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on the upside, we did make it to friday. day 204 of the trump administration. he took reporters questions in front of cameras at more than one venue. today the president refused to rule out military action in venezuela, but we digress. there was a lot more verbiage today on north korea, the main topic, including an apparently new threshold for what would be the u.s. into the fight. it's not at all clear the president is speaking for everybody but the president on this as members of his team continue to walkabout other options.
>> i think as far as reassurance, they probably feel as reassured as they can feel. certainly they feel more reassured with me than other presidents from the past. it is a very bad situation. sit a very dangerous situation. and it will not continue, that i can tell you. hopefully it will all work out, okay? nobody loves a peaceful solution better than president trump. lots of good things could happen, and we could also have a bad solution. but we think lots of good things could happen. >> what would be a bad solution, sir? >> i think you know the answer to that. >> when you say bad solution, are you talking about war? is the u.s. going to war? >> i think you know the answer to that. >> have you spoken to the governor of guam? >> i have not. but they will be very safe. believe me, they will be very safe. if anything happens to guam, there's going to be big, big trouble in north korea. >> have you ordered any change in our military readiness? >> i don't want to say. i don't talk about that. you know that. >> one update. the president did speak to the
governor of guam later this evening. that was around 2:00 today. and another on-camera event earlier in the afternoon, our friend jonathan lamered a the president to respond to those criticizing him for saber rattling language. >> mr. president, you said you wanted to send a strong message to north korea. what do you say to the critics who say you're raising tensions? >> my critics are only saying that because it's me. if somebody else uttered the same words, they would say what a wonderful statement. i will tell you, we have tens of millions of people in this country that are so happy with what i'm saying, because they're saying finally we have a president that's sticking up for our nation, and frankly, sticking up for our friends and allies. >> the president was saying right there his base is fine with his use of tough talk with north korea. but diplomats point out this is about our wider world and nuclear weapons and not the base. the president's language speaks
for the u.s. and may commit the u.s. to an unrealistic threshold. and it's true that the whole world is watching. in germany today, chancellor angela merkel told reporters that an escalation of this rhetoric won't lead to a solution. in moscow, in a forum with students, putin's foreign minister said the war of words from both our president and north korea "is now starting to go over the top. we still hope and believe that common sense will prevail." the president was due to speak to the chinese president, as many look to china to be the middleman. today, the president roamed around several topics with reporters, such as do you have the right generals in afghanistan? he did not say yes. he repeated his criticisms of mitch mcconnell, who should be his biggest ally on capitol hill. he also was asked about his comments for thanking vladamir
putin for ousting u.s. diplomats from russia. also another spot on the map where we could see activity by u.s. military forces. >> were you being sarcastic when you thanked vladamir putin for expelling 755 diplomats in russia? >> in order to reduce our payroll, i think you know that. >> what options are on the table with venezuela? >> we have many options. by the way, i'm not going to rule out a military option. we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor. >> that would be a u.s.-led military operation? >> we don't talk about it. but a military operation, a military option is certainly something that we could pursue. >> this appearing on camera is something new this week. the president also promised more time with journalists,
announcing he was holding "a pretty big conference on monday." and one last thing before we introduce our leadoff guest here tonight. i want you to hear three people talk about the president's choice of words this week. in order, they are career diplomat nicholas burns. political journalist john heilman appearing with nicolle wallace this afternoon. and on that same broadcast, former four-star u.s. army general barry mccaffrey. >> the president's words this week were extremely unwise and rash and unsophisticated. you have to be very careful when you threaten a nuclear war. you do not want to back your adversary into a corner. >> it is ridiculous. it's like movie language. this is the movie of comic books, like he's playing a president. he's doing this thing, which he's talking away action heroes talk, not the way presidents talk with the power of life and death in their hands. >> we've turned to the north koreans and kim jong-un, if he takes a provocative measure, if
he fires on guam, i think we're going to take military action. i'm almost sure the president can't retreat from this position. once military blows are exchanged, i think the chance of going to all-out conventional war are significant. he still doesn't have a usable nuclear capability. i don't think we're going to go there. but i do think the president is saying he's prepared to go to nuclear conflict. >> one of the more chilling moments on this network today. and with that, let's bring in our leadoff friday night panel. welcome to all. matthew, can you walk us through the evolution of donald trump's language of this week? first of all, we note that we
can only hope the expression "locked and loaded" translates approximately, at least, in north korean, just as they promised today in one of their statements to reduce us to jelly, probably in english, that means some version of a pulp. but these are the kinds of things that diplomats worry about. >> yeah. i mean, you have this increasing bellicosity, which is no surprise from the north koreans, but it is a surprise coming from the american president. and you have language that is at once both startling and juvenile. he talks about how we could have a good or bad solution. how if the situation continues, there's going to be big trouble for north korea. that's the kind of language a parent uses when scolding children. so i think it's bizarre for american diplomats to be hearing this, it's bizarre for the american people to be hearing this.
and we can only imagine what they're thinking over in north korea. >> and matthew, the point's been made that what the north korean leader craves more than anything is recognition. that he's been talked about at this level of play, an entire week now by the new american president has to be, if profiles of him are at all true, satisfying on some level. >> he's getting a ton of attention on an international stage. and mostly from our president, from donald trump. you know, the president yesterday obviously thought his public appearances went well, because he was out there today talking in front of the cameras. and while this rhetoric might be alarming to some in the international community, the president thinks it's going well, because he keeps going out there and saying these things. >> robert, i watched you with nicolle wallace this afternoon. and you, having come to know you a little bit, seemed genuinely shaken by this week. >> first of all, my president, our president is saying things that no other president has said before. to the other guest's comment, kim jong-un is now on the same
level as donald trump. or donald trump has lowered the presidency to kim jong-un. i'm not sure exactly what's worse. it feels like, brian, that our president is playing toy soldiers where he's in the backyard and he's playing with these toy soldiers and moving them around. it's not juvenile. this is chilling. this is not about his base in pittsburgh. this is about moscow, berlin, this is about guam, this is about tokyo. to think that the president doesn't understand that his words have weight, to think that this president doesn't understand that millions of people are literally figuring out how they're going to hide under desks and garages and so forth is really sad. it's really sad that the president seems to be so cavalier about this. >> we'll show our audience later in the broadcast the civil defense warnings that people in guam woke up to in their morning paper and on leaflets this morning where this is very serious business.
and endeara, on top of that, tonight we get out of nowhere venezuela. what do you make of it? >> it is stunning. i mean, you know, at first i had to -- when i was listening to the press conference, i had to check my ears and say wait a second, first we were talking about the possible war with north korea, now we're talking about possible military actions in venezuela. i mean, military action is always supposed to be the last resort, not the first thing you jump to. and we've gone from the president barely talking about venezuela at all, to introducing it in the conversation saying all options are on the table. that's not to say what is happening in venezuela, which is what the president points out is a close neighbor and it is a serious crisis going on there. but this is what diplomacy is for. we should have been paying attention to venezuela a long time ago. there's a lot that happened under the chavez regime that led up to where meduro is now, but you don't threaten military
action right away. it's bizarre. i really don't know what he's thinking, and as he said, it's almost like playing a president on television, saying oh, you better not act up, or i'm going to do this. you over there don't act up or i'm going to do something to you, too. i've spoke on the a lot of european and asian diplomats. all of them are stunned at the language that donald trump uses, and the simplicity of it that everything is very bad or could be good or really great people. there was a report in buzz feed how diplomats are playing word bingo when they hear donald trump talk because he only has a couple of phrases they use and they ticket off the list. it sounds funny, but it's kind of sad. we need more complex thinking than just a few stock phrases that he thinks are going to make people act the way he wants them to.
>> we've done video mashups much the same way. matthew, a question about style over substance. but it's nonetheless germane. we've gone days in this administration without seeing this president. they've gone days of white house briefings without us being able to see them. suddenly, though, more than once a day, an availability to take questions. a point we made here on the broadcast, it puts enormous pressure on that day's small press pool around the president, and they have done a magnificent job, these two days in recalling questions that for months we have wanted to ask but have not. so i'm just curious as to what this change in policy is. can this be any aspect of the arrival of general kelly as chief of staff? >> first of all, major props to the reporters there, like you said, i've been very impressed by the work they've been doing on behalf of everyone in the media. i'm not sure if this can be attributed to general kelly.
we've long known that president trump considers himself his best messenger. we know he wasn't that happy with sean spicer or the communications shop at large. we know he likes being out there defending himself, and like i said, even when other people think that didn't go well at all, clearly he thinks they went well. he appeared in front of the press two days in a row, promised a press conference on monday. for him this is a lot of fun and he likes being out there being his own spokesperson. >> robert, i heard tom friedman say last night he has no doubt the president has good people around him. he named mcmaster, mattis, kelly for starters. his doubt is whether or not they're a team. and that is a critical question. >> if you notice what the president is always out front with his staff. in other words, his staff are usually scrambling behind him. i think the president enjoys chaos. the president enjoying being on
the offense, and he really enjoys basically saying look, i'm the president here. i won. i won pittsburgh. i won paducah, you did not, so i'm not going to listen to you. this president is a very emotional thinker and sometimes a very irrational decision maker. so this indecisiveness is part of his dna. this is what got him in the white house. the question is now that he's the leader of the free world, is this in our best interest, and it really is not. the staff is doing a good job, but the president is a tiger and they cannot control this beast. >> and this man who says nothing by accident, deletes nothing by accident, had a chance to support the leadership in afghanistan today and did not, took a pass. >> that's right. which again, the loyalty is about himself and his family as we've seen. the amount of turmoil we've seen
out of the white house and his close staff. you're a friend as long as you suit him and then he's willing to get rid of people. so i think the generals who are running afghanistan should be a little worried about their position. i do want to follow up on that whole comment about, you know, he won pittsburgh and paducah. you know, brian, i'm from pittsburgh and i just want to point out he didn't actually win the city of pittsburgh. the pittsburgh went about 80% for hillary clinton. but one thing we didn't mention, which i think is a really interesting story that came out is that foreign policy publishing this memo, this ousted national security counsel official, who talked about essentially you remember how hillary clinton was famous in the '90s for talking about the vast right wing conspiracy against her and her husband. this guy is talking about an all-wing conspiracy. according to rich higgins, this aide to donald trump, everyone is against the president. marxists, bankers, globalists, deep state, the heads of the
republican and democrat parties. and mcmaster is a national security adviser just said this is crazy and forced the guy to resign. apparently the reporting indicates that donald trump himself was mad when he found out the guy was forced to resign. apparently he agrees with this. that is frightening that the president has that kind of a belief, the paranoia, that everyone is against him. i think that's something that we should be concerned with. it goes back to him feeling that he's coming off well in these repeated press conferences. >> indeed. and it's another chilling story, that one in tonight's "new york times." our great thanks to our initial panel tonight. thank you for joining us on a friday night. coming up after our first break this evening, guam preparing itself as president trump taunts the north korean leader, as americans begin to
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>> i want to show you what the people of guam woke up to this morning, and remember, 168,000 residents of guam. u.s. citizens all. they're living under the threat of north korean missiles arriving off their shores in some sort of show of force. this is their local paper, the guam pacific daily news. they ran an article today. it's listed on tear website tonight, an article called "missile threat tips." just some solid how-to advice for civil defense in the event of a missile launch. here are the guidelines. don't look at the flash or fireball. as blindness may result. take cover behind a concrete structure, if possible. while flight time is 14 minutes, it can take more than 30 seconds for the blast wave to actually hit. after impact. after the blast, shower well, using plenty of soap and shampoo. we are not making light of this threat, nor is anyone on guam, far from it. in fact, we are joined by two
guests to talk about it. democratic congressman ted lou of california is with us tonight, important in taiwan, he went to stanford and georgetown and he's a colonel in the air force reserves who was stationed in guam. we have a second colonel with us well, jack jacobs, a recipient of the medal of honor for his n. congressman, based on your knowledge of guam and where it sits and 14 minutes of nighing time between a launch order in north korea and splashdown in that region, how vulnerable do you think they're feeling right about now? >> thank you for your question. very vulnerable. having served in guam, the u.s. has zero good military options against north korea. any military scenario can spiral out of control, leading to a large loss of life, not just in guam, but also in south korea. that's what makes a president's
statements so reckless. he needs to stop backing into the u.s. into a corner where we have no good military options and try diplomacy. >> jack, this is what you've been saying. there are no good options. we keep hearing this phrase, you know, protective strike, an advanced strike by the u.s. remind folks how much firepower is focused just on south korea. >> well, there is an almost unlimited number of artillery tubes and rockets that are very, very close to the demilitarized zone and all of seoul, between 25 and 30 million koreans, they're all in range. our forces are considerably south of that. but all that notwithstanding, they're all at risk. and by the way, the war isn't over. there's no armistice. there's just a cease-fire, the war that started in 1950. it's actually legally still
going on. >> i want to run some of the sound. the president did call the governor of guam, you're going to see the governor taking the call on his speakerphone, the voice you'll hear is the president's. >> uh, there's no word on whether or not the president knew this was going to be televised and put up on the web tonight during that conversation. during which the president assured the governor tourism was going to increase tenfold when this was all over. congressman, you're also on foreign affairs.
and so i want to ask you what must our allies, especially in the pacific rim, be thinking? >> the problem with the trump administration is not only do they have a lack of a strategy in many areas, including north korea, but they set up conflicting statements. so earlier, you had rex tillerson basically saying the time for talking might be close with north korea. and then the president starts doing this tirade of very provocative statements. so it's very confusing to world leaders. what i want the trump administration to do is get on one page, so that we know what the administration believes. and the president has said that he thinks it's good to be unpredictable. in foreign affairs, that's really stupid. you don't want to be unpredictable, you want to be clear. >> jack, you have said we will know this is serious if we see the evacuation of a quarter million americans.
>> we have about 100,000 military dependents. 7th fleet is there, so they can evacuate american dependants. nothing is going to happen, or we don't know if anything is going to happen, until we hear the canary in the mine. and that is the evacuation of military dependants. when that happens, you can have a high degree of confidence that we have a high degree of confidence that there's going to be action there. >> the president today did alter the threshold by saying an overt threat would bring about u.s. action and, of course, any movement on guam would as well. so that's the world we're looking at on a friday night as we head into an august weekend. our great thanks tonight to congressman ted lou from joining us from southern california and colonel jack jacobs, thank you both. coming up, the president said it was sarcasm when he thanked vladamir putin. but back in washington, robert mueller remains hard at work. that's next when "the 11th hour" continues.
when, rex, tell me. >> by september 1. >> by september 1, we'll have a response. but we have reduced payroll substantially. >> a lot of people talked about the fascinating body hang wage on display this afternoon. that was president trump earlier today flanked by members of his national security team, in bedminster, new jersey. and his thanks to vladamir putin yesterday for expelling 755 u.s. embassy employees, thanked him because it helped him to reduce payroll. the president said today, a day later that had been sarcasm. here with us tonight to dig into these comments and the latest headlines circulating on the russia investigation are matthew miller, msnbc justice and security analyst and former chief spokesman for the u.s. department of justice. jack sharman is with us tonight, a criminal defense attorney who served as special counsel to the house banking committee for the white water investigation. matt, because you were the won who soonest ago was a federal employee, i thought you would want the chance to speak up on their behalf.
755 people, some of them russian nationals, but a good many americans trying to rush back to get their kids in school, find a place to live because they've been uprooted from russia. our government said nothing about their hardship or this news until the president thanking vladamir putin. >> yeah. you know, i think the president was telling the truth today he was being sarcastic, but that doesn't make it better. it was an insult to those career diplomats, many who have served in iraq and afghanistan. many have endured surveillance by putin's government while in russia. the president implied they were surplus, and it was just as important what he didn't say. he didn't say one word about vladamir putin again taking an action that weakens u.s. interests. this comes back to the biggest underlying problem with his relationship with russia, and that is he always has put his
personal interests ahead of the country's interests. whether it's encouraging the russians to obtain hillary clinton's e-mails, whether it's criticizing career intelligence agents who found the russians interfered in the election or encourage vladamir putin by never once taking him on in public. for all the talk about what bob mueller is investigating, this isn't that complicated. a lot of the scandal is hiding in plain sight. >> jack, matthew is right. it keeps roaring back, in part because of actions or omissions by the president and his team. so let me ask you this. since the russia news this week was mostly this manafort raid, what does it tell you about the mueller investigation, even though it was several weeks back now? >> well, the execution of a search warrant in a business crime context is unusual. it is designed to send a message, often to the subject or the target that the prosecutor is serious, in a situation like this where there are concurrent
congressional investigations. it may also be a message that the prosecutors are not going to rely on or wait upon the congressional investigations. >> matthew, i want to read you a quote. this is from the daily beast on the subject of blame. headline team trump shivs paul manafort. >> why did that suddenly appear in print, matt? >> i don't know. but it's a very dangerous game that those aides to the president are playing. it's clear what bob mueller is doing here. the key to cracking open a big case like this is finding a cooperating witness. he's putting pressure on the two people who have the most individual criminal liability. one, paul manafort. two, michael flynn.
that's exactly what he was doing by executing this raid on paul manafort's house and putting pressure on paul manafort's son-in-law, trying to get him to flip. bob mueller is clearly trying to work his way up the chain in this investigation to get manafort, threaten him with jail time, make him nervous and get him to cooperate against the president. for the president's aides to be criticizing manafort, they want to keep manafort close right now, not push him away. a team with a sophisticated criminal defense attorney and operators would tell them to cut that kind of stuff out. >> jack, talk about how cooperation as a legal notion can differ on the eye of the beholder. you can be a witness like mr. manafort and say you're cooperating and maybe feel like
you're cooperating. the prosecutor may not share that opinion, even the day after you come in to talk to them. in this case, it looks like he had lingering doubt that there was something in the manafort residence. >> absolutely. it happens all the time. the witness may believe that he or she is cooperating in a layperson sense, that is i'm meeting with you, i'm answering questions and giving you documents, i'm looking at documents that you provide me. whereas the prosecutor may understand cooperation to be, is what the witness telling me believable to me? is it helping my theory of the case? and you have that discussion frequently with prosecutors. and it can lead to sometimes more drastic results when the two sides cannot agree on what cooperation really means. >> jack, when people knowing your resume ask you how much power does a guy like the special counsel robert mueller have, what's your answer?
>> a great deal. certainly in our experience, when i was working on the house banking committee with judge starr and his staff, they were always very professional and thorough. on the other hand, they made it clear that they were the prosecutors, and that they would not defer to congressional investigators and lawyers, but rather would discharge their constitutional duty using the tools available to them, such as a grand jury, which of course, congress cannot avail itself of. >> for this case, it looks like the deputy attorney general chose the by the book guy from central casting, robert mueller. our thanks as always to matt miller and jack sharman. great to have you on the broadcast. thank you so much for joining us. another break for us. coming up, reaction to all this from the man who ran the ethics
we have many optioning for venezuela. and by the way, i'm not going to rule out a military option. we have many options for venezuela. this is our neighbor. this is -- we're all over the world. and we have troops all over the world in places that are very, very far away. venezuela is not very far away, and the people are suffering a and dying. we have many options for venezuela, including a possible military option, if necessary. >> the president today in bedminster, new jersey, talking about venezuela. he said the u.s. not ruling out a military option. he did not elaborate. when we heard that, we kind of assumed our next guest was set off like a roman candle. let's bring in richard painter,
chief white house ethics lawer under george w. bush. richard, what did you make of the addition of venezuela to the hot zones the u.s. could see action in? >> well, first of all, it makes no sense to talk about military options in venezuela. venezuela has not threatened the united states. there's just no justification for that at all. and no one would support us on that. and president trump is not going to do it unless he's absolutely crazy. so what he's done is talked about an option that he's not going to use, that no reasonable president would use. and that destroys our credibility in this north korea situation. the world needs to understand that when the united states talks about military action as an option, we mean it. and there are situations in which you do have to talk that way. but venezuela is not one of them. that was a very irresponsible comment, and makes our position
with north korea that much more tenuous. >> richard, i want to share with you and our audience the radio interview this week with a white house aide named sebastien gorka. the best we can do with our waning time on the air tonight is to tell people if you're interested, read his background on the web tonight. he's a white house aide, unlike any other white house aide in modern times. he did an interview this week. you may recall rex tillerson, secretary of state, had some kind of mollifieing comments about the north korea situation. gorka was talking about tillerson when he said this. >> so on bbc radio, a white house aide spoke that way about a man fourth in line to the presidency, richard. what would have happened -- you worked on the white house staff 43. what would have happened had this happened in another white
house? >> well, we wouldn't have been in that situation in the bush administration, because i don't think sebastien gorka would have qualified for an internship in the bush white house. i don't know how he got into our country with his ties to fascist groups over in hungary. i'm shocked to see him in this white house. he's not qualified for the job he has. and for someone like him to be mouthing off about the secretary of state, when we are in a diplomatic crisis, is irresponsible. so anybody who acted that way in the bush white house would have been fired on the spot.
>> to your area of expertise, i wanted to read this -- >> instead the hotel with its namesake is charging more for its rooms than most or all of the cities other hotels. richard, who do we see about this, this hotel kind of famously made the president his own land lord? >> well, yes, it's a very profitable operation. it's certainly been made very profitable by the that's correct that president trump is over there in the white house. because all the lobbyists want to have functions over there at the hotel, book the ballrooms
and then the white house people will come on over there and maybe even the president will drop by. you'll certainly get people coming over from the agency who want to meet white house people. and that's a very good watering hole for wall street lobbyists and anyone else. it's a great business operation. my concern is whether that is consistent with the legal requirement and the lease that nobody who works for the united states government, no federal official should get a share in the profits. i think that term has been violated. there are serious concerns of the emoluments clause of the constitution. just the perception that the president of the united states gets a cut when people are organizing all these parties to get access to the united states government. it certainly doesn't look good.
>> like when you guys put somebody in the car you're protecting their head, the way you put their hand over. don't hit their head and they've just killed somebody, don't hit their head. i say you can take the hand away. >> i believe he was making a joke at the time. >> russia, if you're listening, i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> obviously everybody knows i was being sarcastic when i said it, but where are those e-mails? why did she delete those e-mails? >> can you say whenever the the president says something we can trust it to be real? >> if he's not joking, of course. >> we're trying to cut down on
payroll, and i'm thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll. >> small sampling of controversial comments uttered by this president, all of them have with your life in common. we were later told they were meant in jest as the president expressed his thanks to vladimir putin was meant sarcastically. matt, do you think this cuts cleanly along liberal matter, coastal label nabobs and the trump base who are untroubled by the wording? >> i don't know who it troubles and doesn't trouble. hiss base has shown they're willing to put up with a lot, but it cheapens the language of the presidency. this stuff does matter whether it's a joke or not,
presidents have limited options when it comes to what they're allowed to joke about. and police brutality and diplomatic retaliation from a major geopolitical foe, they were offensive to folks serving the country overseas. whether it was a joke or not, "u" to wonder why the president feels he can go say these things. >> robert, given especially your membership in the republican party and your experience in what used to be classic cal republican politics. you could argue there are two menstrual to the success of donald trump's life as president. one of them is named mueller, the other is named mcconnell. why do you think he's trolling both guys on social media? >> because he's a bully. it's been very successful for donald trump for the last 60
years that he's been in new york as a businessman. what he doesn't understand is the nuance of politics. that is man who controls your legislative fate. let's talk about all things that the president campaigned on, especially supreme court justices. mitch mcconnell is that gatekeeper. the last thing you want to do is hit the beehive. >> matthew, the role of mcconnell has me thinking what the president also said today about tax reform and cuts and infrastructure. where are these bills he's talking about? >> well, the timelines keep changing. we get promises and those don't come about. they said tax reform time this fall, maybe november, december. as you know, tax reform not just tax cuts is extremely complicated and it's hard to see
them coming up with something so quickly. and infrastructure as has been documented in the media, that plan isn't going anywhere. president trump said he's been working very hard on it, but it's a mystery to us and republicans in congress. >> if there really is a news conference on monday, perhaps we can add these to the list of questions. we appreciate it. up next, the man who looks dreamily at the president when they are together. is he also looking to be president someday?
as we look at the eagle, the last thing before we go here to the extent is about the vice president. a lot has already been written and said about how he looks when his boss, the president, is talking. "the washington post" has described his look as admiring. that seems to be something of an understatement. a huge part of the job with the number two guy is loyalty to the top guy, of course. but a recent article in the "new york times" says in effect, don't let that dreamy look fool you. mike pence has set up a pac. he's often the bridge to traditional republicans as they
are known. the "times" quoted he wants to be ready if there's an opening in 2020. the president was asked today by our own peter alexander about the possibility of a pence candidacy. >> do you think your vice president will be a candidate for president in 2020? >> i don't think so, no. i don't think so at all. he's a good guy. he's just left for colombia and other places. he's been terrific. he's been a great ally of fine and a great friend of mine. >> about the republicans aiming for the 2020 elections, it was john mccain who recently said to "the new york times," quote, they see weakness in this president. look, it's not a nice business we're in. we'll choose to end it there. that is our broadcast for tonight and for this week. thank you for being here with us. good night from nbc news headquarters in new york.


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Just in time for the holidays, Linda Joy Myers, Kate Farrell and Amber Lea Starfire launch their anthology Times They Were A-Changing: Women Remember the '60s and '70s. The book is the perfect gift for opening discussions with friends and family members and illustrating what a powerful time the '60s and '70s truly were.
Forty-eight powerful stories and poems etch in vivid detail breakthrough moments experienced by women during the life-changing era that was the ’60s and ’70s. These women rode the sexual revolution with newfound freedom, struggled for identity in divorce courts and boardrooms, and took political action in street marches. They pushed through the boundaries, trampled the taboos, and felt the pain and joy of new experiences. And finally, here, they tell it like it was.
Through this collection of women’s stories, we celebrate the women of the ’60s and ’70s and the importance of their legacy.
Paperback: 354 pages
Publisher: She Writes Press (Sept. 8, 2013)
Times They Were A-Changing: Women Remember the ‘60s & ‘70s is available in print and as an e-book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and She Writes Press and Indie Bound.
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About the editors:
National Association of Memoir Writers, and the author of four books: Don't Call Me Mother—A Daughter's Journey from Abandonment to Forgiveness, The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story, and a workbook The Journey of Memoir: The Three Stages of Memoir Writing. Her book Becoming Whole—Writing Your Healing Story was a finalist in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award. A speaker and award winning author, she co-teaches the program Write Your Memoir in Six Months, and offers editing, coaching, and mentoring for memoir, nonfiction, and fiction. Visit her blog at http://memoriesandmemoirs.com.
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/TimesTheyWereAChanging
----------Interview by Renee Roberson
WOW: It's obvious while reading this book how much work must have gone into the writing, submissions and editing process. Can you take you take us through the making of this anthology? How did the idea emerge and how did you go about finding contributors for the book?
Kate: Linda Joy had wanted to do an anthology of the era for some time, but preferred to produce it as part of a team with professional colleagues who were as moved by the ’60s and ’70s as she was. It was at the Story Circle Network Conference in Austin, Texas, April 2012, where Linda Joy, Kate, and Amber’s minds and memories synchronized. Each of us brought years of experience in editing and publishing to the project and formed an editorial partnership to produce the book.
The anthology theme and subthemes were inspired by political and social history, but we were clear that we didn’t want essays or eyewitness accounts: “I was there at Woodstock…” We wanted to highlight the craft of memoir in creating a time, a place, and a feeling. We were curious to discover how women participated in key movements and events of the time, and how these experiences changed them. Once we developed our editorial guidelines, we were ready to solicit submissions.
Using the submittable.com online service, we combined a contest with an opportunity for publication. The contest allowed us to advertise in publications that featured contests, while the opportunity to be published appealed to a wider reach of writers. We placed ads in venues that catered to women’s writing and memoirs, including WOW! Women on Writing, our niche market, and placed two ads in Poets and Writers. Submissions started slowly and peaked at the deadline with almost 300 blind submissions from across the country.
WOW: Younger generations of readers (such as myself!) might think they won't be able to relate to the issues and topics in this book. Why do you think Times They Were A-Changing is an important read for adults born in the 1980s and 1990s?
Linda Joy: The future is built upon the progress and developments of the past. The ‘60s and '70s created a tsunami of social change and shifts in consciousness. What was acceptable in the past was no longer tolerable: racial prejudice and inequality, the brutality of war, and the idea that women had no voice and no control over their bodies. I’ve heard young women say, “I read about the ‘60s and ‘70s, but it’s just a few lines in a history book. I don’t really know what it was like.” In order to understand the power of those two decades to shift consciousness and political decisions, it’s also important to understand how the world was before all the changes. In this book, you learn how each writer came from where she was raised to become a part of something. The era evolved as each person’s participation helped to create it. The stories take you into the body and minds of each person. You taste the tear gas, smell the fear in the South, and tingle with the joy of freedom on the road.
WOW: I was excited to read essays by each of you in the book. All three of them were very powerful but also very different. How difficult was it to decide which of your own pieces to include in Times They Were A-Changing?
Amber: I had actually written a version of “Altamont” two years ago intending it to be included in my upcoming memoir, Not the Mother I Remember (to be released in January 2014). But I cut it from the memoir when I realized (admitted) it didn’t move the narrative forward. When we editors decided to include our own work in the anthology, I knew right away I’d found a home for this story.
Kate: In San Francisco, the ’70s ushered in many non-political movements that nevertheless sought social change though personal transformation. Though I was fortunate to live in San Francisco from the early ’60s on and experience much of that decade’s counterculture and political activism, I found the ’70s more to my taste. Fewer drugs, less violence held the promise of a peaceful dawning of the Age of Aquarius through conscious practice and spiritual direction.
However, that dream soon faded, as had the political, idealistic dreams of the ‘60s. Greedy, abusive cult leaders, gurus, and madmen attracted followers, true believers who were hungry for self-fulfillment and who gave all, their free will, even their lives to the cult, the Jonestown massacre being the most tragic—spawned in the SF Bay Area.
As submissions to the anthology came in, I noticed none from women who had direct experience of these cult-like groups, and I wanted to add that radical cultural dimension to the book. My vivid recollections of working within Werner Erhard seminar trainings (est) were a rich enough source, but I was hesitant, even afraid, to write about them. Such is the lingering power of a forceful personality. I was encouraged by my co-editors to develop “Getting It” and continue to write the essay as an authentic, first hand experience. How my understanding of est was finally resolved through intense Jungian dream work was a positive counter balance. I remembered that personal insight was a true joy: an inner vision without drugs or a mindless following.
Linda Joy: I had written some versions of “Baptist Girl” before, but was too embarrassed to develop it. This time, having a strict word count helped me to construct the piece so the reader could go back and forth in time to understand my dilemma with breaking away from the past while still being caught in it. The problem with the era was that many of us acted in ways we felt we were supposed to act, but we still hadn’t resolved our deeper issues. In order to understand the era as I experienced it, I have to write about where I came from and the kind of perpetual shock we were all in during those years of protest, violence, and opportunity. I came from a small town that was safe, quiet, and very conservative. The era took us so far away from our roots, it was like being on a 20-year, roller coaster ride. Great in many ways, and tragic in others.
WOW: Amber Lea, your essay “Altamont” is a great example of using rich and sensory details in memoir writing. Do you have any advice for writers struggling to express themselves in such a lyrical fashion, especially when describing events that happened years earlier?
Amber Lea: As my writing teacher and mentor, Lowell Cohn, used to say, “Slow down. Slow way down.” The key to remembering the sensory details central to your story is to focus on the key image—the one that has the most emotional resonance—and then, in your mind’s eye, begin to look around: what did you smell, taste, feel and hear in that moment? Remembering these details triggers additional memories. Also, focusing on your senses other than sight brings you into the physical, in-your-body facet of memory. And I believe that’s where the real power of any story resides.
WOW: Linda Joy, your essay “The Baptist Girl” paints a portrait of a young girl struggling to become a person with a voice to be reckoned with. Since then, you’ve made “finding your voice” your life’s work! You also wrote a blog post for the book discussing how writers can get past their fear of exposing themselves through memoir writing. How do you suggest writers take steps to do that without abandoning a project out of fear of repercussions?
Linda Joy: I still struggle with how to break past the chattering inner critic in my own work. Choose small pieces you can wrap your mind around and get them on the page. You have to tell yourself over and over again that this is your “sh--tty first draft"--thank you Anne Lamott! Keep your work private while you’re working on it. Don’t tell your family you’re writing a memoir. Write all the way through the first draft, which will allow the tough emotions to surface and give you room to be with yourself and your truths. After your feelings have been aired on the page, then you can see what needs to be edited or changed, and then decide how to handle the people you have put in the book. Every writer suffers with this, so you are not alone. Read about the explosions in Pat Conroy’s life after The Great Santini came out—and it was fiction. What made it fiction, he tells us, is that his father was more over the top violent than what he wrote. Every family is unique and only you can decide where your ethics are and how to handle your book and your relationships.
WOW: Kate, your bio talks about your discovery of self-actualization through mediation, yoga, Tai Chi, etc. Can you talk to us a little about how these practices have helped shaped and influence your writing over the years?
Kate: By the beginning of the 1970s, I had become a traditional storyteller, part of the folk art revival that included folksongs, blues, and jazz. It was a groundswell movement that merged in my mind with the other disciplines I pursued. Storytelling techniques in performance are similar to meditating out loud and draw from the universal archetypes espoused in Jungian theory. My storytelling practice was mostly confined to school library work in the San Francisco public elementary schools. Nevertheless, I was able to “hold the space” with only my voice and my inner concentration for audiences of large numbers of at risk, inner city students. Along the way, students learned the elements of story, could retell stories, act them out, and eventually read and write them.
Writing memoir is another way to form a storytelling bond with the listener/reader. The power of sharing through story is easily translated to the printed page. I continue to explore ways that a short memoir piece can combine with archetype to create a universal experience so that images become symbolic in a natural way—another layer of meaning.
WOW: I absolutely love the historical timelines you put together on the book blog under the topic of “themes.” One of the themes in the book is Second Wave Feminism. I’d like to ask each of you if there any women in particular who inspired you to stand up and embrace women’s rights, and what was it about them that inspired you the most?
Kate: Enlarging that question to include women who fought for human rights, and later became active in women’s rights, I have to list Joan Baez, Bettina Aptheker, and Angela Davis as three women who stood large for me.
Joan Baez was a powerful voice that reached millions early in the 60s, part of the coffee house scene, folk music, and poetry. When I first heard her plaintive voice in the song, “House of the Rising Sun,” I identified with its somber, minor chords, and bluesy rendering of the plait of the common prostitute. Along with my college roommates in San Francisco, we learned to play the chords on our shared guitar and sing the lyrics that to me were the first cry of feminism.
Bettina Aptheker was the co-leader of the Free Speech Movement in UC-Berkeley along with Mario Savio; she took the microphone near Sather Gate in such a commanding way that she became an immediate legend to me, a small, articulate young woman who would not back down. Her later speeches against the war in Vietnam and at the trial of Angela Davis were an inspiration.
Angela Davis exemplified all that was powerful in a woman activist: brilliant, beautiful, scholarly, willing to risk her career and fight against a system of control that spanned her academic life, civil rights, and women’s rights. She was the ultimate feminist. All three of these women were historically connected, centered in the SF East Bay.
When my time came to attend UC-Berkeley graduate school in ‘69-‘70, I did not hesitate to participate in the protests against the war. When the campus closed with a student strike in spring 1970 with the invasion of Cambodia, I was one of four leaders (some called us the Four Horsemen) who organized classes off site, rewrote the curriculum for Library Studies graduate school, and sponsored activities in public libraries. We put our degree and tuition on the line to advocate within and without the university for more relevant library services. Of course, 90 percent of my peers were women.
Linda Joy: I loved the folk singer women too—Joan Baez and Judy Collins especially. By the ‘70s, I was reading Anais Nin, whose journals were all the rage, and though we know now she edited them, they were an example of the courage it takes to write openly of very personal things. From Ms. Magazine, which one of my boyfriends tore into shreds, I learned about ideas, power, and the possibility of a fine-tuned political discussion that assumed women had a voice worth listening to. I didn’t know or believe that then. I was taught to be quiet and not make waves, but the era, and the arts, told us we could. Artists were important to me: Eva Hesse’s sculpture, Joan Mitchell’s huge canvases. “The Dinner Party” sculptures by Judy Chicago were mind blowing and brave. The poetry of Denise Levertov and Adrienne Rich changed my life.
WOW: What are some of your favorite memoirs from other writers that you’ve read in the past five years?
Kate: In researching this project over the last two years, I found these three memoirs to be unforgettable—in particular how these gifted, lovely women were often overshadowed by their male counterparts, husbands, or lovers: Joan Baez, And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir, Deborah Santana, Space between the Stars: My Journey to an Open Heart. Grace Slick, Somebody to Love? A Rock-and-Roll Memoir.
Linda Joy: I inhale books and read everything from fiction, especially historical fiction—based on true stories—to memoirs. I’m reading Pat Conroy’s Death of Santini now, and loved all of Mary Karr’s memoirs, Virginia Woolf’s Moments of Being, and Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
----------Blog Tour Dates
Monday, Nov. 25 (Today!) @ The Muffin
Stop by for an interview with Linda Joy Myers, Kate Farrell and Amber Lea Starfire and enter to win a copy of the book.
Tuesday, Nov. 26 @ All Things Audry
Learn more about the consciousness-raising movement of the 60s and 70s with this guest post by one of the contributors of Times They Were A-Changing.
Wednesday, Nov. 27 @ Words by Webb
Stop by Words by Webb for a review of Times They Were A-Changing.
Monday, Dec. 2 @ The Memory Writers Network
Jerry Waxler from Memory Writers Network interviews the editors of the anthology Times They Were A-Changing.
Tuesday, Dec. 3 @ Choices
Immerse yourself in the world of 60s Beat culture, poets, folksingers and coffeehouses as part of the Times They Were A-Changing blog tour.
Friday, Dec. 6 @ The Literary Ladies
Find out how the anthology Times They Were A-Changing can engage discussions with younger generations with this guest post.
Monday, Dec. 9 @ Slay the Writer
Read about what Author Trisha Slay thought of Times They Were A-Changing and enter the book giveaway!
Tuesday, Dec. 10 @ Renee's Pages
Want to read an excerpt from Times They Were A-Changing? Renee Roberson will feature one on her blog Renee's Pages and give away one copy of the ebook.
Wednesday, Dec. 11 @ Words by Webb
Want to learn five things about publishing and writing for anthologies? Jodi interviews the editors of Times They Were A-Changing at Words by Webb.
Thursday, Dec. 12 @ Memoir Writer's Journey
Visit Memoir Writer's Journey to read a guest post on "Lessons We Learned from the 60s and 70s That are Important for Women Today." Also, enter to win a copy of the book!
Monday, Dec. 16 @ Women's Writing Circle
Susan Weidener shares her thoughts on the storytelling found in Times They Were A-Changing on her blog.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 @ Found Between the Covers
Stop by the Found Between the Covers blog to read Sherrey's review of Times They Were A-Changing.
Wednesday, Dec. 18 @ CMash Reads
The ladies discuss what the legacy of the 60s and 70s was for women and how it relates to women today as part of the Times They Were A-Changing blog tour. Stop by for the chance to win your own copy of the book!
Thursday, Dec. 19 @ Thoughts in Progress
Read a guest post on the "Age of Aquarius: New Age Disciplines and Consciousness Raising" as part of the Times They Were A-Changing blog tour. Also, enter to win your own copy of the book!
Friday, Dec. 20 @ Suzanne Purvis
Suzanne Purvis hosts the editors of Times They Were A-Changing as they give you an insider's perspective on "The Making of an Anthology" on her blog.
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It's so great to see a book celebrating the accomplishments of the feminist activists of those days. We all learned a lot then and the young people today could learn a lot now by reading about it. Thanks.ReplyDelete
I am looking forward to reading this book. Though just barely behind you on the timeline of life,I realize my life and its trajectory have benefited from the women and their courage of this era. May the book soar and touch lives.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful idea for a book! It's so important to chronicle these crucial periods in history before they're forgotten or become distorted in our collective memory. I hope the anthology enjoys tremendous success.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Carl, for your comment. We do indeed hope that this book begins a dialogue among generations. Because it is story-based, it has the potential of a further sharing of stories and moments of individual choices.ReplyDelete
Hi Julie, We appreciate your good wishes for the book. What's so cool about this anthology is the range of experiences that a variety of young women had at that time. Almost anyone can identify with how real it was to break social taboos and survive! Hope you enjoy reading about it all!ReplyDelete
That was our thought as well: to gather these personal narratives before our generation vanished from memory. In fact, we received very few submissions from the early '60s. Don't you think that women's history is overlooked in most decades? Thanks for your good wishes.
Perfect timing to celebrate that era of change and challenge!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much to everyone for stopping by today and supporting the launch! I can honestly say I learned so much about this time period in our history by reading the essays and poems in this book. I do agree with Kate that women's history has been overlooked in most decades and will be excited to share this book with my daughter in just a few more years.ReplyDelete
We are excited to see the response to the amazing stories in this book--and also feel that they make good reading for the younger generation. What better way to learn about history but through memoirs?ReplyDelete
Fantastic interview, ladies! I can't wait to read this book. Even though I was born in '72, I'm an Aquarius and always believed I should've grown up in the '60s! I'm interested to read Amber Lea's essay on Altamont and some of the other essays that handle tough topics. Thank you for compiling these important stories and diverse voices!ReplyDelete
Hi Patricia, It does seem to be perfect timing, doesn't it? We're all thinking back to the tragic event 50 years ago and remembering the promise of Camelot this week. We're now facing a time of challenge similar to the '60s and can draw strength from these women's stories and poems.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Angela! You are such a supporter of women's voices. Those tough stories make good reading, but I can't say I have a favorite story or poem. Each one is unique --collectively they all create a fuller sense of history from a women's POV.ReplyDelete
Thanks, Renee! The way you set up this post is awesome. Appreciate it and the entire blog tour. I do agree that this book is a perfect holiday gift for mother and daughter, aunt and niece, and more. A real conversation starter! What better for the holidays?ReplyDelete
The diversity of the pieces in this anthology strike very different notes but make up a song that resonates well. The editors took great care to include views from varying vantage points and for that I am so proud to be included. It is so much more than memories; it is gratitude and inspiration all at once.ReplyDelete
I'd like to mention that the men depicted here are a study in change as well. When women began to expect respect and acknowledgement, there were men who began to give it. By delving into personal narrative, readers are immersed in experience, and that is what fosters change -- relationship.
Hi Marcia! We are so proud that you are an author in the anthology. Your piece is skillfully written; even your comment here shows your sense of style. I do want to acknowledge the men in the stories who welcomed a change in women's roles. I wonder if that work is finished in our present day culture? Have we yet redefined relationship?ReplyDelete
I've read bits and pieces of the anthology and am left breathless! So many of the stories are compelling and truly capture the spirit of that era. I find myself once again embracing the spirit of activism in my own writing. I am honored to be a contributing author for this anthology!ReplyDelete
Hi Sara, Thanks for your response to the anthology! How wonderful that it has inspired you to embrace the spirit of activism in your own writing. I wonder what exactly you mean by that?ReplyDelete
I second all that Kate has said in response to all your wonderful comments. and I think I can speak for the 3 of us when I say that we feel honored to bring together this collection of so many powerful stories.ReplyDelete
Marcia, when we began this project, I truly thought it would be of most interest to women. However, we're finding that men of all ages are genuinely interested and excited to read women's perspectives of that era. I can only think that this this is a reflection of the change that has occurred over time and as a direct result of the efforts of such brave women.
Angela, I know you will enjoy and be inspired by the anthology. And please feel free to let me know if you have any questions about my story.
Carl, I'm interested to hear your view of the stories. Please stay in touch with us during the blog tour.
I was born in the seventies, so my memories of that era consist of pretty mundane things like learning to ride my bike- I think that reading the anthology provides a really neat framework for understanding my childhood and what was going on in society around me at that time. I am looking forward to reading it!ReplyDelete
Having had a vision of a book like this for a long time, it still seems like a dream to have before me all these amazing voices, memories and experiences from such a variety of people from all over the world. Their stories inspired us as we edited the book, and still inspire us now. Thank you Renee for helping us get these diverse voices heard. And thank all of you for stopping by!ReplyDelete
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I can't wait to read this book. I was a girl in the 60's and eyes wide open into the 70's. These pieces and the care with which the book was put together are tantalizing. Hoping to host a blog tour too. xo SuziReplyDelete
I look forward to reading this book. It looks really interesting.ReplyDelete
I just posted my blogtour entry and notice above that your calendar promises an interview with the editors. I'm saving that one for a later post. This one is an essay about my responses to the book. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to participate.
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Beautiful wool, but what to do??
I bought this wool from my LYS a few weeks ago for about $2.50 a ball. Its super stunning, 50% fine merino - those poor sheep :( - and 50% alpaca. Its Aymara
I've knitted the cream one up about 3 times now, and I haven't been happy with the result. Several scarf attempts later I decided to try dyeing the cream one, and then when I put it with the other 2 colours, well they go so nicely that I just can't do it.
It needds to be a loose knit scarf as while this is a fine wool, its very bulky, and goes stiff and scrunchy when knitted tightly, and thats not pleasant...
I just dont know what to do with it!!
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- Why is my steak tough and chewy?
- Does boiling meat longer make it softer?
- Does boiling beef soften it?
- How do Chinese restaurants get their beef so tender?
- How do you soften tough steak after cooking?
- What is a good steak tenderizer?
- Does salting steak make it tender?
- What can you soak steak in to make it tender?
- Does Worcestershire sauce tenderize meat?
- Why is my beef so chewy?
- How do you soften meat when cooking?
- What is the best way to tenderize a steak?
- Should you put Worcestershire sauce on steak?
- Can you use Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce together?
- How do you make a cheap steak tender?
- Does pineapple tenderize steak?
- How long do you leave salt on steak?
Why is my steak tough and chewy?
Meat science has it that an old animal has tougher and chewy steak since its meat has more muscle fibers than a young one.
The type of food an animal is fed will also determine the texture of its meat.
The opposite of this only gives you tougher and chewy steak due to the hardness of the animal meat, caused by age..
Does boiling meat longer make it softer?
Cooking a steak over direct, intense heat makes it more firm and dry the longer you cook it. On the other hand, boiling/stewing meat adds moisture, compared to the loss of moisture from direct heat. This in turn makes the meat more tender, and the longer you cook it the softer it’ll get.
Does boiling beef soften it?
Boiled meat can make a tender and juicy stew or pot roast. Tough cuts of beef are tenderized through a slow cooking process using a small amount of liquid in a covered pot. Cooking with moist heat will not only make meat tender but also increase the digestibility and bioavailability of nutrients.
How do Chinese restaurants get their beef so tender?
Keys to SuccessUltratender Beef. To achieve an unusually tender texture, we cut flank steak into pieces against the grain and then soak the pieces in baking soda.Plush Coating. Cornstarch in the marinade leads to a plush coating when the beef is cooked.Streamlined Preparation. … Bold Stir-Fry Sauce.
How do you soften tough steak after cooking?
Overcooked beef For steak, slice it up, and soak it overnight in your favorite marinade. Use it in wraps, soups, shepherd’s pie or pastas. For roasts, place it in the slow cooker with barbecue sauce, and cook on low for a few hours. Shred the beef, and make some tasty barbecue sandwiches.
What is a good steak tenderizer?
Season steaks with a papaya- or pineapple-based rub or marinade. Papaya contains a natural meat tenderizer called papain, while pineapple contains enzymes called bromelain.
Does salting steak make it tender?
Yes, salting your steaks for one hour before cooking them will cause a miraculous transformation! From chewy and tough, to tender and juicy. But not just ANY salt will do! … Coarse salt helps to break down the proteins and muscle fibers in the meat, resulting in maximum tenderness.
What can you soak steak in to make it tender?
Season steaks with a papaya- or pineapple-based rub or marinade. Papaya contains a natural meat tenderizer called papain, while pineapple contains enzymes called bromelain. Acidic tenderizers. Vinegar, lemon juice, and even yogurt have a softening and tenderizing effect on meats.
Does Worcestershire sauce tenderize meat?
It has vinegar to tenderize the meat, sugar for sweetness and shine, and deliciously savory flavors including onion, garlic, tamarind, and anchovies. Worcestershire sauce is also quite concentrated, so it’s able to penetrate deeply into the meat.
Why is my beef so chewy?
A chewy steak is often one that is not tender. A chewy steak is one that’s tough rather than tender. The chewiness can be due to a particularly muscular animal or a certain type of cut. A meat tenderizer, such as marinade, can help assuage the steak’s chewiness.
How do you soften meat when cooking?
Slow-cook it. Cooking tough cuts of meat with low-temperature heat over a long period of time is a great way to tenderize it. Tough fibers, collagen and connective tissues will break down, leaving you with tender meat. Try using a slow cooker, or braise with broth or other liquids in a covered dish in the oven.
What is the best way to tenderize a steak?
8 Simple Ways to Make Tough Meat TenderPhysically tenderize the meat. For tough cuts like chuck steak, a meat mallet can be a surprisingly effective way to break down those tough muscle fibers. … Use a marinade. … Don’t forget the salt. … Let it come up to room temperature. … Cook it low-and-slow. … Hit the right internal temperature. … Rest your meat. … Slice against the grain.
Should you put Worcestershire sauce on steak?
Worcestershire sauce’s intense umami taste makes it great for meat marinades, and it’s also commonly used in bloody Marys and Caesar salads. It packs a seriously savory punch. Here are 17 times you are supposed to use Worcestershire sauce.
Can you use Worcestershire sauce and soy sauce together?
You can’t mix anything with it to make it taste like soy sauce. It will still taste like Worcestershire sauce but since soy sauce is usually salty you might try adding a bit more salt to the Worcestershire. It won’t make it taste the same as soy but it might get you close enough.
How do you make a cheap steak tender?
To properly tenderize a steak, lay the steak out on a plate and cover each side with approximately 1 teaspoon of kosher/sea salt before cooking. Use your fingers to gently work the salt granules into the surface, breaking down the fibers of the meat. (For even more flavor, add crushed garlic to the salt.)
Does pineapple tenderize steak?
Raw pineapple contains an enzyme called Bromelain that is used to make meat tenderizer. It rapidly breaks down the protein and muscle structure of the meat and turns it into a mush over time.
How long do you leave salt on steak?
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of kosher salt PER side of steak.Let salt: 1 hour per 1″ thickness of steak. For example, if steak is 1/2″ thick, then let salt for 30 minutes.Rinse all salt off. Pat very dry with paper towel.Season steak with pepper or other seasoning (do not add any additional salt)

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Supreme Pasta Salad Recipe
- 16 ounces rotini, fusilli, or shell pasta
- 1 (8 ounce) bottle Italian or ranch-style salad dressing
- 4 tablespoons McCormick® Salad Supreme® Seasoning
- 5 cups assorted raw vegetables (tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, or red onions)
step 1: Cook pasta according to package directions. Rinse under cold water to stop cooking and drain well.
step 2: Place pasta in large salad bowl, add dressing and seasoning, and toss gently to coat.
step 3: Cut vegetables into bite-sized pieces. Add vegetables to pasta and mix gently.
step 4: Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours.


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I have to admit that when I first found Stampotique Stamps,
and Daniel Torrente in particular, it was LOVE!!
Such incredibly quirky and dark, and somewhat twisted,
outsider imagery made me feel right at home.
Always the outsider. Never conform.
After placing my first order of handmade to order stamps,
and waiting eagerly for them to arrive, I never looked back.
I now have quite the collection of Stampotique stamps,
and really must put them to better use.
With that, I have decided to attempt at least one
Stampotique stamped project a month. That will then be entered in their
monthly challenge. The newest current theme is: Anything Goes.
I have completed two 2 1/2" X 2 1/2" mini canvasses.
I used Dylusions sprays and some acrylic paint
to complete the backgrounds.
After rather (un)successfully adding an embossed sentiment,
I used a great image by Kira Nichols called, "Line Up".
I fussy cut the critters after coloring them with Copics and then
clear embossed them.
Finally, I added some snaps and then when that was
not satisfactory, I glued some silver dew drops on top
of the snaps.
Maybe some Stickles will help. Yup! That was it!
I glued corrugated cardboard on the back of the images
for dimension and then adhered them to the canvas.
I used all of the same techniques for this canvas as well, but
these two really crack me up!
I envision someone "floating an air biscuit". Classy!
I even got a little "fancy schmancy" with the edges of this one.
A stamp and Stickles!
Thanks for dropping by!
I am entering this in the following challenge(s):
Glo, these are fabulous. I need to get me some of those canvas things, I am getting tired of making 8 million cards. LOL Love these stamps, too, Stampotique is definitely one of my favorite rubber companies. I'm getting my stamp area set up today so hopefully can play along with this one. Miss you! :)ReplyDelete
WOW so stunning!! Thanks for joining the Stampotique DCReplyDelete
Oooo oh oh oh! Love it!!! Big WOW. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge. Magda :)ReplyDelete
fantastic! Love it! Thanks for sharing your creation over at SDC!ReplyDelete
Love them. Very good !ReplyDelete
HAHAHAHA! Oh your second one cracked me up! These are fantastic! Thanks for joining us at the SDC!ReplyDelete
Oh, I love this one!! The colors and the "mini" of them just had me. The colors are perfect. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge.ReplyDelete
This is just gorgeous, you've put so much work into this. I was exactly the same as you when I found Stampotique! Thanks for making this for this week's challenge xReplyDelete
LOL! Love those crazy looking cats, so wild! Love both of your pieces. I too have a stamp that says "What if the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about." :)ReplyDelete

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Our journey began with a vision to provide comprehensive and compassionate dental care, and over the years, we have not only upheld that vision but have also continuously evolved to incorporate the latest advancements in dentistry. Established in 1937, our clinics carry a legacy of service to humanity. Our commitment to staying at the forefront of dental innovation guarantees that you receive the most cutting-edge and effective treatments available.
At L. Gela Ram Dental Clinics, we are not just dental professionals; we are your partners in achieving optimal oral health and a radiant smile. For us, the patient always comes first, and our unwavering commitment to delivering top-notch care has been our guiding principle since our inception in 1937. Our ethos revolves around the 'patient first' approach. We understand that every individual has unique dental needs, concerns, and goals. Therefore, our team of highly skilled and compassionate professionals takes the time to listen, understand, and collaborate closely with each patient. This personalized approach ensures that your treatment plan is tailored to your specific needs, providing you with the best possible outcomes
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Our clinic managers are not just managers; they are meticulous orchestrators of your experience. Every minute detail is meticulously curated to ensure your comfort and satisfaction. We take pride in consistently achieving high patient satisfaction scores, a testament to our unwavering commitment to your well-being and contentment.
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Seattle Sounders FC gave up four goals in the opening 10 games of the season. Now they have conceded four in the last two games. The Columbus Crew won 2-0 in CenturyLink Field to give Seattle its second straight home loss.
Justin Meram opened the scoring a quarter hour in. He beat Adam Johansson to a Dilly Duka cross and powered a header past Bryan Meredith.
Seattle out-shot Columbus 21 to five and held over 60 percent of the possession. Andy Gruenebaum made six saves for his shutout. Meredith didn't block one.
Emilio Renteria completed the smash-and-grab away win deep in the second half with a tidy volley.
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and IBM BladeCenter allow electronics leader to reduce costs, decrease procurement time and prepare for the cloud.
IBM and Red Hat have announced that Casio Computer Co, Ltd., a leading electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Japan, has selected a combination of Red Hat virtualization software and IBM systems to effectively handle business management challenges and prepare its IT infrastructure for cloud deployments.
Casio wanted to optimize the global IT infrastructure within its business development department and create business models to gain a competitive advantage in its industry. In 2010, Casio installed Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to enhance optimization of its IBM BladeCenter for increased efficiency and to develop IT systems tailored to specific sections of its business. Casio also plans to deploy Red Hat solutions for future endeavors with cloud software.
Before implementing Red Hat software solutions, Casio decided that utilizing virtualization would be a main goal while rebuilding Casio’s IT infrastructure for better competitiveness. The team’s mission was not to simply build systems in response to developmental requests, but also to optimize those systems, taking into consideration everything – up to and including the outward-facing business process of each department. Casio separated non-core business and core business during its system-building process and now successfully focuses more on investment for core business-related systems.
When Casio decided to virtualize its IBM System x servers in 2005, it moved from proprietary virtualization software to an open source hypervisor in 2007. Soon after, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, based on the open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor, was suggested to Casio and the company’s testing results convinced it that it would be able to gain the high-performance, scalable, cost-effective solution it was looking for with Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
“We saw Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as an ideal fit for Casio because it provides a key foundation for cloud deployments,” said Atsushi Yazawa, deputy senior general manager, Production and Purchasing Division at Casio. “With Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization on IBM hardware, we have been able to reduce costs significantly while also speeding up procurement, which has helped the company successfully handle business management challenges.”
As a next step, Casio plans to transition to a cloud environment. The company currently uses its own privately built consolidated infrastructure platform, but is also considering using a public cloud environment in the future.
Casio’s success is part of a growing trend of companies turning to open virtualization to save money and improve time-to-market as they virtualize servers, adopt dual-source virtualization strategies and build clouds. IBM and Red Hat are working together to offer customers open virtualization solutions to fit these needs that are affordable, enterprise-ready and easy to manage. Earlier this year, Red Hat announced the delivery of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, bringing industry-leading performance, scalability, openness and cost benefits to enterprises worldwide.
In recent months, IBM and Red Hat have worked together on SPECvirt_sc(R)2010 performance benchmarks, collaborated to achieve advanced EAL4+ security certification and worked together to establish both the Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) and the oVirt open source development community.
“Open virtualization is important for our clients, our partners and the industry,” said Jean Staten Healy, director, Worldwide Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization at IBM. “Together with Red Hat, IBM is working to help businesses save money and optimize their IT infrastructures through open virtualization alternatives.”
“From performance benchmarks to the leadership of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 to the widespread industry support for OVA and oVirt, open virtualization has seen increased momentum in the past year,” said Paul Cormier, president, Products and Technologies at Red Hat. “We have heard loudly and clearly from our customers that the industry needs an open alternative, and the combination of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and IBM platforms is well-positioned to meet that need.”
Earlier this year, Red Hat released Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0, with significantly expanded capabilities for both its server and desktop virtualization management tools and its KVM hypervisor. IBM resells Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 subscriptions along with its support and service on the IBM System x product line.
Today, Casio deploys Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM BladeCenter.
- Full Casio case study
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 60-day, fully supported evaluation
- IBM open virtualization
- Open Virtualization Alliance
- oVirt project
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3sixteen SS Heavyweight Pocket T-Shirt
- Fit: Slim fit.
- Fabric: Custom 100% cotton heavyweight jersey (7 oz.)
- Features: Black, indigo and gray. Reinforced collar. One chest pocket. Just as soft as thin, gauze t-sheets but much more durable.
- Made in the U.S.A by 3sixteen.
- Note: Will shrink 1" in chest and 2" in length after cold wash, air dry.


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June 1st, 2020
I got into a heated discussion with my dad yesterday about what’s happening right now (don’t worry, we’re fine!). While we were making scattered points, I blurted out something I’ve been thinking about a lot this week.
“Why didn’t you fix this?”
As I see people from generations older than mine criticizing the state of life right now, I can’t help but wonder: why did you not do the right thing, when you had the chance, together? I imagine many of you, when you had children, told them, and yourself, that you would make a better world for us live in.
Why did you break that promise?
Why are we left to unlearn all of this bullshit, and why have you made us the teachers? Why are we trying to make you understand that people are not groups, but they are individuals; that each single human is a priceless life that can never be replaced? Why did you put that burden on us?
This isn’t the first protest, or riot. This isn’t even the hundredth. Many of you lived through the civil rights movement, so I ask:
Why didn’t you fix it?
Why did you leave this problem, along with so many others, for your children to deal with?
You can’t answer it, and we’re not expecting you to. All we’re expecting from the people who failed us is to get the hell out of our way.
My son will grow up in a world better than mine. And it won’t be because of the people who came before, who let things get to be this way.
No, it’ll be because of us.
So, I won’t ask you again why you didn’t fix this. Putting that burden on you is only hypocritical.
I will only ask that you allow us to try.

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Autoworkers cheer an announcement that GM will begin building the Chevrolet… (Erik Schelzig / Associated…)
Reporting from Spring Hill, Tenn. — A few days before Thanksgiving, hundreds of people from around the country jammed into the idled General Motors Co. plant here, cheering as company and union officials pushed a big red button signifying the reopening of the car-assembly factory.
The ceremony marked a rare bright moment for workers in America's long-beleaguered auto industry. But there's a catch: Under its agreement with the United Auto Workers union, GM will be hiring mostly new workers for the plant who will start at $15.78 an hour, about half the prevailing rate paid to the company's production employees.
A two-tier pay system, adopted by airlines years ago and embraced more recently by law firms, could breed hard feelings among workers paid different rates for doing the same jobs. Economists have a bigger fear that the lower wages could undermine the middle-class living that the UAW took decades to negotiate.
At first glance, the scaled-down pay for some employees seems starkly at odds with Henry Ford's famous decision nearly a century ago to double daily pay to $5, a move that boosted workers' morale — as well as their ability to buy Ford cars.
"This is what Henry Ford understood by paying his workers three times more than the industry average," said Robert Reich, a Clinton administration Labor secretary who teaches at UC Berkeley.
What concerns Reich most is that whittled-down paychecks will erode spending power and thus lead to fewer sales, weak hiring and stagnant wages, creating a vicious cycle. "You shoot yourself in the foot eventually," he said.
But many people here look at the situation differently.
After getting pulverized by the recession and high unemployment, they said the reopening of the GM plant, which originally produced the Saturn brand, had revived hopes in their hard-hit area in central Tennessee.
"You can make $16 an hour or zero dollars," said Michael Dinwiddie, Spring Hill's mayor.
Kip and Ann Ellis think it may mark the beginning of the road back for their family and others in the struggling U.S. economy.
When the car plant shut down two years ago, Kip Ellis was among hundreds who moved to GM's factory in Lansing, Mich., leaving behind his wife and their three daughters.
Now, with manufacturing of the Chevrolet Equinox scheduled to start in the second half of next year, Ellis, 48, has a chance to return home and be reunited with his family.
The Ellises also are hoping that their son-in-law, who drives a tow truck for $10 an hour and has no health insurance, could get a job there.
"It's a start," Ann Ellis said. "It opens up a door — even coming in at the lower rate."
Far beyond this historic Civil War town lined with sugar maple and magnolia trees, there's a growing view that two-tier wages may be part of the formula for renewed prosperity.
For decades, corporate America moved relentlessly to outsource jobs overseas, in the process closing tens of thousands of domestic factories. But more recently manufacturers have been bringing some jobs back home, thanks in part to lower labor rates in the U.S. and rising costs overseas.
With about 25 million Americans unable to find full-time work, many communities — and labor unions — have welcomed the return of factory jobs, accepting the cut in pay as part of the reality of today's economy and the global marketplace.
"If you're going to want to have front-line jobs in the United States being expanded, they're going to need to be more economical — and this is a test," Lawrence Katz, a Harvard labor economist, said about the two-tier system. "I see it as potentially expanding new opportunities in an industry and seeing if that will work in the U.S."
Whether it leads to more jobs and higher pay or to sinking wages and a lower standard of living will depend ultimately on how successful companies are operating in the U.S.
Autoworkers have long enjoyed enviable middle-class pay and benefits, but those labor costs helped price GM and other manufacturers out of the global market. GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and got a multibillion-dollar federal bailout. Since then GM has returned to profitability as it has narrowed cost, service and quality gaps with its competitors.
The latest UAW-GM contract calls for about 1,800 jobs to be brought back to Spring Hill. It doesn't specify what percentage of those workers would be new hires, but GM officials said most of them would come in at the lower rate. Their pay would go up to $19.28 an hour by 2015, when the contract expires. Anything beyond that will have to be negotiated.
"We play in a global economy that is being challenged," said Scott Sandefur, GM's labor relations director.

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This Audi S3 8V came to DKU performance for achieving a loud sound. We have done a lot of work for these cars, and here is one for you guys! At DKU Performance, we designed and fabricated a high quality 3” cat-back exhaust system for this car. We installed 2 resonators, custom silencers, paired with mandrel bends. Also, we installed our DKU 2.5” chrome tips, which has undoubtedly enhanced the looks of this car. This car already had sports downpipes, so we installed double silencers with extra resonators to give this car the note it deserves.
Check out the transformed AUDI S3 8V exhaust note and tone. It is amazingly loud with a subtle note. Satisfying our customers is our objective, and that’s how we do our work at DKU Performance!


Ciele BKTHat Standard SL
Ciele BKTHat Standard SL - Trooper / L/XL is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
尺碼表 / Size Guide
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Ciele BKTHat Standard SL is a sports hat designed specifically for runners, featuring a bucket hat design that provides all-around protection and performance. This hat is made of lightweight, quick-drying COOLmatic fabric and Repreve recycled performance fibers, which have excellent breathability and durability, keeping you comfortable and dry during exercise.
The brim and body of the Ciele BKTHat Standard SL hat are designed with UPF +50, which can effectively protect your skin from the sun's harmful UV rays. Additionally, the hat is designed to be highly pliable, making it easy to carry and store, perfect for long-distance travel or exercise.
The Ciele BKTHat Standard SL hat features COOLmatic mesh design, which can wick sweat away from the top and sides, keeping you cool during hot summer workouts. The hat is also equipped with reflective designs, which can increase visibility during night running and protect your safety. In addition, Ciele Athletics™ offers a million-mile warranty, allowing you to exercise with peace of mind.
The Ciele BKTHat Standard SL hat comes in two sizes: S/M 56.5 cm and L/XL 60 cm, which can be adjusted to fit different head sizes. The hat only weighs 90 grams, which is very lightweight and won't add extra burden to your exercise. Additionally, the hat features a rubber logo, simple and stylish, perfect for sports enthusiasts.
If you want toenjoy high-quality and high-performance sports experience, Ciele BKTHat Standard SL is an essential choice. Buy it now on cam2.com.hk, and we will provide you with high-quality products and services, allowing you to enjoy the ultimate sports experience. Whether it's long-distance running, cross-country running, or daily exercise, Ciele BKTHat Standard SL can provide you with all-around protection and performance, allowing you to enjoy the fun of sports. Please note that the hat needs to be hand washed with cold water and hung to dry. Do not use a dryer, fabric softener, or bleach, and wash with similar colored clothes. Hurry up and choose a Ciele BKTHat Standard SL hat for yourself!


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Priyanka Chopra’s first Hollywood venture ‘Quantico’ was premiered on Sunday and received accolades from ever quarter but along with appreciation came embracement when ABC mistook Yukta Mookhey as Priyanka Chopra and show her Miss World victory footage on Nightline, ABC's late night news bulletin
Hrishita Bhatt, Aadesh Shrivastav & Alka Yagnik At Children's Day Celebrations
Hrishita Bhatt, Alka Yagnik, Aadesh Shrivastav and Yukta Mookhey were present to celebrate Children's Day in Mumbai. Singer Alka Yagnik spoke about her performance whereas Hrishita Bhatt was seen promoting her upcoming film 'Shakal Pe Mat Ja' at the event. Check it out!
Former beauty queen and Bollywood actress Yukta Mookhey gets legally separated from her husband Prince Tuli on mutual consent. The criminal allegations filed by Yukta against her husband and in-laws had been quashed and family court granted divorce to Yukta and Tuli. Tuli’s lawyer Filji Fredrick
Reacting to the complaint lodged by former beauty queen Yukta Mookhey against her businessman husband Prince Tuli of unnatural sex and domestic viloence over the years, her husband Tuli threatened her to leak few inappropria
Latest Bollywood News
- No bra, no Savita Bhabi in ‘Baar Baar Dekho’; CBFC snips out both
- Actress Raadhika’s daughter Rayane marries cricketer Abhimanyu Mithun
- Akshay Kumar throws party; Will Smith, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi invited
- ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’: Sidharth lifts Katrina in his arm
- Amy Jackson & Waluscha De Sousa to star in ‘Dabangg 3’?

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A glasshouse experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of composting coffee pulp with phosphate rock on phosphorus (P) availability for plant uptake. Coffee pulps composted with or without phosphate rock and Minjingu phosphate rock applied alone were evaluated as source of P for tomato growing on a Chromic Acrisol. All P sources were applied at varying rates of 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 mg P kg-1 and all other limiting nutrients were adjusted to recommend levels using industrial fertilizers and/or reagent grade laboratory salts. Phosphorus uptake of tomato plants receiving coffee pulp composted alone, Minjingu phosphate rock alone and coffee pulp composted with Minjingu phosphate rock increased 11, 13 and 18 times above the control. Observed P concentrations in tomato plants receiving external P sources were 23, 36%and 110% of the concentrations in control plants. Composting coffee pulp with Minjingu phosphate rock was concluded as a potential technique for improving phosphorus availability and uptake by tomato.
Key words: phosphate rock, coffee pulp, phosphate rock enriched compost, tomato, phosphorus uptake.
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Major boost in fight against Islamic terrorism
28 September 2004, MADRID – The fight against Islamic terrorism will be one of the major thrusts of the Spanish government's budget for next year, it was announced Tuesday.
28 September 2004
MADRID – The fight against Islamic terrorism will be one of the major thrusts of the Spanish government's budget for next year, it was announced Tuesday.
Spending on the Spanish secret service, or CNI, will rise by 17 percent to EUR 189 million because of what the government said were the "new risks and threats of this century".
More than 650 police and Guardia Civil will be dedicated to preventing more attacks by Islamic terrorists like the train bombings which killed 191 people in Madrid in March.
Special training is to be given to the armed forces in how to deal with nuclear, biological and chemical attacks.
The government is also going to create 300 new specialist posts for police and Guardia Civil officers to combat Islamic terrorism.
Another 357 police officers will be assigned to provide support in collecting intelligence to support the fight against Islamic terrorism.
The rise in the budget for the Interior Ministry, which has responsibility for the CNI, police and Guardia Civil, was announced Tuesday as part of the government's general budget for 2005.
[Copyright EFE with Expatica]
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