St. Louis is getting its a$s handed to it right now by Marquette, Michigan in an online poll going on between showcase cities. Until the end of the month, a D.C.-based non-profit called Nationa...
Continue reading "City is Laggin' in "Distinctive Destination" Vote" > ' [...]Two additional Missouri men have been charged with plotting the bizarre kidnapping last month of a New Jersey man who turned out to be the wrong intended target. The case of mistaken identity pr...
Continue reading "New Charges in Kidnapping Case of the "Bumbling Idiots"" > [...]Given all the allegations surrounding Granite City High vice principal Brian Harshany, it's not all that surprising that the administrator plans to resign tonight, according to KMOX. For those o...
Continue reading "Blow Up Over Blow-Up Doll Leads Granite City Principal to Resign" > [...]Teri Davis Newman, one of the RFT's Ask A Cougar! columnist competition also-ran, says she won the GOP primary in Illinois' Twelfth Congressional District last week with less than $2,000. And now...
Continue reading "Cougar Won Illinois Primary With Chump Change...Ready to Rip Jerry Costello to'" [...]Spotted during the Super Bowl during the clever and slightly creepy John Beal commercial right after half time. ...
Continue reading "Did You See the RFT in the Super Bowl?" > [...]OK. It's a trick question because I'm eating this at my desk here at Gut Check International Headquarters. But from where does this pulled pork and chicken barbecue hail? And where is the cornbrea...
Continue reading "Guess Where I'm Eating This Barbecue Pulled Pork and Chicken" [...]
Franz
JEFFERSON CITY - Legislators say the spread of K2, a “herbal incense” more commonly referred to as a synthetic marijuana, is an epidemic.
Missouri state Rep. Ward Franz, R-West Plains sponsored a bill that would add K2 to Missouri’s list of illegal…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan convinced pawnbroker-turned-politician Scott Lee Cohen to leave the Democratic ballot over the weekend not with political arguments or fiscal threats, but with what Madigan said was “personal advice”:
“I told him this anguish…
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Praprotnik, left, and Purgason
ST. LOUIS — Since when does the state Democratic party send news releases heralding the announcements of Missouri Republicans?
When those Republicans are running in the GOP primary against U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, the Senate hopeful who is…
[...]Last week the president offered up his new budget. Budgets are moral documents, as Jim Wallis likes to say, and I agree with that. How we spend our money - how we act as stewards - reflects our values.
President Obama has offered up a budget that will help [...]
Figures.
Earlier today White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mocked Sarah Palin by jotting a few notes on his hand prior to his meeting with the press.
Via BreitbartTV
Later at the White House press conference, Barack Obama surprised the journalists when he came in and called for an [...]
Bill O’Reilly slammed Jim VandeHei from Politico last night for defending the state-run media’s atrocious coverage of the National Tea Party Convention. The media published only 2 favorable reports on the event out of hundreds.
O’Reilly accused VandeHei of lying about the media’s coverage of the event:
(Via [...]
Heathrow Airport employees copied and distributed nake scanner pictures of Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan this week.
The pictures were supposed to be immediately destroyed after passengers proceed through the gate.
Prison Planet reported:
Claims on behalf of authorities that naked body scanner images are immediately [...]
Mark Newport: Self-Made Man opened to the public on Friday night at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis County. Newport knitted superhero costumes for this exhibition, and even donned one -- appe...
Continue reading "Photos: The Knitted, Fuzzy Superhero Costumes of Mark Newport" > [...]Attention home buyers: Great bargain available. Don't hesitate; this offer won't last long:Asking Estimated price: $170, 000Address: 2854 Robert Drive, Columbia, Illinois 62236Ame...
Continue reading "House of Horrors: Bank Forecloses on Chris Coleman's Home" > ' [...] Pitchers report to spring training next week, and soon "El Hombre" will be gunnin' for 'em. Photo courtesy of (where else?) Wikipedia, keywords: Mk 15 sniper rifle. ...
Continue reading "Albert Pujols Trades Big Bat for Bigger Gun" > [...]The Humane Society yesterday released its Humane State Ranking, a comprehensive report rating all 50 states on a wide range of animal protection laws dealing with pets, animal cruelty and fight...
Continue reading "Humane Society: Missouri Ranks 43 For Laws to Protect Animals" > [...]It must have been the five-alarm sauce.(Ba-dum-cha! Thank you, thank you very much. We'll be here all afternoon, don't forget to tip your waitress.) Seriously, though, a false alarm closed the S...
Continue reading "Bomb Scare Closes Buffalo Wild Wings in St. Peters" > [...]River City Casino is slated to open Thursday, March 4, which means the p.r. blitz is in full swing. Yesterday, the casino revealed its lineup of restaurants.This is another property from Pinnacl...
Continue reading "River City Casino Reveals Restaurant Plans" > [...]Health officials destroy over $1,000 worth of local fruit over business license dispute. (Chicago Tribune) USDA kills never-functional livestock-tracking program. (Des Moines Register)Brook...
Continue reading "The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 2.9" > [...]TOWER GROVE — The Cardinals have called off the carousel. With a deal done Monday, the Cardinals have put Skip Schumaker in position to do something that hasn’t been done since Fernando Vina manned the pivot, all while further defining not only what the team will look like in 2010 [...]
JEFFERSON CITY — For years one of the annual partisan battles in the Missouri Legislature has dealt with the issue of Voter ID. Republicans want voters to have to present a photo ID — such as a driver’s license —…
[...]For God's sake, roll your shirtsleeves down you Jersey Shore goon. The Missouri Arms Collectors Association hosted its 68th actual gun show Feb. 5, 6 and 7 at the Heart of St. Charles Banquet Cent...
Continue reading "Photos: Daily RFT Survives Our Journey to St. Charles'" [...]For the past two-and-half years a group Crystal City residents have been waging an all-out war with City Hall over a controversial plan to build an iron-ore smelter in the Jefferson County town....
Continue reading "Dream Comes True for Crystal City: Elliot Davis Comes to Town" [...]Attention State Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale): The Missouri Capitol may look like the U.S. Capitol. (Indeed, the building in Jefferson City is modeled after the one in Washington D.C.) But l...
Continue reading "Mo. State Senators Think They're in D.C., Argue Federal Budget, Health Care Reform"' [...]
Tonight’s all-star St. Louis Musicians for Haiti at the Sheldon Concert Hall is sold out, but you can still check it out live on HEC-TV (Channel 26/AT&T U-Verse Channel 99) or online at www.hectv.org.
Click here to watch it live beginning at 7:30…
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Nneka
New eclectic soul singer Nneka, fresh from an appearance on “Late Night With David Letterman,” will perform Saturday night at the Gramophone.
Nneka’s new album is “Concrete Jungle.”
St. Louis rapper Black Spade opens; show time is at 10 p.m.
Admission is $8-$10.
Get…
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Carrie Rodriguez
Carrie Rodriguez, Jim Lauderdale, Over the Rhine, Jackie Greene, and That 1 Guy are new concerts coming to the Old Rock House.
– Carrie Rodriguez, Jim Lauderdale, Tim Easton, 8 p.m. May 13. $15-$17.
– That 1 Guy, 9 p.m. April…
[...]Obama Flashback: “I will never question the patriotism of others in this campaign.”
But that was back in 2008.
The Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor to the White House John Brennan wrote today that those who criticize Team Obama’s dangerous and naive national security decisions [...]
Andrew Breitbart raised the roof at the National Tea Party Convention this weekend in Nashville, Tennessee. The speech was revolutionary. Andrew stood in front of the media and in 33 minutes declared war on their corruption and contempt for the American people.
Founding Bloggers posted the entire brilliant [...]
ABOVE: Vew from a bus in Seattle, WA
I no longer have issues with taking a bus if that is that is the only public transportation choice I have. This was not always the case with me. I still prefer streetcars [...]
Sarah Palin let the Obama Administration have it Saturday night.
But that won’t stop Team Obama from pushing their hopey-changey socialist crap.
Michelle Obama defended her husband today from recent attacks insisting that, “Change isn’t easy and doesn’t happen overnight.”
But it sure hurts.
Good Morning America reported:
“I think [...]
These statists won’t be happy until they control your every breath…
A recent scientific study released by a group of American scientists insists that third-hand smoke is harmful and may cause cancer.
Lara Gundel, a co-author of the study, is a staff member of [...]
The great Pamela Geller from Atlas Shrugs destroyed Ron Reagan Jr., Joy Behar and her other hateful liberal guest on the Behar Show last night. Geller gave Ron Jr. the spanking he never had, but needed. You can tell she got under that naughty boy’s skin. He looked like [...]
The Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mahsud died from injuries suffered in a US drone attack. (Chicago Tribune)
Mahsud was engineer of a devastating series of suicide attacks including the attack that killed 7 CIA officials in Afghanistan in December.
The LA Times reported, [...]
February 17th is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. Around this time last year I wrote a reflection on fasting as it is portrayed in Isaiah, wondering at the nature of a true fast. I think it’s sort of funny that I end up [...]
“Miss me yet?”
Yes.
After President Obama tripled the national deficit in one year and nearly doubled the unemployment number compared to the previous administration’s average, a mysterious George W. Bush billboard popped up in Minnesota off of Interstate 35.
BreitbartTV reported:
Sarah Palin scribbled notes in the palm of her left hand before her appearance Saturday night at the National Tea Party Convention. President Barack Obama used a teleprompter during a visit to an elementary school in Virginia last month.
AP photo
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Andrew Jones suggested that 2009 represented a decisive year for the movement, and he’s been as careful observer of it as any. Of course, people disagree with him–but then, when it comes to that conversation, everything is up for grabs, [...]
I have dropped 24 pounds since last May, which makes me smile. Now, in addition to simply being smaller, I have two more reasons to smile. First, my last blood test for cholesterol levels came back with greatly improved numbers across the board. This means that I will likely be [...]
Let it snow. Let is snow. Let it snow.
The weekend snowstorm shut down the US Senate on Monday. The democrats were hoping to vote for another $80 billion stimulus jobs bill on Monday. Now they will have to put off the vote until Tuesday or later.
The GOP says they will agree to meet with Obama over the Health Care bill if he agrees to start over from scratch.
47% of Americans want Congress to start over on health care. Only 23% want the current bill proposed [...]
Chip Bennett Chip Almost time for kickoff. Go #Colts!.
Chip Bennett And it’s 3-0 #Colts! [chip_bennett].
Chip Bennett Chip #Colts start with a three-and-out on defense. [...] I had the pleasure to talk to Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, and his lovely wife Dr. Helen at the National Tea Party Convention this past weekend. Glenn, of course, has been been a role model, mentor and friend of mine for years since I started my blog [...]
Is there a comic touring today who makes better use of the word "cock"? It's a funny word, sure, but in Norm Macdonald's delivery -- distinctly Canadian, equal parts Eddie Haskell and sedated inva...
Continue reading "Norm Macdonald at the Funny Bone in Westport: A Two-Show" [...]Garvin Brown died around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, February 6, after being shot several times in the neck, chest and shoulder. According to reports, Brown, 29, was shot in the 3600 block of Herbe...
Continue reading "Garvin Brown, St. Louis Homicide No. 17; Crashes Car After Shooting" [...]I don't know about you, but none of the AB InBev's advertisements last night hit home with me. Then again, maybe it's because the last thing I'd ever want is a house made of Bud Light cans.Still...
Continue reading "Anheuser-Busch InBev Claims Three of Top 10" [...]The website Opinionated About Dining has released its annual list of the nation's "Most Important Restaurants." While no St. Louis restaurant was among the 30 finalists on the nationwide list, w...
Continue reading "Blog Opinionated About Dining Gives Kudos to Sidney Street Café" > [...]Sales of magazines at newsstands and other retail outlets fell 9 percent in the second half of 2009, the Associated Press is reporting from Audit Bureau of Circulations figures. That’s an improvement from the 12 percent year-over-year decline the first half…
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Erstwhile Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois Scott Lee Cohen said today that dropping out of the race was the hardest things he’s ever done.
Watching his teary press conference today could be No. 2.
For the…
[...]That didn’t take long… Antiwar democrat John Murtha passed away just a few hours ago and already democratic politicians were using his death to push their radical agenda. Democrats are already casting Murtha as a martyr in their push to nationalize the nation’s health care industry.
I had to turn Comments off on all postings, hopefully just a s short amount of time. I have been hit was spam Comments bad! [...] FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. _ There are a lot of former Rams lately with an interest in helping coach the team. Add Nolan Cromwell to the list. Cromwell, 55, is talking to coach Steve Spagnuolo about the Rams’ vacant wide receivers coach position,…
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A bitch has a deadline...
