Just when I thought the dust had settled a bit on the multiple Trig theories, up pops a batch of photos I had not seen before! The photo at right is a cropped version of the very large shot Gryphen just posted yesterday. This is another one of the poses shot for the OK Magazine cover at the 5/4/08 baby shower. I was just about to post a few side by side cropped shots for a discussion of whether or not the April-May '08 Trigs are the same baby or not when annes_123 posted a link to a new Flickr photostream that I think explodes all over the page! It is always possible that I am lost in the ozone again, and these pictures have all been seen before and I have just missed them, but I don't think so. I have been in contact with the creator of this array: all the photos originated from Team Sarah. You can go to Flickr to examine these surprising photos within their complete array with an assortment of photos of Sarah without Trig or you can click the slide show in the sidebar to see only the large shots of Batwing Trig that I have selected for the relevance of this post.
For the sake of all my new readers here at PB, I can only hope that I am not jumping up and down like a little girl, making a fool of myself over what I am only assuming at this point is a new discovery. The thing that shocks me the most are the shots that seem to show the reprisal of Batwing Trig to a degree that I had heretofore never seen! The first ones you will see are labeled (#) 5 and playing with socks on book tour, and #2 is a very clear shot of the batwing ear. There are more surprises scattered throughout the subsequent pages of the photo array, although a lot of these shots are already very familiar to most of us. I am not going to jump to any further conclusions until I learn more about the origins of these unfamiliar pictures. At this point in time, I am quite simply flabbergasted at this stunning new evidence of the existence of Batwing Trig!
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Floyd - I've gotta yank your chain a bit...little boys jump up and down, too, you know.
I've never seen these infant photos before! What a treasure trove. Let's see if you can find out more about the sources.
The 'boobie shots' and the outrageous 'oh my' leg shots complete with red naughty monkey shoes are hilarious. Sure glad those were saved for posterity. What an obvious tramp.
Little Trig? It's very hard to say. I'm trying to do a lot of nose bridge comparisons. What I'd really like to see are some clear pics, side-by-side, of kitchen/baby shower Trig vs. RNC/book tour Trig. I know Gryphen has done this, but I'm wondering if even more photos are available from your 'source'? Believe me, these are great, and I'm not trying to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Thanks for keeping this on the front burner.
Excellent find Floyd. Whomever posted these pics certainly is no fan of $arah. God - that woman is an idiot!
VERY interesting find, Floyd. And thank you pennygirlsacco and annes_123 for your contribution. I've not seen these pics before, although I may have missed the link on another blog.
So many anomalies...
Why are you calling him Batwing Trig. It's so derogatory. Please rethink this. I am a huge believer in babygate but I recoil at these nicknames given to this kid/s. Ifvyou want people to take this seriously, I don't personally think it's a good idea to make fun of a childs deformities.
Second, I hope you copied all the photos.
Floyd, I just wrote a multi-paragraphed comment and my machine ate it. But the gist was a theory: Trig's left ear was large but normal and his right ear was deformed. Sarah had cosmetic surgery done on the rigth ear to decrease the size of the hole and add an ear rim. The prosthetic material doesn't behave exactly like real flesh and sometimes sticks out more.
Palin Peyton Place shows where she thinks surgery was done. Some of these new pictures you have show what could be scar tissue near the entrance to the right ear canal. I just don't know. Perhaps I am trying too hard to believe that Palin didn't lose one baby and find another. Too disturbing.
Floyd, I had the same reaction when I first saw these photos months ago. It seemed like there were 3 babies. Since then, I've stared and compared and pondered.
After studying the RNC and book tour photos for an embarrassing amount of time, I'm pretty sure that they're all same baby. Photos taken at the same event show either a round ear, angular ear, or in-between, depending on the angle of the shot.
I just don't know about the April/May photos...except that there is definitely a baby with a malformed ear that isn't photographed after early May. I think it's possible the baby in the hospital and Anchorage office is the same baby at the baby shower who lost weight in the 2 to 2-1/2 weeks between pics. DS babies frequently have feeding problems. But there is something I can't put my finger on that makes them look different beyond the weight.
The "Batwing" heading offends me, too.
As for the Trig nicknames, I just go with the general consensus as to whatever sticks. I am not in favor of taking political correctness too far with any issue, and I do think that to some extent at least, this has always been a weakness of the left wing: herding cats instead of running with the pack. I can assure all my fans that I am not a mean, nasty, or even snarky type of person, particularly to kids. However, as I have said before, I do not prefer pussyfooting through issues of nomenclature, either.
That stated, I am open to anyone coming up with a better name for the Trig with the long, as opposed to round, ears. I did not come up with the names Ruffles, Round Ear, or Batwing in the first place: I have just adopted the names I have often seen. By the way, I am a huge Batman fan, so I have used that choice as a term of endearment. I have seen him referred to as Elfie at least once. The ball is in your court, ladies. Come up with a nickname that is short, memorable, and that most readers will instantly comprehend, and I shall change my references in this post and in the future.
Stick with the "batwing" thing Floyd, there's nothing wrong with it. The wrongness is in the minds of those who protest it.
These new pictures could be purposely appearing on the heels of the controversy over the missing baby. It's important to stick with that and not be diverted away from the question. Lots of good Trig and family pictures tell us nothing if none of them are current.
Where's today's Trig?
Does he still exist?
Is he alive?
Here's the root for the current story that Gryphen has posted on his site.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/30/levi-johnston-ex-lanesia_n_664897.html
It's interesting and informing to read this version and then compare it with Gryphen's version of the story.
I generally agree with you, Straight Goods, about both Batwing and Ruffles. Not that it's really of any consequence, but Batwing sounds considerably less wussy and gay as a nickname for a boy than Elfie. As for Ruffles, he is truly the bone of contention at stake. If the MSM were not so paranoid of breaking their Universal Gag Order in questioning the witch, Nancy Grace would be yapping about Where's Ruffles? every night!
Although the ears look different from one photo to another, none of them appear to be at the same angle so it is difficult to get a good comparison.
Curiouser, as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, I'd say that Trig would have had a feeding tube if he had lost as much weight as he appears to from birth to May 4 when these pictures were supposed to have been taken. The other option would have been hospitalization. We heard no mention of gastrointestinal problems and although DS babies do sometimes have trouble feeding. The child in the hospital pic with $arah's parents looks to be at least 7 to 7.5 lbs at minimum, and the baby in May is at most six lbs or so, more importantly is he looks significantly shorter. Babies may lose weight but they don't shrink in height. Look at how Sally Heath is holding him and where he fits from the crook of her arm and well past her hand, then look at Mercede holding him and how she fits him neatly into her arm. That is a different baby IMO.
Although I think there is the possibility that there are two different babies from when I.M. posted the pics of the different ears, I can't help but wonder if $arah found an unethical Doctor to perform surgery. The problem with that would be keeping it hidden from public view, how could they see him at the hospital etc. without the Alaskan media getting wind of it? But pushing it to three different babies makes the whole idea start to sound like w crazy conspiracy theory. I realize with Palin that anything is possible but the farther out there the idea is, the less plausible it will be to the public at large despite it being true.
Straight Goods, I have followed your comments for much longer than you probably realize. I am not sure what your complaint is with Gryphen, but if you trust HP more than IM, I really must wonder about your sanity. Arianna is one of the biggest media whores and traitors to our cause out there. She has been flooding HP with every bullshit story about SP she can find for nearly two years now, all carefully and deliberately selected to NOT bring the bitch down. Gryphen may not be perfect, none of us are, but he is a dedicated, compassionate man who cares deeply about his country. Arianna Huffington cares only about her multi-millionaire bank account.
Floyd, I'm with you re: the ridiculous over-emphasis on political correctness in our culture. However, "Batwing Trig" jumped off the page for me as a pejorative nickname that no child deserves. Do you not like "Ruffles"? Personally, I think it's cute and befits the innocence of a child.
BTW - A "Batwing Deformity" is the term for several types of human physical deformities, including the ear. None of the Trigs that I've seen seems to have a Batwing Deformity of the ear. I shall now peruse the newly posted photos!
Thank you for your hard work, Floyd, and for sharing your superb writing in the effort to get to the truth!
akrusso, I absolutely agree with you re: the difference between the baby Mercede is holding and the one Sally Heath is holding. The baby in Mrs Heath's arms, supposedly shortly after birth, is NOT a premie. He carries way too much body fat. Perhaps I'm confused in terms of the purported identity of these 2 babies, but this is how it appears to me.
AkRusso: "I can't help but wonder if $arah found an unethical Doctor to perform surgery. The problem with that would be keeping it hidden from public view, how could they see him at the hospital etc. without the Alaskan media getting wind of it?"
I just don't see evidence of surgery in these pix. It seems like every normal-looking ear was congenitally normal. I don't think there was enough tissue in Ruffle's ear to create ears the size seen in later Trig(s). But you're right, it would be an unethical surgeon to do surgery so early. What happens as the ear grows? There must be a reason that 4 yrs or later is the recommended time for surgery of this type.
Note to "B" at top of comments:
I've learned this the hard way, more than once, about losing comments here. BEFORE you start typing your comment, go down and "sign up" for Google. Go thru all the steps, and then make sure your screen name is showing up. I have to do this every time I post here. Maybe someone has figured out a better method, but this works for me.
You can't blame the media and you can't blame huffpost or Arianna Floyd. We need to blame ourselves for not making the story palatable enough for any of them to air. Olbermann hasn't touched it, nor Matthews or Maddow or any of the leftist media that would love to air it. To us it is obvious that she's a fraud but to them it's not quite so obvious and even if it was they have to consider whether or not their audience would accept it all. The people of America wouldn't yet and that again is our fault.
I haven't aired any of my grievances with Gryphen on this blog and don't intend to. I will say that the methods used by the bloggers have been largely unsuccessful and that's rather undeniable. Rather disgusting is a better term. When blog traffic becomes more important than the original end goal then that's when it serves no purpose other than giving the audience a place to find like minded company to bitch and complain to. Some attention whores are more than willing to oblige to keep the advert dollars flowing it seems.
Why don't you just spell out what you mean, Straight Goods? The exposure of Babygate is not the job of the bloggers. It is the job of the millionaires who work for the MSM. Do you actually not realize how much money is made by those six controlling corporations who own all the media? Do you not see that they want the profits they so easily gain by supporting SP, even if it takes her all the way to The White House? Do you not see how right wing the US media has actually become?
The most I have to personally gain by running this blog might be a reader or two buying one of my books. I am not selling advertising or asking for donations. How can you say it is our, the bloggers', fault for not exposing Babygate? Tell us how you would do it. Spell it out for us. We are all hear to listen and learn.
To B and Heidi 1, if you will just sign up for Google and check the box to stay logged in, you will never have a problem posting comments. Doing this does not expose you to spam, Palinbots, or anything else that I know of. It has worked for me for years on this and three other blogs.
I would say, based on these photos, that Ruffles (and round ear) lives. WTF is going on with this woman? I just keep thinking, if this story ever breaks, it will be the political story of the century. I can't believe that no investigative journalist has spent some time on it. It is Pulitzer material. It really is All the President's Men all over again except that no one has the balls to be Deep Throat OR Woodward OR Bernstein today. BTW, I'm in my 30s.
I didn't suggest that you were taking advert dollars Floyd. I don't see any adverts on your blog.
I understand completely how the media giants are making money Floyd.
I'm not going to accept that the media is all rightwing. I don't believe Olbermann, Matthews, or Maddow are told what to say and what not to say by their bosses. I see Maddow and Olbermann at least as being passionately pro-left and using the power of MSNBC to counter Fox News' rightist slant. I can even imagine them both discussing with their producers, the possibility of airing the Palin hoax. If I was a producer I'm pretty damn sure I wouldn't fly with a story that's going to blow up in my face. Look what happened when one media outlet flew with the Bush lies on his military duty and that was easily provable as bullshit stories.
I agree that it's the media's job to expose Palin but I reitterate again, we haven't made the story palatable enough for them yet. I think you imagine that everyone should be aware of babygate by now but if you think that then you are wrong.
So, as I agree that it's not the bloggers that have the responsibility to expose Palin, I still maintain that it's only the bloggers who are close enough to the whole mess and are informed enough to do the job.
So how do we do it? I'll tell you how we don't do it. We don't write blogs with the intention of encouraging traffic, raising advert dollars, and accepting every theory by claiming that it's our own. And we don't keep making promises of information that we can't share because it's somehow confidential.
I've offered you a direction to head in Floyd. If you prefer to not have my contribution because of some loyalty to Gryphen then I'm o.k. with that too. I would suggest that you have no reason to complain until I make a head-on attack against him, and I've already told you that wasn't my intent.
Oh, and Floyd, I also find it a little nutty that some people would maintain that the MSM are deliberately hiding the story when the same people maintain that the whole hillbilly Johnstone clan isn't in the know. And then to top it off they befriend them as if they are their allies! It's egg on his/her face with Levi and we shouldn't even have to tell him/her that it's egg on his/her face with Mercede and the rest of the clan too.
Straight Goods, I've never seen anything "disgusting" as you put it from the bloggers in reference to Palin, especially not the ones you mention, including Floyd. They are more concerned with having a few sources to back up what they write, moreso than the MSM. In fact, they often take it far easier on her than she deserves. This woman is behind the scenes laughing at the voters in this country, thinking she has gotten away with this pregnancy hoax. The MSM haven't touched it recently because as of right now, she's just $arah Palin, private citizen. There would be an uproar if they went after her despite the fact that she says whatever she wants. However, if she chooses to run for office, the gloves will be off from everyone including her fellow Republicans. That will not be something she can handle by any means. In fact, she will think she has been handled with kid gloves up until this point if she compares it to what happens if she runs for President.
akrusso- I can accept your theory of why the MSM hasn't blown the whistle on Palin yet. But I still think it's primarily because they are afraid of the story. I sure don't accept the idea of the MSM keeping it under wraps because they are supporting the right or are making more money keeping it quiet than the bonanza they would fall into if they told the story and 'had it accepted'!
And now, WHAT THE HELL HAS SARAH PALIN DONE WITH HER CHILD?
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Why are you calling him Batwing Trig. It's so derogatory. Please rethink this. I am a huge believer in babygate but I recoil at these nicknames given to this kid/s. Ifvyou want people to take this seriously, I don't personally think it's a good idea to make fun of a childs deformities.
Second, I hope you copied all the photos.
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