text: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Do Cuba by John Hayward Apr 6, 2013 11:13 AM PT Share This: Print Barack Obama's favorite power couple is traipsing around Cuba on vacation, raising howls of outrage from human-rights activists and the Cuban-American community. No one should be terribly surprised by this - "no enemies on the Left" and all that. Leftist dictators can be as brutal and oppressive as they like, without facing absolute condemnation from their fellow travelers in the more respectable club cars of the World Socialist Express. Throw in a dash of "man of the people" rhetoric, thunder about the evils of capitalism from the balcony of your favorite palace, and you can count on at least a dash of respect and affection. If nothing else, you can rest assured that the Western media will salute your remarkable intellect and "passion." Why should brilliant, passionate leaders who have accomplished so much for their people (100 percent literacy!) be ostracized over a few filthy dungeons, overstuffed ballot boxes, and unmarked graves? This could prove to be a wonderful learning experience, if Beyonce and Jay-Z were stripped of all assets and identity papers, and forced to live as Cuban peasants for a year. Then let them back into the United States and ask them what they think of socialism. We might even get to see a few visible indications of that wonderful Cuban socialized medicine before they got to say a word. Beyonce and Jay-Z are Useful Idiots: Now Let's Solve the Problem by Sonnie Johnson Apr 7, 2013 9:50 AM PT Share This: Print In response to Beyoncé and Jay-Z Do Cuba: Anyone who's read my articles know I'm a huge fan of both Beyonce and Jay-Z. I love Beyonce as an artist and I love Jay-Z as a philosopher. Does their trip to Cuba change any of this? NO! Beyonce dropped out of high school to follow her music career and Jay-Z learned most of his lessons on the street corners of New York. I don't expect them to know the difference between the Capitalism of America and the Communism of Cuba. Even though I thought Beyonce would have learned her lesson performing in front of Qaddafi. But I digress. Until I started my own research, I couldn't tell you the difference. I can also guarantee a majority of the black community doesn't know the difference and therefore, the Right's attack on Beyonce and Jay-Z will seem trivial and another assault against Blacks. THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF USEFUL IDIOTS. The question is how do you solve the problem? How do you take away the power of the Useful Idiot? By not waiting until Beyonce and Jay-Z go to Cuba or Michael Moore makes a documentary, to clearly define the differences. The left loves personalization. Is this story about Cuba and how Communism wrecks a country or just the hypocrisy of Beyonce and Jay-Z? Is it about wishing Beyonce and Jay-Z get a taste of their own medicine or about making sure Communism, and its effects, never reach the shores of America? Do we give the Useful Idiots power by attacking them? Or do we take away their power by attacking the system they so ignorantly praise? 'Solving' a failure of vision by John Hayward Apr 8, 2013 1:23 PM PT Share This: Print In response to Beyonce and Jay-Z are Useful Idiots: Now Let's Solve the Problem: Is my proposed solution of making Beyonce and Jay-Z live as Cuban peasants for a year completely off the table? I'm sure that would do wonders for them. Assuming they didn't forget their place and decide to criticize the regime, of course, in which case wonders would be done to them. For all the liberal talk about "compassion," this is a failure of compassionate vision - an inability to understand what's actually happening to real people, beneath the cloud cover of politics and ideology. I'm not sure how you "fix" that. Most celebrity Castroites are either stupid or vicious; sometimes both. The dumb ones believe all the socialist rhetoric. The vicious ones are in love with the romance of collective power, dazzled by the Maximum Leader and his breathtaking vision. Some of them are fashionably anti-American, and swoon over anyone who vexes the Great Satan. And you've got the well-meaning but naive types who imagine they're "engaging" the Cubans by swanking through Havana on the VIP nightclub tour. 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Apple Pie with Spiced Apple-Caramel Sauce
A little cider vinegar in the filling keeps this apple pie from being too sweet.
Published: November 2013 Servings: 8
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
filling and assembly
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour plus more for surface
- 3 pounds sweet-tart apples (such as Pink Lady), peeled, sliced 1/4" thick
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (packed) light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons raw sugar or granulated sugar
- Spiced Apple-Caramel Sauce (for serving; click for recipe)
special equipment
- One 9"-diameter glass or ceramic deep pie dish
Nutritional Information
Calories (kcal) 560 Fat (g) 26 Saturated Fat (g) 16 Cholesterol (mg) 95 Carbohydrates (g) 82 Dietary Fiber (g) 5 Total Sugars (g) 42 Protein (g) 6 Sodium (mg) 320
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Pulse flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal with a few pea-size pieces of butter remaining. Transfer to a large bowl; drizzle 1/3 cup ice water over and, using a fork, mix gently, adding more water by the tablespoon if too dry, just until dough comes together in clumps. (Dough should be on the dry side; it will hydrate as it rests.)
Form dough into 2 disks. Wrap in plastic; chill at least 1 hour.
DO AHEAD: Crust can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled.
filling and assembly
Place a rack in lower third of oven and preheat to 375°. Roll out 1 disk of dough on a lightly floured surface to a 13" round. Transfer to pie dish. Pick up edges and allow dough to slump down into dish, letting excess dough hang over dish. Chill until firm, about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, toss apples, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vinegar, butter, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, allspice, and ¼ cup flour in a large bowl. Pour filling into crust.
Roll out remaining disk of dough into a 12" round; place on top of apples. Press top and bottom crusts together to seal. Trim overhang to 1/2" and crimp edges.
Cut 5 small slits in top crust to allow steam to escape. Beat egg and 1 Tbsp. water in a small bowl. Brush egg wash over top crust and sprinkle with raw sugar. Chill in freezer 15 minutes.
Place pie dish on a foil-lined rimmed baking sheet and bake 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°, rotate pie, and continue baking, tenting with foil if crust is browning too quickly, until juices are bubbling and crust is golden brown, 50–60 minutes longer. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool at least 4 hours before slicing.
Serve pie with Spiced Apple-Caramel Sauce (click for recipe) alongside.
DO AHEAD: Pie can be made 1 day ahead. Let cool completely and store wrapped loosely at room temperature.
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