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The left-Wing Whacko loons at Daily Kos, fresh off of their White House/Robert Gibbs mandated Drug testing, have a new outrage to be outraged about. Indiana's Joe Donnelly, the Democrat Congressman from North Central Indiana, can see the writing on the wall, and desperate to separate himself from "The Washington Crowd", is running an ad critical of what he calls "Obama/Pelosi Immigration Policies". The ad begins with Donnelly saying "I went down to the border to see for myself just how bad the situation really is..." And he ends with this, after telling about him voting for more border agents,...

House Democrats are lashing out at the White House, venting long-suppressed anger over what they see as President Obama's lukewarm efforts to help them win reelection -- and accusing administration officials of undermining the party's chances of retaining the majority in November's midterm elections. In recent weeks, a widespread belief has taken hold among Democratic House members that they have dutifully gone along with the White House on politically risky issues -- including the stimulus plan, the health-care overhaul and climate change -- without seeing much, if anything, in return. Many of them are angry that Obama has actively campaigned...

After bailing out of this year's Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest over a contract disagreement, competitive eating legend Takeru Kobayashi rushed the stage in Coney Island only to be arrested by police. (Snippet)

VALPARAISO, Ind. -- Four middle school students in Valparaiso were arrested on battery and disorderly conduct charges after they were accused of starting a food fight on the last day of school, police said....

It's a clarion alarm call and a familiar sound of rural life - a cockerel's cry to mark the dawn of a new day. But now it could be cock-a-doodle-don't with cockerels set to be banned from one north Norfolk village, because of complaints about the noise they make. A storm is brewing in Burnham Market - sometimes dubbed 'Chelsea-on-Sea' for its popularity with well-heeled Londoners - with many villagers divided into two camps - those who own cockerels and those who are fed up with being woken up in the early hours. Many claim the cockerel's cry is the...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, - War between Lebanon and Israel is being waged, not with guns or butter, but with tahini, as they vie to create the world's largest hummus dish, observers say. Lebanon set the record Saturday for the creation of the largest plate of hummus. About 300 Lebanese chefs in a village about 5 miles east of Beirut came up with a dish weighing 11.5 tons. That's 23,042 pounds of a combination of chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and olive oil, CNN reported. On the surface the competition is good-natured, but as with everything in the region, there is an underlying...

the times Teens referred to juvenile probation, charged with battery, disorderly conduct Accusation over pudding prompts racial fights at VHS By Ken Kosky - ken.kosky@nwi.com, (219) 548-4354 | Posted: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:05 am VALPARAISO | What started with a Hispanic student at Valparaiso High School reportedly uttering a racial slur while accusing a black student of stealing food from his cafeteria tray led to two fights Monday at the school, Valparaiso police said. Police said the Hispanic student was battered by two black students Monday morning and then was battered by two different black students and a white...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., April 16 (UPI) -- Officials with a New Jersey high school said students received a cheese sandwich menu for two days as punishment for a food fight. School superintendent Fredrick Nickles said cafeteria workers at Atlantic City High School prepared and served a cheese sandwich-only menu Wednesday and Thursday for the lunch period involved in Tuesday's food fight, which students coordinated via cell phone, The Press of Atlantic City reported Friday. Nickles said the district has a policy of supplying only the basic meal requirements following an incident of food throwing. He said the policy has been...

On a recent evening, about 60 people—ex-Episcopalians, curious Catholics and a smattering of earnest Episcopal priests in clerical collars—gathered downtown for an unusual liturgy: It was Evensong and Benediction, sung according to the Book of Divine Worship, an Anglican Use liturgical book still being prepared in Rome. Beautiful evensongs are a signature of Protestant Episcopal worship. Benediction, which consists of hymns, canticles or litanies before the consecrated host on the altar, is a Catholic devotion. We were getting a blend of both at St. Mary Mother of God Church, lent for the occasion. One former Episcopalian present confessed to having...

You've read in my five previous columns history is all a matter of perspective. Well, today I'm going to challenge your perspective with the most serious topic you'll ever see in this space. Chili. That's right. With the season just changing from the vernal to the autumnal equinox, a steaming pot of chili looms on my horizon, and on many others. There's nothing better on a cool day than a bowl of chili. It’s more American than apple pie and the hot dog. And, in that same context, I'm going to break one of the cardinal rules of journalism. You...

It has been determined that Hillary Clintons name will be placed in nomination at the democrat convention in Denver in just 2 weeks. Bill will give a speech Monday and Hillary will speak on Tuesday. A roll-call of delegates will take place along with the glorious speeches putting into nomination the great Senator from New Yort, the senator who fought the good fight, and the senator who promises to continue to fight the good fight. The senator fought the DNC to recognize the voters of Florida and Michigan, and though Mr.Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan he recieved...

Rest assured: Chicken tenders and doughnuts will make appearances at the Democratic National Convention. In the midst of media mockery and embarrassment among national Democrats that Denver had declared fried foods a party foul and had ordered multihued entrees, the Denver host committee has softened an original document that called for caterers to be "lean and green." Local officials are now calling the 12 stipulations laid out in a May Request for Proposal to caterers "guidelines." (snip) A memo, titled "Fiction Fuels Frivolous Food Fight," will be issued later this week in an attempt to bring everyone — caterers, national...

This had me in stitches this morning -- enjoy. (h/t Jonah at NRO)

What do skyrocketing milk prices in America, pasta shortages in Italy, bread riots in Egypt and high oil prices all over the world have in common? The global economy is hitting everyone's grocery bill. And while things aren't going to be pretty in America or Europe for the next several years - Italian consumer groups have already waged a strike against the food that represents their national identity - we've got it easy compared to the world's poor. World hunger - that plague that seemed to be on the decline as a global scourge - is slowly making a comeback,...

"An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict."

A dispute over food industry influence has resulted in the resignation of the incoming president of the Obesity Society. Dr. David B. Allison, who was to take over the society, a national group of obesity doctors and researchers later this year, submitted his resignation from that position on Friday. Dr. Allison drew criticism from some members after he wrote an affidavit as a paid consultant on behalf of the restaurant industry, which is trying to block new rules in New York City that at the end of March will require fast-food and other restaurant chains to list the calories of...

LORAIN, Ohio — Sen. Barack Obama said today Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton presents herself as if she was "co-president" from 1993 to 2000. Mr. Obama, holding a town hall forum at a wall board manufacturing plant here, said his criticism of her position on the North American Free Trade Agreement is fair because she includes her time as first lady for eight years as part of her claim to "35 years of experience." "She has essentially presented herself as co-president during the Clinton years," the Illinois senator charged during a press conference after the town hall concluded. "Every good thing...

"Marcia Pappas, NOW-NY's president, wrote in a news release that on a host of issues and positions, "Women have forgiven Kennedy, stuck up for him, stood by him," but "We are repaid with his abandonment. He's picked the new guy over us. He's joined the list of progressive white men who can't or won't handle the prospect of a woman president"

BROOKVILLE, Pa. -- Jefferson County's jail warden got a little tired of inmates throwing food despite repeated warnings not to, so he fought back. Warden David Riley recently started feeding misbehaving inmates a food loaf, made up of all the offerings at mealtime mixed together and formed into a loaf. "We microwave the food loaf before it is served," Mr. Riley said. "It's really not that bad." Jails across the country commonly serve food loaf as punishment for bad behavior. Some jails don't use the daily meal offerings, but instead use a recipe that includes ingredients like wheat bread, beans,...

Fish have the reasoning capacity of a 4- or 5-year-old child when it comes to figuring out who among their peers is "top dog," new research shows. Stanford University scientists made the discovery—said to be the first demonstration that fish can use logical reasoning to figure out their social pecking order—by studying fights among small, highly territorial, spiny-finned fish called cichlids, common in freshwater in tropical Africa, including in Lake Tanganyika in central Africa. Logan Grosenick, a graduate student in statistics, and his colleagues found that a sixth fish could infer or learn indirectly which were the 1st through 5th...