Author: Tom Faranda
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Friday cocktail – the Last Word
We did publish this cocktail on November 8th, 2024, but it has disappeared! And it is a great cocktail so we are repeating. There are other wonderful equal parts cocktails – like the Paper Plane – but we still think this is the King. Probably the all time favorite for Brigid and myself. Anders does…
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Trump questioned on Renee Goode
Don’t know if this was a “gotya” question but I thought Trump answered it well with the exception of the usual Trumpian exaggeration nonsense “hundreds of thousands of murderers”. Rubin and the woman speaking afterward – they probably have a point about the feeling of some Democrats. Not sure why this is titled about a…
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JD Vance and Usha Vance – baby #4 on the way
Brigid and myself are both from a family of four. I was the oldest and Brigid the youngest. Are we “oil and water” or “Yin and Yang”? “We’re very happy to share some exciting news. Our family is growing!” the post read, followed by the full statement: “Usha is pregnant with our fourth child, a…
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CNBC interview with Sec. Bessent in Davos.
Good thing he’s Treasury Secretary. Very worth watching the whole interview. Killler line at about 2 minutes – “Since 1980 the US has spent 22 trillion dollars more on defense than the entire rest of NATO has.”
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Clear video of the church stormed by “peaceful protestors”
This video was taken by one of the protestors and somehow Catholic Vote got ahold of it. Well known humanitarian Don Lemon was at the protest but – he says – only to cover it as a journalist. The claim is that one of the church Pastors works for ICE.
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Highlights of last night’s college football championship
Wow this was a good game. Abbreviated highlights are here. And here are the full highlights – great if you like college football.