Thursday, December 8, 2016

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1
World

‘They Are Slaughtering Us Like Animals’

Inside President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal antidrug campaign in the Philippines, our photojournalist documented 57 homicide victims over 35 days.
POLICE BRUTALITY, MISCONDUCT AND SHOOTINGS; DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC 

The future is not bright.

2
U.S.

Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Denialist, to Lead E.P.A.

Mr. Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general, has been a key architect of the legal battle against President Obama’s climate change policies.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; GLOBAL WARMING 

No surprise.

3
U.S.

Trump Fires Adviser’s Son From Transition for Spreading Fake News

Michael G. Flynn, the son of the pick for national security adviser, had posted on Twitter about a fake Hillary Clinton story that led to an armed encounter in a pizzeria.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(radio_drama)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Benghazi_attack

4
U.S.

Donald Trump Picks John Kelly, Retired General, to Lead Homeland Security

General Kelly had a 40-year career in the Marine Corps. In 2010, one of his sons was killed while leading a platoon in Afghanistan.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#History

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

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

5
Opinion

Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump

The Electoral College is supposed to determine if a candidate is qualified to be president. Mr. Trump has not met its standards.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; ELECTORAL COLLEGE 

The Party of Lincoln died of the Southern Strategy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy

I like the thought.  I object to his cause.   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution

6
Movies

The Best Movies of 2016

The film critics of The New York Times — Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott and Stephen Holden — share their picks for the best movies of the year.
MOVIES

I  have seen none of these.
I spend my viewing time with Masterpiece and other British productions on PBS.
I get them off the air.

Streaming services will be a necessity.

7
U.S.

Trump Taps Linda McMahon to Head Small Business Administration

Linda McMahon, the former chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment, was selected on Wednesday by Mr. Trump to head the agency.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; CAMPAIGN FINANCE

 Linda McMahon was not acceptable when she ran for office.

Donald Trump is
"an honest politician."
"He stays bought."
An old political joke.

8
U.S.

Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call

The former senator turned lobbyist worked to establish the high-level contacts that led the president-elect to call the president of Taiwan last week.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_of_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang

Our communists and their communists.

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

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

9
Business Day

Health Insurers List Demands if Affordable Care Act Is Killed

One of two large trade groups publicly outlined for the first time what its members want if they are to stay in the state marketplaces.
HEALTH INSURANCE AND MANAGED CARE

Yes.

We are about to have "The best government money can buy".
I want to survive it.

10
Business Day

Donald Trump Is Time’s Person of the Year, to No One’s Surprise

The magazine called Mr. Trump the “president of the divided states of America” and named Hillary Clinton its runner-up.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; MAGAZINES

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

"Been there, done that."

11
Well

Can You Get Too Much Protein?

While some nutritionists have encouraged the protein craze, a number of experts are urging caution.
DIET AND NUTRITION; PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND HERBAL REMEDIES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkins_diet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-carbohydrate_diet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis

Limit fructose.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lustig

12
U.S.

‘Cancel Order!’ Donald Trump Attacks Plans for Upgraded Air Force One

In a message that seemed to come out of the blue, Mr. Trump took to Twitter to object to Boeing’s plans for a next-generation presidential plane.
AIR FORCE ONE (JET); CORPORATIONS; UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES

Assassination will not help.

Count all the votes.
Suppressing a recount is a good indicator of a doubtful count. 

13
Opinion

Paul Ryan’s Dangerous Silence on Donald Trump

How long can the House speaker bite his tongue about the president-elect?
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; FRAUDS AND SWINDLING

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?s=Paul+Ryan

14
U.S.

The Comet Ping Pong Gunman Answers Our Reporter’s Questions

A soft-spoken Edgar M. Welch described from jail his thoughts leading up to his decision to fire a military-style assault rifle inside the pizzeria.
PRISONS AND PRISONERS

Treat his insanity.

15
Magazine

Life in Obamacare’s Dead Zone

Excluded from the Affordable Care Act because of politics, thousands of poor Americans grapple with the toll — physical and psychological — of being uninsured.
HEALTH INSURANCE AND MANAGED CARE

"Nasty, brutish and short."

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/254050.html

http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/nature/hobbes-quotes.html

16
Opinion

How Would the Electoral College Dump Donald Trump?

It wouldn’t be easy.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016; ELECTORAL COLLEGE

"4. It’s a moon shot."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts#Shooting_the_moon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearts

17
U.S.

The 5 Easiest and 5 Most Difficult Promises for Donald Trump to Keep

President-elect Trump made many pledges on the campaign trail. Here’s a look at where he’ll have the least, and the most, resistance.
UNITED STATES POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND WORLD MARKET

I can but hope.

18
World

Did You Change Your Name When You Married?

A woman’s name, and whether it changes after marriage, is deeply personal, but also often influenced by her culture, political environment and sometimes even the law.
WOMEN AND GIRLS; NAMES, PERSONAL; MARRIAGES

http://literarydevices.net/a-rose-by-any-other-name/

Use a name that pleases you.

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

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The Upshot

How to Know What Donald Trump Really Cares About: Look at What He’s Insulting

A look at two years’ worth of messages suggests he’s using Twitter much the way he was before becoming a candidate: to react to whatever’s in front of him.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2016

I know what he is.

20
World

Pakistan Passenger Plane Crashes With 48 on Board

At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the Pakistani International Airlines crash. Junaid Jamshed, a famous former pop singer, was among those on board.
AVIATION ACCIDENTS, SAFETY AND DISASTERS

The U.S. will be blamed.

I will need proof.


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