Monday, April 25, 2016

@10:45, 4/25/16

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Arts

Review: Beyoncé Makes ‘Lemonade’ Out of Marital Strife

The album, which probes betrayal, jealousy, revenge and rage, was released online on Saturday, immediately after an HBO showing of the “visual album” version.

Jon Pareles likes the result.

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Opinion

Finding Love Again, This Time With a Man

I lost my wife to cancer when I was almost 70. I never thought I would marry at 90.
LOVE (EMOTION); HOMOSEXUALITY AND BISEXUALITY; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, CIVIL UNIONS AND DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS 

Good luck to them.

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

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Arts

Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’

In daring to think beyond herself, the singer created something bolder and deeper and more uncomfortable than anything that could have been predicted.
MUSIC; POP AND ROCK MUSIC 

The question remains:
Is the music good?

"Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you find the play?" 

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World

Missing Mexican Students Suffered a Night of ‘Terror,’ Investigators Say

An international panel has provided details of the night in 2014 when Mexican police and gunmen abducted 43 students who have not been seen since.
POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS; ORGANIZED CRIME 

Riot suppression or counter revolution.

There appear to be enough witnesses to the events prior to the "disappearance".

"Dead men tell no tales"

Look at the 'turnover' in the police force.

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Arts

‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6 Premiere: Picking Up the Jagged Pieces

How did they fit so many plots into one episode?
TELEVISION 

I had the audio books.  
I will watch the series if life opens up.

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Opinion

Is Hillary Clinton Dishonest?

The “Crooked Hillary” narrative is fundamentally unfair.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; POLLS AND PUBLIC OPINION 

She is fundamentally honest.

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U.S.

An Amateur vs. ISIS: A Car Salesman Investigates and Ends Up in Prison

Toby Lopez, a Delaware man, spent nearly 14 months in federal custody after he repeatedly reported online exchanges with people he believed to be terrorists.
TERRORISM 

Homeland Security is inherently paranoid.

Back to Pratt.  

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U.S.

San Francisco Torn as Some See ‘Street Behavior’ Worsen

As property crimes rise and homelessness persists, the city is divided over whether to respond more aggressively to problems on its streets.

The problem is gentrification and new inequality of wealth.
The goal and the pain are identical.

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U.S.

Ted Cruz and John Kasich to Coordinate Against Donald Trump

The campaign rivals agreed to coordinate in future primary contests in a last-ditch effort to deny Mr. Trump the Republican presidential nomination.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES

The Republican hopefuls are empty suits

They are not even the ideologues their party claimed.

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Business Day

In an Age of Privilege, Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat

Companies are becoming adept at identifying wealthy customers and marketing to them, creating a money-based caste system.
LUXURY GOODS AND SERVICES

"Everything old is new again."

Donald Trump has built his life on the luxury trade.

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U.S.

Who Might Hillary Clinton's Running Mate Be if She's the Nominee?

Here are some likely contenders — according to allies and advisers of the Clintons and prominent Democrats — and a look at their strengths and weaknesses.
VICE PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENCY (US); PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016

Hillary will choose her vice president.
I do not know the things she knows.
I suspect some of them.
I will vote for her because she knows those things.

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Arts

Beyoncé Releases Surprise Album ‘Lemonade’ After HBO Special

In images accompanying the new album, the singer confronts rumors about her marriage to Jay Z, and features the mothers of black men killed by police.
AUDIO RECORDINGS, DOWNLOADS AND STREAMING

The blues aesthetic as pop.

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

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U.S.

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign, Cautious but Confident, Begins Considering Running Mates

As her team begins compiling a list, Mrs. Clinton is said to care less about ideological and personal compatibility than about picking a winner.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016

She must select her own vice president.

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U.S.

After Cremation, Prince Is Celebrated in Private Funeral

His ashes’ location will stay private, his publicist said. Meanwhile, an inquiry into the musician’s death continues, and a group of ‘his most beloved’ laid him to rest.
MUSIC; FUNERALS AND MEMORIALS; CREMATION

Dead is gone.
I do not believe in resurrection or other personal afterlife.
There are only memories and the records.
The dead cannot take action.

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Arts

Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Is Expected to Be Released for Sale on iTunes

Tidal’s period of exclusivity for that new Beyoncé album appears to be quite short — just 24 hours.
AUDIO RECORDINGS, DOWNLOADS AND STREAMING

Enjoy.

Sooner is better.

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U.S.

Gunman Wounds 2 Outside Wisconsin Prom Before Cops Kill Him

An 18-year-old man opened fire with a high-powered rifle outside of a high school prom in northern Wisconsin, wounding two students before a police officer who was in the parking lot fatally shot him, authorities said Sunday.

Insanity is one response to modern life.

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U.S.

Obama Says Movements Like Black Lives Matter ‘Can’t Just Keep on Yelling’

President Obama, in London, offered a critique of young activists, saying they had to work with political leaders to craft solutions.
BLACKS; DEMONSTRATIONS, PROTESTS AND RIOTS; DISCRIMINATION; RACIAL PROFILING; UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

"Black Lives Matter" can and will keep yelling.
The rest of the nation will grow increasingly deaf.
I can hope the prejudice and immunity of the police will continue to shrink.

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NYT Now

Your Weekend Briefing: Hillary Clinton, President Obama, Golden State

Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories.

Why the delay?

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World

U.S. Cyberattacks Target ISIS in a New Line of Combat

The military has been told to mount computer-network attacks against the group, which has proved effective at modern communications and encryption.
CYBERWARFARE AND DEFENSE; TERRORISM

"Anesthetic bullets".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthetic
If we stop their communications we can't read them.
An inevitable bad idea.

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U.S.

Donald Trump’s Aging Air Fleet Gives His Bid, and His Brand, a Lift

A look at Mr. Trump’s airplanes and helicopters suggests that their value rests chiefly in their marketing potential, with the candidate’s stamp of status masking an aging fleet.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016

Trump is not a skilled business man.

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