked down Gosselin's old boss, David Rothermel, who says Jon Gosselin was fired for misuing company resources. Us magazine says Jon and Kate Gosselin concocted a story that Jon left the company because it wouldn't insure the sextuplets. more.. The Star-Ledger NJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2258860/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 05:33:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2258574/posts Well, I hope Joel McHale is happy.Ok, so he's not the only one to blame, but is was the likes of McHale's portrayal on The Soup of Jon Gosselin as a hapless henpecked husband that must have drove the poor man to try and escape the world of a father-of-8-under-a-microscope.Last night's premiere of the 5th season of Jon & Kate Plus 8 was bittersweet considering the recent developments. I believe Jon's side of the story, and I still understand that even the most innocent version of his galavanting is enough for Kate to feel very hurt and angry.That's all you can really say. Exactly what drove Jon to such... Clearly Nebulous http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2258574/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 20:55:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248093/posts Octo-Mom Nadya Suleman is leaving her children for up to a week while she checks into the hospital to have benign fibroid tumors removed from her uterus. The procedure, which will be done at the hospital where she gave birth to the octuplets at in January, will make further pregnancies virtually impossible! In an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com, Nadya says doctors discovered the fibroids before her last pregnancy and that they must be removed to prevent cancer. Nadya says she is "terrified" to go under the knife and that she has to make a will before surgery. She also reveals... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248093/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 17:58:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2212799/posts A 25-year-old transsexual Spaniard claims to be pregnant with twins after artificial insemination in the first such case in Spain, local media reported on Sunday. "I am six-and-a-half weeks pregnant," Ruben Noe Coronado Jimenez, initially named Estefania, told the popular magazine Pronto, saying he took treatment to restart his menstrual cycle. Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2212799/posts#comment Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:10:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2211817/posts LA HABRA, Calif. – The Southern California woman who gave birth to octuplets apologized in a video posted Saturday to the father of all 14 of her children and promised that she would never reveal his identity. "I'm sorry for all this mess, and I hope he isn't scared it'll come out because it won't," Nadya Suleman said in the RadarOnline.com video. "As far as I'm concerned, I'll never disclose who he is." Suleman said the man is a foreign-born California resident in his 30s, but did not disclose his current address. He was a friend who would make a... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2211817/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:32:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199468/posts WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) - Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman became unhinged with fear last year when she thought she had lost one of her children, repeatedly telling an emergency dispatcher, "Oh God, I'm going to kill myself," according to a recording of her 911 call released Wednesday by police. Suleman made the call Oct. 27 after her 5-year-old son went missing from the front yard, only to find him a few minutes later after he returned from a walk. Suleman's repeated threats of suicide prompted a chiding from the dispatcher, who could hear children's voices in the background. "Don't say that... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2199468/posts#comment Thu, 5 Mar 2009 01:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2195977/posts [photo] Nadya Suleman, mother of the California octuplets born last month, has landed smack dab in the middle of a public relations feud between rival porn producers. One adult film producer has offered Suleman $1 million plus free health insurance to star in one of their porn movies. In response, another porn producer offered... IHateTheMedia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2195977/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:48:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197151/posts The Octomom — mother of 14 IVF conceived children — has officially passed on an offer of free 24-hour nursing care for her kids by the nonprofit group Angels in Waiting. AP reports that the group’s founder said that Suleman seemed to lose interest in their offer after they ruled out her request to do a reality show around her childrens' care. Those poor, poor kids. Who turns down free 24-hour care for their children? Is Nadya holding out for a better deal? One that includes TV rights and a book contract? Angels in Waiting lawyer Gloria Allred said she... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197151/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:22:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2186238/posts The oddball mom of eight newborns hasn't had sex for eight years, and vows to go dateless for another 18, according to published reports yesterday. Nadya Suleman, 33, insisted she hasn't been with a man since well before her eldest son, who is 7, was born though in vitro fertilization. "I can't remember the last time I went on a date," Suleman told The Sun newspaper of London, after she was asked when was the last time she had sex. "Boyfriends? I think I'd have to be extremely selfish. I cannot maintain a social life and be a mother." nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2186238/posts#comment Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:15:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188690/posts LOS ANGELES -- The house where the California mother of octuplets lives is under the threat of foreclosure, property records show. A notice of mortgage default was recorded Feb. 9 against the Whittier home owned by Angela Suleman, the mother of Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets on Jan. 26. Nadya Suleman has lived in the home with her six previous children. The default notice shows Angela Suleman is $23,225 behind in her mortgage payments, and the three-bedroom house could be sold at auction beginning May 5. Angela Suleman's phone has been disconnected and she could not be immediately... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2188690/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:35:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189472/posts Wanna see the home you're buying for her? nbclosangeles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189472/posts#comment Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2192359/posts She just wanted gas, but at the ARCO station yesterday, Nadya Suleman got a tank-full of bitching out. While she had a lackey fill 'er up, a woman started screaming at her, yelling "Get a life, get a job!" and "That's our tax money!" as OctoMom hid behind a Scooby Doo book. Jinkeys! tmz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2192359/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192556/posts whew boy.... *speechless* radar online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192556/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:01:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187906/posts A woman with record-breaking 3ft fingernails is recovering in hospital after surviving a car crash in which all ten were all broken off. Grandmother Lee Redmond is said to be devastated at the loss of her nails, which had not been cut for 30 years. She has been hospitalised with serious but not life-threatening injuries after she was ejected from the seat of an SUV in the crash. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1144563/Woman-longest-fingernails-world-breaks-car http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187906/posts#comment Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:32:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187217/posts For those who feel Nadya Suleman had octuplets so she could hit it big money-wise, it's going to be more difficult for her now, as her publicist has quit. The Killeen Furtney Group was representing Nadya Suleman for free. However, it decided to end its association with the octuplet mom after receiving at least 100 e-mailed threats and tons of voicemails that went to the LA agency and even to some of its other clients. Joann Killeen, president of the company, added that Suleman now has an agent: Wes Yoder and the Ambassador Agency. He is the same man who... Huliq News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187217/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185317/posts Octuplets mum Nadya Suleman: My amazing story - Exclusive By Anton Antonowicz 13/02/2009 She is single, jobless – and the world’s most talked-about mother. Now for the first time, octuplets mum Nadya Suleman tells her amazing story in her own words – and reveals how she plans to raise 14 children as a lone parent and with so many eyes watching her. Nadya, 33, made headlines around the globe with her amazing multiple birth. But it has been far from plain sailing. Today she reveals how: * She has not had sex since before she had her first baby by... London Daily Mirror http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185317/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:25:15 GMT