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MuniLand
Forget Volcker — bring back Glass-Steagall
By Cate Long
Imagine you are a financial regulator whose agency is underfunded, understaffed and under-trained and that firms under your jurisdiction are likely to pick off your best employees by offering them triple the salary you pay them.
Furthermore, imagine that Congress has written an 800-page law that instructs you to write and enforce new regulations on banks and securities firms to ensure financial stability for the system. The most complex part of this new law, the Volcker Rule, would require you to cooperate with three other agencies to jointly issue a 530-page Proposed Rule that asks 1,300 questions.
Now imagine that in the course of honing this rule, 17,000 comment letters will flow into your agency, the majority of which promote the status quo.
After going through this thought experiment, you'd probably say: "What a headache! Why can't we just bring back Glass-Steagall and split up banks into risky trading machines and safe depository institutions? This monstrosity of a regulatory fiat will never be properly defined or adequately enforced."
The Volcker Rule is supposed to isolate the risk of a bank trading its own assets and separate that from depositors' assets. In other words, the Volcker Rule should isolate the risk of a big derivatives or fixed-income loss on the house account from the cash savings of retired teachers and other customers of the bank. By design, it is aimed at the heart of the nation's largest banks, the five institutions that use their enormous staffs and FDIC-insured balance sheets to dominate trading and commercial banking.
Take JPMorgan Chase, for instance. Tuesday it released the employee headcount of its investment bank: 2,500 salespeople and 2,000 traders on 110 trading desks in 20 trading centers, in addition to its 2,000 investment bankers. JPMorgan trades securities in 12 asset classes using its risk-weighted assets of $467 billion. Although JPMorgan and other banks are less leveraged than they were prior to the financial crisis, they are still pumped up trading engines attached to slow-moving, deposit-taking banks. In the derivative space alone JP Morgan's total credit exposure was 285 percent of its risk-based capital in Q3 2011, according to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (graph 5A).
The core issue in attempting to define the Volcker Rule is that federal securities and banking regulators have never really supervised the fixed-income and derivatives markets. Dodd-Frank has many provisions for the regulation of derivatives but entirely skips over any requirement to regulate bond trading. The SEC heavily regulates stock trading but conducts little to no oversight of bond markets. Bonds are an enormous, dark market that few people understand, hence all the laments that eliminating prop trading of bonds will dry up liquidity — a ridiculous idea. If there are larger profits in bond trading because the five major banks are limited, new entrants will expand into the market to capture those profits and provide liquidity.
Now if bond trading had historically been regulated, it's likely that regulators would have the experience to easily identify trades done for the house account (proprietary trading ) and those done for clients. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday in a House Financial Services Committee hearing (via Bloomberg):
Bernanke said the "most difficult distinction" in the rule is the difference between proprietary trading and market making. "We will need to develop metrics and other criteria to distinguish those two types of activities," Bernanke said.
That is equivalent to throwing an inexperienced sailor aboard an ocean liner and asking him to figure out how to separate the systems that power the ship's light from those that power the engines. Good luck with that. It's doubtful that regulators can manage that kind of complexity with no prior experience.
When Congress passed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) in November 1999, it effectively repealed the long-standing prohibitions on mixing banking with securities or insurance businesses, sounding the death knell of Glass-Steagall. In 2000 researchers at the OCC wrote a paper that said:
GLBA generally adheres to the principle of "functional regulation," which holds that similar activities should be regulated by the same regulator. How regulators will in practice coordinate their efforts so that the safety and soundness of the banking system is maintained efficiently remains to be seen.
So Glass-Steagall was killed, and no one regulated the two largest areas of the financial markets, fixed income and derivatives. I'm afraid that Chairman Bernanke and his regulator colleagues will never be able to ensure the stability of the financial system long term with the Volcker Rule. Let's make life simple for everyone and bring back Glass-Steagall.
Reuters: Analysis: High hurdle for Volcker rule foreign debt exemption
MuniLand Snaps: March 1, 2012
"The SEC heavily regulates stock trading but conducts little to no oversight of bond markets."
That's simply not true. The bond businesses of banks and broker-dealers are heavily regulated. There are regulations related to suitability, capital, trade reporting, record keeping, testing and qualifications, pricing and markups, etc. And when FINRA or SEC examiners look at dealers, they look at their bond activities as closely as anything else. With regard to muni bonds, municipal bond dealers are the only segment of the capital markets that have their own, dedicated regulatory agency, the MSRB. FINRA and the SEC frequently announce enforcement actions against rule violators in the bond market. How can you say the market isn't regulated?
"So Glass-Steagall was killed, and no one regulated the two largest areas of the financial markets, fixed income and derivatives."
This is partly true for derivatives. It isn't true at all for bonds. It's true that before Dodd-Frank, over-the-counter derivatives weren't regulated. But that had nothing to do with the GLBA. It was the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, not the GLBA, that specified that no federal regulator had authority over derivatives. And all that's changed now, any way. A big part of Dodd-Frank is the new authority the CFTC and SEC have over swaps, swap dealers and major swap users.
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Thanks for the comment DogFase.
Regulators do collect post trade data on bond trading and occasionally you hear of fines against brokers for excessive markups on a retail investor. The MSRB is currently undertaking rulemaking for broker's broker Rule G-43 as described below. This is one of the few times that a regulator is imposing a rule pre-trade and I don't believe that you can find a comparable rule for other bond types ie corporates, agencies, Treasuries or sovereign. If I have missed that rulemaking I'd appreciate you pointing it out.
MSRB Proposed Rule for G-43 http://www.msrb.org/Rules-and-Interpreta tions/Regulatory-Notices/2011/2011-50.as px?n=1
Under Revised Draft Rule G-43(d)(iii), the term "broker's broker" would mean a dealer, or a separately operated and supervised division or unit of a dealer, that principally effects transactions for other dealers or that holds itself out as a broker's broker, whether a separate company or part of a larger company.
The role of the broker's broker is that of intermediary between selling dealers and bidding dealers. Revised Draft Rule G-43(a) would set forth the basic duties of a broker's broker to such dealers.[2] Revised Draft Rule G-43(a)(i) would incorporate the same basic duty currently found in Rule G-18. That is, a broker's broker would be required to make a reasonable effort to obtain a price for the dealer that was fair and reasonable in relation to prevailing market conditions. The broker's broker would be required to employ the same care and diligence in doing so as if the transaction were being done for its own account.
Revised Draft Rule G-43(a)(ii) would provide that a broker's broker that undertook to act for or on behalf of another dealer in connection with a transaction or potential transaction in municipal securities could not take any action that would work against that dealer's interest to receive advantageous pricing. Under Revised Draft Rule G-43(a)(iii), a broker's broker would be presumed to act for or on behalf of the seller[3] in a bid-wanted or offering, unless both the seller and bidders agreed otherwise in writing in advance of the bid-wanted or offering.
Revised Draft Rule G-43(b) would create a safe harbor. The safe harbor would provide that a broker's broker that conducted bid-wanteds and offerings in the manner described in Revised Draft Rule G-43(b) would have satisfied its pricing duty under Revised Draft Rule G-43(a)(i).[4]
These provisions of the safe harbor are designed to increase the likelihood that the highest bid in the bid-wanted or offering is fair and reasonable. Many of the requirements of Revised Draft Rule G-43(b) would address behavior that would also be a violation of Rule G-17 (e.g., the prohibitions on providing bidders with "last looks" and encouraging off-market bids), although the requirements of Revised Draft Rule G-43 would not supplant those of Rule G-17.
Revised Draft Rule G-43(c)(i)(H) would require broker's brokers that availed themselves of the safe harbor to use predetermined parameters designed to identify possible off-market bids in the conduct of bid-wanteds.[5] For example, the predetermined parameters could be based on yield curves, pricing services, recent trades reported to the MSRB's RTRS System, or bids submitted to a broker's broker in previous bid-wanteds or offerings.
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It's true that there aren't quote reporting requirements in the bond markets like there are in the stock markets. But that's because there are literally millions of distinct bonds outstanding versus around 8,000 equities. It is impossible to quote all bonds actively as is done with equities. Dealers only provide bond quotes when their customers ask. And, there are detailed FINRA and MSRB markup and fair pricing rules that apply to the prices dealers dealers can charge for bonds. Moreover, the rules related to price transparency are completely unrelated to Gramm Leach Bliley and wouldn't change if Glass Stegall came back. The GLBA had practically nothing to do with regulating the bond markets.
Even more important, there are extensive regulations that apply to almost all aspects of the bond markets. The SEC, FINRA and the MSRB all have thick rule books that relate to the bond business, and those rule books are getting thicker as Dodd-Frank is implemented. It simply isn't the case that regulators conduct "little to no oversight of bond markets."
Finally, under Glass-Stegall before the GLBA, banks were heavily involved in the fixed income markets. Government, agency, mortgage-backed and most municipal securities were all "bank eligible," meaning that commercial banks could underwrite and trade them. Bringing back Glass-Stegall as it was before the GLBA wouldn't keep banks out of the fixed income business.


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Jemima Kirke explains why she chopped off all of her hair
By Sara Mclean
"I was feeling self-destructive"
It was Coco Chanel who once said: 'A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life,' and those wise words still apply when a girl opts for a chop. Amongst the bevvy of celebrities who have jumped on the bob bandwagon in recent months, it was possibly Jemima Kirke who had the most dramatic transformation by taking her waist-length strands up to her chin. However it turns out there was more behind the actress and artist's mane metamorphosis. "I cut my hair because I felt like my hair was really one of the only things that made me feel pretty," she said in an online video with self-acceptance blog, StyleLikeU. "You know, I felt like my hair was my go-to trick. I really believed for a while that without it I would be boring."
Revealing she let go of her Rapunzel-like lengths after an argument with her now estranged husband, Michael Mosberg. "I was having a terrible moment with my husband in our relationship and I was extremely hurt by him and extremely angry at him and so I felt, you know, I was feeling self-destructive. But for whatever reason I didn't do something self-destructive really I just cut my hair. A couple of weeks later I said I wanted to go shorter and he said I'll do it, and it was really nice. It was quite kind of romantic; it's nice to have someone you love cut your hair."
Reports have emerged this week that she and Mosberg have split after seven years of marriage. Watch Kirke share her tress tale and her story of self-importance in StyleLikeU's video, called, "Letting Go of Girls and Getting Out Of Her Own Way," below.
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Justin Bieber Backtracks On Tom Cruise Fight Challenge: He'd Kick My Butt
posted by Paris Close - Jun 13, 2019
Justin Bieber no longer wants smoke with Tom Cruise.
Bieber was out in Los Angeles leaving his wife Hailey Baldwin's fashion line office on Wednesday (June 12) when TMZ paparazzi photographers questioned the "Sorry" crooner about challenging the 56-year-old to a mixed martial arts fight over the weekend. In the clip, in which Bieber seems much more modest about the potential throwdown, he eventually confesses he was "just playing."
"It was just a random tweet. I do that stuff sometimes," the singer said in the video. "I think he would probably whoop my a** in a fight," he went on, adding of the action star's "dad strength." (See the full clip here.)
The "Cold Water" musician had a different energy this Sunday (June 9) when he invited Cruise to a UFC cage fight on Twitter. "I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to a fight in the octagon," Bieber tweeted, adding, "Tom if you don't take this fight your [sic] scared and you will never live it down."
Bieber even went as far as proposing UFC president Dana White put the match together. Cruise, on the other hand, hasn't bothered to acknowledge the challenge.
It's anyone's guess what provoked the Canadian's stunt in the first place, but considering Cruise has built a reputation for beating up guys nearly twice his size in a bevy of high action films, we think the Biebs made the right decision to sit this one out.


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Kenwood have been making safe products for over 60 years and we will continue to lead the way in making safe products that you and your families can be confident in.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a chemical that is used primarily in the manufacture of polycarbonate (PC) raw material plastic. PC is a plastic that is often used in mouldings for food packaging; for example in drinks bottles.
BPA however can on rare occasions be found in other plastic materials – this is why Kenwood check all plastic components in contact with food.
What is the concern about BPA?
BPA is a chemical that in sufficient doses can mimic the action of the human hormone oestrogen. This can cause health problems to humans.
When PC is manufactured the BPA content is consumed by the raw material manufacturing process, however small quantities of BPA can migrate from PC plastic over time, or when exposed to excessive heat or conditions outside of normal use. Many consumers are concerned about exposure to BPA, especially for infants, from this migrating, which has led to some countries already legislating about the levels of BPA in baby bottles.
What have Kenwood done about BPA?
We test every plastic component that comes into contact with food to ensure that any migration falls below the accepted level before products are put on the market, a product will not be sold until we hold test reports that show no BPA is detected. These tests are carried out by specialised independent laboratories.
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We have management systems in place to regularly police hazardous materials, these include declarations from our supply chains, factory audits and on-going product surveillance tests.


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Wife of prominent Kiev politician sparks outrage among nationalists by playing DJ set at raunchy 'sex positive' Moscow club night
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A steamy disco blowout dedicated to being open about intimacy has landed one Ukrainian politician in a sticky situation after his wife traveled to Russia to perform at it, despite rock-bottom relations between the two countries.
Anastasia Topolskaya, going by the name DJ Nastia, was one of the acts billed at Moscow's trend-setting Mutabor nightclub, set in a disused warehouse in the southeast of the capital.
Organizers describe the special night, named 'Roundabout', as being "dedicated to freedom, openness, mutual respect and sex positivity."
"In many cultures," the Facebook page explains, "dancing in circles symbolizes togetherness and is considered a rite of passage. There will be 33 hours of dancing, performances, installations and digital art."
On top of that, "all acts of intolerance are forbidden. No prejudice, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, fat-shaming, or any other aggression will be tolerated."
However, the DJ's husband, Kiev politician Sergey Leschenko, has found that some people back home are less tolerant of his wife's choices. Ukraine has repeatedly branded Russia an "aggressor country," and in the past weeks has warned of the potential for a full-blown conflict with Moscow.
A number of Ukrainian social media users and prominent nationalists have since slammed the pair for Topolskaya's decision to party in a supposedly hostile state. Sergey Sternenko, a well-known Maidan activist who has served time in Ukraine for an abduction conviction, complained that he had been blocked on social media by Leschenko for criticizing the move.
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"It's a pity, I could have explained why his wife goes to entertain the invaders during the war," he said.
Leschenko, a former MP and journalist, was previously an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, before which he had been an ally of former president Petro Poroshenko. He currently serves on the supervisory board of the country's railways. In 2018, Moscow singled out Leschenko on a list of Ukrainian citizens targeted for sanctions as political relations between the two nations grew increasingly tense.
Leschenko and Topolskaya have previously come under fire for the purchase of a plush apartment in an elite part of Kiev, sparking questions as to how a public official was able to splash out substantial sums on luxury property. A probe into Leschenko's affairs found no wrongdoing.
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This is a collection of poems informed by Great Lakes shipwrecks, part history and part reinvention. The poems explore tragic wrecks in rivers and lakes, finding and forming artistic meaning from destruction and death. Each poem begins in a real, historical moment that Cindy Hunter Morgan transforms into an imagined truth. The imaginative element is essential to this work as it provides a previously unseen glimpse into the lives affected by shipwrecks. The poems in Harborless confront the mysteries surrounding the objects that cover the floor of the Great Lakes by both deepening our understanding of the unknown and teaching great empathy for a life most of us will never know.


Place a pan under the roasting fowl to catch drippings. Mash white bread in mortar. Add garlic cloves and mash well. Add grated cheese and mash like alioli slowly adding ingredients and mashing without stopping. Add 1 c cold water or broth and mix. Add 2 cups hot water or broth and continue to mix. When the capons are done, remove them from the oven and carve them. Put the meat in the mortar with the cheese sauce. Pound this hard. Then take drippings for the capons and add them with 2 tbsp lard to the mixture. When well mixed pour the contents into individual bowls. If a potaje is not desired, make the sauce thicker by adding less water or broth to make the appearance like alioli or mayonnaise.
*See blog titled almodrote, published August 23, 2011 for Nola's recipe, blog titled capírotada published September 8, 2012 a Sent Soví version, blog titled cerdo lechon published February 11, 2012 for another Sent Soví version and esparcita published April 25, 2014 for Villena's.
Sin duda hay muchas supersticiones en cuanto a la elaboración de la mayonesa y el ali oli: mi madre dice que "en sus tiempos" decían que si la hacías cuando tenías la regla, se cortaba. Será por el cambio de humor y los nervios, será quizá (digo yo, pensando en plan Américo Castro) por la influencia judeo-musulmana de no hacer ciertas cosas en días "impuros"???
Otra cosa con el ali oli que los extranjeros (anglosajones, nórdicos, incluso italianos y franceses menos que los españoles) no pueden soportar es naturalmente el olor, así que interpreto que la alargadera para la batidora no es sólo para hacerlo fuera, sino para no atufar!!! Pero con paciencia, se consigue crear adicción. Porque no me digas que el ali oli no es adictivo... Yo incluía patatas al ali oli regularmente en mis fiestas cuando estaba en Italia.
TRANSALATION: There are many wives tales about making mayonnaise and alioil; my mother says that "in her times" they said that if you had your period it curdled. That would be because of changes in feelings (humors would be the medieval explanation) and nerves, this is because (I say, thinking of Americo Castro's idea), because of the Jewish-Muslim influence about not doing some things on "impure days"???
Also, alioli for foreigners (Anglo-Saxons, Nordics, including Italians and French plus Spaniards) can´t tolerate the the smell, thus I intrpret takng the extension cord outside for the food processor, cause it stinks!! But patience, it leads to addiction. Don´t tell me that alioil is not an addiction. . . I included potatoes with alioil all the time at my parties when living in Italy.
Somehow this got posted under garlic cheese sauce with is fine because it is also adictive! Please try my recipe and send your comnets!
VERY adictive indeed! My husband was not confident in the beggining of its been really medieval, but he liked it so much that ever since everytime I make a new recipe he asks me if it is medieval too! I modernised a little the recipe pouring it like a sauce over some roast chicken.


Why should community corrections officers be concerned about gambling issues, including the online variety? If it is legal what is the big deal?
Need to measure success of offender programs?
Kellie: Our facility sends more inmates out the door with their GED's than any place I can think of. This is outstanding and good use of tax payer money.
We all have been through the "rookie training" and were glad when we finally graduated from the academy. But the "spark" that a conscientious jail officer develops in training should not be extinguished. I have met many jail officers that want to continue learning throughout their careers. The fire that is lit in the recruit academy never goes out. The trick is to employ training methods and techniques that keep that flame lit.
Join the Idaho Department of Correction Team! Current openings in the Twin Falls facility for a Correctional Officer! The Idaho Department of Correction offers great benefits and professional training. We also offer advancement opportunities for Correctional Officers including careers in counseling, teaching, probation and parole, administration, and management.


Ball State saw more than 13,000 students apply to attend the university this fall and eventually realized a total enrollment of nearly 20,000 students.
The total on-campus enrollment was 16,928 - or 457 fewer students than took classes on-campus last year. However, factoring in students attending classes off-campus, such as through distance teaching programs, raises enrollment to 19,849. Though total enrollment dropped 181 students from the previous year, the reasons for the decline were expected. Ball State administrators are tightening enrollment as part of a strategic decision to manage the size of its freshman class and enhance the university's selectivity.
For example, the average SAT score of this year's freshman class was significantly higher than the previous year.
"Applications for admission to this fall's incoming class topped 13,000 - a 21 percent increase over last year and 32 percent more than 2005," Ball State President Jo Ann M. Gora said. "Even more striking than those numbers is the 23-point gain in average SAT scores for this freshman class over their predecessor in 2006.
"In addition, the Honors College will welcome a larger class - a 19.1 percent gain over their 2006 enrollment," added Gora. "Our efforts to attract and retain high-achieving students are indeed paying off."
Interestingly, Ball State's initiatives to provide students with a more vibrant and supportive campus also are paying off. For example, despite slightly lower enrollment numbers, Ball State now has 230 more students living on campus than in 2006. One factor leading to the increase is the opening of Park Hall, a unique, functional and technologically advanced living space designed purposely to attract and retain students, which opened this fall.
The $32 million building, the university's first new residence since 1969, provides high-tech accommodations for more than 500 students. The 164,000-square-foot residence hall has 290 rooms and offers students privacy while encouraging interactivity.
"Our focus is on providing facilities that bright, creative and high-achieving students expect - indeed demand - of a leading American university in the 21st century," Gora said.
In addition to Park Hall, the university also has renovated Woodworth Commons, an outdated dining facility that offered limited fare. Now Woodworth Commons features an expanded dining area toWoodworth Commons seat about 550, open food preparation courts, a two-story atrium and cozy dining areas interspersed throughout.
And on Sept. 7, Ball State dedicated the $21 million David Letterman Communication and Media Building, which advances the university's efforts to provide immersive learning opportunities for undergraduates by placing the latest production and post-production technology at their fingertips.
Strategically, the university is seeking high-achieving students because of its focus on immersive learning.
"This is the cornerstone of what we do. It is the best preparation we can give our students as they enter a world of global competition and constant change - a truly interdisciplinary world," Gora said. "Our focus on immersive learning simply takes a long, proud tradition of experiential, interdisciplinary learning created by student-centered faculty and intensifies it."


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SCARY: China Just Made Major Military Move After Pelosi Landed On Taiwan
China is apparently launching military operations encircling the island of Taiwan as a response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, landing on the island Tuesday.
Folks, it really feels like this administration is absolutely determined to launch a third world war. As if things weren't already scary enough before, this is terrifying. The last thing we all need is a major military encounter with China, which no doubt will eventually suck in Russia, and on it goes.
According to The Daily Wire, Pelosi is actually the first House Speaker to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich made a stop there in 1997. China continues to make claims, which many consider to be false, saying that Taiwan actually belongs to the Chinese, which has led to the country's military now being placed on high alert.
"Our Congressional delegation's visit to Taiwan honors America's unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's vibrant Democracy," Pelosi went on to say in a statement that was put out as soon as she landed. "Our visit is part of our broader trip to the Indo-Pacific — including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan — focused on mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance."
The defense ministry for China stated that it's launching "targeted military operations" in response to Pelosi landing on the island.
Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command stated, "This action is targeted at the US's shocking recent major escalation on the Taiwan issue, and serves as a serious warning to Taiwanese independence forces or those seeking independence."
China then stated that the military operations would start on August 4th in six different areas that would encircle the whole island
The Washington Post also published an op-ed written by Nancy Pelosi right after she landed on the island, where she explained her reasons for making the trip.
Pelosi pointed out that under the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. promised to provide support for the defense of Taiwan, going on to say that revealed that the U.S. would "consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States."
"Today, America must remember that vow. We must stand by Taiwan, which is an island of resilience," Pelosi went on to write. "In recent years, Beijing has dramatically intensified tensions with Taiwan. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has ramped up patrols of bombers, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft near and even over Taiwan's air defense zone, leading the U.S. Defense Department to conclude that China's army is 'likely preparing for a contingency to unify Taiwan with the PRC by force.'"
"The PRC has also taken the fight into cyberspace, launching scores of attacks on Taiwan government agencies each day. At the same time, Beijing is squeezing Taiwan economically, pressuring global corporations to cut ties with the island, intimidating countries that cooperate with Taiwan, and clamping down on tourism from the PRC," Pelosi said. "In the face of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) accelerating aggression, our congressional delegation's visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom."
This is actually very worrisome. Let's hope some sort of diplomatic solution to this issue is reached before another world war breaks out in our world's history.
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MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: No-confidence vote NOT VALIDLY passed – Appeal Court rules
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Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justice Dawn Gregory ruled that the threshold required for a no-confidence Motion was 34 votes, not 33
– Justice Rishi Persaud provided a dissenting ruling
– Govt fully legal, lawful and constitutionally remains in office
DPI, Guyana, Friday, March 22, 2019
In a majority decision this afternoon, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the no-confidence vote was NOT VALIDLY passed on December 21, 2018. The three judges ruled 2-1.
Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Justice Dawn Gregory ruled that the threshold required for a no-confidence motion was 34 votes, not 33. Justice Rishi Persaud provided a dissenting ruling.
This ruling effectively means that the Coalition Government is fully legal, lawful and constitutionally remains in office without any hindrance or questions.
It is expected that the matters will be taken to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by one of the parties who did not receive a favourable ruling. The December 21, 2018 vote was 33-32.
The PPP government of 2014 with Donald Ramotar as President and Anil Nandlall as Attorney General sought an opinion on the threshold required for the passing of a no-confidence motion from esteemed constitutional lawyer Stephen Fraser SC. Fraser provided the opinion to Nandlall and Ramotar that 34 votes was, in fact, the required absolute majority.
A detailed report on the ruling to follow.


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This super easy Mexican picadillo ranchero is made with a combination of ground beef and pork, along with tender pieces of potato simmered in an onion, garlic, tomato, and serrano chile broth.
Picadillo is a comfort food classic in every Mexican kitchen whether you're in the US or Mexico! It's one of those Mexican recipes that varies from family to family. I have about six different picadillo recipes--including my suegra's Shredded Beef (de bistec) and my abuelito's Ground Beef Picadillo w/ Veggies--in my repertoire, and even then I'm always tweaking the recipes by either switching up the sauce or the veggies, so I never make my picadillo the same way twice. Except for this super easy picadillo ranchero with potatoes.
Picadillo ranchero, which really is the easiest picadillo ever, is one my suegra taught me how to make and it has always been one of my "go to" recipes for when I need to get lunch (our biggest meal of the day in Mexico) on the table. If you love simple, uncomplicated recipes, then this is the picadillo for you. You can serve picadillo ranchero on it's own with plenty of warm corn tortillas. Or you can serve it as a filling for tacos, burritos, tortas, sopes, gorditas, enchiladas, chiles rellenos, and even tamales. The possibilities are endless.
Puree the tomatoes, serrano chiles, garlic, onion, and water in a blender until smooth; set aside.
Sauté the ground beef and pork in the vegetable oil over high heat until lightly browned; season with salt and black pepper.
Stir in the potatoes and tomato puree; season generously with salt and black pepper to taste. Add in a couple of sprigs of fresh cilantro. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover and reduce heat to low; let simmer for about 20 minutes until the potatoes are cooked through and almost all of the liquid has evaporated. Serve with warm corn or flour tortillas. Buen provecho!
Camarones al mojo de ajo is a traditional Mexican dish made with tender pieces of shrimp simmered in a sumptuous butter and garlic sauce.
Cuaresma is upon us and it's time to make all of our meatless and seafood favorites, because many of us living in Mexico refrain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent. I love any and all shrimp dishes, but my all-time absolute favorite is Camarones al Mojo de Ajo (Mexican Garlic Shrimp). This is one popular Mexican shrimp dish that you will find on the menu at any Mexican mariscos restaurant.
Making Camarones al Mojo de Ajo at home is unbelievably quick and easy. All you need is butter, onion, garlic, shrimp, and parsley or cilantro. That's it... just five ingredients to make this traditional Mexican shrimp dish.
My least favorite part of cooking with shrimp is having to peel and devein them, so sometimes I leave the camarones unpeeled. Because half the fun of eating any Mexican shrimp dish is sucking on all of the delicious sauce. That is why when ordering a shrimp dish at any local mariscos restaurant, they ask if you want your shrimp pelado (peeled) o sin pelar (unpeeled).
Camarones al mojo de ajo is a tantalizing Mexican dish made with tender pieces of shrimp cooked in a sumptuous butter and garlic sauce.
Melt butter in a large skillet over high heat. Saute garlic and onion for 2 to 3 minutes until onion turns translucent.
Stir in shrimp; season lightly with salt. Let cook for 3 to 5 minutes until all the shrimp have turned pink. Cover, reduce heat to low, and let simmer for 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped fresh parsley or cilantro. Stir gently to combine. Remove from heat. Serve with toasted bread slices, Arroz Blanco, and a green salad. Buen provecho!
Ceviche de Soya, made with texturized soy protein, is a tasty and refreshing alternative perfect for meatless Mondays or Lent Fridays.
Soya (texturized soy/vegetable protein) is a very popular ingredient here in Mexico. Not only is it a great alternative to meat, it's also budget-friendly and it's easy to store in your pantry. I use soya (TVP) most during Cuaresma (Lent). It's quick and easy to prepare, and is a perfect substitute for ground meat if your budget is tight or you're simply trying to eat more meatless meals. And best of all, it's super versatile. Some of my favorite ways to prepare soya is in carne adobada for tacos al pastor, sloppy Jose's, and picadillo.
But my favorite way to enjoy soya in a cool and refreshing Ceviche. Made with finely chopped fresh tomatoes, onion, serrano chiles, and freshly squeezed lime juice, Ceviche de Soya is perfect for a light lunch or no-fuss dinner. If you've never tried texturized soy/vegetable protein, this soy ceviche is the easiest and most flavorful way to enjoy it.
Like most ceviches, serve Ceviche de Soya atop crisp tostada shells and garnish with avocado slices and a few drops of your favorite bottled hot sauce. And while you're at it, serve yourself a tall glass of ice cold Agua de Jamaica or pop open a bottle of your favorite Mexican beer.
To cook the soya, place onion, garlic, cilantro and bouillon cube in a large saucepan. Pour in the water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove and discard the onion, garlic, and cilantro.
Add the dried soya to the hot broth. Stir gently to combine. Cover and let soak for at least 10 minutes until the soya is completely hydrated. Drain and let cool completely.
In a large serving or mixing bowl, add the drained and cooled soya, the tomatoes, onions, serrano chiles, chopped cilantro, and the lime juice. Stir gently to combine. Season with coarse salt to taste. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.
To serve, spread tostada shells with a little mayonnaise or Mexican crema, if desired. Top with a few heaping tablespoons of ceviche de soya. Garnish with avocado slices and a few drops of your favorite bottled hot sauce. ¡Buen provecho!
This hearty Mexican meatball soup with veggies simmered in a clear broth is just what you need when you're in the mood for some good old-fashioned comfort food like your abuelita used to make.
Albóndigas en Caldo is a traditional Mexican meatball soup simmered with carrots, potatoes, and calabacitas (zucchini) in a clear broth. It's a comforting soup for when you're craving a home-cooked meal or something to warm you up on a cold winter's day. And it's also my all-time favorite soup.
The flavor-packed albóndigas made with lean ground beef, onion, tomato, garlic, serrano chile, and oregano add a ton of flavor to the clear broth, which is also seasoned with a little extra oregano and fresh cilantro.
Once the soup is served, don't forget to garnish with chopped cilantro, a squeeze of fresh lime juice, and a spoonful of your favorite salsa. Two of my favorite salsas include my Chile de Molcajete (roasted tomatillo & árbol chile salsa) and Salsa Macha (an oil-based garlic & árbol chile salsa). And don't forget to have plenty of warm corn tortillas on hand.
I will forever remember the first time I attempted to make albóndigas on my own. It was one of my biggest kitchen fails ever! I cooked one pound of meatballs in about ten quarts (40 cups) of water. (The recipe I'm sharing today calls for 2-1/4 pounds of meatballs in 16 cups of water.) No amount of salt or beef bouillon was enough to season the insane amount of water I added to my soup. And I also went a little overboard on the oregano. As I was adding a sprinkle of oregano to the broth, the stopper fell out and out poured at least half a bottle of oregano. It was a horrific mess! And to make matters worse, I was expecting company for dinner and had no other food in the house to feed them. Thankfully we ended up ordering pizza, and my friends were no-show's to dinner.
But, as we say in Spanish, "La practica hace al maestro." (Practice makes perfect.) It took me a couple of attempts, but I finally mastered my albóndiga recipe which borrows elements from both my grandparents' recipes and my suegra's. I add old-fashioned oats to my albóndiga mixture as an added binder, just like my abuelito used to do, I also add chopped onion and tomato like my suegra taught me, and I always add lots of veggies just like my grandma.
This hearty Mexican meatball soup with veggies simmered in a clear broth is just what you need when in the mood for some good old-fashioned comfort food like your abuelita used to make.
Combine the ground beef, rice, oats, and dried bread crumbs in a large mixing bowl; season with salt, black pepper, and crushed Mexican oregano. Stir in the eggs, tomatoes, onion, garlic, and serrano chile until completely combined. Divide and shape meat mixture into 1-1/2-inch meatballs.
In a Dutch oven or in stock-pot, pour in 16 cups of water. Carefully drop in the albóndigas, one at a time. Resist the urge to stir! (You don't want to break up the albóndigas.) Add a handful of fresh cilantro. Bring meatballs to a boil over high heat, skimming off any foam that rises to the top. Cover and reduce heat to low: let simmer for about 20 minutes.
Add the carrots and potatoes. Remember not to stir! Season broth with crushed Mexican oregano and coarse salt to taste. Cover and let simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Add in the Mexican calabacitas. Taste broth and adjust seasoning, if necessary. Cover and let simmer for about 15 minutes until the calabacitas are cooked through.
To serve, ladle into bowls. Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro, a spoonful of your favorite salsa, and a squeeze of fresh lime juice. Serve with plenty of warm corn tortillas.
Chocoflan, or Pastel Imposible, combines two irresistible desserts into one: rich chocolate cake and creamy vanilla-flavored flan.
Happy New Year, friends! This year I've decided against New Year's resolutions. Well, maybe not entirely. I do have one small New Year's resolution, and once you hear what it is, I'm sure you'll agree it's the best New Year's resolution ever. Inspired by the old addage of, "Life is short, eat dessert first!"... My one resolution for 2018 is to bake more desserts. At least once a week.
To kick off my New Year's resolution, I'm sharing this classic Chocoflan, a fun and flavorful dessert that combines the richness of a chocolate cake with the light creaminess of a tradtional flan. This is one of those dessert recipes that is perfect for when you want to impress guests with an elegant dessert that looks like it took hours for you to make, but you won't believe how incredibly easy it is to prepare. If you can make a cake mix cake, then you'll have no problem whipping up a Chocoflan.
Chocoflan is also known as Pastel Imposible, but this cake is pure magic. You start by layering the cake batter and then the flan mixture into a Bundt pan, but during the baking process, the flan mixture seaps through the cake batter to the bottom of the pan, so when you turn your finished Chocoflan onto a serving platter, the flan magically appears on top of the cake. Sounds impossible, but it's not. It's magic!
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray. Drizzle the Mexican cajeta along the bottom of the Bundt pan, swirling lightly to coat.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for about 30 seconds, just until combined. Increase speed to high and beat for about 3 minutes until cake mix is thick and creamy, like a chocolate milkshake. Pour batter into Bundt pan over the cajeta. DO NOT STIR!
For the flan, puree the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, and vanilla extract in a blender until smooth. Gently pour the flan mixture into the Bundt pan, over the cake mix. Again, resist the urge to stir.
Place the Bundt pan inside a larger baking pan. Fill the larger baking pan about halfway with boiling water. Bake the chocoflan at 350° for 45 minutes. Remove from heat. Let cool completely. Turn chocoflan onto a serving platter. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy!
*Originally posted back in March 2010 to celebrate my 100th recipe here in my cocina. The recipe and instructions remain the same, all I've done is update the photos and added a printable recipe card.
Irresistible homemade Macaroni and Cheese made with American cheese, butter, and Mexican crema.
I have a confession to make. When Hope was two years old, I introduced her to a new food, that quickly became her favorite...Macaroni and Cheese. But not just any macaroni and cheese, it was the kind that comes in a blue box. She loved it! And every time we went to the grocery store, she would spot the blue box and scream "Mac-Cheese". Whenever I wasn't sure of what to make her for lunch or dinner, she would say "Mac-Cheese!" She was crazy about the stuff.
Fast forward to almost a year later, when we moved to Mexico. Sure, Hope liked the food that my suegra prepared for her, but she still wanted her mac & cheese. This being a small town, far from the big city and large grocery stores, the stuff in the blue box was no where to be found. I did buy a few boxes of the different Mexican brands, but none of them came close to the yummy goodness of the stuff in the blue box.
Then began my desperate search for the perfect homemade version. Some were baked. Some had a bechamel sauce base. But still, I hadn't found a recipe that was pleasing to my little girl's taste buds.
Finally, one day, I really didn't feel like making yet another bechamel sauce, so I decided to use a few shortcuts. I cooked my macaroni according to package directions. Then in a separate bowl, I melted a little bit of butter, added some Mexican crema, a splash of milk, and oodles of good ol' American cheese. To finish it off, I seasoned it with salt, pepper, and paprika before presenting it to my princess, Hope.
I waited with bated breath as she tasted this easy stovetop macaroni and cheese.
She turned to me with a very serious look, then flashed me the biggest smile and said, "Mommy, this is the BEST mac & cheese EVER!" And I've made it the same way ever since.
Cook macaroni pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse with with cold water.
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in Mexican crema, milk, and American cheese slices. Stir with a wire whisk until cheese has melted completely. Season with paprika, ground black pepper, and salt to taste.
Add the cooked macaroni, stirring gently until completely pasta is completely coated with the cheese sauce. Simmer over low heat until heated through. Remove from heat. Buen provecho!
Arroz con Leche is the ultimate in Mexican comfort food. Creamy and delicious with a hint of cinnamon, this Mexican rice pudding is a warm and comforting hug in a mug.
Every family has their own unique recipe for Arroz con Leche. Today I'm sharing the classic version, made with just rice, water, milk, cinnamon, sugar, and raisins, if you like them. There are other versions of Arroz con Leche that also include sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk, which I'll be sharing soon, but today it's all about the traditional arroz con leche like our abuelitos (grandparents) and favorite tías (aunts) used to make.
Stir in the 4 cups of milk. Cover, leaving lid slightly ajar; let simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes or until milk comes to a boil.
Sweeten with granulated sugar to taste. If adding raisins or dried cranberries, stir them in with the granulated sugar. Cover, leaving lid slightly ajar (to preven milk from spilling over); let simmer for an additional 15 to 20 minutes until rice mixture is thick and creamy.
Remove from heat. Let cool slightly. Serve warm or let cool completely and refrigerate until ready to serve. Spoon rice pudding into bowl or coffee mugs. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon. Buen provecho!
To help thicken your arroz con leche, mash the rice lightly with a potato masher.
If your arroz con leche is still not creamy enough for your taste, dissolve the cornstarch in the cold milk. Stir into the rice pudding, and let simmer until desired thickness.
Spicy Valentina hot sauce marinated grilled chicken topped with Manchego cheese and served on a toasted telera or bolillo roll with lettuce, tomato, and red onion.
It's National Sandwich Day and I thought what better way than to share this saucy and delicious Torta de Pollo Valentina. It's like a grilled Buffalo Chicken Sandwich, but with a slight Mexican twist by using Salsa Valentina, a staple in many Mexican kitchens. Traditionally, tortas are served on a toasted telera or bolillo roll, but any sandwich roll will work.
This torta is super easy to put together and can be ready in less than 30 minutes. You can marinate the chicken in the morning, before walking out the door, and it'll be ready to fry or grill when you get home. Once you try this Mexican buffalo chicken sandwich, you'll see why it's one of my go-to meals for when I need to get lunch (or dinner) on the table in a hurry.
Spicy Valentina marinated grilled chicken topped with Manchego cheese and served on a toasted telera or bolillo roll with lettuce, tomato, and red onion.
Arrange chicken breast cutlets in a large bowl or baking dish. Top with 3/4 cup of bottled Valentina hot sauce, stirring to combine, until the chicken is evenly coated. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before using.
Heat about 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a grill pan or large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the marinated chicken, 4 to 5 pieces at a time, for about 5 minutes until golden brown. Turn chicken over, brush with a little of the remaining 1/4 cup of Valentina hot sauce. Top with about 3 tablespoons of shredded Manchego cheese. Cover grill pan and let chicken cook for 3 to 5 minutes until cooked through and light golden brown. Transfer chicken pieces to a heat-proof plate.
Split open the telera or bolillo rolls. Toast in the same grill pan with 1 tablespoon of butter (optional) until light golden brown on both sides. Remove from heat. Spread cut sides of toasted rolls with Mexican crema. Layer lettuce, tomato, and onion on the bottom half of the roll. Top with 2 to 3 pieces of pollo Valentina and the top half of the roll. Serve with your favorite pasta salad or chips. Enjoy!