Saturday, July 1, 2017

@10:00, 7/1/17

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1
Fashion & Style

A Wearable Vibrator for Couples

Eva, an egg-shape vibrator for couples, taps into a pro-feminist market.

Minds know their pleasures.
Communicate or do yourself.
Two is better.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

2
Opinion

President Trump, Melting Under Criticism

Unlike his predecessors, this president can’t seem to take the heat.

Six months late.

3
Books

Silk on a Stick

Aaron Retica talks about Tim Marshall’s “A Flag Worth Dying For,” and Jill Eisenstadt discusses her new novel, “Swell.”

"And to the republic
For which it stands
One nation, indivisible
With liberty and justice for all"

Congress did an edit in 1952.

The Korean war is important.
 
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patriotism
"Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels"
http://www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html
Samuel Johnson must be taken at his words.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/books/review/swell-jill-eisenstadt.html
 
Outrageous is hard.

4

World

Marine Le Pen Is Charged in Inquiry Into Misuse of E.U. Funds

The French far-right leader’s National Front party is accused of wrongly putting staff members on the European Parliament payroll.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_France

She is not my heroine.

5
International Home

Video: Why Saudi Arabia Wants Qatar to Shut Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations have called on Qatar to shut down Al Jazeera, but Saudi disdain for the news network is nothing new.

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

Open Diplomacy.
Qatari Truth is not the Saudi Truth.

6
Theater

What’s New in NYC Theater

Previews, openings and some last-chance picks.

Donald Trump.

7
World

Mihai Tudose, Once Accused of Plagiarism, Is Romania’s New Prime Minister

The confirmation of Mr. Tudose, a former economy minister, disappointed reformers who were expecting a figure of integrity in a nation marred by corruption.

I have no understanding of Romania's democracy.

8
Food

Red, Wet and Bitter … but Not Campari or Aperol

The traditional aperitivos have been joined by a new generation of rivals, including several from America.

Buy U.S.P. ethanol and dilute, color and flavor it to taste.

It will kill in about the same time frame.

9
Arts

‘The Bold Type,’ a Modern Gloss on Sex and the Single Girl

The frothy Freeform mash-up of “Sex in the City,” “Girls” and “Central Park West” aims to depict the millennial viewers the network was built for.

"A gay old time"

10
Watching

The Best TV Shows and Movies New to Netflix, Amazon and More in July

New movies and TV shows are added to streaming platforms each month. Here are the titles we think are most interesting in July.

I have only broadcast television.

I do have a DVD player.
The computers will play the files if I find the the software.
Bit torrent is possible.


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