Friday, July 21, 2017

@9:45, 7/19/17

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U.S.

Was That Racist?

Three Times journalists reflect on recent personal experiences in which they perceived that their race played the defining role.

I am, willingly or not, a student of aesthetics.
The problem seems to be one of social aesthetics.
I cannot suggest an adjustment to correct the problem of
trained perception.
I have to struggle against it in myself.


Magazine

Why Couldn’t This Man Stop Hiccupping?

It started as a normal bout, but no remedy cured them. What was causing these relentless spasms?

A brain tumor was the cause

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Opinion

A Scary New Senate Health Care Bill

You have to hand it to McConnell & Co. They found a way to make a horrible bill truly hideous.

The Republican leadership is trying again.
There is no visible change.

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Opinion

If Dr. Trump Were Your Surgeon ...

Imagine Republican leaders were in charge of your medical care.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkmRPqqn9cY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3tQUtDfgd8&list=PLOhhrxpnIVS5RU0CDvBUdKEfplM9MpQkZ&index=2

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Magazine

From the King

Selected by Terrance Hayes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Crispin%27s_Day_Speech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9fa3HFR02E

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Sports

Something Strange in Usain Bolt’s Stride

Bolt is the fastest sprinter ever in spite of — or because of? — an uneven stride that upends conventional wisdom.

His right leg is stronger than his left.
He uses that strength

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U.S.

The 3 Republican Women Who Doomed a Senate Repeal of the Health Law

Senators Shelley Moore Capito, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins shared objections to Medicaid cuts, but also had concerns specific to their states.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/politics/affordable-care-act-repeal-congressional-budget-office-estimate.html

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Times Insider

Meet My Dog, Barnaby, Aspiring Instagram ‘Pup-fluencer’

Since our Pet City columnist’s basset-beagle mix is elderly, cranky and willfully incontinent, the theme would be uncompromising realism.

I will live with your dog.

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Opinion

Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy

There is a profound but predictable obstacle blocking Trump’s legislative agenda: His own incompetence.

Meat puppet.

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Well

What Should Parents Make of the ‘Summer Bucket List 2017’?


Parents get teased.  

Think of it as a power play.

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Opinion

If Dr. Trump Were Your Surgeon ...


Run away.

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Opinion

Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy


He can read words off the teleprompter.

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Magazine

Why Couldn’t This Man Stop Hiccupping?


A brain stem tumor.

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Well

What Should Parents Make of the ‘Summer Bucket List 2017’?


Pay attention.

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U.S.

Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Trump

President Trump discussed a range of issues, including the Russia investigation, with three New York Times reporters in the Oval Office.

The investigators will tell us.

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Well

The Toll of Exercise on the Heart (and Why You May Not Need to Worry)

 
There will be conclusions.

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Smarter Living

How to Survive a Lavish Wedding

One of the main ways to survive a lavish wedding is to let any embarrassing moments slide off you like good caviar.

Any officiating you can get.

I will send postcards to surviving relatives.


My sister keeps a list.

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Fashion & Style

Bridget Everett’s Luxuries: Beautifully Packaged Dry Shampoo and Raw Dog Food

The comedian, actress and musician gets proactive about her skin care.

As you wish.

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Arts

Watching ‘Fox & Friends,’ Trump Sees a Two-Way Mirror

Sometimes the president’s tweets program his go-to cable morning show. And sometimes the show programs him.

The reporters at the Times watch the podcast.

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Arts

Colbert Says G.O.P.’s ‘Nothing Burger’ Is a ‘Quarter Pounder With Sleaze’

Late-night hosts resorted to different comparisons to explain how much they were irked by President Trump’s undisclosed meeting with Vladimir Putin.

Yes.


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