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Hats are back!

And she is smart enough not to fall into spouting political comments against Donald Trump despite being pushed repeatedly to do this by the BBC interviewer. (She has endorsed Hillary FYI and says she will do a good job, but refuses to criticize Trump or the Trumpettes, probably because she has working class roots).

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this seems to be a more toxic political season than usual in the USA:

Ace reports that Esquire did a hit piece against celebrities who "refuse" to endorse candidates.

the aim of it is both chilling and enraging. Repulsive left-wing totalitarians like John Hendrickson want to insert their political agenda into literally every last corner of American life and punish not just those who disagree with them, but also those who wish to simply NOT engage in politics every single waking minute of their day.

As the saying goes, "You will be made to care."

better to keep silent: Look what happened to Dilbet when he didn't toe the line....
you will be noticed by the "#Hillbullies" or even forcibly removed from the social media.

Musical Interlude of the day

Christmas is still "in"...at least in some places



ha.

or maybe you prefer this one:



or maybe Beyonce's song is more appropriate.

Fashion suggestion for the day

TeaAtTrianon has a hairdo suggestion for your next party: forget the beehive hairdoo...try a pouf:

see article at Historyandotherthoughtsblog:

This is one fashion extreme not yet worn by Lady Gaga.

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Speaking of LadyGaga: I read somewhere she now has Lupus. Nasty disease, although now there is treatment for it. In our prayers.

Religious stuff below the fold

NYTimes finally notices Vanity Fair's fluff piece on the wife of Syria's dictator (the bad guy of the week).

Isn't that the same editor of Vanity Fair who is sponsoring a contest to dine with her and the President (just you, them, and 99 other "guests)?

But of course, in this the NYTimes is the pot calling the kettle black, because their very own snarky Maureen Dowd wrote a fluff piece on Saudi awhile back that minimized the problems of women. She even called her article "driving Miss Saudi" without recognizing that the driver was probably a Catholic Pinoy who like the other 1 million Catholics, mostly Pinoys, aren't allowed to have a church, have their rosaries and Bibles thrown away on entering, and can be jailed or deported for attending worship services in a private apartment.

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Related story: What if they gave a protest and no one reported it?

GetReligion finds few stories covering the freedom of religion protests around the country.

But of course, if they "noticed" them, the protesters would soon morph to stories of rabid violent fascists, as the press did with their Tea Party coverage.

on the other hand, our local press didn't cover the thousands in the pro life protests here (in contrast to the 200 Protestants who protested Lady Gaga got world wide headlines.

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Speaking of Lady Gaga: ..Jesebel says Madonna's "nipple accident" was a protest of Turkey's plan to tighten abortion laws.
Trying to outsmut the competition? Sorry, Madonna, nipple accidents are sooo last year...

But the local Turkish English language press only notes that it looks like Madonna is worried and jealous of Lady Gaga and Billboard agrees.

Hmm...maybe they should do a remake of All About Eve, called "All About Ms. C".

Why all the stories? It's easier to find articles on Lady Gaga's hair bow than it is to find an in depth discussion of the failure of Spain's hundred billion bailout.

and as any Hello Kitty fan knows: LadyGaga stole the "bow" from HelloKitty. 

photo link

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Via Dustbury, who notes:

Have you ever wondered what’s at the very back of Lady Gaga’s closet, never to be seen except under the most unlikely of circumstances?

Yep. It’s a proper Little Black Dress:

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ladyGaga in sinagapore last year.Photo AFP

China has banned 100 songs from being featured on websites, barring artists ranging from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys apparently for being out of tune with the country's cultural authorities.

no, it's not her drug use or her support of gay marriage that got her in trouble:

Lady Gaga's "Bloody Mary" ends with the line "Oh, libertad, mi amor (Oh, freedom, my love)", while "Hair" includes the lyrics "This is my prayer/ That I'll die living just as free as my hair".

Dave Barry comments: INCREDIBLY, COPACABANA IS STILL LEGAL

no comments so far from Joe Biden.

Stuff below the fold

NakedSushi reports an attack on those in a London Restaurant...and that the staff fought them off with frying pans and kitchen knives.

(via Epilog)

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StrategyPage writes about Afghanistan, and the culture problem there.


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Librivox has samples of world literature.
and if you are having trouble sleeping, try listening to
History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 18) by Macaulay, Thomas Babington

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DaveBarry: invention of the day:

A patent filed by Jeff Bezos and Amazon VP Greg Heart suggests using a phone's accelerometer to detect when it is falling, and deploying tiny airbags to cushion the impact.

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and the "your tax dollars at work" story of the day is also from Dave Barry:

Roaches Love Dancing To Lady Gaga

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Forget the "shock value" wardrobe.

Gaga is going classic (in a Versache dress).




well, it is a change.

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Lady Gaga's Meat Dress Turned Into Jerky for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame spokesperson Margaret Thresher said the dress took on a "dark, beef-jerky" look while dehydrating, so it was painted to look "fresh" afterward.

Lady Gaga joins Madonna, Taylor Swift, Debbie Harry, and a host of other women who defined rock. Unfortunately, Katy Perry's whipped-cream- spraying bra is not joining the meat dress as dessert.

from DaveBarry

Hello Kitty goes Gaga

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this is supposed to be a "sailor kitty" print, but she actually looks like LadyGaga


...
but she looks more like LadyGaga

hopefully, Kitty won't damage her hair with hair bleach and she too has to go bald until it recovers.

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when you lack a hat, just use a lemon squeezer....

yes, it's a real product, and ironically the "headsup" is Archeoblog, in a post about the Golden cap archeological dig in Dorset.

more about the Golden Cap HERE. photos HERE.

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What happens when you cross Lady Gaga with a cabbage?

you get a weedrobe...


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