Thursday, May 4, 2017

@5:30, 5/4/17

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U.S.

Video: Fact Check: What’s Real in Trump’s New Ad

In an example of Mr. Trump’s extraordinarily early return to politicking, the president released a campaign advertisement declaring his first 100 days in office a success. We checked the claims.

Intentions are not accomplishments.

2
Well

Fruit May Have Benefits for Diabetes

A large study has found that eating fresh fruit reduces the risk for developing diabetes, and the risk for its complications.

Fiber helps.

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U.S.

Top Ethics Officer Challenges Trump Over Secret Waivers for Ex-Lobbyists

Walter M. Shaub Jr., the chief of the Office of Government Ethics, is trying to use his limited powers to force the president to broadly honor ethics rules.

Donald Trump has no interest in confessing.

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Opinion

Expand Your World, Go to the Beach in Alabama

My friends in Berkeley never want to head to the South. They’re making a mistake.

I do not speak Southern.
I am not comfortable in my own world.
I am more uncomfortable in others.

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Opinion

Way Too Many Trumps

Out of the blue, the president suddenly showed new sides of himself.

Yes.

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Opinion

The State Department Deserves Better

One of the agencies most responsible for managing the chaos needs to have a stable senior staff.

The State Department is "Out To Lunch".
There is no indication that it will return.

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Times Insider

Something to Smile About in Northern France

Household by household, families in northern France emerged into the daylight of liberation after three years of German occupation.

American troops landed in Europe in April, 1917.
Nobody liked the event but the American working class. 

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U.S.

House Approves Spending Deal, Clearing a Hurdle to Avoid a Shutdown

The bipartisan agreement is expected to earn final passage with a Senate vote later this week.

This is a Trump failure.

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U.S.

Trump Abruptly Ends Interview After Wiretap Question

President Trump terminated an otherwise genial interview with the host of “Face the Nation” on CBS, saying he was entitled to “my opinions.“

Trump does not willingly learn.
He never has learned much.

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World

The Rescuer Expected to Find Two Bodies. Then One of Them Spoke.

Two Taiwanese trekkers spent 47 days stranded in a cave in the mountains of Nepal. Remarkably, one survived after losing nearly half his body weight.

Wilderness kills people.
I like it.
I visit for short periods in warm weather.
I have not gone this year.

The area is Buddhist.
There is a dept owed.
Most of it cannot be satisfied with cash.

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