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who fakes the whole enchilada. without gets nominated. >> gingrich gets nominated.tephen: isn't that strategy called scorched earth? >> it is scorched earth which you may recall worked really well in the south. >> stephen: not for the southerners. >> not some of for the southerners and it is going to work for gingrich. he's to the going to win the presidency but he is going to get the nomination that is not model-- that is personal opinion, my opinion is not worth much. >> stephen: have you ever pitted your skills against the magic eight ball? >> funny you should ask. my students years ago gave me a magic eight ball as an alternative to the game theory model. >> stephen: who was more accurate. >> it turns out it's close but the game theory model tends to win. >> stephen: i will buy one and test your next theory. thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you so much. >> stephen: bruce bueno de mesquita, the book is the dictator's handbook. we'll be right back. (cheer this holiday season, it's customer appreciation at subway! we're saying thanks with two of your favo

. >>> frozen enchiladas sold at safeway under a voluntary recall because of a salmonella infection. rue ten testing turned up the possible contamination, but so far, no illnesses have been reported. >>> security will be tight at the coliseum tomorrow as the raiders host the niners. an army of uniformed and undercover police officers will patrol the stadium and the parking lot. it is the first regular season game between the two teams since 2010. the first time the 49ers have played in oakland since 2002. >>> skiers and snow boarders are enjoying fresh snow in the sierra. it was opening day in kirkwood. the resort has picked up ten inches of snow in the past week. based on new forecast models, there could be more on the way. kpix5's mark kelly tells us that is great news for bay area businesses as well. >> reporter: this berkeley business may be miles from tahoe snow. >> got a thicker less dense liner. >> reporter: still, wet weather is critical for california ski company to survive says owner greg whitehouse. >> had three really bad snow years back to back to back. it has been bruta

. >>> safeway is pulling boxes of enchiladas on the fear it could be contaminated with salmonella. the concern is that organic cilantro in the product is contaminated. the product was sold in safeway stores all across the country. >>> 7 on your side's michael finney is here with today's friday free stuff. >> we have been waiting all week for this. stocking stuffers, maybe. >> we do, actually. if you don't need one of these products, you have to give it away for christmas. wrap it up. it's re-gifting, kind of. let's start with these. always have you in mind. this is tech armor. these are excellent phone cases and these are their brand new products for the iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus. they go for $19.95 each but you will pay nothing for it. they are lightweight, not bulky as you can see and help protect against bumps and drops and snaps easily in. they are a very nice case. we have shown these things off before. i think of the iphone 4 is the last time we had them in. >> this is for the new 6 and giant 6. >> giant 6. i know. the large. and then, okay, now we've got free tickets for yo

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. >> vamos a preparar un platillo de enchilada en lugar de carne hongos.as. algo de cilantro >> es mi cena vegana del dÍa de hoy. cero glutem colesterol, orgÁnico nada genÉticamente modificado. con los nutrientes que necesito. diganme ustedes creen que nos morimos de hambre los vegetarianos? me apetece ademÁs de beneficios nutritivos se producen sin fertilizantes, antibiÓticos o pesticidas. son una excelente alternativa nos encanta que comiencen a incorporar en su menu. algo que me llama la atenciÓn que yo los vegetarianos siempre estÁn delgados. juzgue por usted mismo >> vamos a una corta pausa al regresar talentosos artistas se unieron para hacer sonar las guitarras, trompetas y tambores pero escuchen esto. con sus bocas tenemos un recuento de las aventuras de impacto durante la cobertura del mundial de fÚtbol en brasil lo verÁn aquÍ en primer impacto ya regresamos. ♪ ♪ ¡antes teniamos tantos rollos vacios! ¡mami! por eso nos cambiamos a charmin ultra mega roll. charmin ultra mega roll es 75% mas absorbente, y asi puedes usar menos. ademas, dura mucho ma

. >> enchilada with carne entomatada.beans and rice. got to have that. some posole, a stew made from soaked hominy and pork. and sopapilla. a fried bread like a spoon bread or a johnny cake. did the early spaniards, early cattle, railroad men, the people on the way to making this america, were they romantic about this part of the world? >> they thought of it as a hard place. for one thing, it was exceedingly remote. when you were here, this seemed like one of the farthest reaches of the globe. initially, americans began coming here because they perceived that santa fe was so remote from the rest of the spanish empire that it was possible for the united states to pluck it. i don't think anybody becomes a romantic about it probably until the taos painters arrive. >> starting a long-running tradition of artistic pilgrimages to catch the spiritual groove, every kind of utopian dreamer, eccentric, new ager, they all came here in search of whatever. mmm, chilies. >> all right. thank you very much. >> that's level three. >> yes,

michelle pointed out, historically what had been the case is the democratic primary had been the big enchilada. i mean, that's where people decided between the liberals and the conservatives and chose who was going to be the office holder. but in these counties they couldn't find anyone to hold the primary. then comes the primary, and media star wendy davis loses 29 counties to someone who was a local county, not even a county, but a local municipal judge who had no money, had no name recognition and yet he beat wendy davis in 29 counties, mainly along the mexican border. he had an hispanic name, and i'm sure that was ap appeal. -- an appeal. but it also sent warning signs to davis that maybe there were going to be a little more problems than they thought they were going to have in turning all these supposedly new hispanic voters to the democratic side. the other amazing characteristic of that 2014 democratic primary is the turnout. there were roughly a little under 500,000 -- i think it was like 455,000 people who voted in the democratic primary. and so i went back and i said, gee, you know,

michelle pointed out historically what had been the case is the democratic primary had been the big enchilada. that's where people decided between the liberals and the conservatives and shows who is going to be the officeholders. in these counties they couldn't find anyone to hold the primary. then comes the primary and media star wendy davis loses 29 counties to someone who was a local, not even a county of a local municipal judge who had no money, had no name recognition and yet he beats wendy davis and 29 counties mainly along the mexican border. he had an hispanic name and i'm sure that was an appeal but it also sent warning sides -- signs today that maybe they would have a little more problem than they thought they would have been turning the supposedly new hispanic voters to the democratic side. the other amazing characteristic of that 2014 democratic primary is the turnout. there were roughly a little under 500,000, 40 to 55,000 people to vote in the democratic primary today said gee let me look back and see the significance. let's go back and see how far one has to go to find out smal

already, out there selling it, and about to go into the movie theaters at christmastime, the big enchiladaor selling movies. they kill it. why do they kill it? because they're afraid. >> they are. >> there's no other statement here. >> but there's a great solution. get netflix to stream it, charge $5. it's viral, everybody watches it, and it's just a slacker movie. a jud apatow slacker movie. >> maybe stars will buy it. remember the kennedys got mad at them for making the movie about the kennedys. they'll buy it and show it. >> since there was no credible threat, show the movie. put it online, put it somewhere. we don't want to concede to the north koreans. >> i think we look weak. let me ask you something about in american society. again, rand paul, catch this. the republican from kentucky is likely to run for president, we know that, in 2016. well, he's bucking his party once again. paul's supporting president obama's announcement to normalize relations with cuba, which puts him on the opposite side of two potential 2016 rivals, marco rubio and jeb bush. >> the 50-year embargo with cuba

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