Herman Cain, Racist?

Some Obama flunky named Cornell Belcher accuses GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain of racism.

Cain said the reason that black people overwhelmingly vote for Democratic presidential candidates is because they've been "brainwashed."

Sounds about right.

More and more liberals are resorting to playing the race card as Obama's flailing and failing presidency runs deeper and deeper into the weeds. It's now gotten to the point where a conservative black man is accused of racial bigotry for noticing how little Democrats have actually done for black people in the last 40 years. And still blacks vote for Democratic candidates. Why? Some bad habits are hard to break.

Pitt Hits a Homer

Just saw "Moneyball." Two thumbs - four little toes, and six hairs on the back of your neck - up!

Clearing the Air

Below the Clean Air Council's Katie Feeney takes "offense" at Friday's column. I respond to her fatuous claims in today's column.

Here's Spencerblog in our swimcap explaining things to Katie...

Versace for H&M preview

Prepare the credit cards ladies there's only one month left before the launch of Versace for H&M collection. Even if there isn't a complete lookbook yet, a preview of the collection appeared on Vogue Russia and I already have Versace fever. The studded leather pieces are insane, there will be a lot of scarves with beautiful prints and a lot of jewellery too. How can I choose between them? I can only imagine the queue in front of the stores this time: women positioned for days with supplies to survive the cold with night vision binoculars to control if anyone tries to overtake the line. Ok I may exagerate a bit :P but we know how seriously women consider fashion! Meanwhile the queen of fashionanistas, Anna Dello Russo, already showed a Versace for H&M little black number during Paris fashion week!


Affilate le carte di credito ragazze, manca solo un mese al lancio della collezione Versace for H&M. Anche se non è al momento disponibile il lookbook della collezione completa, un'anticipazione dei capi disponibili è comparsa su Vogue Russia. Come si può scegliere cosa acquistare tra i capi borchiati e quelli stampati? Tra i foulard e i gioielli? La collezione è così bella che verrebbe voglia di acquistarla tutta. Riuscite ad immaginare cosa succederà fuori dai negozi? Molte donne rimarranno vigili in fila per giorni, appostate come dei marines,pronte ad aggredire chi tenterà disperatamente di saltare la fila. Ok, forse sto esagerando, ma giusto un po' visto come noi donne prendiamo seriamente l'argomento moda. Nel frattempo,la regina delle fashioniste, Anna Dello Russo, sempre fashion forward ha già sfoggiato un capo Versace for H&M durante la settimana della moda parigina!

 Anna Dello Russo

pics via tenditrendi

"I Take Great Offense..."

Friday's column on the coming closings of the Sunoco and ConocoPhillips refineries can be found here.

Katie Feeney from the Clean Air Council, felt compelled to respond:

If Mr. Spencer wants to get serious about the 3 E’s – Energy, Economy and Environment – then he should begin by ceasing to perpetuate the false myth being brought on by House Republicans like Rep. Jim Gerlach, Rep. Patrick Meehan and Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick that America must pit jobs against public health.

Recent Congressional attacks on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Air Act, and federal health safeguards will not help the economy, because a healthy economy begins with healthy citizens.

For example, H.R. 2401, also known as the TRAIN Act, which passed recently in the U.S House of Representatives, would yield 175,000 more asthma attacks and more than 25,000 premature deaths in the first year alone if made into law, due to smog, soot, and toxic air pollution. Clean Air Act safeguards have contributed nearly $2 trillion in economic benefits since 1990 while saving 160,000 American lives this year alone. The polluter predictions of economic calamity have never come true, and credible economic reports have determined that clean air standards promote economic growth and create jobs.

I take great offense to Mr. Spencer’s suggestion that environmentalists are rooting for a failed economy. Environmentalists strive to see good-paying jobs that enhance our energy security and cannot be shipped to China. Currently, there are more clean energy jobs in the U.S. than oil and gas jobs – 2.7 million in clean energy and 2.4 million in oil and gas. If the clean energy industry were afforded similar subsidies that have been enjoyed by the coal, nuclear and oil and gas industries for decades, they could create even more American jobs.

Jobs are important but it is irresponsible to suggest that we can only have them by forfeiting public health and the future of the plant (sic) to wealthy, fossil fuel-based corporations.

I'll deal with some of Katie's concerns in tomorrow column. In the meantime all I can say is...

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Iconic jewellery holder DIY

How many times you asked yourself: what would she wear? Anyone has an icon whose style inspires us so I thought: why don't let her wear our jewellery? This is how the idea of this jewellery holder was born.
If you like it and want to make one yourself then follow me.

Quante volte ci siamo chieste: lei cosa indosserebbe? Tutte noi abbiamo un'icona il cui stile ci ispira, perchè non materializzarla nel nostro appartamento e farle indossare i nostri gioielli così da creare un portagioielli utile che arredi? Se vi piace e volete sapere come realizzarne uno allora seguitemi.

Print your icon: choose a pic of your muse and print it big onto a piece of carboard

Stampa la tua icona: scegli una foto della tua musa e stampala su un cartoncino

 Cut out the icon

Ritaglia la sagoma

Place the shape onto a piece of pressed cardboard and trace the contour

Sovrapponi alla sagoma ad un foglio di cartone pressato e traccia il contorno

Cut a rectangular piece of pressed cardboard, this will enable the shape to stand tall.

Cut a piece of gros grain longer than the rectangular piece (15-20 cms longer) and glue it at its centre

Tagliate una forma rettangolare dal cartone pressato, servirà a mantenere l'icona in piedi

tagliate un pezzo di gros grain più lungo del rettangolo di 15 cm e incollatelo sul rettangolo

Paint the back of the pressed cardboard

Glue the rectanguar piece at the back of the pressed cardboard

glue the gros grain at the front of your shape

It's just like a frame

now it's time to glue the printed icon onto the shape and you've done

Dipingete il retro della sagoma e incollateci il rettangolo

ora incollate l'altra l'estremità del gros grain sul davanti della sagoma

è come una cornice!

Incollate ora il poster dell'icona sul davanti della sagoma, è fatta!

Now pierce the icon image wherever you want and place your jewellery into these holes

Your new jewellery holder is ready!

Con una puntina bucate la sagoma dove volete e infilateci i vostri gioielli, il vostro nuovo porta gioielli è pronto!

Here's the iconic jewellery holder packed and ready to make a little gift for my favorite cousin!

Ed ecco il portagioielli incartato e pronto per essere donato alla mia cuginetta preferita!