Saturday, November 15, 2014

@9:35, 11/14/14

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Opinion

The Legacy of Fear

The post-communist states have not flourished as expected. It is much harder to change a culture and a mind than an economic system.
Berlin Wall; Communism (Theory and Philosophy) 

David Brooks is arguing backwards.
He leads with his conclusion and trims his evidence to fit.

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Sports

LeBron James’s Triple-Double Carries Cavaliers in Their Return Home

James got help from Kyrie Irving, who scored 27 of his 32 points in the second half, and Kevin Love, who added 22 points, in a victory over the Pelicans.
Basketball 

Scoreboard | Standings | Teams | Leaders | Polls
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NCAA Women's Scoreboard
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Iowa
 

 
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Dayton
 

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A confession to everything but intention.

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Sports

U.A.W. Urges N.F.L. to Bargain Changes

The United Automobile Workers has called on the league to collectively bargain any changes to its personal conduct policy.
Football; Organized Labor; Domestic Violence 

Don't mend it, end it.

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Sports

United Arab Emirates Pulls Out of World Handball Championships

The nation joined Bahrain in withdrawing from the 2015 men’s World Handball Championships in Qatar in an apparent political boycott.
Handball 

None are dead yet.

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N.Y. / Region

With Persistence and Phone Calls, Defending Against Ebola in New York


Yes

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U.S.

Republicans Vow to Fight E.P.A. and Approve Keystone Pipeline

Republicans aim to use their new powers to subvert regulations aimed at curbing carbon pollution. They also see greater leverage in pushing President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
Keystone Pipeline System; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Carbon Dioxide; Global Warming; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry; Coal 

The G.O.P. will do so.

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Opinion

Where Hell Is Other Patients

There is an epidemic of violence in hospitals for the criminally insane.
Mental Health and Disorders; Hospitals; Assaults; Psychiatry and Psychiatrists 

We must either kill the violently insane or learn to deal with them.

I am in favor of learning how to deal with them.
We have not learned how to deal with them as yet.

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U.S.

Video: Missouri May Use National Guard Again

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ferguson_unrest
 
The news media will tell us all about the decision.

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World

Fishermen in Brazil Save a River Goliath, and Their Livelihoods

Efforts to save the pirarucu, one of the world’s largest freshwater fish, have been a success while offering a strategy for fending off a broader freshwater extinction crisis.
Fish and Other Marine Life; Endangered and Extinct Species; Fishing, Commercial 

I wish the Brazilians success.

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Arts

When Mother Nature Stops Being Maternal


It is a place to start.

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Ethnic nationalism is not my favorite idea.
 
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Business Day

Starbucks and Netherlands Are Accused by E.U. of Making Unfair Tax Deal

The arrangement helped lower taxes for the coffee company, creating unfair advantages over other European Union countries, the bloc’s authorities said.
Corporate Taxes; Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues 

My brain is too thick at the moment to follow the argument.
Finances in the Euro zone are a mess.
They can get a unified policy or they can get national policies.
Mail boxes are easy to rent.  One is all that is required for a corporate residence.

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U.S.

Pondering the Change Pope Francis Envisions

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is gathered in Baltimore only weeks after a contentious Vatican meeting on marriage and family ended in Rome.

Change to a bishop is failure.
Science

Dawn of Nuclear Arms, Declassified


Others family photographs.
Ken Burns could make another documentary.
U.S.

Gov.-Elect Larry Hogan, a Republican, Stands Tall in Democratic Maryland

The perfect political alchemy of low voter turnout, the languid campaign of his opponent and his own strong grass-roots base gave Mr. Hogan a decisive four-point victory.
Midterm Elections (2014); Elections, Governors 

Racism is powerful.
U.S.

Arizona: Senator’s Son Pleads Not Guilty in Deaths of 21 Dogs

The son of Senator Jeff Flake and his wife pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty charges Thursday in the deaths of 21 dogs at a boarding kennel in suburban Phoenix.
Dogs; Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare; Pets 

The act was incredibly stupid.
The couple were irresponsible.
Their insurance company should be bankrupt.  
U.S.

Texas: Ebola Victim’s Family to Be Paid by Hospital

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, which treated the only Ebola patient to die in the United States, will pay his relatives an undisclosed sum and create a charitable foundation in his name, the family’s lawyer said Wednesday.
Ebola Virus; Suits and Litigation (Civil); Health Insurance and Managed Care; Discrimination 

The cultural realities are changing in Texas.
Opinion

Don’t Ask How to Feed the 9 Billion


Making the entire population of the planet comfortably wealthy is not politically possible.
Business Day

Washington Apples Delayed at West Coast Seaports

 
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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