Sunday, October 12, 2014

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Opinion

The Border Crisis Isn’t Over

The Obama administration and Congress must do better to assure that migrants who fear persecution are given careful consideration.
Immigration and Emigration; Illegal Immigration; Children and Childhood; Deportation 

Problems are never orderly.
The federal government must spend some money on this one.  
Blame the G.O.P.

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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Blue Light Special Edition

A Toyota affiliate lauds two of the three Japanese scientists who won the Nobel Prize for Physics; Cadillac’s chief talks about the brand’s product blitz.
Automobiles; Antique and Classic Cars; Nobel Prizes 

"A vintage Fiat 500 has become the recipient of a Guinness World Record for being the hairiest car in the world. Maria Lucia Mugno, the car’s owner, earned a record in 2010 when she covered it with 220 pounds of human hair, but she upped the ante this time by adding another 45 pounds."

Six years is a long time to wait for a luxury electric.
LED lighting is taking over.

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World

As Egyptians Grasp for Stability, Sisi Fortifies His Presidency

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Arts

Frieze Week Descends on London

It is a collectors event.
I do not need to attend yet.

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Grandstanding.

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Automobiles

Late, but Fashionably So, to the Electric Ball

The 2015 Soul EV, Kia’s first all-electric model in the United States, shows the advantages of hanging back and learning from other automakers’ plug-in missteps.
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles; Automobiles; Small Cars (Compact, Subcompact and Microcars); Batteries; Tax Credits, Deductions and Exemptions 

It looks like a good deal.
I am not fond of the visual design.
I can live with it.

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U.S.

Recent White House Memoirs Target Lame Duck Over a Potential Successor

In the growing crop of tell-alls by former Obama officials, Hillary Rodham Clinton has emerged largely unscathed — proof that it is easier to kick a sitting second-term president than a potential future one.
Presidential Election of 2016; Benghazi Attack (2012) 

I don't know what people think they have against Hillary.
Obama does not deserve jibes.

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Alaska may be an electoral unknown.

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U.S.

Secret Money Fueling a Flood of Political Ads

More than half of the general election advertising aired by outside groups in the battle for control of Congress has come from organizations that disclose little or nothing about their donors.
Campaign Finance; Midterm Elections (2014); Political Advertising; Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Political Action Committees; Nonprofit Organizations

We will have to have an end to anonymous campaign finance.

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Opinion

Having to Rebuild Gaza, Again

What is the point of spending many millions of dollars to reconstruct the strip just so it can be destroyed in the next war?
Defense and Military Forces; Palestinians; Embargoes and Sanctions; International Relations

Israel must accept a one state solution.

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Opinion

Can Celiac Disease Affect the Brain?

Some scientists have linked gluten with neurological symptoms.
Celiac Disease; Gluten; Brain; Immune System; Autoimmune Diseases; Mental Health and Disorders; Research; Schizophrenia; Nerves and Nervous System; Autism

"No one I spoke to recommends going on a gluten-free diet proactively. But when sudden and inexplicable neurological problems arise, it’s not completely far-fetched to raise the gluten question with your doctor. It just might provide an answer."

Put gluten far down the list of possible problems.

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Technology

Uber Flunks the Better Business Bureau Test

The car-summoning start-up gets poor reviews as customers complain about the company’s pricing practices.
Car-Pooling and Ride-Sharing; Small Business; Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Uber Technologies Inc

Uber uses congestion pricing. 
The users don't like it.

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There is no decision yet.

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Business Day

Walmart to End Health Coverage for 30,000 Part-Time Workers

The retailer said it would terminate coverage for about 5 percent of its part-time force because of cost increases under the Affordable Care Act.
Health Insurance and Managed Care; Part-Time Employment; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Labor and Jobs

Walmart will unionize.

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U.S.

Republicans to Investigate Environmental Group’s Influence on Carbon Rule

The inquiry, to be led by Representative Darrell Issa of California and Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, will look at whether the Environmental Protection Agency allowed an advocacy group too much sway in developing a regulation to curb carbon emissions.
Global Warming; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Environment; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

This will only produce a larger E.P.A.

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N.Y. / Region

Policy Change Could Benefit New York’s Landlords and Tenants

The new policy guidelines will allow hundreds of mixed-income rental buildings to sell most of their apartments as long as they permanently preserve their low-income rentals or increase their number.
Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Renting and Leasing (Real Estate); Affordable Housing

This is a patch on a broken system.
It is not a solution to market housing.
Rent will rise to a level that only fills the housing stock.

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U.S.

2-Tier Secret Service Faces a Test

The protection service’s agents must have more education and experience than its uniformed officers, who were on duty the day a man with a knife ran through the front door of the White House.
White House Building (Washington, DC)

A trivial failure.

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Arts

The Art of Funny: Cartoon Imagery, Often With an Edge

The exhibition “Puddle, pothole, portal,” at SculptureCenter in Long Island City, Queens, presents visual and conceptual humor in works by 23 artists.
Art; Cartoons and Cartoonists; Sculpture

Mostly I miss the joke.
Opinion

Putin Shows His Hand

The Western sanctions imposed on Russia may be generating some unintended consequences.
Embargoes and Sanctions; Economic Conditions and Trends

The Bolshevik revolution gets a do-over. 
Opinion

Appetite, Bill and Barack

Our 42nd president brought something to the office that our 43rd and 44th didn’t. What about our 45th?
Presidential Election of 2016; United States Politics and Government; Midterm

The Clinton show was better but Obama has gotten more done.

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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Blue Light Special Edition


Arts

Frieze Week Descends on London

Opinion

Good Buddy, Bad Buddy

Providence’ affair with its charming, bullying, felonious ex-mayor.
Elections, Mayors; Politics and Government; Corruption (Institutional); Racketeering and Racketeers; Voting and Voters

There is only one man there.
A skilled and corrupt politician.
World

Dam Rising in Ethiopia Stirs Hope and Tensionut foreign assistance.

Ethiopia is a poor country, but officials say the Renaissance Dam, one of Africa’s most ambitiut foreign assistance.ous infrastructure projects, will be paid for without foreign assistance.
Infrastructure (Public Works); Levees and Dams; Hydroelectric Power; Power Failures and Blackouts; Economic Conditions and Trends

Their project and their disaster.
 
World

As Egyptians Grasp for Stability, Sisi Fortifies His Presidency

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Opinion

Having to Rebuild Gaza, Again

N.Y. / Region

Policy Change Could Benefit New York’s Landlords and Tenants

U.S.

2-Tier Secret Service Faces a Test

Arts

The Art of Funny: Cartoon Imagery, Often With an Edge

Opinion

Putin Shows His Hand

Opinion

Appetite, Bill and Barack






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Automobiles

Wheelies: The Blue Light Special Edition

Arts

Frieze Week Descends on London

Opinion

Good Buddy, Bad Buddy

World

Dam Rising in Ethiopia Stirs Hope and Tension

Technology

Uber Flunks the Better Business Bureau Test

The Upshot

What the Dollar’s Rise Tells Us About the Global Economy

The U.S. may have more to gain from progress in Europe and Japan than from advantageous exchange rates for American companies.
US Dollar (Currency); International Trade and World Market; Euro (Currency); Currency; United States Economy; Banking and Financial Institutions; Economic Conditions and Trends; Quantitative Easing 

Fear
Opinion

Can Celiac Disease Affect the Brain?

World

As Egyptians Grasp for Stability, Sisi Fortifies His Presidency

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U.S.

Secret Money Fueling a Flood of Political Ads

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Business Day

E.C.B. Sets Release of Banks’ Asset Quality Review for Oct. 26

The yearlong audit of lenders’ books in search of hidden weaknesses will be released on the last Sunday of this month, the European Central Bank said.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry 

Not an actual event.
Opinion

Having to Rebuild Gaza, Again

N.Y. / Region

Policy Change Could Benefit New York’s Landlords and Tenants

Opinion

What I Saw as an N.F.L. Ball Boy

Games spent gathering helmet fragments and supplying smelling salts.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy; Concussions; Mental Health and Disorders; Dementia; Suicides and Suicide Attempts; Domestic Violence; Football 

The NFL is beyond saving.

It is the Roman Arena with a bit less blood.
World

Kenyan Leader Appears at His Hague Trial

Prosecutors said the case against Uhuru Kenyatta could not continue until the Kenyan government ended its obstruction and sent in evidence that was requested more than two years ago.
War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity 

Kenya will block the trial if it can.
World

Explosion at Key Military Base in Iran Raises Questions About Sabotage

An explosion took place deep inside a military base near Tehran, where Iran produces key elements of its missiles and other munitions.
Explosions (Accidental); Nuclear Weapons; Military Bases and Installations; Accidents and Safety; Sabotage (Crime) 

If it was not an accident and evidence can be found
the result will not please us.
Business Day

Walmart to End Health Coverage for 30,000 Part-Time Workers


Opinion

Education Law’s Failings

Merle L. Brenner, a former early childhood educator in New York City, discusses the problems of No Child Left Behind.
Teachers and School Employees; No Child Left Behind Act; United States Politics and Government; Education (K-12); Law and Legislation 

Federal funding means federal control.
Washington state cannot have the one without the other.






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