By David A. Fahrenthold, Washington Post Mitt Romney won both of Tuesday’s Republican presidential primaries, routing Rick Santorum in Arizona and narrowly securing Michigan, his birth state. The victories will provide an important boost for Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who has sought to cast himself as the GOP’s inevitable nominee. He has now won primary contests in six states: New Hampshire, Florida,...
Read More Post a comment (0)I thought this was an appropriate question as Arizona and Michigan voters head to the polls today. The answer comes from Scholastic.com. Do U.S. territories vote in the primaries? Yes. A territory is a part of the United States that has its own government but is not considered a state. Voters in U.S. territories do hold primaries and caucuses to...
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This is an article from Vanity Fair asking why women aren't as funny as men. Huh? The really funny stuff is in the women's responses. So after you've read the article, click here http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/04/hitchens_letters200804 Why Women Aren't Funny What makes the female so much deadlier than the male? With assists from Fran Lebowitz, Nora Ephron, and a recent Stanford-medical-school study, the author...
Read More Post a comment (0)From MarthaStewart.com 1 pound red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 1/2 pounds small white button mushrooms, stems trimmed 2 strips bacon (2 ounces), cut crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces 1/2 teaspoon dried sage Coarse salt and ground pepper 8 turkey cutlets (3 to 4 ounces each) 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley Grainy mustard, for serving Directions Heat broiler. If using a broiler-proof rimmed baking sheet, set...
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A wacky and wild election year has just taken another weird turn. First of all, we love that Mitt Romney appealed to his inner moderate and said he is "not willing to light his hair on fire" to attract the social firebrands that are lining up behind Rick Santorum in Michigan. The strangest thing to us political neophytes is that...
Read More Post a comment (0)I was reading an article today about the fact that Catholics split their vote between both parties and that the Catholic vote could be even more significant this year. And I wondered how the Catholics who vote Republican are feeling about Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. Below is a sampling of some of the different views on this today. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/opinion/dowd-ricks-religious-fanaticism.html / http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/michigan-republican-chief-predicts-a-successful-primary-for-mitt-romney/ http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/22/10474814-nbc-poll-romney-santorum-deadlocked-in-michigan-romney-leads-in-arizona...
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Like, Wow So Facebook went public. Now you can own a piece of the social networking website, as well as troll around on it, killing time. It was quite a success story: A bitter, self-loathing computer genius goes from creating sites to demean women to becoming one of the richest men in the world. For the record, I am basing all...
Read More Post a comment (0)FromRealSimple.com Ingredients 1 pound skirt steak, cut into 3 pieces kosher salt and black pepper 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cups chopped pineapple 1/2 red chili, sliced 8 6-inch corn tortillas, warmed cilantro and lime wedges, for serving Directions Season the steak with 1 teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the steak to the desired doneness, 2 to 3 minutes per side for medium-rare; slice. Add the...
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