Saturday, December 9, 2017

@10:13, 12/8/17

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U.S.

Al Franken to Resign From Senate Amid Harassment Allegations

The Democratic senator of Minnesota announced his plans to resign, a day after a sixth woman accused him of misconduct and dozens of his colleagues called for him to step down.

Politics is never a simple game.

The stakes are personal and tribal existence.

2
Opinion

Franken Is Leaving and Trump Is Still Here

The #MeToo movement works only with men who can be shamed.

Mechanical support helps.
Elephants are said to never forget.

3
Opinion

The G.O.P. Is Rotting

The party is selling its soul, doing harm to every cause it purports to serve.

yes.

I think that is a good thing.

4
Fashion & Style

Bobby Cannavale, Tough Guy, ‘Can Handle a Pink Couch’

He charms Martin Scorsese and thrills his co-stars, so isn’t it time you recognized that Mr. Cannavale isn’t “the guy you went to high school with”?

A working actor.
"All hat" is enough in many cases.
https://www.google.com/search?q=all+hat+and+no+cattle&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

5
Opinion

Donald Trump, Accidental Buddhist

The strange wisdom of referring to yourself in the third person.

No.
Non-self is not part of Donald Trump.



6
Opinion

What Congress Can Learn from Al Franken

Will other lawmakers who abuse their power be held to the same standard?

A first requirement for public office is a habit of predation.
There is mor to fix than many realize.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predation

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Well

Sifting Through a Life After Suicide

In a documentary, a filmmaker sorts through the items her sister left behind to try to make sense of her life, and her death.

Hope Litoff did not get what she wanted.
She did get what she needed.

Know I love you.

8
Style

Will Y’All Please Stop Yammering About Resilience?

And: an old friend goes Barbie on Instagram, a youth flakes on a college recommendation and a canceled wedding morphs mysteriously into a party.

I notice that floozies are much less the current ideal.

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U.S.

House Republican Trent Franks Resigns Amid Harassment Investigation

Mr. Franks, who said he had asked two female staff members to be a surrogate to bear his child, was the third lawmaker to step down from office this week.

I am not complaining.

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U.S.

3 Killed in New Mexico School Shooting

The New Mexico State Police said no other injuries were reported in the shooting, which took place near the Navajo Nation.

The second amendment must be modified.
Militias are not an effective national defense.

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