Monday, April 3, 2017

@2:22, 4/3/17

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1
Crosswords & Games

Variety Puzzle: Acrostic

Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon reveal a miracle.

https://www.nytimes.com/svc/crosswords/v2/puzzle/print/Apr0217.3.pdf

I do not read others minds.
Writing what is in mine with clarity is enough.


The channel through the Times is private

2
Business Day

Bill O’Reilly Thrives at Fox News, Even as Harassment Settlements Add Up

About $13 million has been paid out over the years to address complaints from women about Mr. O’Reilly’s behavior. He denies the claims have merit.

Bill O'Reilly is perceiving "alternate facts".

3
Opinion

How Scared Should People on the Border Be?

The rumors about checkpoints and raids travel fast. Some of them might even be true.

The Trump administration must look effective to its base
or it will be replaced.
When it is replaced the replacement must not make the same impossible promises.

4
Opinion

Obamacare Can Survive Trump

Republicans will do their best to sabotage it, but they can’t destroy the Affordable Care Act.

Effort will be required.

5
U.S.

Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination Gains More Democratic Support

Joe Donnelly of Indiana is the third Senate Democrat to back Neil M. Gorsuch, but Republicans are still five Democratic votes short of breaking any filibuster.

Noise.

6
Arts

Prosecutors Want Cosby ‘Spanish Fly’ Comments as Evidence at Trial

In a filing, prosecutors sought to include interview and book remarks in which Bill Cosby discussed giving a fabled aphrodisiac to women.

Plea bargaining continues.

7
Well

More Women With Breast Cancer Opt to Remove Healthy Breast

One in three breast cancer patients under 45 in 2012 removed the healthy breast along with the breast affected by cancer, a new study found.

Radical surgery continues.
Halsted was desperate when he developed the technique.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Halsted
Sometimes it works.

8
Books

The Charm of ‘The Idiot’

Batuman talks about her first novel, “The Idiot”; David Bellos discusses “The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of ‘Les Misérables.’ ”

Blogger gives me a Google identity:
my screen name @gmail.com
Use the same password.
That will sign in at Google play music

9
The Learning Network

Should You Always Have the Right to Wear What You Want?

Do dress codes make you feel special and respected, constrained and prevented from expressing your individuality, or some other feeling?

A uniform makes one a member of a group.

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N.Y. / Region

Changes in Policing Take Hold in One of the Nation’s Most Dangerous Cities

It’s a sort of Hippocratic ethos: Minimize harm, and try to save lives. And in Camden, N.J., residents are noticing the results.

Policy matters.
Camden needs to be a community and a city.
Government is not a business.
It does not make a profit.

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