Actress Patricia Contreras at Cannes 2018 Film Festival

At Drunken Stepfather, "Patricia Contreras Nip Slip of the Day."

Hailey Clauson Tries Out Roller Skating During Her Photo Shoot in the Bahamas (VIDEO)

She's an adorable sweetie.

Robert Service, The Last of the Tsars

At Amazon, Robert Service, The Last of the Tsars: Nicholas II and the Russia Revolution.

Lindsay Shepherd Bids Goodbye to the Left (VIDEO)

She's a good lady.

I don't think riding public transportation because you don't have a car automatically puts on on the left, but other than that, this is a very thoughtful vlog.

Danielle Gersh's Warm Weather Forecast

It's going to be a beautiful day.

Here's the lovely Ms. Danielle, for CBS News 2 Los Angeles:

Today's Deals

At Amazon, Gold Box Deals.

And especially, 1000 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Sheets Queen 4 Piece Sheet Set White Solid.

More, Kaufman Sales 4 Pc Pack Stripe Beach Towel by Ben Kaufman Sales.

And, Riedel SST (SEE, SMELL, TASTE) Pinot Noir Wine Glass, Set of 2.

Here, Yamaha RX-V383BL 5.1-Channel 4K Ultra HD AV Receiver with Bluetooth.

More here, BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black, CM1160B.

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BONUS: Catherine Merridale, Lenin on the Train.

'Feminist' Men

There's really no such thing as "feminist" men, as feminism's an ideology out to destroy the male patriarchy. No man can escape condemnation.

In any case, it's Jill Filipovic, at NYT:

Democrat Party 2018: NO HETEROSEXUAL WHITE MALES ALLOWED! https://t.co/ySM9onWhZ0 pic.twitter.com/SsWqMCi1nd

— The Patriarch Tree (@PatriarchTree) May 9, 2018

Demi Lovato of the Day

At Drunken Stepfather, "DEMI LOVATO TITS OF THE DAY."

The Intellectual Dark Web

An excellent piece, from Bari Weiss.

Read the whole thing.

An alliance of heretics is making an end run around the mainstream -- and finding enormous new audiences thirsty to discuss subjects that have become taboo. Meet the Intellectual Dark Web: https://t.co/iveK9LoXPd

— Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) May 8, 2018

Vita Sidorkina in Bikini Swim Adventure (VIDEO)

Jaw-dropping.

At Sports Illustrated Swimsuit:

Victor Sebestyen, Lenin

*BUMPED.*

At Amazon, Victor Sebestyen, Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror.

A. James McAdams

At Amazon, A. James McAdams, Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party.

Stephen Kotkin, Stalin

This is volume two of Kotkin's magisterial biography.

At Amazon, Stephen Kotkin, Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941.

Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin

From Professor Michael Curtis, at the New English Review:

Are the Tsars out tonight? High in the sky the Tsars climb. For policy makers in Washington it is useful to compare two individuals who have risen in the Russian sky. On May  7, 2018 the 65 year old Vladimir V. Putin was sworn in as President of Russia for another six year term, his fourth term of office, having been elected with 77% of the vote.  He was not crowned Tsar in a relatively low key ceremomy that was attended by about 6,000 including sundry personalities, Gerhard Schroeder, former German Chancellor and critic of sanctions against Russia, Steven Seagal, Hollywood black belt in aikido and citizen of Russia since November 2016, and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill who gave Putin an 18th century icon. After the inauguration ceremony the secular Putin attended a prayer service at the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

 Vladimir Putin has been in power, as president or as prime minister since the last day of 1999. According to polls conducted by the independent Moscow Levanda Center in 2017, his popularity remains high, partly because there is no obvious alternative, no candidate from political parties, or social organizations, or trade unions, who can be regarded as a possible alternative.

Yet, Putin is not the most renowned or revered Russian. A poll in June 2017 on which Russian was the national symbol and biggest hero revealed that Joseph Stalin was the "most outstanding person in history." Stalin got 38% approval, while Putin tied with writer Alexander Pushkin at 34%. Stalin, probably seen as the hero of World War II rather than a cruel ruler, was even much more favorably regarded than Lenin, Bolshevik founder of the Soviet Union.

For the U.S. and indeed the rest of the democratic world a vital question is raised. Can Putin be seen as the heir of Stalin and the continuator of his policies? First, how to define Stalinism? Was it a perversion of the Bolshevism launched by Lenin, or was it the Revolution betrayed, or was it the embodiment of historic Russian nationalism using palatable language?

The showing recently of the black comedy film The Death of Stalin is a reminder of the crimes, the power struggles, counter plots, cult of personality, rewriting of history, the shifting truths in the Soviet Union. Central to most of that regime is the story of Stalin's reign of terror, a "total river of blood" in Leon Trotsky's words, during which more than 1.6 million party officials, military officers, intelligence agents, were murdered on fake charges of treason. In one year 1937-38, more than 700,000 were executed and millions of others were exiled or imprisoned.

It is arguable whether Stalin's brutality towards Ukraine 1932-3 can be called Holodomor, the deliberate attempt at genocide, the death of  millions, some estimates go as high as seven million, of Ukrainians on ethnic grounds, and the elimination of the Ukraininan independence movement, or whether the catastophe was an act of nature, a  genuine result of crop failure. Either way, it was a state engineered mass murder of the peasantry. It was part of Stalin's emphasis on the collectivization of agriculture. Every action of Stalin, other than the maintenance of his own power, was subordinated to "socialism in one country" and thus to a near permanent state of emergency. For Stalin, the Soviet Union was encircled by external enemies, and therefore a massive security organization was vital.

But Stalin's paranoia embodied internal enemies for which the main instruments were the political police and the Gulag system of forced labor camps...

More.

NRA Darling Sensation 'Alpha Addy'

At the Los Angeles Times, "She's a YouTube sensation and NRA darling: Meet 9-year-old sharpshooter 'Alpha Addy'":

Nine-year-old Addysson "Addy" Soltau became a YouTube sensation after learning to shoot three years ago. Now she's the darling of the NRA https://t.co/C46BKEDEm5 pic.twitter.com/sW3pFPTgch

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 6, 2018

The gap-toothed 9-year-old girl walked the floor of her first National Rifle Assn. convention, her blond ponytail bobbing above earrings fashioned from bullet casings.

When Addysson "Addy" Soltau arrived at the Smith & Wesson booth, she gravitated to a sleek silver .22 semiautomatic Victory pistol, a James Bond-style gun with a silencer attached. It was just out of reach. So her godfather lifted it from the wall and handed it to the girl, who gripped and sighted along the gun like a pro. She already shoots an M&P 15-22 rifle hanging nearby.

"That's actually your next gun," her godfather, Johnny Campos, said of the pistol. Addy gaped, overjoyed.

"Alpha Addy" became a YouTube sensation and NRA darling after she started shooting three years ago, one of many competitive girl shooters who buck not only gun culture stereotypes, but the youth-driven gun control movement that sprung up after the deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., this year.

The NRA doesn't track the number of young female shooters, a spokesman said, but as the number of women with guns has grown, they are inspiring their daughters. The National Shooting Sports Foundation says there's been a 77% increase in female gun ownership since 2005, with 5.4 million women participating in target shooting.

All of the youth celebrities at this weekend's annual NRA convention in Dallas, which was expected to draw more than 80,000 people, were female. Keystone Sporting Arms, which sold the Crickett and Chipmunk starter rifles at the convention under the banner "Never too young to understand freedom," sells as many pink and turquoise guns as the traditional colors, staff said. On Sunday, families with children flocked to the Dallas convention center for NRA Youth Day.

Many who stopped at the JM4 Tactical booth where Addy was greeting fans Sunday were parents and girl shooters who recognized her from her videos. A video of her rapidly reloading at home has more than 30 million views; she has 14,000 Facebook followers, 5,600 on Instagram and nearly 300 subscribers on YouTube, where the lead video shows her target shooting to the tune of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball."

Addy was inspired by 17-year-old Katelyn Francis, a female competitive shooter she saw featured on NRATV while her godfather was babysitting her in San Antonio. Then she found the YouTube channel of Faith and Jenna Collier, sisters in nearby Austin who were about her age, and asked if she could shoot too.

Campos, 28, a retired Marine, agreed to coach her.

"She had never been around firearms. I didn't own any. Her parents didn't. This all started because she showed an interest," he said.

Addy's parents, who work at an education company, had their doubts.

Keep reading.

Random Girl Emily Seller

At Drunken Stepfather, "EMILY SELLER BUSH OF THE DAY":

Emily Seller is some random girl showing her bush on the internet. We looked for her social media, and found nothing, but we didn’t look too hard, and I find it very hard to believe that someone going out there and putting her bush on the internet doesn’t have social media…unless she’s just so fucking hipster, she’s moved to Detroit hipster, to be an artist hipster and deleted her social media as some hipster statement, and has got herself a flip phone with no data plan….because that’s the way hipsters do it if they can’t find a long enough string to use the old can and string form of communication you know at least one unicycle riding weirdo with a waxed moustache out there uses as the only way to contact him…

BONUS: "IGGY AZALEA HARD NIPPLES OF THE DAY."

Today's Shopping

At Amazon, Today's Deals.

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More, 1/2 Carat 14K White Gold Round Cut Solitaire Diamond Engagement Ring (0.5 Carat K-L Color I2 Clarity).

Also, Kenmore 50043 25 Cu. Ft. Side-by-Side Refrigerator with Water and Ice Dispenser in Stainless Steel, includes delivery and hookup.

Here, Yamaha RX-V383BL 5.1-Channel 4K Ultra HD AV Receiver with Bluetooth.

More here, BLACK+DECKER 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black, CM1160B.

Plus, Koffee Kult Dark Roast Coffee Beans - Highest Quality Gourmet - Whole Bean Coffee - Fresh Roasted Coffee Beans, 32oz.

BONUS: Michael Kazin, The Populist Persuasion: An American History.

Salena Zito and Brad Todd on Fox & Friends (VIDEO)

Their new book is out tomorrow, The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics.

President Trump gave them a huge shout-out on Twitter as well!

“The Great Revolt” by Salena Zito and Brad Todd does much to tell the story of our great Election victory. The Forgotten Men & Women are forgotten no longer!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 7, 2018

Tetyana Veryovkina Beach Photo Shoot

At Taxi Driver, "Tetyana Veryovkina Topless on a Beach Photoshoot."

Also at the Fappening, "Tetyana Veryovkina Sexy."

San Diego Charter School Depicts President Trump's Severed Head on a Pike

Just imagine the hysterical outrage had it been President Obama's severed head on a pike. (*Eye-roll*.)

At Breitbart:

CA School mural artist says they were forced to change mural depicting an Aztec spearing Trump’s severed head because “white supremacists” complained https://t.co/wRojMKRp1A

— Amanda House (@AmandaLeeHouse) May 7, 2018