Saturday, September 18, 2021

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NYT > U.S. > Politics20 minutes ago
Biden Administration Negotiating Buying 500 Million Pfizer Doses for Overseas
The talks come just in time for a global Covid-19 summit that President Biden will host on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting next week. read more
NYT > U.S. > Politics21 minutes ago
F.D.A. Panel Recommends Pfizer Boosters for Over 65 or at High Risk of Severe Covid
The same advisers overwhelmingly recommended against authorizing boosters for people under 65, complicating the Biden administration’s hopes to offer them more broadly. read more
 
How many billions should die?
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics32 minutes ago
Pentagon Acknowledges Aug. 29 Drone Strike in Afghanistan Was Tragic Mistake
The findings of the inquiry mirrored a New York Times investigation of video evidence, along with interviews with more than a dozen of the driver’s co-workers and family members in Kabul. read more
 
There were more than two intelligence failures. 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics33 minutes ago
U.S. Officials Warn of Potential Violence at the Sept. 18 Rally in Washington
An internal report by the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office cited concerning internet chatter ahead of the rally supporting the suspects in the Jan. 6 riot. read more
 
 There were more than two intelligence failures. 

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NYT > U.S. > Politics45 minutes ago
Anthony Gonzalez, a Republican Who Voted to Impeach Trump, Won't Run in 2022
Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, is the first of the group to retire rather than face a stiff primary challenge. read more
 
The Trump coalition may be failing.
 
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NYT > U.S. > Politics50 minutes ago
The Road Ahead for Pro-Impeachment House Republicans
The 10 G.O.P. lawmakers who voted to impeach Donald Trump face angry primary voters and challengers inspired or endorsed by the former president. So far, only one has given up on re-election. read more
 
Trump should have been impeached.
 
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North Carolina Court Strikes Down Voter ID Law
The court cited “persuasive evidence” that the state legislature had rushed the law to passage at least in part to make it harder for Black voters to cast ballots. read more
 
One of many.
 
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Memorial Along National Mall Honors Pandemic Victims
Hundreds of thousands of white flags honor the more than 670,000 people in the United States who have died from the coronavirus. read more
 
America first.
 
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Pandemic-Related Sickness at Guantánamo Forces Cancellation of Sept. 11 Hearing
The judge scrapped the hearing “in an abundance of caution” on the last

The war crime continues.

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The Bureau of Land Management Is Moving Back to Washington
The Trump administration had moved the agency’s headquarters to Colorado. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said that office would become the agency’s ‘Western headquarters.’ read more
 
The Bureau of Land Management is a national agency. 
It should not be subject to any state pressure.
It is modeled after Crown lands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_land

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France Recalls Ambassadors to the United States and Australia in Protest of Submarine Deal
The French foreign minister said the decision was made by President Emmanuel Macron. read more
 
France misses Napoleon.
 
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France Recalls Ambassadors to the United States and Australia in Protest of Submarine Deal
The French foreign minister said the decision was made by President Emmanuel Macron. read more
 
Captain Nemo did not stay in France.
 
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Biden Set to Host World Leaders for Climate Forum
The president urged nations to take on more ambitious climate targets. read more
 
 Three men in a room can get things done.

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Michael Sussmann, Lawyer Accused of Lying in F.B.I. Meeting, Pleads Not Guilty
Michael A. Sussmann is accused of lying to the F.B.I. in a 2016 meeting with bureau’s top lawyer about possible links between Donald J. Trump and Russia. read more
 
Michael A. Sussmann had no need to lie.
 
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Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the Lectern
President Biden’s press secretary has tamped down the vitriol that colored news briefings during the Trump administration. She still may not answer your question, though. read more
 
A good person to know.
 
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Possible Moderna and Johnson & Johnson Boosters in U.S. Timing Is Murky
The question of whether booster shots are necessary has become the subject of intense debate and multiple studies. read more
 
The booster bash is mostly partisan noise.
 
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Debunking the Pro-Trump Right’s Claims About the Jan. 6 Riot
A rally scheduled for Saturday in Washington is intended to continue a Republican effort to rewrite the narrative of the assault on the Capitol. The facts undercut their assertions. read more
 
"The facts undercut their assertions." 

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Ian Welsh17 hours ago
The Art of Measurement
[image: Story 479610630] I want to talk a bit about management measurement. I recently spent a number of years in a good sized multinational, and I watched management trying to gain control through measurement. And mostly I watched as they gained the wrong sort of control; as they crystallized behaviour in ways that lose more from employees than they gained. *(This is an old, old piece, one of the few I saved from BOPnews. Originally written in 2004 back when I was still corporate. Since almost no one will have read it, and those who do won’t remember it, here it is again. I’m put... read more
 
Management is a skill I never developed.
 
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U.S. Seeks to Block Bankruptcy Plan That Would Free Sacklers From Opioid Claims
The Justice Department has been appealing the deal, approved earlier this month. read more
 
The Sacklers must never be allowed to use that hole in the regulations.
It would be better to close that hole permanently.
 
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Afghanistan Outcome Affirms a Warning: Beware the Blob
The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan exposed the shortcomings of views within the foreign policy establishment, also known as ‘The Blob.’ read more
 
The blob has another name: Tar Baby.
 
 
 
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