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

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https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2018/09/oil-rigs-treading-water.html

"The breakeven oil price to add horizontal oil rigs came in at $72 WTI this week. This is a good bit higher than the current WTI price around $69."

I am nervous.  I will continue packing.

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https://www.nytimes.com/recommendations

"Most popular"is occupying the location.

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Business Day

The Next Financial Calamity Is Coming. Here’s What to Watch.

By MATT PHILLIPS and KARL RUSSELL | Sep 12th 2018

Fast-growing pockets of debt could be a source of trouble.

UNITED STATES ECONOMY; BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; MORTGAGES

I tend to agree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System#Monetary_policy

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World

How a Ukrainian Hairdresser Became a Front for Paul Manafort

By ANDREW E. KRAMER | Sep 15th 2018

To evade taxes, many shell companies are headed by “nominee directors” who can be homeless people or even victims of identity theft.

RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN 2016 US ELECTIONS AND TIES TO TRUMP ASSOCIATES; CORPORATE TAXES; CORPORATIONS

Manafort may be holding out on the prosecutors.
He will have to prove his newfound honesty

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U.S.

Mapping Florence’s Impact: Rainfall, Wind, and Power Failures

By SARAH ALMUKHTAR, MATTHEW BLOCH, AUDREY CARLSEN, K.K. REBECCA LAI, JASMINE C. LEE, REBECCA LIEBERMAN, ASH NGU and ADAM PEARCE | Sep 13th 2018

Animated maps and satellite images showing the effects of the storm.

HURRICANE FLORENCE (2018)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/us/hurricane-florence-path.html

Just wet.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/reader-center/how-to-help-typhoon-victims.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/world/asia/typhoon-mangkhut-china-philippines-hong-kong.html

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Opinion

Julia Salazar, the Left’s Post-Truth Politician

By BARI WEISS | Sep 14th 2018

The democratic socialist lied. And lied. And lied. Then she won handily in Brooklyn.

POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

She won her primary.

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World

Wreaking Havoc, Deadly Storm Cuts Through the Philippines

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Sep 14th 2018

By Sunday morning, at least 25 deaths from Typhoon Mangkhut had been reported. But Philippine officials were still assessing the damage.

TYPHOONS

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/13/world/asia/typhoon-mangkhut-track.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/philippines-typhoon.html

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U.S.

A Dallas Police Officer Shot Her Neighbor, and a City Is Full of Questions

By MANNY FERNANDEZ and MARINA TRAHAN MARTINEZ | Sep 14th 2018

The shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer who entered his apartment has polarized Dallas and inflamed racial tensions.

POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS; MURDERS, ATTEMPTED MURDERS AND HOMICIDES

I will hear much more.

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Style

The Abortion I Almost Forgot

By MARISA MELTZER | Sep 13th 2018

When I found out I was pregnant at age 24, there was no decision to make. But even if it felt inconsequential at the time, I don’t take for granted that I had a choice.

PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH; ABORTION

I like her attitude.

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Opinion

Trump Finally Makes a Friend

By MAUREEN DOWD | Sep 15th 2018

The president may be shunned nearly everywhere but at the bottom of the world he has finally found a loyal mate.

REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS

Maureen Dowd has pleased me again.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/us/politics/michigan-democrats-labor-unions-trump.html

The first thing Democrats must do is win.
Thinking about how to stop the rot can be done in office.
The present situation is the result of a century of effort by the GOP.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-sexual-assault.html

First, the Democrats must win.

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