Tuesday, December 18, 2018

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1
New York

HQ Trivia Co-Founder Colin Kroll Dies, Apparently of Drug Overdose, Police Say

Mr. Kroll was found facedown on his bed early Sunday after a concerned woman called 911 and asked the police to check on him in his SoHo apartment.

Accident or suicide; I am sorry to lose a creative mind.

2
World

How McKinsey Has Helped Raise the Stature of Authoritarian Governments


Mercenaries work for money and a captain.

3
Movies

How Peter Jackson Made WWI Footage Seem Astonishingly New


Post production and careful research.

4
U.S.

Ryan Zinke’s Legal Troubles Are Far From Over


His troubles he is taking with him.
He has left our troubles with his agency.

5
U.S.

Twist in Green Beret’s Extraordinary Story: Trump’s Intervention After Murder Charges


Trump spoils everything he contacts.

6
New York

They Grabbed Her Baby and Arrested Her. Now Jazmine Headley Is Speaking Out.


The police were unthinking.

7
U.S.

The Special Counsel Is Fighting a Witness in Court. Who Is It?


I am incurious.

8
Opinion

The Secret to Winning in 2020

It’s the populism, stupid.

Maybe.

9
Well

Is Eating Deli Meats Really That Bad for You?

Even small amounts of processed meat increase the risk of colorectal cancer.

Not bad enough to worry about.

10
U.S.

As the Trumps Dodged Taxes, Their Tenants Paid a Price

A phony business the Trumps created to siphon wealth from their empire drove up the rent for thousands living in their buildings.

Fred was near dead.
"As the twig is bent . . ."

11
Business

Netflix’s Movie Blitz Takes Aim at Hollywood’s Heart

“Roma” is just the start of the company’s film plans. Traditional studios and multiplex chains are wondering if the strategy will cause people to skip theaters.

Television did not end theaters.

12
Business

More Powerful Than a Russian Troll Army: The National Enquirer

Now that the supermarket tabloid has admitted to prosecutors that it did political dirty work for Donald Trump, here’s a look at its unlikely power.

Stop buying scandle.

13
Real Estate

Got Mice? Time for a Working Cat

Feral cats that have been spayed or neutered can be adopted — not to be pets, but to be mousers.

Support owls.

14
Magazine

These Democrats Will Soon Have the Power to Investigate the White House. How Far Will They Go?

In two weeks, congressional Democrats will return to Washington with the authority to investigate a White House that is suspected of foreign collusion, conflicts of interest and mismanagement of the federal government.

They will not go as far as they should.

15
U.S.

Elizabeth Warren, Speaking to Black Graduates, Warns ‘the Rules Are Rigged’

The government “has systematically discriminated against black people in this country,” the senator and likely presidential hopeful warned.

She is correct.  The rules are jiggered.

16
Business

Nashville’s Star Rises as Midsize Cities Break Into Winners and Losers

Nashville and others are thriving thanks to a mix of luck, astute political choices and well-timed investments, while cities like Birmingham, Ala., fall behind.

Yes

17
U.S.

Russian Effort to Influence 2016 Election Targeted African-Americans

Two reports commissioned by the Senate Intelligence Committee take a deeper look at the fake social media accounts used by Russia in the American election.

Again.

18
Opinion

‘His Dirty Deeds’

Michael Cohen said President Trump led him into darkness. The courts brought him into the light.

Three years and three years probation.

19
Opinion

John Kerry: Forget Trump. We All Must Act on Climate Change.

If we fail, it won’t be just the president’s fault.

Many will die.

Fewer if we try.

20
Arts

Pete Davidson of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Is Accounted For After Alarming Instagram Post

The police said he was accounted for at work after he posted a troubling message on Instagram that began: “I really don’t want to be on this earth anymore.”

His drug of choice wore off or he found more.


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