Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Business Day

Investors Should Gird for Political Chaos in Britain

Britain's status as an island of political stability is coming to an end. Investors and businesses are in for a rough ride.

It is more likely that the European Catastrophe will be triggered by Germany and France.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/opinion/paul-krugman-the-inflation-and-rising-interest-rates-that-never-showed-up.html

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Science

F.D.A. Approves Hysingla, a Powerful Painkiller

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a long-acting opioid painkiller that contains pure hydrocodone, which some addiction experts fear will be abused.
Pain-Relieving Drugs; Drug Abuse and Traffic; Drugs (Pharmaceuticals); Pain; Zohydro (Drug) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocodone#History

The D.E.A. should speak to the F.D.A.

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Business Day

BT Says It Is in Talks to Acquire O2

In a brief statement, BT said it was in discussions with shareholders of two of Britain’s mobile operators, including O2, about a possible takeover.
Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Telephones and Telecommunications.

Competition continues in European telecommunications
National intelligence services are an unknown factor.

4
World

Mexican Leader Offers Asset Disclosure

President Enrique Peña Nieto’s announcement appeared to be an attempt to quiet a scandal involving his wife’s purchase of an opulent new home.
Conflicts of Interest 

Plausible fiction takes time to compose.

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Opinion

Will Texas Kill an Insane Man?

By any reasonable standard, Scott Panetti is mentally incompetent.
Capital Punishment; Mental Health and Disorders; Human Rights and Human Rights Violations 

Texas will kill Scott Panetti.

I do not deal with morality.

Scott Panetti should be separated from society.

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World

With Borscht and Rifle Scopes, Volunteers Power Ukraine Forces

Volunteers are offering not only support but at least a glimmer of hope that poorly funded Ukrainian government troops can hold their own.
Defense and Military Forces; Volunteers and Community Service; Firearms 

Russia has played the other side.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_%281944%E2%80%9350%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom
"The term originally entered the English language to describe 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire (mostly within the Pale of Settlement in present-day Ukraine and Belarus)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#World_War_II

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World

Thousands of Iraq Chemical Weapons Destroyed in Open Air, Watchdog Says

A report by a watchdog group reveals the United States recovered thousands of chemical weapons in Iraq from 2004 to 2009 and destroyed almost all of them in secret and via open-air detonation.
Biological and Chemical Warfare; Iraq War (2003-11); Arms Control and Limitation and Disarmament 
 
The shrub's invasion of Iraq is indefensible.
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U.S.

Nuclear Agency Rules Are Ill-Suited for Plant Decommissioning, Leader Says

Allison M. Macfarlane offered a look at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the industry before she steps down at year’s end.
Nuclear Wastes; Nuclear Energy; Appointments and Executive Changes; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry 

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been tied in a knot since Jimmy Carter tried to shut the industry down.

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World

Afghanistan Quietly Lifts Ban on Nighttime Raids

The government of President Ashraf Ghani has cleared the way for special forces raids, blocked by former President Hamid Karzai, to resume in 2015.
Defense and Military Forces; Afghanistan War (2001- ) 

The regime is dependent on external support.

10
Science

‘Interstellar’: The Cinema of Physicists

If the movie “Interstellar” requires a 324-page book to explicate it, can it be considered a totally successful work of art?
Movies; Space and Astronomy; Physics; Stars and Galaxies 

Enjoy the story.
Leave the physics for the fen.
String theory has real problems.
Rationality and fantasy are mutually exclusive. 

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N.Y. / Region

Yiddish Isn’t Enough

Naftuli Moster is calling attention to shortcomings in secular education at Hasidic Jews’ schools in New York.
Education (K-12); Private and Sectarian Schools; Hasidism; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Yiddish Language 

The state cannot require a curriculum of a private religious school.
Naftuli Moster left the Hasidic community.  He has taken the action he can take.

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World

Swedish Court Upholds Order for Arrest of Julian Assange

Mr. Assange is nuts.

. / Region

Notable Absence of New Ebola Quarantines at New York Area Airports

Since a nurse flew into Newark’s airport on Oct. 24 and was kept at a hospital for three days, no one else has been caught up in the quarantine dragnet at the New York and New Jersey airports.
Ebola Virus; Quarantines; Airports 

The governors exceeded their powers.

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U.S.

Reports Say Mayor Rejected Deal From Federal Prosecutors

Mayor Vincent Gray of Washington declined on Tuesday to respond to news reports that he had rejected a deal offered by federal prosecutors for him to plead guilty to a single felony count related to activities during his 2010 campaign.
Campaign Finance; Ethics and Official Misconduct; Elections, Mayors

The prosecutors will have to convict him if they can.

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Business Day

Greek Budget Forecasts Growth, but Creditors Are Skeptical on Deficit

The troika of international lenders is wary of the projections amid political uncertainty in the country.
Budgets and Budgeting; European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- )

The Greek government would like to live another year.
They should not be allowed that abuse.

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N.Y. / Region

Snow Brings Days of Tumult for Residents of Nursing Home Near Buffalo

A sagging ceiling prompted the evacuation of 177 frail elderly residents, who spent hours in a former shopping mall before being moved to temporary locations.
Nursing Homes; Elderly; Elder Care; Snow and Snowstorms; Seizures (Medical); Deaths (Fatalities)

I would like to avoid nursing homes.
My experience with them has not been good.

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U.S.

Colorado Health Department to Recommend ‘Premarket Approval’ for Edible Marijuana

Marijuana-infused foods and drinks have been a booming sector in Colorado’s new recreational marijuana market, but lawmakers feared the products are too easy to confuse with regular foods.
Marijuana; Consumer Protection; Children and Childhood; Labeling and Labels

The Colorado Health Department is "Crying Wolfe".

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N.Y. / Region

Setback in Atlantic City for Man Hoping to Save Parents’ Home

A judge ruled that an agency developing the tourism and gambling industries was legally able to exercise eminent domain on a building.
Eminent Domain; Real Estate and Housing (Residential); Real Estate (Commercial); Casinos; Gambling

Atlantic City is being abusive.

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Automobiles

Photos From the Los Angeles Show

A look at some notable models from this year’s show.
Los Angeles Auto Show

The GM Colorado pick up is better but has a short bed.

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Opinion

A Voting Law, Trashed

Stanley Farb, a reader, writes that voter suppression “is a stain on our democracy.”
Voting Rights Act (1965); Voting and Voters

The political parties don't care.  Their goal is winning.


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