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U.S.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Dancing Video Was Meant as a Smear, but It Backfired
Here’s the backstory of a video showing the newly minted lawmaker dancing and twirling barefoot on a rooftop in her college days.yes.
Spring and a video camera.
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New York
The L Train Shutdown Plan Was 3 Years in the Making. It Unraveled in 3 Weeks.
The strategy for coping with the closure of a subway tunnel was upended by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who said he has an alternative that would keep tubes open.Graft, once recognized, collapses quickly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graft_%28politics%29
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Arts
Louis C.K. Mocks Parkland School Shooting Survivors in Recent Set
In the bit, part of a 50-minute set posted on YouTube over the weekend, the comedian joked about the victims of the Florida school shooting.Rupert Murdoch may finally find the limits of his power.
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Arts
The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’
Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, the chief film critics of The New York Times, look back at a year of rage, silliness and sublimity at the movies.The problem is superhero.
The color of the paint makes no difference.
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World
Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager
A spokesman for President Rodgrigo Duterte said later that the remarks were intended as a joke to expose the hypocrisy of the Roman Catholic Church.President Rodrigo Duterte cannot be forgiven by the population.
His dead should haunt him and his supporters.
His penance should last his lifetime and be incomplete.
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Opinion
Boogie Down, Bronx Girl
The fiery class of freshmen dance their way onto the House floor. But will they overstep?"They should focus on the big picture: Trump is doing such an amazing job as a vulgarian and villain, it would be a shame to get in the way."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J04FRsesBQ
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World
‘New Chapter’ in Space Exploration as China Reaches Far Side of the Moon
It was China’s second moon landing, and the first spacecraft to touch down on the side of the moon that always faces away from Earth.China has a big booster.
MIRVed war heads should not be a problem.
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U.S.
Police Searching for Gunman Who Fired Into Car and Killed a 7-Year-Old
Jazmine Barnes, a second grader, was riding in a car with her family in Houston when a gunman in a red pickup truck opened fire, the authorities said.Imagine the situation if the shooting was ignored.
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Movies
Michelle Yeoh on Ferocious Mothers and Heartbreaking Leaders
The star reflects on the influence of “Crazy Rich Asians,” Western bias against Asians and her anguish over the atrocities in Myanmar.Most athletes should not talk.
Let us hear from knowledgeable people.
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Arts
Pete Davidson Back on Stage for First Time Since Suicide Scare
Delivering a rough and raucous stand-up set, the comedian also sought to move past his ill-fated engagement to the pop star Ariana Grande.The world is not ending yet.
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Books
A Book That Will Make You Terrified of Your Own House
Rob Dunn’s “Never Home Alone” catalogs the world of microbial beings that share our living space and inhabit our showerheads and pillowcases.I am not getting sick. The microbiome is necessary.
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Obituaries
Blake W. Nordstrom, Scion of Retail Family, Dies at 58
Mr. Nordstrom and his two brothers ran the Seattle-based clothing and shoe retailer, which was co-founded by their great-grandfather in 1901.Depression is destructive.
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World
As Ukraine and Russia Battle Over Orthodoxy, Schism Looms
Both claim the mantle of the Orthodox religion, but at heart the dispute is a modern struggle over money, property, political power and identity.It is their choice. Most religions are not democratic.
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Real Estate
What’s Coming in New York Real Estate in 2019
An already soft market will get another 20,000 new apartments, making it an even stronger buyer’s and renter’s market.Wrong.
The top of the market is saturated with available housing
The middle market is unaffordable for the builders.
The subsidized bottom is built and fully occupied.
Most of these new units will not pay their notes.
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Opinion
China’s Gulag for Muslims
In modern-day “re-education” prisons, Beijing is forcing ethnic Uighurs to forsake their religion. Why don’t Muslim governments rise up in anger?Islam comes in sects.
The sects unite against unbelievers.
The present concern is Israel and its supporters.
The Uighurs are a trading people.
Their Islam is probably Ismailism and anathema to Salafi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isma%27ilism
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Opinion
Must Writers Be Moral? Their Contracts May Require It
“No way. I’m not signing that,” a New Yorker writer said when she saw the terms.I am opposed to censorship.
I do believe that people should not purchase or read work that offends them personally. They should not be allowed to limit others access to that work.
Private companies can judge the morality of books and writers. Corporations cannot judge morality. They have no minds. Individuals can judge morality but they must sign their work.
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Style
How to Think About Curiously Unfashionable Footwear
At Allbirds and Birkenstock in SoHo, the Critical Shopper embarks, skeptically, on a search for styling footwear.I bought from REI last spring.
My feet have been in and out of water.
I will need snow boots.
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Business
Led by Cult Bourbons, Distillers Dream of a ‘Napa-fication’ of Kentucky
The global liquor industry is pouring capital into the region. But will tourists really travel for the “whiskey experience”?They should not.
There is no terroir in grain neutral spirits.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/terroir
Aging stops at bottling.
Chasing cults is traditional but best done at a bar.
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Opinion
The Economics of Soaking the Rich
What does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know about tax policy? A lot.Paul Krugman makes sense.
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Business
Cyberattack Disrupts Printing of Major Newspapers
Malware was focused on networks used by Tribune Publishing, former owner of The Los Angeles Times. It was the first known attack on newspaper printing operations.I will know more later.
It is later.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/05/security_roundup_040119/
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