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Conservative dating app 'The Right Stuff' was founded by Trump officialsSNIP A new dating app called The Right Stuff is set to go live late this month and promises to be a non-woke alternative for conservatives seeking a date with someone who shares their values. The Right Stuff was co-founded by former Trump administration officials John McEntee, Daniel Huff and Isaac Stalzer, who found from their dating experiences in Washington, D.C., and New York City that it was difficult to find other conservatives on traditional dating apps. Then a conservative female friend of McEntee's mentioned that her girlfriends were frustrated...

On April 9, 1959, the newly-formed National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, introduced the world to a new breed of heroes: the Mercury Seven, America’s first astronauts. Se-lected from a pool of over 500 military test pilots, these men represented the best the nation had to offer, and its best hope in the intensifying Space Race against the Soviets. Almost immediately, the Mercury Seven became national heroes: on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard would became the first American in space, while on February 20, 1962, John Glenn would become the first American to orbit the earth, a feat which...

The planet is not in danger of catastrophic man made global warming. Even if we burn all the world’s recoverable fossil fuels it will still only result in a temperature rise of less than 1.2 per cent. So say The Right Climate Stuff Research Team, a group of retired NASA Apollo scientists and engineers – the men who put Neil Armstrong on the moon – in a new report. “It’s an embarrassment to those of us who put NASA’s name on the map to have people like James Hansen popping off about global warming,” says the project’s leader Hal Doiron....

I try very hard (and almost always successfully) to restrain myself from posting vanities, however I stumbled into a video clip that so captures the spirit and the reality of the America that we have lost, that I could not help but share it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I5zY-4ZtkY

The wife of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in the Hudson river says her husband is a "a pilot's pilot" who "loves the art of the airplane."

Republican Presidential nominee John McCain stormed into Pennsylvania today to the tune of "Eye of the Tiger," leading a rally at TC Millwork, in a Bensalem, Bucks County industrial park, before more than 1,000 enthusiastic spectators. The crowd greeted McCain with chants of U-S-A, U-S-A. He led off his speech by ripping Democrat Barack Obama for appearing on stage in Tampa, Fla. yesterday with players from the Phillies World Series opponents, the Tampa Bay Rays, after Obama pledged two weeks ago to root for the Phils. "When he's campaigning in Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies, and when he's campaigning...

LANCASTER [CALIFORNIA]- For the men and women flown in to the Antelope Valley to accept a little marble-and-brass immortality on the Lancaster Aerospace Walk of Honor, flying is all it was ever about. Each of those attending Saturday's ceremonies expressed love for the bright sunshine and clear blue skies over Edwards Air Force Base. Each knew the joy of the high-flying exploits best described in Tom Wolfe's classic of narrative journalism, "The Right Stuff," which celebrated the calculated cool, courage and humor of test pilots and astronauts. Ask retired Col. Joe Schiele. He piloted the C-141 Starlifter jet transport on...

Gen. Chuck Yeager will join Republican presidential candidate Duncan Hunter for a meet and greet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at the Beacon Drive-In. Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier and the subject of the book "The Right Stuff," is traveling across the state with the California Congressman this week.

Sessions' speech started a little while ago - so I don't know how much time is left - but it's quite good. I'll watch for the repeat.

The wit of Oscar Wilde is often more clever than insightful, but when he declared that “one’s first duty in life is to assume a pose”, he may have been on to something: clothes don’t just make the man; they can, if unchanging in style and sufficiently de trop, make him look ageless. This, at least, is the impression left by Tom Wolfe as he blazes through the culinary empyrean of Café Boulud on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, trailing dash and élan among the stolidly well-heeled and sourly superannuated diners. The writer who pioneered reporting with the intensity of literature,...

Last week, Wally Schirra, Jr., a member of a shrinking and nearly extinct daredevil brotherhood, died of a heart attack. Schirra was the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA’s original manned spaceflight programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Of the original Mercury Seven, only Scott Carpenter and John Glenn are still alive. As a matter of fact, John Glenn was still cheating death as late as last year. Last summer, John Glenn and his wife were injured in a traffic accident near Columbus. The astronaut and former Ohio senator now holds two historical distinctions: He was the first...

Republican Presidential candidate Duncan Hunter (R-CA) received an internet today when the results of an internet poll were announced.  The poll, administered by Rightwingnews.com, placed Hunter near the top in overall favorability, and near the bottom in un-favorability among conservative bloggers. A total of 230 right-of-center bloggers were asked to rank their most and least favorable candidates.  Hunter was second in over popularity with a net score of 32, outranked only by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's score of 38.5.  Gingrich has yet to announce his intentions in the race.  According to Right Wing News spokesman John Hawkins,...

<p>One night last summer, radio host Larry Elder beckoned his listeners to the Ha Ha Cafe in North Hollywood to film a documentary lampooning liberal film maker Michael Moore.</p> <p>Intrigued, producer Eric Peterkofsky showed up for the night's comedy. He listened as comic Jeff Wayne headlined the event with right-wing jokes rarely heard in comedy shows.</p>

<p>One night last summer, radio host Larry Elder beckoned his listeners to the Ha Ha Cafe in North Hollywood to film a documentary lampooning liberal film maker Michael Moore.</p> <p>Intrigued, producer Eric Peterkofsky showed up for the night's comedy. He listened as comic Jeff Wayne headlined the event with right-wing jokes rarely heard in comedy shows.</p>

MIDI - ANCHORS AWAY - first version Oh, what a day my friends...historic day He's our commander-in-chief There's no talk of boxers or briefs He understands his role...what he must do Lots of bad days for bad guys Before Dubya's, before Dubya's through There's respect...respect...it's shining through on each and every face They all know...they know...this is the right man, the right time and place Oh, what a day, my friends...historic day It was a flawless landing Thank God he's the one commanding He understands his role...what he must do Lots of bad days for bad guys Before Dubya's,...

A good time was had by all at a cocktail reception for New York Governor George Pataki at the Malibu, CA home of David Horowitz. FReepers TwoStep and broomhilda were there. Thank you TwoStep for letting me know about the event. Talk show hosts with whom I talked: Michael Reagan, Peter Ford, George Putnam, Ray Briem, and Tammy Bruce. I recalled with Tammy one of my favorite all time radio moments when she finally announced "I hate Bill and Hillary Clinton." She acknowledged that Clinton is a rapist. I had a chance to chat with Chris Ruddy and Jim Hirsen...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Suicide bombings and other "evil tactics" used by Israel's enemies threaten the civilized world itself, the incoming House majority leader said Wednesday. He praised President Bush for "standing solidly with Israel." "We cannot allow the flame of democracy to be extinguished by a wave of aggression," said Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, who as majority whip now ranks third among House leaders. "The terrorists attempting to destroy the state of Israel should know that America will never allow that to happen." DeLay commended Bush for "resisting the constant calls to force Israel back to the negotiating table, where...