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U.S.
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Aug 30th 2014
Some activists involved in the political network overseen by
Charles and David Koch are urging it to consider a more active role in
the 2016 primaries.
Tea Party Movement; Presidential Election of 2016; Primaries and
Caucuses; Midterm Elections (2014); Political Action Committees;
Conservatism (US Politics)
I do not like the Koch brothers politics.
I am not for sale.
Eliminating the use of fossil carbon is my prime issue.
The world is committed to a climate disaster.
Every bit of fossil carbon used brings it closer.
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Business Day
By SYDNEY EMBER | Aug 30th 2014
Charles Shrem, a leading backer of Bitcoin, is to plead to one
federal count of aiding and abetting an unlicensed money transmitting
business.
Bitcoin (Currency); Black Markets; Consumer Protection; Currency; Money Laundering
I have no wish to play with these tools.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29
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U.S.
By NEENA SATIJA | Aug 30th 2014
In his campaign for Texas land commissioner, George P. Bush sounds
like someone the Tea Party can get behind on most issues. The exception
is the environment.
Coal; Global Warming; Alternative and Renewable Energy; Natural Gas
He is terrible.
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U.S.
By ADAM NAGOURNEY | Aug 30th 2014
In a one-page appeal, Gov. Jerry Brown and the state attorney
general, Kamala D. Harris, argued that a decision of such scope needed
to be made by a higher court.
Teachers and School Employees; Tenure; Decisions and Verdicts
The political dance goes on.
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Health
By PAM BELLUCK | Aug 30th 2014
Medicare may cover advance care planning that was once decried as
“death panels,” and some private insurers are not waiting for the
political process.
Elderly; Health Insurance and Managed Care; Living Wills and Health
Care Proxies; Medicare; Hospice Care; Doctors; Prices (Fares, Fees and
Rates); Medicaid
We will have this discussion.
I have no desire for a hopeless half life.
It would be time for hospice care.
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Opinion
By JOHN W. FITZPATRICK | Aug 29th 2014
Has the passing of the passenger pigeon taught us anything?
Birds; Endangered and Extinct Species; Animal Migration; Animals
Yes
There is a replica project.
I would like to see it succeed.
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Sports
By MIKE TIERNEY | Aug 29th 2014
After nearly three weeks without speaking publicly, Tony Stewart
suggested returning to Nascar competition would best help him cope with
the death of Kevin Ward Jr.
Automobile Racing
Racing drivers are pop stars.
They try to act the part.
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Business Day
By JAMES B. STEWART | Aug 29th 2014
I can make art. Cars are more of a project.
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Opinion
By MARCUS BACHHUBER and COLLEEN BARRY | Aug 29th 2014
Is access to medical marijuana reducing painkiller overdoses?
Pain-Relieving Drugs; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Medical Marijuana
Use it if it works.
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U.S.
By TRIP GABRIEL | Aug 29th 2014
Prosecutors warned jurors not to accept defense arguments that
former Gov. Bob McDonnell was unfairly targeted by law enforcement.
Gifts to Public Officials; Corruption (Institutional)
He is politically dead.
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U.S.
By JULIA PRESTON | Aug 29th 2014
The ruling could slow the pace of deportations because it creates
new legal grounds for women from Central America caught entering the
country illegally in their fight to stay.
Asylum, Right of; Illegal Immigration; Immigration and Emigration; Domestic Violence
An end to the rule of thumb.
Good law is made with this.
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Fashion & Style
By JESSICA BENNETT | Aug 29th 2014
The “typing awareness indicator,” or “I can see that you’re typing, and the suspense is killing me.”
Text Messaging; Cellular Telephones; Dating and Relationships; Fear (Emotion)
Yes.
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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U.S.
By TRIP GABRIEL | Aug 28th 2014
Lawyers in the corruption trial of former Gov. Bob McDonnell of
Virginia and his wife, Maureen, debated how the judge should describe
bribery to the jurors.
Frauds and Swindling; Gifts to Public Officials; Bribery and Kickbacks; Extortion and Blackmail
It does not matter.
He will never again hold elective office.
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U.S.
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE | Aug 30th 2014
Massachusetts approved legislation in 2011 to allow three casinos
and a slots parlor, and voters will decide in November whether to repeal
the law before a single casino has been built.
Casinos; Gambling; Referendums
No local casino would be a good thing.
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U.S.
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON | Aug 30th 2014
In the continuing protests over the killing of a black teenager by
a white police officer, protesters were encouraged to tie up traffic on
the Labor Day holiday.
Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings; Demonstrations, Protests
and Riots; Blacks; Civil Rights and Liberties; Roads and Traffic;
Murders and Attempted Murders
just vote them out.
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Business Day
By REUTERS | Aug 29th 2014
Factoring in the effects of a sales tax increase in April, the rate is still below the central bank’s target of 2 percent.
Inflation (Economics); Economic Conditions and Trends
Bold action is called for.
Inflation is the right thing for Japan.
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Automobiles
By LAWRENCE R. GUSTIN | Aug 29th 2014
Joe Rundell, a General Motors retiree, taught himself sculpture at
the age of 71 and created a series of statues honoring the automotive
pioneers of Flint, Mich.
Automobiles; Art; Sculpture; Copper, Brass and Bronze; Clay
Boring.
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Opinion
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Aug 29th 2014
Mayor de Blasio’s mission to fix the city’s affordable-housing problem is daunting and necessary.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Affordable Housing; Zoning
Poverty has no friends.
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Arts
By JON CARAMANICA | Aug 30th 2014
“Preachers of L.A.,” one of last year’s most invigorating and
surprising reality television debuts, is now in its second season on
Oxygen.
Television; Reality Television; Christians and Christianity
The work is needed. The rest is excess.
U.S.
By JONATHAN MARTIN | Aug 30th 2014
With their Senate majority imperiled, Democrats are trying to
mobilize African-Americans outraged by the shooting in Ferguson, Mo., to
help them retain control of at least one chamber of Congress.
Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, House of Representatives;
Elections, Senate; Blacks; United States Politics and Government; Polls
and Public Opinion
Use what works.
