For those fallen in Fort Hood and all over the world. We must never forget that it is the soldier that gives us our freedom.
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An 86-year-old man went to his doctor for his annual check-up…
The doctor asked him how he was feeling, and the 86-year-old said, “Things are great and I’ve never felt better. I now have a 20-year-old bride who is pregnant with my child! So what do you think [...]
1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting [...]
I really do hate Hootie, but they do a good cover of Led Zeppelin
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[...] Nothing to do this weekend? Spend a few hours on the phone calling “Blue Dog Democrats” and letting them know you oppose any plan that puts the federal government in charge of your health care.
Missourians who traveled to Washington, D.C., to share that message with members of Congress in face-to-face [...]
Well, it doesn’t get much bigger in exhibition hoops than the Billikens vs. the Fighting Bees of St. Ambrose, or Davenport, Iowa.
Cory Remekun didn’t practice Thursday — I’m not sure about Friday, but on Friday morning, Rick Majerus told me Remekun…
[...]He really can’t help it.
Geraldo Rivera is “most upset” about the Muslims in America who will face “widespread prejudice and discrimination” because of this Islamic terrorist attack that killed 13 US soldiers.
Geraldo was on with Bill O’Reilly tonight:
Geraldo Rivera: “I think what happened in Orlando and what [...]
Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.)
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-Mich.) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in [...]
All told, about 3,000 people showed up Thursday night at the City Museum for the Riverfront Times' annual Best of St. Louis party. There was a variety of attractions: free drink tickets, fire-brea...
Continue reading "Photos: Best of St. Louis Party at the City Museum" > ' [...]Well, it's October, finally. Too bad it's a month late. Ah, well. This would be a great weekend to stop by Citygarden, if you haven't already, and maybe grab a bite to eat at the Terrace View, ...
Continue reading "This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated"' [...]This Monday, November 9, 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar (1913 Park Avenue; website) will host a special cocktail event. Blood & Sand will bring together some of the area's leading mixologists,...
Continue reading "FoodWire: "Blood & Sand" at 33 Wine Shop & Tasting Bar" > [...]Gut Check dishes on our favorite St. Louis food blogs.A Veggie Venture: Alanna advised on vegetarian Thanksgiving options.The Cheesemonger's Wife: Annie dreamed of classes at The School of Arti...
Continue reading "St. Louis Food Blog Digest: 10.24-11.6" > [...]West St. Louis County townships provided more votes last Tuesday in St. Louis County for banning smoking in indoor public places, but the strongest sentiment for the ban came from townships in the central part of the county.
The St. Louis…
[...]Robert Gibbs whined today about the offensive images and discourse by the church-going, taxpaying, America-loving tea party protesters that descended on the US Capital this week.
“I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about [...]
The final regular-season state rankings for Missouri high school football voted on by a 12-person panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parentheses, followed by won-loss record, points received and last week’s ranking.
CLASS 6
Rank, Team W-L Pts LW
1. Rockhurst…
Dan Anderson sent this from the “Kill the Bill” rally yesterday at the US Capital.
With the democrats on the verge of taking over one-sixth of the US economy Republicans in Congress are calling for another rally tomorrow–
Second “House Call” Event Planned For Tomorrow
What: Second [...]
Though the attention of most Americans has been diverted by coverage of health care reform, cap-and-trade legislation, and shootings at Fort Hood and in Orlando, at least one other dangerous piece of legislation is creeping its way around the nation’s capitol. Thanks to a statement from the folks at the [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri’s plan to cut about 100 state parks workers has been scaled back, according to the Springfield News-Leader’s Chad Livengood. After various workers exercised seniority rights and jobs were moved around, only 48 jobs were cut, according…
[...]Of course, this surprises no one.
Weakling Hollywood Director Roland Emmerich of the disaster movie “2012″ will show Catholic landmarks destroyed but will spare Muslim holy sites.
Emmerich says he doesn’t want a fatwa placed on his head.
Catholic Exchange reported, via Free Republic:
Catholic League president Bill Donohue [...]
The National Center staff celebrates YOU!
25 years of Parents as Teachers…what comes next? [...] Inevitably, it seems, films about the end of the world generate much discussion — and, often, controversy.
Five months ago, hype about the soon-to-be-released disaster film, 2012 (trailer below), prompted me to publish a piece under the headline, [...]
Roddy
ST. LOUIS — Alderman Joe Roddy is known around City Hall for a wry sense of humor, using his perch as one of the board’s senior members to take lighthearted cracks at his fellow lawmakers.
But, recently, even Roddy admits that he…
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Editors at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch decided shortly after the assault at Fort Hood Thursday to devote a major part of the front page to that story. We weighed whether to cut back to one or two local [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — The day after Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced that her office has made past state Blue Books available online, Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, has issued a news release repeating his past call to do away with the…
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I may not be posting as much here, due to the fact that I will be the Editor for all things Geeky at 73 Wire’s Business and Tech blog. So do not be alarmed of the lack of posts here.
Also go on over and check out [...]
Jacob Brown scored his first goal of the season, heading in a pass from Alex Sweetin in the fifth minute, as SLU beat Temple 1-0 on Friday. The win pushes SLU into second ahead of Fordham in the Atlantic 10 and three…
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It's impossible to be unhappy while playing the banjo or listening to Weezer. "Raditude" is out! Unfortunately, I didn't think about posting this until the sale was over. Yesterday, it went for $3.99 as an MP3 download (with no funky DRM BS) at Amazon. Now it's [...] You could go out this weekend and spend a wad of cash drinking like a sailor. Or, you might find yourself online or at the mall, and end up charging a ridiculous-looking thermal coat to your Visa....
Continue reading "Ten Things to Do Under $10 This" [...]Via Jezebel. All right. Unreal needs to go do work now. ...
Continue reading "Jon Hamm: The John Burroughs Years" > [...]Today's Post-Dispatch lays out in detail what apparently has been kicked around now for the past few months. The failed downtown shopping mall, St. Louis Centre, is going to be converted into a pa...
Continue reading "St. Louis Centre Is Indeed to Become Parking Garage! " [...]With Thanksgiving rapidly bearing down on us, surer than death and taxes, it came as alarming news yesterday when the Missouri Department of Conservation announced that this year's fall turkey-h...
Continue reading "Gobble Gobble Hey!" > [...]We here at Daily RFT count ourselves as fans of the St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute. After all, what's not to like about a faux advocacy group fighting for the civil rights of mustache...
Continue reading "One Dude Who Has No Appreciation for American Mustache Institute" [...]Gay Wilkinson has been a busy man since he and his anvil shooting hobby were the subject of a feature story in a recent Riverfront Times. Not only has the RFT-produced anvil shooting video in whi...
Continue reading "Gay Wilkinson Drops An Anvil On CBS Evening" [...]Interstate 64, a.k.a. Highway 40, will open December 7 -- a month before the deadline to complete the massive rebuilding of the roadwayAt a press conference this morning near the intersection of H...
Continue reading "Highway 40 to Open December 7" > [...]If we told you that Missouri deer hunters were engaged in liberal do-gooder activities to help the have-nots....would your mind implode? Watch the eff out. Show-Me State outdoorsmen donated abou...
Continue reading "Deer Hunters = Liberal Do-Gooders?" > [...]A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted the Rev. James Grady for sex trafficking, enticement of children and possession of child pornography. Grady was arrested this past summer during ...
Continue reading "St. Louis Priest Federally Indicted for Allegedly Trying to Mack On a Teenage Girl" [...]Don't you know? Gut Check has a Twitter account. You can follow me @gutcheckstl. Here's some of what you missed this week:I get strange stuff in the mail: http://pic.gd/56d5611:30 PM Nov 2ndWell,...
Continue reading "Gut Check's Week in Tweets" > ' [...]During my interview with Steven Caravelli of Sleek, he emphasized that combining gnocchi with bacon and truffles isn't an original idea. Ever-deprecating of his own creativity, Caravelli sees h...
Continue reading "Chef's Choice Recipes: Steven Caravelli's Potato Gnocchi with Truffled Bacon Jus" > ' [...]One of the detriments to living in a city that claims its own "style" of pizza? A significant chunk of the locally-owned establishments ignore the alternatives.Seemingly every neighborhood join...
Continue reading "Stuck to My Ribs: Bono's Pizzeria" > [...] Big chefs write about home cooking. (Los Angeles Times)Angostura bitters shortage could cause problems for cocktail lovers. (The Guardian)Universal student breakfast program choking on suga...
Continue reading "The Morning Brew: Friday, 11.6" > [...]Caterpillar has agreed to pay $16.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its 401k plans charged excessive fees to employees. Cat’s news release says the money, minus attorneys’ fees and costs, will go into the accounts of employees and former…
[...]Perhaps it was indicative of President Barack Obama’s disdain for those he’s charged to lead. No matter the official excuse given by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, yesterday’s actions by Commander-In-Chief Obama prove he just doesn’t get it.
In a piece published today at NBCChicago.com, [...]
He was screaming “Allahu Akbar” as he shot her dead.
She had just finished a tour in Iraq.
Francheska Velez, 21, of Humboldt Park was three months pregnant when she was killed in the Fort Hood shootings, relatives said. (Sun Times)
One of the dead [...]
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Michael Franti & Spearhead have been added to the March 20 John Mayer concert at Scottrade Center.
The venue has not yet announced the tour, and ticket information is not available, but concert producer Live Nation has confirmed…
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Country singer Travis Tritt
Country singer Travis Tritt’s 7 p.m. Nov. 13 concert at Lumiere Theatre at Lumiere Place is sold out.
Craig Campbell is also on the bill.
Get more information at www.ticketmaster.com.
[...]Texas police officer is hailed a hero today for shooting Fort Hood killer Nidan Hasan 4 times during his killing rampage.
ABC reported:
The Times Online reported:
A police officer who intervened to stop a shooting spree at America’s biggest military base was hailed today a heroine as she [...]
The democrat’s vote to take over the nation’s health care system may be delayed.
Speaker Pelosi apparently has bought off enough blue dogs, yet.
MSNBC reported:
House Democrats acknowledged they don’t yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, and signaled they may [...]
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“Truth Czar” Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) held a blogger conference call today to discuss the elections and the planned democratic takeover of the health care industry. During the call I had the opportunity to ask the good Congressman what he thought of [...]
Breaking News: The Orlando Sentinel and other media outlets are reporting that eight people have been injured in a shooting incident in downtown Orlando. Is it a copycat shooting less than 24 hours after the massacre [...]
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I sold my 200th copy on amazon.com in the wee hours of this morning!
