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EDIBLE FLOWERS: A Recipe for a Moist and Delicious Almond Cake with Raspberry Sauce
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO ALMOND CAKE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE For the Cake One stick of unsalted butter, at room temperature 7-ounce package of almond paste (sold in cellophane tubes)—broken into small pieces 1/2 cup … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH—Stephen Colbert Has Been Selected as David Letterman’s Successor on CBS’s Late Show.
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO I am a BIG fan of Stephen Colbert and his show The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. On his show, Colbert takes on the persona of a Bill O’Reilly type television character. I think Colbert is … Continue reading
Celebrating National Poetry Month with “Litany”—A Poem by Billy Collins
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO In “Litany,” Billy Collins “steals” the first two lines of another writer’s poem…then creates his own poem. Litany By Billy Collins You are the bread and the knife, The crystal goblet and the wine… ~ Jacques … Continue reading
Esquire’s Scott Raab Reports That Christie Prosecutor Gets Its Star Witness to Start Talking
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO I was doing research for a new post that I hope to write about Chris Christie and the Mastro Report, which exonerated the governor of New Jersey from any wrongdoing in the Bridgegate scandal, when I came … Continue reading
A Mark Fiore Political Cartoon: Religious Liberty for Corporations
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Mark Fiore says that since corporations got their free speech rights—they’re now fighting to get freedom of religion. He adds, “With the “Hobby Lobby” case before the Supreme Court, the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Constitutional Law, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, SCOTUS
Tagged ACA, Birth Control, Mark Fiore
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Paula Deen Closes Restaurant at Center of Racism Scandal
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Paula Deen—the Duchess of Deep-Frying…the Maven of Mayonnaise…the Belle of Buttah—was back in the news this past February. Word was out that the former Food Network star was “maneuvering for a comeback.” The southern damsel know for … Continue reading
It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: Glenn Beck Sued for Defamation
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last April, during the running of the Boston Marathon, a tragic event occurred when two bombs exploded killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. Two brothers—Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev—quickly became the FBI’s primary suspects for … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, FBI, Law Enforcement, Media, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, United States
Tagged Glenn Beck, Terrorism
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Ku Klux Klan Distributes Fliers in Virginia…Insists It’s Not a Hate Group
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Two weeks ago, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported a story about the Ku Klux Klan distributing fliers in several neighborhoods in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The fliers—which were said to contain a hotline number, an email address, and two … Continue reading
Fred Phelps: A Minister Who Sowed the Seeds of Hatred
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO I’m sure readers of this blog are aware of the death of Fred Phelps, founder of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. Phelps, who was an ordained Baptist minister and a disbarred Kansas lawyer, was said to have … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Homosexual Rights, Religion
Tagged Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church
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It’s Friday!: Time for Another Mark Fiore Video…and a Video of Anti-Sceince Legislator Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia
The following Mark Fiore House Science & Ladyparts Committee video is from August 2012. It’s a bit outdated—but much of it still holds true today. It’s also one of my favorites!
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Biology, Conservatives, Cosmology, Creationism/Intelligent Design, Politics, Science
Tagged Mark Fiore
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