~18:00, 11/20/16

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1. Killers on a Shoestring: Inside the Gangs of El Salvador 

   A depressing prospect.    

   Chicago is not quite that bad. 

   
   

   
   
2. 

   The Future of Health Care Mergers Under Trump 

   Trump must be taken at his word.

   The health insurance companies will collapse.

   
   

   
   
3. 

   Donald Trump’s Far-Flung Holdings Raise Potential for Conflicts of Interest 

   There will not be a Congressional Investigation soon. 

   
   

   
   
4. 

   The Upshot

   As American as Apple Pie? The Rural Vote’s Disproportionate Slice of Power 

   Yes.   

   "In the Senate, the least populous states are now more overrepresented than ever before. 

   And the growing unity of rural Americans as a voting bloc has converted the rural bias 

   in national politics into a potent Republican advantage." 

   
   

   
   
5. 

   MSNBC Host Left TV Battles Behind to Fight Poverty Instead 

   Urban services in a box is not a good solution.

   His analysis of U.S. politics is also bad. 

   
   

   
   
6. 

   Microsoft Spends Big to Build a Computer Out of Science Fiction 

   Computation is not the problem.

   This bit of stenography comes out of the Microsoft P.R. office. 

   It is all weasel words.  

   Think vaporware.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware

   If Microsoft is trying to reboot Bell Labs I compliment their good taste.

   Western Electric asked for developments.  They did not try to demand them.

   
   

   
   
7. 

   Indians Rush Frantically to Launder Their ‘Black Money’ 

   Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have destroyed his political base.

   There is no good way for the comfortable to get around the change in the money.

   The cheap way may be to pay the taxes.

   
   

    
8. 

   This Life

   When Tech Is a Problem Child 

   The children will be trusted.  

   Make them pay out of pocket as much as possible. 

   Try to get them to use pseudonyms.

   
   

   
   
9. 

   Pope Francis, Inducting 17 Cardinals, Criticizes Polarization Over Race and Faith 

   Pope Francis is doing what he can.

10. Breakingviews

    Warren Buffett, in a Switch, Warms to Airline Industry 

    Warren Buffett is a smart investor.  His holdings have just jumped.  

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