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For those that want to make some french food - or simply watch Laura make some french food. This camera man....let's just say I'd like to buy him a beer. Back when the food channel could come up w/ something better than guy fieri in a supermarket.

“The neocons in the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia and Netanyahu have created a situation where it is going to be very difficult for President Trump to avoid a war with Iran," she said. "They have built all the building blocks, placed the dynamite and lit the fuse. It is going to be up to Donald Trump and his leadership whether or not he is going to cut that fuse and say, 'Hey, we need to get back on track and put the interest of the American people in our country first.'" The Iraq War veteran also criticized Trump's recent...

President Trump recently advocated that more immigrants from Norway be welcomed. His inclusiveness was met by vitriol and Norwayphobia from the bigoted Fake News Media.I stand with President Trump, and propose that all beautiful Norwegian women be given instant citizenship. Of course, that may be merited for beautiful women of other countries too. If you want to suggest other countries that have beautiful women to whom this policy should be applied, please do so in the comments below, following the rule that your case needs to be made with one or more pictures.

...The women of the Right are allowed to believe things that the women of the Left are not. They are allowed to believe there is a difference between women and men, female and male, and that those differences are real, not a false cultural construct imposed by a self-interested, manipulative patriarchy. Unlike Gloria Steinem, they can express their femininity in any way they choose to, without fear of being accused of a calumnization of the sisterhood. Even more, women of the Right are allowed to accept obvious things rather than engage in exhausting psychic gymnastics to get to a place...

On a recent flight to New York, I was delighted when a stewardess came over and gave me a bottle of champagne. ‘This is from the captain — he wants to welcome you on board and hopes you have a great flight today,’ she explained. You’re probably thinking ‘what a lovely surprise’. But while it was lovely, it wasn’t a surprise. At least, not for me. Throughout my adult life, I’ve regularly had bottles of bubbly or wine sent to my restaurant table by men I don’t know. Once, a well-dressed chap bought my train ticket when I was standing...

Pretty, pretty is dying. People will define pretty differently. For the purposes of this piece, I define pretty as a mutually enriching balanced combination of beauty and projected innocence. Once upon a time, women wanted to project an innocence. I am not idealizing another age and I have no illusions about the virtues of our grandparents, concupiscence being what it is. But some things were different in the back then. First and foremost, many beautiful women, whatever the state of their souls, still wished to project a public innocence and virtue. And that combination of beauty and innocence is what...

Watch below courtesy of a YouTube account titled, no joke, “BachmannLovesGacy.” The gaffe: She claimed in an interview with Fox News that she shares the spirit of another famous Waterloo, Iowa, resident, John Wayne. But John Wayne never lived in Waterloo; John Wayne Gacy did, which means this is either (a) another sloppy factual error a la her claiming that Lexington and Concord are located in New Hampshire or (b) some sort of Freudian slip that proves she secretly identifies with lunatics or something. (Bachmann loves Gacy!) Her critics will insist they’re sticking to the first narrative but their read...

Damn, am I fine lookin' or what?!!! Just days after he was indicted on federal charges of using illegal campaign donations to conceal his mistress from voters, the U.S. Marshals Service on Wednesday released the mugshots of former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C). Edwards, who was the 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The six-count indictment triggered immediate criticism from a range of campaign finance and legal experts, who said the government’s case is unprecedented and appears weak. They questioned whether it would survive the fierce defense being mounted by Edwards’s lawyers, who contend that...

As an addendum to Katie's earlier post with the unemployment numbers du jour, this visual from Zero Hedge (h/t to The Blaze) provides some perspective into the effects that such dismal unemployment rates have on our economic growth. Photobucket Following the most recent NFP disappointment, the simple math indicates that for the US to return to its December 2007 unemployment [4.8%], when factoring in the natural growth of the labor force of 90k people a month, the economy will need to add 250k jobs a month for the next 66 months or until the end of Obama's now very implausible...

As expected, the Department of Justice landed with both feet on former Senator and one-time Democratic nominee for Vice President John Edwards today. The DoJ released a grand jury indictment on six counts — four of illegal campaign contributions, and one each of conspiracy and making false statements to the FEC: John Edwards, a two-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and a former U.S. senator from North Carolina, was indicted today on charges of conspiracy and false statements. The indictment is the culmination of a secretive federal probe that has been going on for more than two years. The...

Just felt a pretty decent quake here in San Jose. Not enough to get me off the couch. It was weird. It's like it was taking batting practice witha few fits and starts then... a good slow rumble. I am guessing it lasted 3 seconds. Anyone else feel it? Nothing on the News.

When Bill Clinton came to town this week to raise bucks for Mark Dayton's gubernatorial bid, he also held a late-night fundraiser for state Sen. Tarryl Clark, who's trying to unseat the Sixth District congresswoman. According to Salon's Joe Conason: "Your opponent," he told Clark, "is the ultimate example of putting ideology over evidence." "I respect people with a conservative philosophy," he continued. "This country has been well-served by having two broad traditions within which people can operate. If you have a philosophy, it means you’re generally inclined one way or the other but you’re open to evidence. If you...

I just decided to go in a different direction for a change this week. I hope the commercial entities don't mind a bit of low-cost advertising. Thin section Arizona Skies Meteoritesclick pic for 2x Sticks In Stones Lapidaryclick pic for 2x Ginkgo Gem Shop The Lone Star Mine Shaft

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has a lot more work to do to see his way out of the political mess that is the Gulf oil spill. There are a number of factors that could hamper his progress, If he takes his time and uses all the resources available then he could come out of it in good shape. As an added bonus he could get a fair amount of credit for leading Louisiana out of the dark ages. How much credit. Would it be 55% of the credit. That's not important now. What's important is getting something good out of...

An investigation has been launched into the death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl amid claims she hanged herself after being bullied because she was pretty. Poppy Bracey was found in her bedroom last week after returning home from her Manchester school. The teenager was taken to hospital but later died. Council officials said today they are looking into allegations Poppy was being bullied in the run up to the death. Friends at 1,000-pupil Lowton High School, in Leigh, posted a series of messages on internet sites claiming Poppy was being picked on. One, at the specialist sports college where former pupils...

Make Way for Victory Today's Scripture "But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:57, AMP). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria God desires that you live in victory in every area of your life. The scripture says He always causes us to triumph through Christ Jesus! No matter what you may be facing today, God wants to make you more than a conqueror. Are you battling sickness? God wants to give you healing. Are you struggling with a broken relationship? God wants to give you restoration...

Sarah Palin on the list:

Listening to tonight's O'Reilly Report. He has as guests in one segment, Gretchen Carlson and some other woman. They were discussing why Sarah Palin left the governor's office. The women mentioned that she was picked on unmercifully (true) and that she couldn't reply to all the attacks (true) and they they were precipitated by her gender, and her good looks. O'Reilly asked why Pelousi hadn't been similarly attacked as she was a nice looking woman also. I come close to hurling. I think we should round up all of our spare glasses and send them to him since he obviously...

Reporting from Washington -- The Obama administration has appealed to China to provide training and even military equipment to help Pakistan counter a growing militant threat, U.S. officials said.

"Now they say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was too pretty!!It was okay for them to talk about what a hunk Obama was, with his abs and swimsuit in Hawaii. Being good looking helped him. It was a good thing...He was smart AND good looking! Amazing...And what about the younger and more fit Billy Bob Clinton? Remember all the stories about how women thought he was so good looking? We were told he had strong support from women voters because he was handsome...So, for guys it is okay to be good looking and talk about it." Now we're supposed to believe...