Sunday, December 9, 2018

@8:45, 12/5/12 No internet Tuesday night

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Return today,  evening.

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World

‘Yellow Vests’ Riot in Paris, but Their Anger Is Rooted Deep in France

With little organization, fueled by frustration, the protests have moved from poor rural regions to the banks of the Seine, the scene of riots this weekend.

The flavor is new.
It is not 1968 or 1934.
These are the children of revolution.

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U.S.

Despite Big House Losses, G.O.P. Shows No Signs of Course Correction

A Republican Party that stayed true to President Trump is constrained from grappling with the damage he inflicted with moderate voters and women.

The Republicans are not out of their bubble.
Trump is in a world of his own.

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World

Macron Returns to Turmoil, as France Weighs State of Emergency

After a summit meeting in Argentina, President Emmanuel Macron surveyed the destruction left after the “Yellow Vest” protests.

The scabs have been peeled.

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Travel

An Ancient Corner of Italy Finds the World on Its Doorstep

The southern region of Basilicata, its people poor and its food and history rich, has been named Europe’s Capital of Culture for 2019.

Not this year.

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Magazine

48 of the Coolest Kids in New York

We sent a photographer to look for the most fashionable kids in the city. She began on the first day of school and shot for two months. Here are the standouts.

The consensus on fashion has broken.

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Opinion

What Happens If ...

The possibilities ahead in the Russia investigation suggest we are not reaching the end of a nightmare, but rather entering one.

Trump will not be removed from office by impeachment.

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Smarter Living

What I Learned From Tracking My Spending for a Month

Everyone knows to watch their spending: A mistake can mean the difference between making or bouncing the rent check. I tracked my spending meticulously for a month. Here’s what I learned.

If it takes writing impulses down to get one to think, do it.

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Opinion

The Patrician President and the Reporterette: A Screwball Story

My faithful correspondent, Poppy Bush, scribbling and typing notes through decades of history.

Bush 41 knew what he was doing.

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U.S.

They Were Stopped at the Texas Border. Their Nightmare Had Only Just Begun.

After crossing the Rio Grande, three immigrant women were picked up by a Border Patrol agent in 2014. Their relief soon turned to terror.

Plausible deny-ability. 

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Arts

In a Texas Art Mecca, Humble Adobe Now Carries a High Cost

In Marfa, Tex., officials have raised taxes on adobe homes, pinching upscale homeowners as well as lower-income families who have lived there for decades.
Movies

‘Happy as Lazzaro’ Review: This Modern Fairy Tale Is an Instant Classic

A man’s journey from the feudal countryside to the modern city has the urgency of a news bulletin. A.O. Scott calls it one of the year’s best films.
Opinion

Robert Mueller Is No Match for Fox News

The evidence from the special counsel’s investigation is already damning, but it must contend with a haze of lies, confusion and “alternative facts.”
U.S.

Stung by Election Losses, Republicans in the States Seek a Way to Neutralize Democrats

Democrats in Wisconsin say Republican proposals for slashing the incoming governor’s authority are a blatant power grab after voters ousted the sitting Republican.
Style

There Will Be Blood-Red Trees

First Lady Melania Trump has defended this year’s White House stark tidings.
Style

The Annals of Flannel

Told that the cozy shirting fabric could no longer be made in America, one man began a yearlong quest.
Opinion

Europe’s Jew Hatred, and Ours

A new CNN poll reveals that one in four Europeans are anti-Semitic.
Business

U.S.-China Trade Truce Gives Both Sides Political Breathing Room

But the compromise reached by President Trump and President Xi Jinping offers few promises of policy changes, and it sets a tight deadline of March 1.

Not a solution.  Only an armistice.
Business

The $0.006 Object in Your Sushi Container Is Doing an Important Job

It separates flavors and comes from a centuries-old Japanese tradition.
Business

Global Growth Cools, Leaving Scars of ’08 Unhealed

Less than a year ago, every major economy was expanding at once. Now, the slowdown holds the potential to intensify the sense of grievance roiling many societies.
World

In Yemen, Lavish Meals for Few, Starvation for Many and a Dilemma for Reporters

In embattled Yemen, the contrasts are stark as desperate beggars congregate outside markets filled with goods for anyone who can afford them. Should a journalist put down his notebook and help?

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