. From our Food Goddess, TaMara: JeffreyW has been teasing with some impressive looking South of the Border treats lately, so I thought it would be a good night to focus on them. The featured recipe is an enchilada pie. It is kid friendly and a breeze to put together. Perfect for an easy weeknight …
Friday Evening Open Thread: Good Ol’ Crazy Uncle Joe Biden
First, let me draw your attention to Jonathan Bernstein, on “Why You Should Care About 2016 Right Now“: The pollsters at Quinnipiac are preparing their first Iowa polling for 2016, and will release the results in a few weeks. If you think that’s too soon — and everyone but the most extreme political junkies thinks …
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“The Texas Way”: Kissing the Boot That Stomps Your Face
Because one Gilded Age just wasn’t enough for the Robber Baron Reconstructionists. From the NYTimes: WEST, Tex. — Five days after an explosion at a fertilizer plant leveled a wide swath of this town, Gov. Rick Perry tried to woo Illinois business officials by trumpeting his state’s low taxes and limited regulations. Asked about the …
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Friday Morning Open Thread: Job Creators
(Jeff Danziger’s website) . Most unlikely sighting of the week, by NYMag‘s Kevin Roose: As a chief architect of the Dodd-Frank financial regulation law, former Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank was a bit of an odd sight at SALT, the giant hedge-fund confab in Las Vegas. Many hedge-fund managers openly detest Dodd-Frank, which increased transparency requirements …
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Settling for The “Half-Full Glass” in Afghanistan
The Marines are reputed to get stuck with all the lousiest jobs and least winnable battles, which some people might say is why one’s in charge of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan now. From the NYTimes: KABUL, Afghanistan — Under Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the new commander of international forces here, the American-led military …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Stunt Casting
(Signe Wilkinson via GoComics.com) . Smartest thing I’ve seen about Sanford’s win so far comes from Ed Kilgore at the Washington Monthly: …I will say that Busch’s defeat shows once again that the old southern white Democratic formula of moving as far to the right as possible and hoping to win a personality contest just …
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Crime Bureau: Jeff Skilling’s Mad Skillz Rewarded
If you’re gonna get caught stealing, steal big. From the Washington Post: HOUSTON — Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant’s collapse could be reduced by as many as 10 years if a federal judge approves an agreement reached Wednesday between prosecutors …
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