Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Strawberry-Sage Muffins Adapted from The New Best Recipe. Makes about 18 muffins. ■2 c. AP flour ■1 TBS baking powder ■1/2 tsp. salt ■1 egg ■1 c. sugar ■4 TBS butter, melted and cooled slightly ■1 1/4 c. sour cream ■1 1/2 c. diced fresh strawberries ■6-8 large leaves of fresh sage, finely minced 1.Preheat oven to 350. Line muffin tins with paper muffin cups. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, briefly whisk egg until pale yellow. Whisk in sugar until slightly cream. Whisk in melted butter in 2 additions. Whisk in sour cream in 3 additions, until batter is just uniform in color and texture. Try not to overmix. 2.Add diced strawberries and sage to the flour mixture, and toss gently to incorporate. Now add flour/strawberries to wet ingredients, and gently fold together until just combined. Some remaining clumps of flour are OK, and the batter will be quite thick. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling almost to the top, and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until they are a light golden color and a toothpick comes out clean.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It just keeps getting better and better. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/mitt-romney-taxes-2010_n_1683084.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...084.html</a> "Mitt Romney has not released his full tax records from 2010, including key documentation connected to his Swiss bank account. " (snip) 'Romney released his 2010 tax return in January of this year, a document that first informed voters about the existence of his Swiss bank account and financial activities in Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. But people who own foreign bank accounts are required to file a separate document with the IRS that provides additional details on such overseas bank holdings, and Romney has not released that form to the public." So even for the only year he's deigned to release so far, he didn't actually release all of it to the public. Hmmmmmmmmm.
Originally Posted By ecdc And.... <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/18/mitt-romney-tax-returns_n_1682539.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...539.html</a> >>Mitt Romney has been determined to resist releasing his tax returns at least since his bid for Massachusetts governor in 2002 and has been confident that he will never be forced to do so, several current and former Bain executives tell The Huffington Post. Had he thought otherwise, say the sources based on their longtime understanding of Romney, he never would have gone forward with his run for president.<<
Originally Posted By andyll <<Mitt Romney has been determined to resist releasing his tax returns at least since his bid for Massachusetts governor in 2002 and has been confident that he will never be forced to do so,>> romney is swiftboating himself. I don't think he win without releasing them. I never really cared before but now I'm curious as heck about what's in them he's hiding.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Help! I agree with a troll!! I don't particular care for the weight cracks about Sununu. He has so many bad qualities that we don't need to insult him on his weight. Of course, I say this as an overweight person myself so that may be why I am sensitive about fat insults.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^I agree too. Why resort to cheap shots when there are more serious issues regarding Sununu?
Originally Posted By dshyates If someone is, in fact, a fat blowhard, is it wrong to point it out? Probably. That's where being empathy challenged comes in handy.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Strawberry-Sage Muffins<< Don't (literally) feed the sock puppet!!! ;-)
Originally Posted By The Big Ragu shoomoomoo made me laugh and he does look like a heffer. when i see him on crossfire next i will laugh a good one. thanks for the smile
Originally Posted By dshyates Now there is talk of Mitt withdrawing instead of releasing any more returns. And it could happen before the convention. A lot of GOP leaders are not really wanting to defend a secretive tax dodging gazillionaire in working class states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Originally Posted By dshyates <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/paul-abrams/prediction-romney-will-no_b_1684234.html?icid=hp_front_featured_art" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...ured_art</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck >> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/paul-abrams/prediction-romney-will-no_b_1684234.html?icid=hp_front_featured_art" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...ured_art</a> << Couldn't help but notice in the sidebar on that link ... "MOST POPULAR ON HUFFPOST ... Snooki Asks Kelly Ripa If She Pooped During Childbirth" Thank God for the internets. (And/or we are SO screwed ...)
Originally Posted By ecdc We are so screwed. Maybe that's why I'm basking in the schadenfreude of the Romney implosion. It's most delightful, even though with the American public's attention span it won't--squirrel!
Originally Posted By oneyepete Here is an article from the Huff: The presidential race is a dead heat, according to the newly released CBS/NYT poll. And for all the attention being paid to the attacks on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital and, more subtly, his wealth, the economy still appears to be the overriding factor. President Barack Obama trails Mitt Romney, 47 percent to 46 percent. After weeks of bad news for the presumptive Republican nominee, the poll result would seem to be unexpectedly tight. And the most logical explanation for why Obama has failed to open up a national lead seems to rest on the economic polling data. Romney leads Obama among respondents by a margin of 49 percent to 41 percent on who can best handle the economy and jobs. People who think the economy is getting better dropped from 33 percent in April to 24 percent now -- owed largely to a series of bad jobs reports. Obama is perceived as the candidate who can best help the middle class, with 52 percent citing the president on that question, including 15 percent of Republicans. But even then, he gets a heaping of blame for not turning the economy around. Almost two-thirds of respondents said the president's policies contributed to the economic downturn. Only 17 percent of respondents said the president's policies on the economy were "improving it now." The economy, in short, is drowning out the political conversation surrounding Romney's private equity career, at least on the national level. Romney's years at Bain Capital made 14 percent of voters more likely to vote for him and 23 percent less likely to vote for him. A fuller 60 percent of voters said it didn't matter. Romney's wealth made 5 percent of voters more likely to vote for him, 20 percent of voters less likely to voter for him, and didn't matter to 73 percent. There are some silver linings for the president's re-election campaign. Fifty-two percent of Republican voters said they, like Obama, believe tax cuts should expire for people with incomes of more than $250,000, including 16 percent who think they should expire for all earners. Meanwhile, 46 percent of respondents said the Supreme Court's health care decision was a "good thing," while 41 percent said it was a bad thing. That suggests a growing acceptance that this is the law of the land.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Sununu and the GOP are all about cheap shots. Comments about the appearance of one of its "leaders" bleating the things he did are fair game. When they play the "Obama is un-American" card, which they did the other day, it's code for "He's black! he's black!". Everything's on the table then as far as I'm concerned. It baffles me that people would relate to Sununu himself in any way.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>The presidential race is a dead heat, according to the newly released CBS/NYT poll.<< Meaningless to the electoral college. It's all about those swing states, and right now it's Obama's to lose. And lose he absolutely could. Israel bombs Iran, welcome to $6 gas. LIBOR ends up tanking the stock market, say hello to President Romney. But for now, the Obama message in swing states is helping, not hurting.
Originally Posted By TMI "Mitt Romney has not released his full tax records from 2010, including key documentation connected to his Swiss bank account." Romney's wife was recently quoted as saying "we've given all you need to know" regarding disclosure of the tax information, as well as noting that they've given ten percent of their money to the church. Which begs an interesting question. Who knows more about what's really going on, the IRS, or the LDS? I'll bet good money that Romney's most secret dread is that some disgruntled ex-Mormon with ties to their tithing committee (or whatever system they use for keeping track of the incomes of the faithful) might come forward and tell all.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 "Now there is talk of Mitt withdrawing instead of releasing any more returns. And it could happen before the convention. A lot of GOP leaders are not really wanting to defend a secretive tax dodging gazillionaire in working class states like Ohio and Pennsylvania." Is there really serious talk of that? I saw the Huffington article, but I'm not sure it's really that serious yet. It would be shocking if it happened, and it would make things super chaotic.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Mitt Romney has been running for office for the past 6 years. I can't see him willingly "suspending" his campaign. He'll say and do anything to be president. Grudgingly, he will release his taxes, probably in August.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 If it turns out that Mitt actually took the tax amnesty in connection with his Swiss account (as the link in #171 speculates) - i.e. he admitted to breaking the law and paid his back taxes in exchange for not going to jail - then he'll never release them. That would absolutely cook his candidacy. That's a big "if," of course.
