Tuesday, February 19, 2019

@2:27, 2/18/19

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1
Opinion

New York Did Us All a Favor by Standing Up to Amazon

Yes, Amazon’s departure will modestly hurt the city’s economy. But it’s also a victory against bad economic policy.

Amazon is a retailer.

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Opinion

What’s the Plan for Brexit? There Is No Plan

It may be time to stop the doomsday clock and start over.

"No deal" looks likely.

3
New York

Her Daughters Died in a Fire as She Did Laundry. She Sobbed While Pleading Guilty.

“It’s a feeling I can’t forget,” Haya Konte said in an interview after pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide, and agreeing to leave the country.

Sadistic.

4
World

The English Voice of ISIS Comes Out of the Shadows

For years, an anonymous narrator extolled the Islamic State’s brutality in videos seen around the world. “I don’t regret it,” a Canadian captured in Syria says.

We must not indulge in religious wars.

5
Opinion

How Mitch McConnell Enables Trump

He’s not an institutionalist. He’s the man who surrendered the Senate to the president.

Alliance is powerful.
The two have the same objective: power.

6
Movies

What Will Win Best Picture? 20 Oscar Voters Spill Their Secrets

None would go on the record, but these members of the academy did reveal their candid opinions — and biases. News flash: It’s not all about merit.

I can't make a guess.
I have seen none of these.

7
Technology

Chinese and Iranian Hackers Renew Their Attacks on U.S. Companies

President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and his trade conflicts with China are believed to have inspired new waves of attacks.

There is no surprise in the normal operations of security states like Iran and China. They listen to everyone they can hear.

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Opinion

I Was a Nuclear Site Guard. My Colleagues Sexually Assaulted Me.

The violence and lack of accountability I experienced at such a sensitive location put us all at risk.

File suit on the former employers for their failure to supervise.

9
Well

Why Do South Asians Have Such High Rates of Heart Disease?

“We all have someone in our first-degree circle that has either died suddenly or had premature cardiovascular disease,” said one researcher.

Fructose is toxic.

10
Sunday Review

The ‘Some of My Best Friends Are Black’ Defense

It’s a myth that proximity to blackness immunizes white people from doing racist things.

Look deeper.

11
Opinion

How Much Will Americans Sacrifice for Good Health Care?

A battle is looming over universal health care. Politicians and voters will have to decide whether the trade-offs are worth it.

Medical care is not an insurable risk.
Single payer is the system that works.
Getting there is the problem.
The cheapest and simplest is for government to pay.
Government pays with taxes on wealth.
The rest is obfuscation in aid of privilege.
Occupational injuries might be a special case.

12
Technology

Northern Virginia Is Keeping Amazon’s 25,000 Jobs, and Wants You to Know It

The region has its act together and knows what it is doing, officials said.

Plantation economies have their problems as Virginia should remember.

13
New York

Anthony Weiner Is Out of Prison and in a Halfway House in New York

The former congressman, imprisoned for sending lewd texts to a 15-year-old, was moved from a Massachusetts prison to a re-entry program in the city, records show.

Anthony Weiner must build a new life.

14
Style

I Shouldn’t Have to Tell You This Is Racist

A reader wonders whether to address the black caricatures in her acquaintance’s home.

Good advice.

15
U.S.

Republicans Hope to Sway Voters With Labels That Demonize Democrats

With 21 months until Election Day 2020, Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as left-wing radicals on the economy, abortion and Israel.

If that worked there would be no Democratic party.

16
Opinion

The Limp Caudillo

How Trump's incompetent power grabs are actually weakening the imperial presidency.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/caudillo

Ross Douthat recognizes Trump for what he wants to be.
Trump would look silly on a white horse,
The scraper hat would not help.

17
Style

9 Ways to Cut Down on Plastic

It’s all about reducing single-use plastics.

True.

18
Travel

36 Hours in Miami and Miami Beach

From South Beach to Little Haiti and beyond, the metropolitan Miami area has plenty to offer everyone from beachgoers and music lovers to gallery hoppers and foodies.

I actively dislike Miami and its beach.

19
Fashion

Deported and 9,000 Miles Apart, but ‘You Stay With the Person You Love’

Chuh A and Rex Ny, both Montagnards, have fought for their relationship since his deportation, pushing back against physical separation and 12-hour time difference.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

20
Business

For Wall Street Banks in London, It’s Moving Time

One thing is clear about the legacy of Brexit: Financial services will be spread across Europe, with no one city again dominating the financial arena as London has.

London will probably continue to be important financially.
The Tories like austerity.
Keynes was an English intellectual who bothered to understand
macroeconomics.  His insights are still correct.

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