Sunday, March 5, 2017

@7:38, 3/5/17

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1
Crosswords & Games

Honest Sorts

Why we like Jacob Stulberg.

http://www.westegg.com/nash/

http://www.westegg.com/nash/everything.html

2
Technology

Searching for a New Travel Companion

The popular WorldMate service is retiring this year, but you can find similar apps and trip organizers to replace it.

My preference has been a tripy kind of travel.
It has a goal but no planned itinerary

Getting places to accomplish tasks is a different game.
Take mass transit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveler

3
U.S.

Was Texas Voter ID Law Biased? Justice Dept. Stays Out of Argument

A previously scheduled hearing over the law had an awkward tone, one day after the Justice Department changed its position on a key issue.

The Texas Voter I.D. law is biased.
The Department of Justice now agrees with the bias.

4
Opinion

Abortion and Feminism

Readers react to an article by an abortion opponent who feels excluded from the women’s movement.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/how-the-new-feminist-resistance-leaves-out-american-women.html

Lauren Enriquez is mistaken.
The Movement called Feminism is toward changes in culture.
The gender label does not control the movement.
Words matter.  They do not control goals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveller

5
Well

Frequent, Brisk Walks May Aid Those With Early Alzheimer’s


I need to walk more before I can run.

6
Opinion

Abortion and Big-Tent Feminism

The progressive movement will be stronger if it’s willing to welcome abortion opponents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism

Get the words right.
Do not let the opposition define political positions.

7
Business Day

Money Worries for Retired Women

Less income and time off for families can mean less savings and a greater chance of poverty after age 65.

Check with Social Security or, better, your benefits manager.
Before April First of the year one turns seventy and one half one must take one's defined benefit or suffer a nasty excise tax
That could be April First this year.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rusticate#English
"to go to reside in the country"
        Chose where.

For me: Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

8
U.S.

Video: Second Jewish Cemetery Vandalized

Muslim activists raised more than $130,000 to help restore desecrated Jewish graves nationwide.

Muslims probably did not vandalize these cemeteries.
The Alt.Right or their tools probably did the act.

9
Business Day

Hundreds of Workers Allege Sex Bias by Jeweler, Files Show

Former Sterling employees described a sexual aggression, gender bias and abuses of power, newly released documents in an arbitration case show.

"At many big companies, employees are required take allegations of misconduct to arbitrators, rather than the courts. The system can keep workplace disputes out of the public eye and delay settlements.
The original arbitration claim of gender discrimination in pay and promotion was brought against Sterling in 2008."

Guilty and liable.

10
U.S.

Threats and Vandalism Leave American Jews on Edge in Trump Era

At least 100 threatening calls have been made to Jewish community centers and schools since January, in a menacing pattern that has prompted a federal investigation.

Old religious wars are never over.

The Spanish Inquisition knew it.
The Rabinate knows it.
Wahhabi Islam knows it.
The United States forgot after two hundred years.
The U.S. will be reminded.

The Jews are correct in their distrust.


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