BREAKING - Apple Refuses Court Order To "Un-Encrypt" Reichl and Silverton IPhones To Get Secrets Of "Rucy" Chili Recipe

Technology mammoth Apple refused a federal court ruling Tuesday to provide technology that would enable the public - including chain restaurant owners - the ability to unlock the IPhone 6s of chef Nancy Silverton and writer Ruth Reichl to reveal secrets of a chili they made that was heralded as the best in recorded history. 

The chili, billed as "Rucy" - a term coined by using the first and last syllables of the two living legends first names - was serendipitously created for a gathering Sunday evening in Los Angeles to watch the Academy Awards.

So extraordinary was the Rucy, that internet speculation about its secrets went virile. The hashtags #SilvertonReichlChili and #Rucy recorded 1,7 million hits since Sunday night. The furor was exacerbated when Mario Batali tweeted the following

"There’s chili from texas and chili from the southwest and definitely chile verde and chile rojo from mexico, but i’d say the worlds best chili comes from the fertile and untamed minds of 2 jewish gals in los angeles, nancy silverton and ruth reichl"

Officials at Tweter deemed the Batali tweet so important that they temporarily suspended the 140 character limit rule allowed the 250 character Tweet.

The bison meat chili with an unspecified type of bean was made by Reichl and a version is available in her latest book, "My Kitchen Year". But the furor over it exploded when, by happenstance, it was turbocharged by topping it with a so called "P1" Pimento cheese dip made by Silverton.  The chili was rated an astounding 675. 

(To read the original story on the chili printed two hours ago check this link - http://www.krikorianwrites.com/blog/2016/2/28/ruth-reichl-and-nancy-silverton-stumble-onto-greatest-chili-in-history )

Meanwhile, Apple said that providing the technology unlock or 'un-encrypt" Silverton's and Reichl's phones could "severely compromise the secrets, private recipes, texts, affairs and other personal information of more than three billion individuals."

"Say you have a secret sauce for a burger and you texted it to your mistress. Do you want everyone to know that secret?", said Jason Asch, an Apple spokesperson. "In America, privacy is not a privilege. It's a right."

Authorities were said to be looking to interview Los Angeles-based writer Margy Rochlin who allegedly transported the P1 Pimento cheese dip from Silverton's residence to Reich's.

In a rare showing of unity, presidential candidates were in agreement on an issue. Apple, they agreed,  should unlock the phones 

"This is not an issue of national security, but it is an issue of national pleasure," said Republican front runner Donald Trump.  "There's a little document I like to call the Constitution. And it clearly states the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The Rucy chili reeks of happiness."

Bernie Sanders, widely considered the anti-Trump, concurred. "Two Jews make a chili? That's America. C' mon, Apple. Do the right thing."

Chili by Ruth Reichl and Nancy Silverton Catapluts To #1 in World Ratings; Critics, Chefs Hail As "Greatest Chili in Recorded History"

The RNC. It wasn't planned. It was happenstance. It was as simple as this; "Put some of that on that."

The first "that" was a pimento cheese dip chef Nancy Silverton had painstakingly made Sunday afternoon and brought to an Oscar party at the temporary Los Angeles residence of writer Ruth Reichl. The second "that" was a bison chili made by Reichl.

So, as instructed, a spoonful of the dip, which, only an hour earlier, had been proclaimed the McLaren P1 of cheese dips, was upended onto the chili. 

One bite and that was it. There have been hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of bowls of chili devoured throughout history, but never has chili that scored more than 600. Never until yesterday when this concoction by Ruth and Nancy - already known in cyberspace as  "Rucy Chili"  - scored an astounding 714. 

Chefs around the country hailed the chili as Homeric.

Renowned San Francisco based chef Dominique Crenn simply said "Wow! I want some."

"Seven 1 4? Is that a typo?" Tweeted Briana "Breezy"Valdez, owner of East Hollywood's HomeState and a Texas native. 

Even Nancy Silverton seemed surprised how delicious the "Rucy" was. "Now I know how the folks at Reese's felt when they mixed that peanut butter into the chocolate cup ."

The recipe of the chili only is available in Reichl's recently published book. "My Kitchen Year" on page 45. It needs to be noted, however, this "Rucy Chili" - a term coined by using the first and last syllables of the two living legends first names- was on the fly and several modifications were made by Ruth, including, reportedly, the addition of "chicken goo" from the leftover of a dinner at  Silverton's Chi Spacca and "I forgot the name" beans from the Sunday farmer's market in Hollywood. 

As for the recipe for pimento cheese dip - a dish once described by noted foodie Jeanine K Ash as "the bottom of the barrel" - it will be available in the fall when Silverton's "Mozza at Home" cookbook arrives in bookstores.  That too was modified to a degree, with a particular Gouda and Cheddar that Silverton could not remember.

Some objected to the seemingly "secretive" nature of the chili.  

"I find it difficult to believe Ruth conveniently forgot the name of the beans she bought at the farmer's market and Nancy can't recall exactly what brand of cheeses were used in a cheese dip," said Duke Feldmeier, a private investigator hired to get the chili's secrets. "I mean, if the chili is really that good, shouldn't everyone get a chance to enjoy it?".

The Rucy, along with La Brea Tar Pits chicken wings and burritos from Burritos La Palma on Peck Road in El Monte were savored at the home Ruth and her husband Michael Singer are renting. It is the former home of Wallace Berry who won an Oscar in 1932 at the 5th Academy Awards for "The Champ". 

 Eighty six years later, there's a new champ and it's called Rucy Chili.

The Rucy chili scored an unheard of 675

Man Killed Monday Afternoon at 57th Street and Denker Avenue While Sitting In His Car

A 25-year-old black man sitting in his car near 57th and Denker Avenue was shot and killed Monday afternoon, the latest in a string of shootings in South Los Angeles at people in their vehicles.

Around 2 p.m., two black male suspects drove up to the victim, a shooter exited and fired several rounds. The man was struck multiple times in the chest. He was transported to California Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. 

Anyone with information can call the LAPD's Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (323) 786-5100

Last week at least four people were shot while in their vehicles.

Friday morning, just after midnight, a man and woman were shot as they drove in their car along Western Avenue near 42nd Place. They were transported to a local hospital where the man was pronounced dead.   

Friday evening, a male black, 36, was sitting in his car in front of 3443 8th Ave - south of Jefferson - when unknown suspects drove by in a black BMW and fired several rounds at him. The victim was struck once in the head and three times in the torso. He was transported to a local hospital in (luckily) serious condition. 

Last Tuesday, shortly before 4 p.m., at least two black males exited a vehicle nears Harvard Recreation Center on 62nd Street and Harvard Boulevard and approached Kenneth Burden, 50, as he sat in the driver's seat of his car. The suspects fired multiple rounds, striking Burden in the head and upper torso.  The shooters fled in their car, possibly a white Chrysler. 

The Burden was taken to California Hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

Burden was a 6-Deuce Brim who went by the name of Kev Dog. At the site where he was shot, a makeshift memorial was set up with murder candles, a painted Brims hand sign and a near record amount of "Drank in his Honor" liquor bottles.

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Saturday Morning Shootings; 1 Dead South of Downtown L.A. at 14th Street and Long Beach Avenue, 1 Wounded 64th and Hoover

(Excuse the cold, impersonal tone of the following sad story. There were few details available and a trip to the crime scene produced next to nothing.)  

Savoy Niece Anderson was walking home 

Saturday, around 3:20 a.m., a man snatched a purse from a woman at the corner of 14th Street and Long Beach Avenue in a desolate area south of downtown Los Angeles. A man chased after the thief who turned around and shot him, perhaps with the aid of an accomplice. 

The man, whose name was not released pending the notification of his family, was described as black and 37-years-old, He was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead.

By 10 a.m, at 14th and Long Beach Avenue, there was no sign of the violence. No murder candles, no obvious blood on the sidewalk or street. No crime tape. A half block away, on Long Beach near Newton Street at a small homeless encampment, no one claimed to know the victim or had even heard shots. A clerk at a 14th street marijuana dispensary was stunned to hear someone had been a homicide victim this morning. Same for a delivery driver. It was like it never happened.  

Anyone with information can call call LAPD's Newton Division detectives at (323) 846-6556

In a gang related incident,  shortly after 11 a.m., a 40-year-old black male was walking near 64th Street and Hoover Street when a man exited his vehicle and began shooting. The victim was hit in the thigh and transported to California Hospital. 

The suspect, who fled in a black Infinity with paper plates,  was described only as a black male somewhere between 20 to 25 years of age. 

Anyone with information can call call the LAPD's 77th Street Division at (213) 485-4164.

Friday, a man and woman were shot as they drove in their car along Western Avenue near 42nd Place. They were transported to a local hospital where the man was pronounced dead. 

Anyone with information can call LAPD's Southwest Division at (213) 485-2582

Friday Shootings; One Dead, One Wounded While Driving On Western Avenue and 42nd; One Shot 8th Ave near Jefferson

Friday morning, just after midnight, a man and woman were shot as they drove in their car along Western Avenue near 42nd Place. They were transported to a local hospital where the man was pronounced dead.  The condition of the woman was not immediately known. That is all the detail available at the current time.

Friday evening, a male black, 36, was sitting in his car in front of 3443 8th Ave when unknown suspects drove by in a black BMW and fired several rounds at him.   The victim was struck once in the head and three times in the torso. The victim was transported to an unknown area hospital in serious, but, as of the latest report, stable condition. The suspects fled there is no further information at this time.   

Anyone with information about either attacks can call LAPD's Southwest Division at (213) 485-2582 

In an incident Thursday night, two Hispanic men were shot in a drive-by on Denver Avenue and 111th place. One victim, age 30, was struck in the stomach and the other, age 24, was hit in the arm and leg. Both are expected to survive.

Anyone with information can call LAPD's Southeast Division at (213) 972-7828  

Marco Rubio's Woes Continue As Wife Files For Divorce; Cites Husband's Obsession With ISIS Conquering America If GITMO Closes

Citing that "My husband is obsessed and petrified ISIS will invade and conquer the United States if the prison at Guantanamo Bay is shuttered", Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio, formally filed for divorce Wednesday morning in Florida.

Obtained by the Miami Herald, the filing, said to be "extremely derogatory",  could be damaging to Sen. Rubio (R- Fla) in as he attempts to pull away from rival Rafael "Ted" Cruz (R-Tex)  and establish himself as the only alternative to front-runner, businessman Donald Trump.

Spokesperson for the Rubio campaign, Tiffany Fox, said that "Marco knows Jeanette is under a lot of stress by the gruel of the campaign, and will likely withdraw the filing once it is over. Theirs is a marriage based on love and respect."

Still, political pundits said that, even if true, any reconciliation might be too late for Rubio whose has made so-called "family values" a corner stone of his policy when not talking about ISIS. Some voters were put off by the thought of a wife-less president.

"Single presidents are fine for the movies, but in real life, a president needs a wife," said an Uber driver in Ruth, Nevada who spoke on the condition of anonymity. "Michael Douglas was good in "The American President", but in real life a president has to be ready for anything, even the Russians, and not focusing on getting new trim."

In the excerpt released Wednesday morning online by the Miami Herald, Dousdesbes Rubio, 42,  says that "From sunrise to well after the midnight hour, Marco is going on about ISIS. He blabbers that they have two S's in their name, 'just like the British SAS commandos'.  Seriously. He really thinks their black flag can fly over the White House. I think it's a shame he doesn't have faith in the United States Armed Forces to defeat ISIS once they invade.  Me? I don't think they will invade. Do they even have a Navy?"

After learning of the divorce filing. Donald Trump said it was for the good of the country. "It shows poor judgment on Marco Rubio's part. Who in their right mind would marry a girl named Dousdesbes?" 

Two Homicides Tuesday Afternoon: Western Ave. and Venice Blvd; 62nd and Harvard Blvd.

Details are few as of now, but two men were shot to death in separate incidents Tuesday afternoon and police are seeking the public's assistance in finding the assailants.

In the first deadly encounter at 1570 S. Western Avenue near Venice Boulevard, two men became involved in a verbal dispute which quickly escalated. The suspect, a male Hispanic approximately 18-years-old, produced a handgun and shot a male Hispanic, 24,  in the back. The shooter immediately fled the scene on foot. 

The victim was transported to Cedars Sinai Hospital where he later died. 

The incident is likely gang-related. Anyone with information can call the LAPD's Olympic Division detectives at ( 213) 382-6628

In the other killing, shortly before 4 p.m., at least two black males exited a vehicle nears Harvard Recreation Center on 62nd Street and Harvard Boulevard and approached a male black seated in the driver's seat of his car. The suspects fired multiple rounds, striking the victim in the head and upper torso. 

The shooters fled in their car, possibly a white Chrysler. 

The victim was taken to California Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. 

This was a gang related killing.

Anyone with information can call the LAPD's Criminal Gang Homicide Division at (323) 786-5100

Saturday Night Road Rage Leads to Stabbing Death near Sunset Boulevard and Hoover Street

Shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday night, the occupants of two cars near Silver Lake got into a road rage situation.  One car drove off and the other car pursued it, authorities said.

Near Sunset Boulevard and Hoover Street, the idiotic driver and idiotic passenger of the car pursuing car, - a white male and black female - exited their vehicle, approached the occupants of the other car - two Hispanic males -  and began stabbing them.   One was stabbed multiple times in the chest. He was transported to USC Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. The other victim was stabbed in the hand, possible defensive wounds.

The suspects drove off in an older model, black Toyota 4Runner.      No further details are available now. Anyone with information can call LAPD's Northeast Division at (323) 561-3421.

Stanford and Harvard Professors Claim "Jeb Bush Is Actually Dumber Than Brother George W." Might Legally Be An "Imbecile"

Some records are thought to be untouchable. Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak of 56 consecutive games immediately comes to mind. Wilt Chamberlain' 100 points in a single basketball game is another. Politically speaking, few humans ever seriously thought George W.Bush's stupidity rating of .424 would ever be in danger of falling. 

Until today. 

George W's younger brother, Jeb Bush, a Republican candidate for President of the United States, posted a photo Tuesday of a .45 caliber handgun on Twitter with the single word caption "America".  (The picture gun appears to be from the respected Belgian company Fabrique Nationale, which has a manufacturing plant in South Carolina, where the Republican primary is set for Saturday. The Democratic primary is the following Saturday, Feb. 27.)

Instantly,  scholars who study "D.S.I," ( Dumbness, Stupidity and Imbecility) took out their Brain Wave Instruments, and several came up with a stunning conclusion; Jeb is dumber than G-Dub.

"This single act is among the most magnificent acts of straight-out dumb in modern times " said Roger Dithers, professor of logic at Harvard University.  "As an expert on logic, I must say I am impressed by his stupidity." 

Across the county colleagues agreed.

"I get it he's desperate, but this makes less-than-zero sense," said Darlene Johnson, professor of psychology at Stanford University. "To post a photo of a gun and caption it "America" when guns  kill thousands of Americans every year, well, like Sean Connery says in "The Rock", 'It's an act of lunacy'."