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GOP chair Ronna McDaniel criticizes Mitt Romney, who wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post titled “The president shapes the public character of the nation. Trump’s character falls short.”

Ronna McDaniel is Mitt Romney’s niece.

HT Chicks on the Right
Bleau, H. (2019, January 02). Mitt Romney’s Own Niece Ronna McDaniel Blasts Him On Twitter. Retrieved January 2, 2019, from https://www.chicksonright.com/blog/2019/01/02/mitt-romneys-own-niece-ronna-mcdaniel-blasts-him-on-twitter/

#MusicMonday Top Ten #Christmas Songs Written by Jews

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The two holidays that celebrate the divinity of Christ—the divinity that’s the very heart of the Jewish rejection of Christianity—and what does Irving Berlin do? He de-Christs them both! Easter, he turns into a fashion show [Easter Parade] and Christmas into a holiday about snow [White Christmas].

That quote from Phillip Roth begins Marc Tracy’s article “From ‘Winter Wonderland’ to ‘White Christmas,’ the Top Ten Christmas Songs Written by Jews” in Tablet magazine and quite frankly, I can’t think of a better way to begin this post.

I’ve assembled a playlist of the de-Christed secularized Christmas songs listed in Tracy’s article:

There’s plenty of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra here, but the one video that catches my eye and ear is the video of Mel Tormé and the one, the only Judy Garland singing The Christmas Song (aka Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), which Tormé co-wrote with Bob Wells. Who knew? I didn’t even know that Mel Tormé was Jewish.

If you want to listen to Nat “King” Cole’s iconic rendition of The Christmas Song, visit #MusicMonday Nat “King” Cole “The #Christmas Song”.

Source:

Tracy, M. (2016, December 09). From ‘Winter Wonderland’ to ‘White Christmas,’ the Top Ten Christmas Songs Written by Jews. Retrieved December 21, 2018, from https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/22910/have-yourself-a-jewish-little-christmas

Say what?

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Does this tweet make any sense?

What does Holly Dunsworth mean by the statement “Karlie Kloss is short, even if only in her essence, naturally”?

Now I’m obsessed with Karlie Kloss, as she and I both come from Webster Groves, MO.  Apparently, Holly Dunsworth doesn’t have any understanding about statistical distribution of men and women’s heights.

https://twitter.com/ModernTamerlane/status/1076172082982006784

#TBT @ItsMatin

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I’ve interviewed movers and shakers in the beauty industry and by far, my absolute favorite interviewee was Matin.  He is my favorite because of his amazing life story and charitable activities (in fact, he was a 2007 finalist for CNN Heroes).

Here’s a video from Byrdie where Matin discusses his five must-have products:

My interview with Matin spanned three blog posts:

  1. Part 1
  2. Part 2
  3. Part 3

I hope that you’ll read all three parts and come away impressed by his candor and exuberance .

 

Your burning #beauty questions answered

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Apologies for the irrelevant images.  This seems to happen when I don’t post a picture of my own on Quora.  WordPress.com doesn’t allow embeds from Quora.  I had to share the answer on Quora via Twitter.

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#MusicMonday – Nancy LaMott – All Those #Christmas Cliches

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Nancy LaMott was a cabaret singer who broke out into radio and the national and international scene in the 1990s. Plagued by serious illnesses for much of her life, she died from uterine cancer on December 30, 1995, only 17 days before her 44th birthday. Her priest blessed her union with Peter Zapp, a little more than an hour before she died.

According to her father, she sang along with Barbra Streisand records when she was a girl. It shows. Sometimes my husband and I confuse Nancy LaMott for Barbra Streisand when we hear her recordings on WPFW 89.3 FM’s Sunday afternoon program The American Songbook.

It was through The American Songbook that I discovered All Those Christmas Cliches, as sung by Nancy LaMott. It’s wistful and nostalgic and takes me back to childhood and how special Mom made Christmas for us. Even today Christmas lights fill me with happiness and wonderment.

That’s what I long for: All Those Christmas Cliches.

Coming soon: a video playlist of the top 10 Christmas songs written by Jews.

Urban Decay dupes from Aldi (UK)!

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Get The Gloss is a women’s lifestyle website from the UK. It recently published an article about dupes of Urban Decay eyeshadow palettes from Lacura, Aldi’s skin care and cosmetics line (yes, Aldi).

Here’s Aldi’s dupe of the Urban Decay Naked Heat eyeshadow palette:

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The Lacura eyeshadow palettes don’t compare to Urban Decay’s palettes in quality. Each Lacura eyeshadow palette costs £5.99 or US $7.63, while Urban Decay’s palettes costs £39.50 or US $50.00.

I searched Aldi’s U.S. site, but I couldn’t find Lacura makeup there.

Sources:

ALDI. (n.d.). ALDI US – Homepage. Retrieved December 7, 2018, from https://www.aldi.us/en/

Johnson, J. (2018, December 6). Aldi launches new Naked Heat and Naked Smoky palette dupes. Retrieved December 7, 2018, from https://www.getthegloss.com/news/aldi-launches-new-naked-heat-and-naked-smoky-palette-dupes