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Jennifer Garner in New York City

Man, Ben Affeck screwed up by losing this woman.

He's an idiot anyway, but he sure scored by marrying Ms. Jennifer. They're done now as a couple, though, so I guess karma's a bitch sometimes.

She's exquisite.

At London's Daily Mail:

Jennifer Garner turns heads in an edgy black dress in NYC https://t.co/aJYkq6K0Zy

— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) October 19, 2017

Toni Garrn Flaunts in Skimpy Bikini

At London's Daily Mail, "Toni Garrn flaunts major cleavage as she strips down to VERY scanty bikini... weeks after being linked to ex Leonardo DiCaprio."

And at Drunken Stepfather, "TONI GARRN TOPLESS OF THE DAY."

BONUS: At Esquire, "12 Nude Models Posed for the Covers of a French Magazine (NSFW)."

Demi Lovato on Instagram

At London's Daily Mail, "Demi Lovato shares topless snap on Instagram."

Women Oiled-Up for the Future of CBD

This is the craziest post ever, but I like the oiled-up women, heh.

Here, "GIRLS OILED UP BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS CDB OF THE DAY."

After Criticism, FBI to Investigate Death of U.S. Soldiers in Niger (VIDEO)

At the Wall Street Journal, via Memeorandum, "Death of U.S. Soldiers in Niger Sparks FBI Probe, Criticism."

And at Politico, "Mattis says Niger ambush was ‘considered unlikely,’ pledges probe: An ambush that killed four U.S. troops in Niger is under investigation, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday":

In the face of growing scrutiny, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Thursday said the type of attack that killed four U.S. troops in Niger earlier this month was "considered unlikely" and pledged to release the findings of a Pentagon investigation "as rapidly" as possible.

"I would just tell you that in this specific case contact was considered unlikely," Mattis said of the ambush against members of the Army's 3rd Special Forces Group, which is advising local anti-terror units in the region.

"But there's a reason we have U.S. Army soldiers there and not the Peace Corps, because we carry guns and so it's a reality," he added. "It’s part of the danger that our troops face in these counterterror campaigns."

Mattis' remarks come as the White House and Pentagon are taking heat from Senate Armed Services Chairman Sen. John McCain, who threatened early Thursday to issue subpoenas to get more information on the Oct. 4 incident, which has been blamed on militants allied with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

McCain has slammed the Trump administration in recent days for not being forthcoming about the ambush, and asked again Thursday if the administration is sharing enough, he responded, "Of course not."

"It may require a subpoena, but I did have a good conversation with General McMaster, and they said that they would be briefing us," McCain told reporters on Capitol Hill, referring to White House national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. "We have a long friendship, and we'll hopefully get all the details."

McMaster, speaking at an event sponsored by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said he was hurt by McCain’s criticism and defended the National Security Council’s consultation with Congress.

"It hurt my feelings. You know, I love and respect Sen. McCain," McMaster said. "And if Sen. McCain says we need to do a better job communicating with him from our departments, from the NSC, we’re going to do it."

President Donald Trump has also come under fire in recent days for how he handled communications with the families of the fallen, some of which have claimed he was insensitive in phone calls.

Trump waited nearly two weeks before making mention of the Niger incident, even though his staff had drafted a statement of condolence for him on Oct. 5...

More.

Stuart Varney Rips Frederica Wilson for Listening-In on President Trump's Phone Call with Fallen Soldier's Mother (VIDEO)

Following-up, "Chief of Staff John Kelly Statement on Son's Death and Rep. Frederica Wilson (VIDEO)."

The YouTube video is here, "Frederica Wilson is part of the left's ‘hate Trump’ brigade: Varney."

And on Twitter:

Stuart rips Rep. Wilson and the left for twisting Pres. @realDonaldTrump's private call to the mother of a fallen soldier for political gain pic.twitter.com/e9VtwQinux

— Varney & Co. (@Varneyco) October 20, 2017

Chief of Staff John Kelly Statement on Son's Death and Rep. Frederica Wilson (VIDEO)

At the Hill, "JUST IN: Kelly blasts Dem lawmaker for criticizing Trump's call to solider's family."

And watch the whole press conference:

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Simon Schama, Citizens

This book came out when I was an undergraduate at Fresno State.

At Amazon, Simon Schama, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution.

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Edward E. Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Edward E. Baptist, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.

U.S. Bank Building Lit Up in Downtown Los Angeles

For the Dodgers, who are one win away from going to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. That's going to be sweet. Game four in Chicago is tonight!

#USBank high rise lit up in @Dodgers Blue on this spectacular night. #GoDodgers #5more #NLCS #DTLA @ABC7 #Air7HD pic.twitter.com/xS3qcvKCuD

— J.T. Alpaugh (@ABC7JT) October 18, 2017

President Trump Slams John McCain

Well, yeah.

At Politico:

Trump issues a warning to McCain: "At some point I fight back and it won’t be pretty" https://t.co/QqxBfJsQvj pic.twitter.com/5faj1dCyPH

— POLITICO (@politico) October 18, 2017

Rise of the 'Bromance' Threatens Heterosexual Relationships

Boy, society's all messed up. Everybody's gay, for one thing.

At the Telegraph U.K., "Rise of the ‘bromance’ threatens heterosexual relationships, warn social scientists."

.@PatriarchTree Rise of the ‘bromance’ threatens heterosexual relationships, warn social scientists: https://t.co/ohiQt0n9tU

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) October 18, 2017

Epidemic of Sexual Harassment at California State Capitol

More from the Democrat Party's rape culture, at LAT, "'pervasive' harassment in California's Capitol".

Weinstein ripple effects in Sacramento—More than 140 women in CA politics speak out on ‘pervasive’ harassment https://t.co/iWtX5e4ECt

— Melanie Mason (@melmason) October 17, 2017

Molly Ringwald Speaks Out

At the New Yorker, which must be seeing a boom in traffic of late:

A (very) personal essay I wrote in The New Yorkerhttps://t.co/ZQqoQpuOE9

— Molly Ringwald (@MollyRingwald) October 17, 2017

Megan Parry's Wednesday Weather

Here's Megan Parry, at ABC News 10 San Diego.

It's been continuing hot this week.

'Dancing Days'

Yesterday was "Role the Dice" day at the Sound L.A., and the station played a number of songs from various artists depending one what came up on the roll. I'm just seeing this on Twitter as this post gets scheduled for Tuesday morning, but I didn't know what was up yesterday morning. I thought they were going wild on Led Zeppelin songs, for one thing, heh.

Kashmir
Led Zeppelin
8:52 AM

Carouselambra
Led Zeppelin
8:42 AM

Ten Years Gone
Led Zeppelin
8:35 AM

Dancing Days
Led Zeppelin
8:31 AM

When the Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin
8:24 AM

Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin
8:18 AM

Going to California
Led Zeppelin
8:15 AM

In the Evening
Led Zeppelin
8:08 AM

Over the Hills and Far Away
Led Zeppelin
8:03 AM

Heartbreaker/Livin Lovin Maid
Led Zeppelin
7:56 AM

Custard Pie
Led Zeppelin
7:52 AM

Sebastian Kurz's People's Party Wins Parliamentary Elections in Austria - UPDATED!

At the Guardian U.K., "Conservative Sebastian Kurz on track to become Austria’s next leader: Centre of political gravity shifts right as projections put 31-year-old Kurz’s Austrian People’s party ahead in election with 31.7%."

And at WaPo, "Austria turns sharply to the right in an election shaped by immigration":

Early exit polls of Austria's Oct. 15 election, suggest Sebastian Kurz, will take his party into a very narrow majority — positioning himself as the next chancellor. The 31-year old conservative is known for his pledge to take the country into a more hard line stance against the influx of refugees and migrants.

BERLIN — Austria became the latest European country to take a sharp turn right on Sunday, with the conservative People’s Party riding a hard-line position on immigration to victory in national elections and likely to form a government with a nationalist party that has long advocated for an even tougher stance.

The result puts the 31-year-old foreign minister and People’s Party leader, Sebastian Kurz, in line to become Austria’s next chancellor after a campaign in which he emphasized the need to strengthen border controls, reduce caps on refugees and slash benefits for newcomers.

Much of Kurz’s rhetoric echoed positions long held by the Freedom Party, which for decades has anchored the far right of politics in this nation of 8.7 million.

With nearly all results counted as of Monday morning, the Freedom Party was in second place at 27.4 percent, with the ruling Social Democrats trailing close behind at 26.7 percent. The People’s Party was the decisive winner, at 31.6 percent.

“I’ll fight with all my strength for change in this country,” Kurz told cheering supporters — many clad in turquoise, the color he adopted to signal a new era for the People’s Party after decades of identification with black. “There’s a lot to do.”

Two years after Austria was among the more welcoming nations in Europe for refugees fleeing en masse across the continent, the results revealed just how sour public sentiment has turned. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war, oppression and poverty passed through the central European nation on their way to destinations farther north and west in late 2015 and early 2016. Tens of thousands stayed in the country and applied for asylum protection.

“Austrians are fearful because of immigration and the refugee crisis,” said Reinhard Heinisch, a political scientist at the University of Salzburg. “Kurz addressed these fears, and played with these fears.”

As in other elections across Europe this year, the far right made significant progress, but not enough to triumph.

In France this spring, National Front leader Marine Le Pen made it to the final round of the presidential election. Just last month, the Alternative for Germany Party took 13 percent of the vote — putting a far-right party in the German Parliament for the first time in more than half a century.

But unlike in those nations, in Austria the far right is expected to become part of the government. Kurz will need a coalition partner to form a majority in the parliament, and the Freedom Party is considered the most likely option.

If he goes that route, it would end a “grand coalition” between Austria’s center left and center right that has led the country for the past decade, and for much of its modern history.

Some on Sunday called on Kurz to avoid teaming up with the Freedom Party...

A lot of good that'll do. Kurz himself is a former neo-Nazi, according to Sunday's report at the New York Times. I don't care for anyone with that kind of background and I denounce them. But I think it's just deserts for the radical left, who opened up Europe to the Muslim invasion, and thus opened up the European democracies to a resurgence of nativist, even racist, political parties.

More.

UPDATE: Correction, it's not Kurz who belonged to neo-Nazi groups previously, but Heinz-Christian Strache, the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, which came in second in Sunday's election and is likely to enter the government in a coalition with Kurz's People's Party.