Saturday, June 3, 2017

@10:15, 6/2/17

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Times Insider

Inside ‘The Daily’ With Michael Barbaro

The New York Times reporter turned podcast host talks about “The Daily” and the thinking behind The Times’s new daily podcast. Susan Lehman is host.

The virtual Times is enormous.
There is a place for the drama of the news in it.

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U.S.

Democrats’ Bid to Regain Hold on House Begins in California

Energy is high, at least for the moment, as the health care debate and problems for the Trump administration give the party fresh hope.

The Democrats know what they need to do.
They are getting organized to win.

3
Sports

Police Found Tiger Woods Asleep at the Wheel

According to a Jupiter, Fla., police report, Woods was not under the influence of alcohol, but failed a field sobriety test. Woods said he was on several medications, including Vicodin.

Tiger Woods needs a keeper.

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N.Y. / Region

Eavesdropping and Unsatisfied

A bus rider wants a tale to conclude before her stop arrives.

There was a beginning.
She heard the middle.
Her stop was her end.

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N.Y. / Region

Getting Used to New Surroundings

Two women learn a bit about each other.

Yes

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U.S.

Cleveland Police Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Is Fired

Officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot the 12-year-old in 2014, setting off national outrage, was fired. His partner, Frank Garmback, was suspended for ten days.

Cleveland is trying to bury the death.
Tamir Rice will be remembered again and again.

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Opinion

Lies vs. B.S.

Even if Donald Trump’s untruths are not meant to persuade, they are typically intended to distract people from reality.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/30/15631710/trump-bullshit

Bull Shit has real results.

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Well

Food Allergies Found in Less Than 4 Percent of Americans

The most common food allergen groups were shellfish, fruits or vegetables, dairy and peanuts, in that order.

Allergies can be an exercise of power
They are fashionable.
They can be life threatening.
I take others claims seriously.

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Style

Pardon My Sweat, and Pass the Borscht

At the Mermaid Spa, a luxurious bathhouse in Coney Island, a sybaritic immersion in scorching heat and Russian cuisine.

They had a good sweat at the baths.

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Times Insider

Again a Train Delay? We Feel Your Pain!

The Metro editor talks about his desk’s all-out reporting push on the problems with New York’s transit system and explains why this is a global story.

Some of the staff at the Times is beginning to understand the subways.



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U.S.

No, ‘Covfefe’ Was Not Trump Speaking Arabic

A false translation of the president’s garbled tweet has spread on social media. He was not sending a message to the world in Arabic.

Click bait.

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Technology

Daily Report: Twitter Makes the News a Little Dumber

The service is clubby and filled with bots that can spread false information. It elevates the silly over the serious. What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/technology/how-twitter-is-being-gamed-to-feed-misinformation.html

Indeed, "why believe anything?"

3
Opinion

The Bears Ears Monument

The National Trust for Historic Preservation writes that at issue is whether this special place will be adequately protected.

Yes.
Put rangers at The Bear's Ears.

4
Well

How to Be Mindful Holding a Baby

Remember that whatever state of being that your baby is in at any particular moment, it is not a permanent condition.

No instruction is needed.

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Opinion

Donald Trump’s Twitter Comedy

The president’s Twitter presence bears an uncanny resemblance to certain strains of absurdist Twitter humor.

Enough.

6
Food

Sauces to Start a Moroccan Tagine Dinner

The latest jarred sauces from Casablanca Foods give cooks a head start making a dinner inspired by a North African favorite.

OK

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N.Y. / Region

Amtrak Riders to Share in Penn Station’s ‘Summer of Hell’

Newly announced temporary changes while the Manhattan terminal undergoes repairs include canceling three daily Washington-New York trains in each direction.

Maintenance is required.

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World

Constantine Mitsotakis, Former Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 98

Mr. Mitsotakis, a conservative, was credited with starting unpopular free-market policies and with improving relations with Turkey.

People do.

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N.Y. / Region

Getting Used to New Surroundings

Two women learn a bit about each other.

There is no avoiding gays.

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Opinion

We’re Forward-Looking. Or Are We?

Readers say we’re not because we don’t seem to take certain threats seriously.

People live about a week without water and about a month without food.
Immediate needs get our attention.


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