Sunday, May 27, 2018

@17:00, 5/27/18

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U.S.

‘OMG This Is Wrong!’ Retired English Teacher Corrects a White House Letter and Sends It Back

A former high school teacher who wrote to Mr. Trump was unhappy with the letter she got in return. “Poor writing is not something I abide,” she said.

Trump's secretary is incompetent.
That is not important to him.
The nation should be insulted.

2
Sports

Mets Surrender Season Highs in Runs and Hits in Blowout Loss to Brewers

Mets Manager Mickey Callaway said everybody has bad games, but Saturday was an example of several players having “bad games at the same time.”

https://nytimes.stats.com/mlb/standings.asp

Boston leads by three games.

3
Arts

MoMA Sees a Problem in a Cafe’s Name. The Cafe Sees None.

The cafe MoMaCha filed a response to the Museum of Modern Art’s lawsuit, indicating that it had no plans to abandon its name.

Silly games lawyers play.

MOMACHA will not win.

4
Obituaries

Herman D. Farrell Jr., a Fixture of New York Politics, Dies at 86

A longtime Democratic assemblyman, Mr. Farrell was a trusted, gentlemanly party leader in New York and once ran for mayor.

"All politics is local."
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill

5
Fashion & Style

Jordan Newman, Dustin Blank

The couple met in 2012 at a masked gala for the Center, a community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in New York.

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

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Books

5 Novels Selected To Vie as Best of the Booker Prize Winners

The authors up for the one-time award include Hilary Mantel, V.S. Naipaul and Michael Ondaatje.

"Wolf Hall" is the only one I know.
I saw the BBC production.

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New York

She Found Comfort in a Brooklyn Diner, Then Lost Everything

A lonesome widow saw a new daughter in her favorite waitress. “At first, she brought a lot of joy into my life,” she said. That would not last.

I do not believe I am being financially abused as yet.

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Technology

F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware

Hundreds of thousands of home and office routers have been infected by the malware, which was created by the same group that hacked the Democratic National Committee.

My router is rebooted.
I do not do business over the internet.
My signal system should be active again.

9
Theater

Review: More than the Couples Are Odd in ‘The Hollower’

Liza Birkenmeier’s play is an alienating exercise in extreme absurdism.

Date noted.

10
Opinion

The Cost of Emergency Room Care

Readers discuss “another insult to the American health care consumer.”

If it is an emergency it is unexpected.

Single payer makes good sense.
Health care is an entitlement.
Elective surgery is not usually an entitlement.

Trying to ration medical care is a bad idea.
Triage is necessary.
Some things need attention now.  Some things can wait.
Some things get paliative care. 

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