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How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades

Somini Sengupta, Jacqueline Williams and Aruna Chandrasekhar at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

The story of a mining project in Australia helps to explain why the world keeps burning coal despite the profound risk it poses to the future.

 Narendra Modi, Gautam Adani, and Scott Morrison are corrupt.

"“Throw enough subsidies and anything can be viable,” said Tim Buckley, an analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. “If they did not have special treatment back in India they wouldn’t be able to use expensive Australian sourced coal viably.”" 

This project benefits only Gautam Adani and his supporters directly.

It injures the entire world.

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Many Democrats Love Elizabeth Warren. They Also Worry About Her.

Jonathan Martin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Even as she demonstrates why she is a leading presidential candidate, Ms. Warren is facing persistent questions and doubts about whether she would be able to defeat President Trump.

There has not yet been a vote in the primaries.

Any Democratic party candidate should beat Trump.

The bid is " Two No Trump".  

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John Hickenlooper to End Struggling Presidential Campaign

Matt Stevens and Matt Flegenheimer at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Mr. Hickenlooper has been seriously considering a run for the Republican-held Senate seat in Colorado, a major target Democrats.

No announcement at noon Thursday.

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Trump Delays a Holiday Tax, but Toymakers Are Still Worried

Ana Swanson at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 2 hours ago

Toymakers are already looking ahead to next year’s holiday season, and fretting about the crippling uncertainty that the president’s trade policy has created for them.

Those jobs are not returning to the U.S.

Trump has cut a break for Walmart, Amazon, Google, and the other big retailers.

He has not ended his tariffs.

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On Politics: New Signs of Economic Trouble

NYT > U.S. > Politics - 5 hours ago

The warning signals from overseas not only are a measure of the trade war’s impact, but could also complicate President Trump’s ability to wage it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/business/stock-market-today.html

The Plunge protection team is busy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/us/politics/steve-king-rape-incest.html

Representitive Steve King should separate church and state.

He should also think before he speaks.

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Obama Shares His Summer Reading List

Arit John at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

The former president recommended new books by Téa Obreht and Colson Whitehead, as well as well-known works by Hilary Mantel and Toni Morrison.

It is an interesting list.    

I liked Wolf Hall as a B.B.C. production. 

I have not read much SF recently.

I have indulged in the thud and blunder George R.R. Martin.

The text is better than the television.

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Trump Weighs Action on Gun Control. But It’s Still a Theoretical Discussion.

Maggie Haberman, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jonathan Martin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 10 hours ago

The president is facing pushback from gun rights advocates and some of his advisers. But he could follow his pattern of abruptly dropping the idea of doing something after talking about it for weeks.

Toussaint Louverture gives the Old South nightmares.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture

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Trump Incorrectly Has Insisted ‘China’s Paying the Tariffs’

The New York Times at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago

President Trump has stated that China is paying for all or most of the tariffs on Chinese imports. On Tuesday, the Trump administration said it would delay the tariffs until after this year’s holiday spending.

Donald Trump is lying or he is an ignorant fool.

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In Delaying Tariffs, Trump Faces Up to Economic Reality

Jim Tankersley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 14 hours ago

President Trump insists China is paying the full cost of his tariffs. But his decision to push some of them off until December is an admission of their impact on American consumers.

A tariff is a tax on the ultimate purchaser.
Those dollars flowing into the Treasury are comming from U.S. consumers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff

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Defiant Former Blackwater Contractor Again Sentenced to Life

Charlie Savage at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

A federal judge sentenced Nicholas Slatten for murdering an Iraqi citizen, which prosecutors said prompted the shooting of dozens of Iraqis in Baghdad.

The Iraqis don't care.
I care.
I cannot travel to Iraq.
No appology is possible.

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In Delaying Tariffs, Trump Faces Up to Economic Reality

Jim Tankersley at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

President Trump insists China is paying the full cost of his tariffs. But his decision to push some of them off until December is an admission of their impact on American consumers.

Donald Trump is an ignorant fool.

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Steve King Asks if There Would Be ‘Any Population’ Left Without Rape and Incest

Matt Stevens and Sheryl Gay Stolberg at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

Mr. King, who represents a deeply conservative district in Iowa, was discussing his opposition to exceptions for rape and incest in anti-abortion legislation.

Steve King is not helping.

The Supreme Court ruled on the question of abortion.
No woman is required to abort except to save her life.

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In Her Own Words: The Woman Who Bankrolled the Anti-Immigration Movement

Nicholas Kulish and Mike McIntire at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

Letters and other personal writings reveal what motivated the publicity-shy heiress whose money created, and still fuels, the crusade.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham
Billions will die.
Those who ask for refuge should not be refused.

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‘Huddled Masses’ in Statue of Liberty Poem Are European, Trump Official Says

Jacey Fortin at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 16 hours ago

“Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet,” said Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, a top Trump administration immigration official. His remarks set off a controversy.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46550/the-new-colossus

Quote the poem as written.
There is no mention of color or language.

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Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out

Nicholas Kulish and Mike McIntire at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 18 hours ago

Newly unearthed documents reveal how an environmental-minded socialite became an ardent nativist whose money helped sow the seeds of the Trump anti-immigration agenda.

I don't know how to be good either.

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The Palestinian Option For Kashmir?

Ian Welsh at Ian Welsh - 18 hours ago

Back in 1980 I visited Kashmir with my parents. This was before the troubles, and it remains perhaps the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. Last week, India’s PM, Modi, abrogated clauses in the Indian constitution relating to Kashmir, which does not allow non Kashmiris to buy property. As Margolis says: Modi is clearly copying […]

I worry that Ian Welsh is correct.

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These Four Candidates Are Scrambling to Make the Cut for the Next Democratic Debate

Matt Stevens at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Julián Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand and Tom Steyer are getting closer to qualifying, and they’re urgently seeking supporters who can help them earn a spot onstage.

I favor Elizabeth Warren.

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Stacey Abrams on Voter Suppression, the 2020 Race and the Vice Presidency

Astead W. Herndon at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Ms. Abrams, who announced this week that she would not run for president, told The New York Times in an interview that she would be “honored to be considered” for vice president.

Good luck to her.

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On Politics: Trump Delays Some Tariffs

NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

The White House put off tariffs on many Chinese goods, including cellphones and toys, until after the Christmas shopping season.

Trump has lost his trade war.

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At Chemical Plant Under Construction, Trump Builds List of Grievances

Lola Fadulu and Maggie Haberman at NYT > U.S. > Politics - 1 day ago

Mr. Trump railed against China, President Obama, the lawsuits he’s facing, and, as always, his media coverage.

I feel no need to listen to Trump lie.


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