Thursday, March 9, 2017

@12:00, 3/9/17

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U.S.

White House Officials Say Trump Isn’t Target of Any Investigation

The statement reinforced a conundrum: Either the president’s assertions that President Barack Obama wiretapped him are baseless, or he may have implicated himself in a government investigation.

The Russian connection is a "Tar Baby".

2
Well

Night Owls Eat Less Healthfully Than Morning People Do

Morning people may instinctively choose a healthier diet than night owls do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

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U.S.

North Carolina Officer Will Not Be Charged After Slamming Teenager to the Ground

The officer was shown on a cellphone video throwing the 15-year-old girl to the ground while trying to break up a fight at Rolesville High School.

Officer De Los Santos should not serve as a school resource officer.
He will not. He has resigned.

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U.S.

C.I.A. Scrambles to Contain Damage From WikiLeaks Documents

The agency halted work on some projects while the F.B.I., suspecting a disaffected insider as the leaker, prepared to interview hundreds of people with access to the information.

"One cannot put the genie back in the bottle."

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Opinion

Arkansas’s Rush to Execution

The state has scheduled a killing spree because its batch of lethal-injection drugs is expiring.

Conservative Arkansas refuses to admit the passage of time.
Use a rope and a drop. 
The supply will not be cut off.
Core Craft could make rope.

6
Travel

Indo-Chinese Food is Hard to Find, Except in New Jersey

The fusion of Indian and Chinese food, native to Kolkata, is savored during a restaurant crawl on a four-mile stretch in suburban New Jersey.

Worth a visit but not a trip.

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Science

How Did Aborigines Get to Australia? DNA Helps Solve a Mystery

Scientists used a genetic test to discover that the ancestors of Aboriginal Australians arrived 50,000 years ago and spread along the coastlines.

If the problems do not change the tools will not change.

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Opinion

How Trump Undermines Intelligence Gathering

President Trump has tried to both politicize and marginalize the intelligence community.

Trump is dangerous.

9
Well

Surgery or Drugs? Doctors’ Pay May Influence Choice

Patients in a fee-for-service system were 63 percent more likely to have surgery than those in system where doctors got a salary.

Single payer is not politically correct. 

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U.S.

E.P.A. Chief Says He Doubts Carbon Dioxide’s Role in Global Warming

The statement by Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, contradicts scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is heating the planet.

The E.P.A. chief will follow orders.
That he agrees with them will salve his conscience.


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