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Movies
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Green Book’ Share Spotlight at the Golden Globes
Rami Malek and Glenn Close took best drama acting awards. Alfonso Cuarón won best director for “Roma.”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody_%28film%29
I have enjoyed Queen and Freddy Mercury since they were new to the U.S.
My education was gentle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Book_%28film%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_%282018_film%29
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Sports
Clemson’s Gutsy Call at Quarterback Brings Another Championship
Dabo Swinney substituted a freshman for a proven starter at a key moment for Clemson, and that made Clemson No. 1. Sound familiar?The Huskies have not started.
https://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129
| 1/3 | at
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Baylor |
9:00 PM ET | ESPN | L 57 - 68 |
| 1/6 | at Houston | 12:00 PM ET | CBSS | W 81 - 61 |
| 1/9 | vs. Cincinnati | 7:00 PM ET | ESPN3 | |
| 1/13 | vs. South Florida | 1:00 PM ET | ESPN |
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U.S.
On the Border, Little Enthusiasm for a Wall: ‘We Have Other Problems That Need Fixing’
President Trump has made the case that the nation is in the midst of an immigration crisis, but a survey of those living along the border found few who shared the president’s sense of alarm.The fight is not over the "wall".
The fight is over paying one third of the federal government.
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World
Erdogan Snubs Bolton Over Comments That Turkey Must Protect Kurds
The storm around the visit by John R. Bolton, the American national security adviser, to Turkey showed how far apart the countries are on how to handle a U.S. withdrawal from Syria.Erdogan wants to be Imam of all Islam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imam
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Opinion
Trump’s Prime-Time Bludgeon
Why immigration rhetoric that worked in 2016 doesn’t work today.Deportation is not under discussion.
Asylum is not under discussion.
Funding the federal government is the subject.
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Opinion
The Crisis Is in the Oval Office
The president has exaggerated threats but ignored the hazards his border policies created.The crisis is an informed public.
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U.S.
Second Man in 2 Years Found Dead at Home of Ed Buck, a Political Activist in Los Angeles
An unidentified black man was found dead inside Mr. Buck’s apartment in West Hollywood, where another black man, Gemmel Moore, was found dead of an overdose in 2017.I am told Ed Buck liked to watch people get high.
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Magazine
How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor
In many parts of America, like Corinth, Miss., judges are locking up defendants who can’t pay — sometimes for months at a time.Debtors prision.
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U.S.
C.E.O. Resigns Over Case of Woman in Vegetative State Who Gave Birth
Bill Timmons, the C.E.O. of Hacienda HealthCare, resigned after a woman in a vegetative state at one of the company’s facilities was sexually assaulted and later gave birth.Ducking ones responsibility should not be possible.
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Opinion
Two Women Enter a Temple. A Country Erupts.
The debate over whether women of childbearing age can visit a shrine in southern India has become a battle involving caste, gender, party politics and history.The BJP will crash the economy of India.
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Real Estate
Five Apartments in Four Years
An Alabama transplant discovers what it takes to find your place in New York City: a lot of trial and error.The space is good.
There is a washer and dryer in the full kitchen.
The heat is oil and sufficient.
It is town water.
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U.S.
Angela Davis Says She’s ‘Stunned’ After Award Is Revoked Over Her Views on Israel
The civil rights leader pushed back after a Birmingham group rescinded an award amid criticism over Professor Davis’s support of the movement to boycott Israel.I cannot support a Boycott of Israel.
The honor to Angela Davis should not have been withdrawn.
The Palestinians are abused humanity.
If the Birmingham organization is in fact a Zionist organization the honor should not have been offered.
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New York
Veselnitskaya, Russian in Trump Tower Meeting, Is Charged in Case That Shows Kremlin Ties
Natalia V. Veselnitskaya, who met with Trump campaign officials in 2016, helped draft Russia’s response in an unrelated money-laundering case, prosecutors said.I am not shocked.
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New York
Jailing the Wrong Man: Mug Shot Searches Persist in New York, Despite Serious Risks
Many big police departments will not use open-ended mug shot searches because of the chance of a mistaken identification. But New York City detectives turn to them routinely.A mugshot identification is only grounds for investigation.
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The Upshot
Why a ‘Passive’ Health Approach Can Produce the Most Action
Some in Congress say financial incentives will lead to healthful choices, but having more choices can be problematic when so many Americans are busy and stressed.Just another new years resolution.
The price of tobacco does not stop smokers.
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Climate
U.S. Carbon Emissions Surged in 2018 Even as Coal Plants Closed
America’s carbon dioxide emissions rose by 3.4 percent in 2018, the biggest increase in eight years.The share of coal in the national energy budget stopped shrinking.
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New York
They Upended Their Lives to Avoid the L Train Shutdown. Then There Was No Shutdown.
When Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a new plan on Thursday, Brooklyn residents past and present were perplexed, frustrated and relieved.Reports of a shutdown are greatly exaggerated.
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Travel
Five Places to Visit in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills is an expensive place with a village-like charm, but it pays to know where to go. Cash Black, a bartender at one of its hot spots, shares his favorites.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwzaxUF0k18
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U.S.
T.S.A. Screeners, Working Without Pay, Are Calling Out Sick
More than 150 employees, many of them responsible for screening passengers, called in on Friday morning at Kennedy Airport to say they were ill or otherwise unable to work, a union official said.The Democrats are negotiating the shutdown.
Border security is a different negotiation.
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Health
Dementia May Never Improve, but Many Patients Still Can Learn
In “cognitive rehabilitation,” therapists train patients in simple tasks that can make daily life much easier.The demented do not care about their lost memories.
Forming new memories is progressively more difficult.
The syndrome destroys brain tissue.
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