Monday, February 27, 2017

@21:40, 2/26/17

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1
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for $450,000 and Under

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

It is hard to buy in a falling market.
I don't want to live with downstairs neighbors.

2
Food

What to Cook This Week

When was the last time you roasted a full and proper chicken?

I cook.  
I don't spend much time thinking about food just now.

3
Business Day

Coal Industry Casts Itself as a Clean Energy Player

Companies are joining with environmental groups to lobby for expanded subsidies to encourage technologies to reduce carbon emissions from coal plants.

Coal should not continue.
Practical carbon capture and sequestration must be installed to continue coal mining.
The coal companies should pay for it.
I expect coal is uneconomic.

4
U.S.

Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say

President Trump will instruct federal agencies on Monday to assemble a budget that would also make major cuts to agencies like the E.P.A. but not reduce funding for the largest entitlement programs.

The preliminary budget should be rejected.

5
U.S.

At CPAC, Conservatives Settle Into Their New Role

As activists gathered this week for the Conservative Political Action Conference they were still processing what life in the majority means.

The conservatives are not a majority.
They are not even a plurality.

6
U.S.

Trump’s Soft Spot for Dreamers Alienates Immigration Hard-Liners

Mr. Trump’s sympathetic remarks about young immigrants and inaction on the program that shields them have caused rifts in the White House and angered his Republican base.

Trump finds himself in Procrustes bed.
He will lose a part of his coalition. 

7
Health

The Adults a Medicaid Work Requirement Would Leave Behind

Republican governors want to reverse what they consider an incentive not to work, but critics say putting employment before health care is backward.

Trump loses another part of his coalition.

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U.S.

With Voters Riled Up, Both Parties Aim to Channel the Fury

Democrats hope to turn the surging grass-roots energy into political results locally and nationally, while Republicans try to figure out how to respond to voters’ anger.

The Democrats know their situation.
The Republicans cannot deliver on their promises.

9
U.S.

Father of Commando Killed in Yemen Refused to Meet Trump

The father of Chief Petty Officer William Owens criticized the White House over the mission that killed his son and called for an investigation.

Every vote counts.

10
World

Trump Embraces ‘Enemy of the People,’ a Phrase With a Fraught History

It is unclear if the president is aware of the historic resonance of the label, but his use of it has left some historians scratching their heads.

Autocracy is Trump's goal.


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