Saturday, March 28, 2015

@11:37, 3/27/15 It got lost.

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U.S.

C.I.A. Officers and F.B.I. Agents, Meet Your New Partner: The Analyst

By SCOTT | Mar 26th 2015
As the C.I.A. and the F.B.I. confront an evolving terrorist threat, cyberattacks and other challenges, SHANE both are reorganizing to empower intelligence analysts.
Terrorism; Espionage and Intelligence Services; Computer Security

"Proud special agents did not always see the value of analysts who did not necessarily build criminal cases — the traditional measure of success at the F.B.I. “At the end of my career, there was low-level tension between the agents and the analysts,” said Jack Cloonan, an F.B.I. agent from 1976 to 2002. “Who was running the case?”
Mr. Cloonan said the analysts did not always share the “camaraderie and esprit de corps” that agents had with one another. “Street agents are street agents,” he said, adding that he still heard grumbling from former bureau colleagues about some analysts who earn more than they do."

Intelligence, foreign and domestic is not a police function.
Assigning the intelligence function to the police was a matter of convenience.
Congress assigned long term thinking to the executive branch when Thomas Jefferson was president.  The State Department is supposed to deal with long term foreign intelligence.
The Republicans may have forgotten.

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N.Y. / Region

Man Killed by Bus at Port Authority Terminal

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS | Mar 26th 2015
A 67-year-old from Garrison, N.Y., was struck on the third level at the terminal around 5 p.m., the authorities said.
Buses; Traffic Accidents and Safety; Stations and Terminals (Passenger); Delays (Transportation); Deaths (Fatalities)

This kind of mess is not dependent on the architecture.
We could separate the passengers from the vehicles like a train station . . .

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Sports

At N.F.L. Owners’ Meeting, Roger Goodell Confronts the Aftermath of Abuse Cases

By KEN BELSON | Mar 25th 2015
Goodell, the league’s commissioner, is still grappling with the fallout from domestic abuse scandals and botched attempts to penalize players last season.
Football; Domestic Violence

This looks like the NFL is in difficulty.
None of these problems will end the games.

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Opinion

An Unsettling Complicity

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF | Mar 26th 2015
It’s not a coincidence that Angola is a center for malnutrition and child mortality as well as rampant corruption.
Corruption (Institutional); Children and Childhood; Poverty; Malnutrition; Third World and Developing Countries; Corporations

I agree.

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World

Greece Says It’ll Present E.U. With Planned Overhauls by Monday

By ALISON SMALE and NIKI KITSANTONIS | Mar 24th 2015
The announcement came as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met supporters and leading government ministers on his first official visit to Germany.
European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ); International Relations 


We will have to wait until Monday for the reaction.
I do not expect Greece to get a loan of operating cash.

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Fashion & Style

How Kanye West Dominated Fashion Month (No Surprise, It Involved Social Media)

By MATTHEW SCHNEIER | Mar 25th 2015
Through the lens of social media, fashion month is just like any other month: ruled by the Kardashian/Jenner clan.
Fashion and Apparel; Social Media; New York Fashion Week; London Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week; Milan Fashion Week; Fashion Shows

I saw Zoolander.
It confirmed my prejudices.

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Opinion

Subway Fares Rise, as Do Riders’ Gripes

Mar 24th 2015
Readers discuss inadequate funding and overcrowded trains.
Transit Systems; Subways; Infrastructure (Public Works); Commuting; Transportation

The rail network has been excellent.
It now is overloaded.
It should have about twice the capacity it has now.
To get that capacity would require more tracks in more lines.
The investment appears prohibitive in our political circumstances.

Higher fares will limit ridership.  It is a solution that will destroy the service industry in the inner city.
There are no slums to house the workers.
The slums house the middle class and the children of the rich.

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Opinion

Bypassing the Questions and Delays at Passport Control

By ERNESTO LONDOÑO | Mar 25th 2015
Getting processed at the airport just got easier, even if it is a little impersonal.
Airport Security; Editorials; Passports; Airports

Fine by me.

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false

Earth’s Untallied Biological Bounty, from L.A. Suburbs to Deep Seabed Sediments

By ANDREW C. REVKIN | Mar 25th 2015
The dizzying extent and diversity of life on this little-known planet is illustrated from Los Angeles suburbs to sediments deep beneath the seabed.
Biodiversity; Biology and Biochemistry; Environment; Marine Biology; Museums 

Fun.

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World

Chad Strongman Says Nigeria Is Absent in Fight Against Boko Haram

By ADAM NOSSITER | Mar 27th 2015
President Idriss Déby of Chad has won favor with the West, which is only too happy to call on his forces in a region seething with Islamist terrorists.

Nigeria is reported in the Times.

Search Google: nigerian press:
First result; http://www.abyznewslinks.com/nigei.htm
More reporting than I can think of reading.

http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/nigeria

Nigeria Navigator

A list of Web sites about Nigeria as selected by editors of The New York Times.

News

From the Council on Foreign Relations



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U.S.

Senate Approves Budget of G.O.P. Wishes in All-Night Session

By JONATHAN WEISMAN | Mar 27th 2015
The blueprint, passed early Friday without Democratic votes, would scrap the Affordable Care Act, cut the deficit, and remake Medicare and Medicaid, but the real negotiations lie ahead.
Federal Budget (US); Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010); Medicaid; Federal Taxes (US); Inheritance and Estate Taxes; Corporate Taxes

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/28/us/long-night-in-senate-but-real-budget-work-awaits.html?ref=politics

Another veto.

The bill will not become law.

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U.S.

Florida: Ex-Salvadoran Official Is Detained Pending Deportation

By JULIA PRESTON | Mar 25th 2015
A former defense minister of El Salvador accused of human rights violations during the civil war in the 1980s was detained by immigration agents in Palm Coast, the first step in his deportation.
Human Rights and Human Rights Violations; Deportation

The entire story:
"A former defense minister of El Salvador accused of human rights violations during the civil war in the 1980s was detained by immigration agents in Palm Coast, the first step in his deportation. In a precedent-setting decision, an immigration appeals court on March 12 upheld a deportation order for the official, Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, finding that he had participated in torture and killings by his troops when he was the highest Salvadoran military officer. The court found that Gen. Vides had aided a cover-up in the killings in 1980 of four American churchwomen. He has been living as a legal resident in Florida since 1989."

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World

Amnesty International Sees Evidence of Palestinian War Crimes in 2014 Gaza Conflict

By ISABEL KERSHNER | Mar 25th 2015
A 63-page report by the human rights organization came a week before a formal Palestinian accession to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Palestinians; War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

The "game" continues.

Israel is building in the "West Bank".

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Business Day

Wall St. Stars Join Silicon Valley Gold Rush

By NATHANIEL POPPER and CONOR DOUGHERTY | Mar 24th 2015
Ruth Porat, Morgan Stanley’s chief financial officer, is leaving for Google in the most visible example yet of the flow of talent from Wall Street to Silicon Valley.
Banking and Financial Institutions

"Follow the money"

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World

Sudan: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan Sign Deal on Water Sharing

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Mar 23rd 2015
The dam had been an issue of contention among the countries, with Egypt concerned it would reduce its share of the Nile established under a colonial-era agreement.
Levees and Dams; Infrastructure (Public Works) 

It is an agreement to agree.
"It outlines principles by which they are to cooperate to use the water fairly and resolve any potential disputes peacefully, leaving details on specific procedures to be determined later after the release of joint, expert studies."

A power dam makes use of a flowing river.
They work best when the pool is full.
Sudan and Egypt have nothing to worry about.

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N.Y. / Region

Over 2 Dozen Charged in Rockland County Drug Scheme

By BENJAMIN MUELLER | Mar 25th 2015
Prosecutors say a sprawling oxycodone and heroin trafficking operation north of New York City lasted from at least early 2014 until this month.
Drug Abuse and Traffic; Heroin; Pain-Relieving Drugs

Opioids are an old problem.
Maintaining an addiction is expensive. 

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Business Day

Justices Rule Opinions May Sometimes Be Basis for Securities Fraud Suits

By ADAM LIPTAK | Mar 24th 2015
Statements of opinion in securities filings are untrue only if they are not sincerely held, Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority.
Securities and Commodities Violations; Decisions and Verdicts; Bribery and Kickbacks; Pensions and Retirement Plans

The majority is correct. 

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Opinion

Keeping Palestinian Hopes Alive

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | Mar 24th 2015
It’s hard to tell where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu actually stands on the concept of two states, but it remains the best alternative to violent confrontation.
Palestinians; Editorials; Israeli Settlements; United States International Relations; International Relations

The Netanyahu government continues to build permanent settlements in the West Bank.

There will be no two state solution.

Justice will not include a Palestinian state. 

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Opinion

An Obama Friend Turns Foe on Coal

By RICHARD L. REVESZ | Mar 26th 2015
A legal scholar is wrong when he says a climate rule is unconstitutional.
Coal; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Law and Legislation; United States Politics and Government; Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

Lawyers are mercenaries.
They are paid to fight.
Peabody Coal retained Laurence Tribe

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N.Y. / Region

Murky Inquiry Targets Critic of N.Y.U. Role in Abu Dhabi, and a Reporter

By JIM DWYER | Mar 26th 2015
A private investigator making inquiries about a professor who criticized the exploitation of migrant workers building the university’s Abu Dhabi campus won’t say whom she is working for.
Colleges and Universities; Detectives (Private); Foreign Workers

If I were under attack I would want to know about my attackers.

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