Thursday, March 17, 2016

@21:30, 3/16/16

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World

Chinese Crackdown on Lawyers and Activists Is Criticized at U.N.

The United States and 11 other countries on the Human Rights Council expressed alarm at the sweeping arrests of activists and lawyers and the treatment of several Hong Kong residents who vanished.

China is a sovereign nation.
Put the diplomats to work.

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World

World’s Oldest Man, a Confectioner From Poland, Survived Auschwitz

Israel Kristal, 112, lost his family in the Holocaust and weighed 81 pounds when the Allies freed him from a labor camp. Now, he has been declared the world’s oldest man.

Outliving enemies is the best revenge.

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Science

Video: Of Spider Bondage, and Cannibalism

Male nursery web spiders tie up females with spider silk before mating to avoid being killed and eaten.

Bondage makes me nervous every time.

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Opinion

The Unnatural Kingdom

If technology helps us save the wilderness, will the wilderness still be wild?

There is little if any wilderness left.
What we have is managed wilderness parks.

I follow the rules and talk to the rangers.

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Business Day

Safety Chief’s Family Car Recalled for a Takata Airbag

The nation’s top auto safety regulator, Mark R. Rosekind, said one of his family’s cars was being recalled to fix a faulty Takata airbag.

OK

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U.S.

Recall Effort in Michigan Intensifies Pressure on Gov. Rick Snyder

Mr. Snyder is facing mounting attacks over the way he handled the contaminated water in Flint and the tattered public schools in Detroit.

Michigan may manage to recall Gov. Rick Snyder.
It is easier not to keep him in office at the next election.

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U.S.

U.S. Continues to Deport Central American Migrants

The Obama administration is moving ahead with deportations of migrants fleeing from three violence-racked countries in Central America, despite a furor among refugee advocates.

I would like to see the department of homeland security ended.
It will not be easy to do.
The Republican congress will fight.

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N.Y. / Region

Body of Second Crew Member Is Recovered From Tugboat Crash Near Tappan Zee Bridge

The body of Timothy Conklin, 29, of Westbury, Long Island, was recovered while the search continued for a third missing crew member who is presumed dead.

People who go down with the ship are usually dead.

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Times Insider

1921 | Catching Einstein in an Error

The managing editor Carr V. Van Anda spotted a mistake in an equation offered by Albert Einstein at Princeton to explain the theory of relativity.

yes.

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World

Fukushima Keeps Fighting Radioactive Tide 5 Years After Disaster

A full cleanup of the site is expected to take at least 40 years, according to the government’s timetable, and a century by other estimates.

Work at the plant continues.
The attempt at cleanup is slow and only modestly effective.
A big problem is disposal.
Tritium confuses the administrators.

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U.S.

California: Bill Raising Smoking Age Sent to Governor

Lawmakers voted to raise the smoking age to 21, approving a measure that would make California the second state to adopt a higher age limit.

Do it.

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U.S.

Momentum to Remove Confederate Symbols Slows or Stops

Less than nine months after the massacre of black churchgoers in South Carolina, the pendulum swings back in favor of the battle flag and other icons of Southern history.

Convert the confederate battle flag to a badge of shame.
Make it the prison uniform in the south.

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Morning Agenda: Unpacking a Chinese Company’s Spree on U.S. Hotels

Investors Increasingly Bullish on Energy Sector | Bar Association to Enforce Stricter Timeline for Passing Exam

Business has no special privileges.
Taxes and other bills must be paid.
Promised results must be delivered.

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Business Day

VW Whistle-Blower’s Suit Accuses Carmaker of Deleting Data

A fired Volkswagen employee in Michigan contends that employees erased electronic files as U.S. officials were investigating its emissions cheating.

The case will go to trial.
Volkswagen is probably guilty.

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T Magazine

Fashion’s Return to the Age of Innocence

A romantic cascade of billowy blouses, buttoned collars and flowing hair summons the purifying spirit of a new spring.

The rag trade is skilled at knocking these off.

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Business Day

Senate to Vote on GMO Food Labeling Bill

The senators will consider whether the government should require labeling on foods containing genetically engineered ingredients, an issue that has split the food industry.

The experiment should be tried.
Fools earn their costs.

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The Candidates and the Constitution

You can tell a lot about the presidential contenders from the constitutional amendments they support.

Yes.  The Times is right.

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U.S.

A Situation in Which Donald Trump Wins the White House

A group of demographers suggests Mr. Trump might pull off a narrow victory by taking a greater share of white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

Donald Trump must not be president.

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N.Y. / Region

Auction Official Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Smuggle Wildlife Products Worth $1 Million

Prosecutors said that Joseph Chait, who works in California, falsely claimed on customs forms that items made of rhinoceros horn or elephant ivory were made of bone, wood or plastic.

Joseph Chait is willfully guilty.
He should bear the full penalty for his actions.

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