Sunday, February 25, 2018

@13:16, 2/24/18

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1
Style

Thank You for Asking

Young people are radically changing how we think about violence, consent and gender. Antioch College is where much of the conversation started.

I wish them success.
Antioch is making fair progress.

2
Opinion

Trump Not a Racist? Bah!

A reader, stunned by a Trump supporter’s claim that the president is not racist, offers a few examples to argue otherwise.

Donald Trump is a racist.

3
U.S.

Why Your Pharmacist Can’t Tell You That $20 Prescription Could Cost Only $8

States are moving to block “gag clauses” that prohibit pharmacists from telling customers that they could save money by paying cash for prescription drugs rather than using their health insurance.

The managers like their payments.

4
Watching

12 Great Titles Expiring From Netflix in March

Every month, as various licenses expire, streaming services lose movies and TV series from their catalogs. Catch these before they leave Netflix.

The recordings are not gone.

5
Style

Actress Heather Graham Turns From #MeToo to Toil and Trouble

In her directorial debut, “Half Magic,” women fight misogyny in Hollywood with witchcraft.

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

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

I usually believe none of it.

Heather Graham makes good use of it.

6
Real Estate

A Snoring Neighbor Causes Sleepless Nights

What can be done about the snoring noises that can be heard from another apartment?

Sound canceling headphones are a thought.
A poke in the ribs is another.

There is nothing to be done about the snoring.

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Admin

Our 15 Most Popular Breakfast Recipes

Mop up your eggs with all-purpose biscuits, make homemade yogurt, and more ideas for morning cooking.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018663-cast-iron-sourdough-pancakes

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013741-all-purpose-biscuits

8
World

If Trump Rips Up Nafta, Canada May Shrug, Not Shudder

Because of changes to the global trading system, an end to the agreement is unlikely to be devastating for Canada, and could even have positive effects.

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

"The factories are not coming back" to Canada or to the U.S.

9
Sports

Video: Her Olympic Goal: Find Her Birth Parents

Meehyun Lee was born in South Korea and adopted by a family in Pennsylvania when she was just 1. She returned to compete for South Korea in the Olympics, hoping her birth parents might be watching.

She may have been successful in her search.
I would like a report in a few years.

10
Opinion

Men, Women and Talking About Pornography

Readers respond to a column by Ross Douthat that urged restrictions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/lets-ban-porn.html

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bjye8a/reddit-fake-porn-app-daisy-ridley

Ross Douthat has an addiction to fantasy.
The kids at Antioch College are dealing with their world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/24/style/antioch-college-sexual-offense-prevention-policy.html

If there are ways forward from the present cultural predicament
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predicament
they are not to be found in revealed truth.



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