Thursday, June 28, 2018

4:53, 6/28/18

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1
Opinion

Dare You to Eat This

A nutritionist laments the menu choices in fast food chains.

The object of "fast food"is the operation's bottom line.

The health of the patrons is not a concern of management.

2
U.S.

‘Leave My Husband Alone’: Elaine Chao Confronts Immigration Protesters

The transportation secretary defended her husband, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, when protesters confronted them over the separation of immigrant families.

Loving Elaine Chao does not excuse Mitch McConnell.
His actions are evil.

3
Style

How to Be a Poolside Pinup

And, rainbow jewelry as a cure for minimalist fatigue, Louis Vuitton’s nod to the ’80s, and more.

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

4
Well

Walk Briskly for Your Health. About 100 Steps a Minute.


The dogs don't like the pace.

5
Arts

After #MeToo, the Ripple Effect

As the harassment conversation shifts to “what’s next?”, small networks of women are helping to lay the groundwork for legal and institutional change.

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

I can live with that.

6
New York

A Detective Lied to the Grand Jury. Now She’s Going to Jail.

A former detective was sentenced to 60 days in jail for lying, in a case that shined light on the perjury problem in the New York Police Department.

Ok

7
Books

Going for Broke, the Middle Class Goes Broke

“Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America,” by Alissa Quart, is a timely book about the increasing number of people who feel profound economic vulnerability.

Eventually the children who survive are independent.

Fiduciary responsibility has destroyed the social contract.

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

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

Alissa Quart is correct.

8
Movies

It’s June. Here’s the Trailer for Your First Oscar 2019 Contender.

Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell star as an addicted son and his father in “Beautiful Boy,” adapted from the real-life story of Nic and David Sheff.

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

9
Magazine

The Patient Had Pain When He Walked, but There Was a More Telling Change

The patient had conventional symptoms — diabetes, high blood pressure, being overweight — but the disease was anything but conventional.

Get a diagnosis.

10
Arts

Kanye West: You Asked, We Answered

Was “Ye” rushed, and does it matter? How do women fit into Kanye’s world? Are conversations about politics with him fruitless? A conversation, on Popcast.

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

An audience has found him.

There is other music and thought.


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