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While the USA is not a monarchy, why do We, the People, seem overly preoccupied with royal monuments to commodities?

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

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THE CORN PALACE
Mitchell, South Dakota
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THE COAL PALACE
Ottumwa, Iowa
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THE OIL PALACE
Tyler, Texas
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THE COW PALACE
San Francisco, California
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THE SALT PALACE
Salt Lake  City, Utah
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The RED TURKEY WHEAT PALACE
Goessel, Kansas

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THE PIZZA PALACE
Various Venues, USA

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And…finally America’s favorite…
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THE PORK PALACE
Gaviota, California
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Images:(Corn)media-2.web.britannica.com via britannica.com;(Wheat)kyways.lib.ks.us;durantamusements.com;
(Oil)citynoise.org;(Cow)theconcertproject.files.wordpress.com;
(Salt)visitsaltlake.com;(Coal)en.wikipedia.org; (Pork)porkpalace.com

Posted in Culinary Arts, Energy, Cuisine |

Years ago, Vincenzo Kolchak and I discussed the close relationship between cruise ship feasts and law enforcement display of seized weaponry.

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

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Whether by feeding the maw of gluttony,
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or by basking in the glow of media’s adulation;
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there is a pride inflated by a job well-done.

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Images: (3 chefs) egyptsites.files.wordpress.com; (proud chef) chefdenismartig.com; (spread w/ white)
See full sdiscovergalapagos.com; (spread w/ flowers) farm1.static.flickr.coml; (gubns on bed) timesonline.com via  thetreeofliberty.com; (plates in galley) farm2.static.flickr.com; (promenade deck) upload.wikimedia.org; […]

Posted in Culinary Arts, Cuisine, Weapons, Cruise Ships, Police, Vacations |

Patapsco Jack sent this article along with a question about weaponizing Limburger cheese.

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Indian military to weaponize world’s hottest chili
By WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press Writer
GAUHATI, India – The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili.
After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday.
The […]

Posted in Military, India, World War II, Cuisine, Weapons, Korean War, Technology, World War I |

How many recall when the Roman Catholic Church was at the vanguard of the labor movement?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

 When viewed against what passes for televised theology today,
Fulton J. Sheen was was Thomas Aquinas.

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Image: (Bishop Sheen) bishopsheen.excerptsofinri.com; (hot dog) deusterco.com;(SEIU) 2.bp.blogspot.com via thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com

Posted in Religion, Cuisine, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s, 1900-1919, Roman Catholics |

You figure it out.

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

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Image: (Nosferatu) via greencine.com; (Kellogg’s Sugar Pops) via the imaginaryworld.com

Posted in Television, Movies, Cuisine |

Why…is that Agrippina Furness?

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Nero’s banquet hall uncovered in Rome
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Associated Press
ROME – Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero’s extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the earth’s movement.

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Images:  (forkandspoon)asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com via 1.bp.blogspot.com; (Ustinov in Quo Vadis) theancientweb.com; (square […]

Posted in Italy, Cuisine, Archaeology, Interior Design |

At the G-20 Meetings in Pittsburgh…

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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Image: (Photo) via huffingtonpost.com;  (Big Slurpee) via image.dailyradar.com via showhype.com

Posted in Business, Cuisine, Economics, World, Barack Obama, Pittsburgh, Michelle Obama, Silvio Berlusconi |

Now, it can be revealed…

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

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Image: (logo) MacDonald’s via shufflers.files.wordpree.com; (main) via bratstvo.info

Posted in Business, Nuclear Issues, Cuisine, Ukraine |

New Jersey Man Is Aattacked By Bear Over Salami Sandwich–Yahoo headline, July 4, 2009

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

What I saw…
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Image: (bear) via myopera.com; (paper hat) esnarf.com; (man) 3.bp.blogspot.com via feeathon.com;  (deli) via paulsfinest.com

The story.

Posted in Nature, Oddity, Cuisine |

Hansel & Cindy

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

St Louis Post Dispatch
Oblivious to children’s hunger.
06/16/2009
State Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O’Fallon, is staking out a strong position on child hunger: She’s for it.
“Hunger can be a positive motivator,” she notes in the latest edition of her newsletter.
More precisely, Ms. Davis is against summer feeding programs for poor kids.
They are an excuse “to create an expansion […]

Posted in Republicans, Health, Cuisine, The Poor, Missouri, Children |

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