Saturday, April 15, 2017

@9:30, 4/15/17

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1
Well

6 Things I Learned About Ulcers

Having an ulcer is like being a contestant on a twisted game show called “What to Eat?”.

I have no advice on what to eat.

"If it hurts avoid it."

2
Magazine

A Spring Dish to Bring You Back to Life

When a long winter leaves you feeling depressed and deprived, let this bright and warm avgolemono rice revive you.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018729-avgolemono-rice

I can try it.

3
Food

Mushrooms on Toast!

David Tanis has a new recipe for the dish, great for these cooling nights and sunny days, and Kim Severson has a beautiful reflection on ham and lamb.

Food.

4
U.S.

Border Officers Nearly Double Searches of Electronic Devices, U.S. Says

There were nearly 15,000 searches at border crossings and airports from October to March — up from 8,383 a year before, Customs and Border Protection said.

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

The border officers are behaving unconstitutionally.

5
Business Day

United Airlines Offers Refunds as Outrage at a Violent Removal Continues

The airline offered a refund to every passenger on the flight from which a man was dragged on Sunday, and the Chicago Aviation Department placed two more officers on leave.

The practice of forceful removal must end.

6
Style

John Dean, Who Worked for Nixon, Sizes Up Trump

Mr. Dean, an expert on the abuses of presidential power, pays a visit to the Trump Grill.

Small potatoes and few in a hill.
There is not much to Trump according to John Dean.

7
Food

A Night Different From All Others

Passover begins tonight: We’ve got last-minute ideas, if you’re observing the holiday, or meals for the week, if you’re not.

Ok

8
Climate

An Ice Scientist’s Worst Nightmare

A storage freezer in the Canadian Ice Core Archive failed this month, resulting in the loss of millennia-old samples gathered from around the Canadian Arctic.

Losing the ice is worse than losing a set of samples.

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Opinion

Native Americans and Coal: The Risks of Dependency

The author of a book about Native Americans writes that some Native leaders are concerned about the effects of dependence.

The Tribes are right to worry about dependency on coal.
Treaty obligations will be abrogated if congress thinks they can.  Congress should lose the lawsuits.

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N.Y. / Region

Affordable Housing Program Gives City Tax Break to Developers

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature overhauled the 421-a program, which now requires developers to pay a “fair wage” to construction workers.

The developers will whine.  
There will not be enough "affordable" housing.

Tax breaks are never big enough.


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