Tuesday, March 7, 2017

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1
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for Around $1.5 Million

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

The outer suburbs are selling at a discount.

2
Science

Activists Rush to Save Government Science Data — If They Can Find It

The Trump administration has begun changing some government websites. A group of concerned citizens has been working to preserve data it sees as politically vulnerable.

The raw data is there.  
The processed reports that make it accessible often are not written.  

3
World

Infant and Fetus Remains Are Found at Ex-Home for Unwed Mothers in Ireland

Tests showed that most of the remains were “likely to date from the 1950s,” according to a statement, which added that further examinations were being conducted.

It is an internal problem for Ireland.
The world looks on and is shocked.
The law in Ireland should change.

4
U.S.

Rumblings of a ‘Deep State’ Undermining Trump? It Was Once a Foreign Concept

The term is most often used to describe countries with authoritarian elements, like Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan, not the United States.

There is no need for an organized conspiracy as yet.

The opposition to the Trump Presidency is general.

5
U.S.

Sessions’s Potential Deputy Faces a Stern Test on Russia Inquiries

If his nomination to become deputy attorney general is successful, Rod J. Rosenstein would oversee any investigations into Donald J. Trump’s campaign and Russia.

Trump must make the appointment of a special prosecutor.

6
Opinion

Trump’s Tweets Attacking Obama

Readers call on Republicans to speak out and question Mr. Trump’s fitness to govern.

It is late to bring the question of fitness.
Far better late than never.

7
Food

Bird Flu Outbreak Found at a Tennessee Farm

An outbreak at a farm that produces chickens for Tyson Foods has led the U.S.D.A to establish a quarantine on farms around the area.

Measures against the virus are being put in place.
There will be further reports.

8
U.S.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Defenses of His Wiretapping Claim

President Trump has offered no evidence backing up his claims that his predecessor spied on him, and neither have his defenders.

Trump is jumping to conclusions.

9
Opinion

Paul Ryan’s Misguided Sense of Freedom

The rich are the only ones who could be truly free in his vision of the country.

Entitlements are not an evil plot.

10
N.Y. / Region

Long Island Man Is Charged With Trying to Join ISIS

Elvis Redzepagic of Commack, N.Y. was accused of attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists, federal officials said.

Until he joins the fight he is a private citizen and not guilty of any crime.

Prior restraint:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_restraint
It would not be a difficult argument to make in court. 


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