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Opinion
No One Cares About Russia in the World Breitbart Made
If you’re not a Republican, watching Republicans react to the news can feel a bit like witnessing a mass hallucination.I have noticed.
"As
American politics has become more polarized and tribal, it’s gotten
harder to shake voters from their partisan loyalties. At least so far,
the news that Donald Trump Jr. was prepared to accept Russian help to
subvert a United States election doesn’t appear to have changed this
state of affairs. If you’re not a Republican, watching Republicans react
to the news can feel a bit like witnessing a mass hallucination. Even
more so when some emissary from the alternate Republican universe like
Kellyanne Conway teleports onto CNN or another mainstream outlet to
state her case.
There’s
no guarantee that this will endure. Even on Fox News, there are
scattered signs that the latest Russia developments may finally be
breaking through — at least to a few folks. “This was a bungled
collusion,” the Fox pundit Charles Krauthammer said the other night,
noting that he had previously been sympathetic to the White House line.
“It undoes the White House story completely.”
But
of course the conservative ranks have always included principled
NeverTrumpers, whose resistance to the Republican drift has been mostly
ignored by the rank and file. Don Jr.’s travails will be a good test of
the resiliency of the new Republican worldview. If special counsel
Robert Mueller finds evidence of Russian collusion, it will be followed
by a bigger test measuring just what it takes to snap out of a mass
hallucination."2
Books
Imagining the Love Between a Master Hacker and a Fed
The veteran romance writer Julie Garwood turns to computer crime in her latest novel, “Wired,” new on the hardcover fiction list at No. 7.Wired is a story and should be enjoyed as a story.
Some things can probably learned from it about computer privacy. Real study works better.
I have neither read Wired or studied privacy. I look things up and listen to people who want to be private.
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Well
‘To the Bone’ Opens Frank Dialogue on Eating Disorders: ‘They Steal Your Voice’
Some experts said that people who have had eating disorders should consider the state of their health before watching the film.When I get depressed I lose my apatite. After a day or so of fasting I lose most of the feeling of hunger. My depression grows and the fast deepens.
So far I have pulled out of the descending spiral.
I do not want to go there again.
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Crosswords & Games
Variety: Puns and Anagrams
Joel Fagliano gets us mixed up.My head hurts.
I can go there but other's pain bothers me.
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U.S.
How Trump’s ‘Miss Universe’ in Russia Became Ensnared in a Political Inquiry
The meeting between President Trump's son and a Russian lawyer last year was set up by an acquaintance from Mr. Trump's ownership of the Miss Universe pageant.It is enough for me that it is known.
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Food
Easy Enchiladas!
Here’s a shortcut you may not have considered: Instead of rolling up your enchiladas, lay the whole thing out flat like a lasagna.Not a problem.
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Opinion
Donald Trump Jr. Makes the Russian Connection
It’s all there in his emails.I want them to be guilty.
I will watch the train wreck.
I might applaud.
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Food
Finding Comfort in Scalloped Corn
This homey, bubbling, creamy casserole topped with toasted, buttery cracker crumbs is an alternative to corn on the cob.I will look for local corn on the cob in August until frost.
Scalloped corn would do in other seasons.
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Opinion
Table Russia, Focus on Health Care
Time for an update on the Senate’s health bill, and it’s not an encouraging one.https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/ted-cruzs-giant-leap-into-the-known/?smid=tw-share
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Crosswords & Games
If the Spirit Moves You
Andrea Carla Michaels and Pete Muller buy the first round.I lack the background.
I could make a spirited defense.
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