Daily Archives: 11/03/2011

(Community Matters) two serious incidents of violence against gays reported just this week in Texas. In San Antonio, two men reportedly beat up a lesbian student at UT San Antonio, “Kristen Cooper said the only thing the men knew about her was that she was gay and during the beating she claims they were calling her anti-homosexual slurs.”

Last week in Reno, Texas, Burke Burnett was stabbed, beaten and thrown into a fire.  Police have arrested & charged two men.

(Community Matters)  Seems the reporter might have scrambled a bit of the interview with Graham Reynolds for the Edible Cooks 2011. Since I especially cared about his recipe for tomato sauce, I asked him for clarification:

Graham does add salt and notes  1 tablespoon of olive oil wouldn’t be enough.  He also clarified it’s good when the sauce sticks, not to avoid it – noting it’s crucial, like when you make gravy from what sticks to the roasting pan, those flavors are intensified.  Don’t omit some of the onions when putting the remnants back from the mill.  Instead, dump the husks back in to intensify the texture and flavor, assuming you don’t mind the bitter seeds.

(Community Matters) What others are calling Perry’s Bizarre Performance.There’s a long history in Texas of our political leaders playing crazy when they are trying to deflect attention from a scandal or about to pull out of a race. just saying . . .

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(Community Matters) Nate Silver in Sun NY Times Mag “Average these four scenarios together and the probabilities [of Pres Obama’s reelection] come out to almost exactly 50-50. A month or two ago, when Perry and Romney appeared about equally likely to be the Republican nominee, it would therefore have been proper to think of the election as a toss-up. With Perry having slumped in the polls, however, and Romney the more likely nominee, the odds tilt slightly toward Obama joining the list of one-termers. It is early, and almost no matter what, the election will be a losable one for Republicans. But Obama’s position is tenuous enough that it might not be a winnable one for him.”

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