Tuesday, March 14, 2017

@20:00, 3/14/17

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Opinion

Mr. Trump, Where’s the Hiring Spree?


The federal government would be larger.

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U.S.

Reporting on a Drug With a Role in Executions

A Times reporter maps how midazolam, a common sedative, came to be used for lethal injections.

The cruelty is the waiting and the failed appeals.

3
U.S.

Ferguson Documentary Disputed as New Footage Is Released

A prosecutor dismissed footage in a new documentary on Michael Brown as irrelevant and misleading, and a lawyer released video that he said disproved the film’s claims.

No minds are changed.

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U.S.

Ryan Points to Deficit Cut to Seek Support for Health Care Bill

Speaker Paul D. Ryan cited the Congressional Budget Office’s forecast for a $337 billion reduction in the deficit to try to gain the backing of conservatives.

"Dead on arrival"

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Travel

Beer on a Budget in San Diego


I remember 11% beer.
I will skip the beer during the day.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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Magazine

How a Wonky National-Security Blog Hit the Big Time


https://www.lawfareblog.com/

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N.Y. / Region

Somehow, ‘Slush Day’ Doesn’t Have the Same Ring

In the major coastal cities of the Northeast, fears of a record-setting blizzard dissolved into a slushy mix of rain, snow and sleet.

31inches near Albany.

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Arts

Trevor Noah Has a Theory About the BBC Interview Dad: No Pants

Why didn’t the professor in the viral clip help get his children under control? Because no one on TV wears pants, Mr. Noah said Monday.

He was rescued by his wife.
I am just tired and depressed.

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U.S.

A Brief History of the Worst Winter Train Rides

Here’s a look at a classic American journalistic genre: the snowbound train story. (Cannibalism, and truth, are optional.)

Digging will find many things.  Many should stay buried.

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The Upshot

No Magic in How G.O.P. Plan Lowers Premiums: It Penalizes Older People

Lower insurance prices were a silver lining for Republicans in the C.B.O. report, but the plan would effectively cover fewer older Americans.

There is no good news for the G.O.P. in the C.B.O. report.


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