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Stlog: Photos: George Clooney at Up in the Air Premiere Last Night in Los Angeles

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

It's been a while since we touched down in Clooney Chaos territory, but if you haven't heard by now, Up in the Air, the film largely shot in St. Louis and in which George Clooney stars, is receivi...

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Stlog: Twitter Co-Creator Jack Dorsey Launches New Company -- Square -- with St. Louis Techie

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

Here's an update to a story Daily RFT first reported back in September. Today native St. Louisan, Jack Dorsey, better known as the co-founder of the immensely popular social media site Twitter, an...

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Stlog: Wash. U. Turns French Fry Grease into Biodiesel

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

Washington University's dining service, Bon Appétit, continues to prove it has a higher social conscience than you do. First it boycotted tomatoes. Now it is converting its used grease from Fre...

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Stlog: The Lumberyard, a Cherokee Street Literary Journal, Gets Kudos from The New York Times

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

Last week, Dwight Garner of The New York Times' ArtsBeat blog called it "the most physically beautiful new journal I've seen this year" and "a magazine to watch."Speaketh he of The Lumberyard, t...

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Stlog: Advertising Fail: Murder, The McRib, and the Post-Dispatch

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

While we at the Daily RFT are busy wrecking advertising deals with John Tesh jokes, our counterparts at the local daily are shooting themselves in the, ahem, monitor, with an unintentionally hil...

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Stlog: Ladies: Are You Tough Enough for Full-Contact Football? The St. Louis Slam Want to Know!

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

The reigning champs of the Women's Fooball Alliance, a.k.a. the St. Louis Slam, are holding open tryouts this weekend for the upcoming 2010 season. Qualified candidates need "absolutely no exper...

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Stlog: Pit Bull Kills Old Lady and Her Poodle in Illinois Town

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

Rosie L. Humphries, 85, was walking her pet poodle yesterday afternoon in the small town of Flora, Illinois (100 miles due east of St. Louis) when she was attacked and killed by a pit bull. Acco...

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Stlog: Meet Daily RFT's Resident Gun Nut and Blogger, Matt Blickenstaff

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:39 -0500

John Blickensderfer emigrated from Germany to St. Louis in 1850. He made rifles. George Blickensderfer, a distant American cousin, was born the same year. He lived in Stamford, Connecticut, where ...

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Gut Check: FoodWire: Scotch Dinner at Newstead Tower Public House, Tuesday 12.8

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:38 -0500

Enough with your beer and wine dinners! Newstead Tower Public House (4353 Manchester Avenue; website) is hosting a scotch dinner on Tuesday, December 8, at 7 p.m. The dinner will match four course...

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Gut Check: FoodWire: November Restaurant Openings and Closings

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:38 -0500

A fairly busy month for openings. Closings, thankfully, were few. As usual, if I missed anything, please let me know in the comments.OpeningsBalaban's Wine Cellar & Tapas Bar (1772 Clarkson Ro...

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Gut Check: The Noble Writ: Gifts for the Wine Lover

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:38 -0500

'Tis the season for gift-giving, and if you have some wine lovers on your shopping list, you may be puzzled over what to give them. Having been both a giver and a receiver of wine-related gifts ...

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Gut Check: Poll Results: Brick House Tavern + Tap Has "The Loveliest Meat"

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:38 -0500

And so this exercise in shameless, soul-selling pandering concludes with a decisive result: The servers from Chesterfield's Brick House Tavern + Tap won 57% of the vote for which of the new boob-...

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Stlog: Going Ten Rounds with a Smith & Wesson .500 Magnum

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:38 -0500

Through fogged glasses, the target floating seven yards down the range looked vague, almost ghostly. Muffled under bulbous blue headphones, my ears picked up shallow breath, an accelerated heartb...

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Gut Check: The Novice Foodie is Full of Crêpe

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:53:37 -0500

Encouraged by last week's no-knead bread success, and bloated from several Thanksgiving dinners, this week I decide to tackle another classic while keeping things light.What's lighter than thin...

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KN@PPSTER: Mac question

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:05:00 -0500

Y'all,

I've got a fairly simple problem, and I'd like to narrow down the possible solutions. I'm looking for:

- A text editor for MacOS that looks and works like Geany; or

- A version of Geany that runs on MacOS without some kind of weird conversion [...]

No Straight Lines: Links for 2009-12-01 [del.icio.us]

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:00:00 -0500

Harold Jarche » Success depends on who we work with
The Creative Economy requires more independent workers (like musical productions?) with the following traits that can not be commoditized: * Initiative * Creativity * Passion It seems that successful creative work groups need to be just cohesive enough with some [...]

Roger Kramer Cycling: Blog Page: Drunken driver gets up to 45 years for killing cyclist

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:23:00 -0500

All too often, we hear about the injustice the legal system gives bicyclists who are killed or seriously injured when they are struck by a motor vehicle. In some ways, the sentencing of Kevin Babcock, 44, to 20 to 45 years in prison for killing a 19-year-old bicyclist in Grand Haven, [...]

Yeah, but Houdini didn't have these hips.: The Surrendered Wife by Laura Doyle

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:20:00 -0500

This month for Barrie Summy's Book Review Club, I'm discussing The Surrendered Wife by Laura Doyle. When I decided to tackle this project, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

It happened so simply. I was clicking around on the' [...]

The Rev. Chuck Currie: President Will Send 30,000 More Troops To Afghanistan. Are We On The Right Path?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:53:31 -0500

Tonight the President Obama out lined his plans to send an additional 30,000 troops to stop the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. He also stated his desire to remove all U.S. forces starting in mid-2011. As the president noted in his address to the nation from West [...]

Bob McCarty Writes: Six Important Facts About the Assault Charges Three Navy SEALs Face for Doing Their Jobs

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:03:40 -0500

In recent years, I’ve published too many posts about members of the Armed Forces facing undeserved charges: First, it was the so-called “Haditha Marines” who faced trumped-up charges, thanks largely to idiots like Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) declaring them guilty before a mainstream media eager to paint them in a bad [...]

Bob McCarty Writes: Retired Navy SEAL Questions Nation’s Mental State

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:03:15 -0500

EDITOR’S NOTE: President Barack Obama outlined his new strategy for waging his surge-and-retreat style of war in Afghanistan Tuesday night. Because that strategy will involve the expedited deployment of 30,000 more troops under the cloud of an announced timetable for withdrawal, I’m eager to offer the important guest post below. [...]

The Black Sphere: SEALs on Trial

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:52:00 -0500

December 7 is a day that will live again in infamy. However this time America is not being attacked by enemies foreign, but by enemies domestic. On this day in 2009, three Navy SEALs will go on trial for doing their duty for America. What a [...]

Gateway Pundit: Cut-& Run Flashback: Obama & Biden Bash Bush Surge (Video)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:30:25 -0500

In 2007 both Barack Obama and Joe Biden continually spoke out against the Bush Surge of troops in Iraq.

From the video: Speaking at Camp Lejeune on February 27, 2009, Barack Obama talked about the success of our efforts in Iraq which he and the Democratic Party tried to [...]

Gateway Pundit: Despite Obama US Is Winning in Iraq– Casualties Drop to Lowest Level of War

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:25:23 -0500

Despite the fact that democrats and Obama voted against the surge, voted against financing the war, campaigned against the war, and said that genocide was not a reason to keep US troops fighting there…
The US is winning the War in Iraq.

In this [...]

Is there no way out of the mind?: NaBloPoMo & Wild Duck Livers

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:40:00 -0500

So, I’ve decided to participate in National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) , an event that challenges bloggers to post every day for a month.I’m attempting this for a few reasons. First, I get a couple of weeks off this month for winter break, so I’ll have more time to do [...]

Stix Blog ver 3.0: Motivational Poster of the Day

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:29:52 -0500

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Obama

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:19:46 -0500

So we waited for over 3 months for this speech about how we are giving away Afghanistan to Al Queda and the Taliban??? This has got to be one of the low points in our military’s morale ever. We are just telling the Terrorists to wait for [...]

DennisKennedy.blog: Creating a Mobile-ready Version of Your Website or Blog

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:55:47 -0500

My latest technology column for the ABA Journal is out. It's called "Mobilization" and it focuses on whether and how you should create a "mobile-ready" version of your website or blog.

The premise of the column is that, increasingly, people are using browsers on their mobile phones to [...]

Gateway Pundit: Krauthammer and Hayes Slam Obama’s Weak Afghan Surge Speech (Video)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:23:12 -0500

“It’s not exactly the kind of speech you would have heard from Henry V or Churchill.”

Charles Krauthammer and Stephen Hayes slammed Barack Obama’s weak Afghan Surge speech tonight.
As usual, Krauthammer [...]

Gateway Pundit: Chris Matthews Calls West Point “The Enemy Camp” (Video)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:56:19 -0500

Chris Matthews called West Point “The Enemy Camp” tonight after Barack Obama’s weak Afghan War speech:

Via NewsBusters.
Chris Matthews:

“I watched the cadets, they were young kids – men and women who were committed to serving their country professionally it must be said, as officers. And, [...]

World Wide Rolves: A Good Rule

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:59:00 -0500

Gateway Pundit: Cut-&-Run Countdown… Obama Addresses Nation on Afghan War Will Surge Troops For 18 Months

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:08:38 -0500

Here’s a flashback from Barack Obama from the 2008 Campaign:

“His plan comes up short. There’s not enough troops, not enough resources and not enough urgency. What President Bush and Senator McCain don’t understand is that the central front in the War on Terror is not in Iraq and never [...]

Bob McCarty Writes: Obama Announces Retreat from Afghanistan!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:03:56 -0500

“RETREAT!” Just-obtained excerpts of tonight’s Afghanistan strategy speech by President Barack Obama seem to indicate the strategy is no strategy at all. As evidenced in the sentence below, it’s both a withdrawal and an announcement of a timetable for beating feet out of the stone-age nation: “Taken together, these additional American and [...]

Bob McCarty Writes: White House Asks ‘Who Do You Trust?’ (Part 2)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:46:16 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Earlier today, I published a post, White House Web Site Asks ‘Who Do You Trust?’ When It Comes to Government-Run Health Care, which made special note of the graphic above. A short while later, someone who had read that post mentioned that it reminded him of a particularly-memorable scene from [...]

It's Jim: Oh boy! Oh boy!

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:16:00 -0500

Snow is forecast for Wednesday! I hate snow! But, I had to have my driveway rebuilt so I had it heated! Yes. The world's most unnecessay expense. A heated driveway. By the way, would you like to buy a snow blower? [...]

Stix Blog ver 3.0: Working It Out

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:53:53 -0500

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Political Fix: Ethics redux: Shields’ approach similar to one tossed by courts

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:52:10 -0500

JEFFERSON CITY — Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields unveiled new ethics legislation today. But a key plank looks a lot like old ethics legislation that courts have twice thrown out.

Shields wants to bar lobbyists from contributing to legislators’ and…

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Eric Allie

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:51:25 -0500

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Working Daze

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:47:43 -0500

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Steve Kelley

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:44:54 -0500

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Wizard of Id

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:41:42 -0500

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Gateway Pundit: Payback… Iraqi Shoe-Chucker Gets Taste of His Own Medicine (Video)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:31:47 -0500

Payback.
Iraqi shoe-chucker Mantadhar al-Zeidi who assaulted President Bush in Baghdad was pelted with a shoe today at a speech in France.
Muntadhar al-Zeidi detested the US and planned the attack on President Bush for months. Al-Zeidi also is a supporter of Muqtada al-Sadr.
Story Balloon has [...]

citygirl: Just Today...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:30:00 -0500

I hit my left boob on a door, banged my left shoulder on a corner and cut my hand on a door jamb. Dammit, I'm clumsy.' [...]

Political Fix: Before White House, Burris had run-in with alleged party crashers

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:26:54 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Burris and his wife, Berlean, with the Salahis at a Black Caucus event

Looks like the senator who landed in Washington amid Rod Blagojevich’s spectacular political crash had a run-in with a pair of alleged [...]

Bob McCarty Writes: Blogger Approached About Appearing in Documentary Special About Militia Movement

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:24:39 -0500

Number of comments: 4
What is it with me and this bond I seem to have with the militia movement? On March 18, I was inspired to write and publish a mostly-humorous post under the headline, Yikes, I Might Be Part of the Militia Movement! The inspiration came in the form of news that the [...]

Stix Blog ver 3.0: State of the Union

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:24:37 -0500

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Chuck Asay

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:20:13 -0500

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Arch City Chronicle News: Diehl Possibly Next Rules Chair

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:17:00 -0500

The gossip circuit is already starting concerning who’s in line to succeed Rep. Mike Parson as chair of the powerful Rules Committee in January 2011. The three most oft-mentioned names are: Reps.

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Rubes

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:14:13 -0500

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Anong balita, na?: PCs, whales, and Black Friday

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:46:04 -0500

Updated some computers around Casa Pulang Mani. TV Server was a 6+ year old P4 3.0 Ghz dual core computer. The SATA ports on the motherboard started failing and the chipset seemed to be overheating. I had opened up the case and pointed a small table fan inward but that was [...]

Political Fix: Ill. Gov. Quinn: Let’s ‘take a look’ at slots at the tracks

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:58:31 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Quinn

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn a few minutes ago told reporters in Chicago that he thinks the state should “take a look” at a controversial proposal by the horse racing industry to have slot machines at the tracks…

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One Hot Stove: Another day, another curry

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:57:00 -0500

Hello, December! Don't tell me you're here already! I go through all kinds of food phases on a regular basis. A few months ago, it was the turn of whey smoothies and so I stocked the freezer with bags of fruit. Several smoothies later, the enthusiasm fizzled out and a bag [...]

Preps Insider: All-Conference: Suburban North, South, East, West

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:33:36 -0500

Welcome to the first installment of STL’s all-conference football teams. We begin with a disclaimer that all moms, dads, siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, neighbors, Sunday School teachers and awards-banquet emcees should read carefully:

WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH the selection…

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Political Fix: Today the beginning of the end for COBRA credit to unemployed

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:06:58 -0500

Number of comments: 3

WASHINGTON — For recently laid-off Missourians and Illinoisans, a federal subsidy for health insurance worth about $700 per month starts to expire today.

This year, an estimated 7 million people nationwide will benefit from a subsidy that eases the cost of maintaining…

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Political Fix: To mark World AIDS Day, aldermen get themselves tested

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:04:23 -0500

Number of comments: 4

From left, aldermen French, Triplett, Young and Cohn at Planned Parenthood

ST. LOUIS — The three youngest members of the city’s Board of Aldermen and their most tenured colleague were at Planned Parenthood today to mark World [...]

Gateway Pundit: CBO: Porkulus Created/Saved Possibly 1.1 Million Jobs +/- 500,000 Jobs

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:13:49 -0500

Your Government at Work—
A new CBO report claims that the Obama-Pelosi $787 billion Stimulus (Porkulus) Bill saved or created possibly 1.1 million jobs give or take 500,000 jobs either way.
It’s an exact science, you know.

The US unemployment spiked from 7.6% to 10.2% this year under Obama… the [...]

Gateway Pundit: Black Muslim Group Celebrates “Brother & Martyr” Maurice Clemmons

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:51:44 -0500

“For Many Are Called But Few Are Chosen.” BOW Martyr Against White Terrorist & Racist Police Regime (Maurice Clemmons) Adorned With Virgins, Jewelry & Crowned; “When the Battle is Over, We Shall Wear a Crown.” – Seattle Black Foot Soldiers

The Seattle Blackfoot Soldiers, an offshoot of the Nation of Islam, [...]

Political Fix: St. Louis County officials discuss tight budget with county council

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:39:40 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Charlie Dooley

St. Louis County officials today discussed with the county council a tight budget for next year that would barely keep reserves at the 10 percent level the county needs to preserve its highly-desirable AAA credit rating.

“We may get a…

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The Blender: Concert announcement: Alice in Chains, Ani DiFranco, Galactic at the Pageant

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:37:35 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Rockers Alice in Chains

Alice in Chains, Ani DiFranco, Keller Williams, Gov’t Mule, and Galactic are new shows coming to the Pageant.

– Keller Williams, 8 p.m. Jan. 30, $22.50. Buy three tickets get one free first week of sales.

– Gov’t Mule,…

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The Blender: Concert announcement: Bill Bellamy at House of Comedy

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:35:01 -0500

Comedian Bill Bellamy

Comedian Bill Bellamy will perform Thursday-Sunday at the St. Louis House of Comedy.

Show times are at 8 p.m. Thursday, 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, and 8 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $20.

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Brent's Adventures and Random Thoughts: It arrived

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:28:41 -0500

So guess what? My Woot.com $3 bag of crap arrived today. Smartpost comes through! Since I don't know anyone else that got one this time around, here we go.

First, having seen the packages that zinniz and beebers' [...]

Bob McCarty Writes: White House Web Site Asks ‘Who Do You Trust?’ When It Comes to Government-Run Health Care

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:21:02 -0500

Number of comments: 2
Few would disagree with the assertion that four words now appearing on the White House web site constitute “the fundamental question on health insurance reform.” Those words are “WHO DO YOU TRUST?” In order to answer that question, I compared the White House “spin” to what I heard directly from medical [...]

Tiger Tracker: MU has three first-team in all-Big 12 football

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:14:10 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Wide receiver Danario Alexander, linebacker Sean Weatherspoon and kicker Grant Ressel were named first-teamall-Big 12 today by the league’s coaches, and Aldon Smith was named the conference’s defensive freshman of the year.

It was the second consecutive first-team selection for Weatherspoon.

Smith…

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Off the Menu: Crepes in the City to be reborn as Lola

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:03:49 -0500

Number of comments: 3

The “closed for remodeling” sign placed inside of Crepes in the City soon after it suddenly shut down wasn’t just a placeholder — work has been going on for at least a couple weeks now, with the interior undergoing a…

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Political Fix: EPA says not now to ethanol boost in gas

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:00:59 -0500

Number of comments: 10

WASHINGTON — They brought in Democratic Party muscle and a Minnesota Vikings linebacker to help make the case.

Even so, the ethanol industry and the St. Louis-based National Corn Growers Association took a jarring hit hit this morning when the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it would delay…

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Bird Land: DG’s 10@10: Your Hall of Fame Ballot

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:25:58 -0500

Number of comments: 15

TOWER GROVE — This past weekend, Newsday baseball columnist Ken Davidoff wrote that he’s changed his mind about Mark McGwire. For the first time, Davidoff wrote, he will be voting for the former St. Louis Cardinals slugger on the Hall of Fame ballot, and it has nothing to do with [...]

Stlog: Ad Boycott Leaves RFT with Dozen Tix to John Tesh. Who Wants 'Em?

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:07:35 -0500

UPDATED 12/1/09 10:45 a.m.: Don't think there's a wall between the editorial and advertising departments at Riverfront Times? Think again, dear reader. Since posting this item we've been inf...

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Cheerful Curmudgeon: Highlights of 350 Years of Science

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:20:50 -0500

The Royal Society, as in The Royal Society of the UK, has been around for 350 years and is celebrating, in part, by making available highlights of scientific papers on its Trailblazing web site. It is a nicely done Flash timeline giving you easy access to papers such as [...]

Gateway Pundit: The Radical Salahis Stick With Their Story– Say They Were Invited to White House

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:18:02 -0500

With Barack Obama, it’s always about the radicalism. Always.

The Salahis say that the truth will come out eventually.
We will see. So far the state-run media has been pretty quiet about their radical associations.

The Washington DC couple denied Tuesday on “The Today Show” that [...]

Gateway Pundit: Oh Brother– AP Insists Ditherer Obama Is Like Spock

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:45:50 -0500

Except, of course, that Mr. Spock did not have this kook as his mentor:

The Associated Press insists that the ditherer and waffler in the White House and former ACORN organizer is like Mr. Spock.
FOX Nation reported on the latest AP propaganda piece:

He shows [...]

Around the Horns: Game time for Rams-Titans on Dec. 13 is changed

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:57:46 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Kickoff for the St. Louis Rams game against the Tennessee Titans on Dec. 13 in Nashville has been moved back to 3:05 p.m. The change was made as part of the NFL’s flex-scheduling plan.

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The Planet Walker: Makes me want one!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:00 -0500

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Stlog: Looters Leave Swank CWE Store With $16,000 Worth of Jeans

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:07:35 -0500

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers are asking for the public's help in identifying a a quintet who recently broke into Adriano Goldschmied and made off with more than $16,000 worth ...

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Gut Check: The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 12.1

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:07:34 -0500

Two-thirds of broiler chickens from grocery stores carry campylobacter or salmonella. (ABC News)New Julie Powell memoir features butchering, extra-martial affairs, and S&M. (The ...

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Stix Blog ver 3.0: Test

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:48:36 -0500

When will a dependence racket the young cathedral?

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The Rev. Chuck Currie: Pink Glove Dance

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:45:23 -0500

From the folks at Portland's Providence St. Vincent Hospital.

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Bob McCarty Writes: Order Fries, Get Ketchup, Ban Landmines

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:40:18 -0500

Shown in photos above and below, a ketchup packet designed by the advertising agency Publicis Mojo for the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines is clever, though I doubt it will end the use of landmines. What’s next? I fully expect the concept to be adopted soon by promoters of Hollywood slasher, [...]

Political Fix: Mizzou prof: Keeping it simple is key to foreign policy support

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:30:51 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Drury

As President Obama prepares to make his big announcement on Afghanistan tonight, the work of one Mizzou political science teacher offers some insight into winning over the public: Use words that are easy to understand.

And be careful not to confuse any of…

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Bob McCarty Writes: Van Jones Still Has Ear of Obama Administration

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:54:09 -0500

Van Jones, President Barack Obama’s controversial former “green jobs” czar, serves on the advisory board of an independent environmental organization actively working with the White House, reports Aaron Klein of WorldNetDaily.com. Jones resigned in September after it was exposed he founded a communist revolutionary organization and signed a statement that accused [...]

Urban Review STL: Sit anywhere on the bus

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:35:21 -0500

Fifty-four years ago today a 42 year old (my current age) woman refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Of course the woman was Rosa Parks:

Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white male passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, December 1, 1955, triggered [...]

AngryBlackBitch: Untitled...

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:35:00 -0500

Number of comments: 4
For Jessica, Stephen and Carter and far too many others who are forever in the hearts of those who will love you always…

…’til you meet again in the ever after - free from hate, free from pain and free from ig’nance.

Shall we?

A bitch woke [...]

North American Foistboinder: Quote of the Day

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0500

I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own. I resign. -- Number 6' [...]

The Blender: Concert announcement: Patti LaBelle, the O’Jays, Celtic Woman at the Fox Theatre

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:47:45 -0500

Number of comments: 3

R&B singer Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle with the O’Jays, and Celtic Woman are new concerts coming to the Fox Theatre.

– Patti LaBelle, the O’Jays, 8 p.m. Feb. 12, 2010, $45-$65, with a limited number of gold circle seating available. On sale…

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The Blender: Event announcement: Glenn Beck at Chaifetz Arena

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:46:37 -0500

Number of comments: 10

TV personality Glenn Beck

Conservative TV personality Glenn Beck will appear at Chaifetz Arena at 7 p.m. Feb. 5, 2010.

Tickets are $20-$50, on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday at MetroTix outlets, www.metrotix.com, 314-534-1111, and at the box office.

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The Blender: Osunlade celebrates CD with first-ever STL DJ spin

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:45:06 -0500

Osunlade CD cover art

Internationally-known DJ/producer/artist Osunlade, a St. Louis native who has performed and spun all over the world, returns home for a special hometown gig next week.

He’ll spin at the Thaxton Speakeasy, 1009 Olive, Dec. 9 to celebrate the…

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Urban Review STL: Readers believe Post-Dispatch online editor Kurt Greenbaum should be fired

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:15:12 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Kurt Greenbaum didn’t like the repeated anonymous comment from a reader on the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He saw where the comment came from (a school) so he contacted them - a violation of a portion of their privacy policy:

We will not share individual user information with [...]

Gateway Pundit: Shameful. Team Obama Says Historic Honduras Elections “Insufficient Step” to End Political Crisis

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:01:44 -0500

Absolutely shameful. Even though there was record turnout on Sunday in the Honduran elections… Even though Hondurans defied the leftist thug Manuel Zelaya and turned out in droves… Even though the Honduran election met international standards…
The Obama Administration said on Monday that it was an “insufficient step” [...]

Gateway Pundit: Cop Killer Maurice Clemmons Shot Dead- 3 Accomplices Arrested (Video)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:26:59 -0500

Police officers in Seattle shot Maurice Clemmons dead early Tuesday morning. Clemmons killed 4 police officers in an ambush Sunday at a coffee house in Lakewood, Washington.

Clemmons told his acquaintances about his intentions beforehand. They did not notifiy the authorities.
The AP reported:

The man suspected [...]

Gateway Pundit: Czech President Vaclav Klaus: Global Warming Is a Politician’s Myth (Video)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:21:11 -0500

Czech President Vaclav Klaus says global warming is a “politician’s myth.”
He also compared environmentalism to the ideology of communism. Klaus sat down with Peter M. Robinson from the Hoover Institution in November.
Via Story Ballooon:

In retelling his experience of living through the Velvet Revolution, the [...]

Gateway Pundit: Hero Dick Cheney: Obama Giving Aid and Comfort to the Enemy

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:12:04 -0500

Hero Dick Cheney slammed the Obama Administration for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
FOX Nation reported on this Politico interview:

On the eve of the unveiling of the nation’s new Afghanistan policy, former Vice President Dick Cheney slammed President Barack Obama for projecting “weakness” to adversaries and [...]