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On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House Communications Director Ben LaBolt stated that President Joe Biden put “the strongest economic recovery of anywhere on the planet” into motion, but “in 2020, for persuadable voters, the number one television show that they watched was ‘The Bachelor,'” and “People are busy in their lives. They’re not watching the news throughout the day.” Co-host Joe Scarborough asked, “Ben, how frustrating is it for you, we’ll just say for you, personally, that you’ve got these numbers, you’ve got — and the numbers are extraordinary, if you compare them, not only to our...

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio has snatched up an apartment on the Upper West Side – not far from the rooftop bar where he was recently spotted canoodling with a mystery woman. The newly single 62-year-old Democrat signed a one-year lease for a one-bedroom pad near Columbus Circle because he “wanted to try something new,” a source told NY1. De Blasio insisted the change of scenery will be a “temporary thing,” according to the source — and that he’ll split his time between his new Manhattan digs and his longtime Park Slope, Brooklyn home that he shares with wife Chirlane...

Rachel Lindsay has called on the execs behind “The Bachelor” to address what she believe is systemic racism, saying she would “dissociate” herself from Bachelor Nation if changes aren’t made. The former “Bachelorette” — the franchise’s only black lead in its history — wrote in a candid blog post that in the past she hasn’t “been loud enough on the deep-rooted, 18-year systemic problems in this franchise.” “This is the reason that I have come to the conclusion that if changes are not made on the inside and outside of the franchise, I will dissociate myself from it,” said the...

Podcast 9:37 Preparations are already well underway. The U.S. military is arming and training SDF units and recruiting Arab rebels willing to participate. The administration is considering direct arming of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia for the operation, over Turkey’s objections. Officials know there are limits to what Kurdish troops should be allowed to do. “We’re not going to have the YPG go in and hold Raqqa. We are actively recruiting an Arab force, and we’ll have as many Arabs as possible,” the senior administration official said. “If you want to build another force to do it, Daesh...

How Do Bachelor of Science Recipients View AGW? President Obama’s commencement address to the graduates of the United States Coast Guard Academy focused on Global Warming as a threat to national security. The academy's motto is Scientiæ cedit mare, which is Latin for "the sea yields to knowledge". Academics at the USCGA stress sciences and engineering majors. I can’t help but wonder how students graduating with Bachelor of Science degrees receive this type of information.

That’s a question Peter Lloyd tackles in a series in London’s Daily Mail about Britain’s marriage rate, which is at its lowest level since 1895. “The state of matrimony is not just ailing. It is dying out faster than a mobile phone battery,” Lloyd writes. “For an army of women, Mr. Right is simply not there, no matter how hard they look for him.”

I saw this headline at Newsalert from a CNS News article and went over to read it: (CNSNews.com) – Seventy percent of American males between the ages of 20 and 34 are not married, and many live in a state of “perpetual adolescence” with ominous consequences for the nation’s future, says Janice Shaw Crouse, author of “Marriage Matters.”“Far too many young men have failed to make a normal progression into adult roles of responsibility and self-sufficiency, roles generally associated with marriage and fatherhood,” Crouse, the former executive director of the Beverly LaHaye Institute, wrote in a recent Washington Times...

The "You didn't build that," gaffe by Candidate Obama pushes OFA to play defense for the first instance in more than a month.  The Bain attacks have fallen on deaf ears.  Polls show that the opinion of Romney has become more positive since the Bain-bashing started last February by the Gingrich team.  OFA rushes to blunt the damage by the "Build" ad released by American Crossroads.  Is it enough?  Sure.  Except that Candidate Obama's remark will play like a golden oldie for the rest of the campaign.  OFA cannot interpret Mr. Obama's remarks any more than we can.   OFA claims...

Two African-American men have just filed a discrimination lawsuit against the producers of "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" -- and now, they're going public with details behind their racism accusations ... we're streaming LIVE. The news conference is scheduled to start at 12:30 PM PDT. As we previously reported, the men -- Christopher Johnson and Nathaniel Claybrooks -- claim they were passed over for the role of the "bachelor" because of the color of their skin.

(Reuters) - A pair of African American men expect to file a lawsuit against ABC television and the producer of reality dating shows "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" charging racial discrimination, attorneys said on Tuesday. The class action, to be filed in federal court on Wednesday, is being brought by two residents of Nashville, Tennessee who claim the popular shows intentionally exclude people of color.

Bachelor (and bachelorette) parties aren't my thing. This probably isn't terribly surprising, if you read with any regularity. I'm just not a fan of the craziness that often comes with these drunk fests. Plus, personally, that intense "everyone is here for you" focus is really something I want no part of (I had to be coaxed and convinced to even have a shower). While many people behave themselves at bachelor parties, oftentimes these fetes just get out of control. Friends get excited and caught up in the moment and the groom goes right along with it. .. Now don't get...

Like many young women in love, Colette Armand believes she was hit by a coup de foudre when she first saw her future husband. 'The attraction was instant,' she says. 'We had an immediate connection.' Photographs testify to the strength of their bond, showing a beaming young couple clearly delighted by each other's company. That, however, is where the conventional nature of their romance ends. For Colette's intended is a Masai warrior whose home is a mud hut on the vast African plains.

Melissa Rycroft got rejected soundly by last year's Bachelor Jason Mesnick. But it's Jillian who moved on to The Bachelorette to find her soulmate from a pool of 30 at the start. Did Jillian have some surgery since last season's The Bachelor?

Is this heaven or is this hell? One hour and 45 minutes into ABC's 3-hour-long true love festival Monday, "The Bachelor" Jason Mesnick was doubled over, gasping for air after sending Molly Malaney, a 24-year-old Michigander, packing. "Bachelor" Jason Mesnick chose former Dallas Cowboy cheerleader Melissa Rycroft -- but then regretted his decision, saying he still loves Molly Malaney (inset). (ABC) Up strolled Melissa Rycroft, a 25-year-old former Dallas Cowboy cheerleader, who screamed blissfully several times after Jason dropped to his knee, gave her a ring and that final red rose. "I'm going to be a Mesnick!" Melissa said before...

Bachelorhood And Its Discontents by Christopher Orlet (July 2008) Leibniz never married. He had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married. — Bernard Fontenelle In a 1994 New Yorker piece commenting on a report that the Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser had strangled his wife to death, the pseudoprofound literary critic George Steiner pondered why it should have taken the Marxist philosopher so long to do the old biddy in. “Perhaps philosophers should strangle their wives,” wrote...

Here's a review of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" for the performance night of 4/21/08. We'll have reviews of the dances from the night, who got elimination and who might be next. What judge almost ruined it for one deserving dancer? Also we'll have a review of "The Bachelor London Calling" and Matt Grant's quest to find an American bride. Matt's going to be visiting his top four choices' home towns and families and we'll have all the scoop. Beginning with one of the most unattractive mothers of the would-be bride...EVER! All with pics and video you'll find nowhere else...

Review of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars Performance Round aired 4/14/08 and who got eliminated the following Tuesday, 4/15/08. Plus "The Bachelor-London Calling" continues on as Matt Grant continues his quest to find an American wife. I’ve got a prediction. All with pics and video you’ll find nowhere else on the Internet.

SEMINOLE, Fla. - A former cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who was proposed to on the reality TV show "The Bachelor" was accused of punching a man she lives with in the mouth, authorities said. Mary Delgado was taken into custody just after midnight Wednesday on a battery charge and was under the influence of alcohol when she was arrested, according to a police affidavit. Delgado received a proposal on the show in 2004 from professional bass fisherman Byron Velvick. The two appeared together Tuesday in a special episode of "The Bachelor" called "After the Final Rose." The police...

It's the weekly update of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Bachelor", with pics and video you'll find nowhere else on the Internet. And a bonus, a review of Fox's "The Next Great American Band" with one video featuring all the contenders in one convenient spot. Remixed by me and unique to this Blog.

BOSTON -- A Boston attorney once considered by ABC television to star in “The Bachelor” is, according to prosecutors, a serial rapist. Gary Zerola is charged with the rape and attempted rape of two 19-year-old women in 2004 and 2006. He is also facing charges in Florida that he drugged and then raped an 18-year-old college student he met in a Miami Beach club. Prosecutor Suzanne Kontz said in court Monday that Zerola took one victim he’d met at a Boston bar to Neiman Marcus and bought her a $700 dress and $250 shoes. She then alleged that he took...