Sunday, February 16, 2020

@20:00, , 2/16/20, REC

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Business

Never Mind the Internet. Here’s What’s Killing Malls.

Yes, the internet has changed the way we shop. But taken together, other factors have caused greater harm to traditional retail stores, an economist says.

Services are never "one size fits all".

Local manufacture and sales cannot be commodities.

Only commodities can be ordered on line.

2
U.S.

Bloomberg’s Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence

The former mayor’s philanthropy has been a boon for progressive causes, earning support from Democrats nationwide even as parts of his record give them pause.

It is a good thing Mike Bloomberg does not expect to be the candidate.

3
New York

Developers of Upper West Side Condo Tower May Have to Deconstruct 20 Floors

A judge has ordered that the city revoke the building permit for 200 Amsterdam Avenue.

New York City has always looked homogeneous in post war booms.
This boom will end with a crash.
I am not able to call it yet.

I may get it wrong.


Business

Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build

When California’s housing crisis slammed into a wealthy suburb, one public servant became a convert to a radically simple doctrine.







Arts

Cooper Hewitt Chief Was Forced Out After Probe of Her Wedding

Caroline Baumann resigned as director of the design museum following an investigation into how she procured her wedding dress and the space for the ceremony.

The design business and the rag trade are much more closely related than either wants to admit.
Here there was a board room fight.

6
New York

Tessa Majors Killing: 14-Year-Old Boy Charged With Murder

The teenager, the second suspect arrested in the case, is believed to have wielded the murder weapon.

She didn't understand possessions and he did not understand power.

He thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I_T3XvzPaM

7
Opinion

The Notorious Michael R. Bloomberg

His racist stop-and-frisk policy as New York mayor can’t be forgotten.

Michael Bloomberg seeks the destruction of Donald Trump.
I wish him success.

8
World

The End of Australia as We Know It

What many of us have witnessed this fire season feels alive and monstrous. With climate change forcing a relaxed country to stumble toward new ways of work, leisure and life, will politics follow?

Lynette Wallworth is an acute observer.
The government will change or be changed.
There are hotter water corals.
There is plenty of work to be done.
China can collapse rich in green paper.

9
U.S.

What Being a Mayor Taught Pete Buttigieg

Some Democratic rivals question whether Mr. Buttigieg has the experience to be president. Some key episodes in South Bend show how he struggled, learned and grew as a leader.

The senate needs him.

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Science

Pangolins Are Suspected as a Potential Coronavirus Host

The world’s most trafficked mammal may be involved in the Wuhan outbreak, but the evidence is far from clear.

China can stop eating them.
They are no danger in Malaysia.

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