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Opinion
The Two-Emperor Problem
What Trump v. John Roberts reveals about the Republic."Government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the earth"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address
I am a liberal progressive. I am not spiritual.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spiritual
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Douthat
One can be smart and without wisdom.
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World
Honduran President’s Brother, Arrested in Miami, Is Charged With Drug Trafficking
Juan Antonio Hernández, the brother of the Honduran president, was described as a “large-scale drug trafficker” with ties to organized crime and cocaine deliveries to the United States.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration
U.S. law reaches only to the borders except by extradition.
I do not know what Juan Antonio Hernández is guilty of in the U.S.
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Crosswords & Games
Parting Words
Erik Agard bids us adieu.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3KBuQHHKx0
Sooner is better. As soon as you can is best.
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Business
Trump Seeks Saudi Certainty and Creates Anything But
President Trump’s forceful support of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince may have backfired by prompting members of Congress to promise investigations of their own.The head of the C.I.A. Gina Haspel, has been ordered by Trump not to report on Khashoggi to the congress.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/27/jamal-khashoggi-murder-senate-briefing-saudi-arabia-gina-haspel-white-house
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U.S.
Trump, in Mississippi, Seeks to Shore Up Senate Candidate Engulfed in Controversy
The president offered an unabashed endorsement of Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is under fire over comments that seemed to embrace the state’s racist history.We will know more when the polls close.
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New York
How El Chapo Became a Kingpin, According to a Witness
The Sinaloa drug cartel is usually known as an international conglomerate, but under Joaquín Guzmán Loera it began as a kind of scrappy narcotics start-up.The trial continues.
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Business
United Technologies to Split Into 3 Companies, Each With a Sharper Focus
Jet engines and air-conditioners require different strategies, and the breakup will allow the companies to concentrate on distinct lines of business."One of the entities will be called United Technologies, with a focus on aerospace, wrapping up the company’s Collins Aerospace Systems and Pratt & Whitney units. Another will be Otis, manufacturing elevators and escalators, and the third will be Carrier, making heating and cooling equipment among other products."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_Aerospace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier_Corporation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Elevator_Company
The Chinese are probably eating their lunches with the exception of Pratt & Whitney.
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World
Facing Attack, George Soros’s Foundation Will Shut Down in Turkey
Open Society Foundations plans to close its office in Istanbul. It claims that the Turkish government has falsely accused it of playing a role in uprisings.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is another monster.
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World
Pain and Sense of Betrayal as Canada G.M. Factory Closes After a Century
“Just as you’re getting older to know that you don’t have a job, it’s really heart wrenching,” said a worker at the vast complex in Oshawa, Ontario, where families worked for G.M. for generations."If you don't own it; you don't control it."
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Sports
N.F.L. Is Full of Quarterbacks Who Are Off the Mark, or Even Off the Street
As injuries mount, teams are turning to passers with thin résumés. The results have not been pretty.https://www.nytimes.com/section/sports/ncaabasketball
http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/scoreboard.asp
http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/standings.asp?conf=182&clientdir=
http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129
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Opinion
Russia Attacks Ukrainian Ships and International Law
A provocation that could tighten Russia’s illegal hold on Crimea.Yes
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New York
One Killed and Six Injured as Car Slams Into Pedestrians in Manhattan
A minivan mounted a curb in Chinatown, striking several people.Just noise.
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Health
Only Romaine From Central and Northern California Is Unsafe, F.D.A. Says
Federal health officials believe it’s safe to eat the lettuce if it’s grown in greenhouses or other regions — and is labeled as such.I am not sick.
Romain is off my list.
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Opinion
Maybe They’re Just Bad People
Not all Trump support is ideological.Definitely not wrong.
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U.S.
Trump Moves to Lower Medicare Drug Costs by Relaxing Some Patient Protections
The Trump administration has proposed reducing the number of prescription drugs that must be made available to people with cancer, AIDS, depression, schizophrenia and certain other conditions.There is no reason for retail prices to go down because costs go down for the makers.
No.
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Theater
Review: Exploring Addiction in ‘Chasing the New White Whale’
The playwright Mike Gorman tries to equate Melville’s “Moby-Dick” with the opioid crisis. The ambition is there, but the play falls short.Ok
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New York
Twin Brothers Plead Guilty to Bronx Bomb-Making Plot
A former charter school teacher and his twin brother admitted in federal court that they stockpiled 32 pounds of explosives in their apartment.Stupid.
A business plan was missing.
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Science
Divide and Preserve: Reclassifying Tigers to Help Save Them From Extinction
Are there many subspecies of tiger, or only two? A correct accounting is the only way to preserve what is left of the animal’s genetic diversity, some scientists say.We have no tigers to spare. Save them if possible.
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Obituaries
Meena Alexander, Poet Who Wrote of Dislocation, Dies at 67
Born in India and later a resident of Africa, Europe and the United States, she explored themes of feminism, post-colonialism and the search for identity.I will need to be shown.
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U.S.
Amy Klobuchar Is ‘Minnesota Nice.’ But Is That What Democrats Want for 2020?
The Minnesota senator emerged unscathed from the Kavanaugh hearings, then coasted to a third term. Now she is weighing whether her home state appeal can translate nationally.I can't guess.
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