Friday, January 18, 2019

@10:50, 1/17/18

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Racists to the Right, Anti-Semites to the Left

In a populist age, can party establishments sideline bigots?

Ross Douthat, the puritan, finds he needs to be liberal.

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Obituaries

John C. Bogle, Founder of Financial Giant Vanguard, Is Dead at 

Beginning in 1974, Mr. Bogle built Vanguard Group into one of the world’s largest mutual fund companies, attracting investors in droves.

"Vanguard is structured as a mutual company; it is owned by funds managed by the company, and is therefore owned by its customers."
It may be able to maintain its practice.
If you indulge, read your mail carefully.
TIAA caught me with a organizational change.

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Opinion

The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class

With Brexit, the chumocrats who drew borders from India to Ireland are getting a taste of their own medicine.

One's gods are expected to do better.

Britains  are only human and tribal.

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Arts

Trump’s ‘Hamberders’ Tweet Becomes Fodder for Late-Night Laughs

“Normally I would wonder if you didn’t know how to spell it or if you just made a typo,” Seth Meyers said. “But this one is so bad, I think it’s both.”

Individual #1  does not try.

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Style

The Gay Penguins of Australia

Two male penguins are raising a baby whose gender is unknown.

They do good work.

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U.S.

Why Don’t Unpaid Federal Workers Walk Off the Job?

Federal law prohibits strikes, public servants care about their work and other reasons airports and prisons aren’t in chaos, despite a protracted federal shutdown.

A shrunken federal government is a republican goal.

The workers know their work is important.

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Business

Best Credit Card for Travelers? Probably Not One From an Airline

Airline cards offer free checked bags and priority boarding. But general-use cards with travel perks are often a better choice, an analysis found

Unsupported credit is not a good thing.

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Fashion

New York’s Lost Department Stores

Whether or not you shopped there, you should be sorry to see Henri Bendel and Lord & Taylor’s flagship go.

Capital is important to retail.

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U.S.

Democrats Fall Short in Effort to Rebuke Administration on Russia Sanctions

A measure that would have forced President Trump to leave sanctions in place on a Russian oligarch’s companies fell three votes short in the Senate.

The Democrats do not control the senate or the presidency.

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Business

Government Shutdown Squeezes Contractors as Checks Stop and Invoices Stall

Unlike federal workers, contractors do not expect to be reimbursed for unpaid wages once President Trump and Congress agree to reopen the government.

Yes.

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Opinion

Why We Struggle to Say ‘I Love You’

For many Asian-Americans, the phrase belongs to the wonderful world of white people we see in the movies and on television.

Do what works.

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Obituaries

Verna Bloom, 80, Amorous Dean’s Wife in ‘Animal House,’ Dies

She was best known for wildly different roles, in a frat house comedy and in the 1960s drama “Medium Cool.” She was also in films by Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese.

I would associate with nothing less.
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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Theater

Lin-Manuel Miranda Brings ‘Hamilton’ to a Troubled but Appreciative Puerto Rico

The show’s creator hopes its 17-day run in San Juan will call attention to the struggling island’s needs as well as its riches.

The mechanism is not clear but do what works even a little.

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Opinion

Republicans, Racism and Steve King

So now the party abhors bigotry? How convenient.

"So they’re taking on King instead of taking on Trump. It’s safer. That’s what this is really about: the sacrifice of one wretched bigot to atone for the indulgence of another; an opportunity for moral preening after so much moral surrender. This has less to do with courage than with convenience."

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Business

Why Trump’s Unusual Leadership Style Isn’t Working in the White House

President Trump is churning through senior staff, a sign that his unconventional management style doesn’t translate into effective governance.

Another master of disaster.

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Sports

For Katelyn Ohashi, Viral Gymnastics Joy Was No Act

“What you see is how I feel,” Ohashi said of her effervescent floor routine over the weekend, which has garnered millions of views on YouTube.

Yes.

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Style

The New Mom Uniform of Park Slope

It involves clompy ol’ clogs and a mysterious strap.

It is a uniform.

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Travel

Stocking Up at an Airline’s Garage Sale

It may be hard to imagine liking an airline enough to buy its old silverware and service carts, but at a monthly sale, lovers of Delta Air Lines snap up decommissioned items.

Designers work hard.

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World

Saudi Woman Who Fled Family Granted Asylum in Canada

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, 18, had rallied support from a Bangkok hotel room to avoid being deported, saying she feared that her relatives might kill her.

Her fear is well founded.

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New York

The Latest Smear Against Ocasio-Cortez: A Fake Nude Photo

A right-wing news site posted a photo that had been described as a selfie of the New York congresswoman. But that rumor had already been debunked.

It is an abuse of Photoshop.


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