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John Boehner: Smoke Gets in His Teary Eyes
By Tom Kavanagh - Politics DailyFirst it was his weepiness, now it's his smoking -- John Boehner just can't catch a break. Near the end of an 18-minute interview on "Fox News Sunday" about the debt ceiling, GOP plans for spending cuts and other weighty matters, the new House speaker had to contend with two other vexing issues. "Why don't you stop smoking?" host Chris Wallace asked. Boehner had a question of his own: "Why do we bring this up again?" he replied, a bit exasperated. "It's a bad habit, but I have it. It's a legal product. I choose to smoke." He added with a smile, "Leave me alone." The Ohio congressman was ...
Chemical in Women's Tears Turns Men Off, Study Finds
By Yelena Shuster - AOL NewsWomen everywhere may need a new shoulder to cry on. Female tears lower testosterone levels in men, temporarily decreasing their attraction to the women who shed them, according to a new study in the journal Science. Chemicals in the tears send a signal that men absorb through smell (even though there's no discernible odor), like other pheromones the body emits. Researchers from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science collected the tears of female volunteers after they watched a sad movie, along with fake tears consisting of saline. When men smelled the real droplets, they found women's ...
John Boehner Cries and Atlas Shrugs
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyMy mother once complained about a TV show that featured too much "full frontal crying." Crying is not pretty. Even the most attractive folks don't look good with their faces scrunched up, and a swollen red nose, and tiny slits where eyes used to be. Ugh. I've watched the footage: John Boehner Gets Weepy, Frequently. What's the big deal? I don't care a thing for the Iron John defense of male crying. I just think some people live in a cornball universe. Take James Stewart. Politically he was so conservative that he and his former roommate Henry Fonda had to stop talking politics in order to ...
Surprisingly Enough, I Defend Hillary's Tears
By Dave - Politics DailyAs you would expect, the media and blogosphere are rightfully skeptical about the latest Hillary tearup. And to the counterpoint of my fellow blogger, I think this one could be OK. Yesterday she was reported to have welled up when she visited Connecticut. A lawyer who introduced Mrs Clinton to a crowd at the Yale Child Study Centre, where they both worked in the early 1970s, appeared to cry as he recalled her bell-bottomed trousers and his pride at what she had since achieved. As opposed to the last time, this is an old friend, not an anonymous questioner, and to be fair, she is a long, ...
Campaign Trail of Tears
By David Knowles - Politics DailySomething funny is going on out on the campaign trail of late. The fragile, emotional side of two of our candidates have miraculously surfaced for all to see. Yes, eyes have moistened and shutters have clicked. Coincidentally, the tears in question have come to us from the very two people who have often been accused of possessing cold, even robotic personalities. I speak of Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney. Political Machine's Denise Williams recently chronicled the curious welling up of Clinton's eyes at a rally that her campaign described as designed to show her human side. Great timing, no? ...
Montoya Doesn't Care For Martinsville Dogs, Easter Bunny
By tallglassofmilk - AOL NewsHe normally eats a hot dog microwaved with "cheese, pineapple, sauces and a little bit of crumpled (potato) chips on top," but Juan Pablo Montoya wouldn't eat a famous Martinsville hot dog because, "It just doesn't look good."Not because it's against his religion or anything--just because it didn't look good. C'mon, now. I know he's used to restaurants in Monaco and Barcelona, but can't he humor us and try just a little bit to embrace NASCAR, like it is embracing him? Everybody eats Martinsville dogs. And when I say everybody, I mean even Jimmie Johnson's wife, Chandra, eats them. (Yeah ... I ...
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