Wednesday, May 3, 2017

@11:30, 5/2/17

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N.Y. / Region

New York Correction Chief Spent a Quarter of 2016 Elsewhere


He should be replaced.

2
N.Y. / Region

New York’s First Police Body Cameras Take to Streets in Upper Manhattan


3
U.S.

Trump Says U.S. Needs Government ‘Shutdown’

In a pair of posts on Twitter, the president appeared to defend a spending package that Congress that fails to accomplish many of his stated goals.

Trump is wrong on all counts.

4
Opinion

Bill O’Reilly and the Revenge of Chick Lit

Treat him the way women have always been treated.

"My object all sublime
 I shall achieve in time
 To make the punishment fit the crime"
                                            W.S. Gilbert

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U.S.

G.O.P. Likely to Go It Alone on Tax Overhaul Legislation

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said President Trump had abandoned the idea of combining tax and infrastructure legislation into one package.

The Republican party is failing at government.
That has been their objective for a century.

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N.Y. / Region

During Rikers Upheaval, the ‘Prettiest Village in Maine’ Beckoned

Wiscasset, the former home of New York City’s correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, was a frequent destination in his city-issued vehicle, investigators found.

Joseph Ponte will be "retired".

7
Opinion

President Trump Is Asked to Show His Cards

The Office of Government Ethics is demanding that the White House release the names of officials allowed to bypass its own ethics rules.

"Some animals are more equal than others"
                                                 G. Orwell

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U.S.

‘You’re the Best,’ Trump Once Told Pelosi. Can They Deal Again?

The president and the House minority leader have a common goal: proving their deal-making clout in a city where each has a history of being underestimated.

Possibly.
The probability should be low.
Their goals appear incompatible.

9
The Upshot

The G.O.P. Health Bill Is Alive Again. Here’s a Quick Way to Catch Up.

A look at what the health bill would do, who it would affect, and how it changed to get the conservative Freedom Caucus to yes.

The effort is a zombi.
The walking dead are a nightmare fantasy like the
American Healthcare Act.
It is not comparable with Frankenstein's Monster.

10
Opinion

Trump’s Degradation of the Language

In Trump world, facts don’t matters, truth doesn’t matter, language doesn’t matter.

Trump will be damned.

I wish he cared.

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