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Events Fri, January 05, 2024 Commit to Caucus Rally with President Trump in Sioux Center, Iowa, Mason City, IA. Sat, January 06, 2024 Commit to Caucus Rally with President Trump in Newton, Iowa, Clinton, Iowa. Sat, January 13, 2024 President Donald J. Trump to Deliver Remarks at Commit to Caucus Rally in Atlantic, Iowa, Sioux City, Iowa, Sun, January 14, 2024 President Donald J. Trump to Deliver Remarks at Commit to Caucus Rally in Indianola, Iowa, Cherokee, Iowa. Other Iowa MAGA Event featuring Governor Kristi Noem in Sioux City, Iowa, Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene in Keokuk, Eric Trump in Ankeny, Iowa...

President Joe Biden’s schedule detailed no public appearances on Monday after news surfaced that Palestinian terrorists killed nine Americans in Israel over the weekend. “At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens,” the State Department announced Monday morning. “We extend our deepest condolences to the victims and to the families of all those affected.” Nine Americans died alongside a reported 800 Israelis since Saturday when Hamas first launched a surprise attack against the country. According to media reports, the Biden administration is scrambling to ascertain how many Americans the terror attacks killed or taken hostage.

There was a peculiar moment during a news segment last fall, at the height of the Ebola scare in the United States, between the nation’s two most recognizable medical figures. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s household-name medical correspondent, was standing next to Thomas Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in front of CDC headquarters in Atlanta on October 1. Frieden assures Gupta that if one of them had Ebola, the other would be at no risk of infection: “It’s not like the flu, not like the common cold. It requires direct physical contact.” A CNN anchor interjects:...

Allies to Joe Biden have been floating the idea of altering [reducing] the former vice president's schedule in an effort to reduce the gaffes he has made in recent days. Biden has a tendency to make the blunders late in the day, his allies say, particularly after a long swing on the road, like he had last week in Iowa. They say something needs to be done to give the candidate more down time [naps for the old guy] as the campaign intensifies in the fall. "He needs to be a strong force on the campaign trail, but he also...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to appear for interviews todayFormer presidential hopeful is in Britain promoting her book 'What Happened?'Women's Hour host said star guest was 'delayed' but then she never turned upPhilip Schofield revealed she had stood This Morning up after hurting her footGraham Norton BBC interview also put on hold after accident in central LondonClinton last night dined at restaurant La Petite Maison with friend Huma Abedin  Hillary Clinton was forced to make a series of embarrassing media cancellations today after falling and hurting her foot, MailOnline can reveal. The former First Lady failed to...

Ted Cruz’s campaign on Monday abruptly canceled two New York appearances by his wife so she could rush to Wisconsin to stump with him ahead of that state’s April 5 primary approaches. The Texas senator was ready to put aside his dislike of “New York values” and stick it to Donald Trump in his own backyard, bringing the GOP battle to the billionaire’s base. Heidi Cruz, just days after Trump mocked her mental state and appearance, was slated to meet voters at Connect Church in Bellmore, LI, Tuesday and then hit the Brighton Beach Jewish Center, the senator’s site said...

The Resurrection Appearances “Chronologically” Arranged By: Msgr. Charles PopeToday’s post is a follow-up to yesterday’s blog.When we encounter the resurrection accounts in the New Testament, we face a challenge in putting all the pieces together in such a way that the sequence of events flows in logical order. This is due to the fact that no one Gospel presents all or even most of the information. Some of the accounts seem to conflict. I have opined before (HERE) that these apparent conflicts are usually not in fact true conflicts. Another difficulty with putting all the facts together in a coherent manner is that...

FBI agents have still not been granted permission to visit the consulate building where the American ambassador to Libya was killed, three weeks after the attack by militants in the eastern city of Benghazi. An FBI team was dispatched to Libya within days of the attack, in which three other Americans died. But they have been forced to remain in Tripoli as American and Libyan officials argue over the terms under which the two sides will co-operate in the investigation. The consulate building itself and the accommodation annexe which also came under attack have been left largely unsecured. "We are...

Hey guys, want to look taller? Just pick up a handgun. Because a study finds that men are more often perceived to be big and strong when they hold a gun. The report is in the journal Public Library of Science ONE. More than 600 subjects looked at photographs of the right hands of four different white males, each holding a different object: A power drill, a handsaw, a caulking gun and a .45 caliber handgun. They then viewed silhouetted images of six men who varied in height and musculature and were asked to choose which man most closely...

She was probably already spending the money in her head as she lay in her cell patiently waiting for her imminent release. But it appears Casey Anthony needn't bother because she may not be 'cashing in' on the death of her daughter Caylee as much as was first predicted. It was thought that the accused child murderer could have raked in millions of dollars from TV appearances, interviews, penning her memoirs, a movie about the tragedy and even a career in the porn industry. And no sooner had she been acquitted on all counts except for lying to police than...

President Barack Obama should make the most of his "Daily Show" appearance on Wednesday night - charming the pants off Jon Stewart and the crowd, as he did when he showed up there two years ago. It's a terrific show, Stewart is a great interviewer and Obama makes good television. Then, the President should cancel all future trivial media appearances. While they may have kept him personally popular, in broad terms they've degraded the Obama brand. Obama's handlers were supposed to be smarter than this. They were supposed to use his celebrity strategically to advance his agenda. Instead, they've been...

President Obama's disappointing performance has indisputably brought enormous buyer's remorse to many of his fans, the feeling that the "purchase" (i.e., voting for Obama) was a mistake. And while little can be done until November 2012, it may be useful to analyze why thoughtful people were seduced and, furthermore, learn to avoid future hoodwinking. In a nutshell, the American public was lead astray by conflating outward appearances -- "he's seems so smart" -- with underlying substance -- "he is so smart." What we saw wasn't what we got. Having spent four decades in top research universities, I questioned Obama's alleged...

In the art-auction world, the trick to selling a bad painting is to put it in a terrific frame. That's the logic behind President Obama's West Point speech tonight. Condemned by his own vacillation to sketching a picture repulsive to multiple constituencies, Obama will use the impressive frame of West Point to lend his remarks an illusion of glorious leadership. The event will be impressive: The US Military Academy does pomp and circumstance well. The cadets will be immaculate and perfectly behaved, applauding on cue (no Joe Wilson "You lie!" shout-outs from this hyper-disciplined bunch).

We're still in the first hundred days of the joyous observances of Barack Obama's first hundred days, and many weeks of celebration lie ahead, so here are my thoughts: President Obama's strongest talent is not his speechifying, which is frankly a bit of a snoozeroo. In Europe, he left 'em wanting less pretty much every time (headline from Britain's Daily Telegraph: "Barack Obama Really Does Go On A Bit"). That uptilted chin combined with the left-right teleprompter neck swivel you can set your watch by makes him look like an emaciated Mussolini umpiring an endless rally of high lobs on...

This web page has a kind of a strange but interesting little visual test ~ can you tell by looking at a photo if the person is a Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?

Why Men Prefer Pretty Faces So you think beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Think again. According to new research from the University of Exeter in Great Britain, the preference for pretty faces over ugly ones is embedded in our brains from the moment of birth and possibly prior to birth. Newborn babies come fully equipped with built-in preferences, including a preference for an attractive face, that help them make sense of their new environment, report the BBC News Online and Newsweek magazine. The Exeter researchers showed more than 100 infants two images that were placed side by...

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld bluntly warned Russia on Wednesday that if Moscow continues to "parade" its ties to Iraq, it will lose foreign investment and support from the West. Rumsfeld made the comments at town hall meeting with troops at Fort Hood, Texas, following a meeting with President George W. Bush. Asked about the news over the weekend that Russia has signed a high-profile trade agreement with Iraq, Rumsfeld said he thought it would wind up hurting Russia. "It sends a signal across the globe that that is what Russia thinks is a good thing...