Monday, May 29, 2017

@13:00, 5/27/17

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U.S.

A Journalist Was Body Slammed? Some Conservatives Await the Media’s Apology

The treatment of a reporter by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in a Montana special election, merited disgust to amused mockery, depending on who you asked.

The behavior is known as thugish.

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Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Feast in the lead up to Memorial Day, and treat yourself to clams, barbecued chicken, or pulled pork or lamb.

There is nothing here I can't do.
There is nothing here I will do.

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U.S.

Video: Fact Check: The Updated G.O.P. Health Care Bill

Does the health care bill passed by the House live up to Republicans’ promises? We checked the facts.

A long way to say "a tissue of lies".

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Opinion

‘It Was Forced on Me’: Child Marriage in the U.S.

Thousands of minors wed each year. Some do it for love; others are given no choice, like an 11-year-old girl who was told to marry her rapist.

Nicholas Kristof makes his case.
I did not need much convincing.

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Opinion

As Statues Fall, the Specter of the Noose Rises

In Mississippi, the historic epicenter of racist terror, a legislator says those who bring down Confederate memorials should be “lynched.”

I have no wish to refight the civil war.
The South lost. 
Their policies must end everywhere.

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Style

Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story

Gabe Fleisher is the 15-year-old high school freshman behind the popular and surprisingly sophisticated Wake Up to Politics newsletter.

At 7:30 Gabe Fleisher is finishing his daily newsletter, Wake Up to Politics.

Read him if you wish.

http://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/

http://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/upfidsidsor

I am not he.   I am happy to sleep a few more hours.


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N.Y. / Region

Half of U.S. Babies With Zika-Related Defects Were Born in New York

New data from the health department reveals that 32 infants were born in the city to 402 women infected with the virus, all in travel-related cases.

New York has a large population that travels to the tropics.

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Opinion

Consider President Pence

Everyone seems to be dreaming of replacing a flamboyantly unqualified man with a quietly unqualified one.

On the whole I would rather not.

"Agnew first."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew#Criminal_investigation_and_resignation

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Opinion

Journalism in the Age of the Body Slam

Had the reporter in Montana been attacked by a Democrat rather than a Republican, he would have been hailed as a victim of liberal rage.

"Yet in the aftermath of the assault on Ben Jacobs, a reporter for The Guardian, by Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for a special House election in Montana, too many conservatives are either doubting the event occurred, despite audio evidence and witness testimony by a Fox News crew, or praising Mr. Gianforte for giving the press what it deserves."

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U.S.

Roger Boesche, Professor Who Stirred Obama’s Interest in Politics, Dies at 69

Asked in 2010 to name his favorite college course, President Barack Obama replied, “I had a wonderful political science class. I still remember the name of the professor, Roger Boesche.”

I was profoundly bored by my political science class.
I felt cheated.

Politics is a civic duty.

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